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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-02-26, Page 1ct^ 8 Thursday, February 26, 1981 40' Weather 1981 1980 Hi LO HI LO FEBRUARY 17 4 1 7 -11 18 6 1 - 7.5 13 19 6.5 2 2 8 20 5 0 3 0 21 3 -3 3 4 22 9 1 2 3 23 8 2 1 4 Rain 23.3 mm BIA, merchants try to iron out differences In the past two weeks the Beard of Management of the Clinton Business Im- provement Area have met with the new ex- ecutive xec utive of the Clinton Business Associa- tion. At those meetiAgs one of the subjects discussed was the lack of communiCation that the BIA had with the membership. It was felt that this has resulted in much misunderstanding and a poor relationship between the two bodies, says the BIA in a letter circulated this teeek- "In the future, we will attempt to keep you better informed through more newsletters and with news releases to our local press," says the BIA. "Much of our time and effort during the past years has been devoted to the plans and proposals for the Town of Clinton BIA that were prepared by Hill & Borgal and presented to the general membership on Friday evening May 16 of last year. Some changes to the original proposals have had to be made to conform to the wishes and objectives that we received regarding some areas of the Plan," the Letter says. In June of 1980, the BIA executive met with the Clinton Town Council to discuss the possibility of applying for a low in- terest loan from the provincial govern- ment to cover the coot of complettog the propesed wojectsi9 application for this loan slumthe funds allotted by the ministry of housing for these loans will be terminated in March of 1981. The Town Council agreed to pay back 50 per cent of the loan with the other 50 per cent to be paid by the BIA, amortized over 10 years at 1 per cent interest. Our present budget would be sufficient to repay our 50. per cent pyo plus any other expenses that are required eadtyear- , In dealing with Government, the BIA says they quicddy learned that things just do not happen overnight. The re- quirements for detail and accuracy can be sometimes slow and frustrating. However with the co-operation of town council and clerk and after much correspondence with I.1 In Huron Middlesex Britnell receives, PC nod By Herb Shoveller Larry Grossman, minister of industry and tourism, used the Huron-MMiddlesex PC nomination meeting Thursday to an- nounce nnounce a foal company had been added to Huron Industrial Park to complete the govemment-sponsored project. The minister made the announcement at the Exeter meeting at which Jim Britnell of Goderich was acclaimed as the PC's party candidate in the March 19 provincial elecagn. .fin &anew 1_ The company, Behimar, a manufacturer of rooting materials, will fill the remaining 23,000 sq. ft. in the park and create 23 new jobs. Mr. Grossman told party faithful his staff informed him of the company's decision that morning. The minister attacked both opposition parties for resorting to name-calling during the campaign, and forpittting down "The accomplislunerts of the province and its people". He desc Abed Michael Cassidy, NDP leader, as a reverse Moses, leading his people bacik-intothe wilderness". Rented Stuart Smith, leader of the Liberals had said he wanted to be Premier of Ontario "in the worst way", and added, "that'sthe wayhe'd dp:it'°. -- R Mr. Grossman stressed the PC election theme, `Building Ontario in the 1980s" throughout his speech and explained the government plans to pump $1.5 billion into new initiatives in six areas; electricity, transportation, resources, people, com- munity and technology. He emphasized PCS leader William Davis, udilke both opposition leaders, does not seek "quick fixes" and instead has the ability to "grasp the future of the province". Mr. Bran. ell, 52, the riding association's choice to represent the party, only made his decision to run two days prior to the meeting. He was nominated by Jim Donnelly of Goderich. Ian accept n the nomination. he .ea.d Turn topage3• by jim fitzger®ld At a recent B.S. session that this agent occasionally gets involved in, the discussion lead around to the talk of heros or lack of them, in Canada and the U.S. and how people were searching for something to truly believe in. Of course, the US. hostages held in Iran for 14 months became instant heros in across the border, mostly because of the.media type and because they happened to be in the right place at the right time. After all, one person pointed out, very few people made any friss of the -prisoners--of—war who returned several years ago from Vietnam, some after seven years of tortuous incarceration in an undeclared war. Even, today, the veterans of that war are nearly all but forgotten. But another person pointed out that here in Canada we have had, and will continue to have some real true blu heros. One of them is fighting for his life right now - Terry Fox. Terry has captured the imagination of us all, because he is a real hero, a person who has sacrificed his life for others, has given up part of himself for others, and as sdught to help, not receive anything in return. Even now, he lies in a British Columbia hospital, deathly ill with the cancer that he fought so hard to beat. A dreaded disease that he ran - one- legged nelegged - halfway across Canada to raise money to beat. Terry was an overwhelming success in the later instance, raising $10s of millions for cancer research. Although e increased the funding available for research, his primary battle looks now '.1011 ie a losing cause, and we're still a long way yet from a cure. That's being brutal, I know, but as one of the millions of Canadians who has personally lost several loved ones to the disease, deep in my heart I know that Terry's cancer is so far advanced, that only a last minute miracle will save hint. But 1f he loses the fight here on earth, hell still be a hero here and in the great beyond. + + + With all this talk el spring floating around lately, Clinton hockey great Bill Counter, freshly returned from the lumberman's convention was overheard asking the Main Street Wit what one got when you cross a ground hog with a maple leaf? Six more weeks of lousy hockey, says Counter. + ++ Anymore, February seems to be getting..asbtisy,as.December what with everybody rushing about at the last minute getting their new car licence stickers, ,enrolling in Registered Retirement Savings Plans, and booking flights south for the March break. You only have until Saturday to get that sticker, and it looks like this idiot will be standing in line again this year. Seems like a lot of money to spend on a little piece of sticky paper. You have until Monday to get that RRSP, though. + + + And next Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday, when many of us will be getting out the Aunt Jemima mix and having a feed of the funny round things smothered in sYruP- And this year, in a very rare oc- currence, we'll be able to use this year's 'maple syrup on our pancakes. Seems the combination of a late Easter, and very early spring has made maple sugaring -off a full time proposition in the last week. How sweet it is! + + + Also coming up this weekend is an excellent skating carnival this Sunday at the Clinton arena, while the Kinsmen are challenging the Mustangs to a benefit game for CF next Friday, March 6. +++ Congratulations are in order this week to a couple of happily engaged couples, Prince Charles and Lady Spencer, and our own Shelley and Gary. Going to be a busy year! the ministry responsible for the loans, they' hope to have final approval of the loan in the near future. In November of last year, the BIA authorized B. M. Ross engineering a atess to proceed with the work of" peernaing plants and sttiestatesstilts� thea.,. revisions to the Hill & Borgal plans. Ttae.-- preliminary estimates were presented bk-i. B. M. Ross to the board of management and the executive of the‘tail Merchants last Friday, February 20, 1981. Total estimates including engineering and preparing tenders, on the site supervi- sion were for $67,000. A dinner meeting is planned .for March 4t11 ax3$aU "_L :h .. ?luuess Association, at which time they hope to have the final revised plans presented to the general membership by the engineer. Dog tags row due By Shelley McPhee If you don't hurry tie chances are you t Could end up in the dog house. Clinton's Police Chief Lloyd Westlake : has warned that dog owners have less than a week to purchase tags for their pets. After March 2, charges will be laid and $10 fines will be issued to dog owners in Clinton who have not bought their licences. Chances are that quite a few pet owners could be being the._Wies since only. 112. poeple have purchased their tags. Last year 280 were sold. Tags may be purchased at the Clinton town hall and cost $10 for male dogs and - $20 for females. In other police news, Chief Westlake , reported that in Goderich court Wade Clark, 16, of Clinton was sentenced to 10 days in jail for theft of money. The little England paper boy recently stole $60 in cash from the home of Dan Colqutioun, Matilda Street- hi Clinton, _ sometime between February 14 and 15. In other court news, trespass charges against Brad. Snell of Clinton were dropped. `} He was involved in a January 31 alter cation -at -the Elm Haven Motor Hotel. Robert Simpson of Clinton who was also involved in the incident was earlier sen- tenced to 10 days in jail for assaulting Elms For litiroi =trr Haven owner Doug Fraser, and 30 days for assaulting Clinton police Constable Don Armstrong. The Clinton police reported that a February 13 two -car accident resulted in $1,400 in damages. A car driven by Bruce Hough, 25, of Clinton received $1,000 in damages and a second vehicle driven by Stephen Boussey, 17, also of Clinton received $400 in dents and scrapes when the two collided on Huron Street. A car driven by Grant Taylor, 22, of RR 3, Stouffville received $500 in damages while another vehicle driven by John Hugh Edgar, 46, of Georgetown received $300 in damages following. a February 14 ac- cident. The crash occurred at the corner of Turn to page 3 • With steam surrounding him, and water -dripping down, Clinton fireman Ross Jewitt checks for any more fire at a house on Victoria Street that was gutted Saturday night. The fire marshal's office is investigating and has not ruled out arson. (photo by Steve Cooke) ouse fire ByJim Fitzgerald As of presstime on Wednesday morning, a suspicious house fire was still being investigated by the Ontario Fire Marshal's ,office._. , .. ' :.... _ The fire which gutted the ' frame, 1'l storey house at 226 Victoria Street in Clinton on Saturday night, is under in- evestigation by Bob Adams of the Mount Elston carries Liberal flag 'Huron -Bruce Liberals ,net in Lucknow, February 17 to choose a successor to Mur- ray Gaunt and nominated Wingham lawyer, Murray Elston to carry their ban- ner in the March 19 provincial election. Contenders for the nomination included Renus Bailey, a Wingham businessman; Tony Johnstone, manager of the Lucknow Sentinel;' David Zyluk, principal of St. Joseph's Community School, Kingsbridge; John Jewitt; a Hullett Township farmer and Bruce T.7acDoiall, a • Winghain in- surance agent. Renus Bailey was defeated on the first ballot when 1,132 cast votes. Tony Johnstone lost on the second ballot and Dave Zyluk was defeated on the third. John Jewitt withdrew after the third ballot and Elston was declared winner over Bruce MacDonald on the fourth ballot. Elston is a director of the Wingham Business Association and treasurer of the Huron -Bruce Federal Liberal Association. In his nomination speech, Elston said he wants an orderly growth and development of the riding, indicating he would work to ensure the riding's prosperity. He said he knows and understands the problems far- int fanners Ln the riding and wants to help alleviate those problems. Elston told the 1,500 people who cramm- ed into Lucknow District Community Cen-, tre for the meeting, he wants to be the in- dividual to serve the people of Huron - Bruce at Queen's Park. With a large crowd turning out for the Scout, Cub and Beaver pancake lunch last Sunday, the mothers and helpers were kept busy in the Legion kitchen, making the cakes. Here Ghouls King, left and Mary Ann Caldwell keep the griddles full. (Janes Fitzgerald pbem) Forest branch of the Ontario Fire Mar- shal's office. The house, which was vacant at the time, is owned by Dave Corrie of Clinton, andstands-next..to_theCorrie''s. Kwi; k.Car ... Wash. It had been rented out, but the last tenants had moved out several months ago. ethithaisikeeektetaah.nom�.:Npnta Tuesday that after several incidents ft arson last fall, his, department wasn't taking any chances that an arsonist may still be on the loose. ation Last October, an arsonist touched off a fire at the Clinton Hotel that completely destroyed the. structure, and several smaller suspicious fires were extinguished two weeks, prior to that by firemen in the a post -office . ��_ _._ _ _ __ __._.._.'- In the Saturday night house fire,: the gas furnace was shit :off , at the time' t the blaz which was discovered by neighbors a pml;ituaosiegslic The houses which is tea 11yy' da will be torn down according to the owners. It was not insured, so the loss will run about $28,000. In Huron -Middlesex Riddell acclaimed for Grits "A Liberal minority government is at- tainable and a Liberal majority is possi- ble." Those were the words of Huron -Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt speaking at Wednes- day's nomination meeting for the Liberals in Huron -Middlesex riding. Jack Riddell was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate for the upcoming March 19 provincial election. Gaunt continued, "We look for a signifi- cant drop by the NDP, especially in Toron- to. It looks good for us there. Dr. Stuart Smith is optimistic in picking up at least eight more seats in Toronto. If that hap- pens we're in business." The Hurn -Bruce MPP agreed with Premier William Davis that the big issue in the election would be leadership. Gaunt added, "You bet it's leadership, the lack of it" He cited lack of leadership in the economy, agriculture, education, ad- ministration and environment saying, "30,000 Ontario residents have gone to Western Canada looking for jobs. That's lack of economic leadership." Gaunt concluded, "The aver=h.*nt's lack of leadership in agriculture has been abysmal and the sign of a tired and aging government." Riddell has been the Huron -Middlesex MPP since a byelection in 1973 when he won the battle to replace the retiring Honourable C. S.•MacNaughton. Riddell disputed Premier Davis' tagging of Liberal leader Dr. Stuart Smith as Dr. Negative saying, "Surely he didn't think the party under Stuart Smith's leadership Turn to page 3 • Pemberton gets NDP nod A 69 -year-old Bayfield woman has been acclaimed as the New Democratic Party candidate in the Huron -Middlesex riding. Gwen Pemberton, a former Londoner and Bayfield resident for the past 10 years, was the only one nominated at the meeting in Clinton on Monday night, that attracted 15 supporters. Mrs. • Pemberton, widow of the late Professor R.E.K. Pemberton of the University of Western Ontario, un- successfully ran for the CCF party in 1953 and in 1957 in London, and ran third as the NDP candidate when Liberal Judd Buchanan won London West in the 1968 federal election. She is also a past president of the Ontario division of the Consumers Association of Canada and was the only woman to sit on ,a provincial committee investigating medical privileges in public hospitals in the early 1970s. Mrs. Pemberton said one of the biggest challenges facing a new government is to keep Canada's medicare system, which has been under attack recently. "We must work hard to see that it is not destroyed," she stressed. Tony McQuail, NDP candidate for the nearby Hurcn-Bruce riding, was the guest speaker, and in bis comments said that the NDP is the only alternative. "People they're getting merit, and they don't see Smith either," he said. are getting tired of the garbage om the Davis govern - the leadership in "We represent the working people, farmers, homemakers, and business people," he added. "The Liberals don't hold a single provincial government, and wouldn't hold the federal government if it weren't for their stranglehold on Quebec." He said provincial NDP governments Piave -been good for the people, explaining --- that Saskatchewan pays the lowest provincial taxes, while Ontario's are the second highest. Mr. McQuail attacked the Ontario government for their farmland policies; "Since the 1950s, Ontario has lost one quarter of its agricultural land, that is 93,000 acres for every Tory MPP. In the last decade, nearly 6,000 jobs have been lost in our food processing sector and over hall our food processing facilities have been shut down since 1961. Since 1972, our food import deficit has risen by 340 per cent." Gwen Pembertt •