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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1983-01-05, Page 17AYF 4 BUGLE onecirporatIng BLYTH STANDARD 50 cents -No. 1 y Shelley McPhee Aloha to Hawaii was probably the greeting given to 59 Clintonians on Tuesday, when they arrived in the Pacific pa: adise for a two-week tour with the Ontario Massed Legion Pipes and Drums. The Clinton Legion Pipe Band, family and friends along with more than 350 other people, including other members of the world famous band are involved in the Hawaii -Canada Friendship Tour, on the islands of Hawaii and Waikiki from January 4 to January 18. The Massed Pipe Band will take part in four performances, including two Hawaii - Canada Friendship Parades through Kailua-Kona on January 8 and in Waikiki on January 14. The band will also play at the Hula Bowl football classic on January 15, and will participate in the U.S. Army's Ceremony of Remembrance at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on ,January 1/ in Honolulu's January 5, 1983 k, 118th year es linton hydrs» /° tes W i Ff go up r ce By Shelley McPhee Ontario Hydro is starting off 1983 with a 8.2 per cent increase. However in Clinton the local Public Utilities Commission PUC will be holding a rate increase to approximately 4.2 per cent. PUC manager Guss Boussey explained that the local commission, at their December 20 meeting, agreed to keep with the six and five government guidelines. Thoview rates will go into effect on March 1, and Mr, Bcussey stated, "This means that the Clinton PUC will absorb the total increase of power from January 1 to March 1, and four per cent for the balance of 1983." ..If Ontario Hydro had stayed within the awail tamous Punchbowl. Clinton Pipe Major, Glenn McGregor of Brucefield will be leading the 14 local band members in the musical program that will be presented during the tour. There are luaus, tours, dances and special Hawaiian shows scheduled for the entertainment of the Ontario guests, as well as overnight visits to other Hawaiian islands. The group is expecting mid 70 degree temperatures, which will be comfortable for their parade performances. The Ontario Massed Pipe Band has played in warm climates before, particularly in 1978 when they took part in the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, California. In 1979 the Clinton band members also took part in another international tour, when the Ontario group was the feature band at the prestigious Braemar Royal Highland Gathering. Band receives ,3 Some members of the Clinton Legion Pipe Band will be sporting new outfits during the Hawaii -Canada Tour, thanks to a $3,000 donation from the local Legion branch. The fine kilts, jackets and accessories that make Clinton a smart looking band, are expensive. Today a complete uniform costs $1,200, bagpipes average $1,000 and drums are $400. According to Drum Major John Wise, in the past two years the Clinton band has spend more than $6,041 on equipment, and the recent donation from the Legion was a first c. great help. As a gesture of appreciation to the (Tinton Legion, the band has presented the branch with trophies and awards won with the Ontario Massed Pipe Band. These awards include, the judges special award from the Kitchener-Wate)�loo Octoberfest Parade in 1980 and 1981 d the Canadian National Exhibition Warriors Day Parade, first prize in the pipes and drums com- petition in 1980 and 1981. The trophies will have a special place of honor in the Clinton Legion Hall. Who says that vete times change as the years go by? Well, maybe in other parts of the world they do, but in Clinton it looks like some things always remain the same. While reading the First Column in the January 2, 1958 edition of 'the News - Record, I came across these interesting New Year hopes for the town: 1. Numbers on all the houses; names on all the streets. 2. Better lighting in the business sec- tion; more and better lighting on the back streets. 3. Growth in existing industrial con- cerns; the beginning of at least one new industry in 1958. 4. Continued harmony between town, country and the RCAF Station, Clinton. 5. Renovation of the auditorium of the town hall; Clinton desperately needs a decent sized public hall for farm. meetings, club meetings of all kinds, entertainment, dances etc. 6. Recreation director to be in charge of sports and social activities for all age groups. 7. Occupation of all main street stores and businesses by men and women anxious to serve the public well and so spread good reports of Clinton throughout the community. 8. Success of the town's nine church congregations in their task of teaching the word of God. 9,. Accomplishment of their aims for all diligent students in public and high schools here and in the community. 10. Continued freedom from the dif- ficulties imposed Upon some municipalities by juvenile and adult delinquents. Twenty-five years after these aspirations were originally printed, some are now in the works and some may never be more than dreams. It will be interesting to look back in another quarter -of -a -century to see how many became reality for Clinton. + + A good way to start of the New Year is with a resolution. The Chinese have an ancient proverb that we should all try to live by. it is this, "If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. if there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. if there is har- mony in the home, Were will he order in the nation and there will he peace in the world " + it's something to think on Another matter that needs immediate attention is some help to Mrs. Fisher. She's had a stray six month old kitten around her home at the corner of Townshend and i(ansford Street in Clinton The kitten is black and grey tiger striped if it belongs to anyone, call 482-7809. Mrs. Fisher and the kitten will appreciate your help. 4 .4 The Clinton Mustangs .Junior (' hockey club had help from lots of cheering fans on the weekend, when they went to the final championship game against Norwich in the Clinton tournament. Norwich won the game the the first place trophy, but for Clinton, the 'Stangs are still the tops, par- ticularly after they beat their tough rivals from Kincardine. While covering the tournament, I learned that hockey games are not only exciting, but also dangerous. I ac- cidently got punched in the arm by some over -enthusiastic fan. Lesson learned - keep away from arm swingers. + + + At the tournament the Clinton Junior C 300 booster draw was made and Gerald Blake of Clinton won a $100. In a second draw, Brian Horner of Zurich won a Kroehler Recliner Chair and hockey sticks were won by Rhonda Wright and Sly Kennedy, both of Clinton, Brad Armstrong and. Bob Cornish, both of Goderich. + + f . In Blyth the hockey, broomball and figure skating season is well underway and beginning this week the Blyth arena will be running an upcoming schedule of events. ('heck the Blyth Standard pages for this week's game and skating times, and make sure you clip the schedule on your fridge. This new feature will run each week, in an effort to encourage greater in- terest and participation in hockey, broomball and skating programs in Blyth. So join in, as a fan or a par- ticipant. Don't forget that the Londesboro Lions will be making their monthly paper pick-up in Clinton on January 8. Have your old newspapers, bundled, at the curb first thing Saturday morning. + 4 The local police forces and fire departments reported a quiet holiday weekend. In Clinton you may have noticed that the fire siren hasn't been ringing, that's because it hasn't been working. Keep that in mind in rase the firemen are called to the station. + 4 Mrs. Van Damme called in to say that. the Van i)arnme Holiday Horne in .('linton really appreciated all the choirs ho entertained the residents. And one final note, Police ( Thief Lloyd Westlake pointed out that ~Wayne McFadden has not been promoted to a "half" Sergeant His title is Acting Sergeant, and the error occurred in last week's( linton council report Ware happy to say that Wayne, and the entire Clinton Police Force is "all there'" Clinton Legion P1,; ;,:: ed :rc,embers., friends and family mem rs said ii on Voyage on Mo cii d::.y, is they left for a two- week tour in Hawaii. The Cl ton band will be marching with the The Clinton News -Record is now one of 74 newspapers to belong to the Ontario Press Council. On January 1, the News -Record along with 11 other newspapers joined the provincial organization, bringing total membership to 74. This includes 26 dailies and 48 community newspapers. Press ('ouncil chairman J. Allyn Taylor explained, "The existing councils have illustrated the value to public and press alike of having an independent body available to consider unsatisfied com- plaints from the public about the conduct of the press, to defend the public interest in the freedom of the press." Along with the News -Record, other papers to join the Council included The Goderich Signal Star, The Kincardine News, The Lucknow Sentinel, The Mitchell Advocate and The Bradford Witness, all part of Signal Star Publishing (SSP) in Goderich. Another SSP publication, The Huron Expositor, was a previous member. r famous Ontario Massed Pipe i :nd in the Hawaii -C Friendship Tour. (Shelley McPhee photo) joins Press C In announcing the new members, Mr. Taylor commented, "The Council mem- bership growth this year has been spec- tacular. When the year began we had 10 daily newspapers with an aggregate circulation of 1,233,626 and 14 community newspapers with a weekly circulation of 65,882." Beginning 1983, the Council welcomed five new daily newspapers, swelling the aggregate daily circulation of Council member newspapers to 1,800,668 or 77.9 per cent of total English-language daily circulation in Ontario. With the six new SSI' members, the weekly circulation of community members newspapers have increased to more than 77,000. Mr. Taylor noted, "We have good reason to believe that the growth will continue. A number of publishers have indicated that they will likely join the Council within the next few weeks. We will welcome them warmly, and we hope that, they won't delay too long. "in areas of Canada without press councils, newspapers have responded m No more February lineups Renew your licence on your birthday nada uncal remarkably well to the challenge from Hon. Jim Fleming, minister of multiculturalism, to make unnecessary his proposed National Advisory Council, financed by the federal government, by joining existing voluntary press councils and forming them elsewhere. In addition to the growth in Ontario, newspapers in the Atlantic provinces and in British Columbia has agreed to form press councils and there are reports of progress from Manitoba and Saskatchewan. "Like Ontario, Alberta and Quebec have provincial press councils. Alberta got started in 1972, a few weeks before the Ontario Council got underway and the Quebec Press Council began in 1973. The city of Windsor in Ontario has the coun- try's oldest press council. Now called the Windsor Media Council, it began in 1971 " Mr. Taylor noted. He added, "I sincerely hope that before long. all daily newspapers in Canada will be participants in the voluntary press councils - for their own good and the good of t he public." With the computer era of age. it was ap- parent that an online system was the only solution to the plexity of the ever- increasing wor tad of the vehicle registration system. So, (hitario's Ministry of Transportaion and Communications I MT(') has developed a new computer system for vehicle registrations which went into ef- fect on ()ect'inher 1, 1982. Under this new "Plate -to -Owner" pr,• gram, all vehicle transactions are done on computer terminals, keeping the ministry's files up-to-date and eliminating backlog. One of the main changes affects the registration of licence plates. They'll be registered to the owner not the vehicle. So, owners will keep their plates when they sell or scrap vehicles. Then the same plates go on subsequent vehicles. And the buyers will be responsible for reporting an ownership transfer to MT(' within six days The system also has a staggered renewal feature which is new to Ontario. Owners will renew their licence plate stickers on their birthdays, meaning no more February lineups Companies may choose or be assigned an annual renewal date for their vehicles Or, after ,June 1, 1983, they may pick several dates and renew a specified number of vehicles on each date. The system brings with it a new fee structure, too When buying the 1983 renewal sticker between Dec. 1-82 Feb. 2.8-8.3 i, the renewal fee for passenger cars, private use light trucks and vans will he $4 a month starling Jan 1. 1983 to Your hir- thdate. Motorcycle stickers will cost $2 a month and stickers for mopeds 50 cents a month. For example, owners horn after June 1. will buy stickers valid from Jan 1, 198.3 to 1 urn to page 't gni+i,..es," he added, 'we aught not have had to ,'aise our rates " He • noted that the local increase is less last year's 9.6 per eent raise, which corresponded with Ontario Hydro's 10.5 per cent increase in January of 1982. By increasing the rates by only 4.2 per cent this year, Mr. Boussey said that the PUC would be looking at tighter spending and some cutbacks. New construction and rebuilding will be particularly effected and Mr. Boussey said, "We'll make everything stretch another year or two." The PUC will also be looking at more efficient ways to maintain trucks and equipment, although Mr Boussey noted that the commission still has a 1966 truck in regular use. Cutbacks won't be made un maintenance service or staffing, as Mr. Boussey explained, "People still require service. We still have to keep everything going." While the electricity rates will rise, for Clinton property owners the water and sewage rates will remain the same. The proposed rate increases are subject to Ontario Hydro approval. The average Clinton householder using 1,000 Kilowatt hours will pay an additional $1.88 for electrical power starting March 1. For commercial and industrial customers the increase averages 3.8 per cent. Also at the PUC December meeting, Laurie Slade was elected to another term as commission chairman. He will serve for three years. Bob Irwin was re-elected secretary. It was also noted that when Hal Hartley completes his three year term as com- mission member, he will have served on the Clinton PUC board for 30 consecutive years. Another member John Wise, will have served 20 years when the 1985 term ends, Mr. Slade will have been on the commission for nine years and Mr. Irwin seven years. Another longtime celebration for the Clinton PUC will take place on February 15 when they honor 70 years of hydro service in the town. Blyth council will repair hall ceiling By Rod Hilts At the first meeting of 1983 Blyth village council received estimates to repair the Memorial Hall ceiling. Operating with a grant of $1,000 from the Blyth Centre of Arts the council received a $2,300 estimate to repair the ceiling by strapping it. Another estimate which in- cluded removing the present ceiling and replacing it with stippled drywall would cost around $5,000. Council agreed that the repair should be completed by May so that the Blyth Summer Festival would be ready for operation. The issue will be discussed in more detail at the council's next meeting on Febuary 1. In other business council received a letter from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario stating that their District Supervisor will review the request for a combination beer and liquor outlet in Blyth. The letter also said the issue will be brought before the Committee for Stores Development for consideration. Funds toward the purchasing of a new fire truck for the Blyth and Distict Fire Department has reached the halfway mark. To date the council has $7,000 set aside and must come up with another $7,000 by June 1 so that the truck can be purchased. Blyth is obligated to pay 19 per cent of the actual cost of the fire truck. New year promises By Rod Hilts On January 3 the Grade 4 class at Clinton Public School waved goodbye to 1982 by making resolutions for the new year. Mr. Roorda's class made resolutions ranging from keeping their rooms clean to stopping their fingernail biting habits. The students all had one or more par- ticular peeve- IJ'at they were going to try to resolve. Cheri Watt, 9, mad • it clear that the first thing she woul.i try and do would be to stop feuding with l••; brother and sister. "I'm also going to try and keep my room cleaner," she smiled. Kerry ('ox, 9, had the same idea, "i'm going to try to stop fighting with my brother. He always gets the blame but this year I'II take the blame more." (lay Rircham, 9, pledges to do some chores around the house and to make his bed regularly. "i'm also going to work harder to improve my work at school. " Susan .Jewitt, 9. says she will try to stop kiting her fingernails "I'm also going to keep my room cleaner,'. she added Andrew Walker, 9, has resolutions pertaining to school I'm going to keep my desk clean and try to stop acting silly,'' All in all it looks like a prinn'sing year for these students at Clinton Puhlic School he - Weather 1982 1981 1)F:( HI 1() 28 1:, 29 ' (i 1(1 4 8 l 1 8 .1ANI'AItV 1 2 n Rain 4 (Tr) 4 HI I <i limn (;rind Snow fi ern