The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-06-05, Page 1•
Igne.a
for new plaza
Suncoast Estates Ltd. has signed a major department
storetenant for the Highway 21 Suncoast Shopping plaza.
Bert Alexander of Suncoast Estates announced that the
Met (Metrepolita) will occupy the major building complex
of the plaza:The Met will cover an area of approximately
40,000 square feet an,d is expected to be completed near the
end of October with the opening the following week.
The building -which will house the A,& P food store will be
completed at the end of this month. However, its opening
will probably coincide with the Met in October because .of.the
amount of inside work on fixtures yet to be completed.
The A & P food store will. cover an area of just over 26,000
square feet. The two stores will be on opposite ends of the
mall area which will feature up to 15 smaller shops including
the Toronto Dominion .Bank.
Mr. Alexander estimated that the.. plaza could employ as
many as 150 people -both full and part-time.
Bylaw. officer
may be hired
be ire
If Goderich town council
takes on Dick Eisler as a bylaw
enforcement officer as well as
anir: al control officer ' Mr. -
Eisler will be on the lookout for
stray dogs and cats while he
chalks tires on the town streets.
The possibility of making
Eisler a bylaw officer is being
investigated. by council and
Police Chief Pat King outlined
the duties of the new job in a
letter to council Monday night.
According to the chief, Mr.
Eisler would be spending the
bulk of his time 'enforcing the
parking regulations but should
have time during . the day to
enforce animal laws if his
" timetable is organized. The
chief also suggested a complete
job. description for the officer to
prevent confusion between him
and the public.
. A1L animals mentioned in
town bylaws, - horses, dogs,
cats, domesticated fowl 'and
those included in the parks
bylaw' - would be ' underMr.
Eisler's jurisdiction as. well as
the two hour parking limit on
the town's streets 'and the
bylaws covering parking lots in
town.
The chief recommended the
hours Mr. Eisler would be
working to ensure adequate
enforcement of the laws. .He be expected, to handle all
said to total a 35 hour work animal problems but should not
week Mr. Eisler would not start be called by;.. the _ public.. for
in the morning until 11 o'clock' every, barking• dog in. townAlis
when the streets begiri'to fill up job should be identified to the,
with parked cars. His work day residents of town to handle
would end at six in the -evening problems rather than
when a quick patrol of the town ' aggravations.
could be done'to check on stray Councillor Jim Peters
animals suggested that the officer's
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Mr. Eisler should be
prepared to take one half hour
each day to handle his
paperwork and according to the
chief, ,he would have Wed-
nesday and Sunday off each
week. He should set aside one
day a month for court ap-
pearances,,, usually at 9:30 in
the morning; and the dates and
times could be worked out
between him,' and the justice of
the peace.
The town should be prepared
to purchase some., equipment
for the new officer if they
dec,ie to take him on. The chief
recommended a uniform (not
navy blue) with distinctive
shoulder .flashes and cap
clearly identifying him to the
public,especially tourists. He
should-'' have a telephone
-number known well ' by the
public to lndle calls and
should have • constant com-
niunication with the police in
the case of an emergency in-
volving an animal. He should
have an , individual office,
-transportation, boots and
coveralls with the special
shoulder flash on them and
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Progressive Conservatives in
the new- provincial riding of
1-Iuron-Middlesex met last week
night in Dashwood to adopt 'a
new constitution and elect a
slate of officers.
Elmer Hayter of Stanley
Township'was named president
of the new association which
combines parts of Huron,
Middlesex North and Mid-
.dlesex South. First vice-".
president is Mac Hodgins of
McGillivray Township.
Six other vice-presidents of
equal rank elected were Gerry
Ginn of Goderich Township,
George Cuddy of Adelaide
Township, Edwin Miller of
Usborne Township, Joe Mur-
phy of Clinton,'Betty Cardno of
Seaforth and Norma Parsons of •
Exeter.
Chief Financial Officer, a
new post replacing ' the
association treasurer with
some additional duties for-
merly handled by the; official
agent, is Lorne Kleinstiver of'
Dashwood. Secretary is Ruth
14ill of RR 2, Lucan. Glenn
Webb of Das"hwood was--nained
past president. ,
The new association adopted
a constitution presented by Jim
Donnelly of Goderich. Several
amendments were made to the
cons'titutibn prior to adoption
including deletion « of a
nomination convention by''
delegate and . insertion ofre
nomination by any registed
member of the association on
the rolls 21 days prior to the
nomination meeting.
Glenn Webb ' of • Dashwood,
former, president of the 'Huron
_Progressive - Conservative
Association acted as chairman
for 'the meeting due to''f the
absence of newly, elected
president Elmer Hayter who
was attending an Ottawa
meeting as a delegate.
Mr. Webb called the, recent
provincial by-election "a
humbling experienc "
"I think we learned that there
problem until late in the bylaw, adding that the matter is more to winning an election
morning and most pets are be turned over the traffic and than just electing an executive
running loose around supper finance committee for - and nominating a candidate,"
time. discussion. .said Mr. Webb.
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last week. Sarnia player number 8 deflected the shot after his goalie had already -
equipment to h dl distressed
animals. ,
The chief added in his
summary that Mr.. Eisler`would
The chief pointed out that the ' duties could also include water
parking does not become a., restrictions and the new fire
Paul Carroll
picked again
for NDP
By Chris Zdeb
"People come first with the
NDP,,' Paul Carroll of
Goderich told an NDP
domination meeting on May 28
after being elected the party's
Huron -Middlesex candidate for
the next provincial election.
The 3'l -year-old vice-'
principal of Seaforth Public
School defeated Philip Walker,
40, a former hotel manager in
Grand Bend with an 11-7 vote.
Mr. Carroll ran unsuccessfully
as.. the NDP Huron -Middlesex
candidate , in -the 1971 election
and the 1973 by-election.
In his acceptance speech, Mr. -
Carroll focused on the priority ,
of protecting prime, '
agricultural land, taking of
fence to an editorial wh �h
appeared in the May 15
Goderich Signal -Star entitled,
"It's no crime". '
"/ Referring to the "article he
said, "The editorial reads that.
if every existing piece of
agricultural land in Ontario
was put into full production,
we'd ,be' faced ,with over-
, pro luctlon. That would hardly
be the case when there are .so
many people starving in the
world.
"It goes on to say that r-
mland can be easily 'reclaimed
if there is a shift in deeds and
priorities. How woul you like
to have to reclaim downtown
. Toronto?'" he asked, ,
"The ditorial ;ends, that n
industry eds land"some of it
prime agricultural Ind • - It's
the way things are: W411, it may
be the way things ate, but it.
doesn't have to'be tha ay."
Mr. Carroll said th editorial .
was "a manifestatio ' of our
troubled society," ad .fig, that -
,
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Goderich Town,Council was
advised Monday night that
proper planning was‘needed for
the downtown renewal project
to ensure complete use of space
and to"`fiighiigL t the, ar-'
chitecture'of the buildings on
:The Square.
Robert Hilton of R.T.R.
Associates. landscape ar-
chitects of Guelph, explained to
council that planning the
project before beginning the
work Would enable the town to
make full use of the 'traffic,
sidewalk and store areas as
well as emphasizing the , in-
dividual beauty of the old
Mayor suggests businessmen 'be involved
.'
nee s
landsca in
buildings without spoiling the
overall atmosphere of the area.
Mr. Hilton Met with council
at the request of the town's
parks cornmittee;►„. to propose
ithe'4 (ways of!. ,tackling the
downtown , project. He
suggested one` plan that in-
volves The Square and cour-
thouse park and another in-
volving the entire area bounded
by Nelson, . Waterloo and
Victoria Streets and Elgin
Avenue.
The architect pointed out to
council that any improvements
done in 'the .area would have to
he done with the total use in
mind. He said . that ,after
visiting • the site himself he
realized that there was "a lot of
things going on up there" with
people sitting, shopping and
.clriving but added that they all
"seem to be successful".
One thing that could be in-
vestigated, according to Mr..
Hilton, is the size of the traffic
area. He said there seems to be
an immense area between the
storefronts and the park area
that could possibly b,etightened
up and made use of through
planting or walking area.
Mayor ' Deb Shewfelt asked
the architect if ' he would be
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wilting to work with the
• businessmen on the project. He
explained that they had
initiated the .project, adding
that they' had received a
"gentle nudge" from the
shopping plazas going' up .in
town. ,
Public input and support is
vital to the success of the
renewal according to Mr.
Hiltpn. He pointed out that
without their support it would
not get off the ground. He added
that the public' could not be
asked what they wanted
because that would result in
total chaos.
Pat Conlon earned the GDCI Leadership Trophy this. year.
This award is. Made for leadership, character, scholarship
and overall contribution to the schobl and student body: Pat
received the award at Monday's awards 'assembly at GDCI.
,(staff photo)
Top athletic awards for the school year 1974-75 were
presented at, GDCI Monday morning in an assembly at -
,..tended by the entire school population. Winners were (back
row, left to right) Pat Conlon and Casey Wildgen who were
co -winners of the most valuable male athlete award; (front
row) Lori Keller, recipient of the most' valuable female
athlete trophy and Tom O'Brien, winner of the first time
plaque for outstanding athletic contribution. (.staff photo)
•
Glen Tigert was the winner of the Arthur Peachey Memorial
Award given out at Monday morning's awards a sembly at
GDCI. This award is given annually to a student in the
graduating class who has shown high academic ability and
honorable atbletie achievement in at least four successful
co isecutive years at GDCI. (staff photo)
• "We have ideas on our own
which we suggest and then we
seek public input to generate.
different ideas," explained
'Hilton. "That way, we get inside
information on what is wanted
that 'We can't know "fi cause
we're from out-of-town."
Preparation of the plan would
take from five to six weeks
ccording to Mr: Hilton but,he
pointed out that there is no
restriction of time. He said
when preparing it, the longer
taken the better since' the
planners would be able to see
the total use of the area in the
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Evaporator
walkout
affects mine
Striking workers from Sifto
Domtar's evaporator plant in
Goderich stopped production at
the company's mining
operation Monday with an
afternoon picket line. The men
set up the lines about 3:30
=Monday afternoon and
prevented the afternoon shift of
,miners from going into work,
Local 682 of the International
Chemical workers of Canada
have, been on strike ,against the
Domtar since May 26 ' and
',according to company and
•union.personnel are no closer to
settlement than at last press,
_ time. The men are protesting
wages and fringe benefits and
would like a cost of living
clause in their contract.
The afternoon picket was set
.up as a result of a directive
from the union office. in
Toronto. Local union vice
president Ken Burns said or-
ders had been received from •
Canadian vice president for the,.
union R.W, Stewart to shtit the ,k
mine down. He said the pickets
would remain on the site in-
definitely as far as he knew.
The four to 12 shift was kept
out of work by the striking
surface workers but the picket
'line was ' just as suddenly
removes: 'at six Monday •
evening and has not returned.,
Mine, manager W.K. Coughlin
said that about 85 percent of
production was curtailed on tI
shift as a result of the picket.
• Mr,- Coughlin said her was
very surprised to see.... the ,
t"'''pickets. He said he was not
aware of the reasons the line
was set up nor did he knew why
it was removed. He added that
at no time Monday did the
company consider legal action
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