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PAGE 4--.QODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1975
It's time to voluriteer
it isn't long until 1977 and Goderich's
150th birthday. In fact, when it's talk
of planning meaningful and exciting
festivities for such a birthday, party,
the time is actually very, short.
This summer's activities to com-
memorate the Incorporation -of the
Town'of Goderich were only a 'small
taste of what should be planned for the
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celebration in two year's. The party for
a century and a half of growth and
development should besomething ,that
today's citizens neighbors and friends
should remember for years and years
to come. It should be an event to bring
former sons and daughters home, at
least for a while.
That kind of -a 'celebration takes
!Manning --imaginative planning by
men, women and .children who are
truly interested. ,Town council has
'teen talking about naming a com
mittee to start the ball rolling., But who
to name? How to seek out the ideas?
Where to find the manpower-to•put,it
across?
There must be plenty of People living
in Goderich now --or even folks, who
have lived in Goderich years ago --who
have some thoughts on how a bang-up
celebration should shape up. There •
must be citizens and friends of citizens
who would be willing to donate time
and energy to the business of planning
a celebration' to remember. There
must be citizens here who have been -
in.volved in similar planning in other,
communities who have experiences to
share, suggestions to present.
If„ you have• anything„ to offer con=
cerning the 1977 Birthday Party for the
Town of Goderich, get in touch with the,
employees at, the town office. They're
taking the names of men and women
and childrenrwho want to volunteer all
of their best ideas and a Kittle of their
•time to this community protect.,
Let's get things started now. Let's
not wait until it's too late to put
togethersomethingspectacular in 1977
when Goderich will have 150 years to
' recall and many visitors to entertain.—
SJK
,STOP for those buses
..
School has been in `fora couple of
weeks now .and with the number of
school buses coming and.going in town
'each day, it is a goodathing to remind
motorists- that regulations involving
passing school • buses - inside °.the
municipality's limits have changed.«'
New legislation makes it imperative
for motorists meeting or following a
school bus with flashing signals to
STOP..
The legislation passed recently
makes it a traffic offence to pass 'a
school bus stopped outside a school,
loading or unloading children, with its
flashers going. Drivers must stoptheir
vehicles and wait until all the°students
have been received or discharged and
the flashers_ have stopped, before
proceeding either toward the school
bus or past the school bus;
Chief Pat King of the Goderich
Police Department says - that the
regulation applies •only to school
buses... and no vehicles other than the
familiar yellow school buses (i.e.
station wagons and vans) can bear the'
A guest opinion
name "school bus" even if they are
carrying students.
The new legislation does proyide,
however, that designated areas can be
marked by the municipal police force
clearly marking the bus; loading and
unloadipg•zohes. When such zones are
marked --and of the present' there
are no such zones in Goderich--then,
and onlay, then, are vehicles permitted
to pass a school bus with its flashersiin
motion.
Chief King advises .that plans. are
started to provide"— specially marked
official stopping places "for school
buses in Goderich. It should be' noted
that this year, buses will be stopping
regularly at Victoria Public School as
well as the high school and St. Mary's
Separate School. , It is likely stopping
zones will be established;at ail schools,
though, as an .extra precautionary
measure. -
In the meantime, all 'drivers must
STOP when schbol busies-w(th, flashers
'• going are loading, or urtloading``their
" precious cargo.' In Ontario, that's the
law. -SJ K
Public business inprivate
Last week this column commented
on the decision of the Huron County
Council to discuss municipal
restructuring in a closed session from
which the public, including the press as
Committee and that neither had been
approved.
What both press and public were not
told was. which councillors favored a
change. in the present system, or what
the • public's representative, was ex- were the arguments for and against the
eluded. We expressed the opinion that proposals. The" residents and tax -
the closed session was excusable only • payers"of the county .have been left to
if the 'question aof restructuring was accept the decision of a small body of
being . dealt with for the purpose of men in a matter which is of .gravest
providing information to county concern to every resident, without ever
councillors. - having been informed of the
That meeting was not a study discussions which' preceded that
session. it was a full-fledged decision- decision.
Makin meeting of county 'council, at Yes, of course county councillors are
which the members .v,oted against two elected to make decisions for their
proposals ,for the amalgamation of ,
some of the ,' towns, villages and
.townships within the, county. L- •
• ,A press conference was called for
TOesday, a time of the week which
made it impossible for most of the '
county's newspapers to report in their
current issues, but of course, made it
very simple for any and all interested
dailies to "beat" 'their weekly coun-
,terparts by a full seven days.
The press conference received a
• report of the outcome of the previous
Thursday's. session. Newsmen and
women were told that no change would
be .made in the present county struc-
ture of municipal government. They
'were told what alternative plans had
been proposed by the Restructuring
constituents. However, some decisions
are much , more important• -than
others—and restructuring -to Ir or not
to be—is.of paramount importance. Its
consequences willaffect the county for
decades to come...lt is public business
of the first order—a question which
should ,,have been disclosed in geyery
detail, with -ample tittle allowed for
public reaction to the proposals.
A few—a .:very few—aspects of
council. and board deliberations must
lbe'discussed.behind closed doors. But
those same closed doors sugest, in
instances of such wide -spread concern,
that elected councillors .are afraid to
let their constituents know where, the.
Councillors stand.
>'• —The Wingham-Advance Times
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Vote(is you like .... but rote,
The provincial election is
:today and probably by the time
most Signal -Star readers 'ha=ve
reached , this "c'o,lumn, the
,results will be history and
A new voting screen is being used for the first time in Ontario's' 30th general election today,
September. 18, r 1975. The three -sided, cardboard structure with a partial top provides more
privacy for voters than previous modcts.
DEAR .READERS
to answer questions from the
voters. ' For those as interested
in the election as I am, it was a
very short hour... and wor-
thwhile viewing to hoot. •
experts as' well. as would-be. During , the program,' Paul
experts will be analysing what, • Caroli made reference to the
.happened. , debdte`'between Premier Rill
This column is being written Davis and Liberal Leader
,Tuesday evening, more as an Rt bort Nixon on Saturday
effort to he timely than , everting.. 1. was Visiting.
anything else: -I've been trying relative' at a cottage on Lake
to read the signs -just like ' Simcoe and missed the show,
c'vcryone'else-•and I'm just as but if a smattering of reports
reluctant as most. people to are indicative of the reactiOn of
predict, an outcome. . people across the province, Mr.
But according to my favorite Davis may ha ve • done himself
London Free Pres.s......,.,.write,r, more harm than good and Mr,
Don. Murray, formerly• of the . • Nixon. though ahead of Davis in`
Huron Bureau in Goderich• it the final tally,'didn't come off,
should be Liberal Jack Riddell looking like much of an
in Huron-Middlesex.edging out alternative. ' -
Progressive Conservative .Jim Del Bell said the two men
Hayter in a close race. 'NDP/ acted "like •six yearr"olds
Paul Carroll should he an also- `tug of war over a peanut butter -
ran. Note Mr. Murray says sandwich In an�cithcr spot, he
"should be". That. if I)on could said they reminded him of "a
be here to dictate it. means he's
not really certain ' about- it
either. Hes only guesstimating
after- combing tilt.- Riding for a
feeling of what's, happening
election wise here. "
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Knowing Don, it is an
educated guess. •Don doesn't
even make guesstim'ates'
lightly. So D.on's guesstimate is
good enough for tits.
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1 was particularly interested
in Del Bell's Pealings this
morning, also .in the Free
Pres Mr. B8Il assure his
readers that "This is a strange
one. There is something
-IN r'ppeninl out there bUtno one
not even seasoned campa.igners..,....' Phis week, the Ontario
-door knocking their way Federation • of Anglers and
through a riding•is able to }}hinters Inc, reported ' the
define with .any precision what
it is. "'president of the OFAII, Jack'
'But one thing is' certain;" Bothwell,has called on all
Del Bell continues, `.`The membersansl ail concerned
Conservatives are runnings st111rtsmen to seriously con
scared and that means theyE, sides' the consequence of going to get their vote out." elect ing' another hlur•.
ntach-inc
Mr. Bell says ,,the Liberals'
have been running"*a'canipaiign the I�ed'cration says that on
that is •"almost exclusively
\iigutii 'O, 19,5, Premier Davis
negates info,•med the Ontario
`.':traditionally• in Ontario. 1'('cleration of Anglers and
that turns people Off, not 00." !hunters that in addition to the
warns Mr Bell This may he nine fishing licences for the
.the exception' i1 is still an old western portion Of Lake
western
that"� had been in
reliable political axiom people
�r'►t(' against things and not for existence. Only two new special
them. • • licences had been issued in the
trot even if the Libelalis (44) last three' " years a single
h,r�e th(, votr5 nut there. can
licence to capture eels 'Was
they get them Out? ask~ Mr. issued in 19,3 and one licence to
Ilett lake carp,was issued in I J, 4.
And the Writer doc�5n't count "On the sante clay," says the
Inv New Dsmoc,•altic'Par•ty (alt 1'ederartion spokesman, -''We
n1 the running i,n\ this "strange '\ Id information from
.,n( all other source that a gill sella►•
"Is (1 possible they could ."'I(�om-l.atke Erie had moved into
sneak up•thr outside b cause a t'rl`(' ()wild() With • a 50 ft
lot of people are angry at both . ("tttntr'reia1 fishing h( at',
Ir) '03(1 line parties and feel it's equipped with enough gill nets
s;lf1' to threw do., pith( Nl)1' i'i hike tons of ('oho salmon
l is to►,e' asks X11' lt(',II ^71.. 1.,rch(Iary •.
"•1'he Ministry of Natural
1 was watching Channel I ' resources confirmed per
Moitcl<,y s� ening when the Ihrc'c' nti5tilon had been granted to
eancliclats5 in Huron Middlesex
wP•nt before the local cameras this nc'tter." thr r•rlr';)se, from
pair of petulant fox'tcrriers".
,One long time Conservative
alpparently told .Mr. licit before
the debate that in his opinion,
the election would be ies(llved
by that ' final confrontation
between Davis and Nixon.
"He may well be right, but 1
really. can't '• conceive how aot
genuinely uncommitted' ver
would respond tothat juvenile
performance," Mr. Bell said,
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11` HiUI Davisvis is short-
tempered and edgy, it really
isn't much wonder. Entire
blocks cif voters (i:e. civil
st wants) have been urged to
withdraw support !'alai PC-
candidates this election.
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"How much longer must the
sport fisherman put up, •with
this. kind of treatment from the
Davis. government, the
release asked. "It is obvious to
anyone who takes the time to
"investigate that the fish and
wildlife of this proyincc has
been getting.the,short end of the
stick fin- many years. • No
serious sportsmen could with a
clear conscience vote for a PC
candidate September IS-
-As if all this was notenough,
t1' group calling itself
Renal 55anee Ontario has
reared its head in time to put a
crimp in the Davis election
.(untplrign•,,
This f'ledg'ling citizens'
'contntittee with the Rev, Ken
Campbell as chairman; began
in the Halton ' Region of
southern Ontario last year. It
has dropped 'a bomb shell into
• the last • week • of the election
campaign.
Jr) aa special- pre -publication
edition of a history of
Ilsnaissanc'( entitled, `.`Te111
petit in a Teapot- ,. mailed to all
candidates.. in the Ontario
election, . as well as to.. the
()Mario press, Renaissance
claims to expose "a sere and
security scandal at the heart of
public life in the 'province of
Ontario".
That scandal,' according to
Renaissance,is the
propagation in the public
school system of ..`the }thew
State • religion of secular
humanism- which' in its
•''iitheistic assumptions" is
"".hostile, to, the traditional
values on which the institutions
of 11111' free society are,.
(510hli.sh d' `
Nrost surprising is a quote
from the foreword to the hook
by Major W,.S, Thomson of
Oirkvili( Vice President of the
)1114ari0 Progressive Con-
C(','vt►tive Party:.
"Of course, not everything is
wrong in our public school
'system But something is very
wrong By their fruits ye shall
,know therm Parents who have
not suceiImh('(l to the trend to
per•missR'ene55 in the home are
disturbed by the per-
m °
14in the schools,
They are disturbed b$ 'the had
example of, defiance 9f the, civil
authority by many teacher
gl'(n,ps. Marty find it strange
that the wide' dissemination of
pornographic literature, and
even its use in the schools, is
d(•fe.nded by these modern free
thinkers as constituting
freedom of ;1 he press, but they
arra against'reading the Bible
and halving prayers • in the
'lois ! Crit its of Renaissance
say they arre `trying to get
religion hack in the schools'.
'these critics see nothing
wrong, apparently, in • the
promotion of agnost'mcisni and
altheikm in 0111• schools.
"This parent, thocrgh paying
substantial puhlic school taxes
w
By Shirleg J. Keller
at more than one location,' long
, ago ,lost faith in the public
school system, and pays tuition
fees for his daughter in a
private school,, where God and
the Bible are still considered
respectable,' °
"Ken Campbell sounds an
'alert and is to he commended
for doing so at this time. The
nation on which forgets God has
lost its soul. The Society .which
is not God -controlled is out of
-control'. If this hook puts. more
parents on the qui viveit will
have done a geed ands wor-
thwhile service."
And finally, back in
G(xierich, last weak a visitor to
. Goderich - from Georgetown
dropped into the Signal Star
office'. He'd picked up a copy of
the September 4 5ignla Star- in
which Kim Ainslie for .Jim
1layter•' was replying to 0 letter
by .1 ,Ii , Hazl itt regarding the
proposed
I tures,
According to this man who
51rid he'd been involved in the
fight with Hydro over :the
corridor. to Georgetown from
Douglas Point, the Hydro
report containing the map
which pinpoints the location of
;another nuclear plant
••somewhere ,just soul of
Goderich, is still very- nit ch in
evidence at the Porter Com-
mission offices. (In fact, Jock
Riddell reinforced that
Viewpoint during MOnda.
evening's show fr'oni
HOIntesv,ille, )
Like Mr. Hazlitt.
nuclear plant. . in
tt
this weary
Georgetown visitor who has
been battling with Hydro for
three years. 'sc'r-iously doubts
the content (if a letter to Mr.
I !buret' which 'denies any long-,
1111.1gei►r short range plans for a
•nuclear plant in Huron.
• This gentleman who will
remain anonyntilus for this
coluntrt,--says the Hon. I)ennis
'I•intl)rell has lieken 'known to
(ti((lge iSSll('s With statements
that are some'w'hat misleading:
11e doesn't 4ttllch tiiuch
credihility to the letter, held by
Mr 1layte,~ and defended by
K4im Aintilie.
And ins•id('ntarlly, that Seems
to he the (!pinion of a good many
p('j►ple in' the area Who actually
lieti('v(' that for the j)t,t'poscs of
the el((t ion, many things 'were
5111(1 and will be promptly
forgotten if another PC
gelvernrttertt is elected.,
• So it is littlesurpr•isethat Mr,
Davis . is visihly upset in
situations like last^ Oaturclay
evening'~ television (1('halte,
11e's got t-ouble'for• it is obvious -
that' people all across Ontario
have hones•°•to' pick' with his
.1(.11ttinistr-ation.
And so tonight as the ballot'
are being counted, it, is fairly
c•,'erta;n that Bill 1)avis will he
040.1 biting and soul searching
wherever he is. And win, lose
or draw, that can. only "mean
that Ontario's citizens can hope
for improved performance at.
(town's Park in the next four
years The people have spoken,
hath by„ ballot ,and by pre-
election action,' And that's
what elections are all about,
, I n .Calioots
Dear Editor,
-While the Editor of'the Signal
Star, and her . bosom pal
Councillor Hai don appear hent
on shortcircuiting the political
careers of those who would
openly criticize Councillor
'Hayden, nevertheless, I believe
that the people of Goderich
realize that there is another
side to most stories and would
like to hear the other side of this
one,
Why is it that some items
which could he,, critical of
Councillor Haydon ntver seem
`to find their way into the press?
For , example, why has
Councillor Hayi on exceeded
her Parks budget for the whole
Year bf 1975 as°of July °31st?
-Does she have a direct pipeline
" from the Public Treasury, or
should she have to obtain ap-
proval from Coun'dil.' like the
rest of us? Why not ask the
Finance Chairman, or better
still ask yourself?
Mrs. Haydon and Mrs. Keller
have been'tnly critical, of
Council: ;in general and the
Harbour Committee in par-
ticular for our, handling of the
dredging of our harbour. The
fact is •that the Town of
Goddrich has never in the past,
present or forseeahle future
had anything to do with it. '
It is entirely beyond our
jurisdiction being a“Govern-
ment of Canada project. The
Town responded to the need for
dredging by sending strongly
worded briefs to those con-
cerned, pointing out the ihn-
portance of keeping our har-
bour open for commerce and ..
,jobs for our people .
When a Federal Government
official
-carne to town, the
Mayor, the Administrator and I
did an on-site inspection of
onshore durnping sites .and
received 'assurances from Mr.
Noes that he would re,cot'nmend
it,
From that dn•y to this we have
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