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The Constance Foresters of Kinburn have had a busy month, first they fed 3,300 at the
Clinton Klompen Feest in late May, and then last week fed another 1,400 at their annual
barbecue in the new hall. Here Earl McSpadden sprays sauce on some of the 1,100
chicken halves, cooked on open fires. (James Fitzgerald photo)
Public opinion sought
on industrial park
By Shelley McPhee •
If you are interested in Clinton's future,
Mayor Chester Archibald, asks you to
meet at the town hall on Monday, June 22
at 7: 30 pm.
A public meeting has been scheduled at
that time to discuss the purchase and
servicing of a 54 -acre industrial park in
Clinton.
Members of town council, the local in-
dustrial, committee, and representatives
from the county planning staff and
development office will be on hand to
discuss the. sergicipg proposal recently
drawn up by the Goderiele -engineering
firm B.M. Ross and Associates..
Based on 1981 figures, cost of the land
purchase as well as servicing the first
phase, 32 acres, is estimated to be $418,000.
The first phase of work in the park could
be further reduced to17 acres of serviced
At Clinton council
land, bringing down the costs to $300,000.
Once the serviced land is completely sold
and industries established there, the
proposal calls for the completion of
, lighting, street and sewer work on the
remaining acreage.
"This is something that will really effect
the town," Mike Falconer, chairman of the
industrial committee stressed and noted,
"I'm hoping fora packed town hall."
While council will make the final
decision on the land purchase and ser-
vicing, Mayor Archibald explained that
this is a,,major..step for Clinton and he
wants to hear the opinions of local
residents and taxpayers before a motion
on the proposal is either accepted, or
defeated by council.
The June 22nd meeting gets underway at
7:30 pm and is open to all people in Clinton.
Portable signs knocked
By Shelley McPhee
The neon sign, located in Clinton's
Library park is now gone, and if the
Clinton Business Improvement Area
(BIA) have their way, it won't be back
again.
The portable, flashing sign, which
recently advertised the Clinton Spring
Fair, and the Optimists' Pancake break-
fast has been criticized by the BIA group
and Clinton Legion members, who are
opposed to its location near the cenotaph.
Bea Cooke, council's representative on
the BIA, repo�ted that the group hopes to
begin their downtown re -vitalization
program within the next two weeks, and
feel that the sign will distract from the
plans they have to upgrade and decorate
the core area.
However, Councillor Ron McKay, also a
director on the Clinton fair board, said that
the board had to advertise their recent
event, and needed public support to keep
the struggling fair alive.
He also noted, "Itis a cenotaph area, but
life is for the living. My father was in the
war too."
"You need a place to advertise town
events, whether it be a hockey game or a
pancake breakfast," he stressed at
council's last meeting.
Councillor McKay said that an alter-
native sign or location must be found and
noted that if a permanent sign was erected
it would be a "high class sign, not a piece
of junk."
Newstand price up
Effective immediately, the newsstand
price of the News -Record will be increased
to 50 cents per copy, up from 40 cents.
However, the price of a year's subscription
will remain at $16.50 per year or 32 cents a
copy. Senior citizens will continue to pay
$14 per year or 27 cents per copy.
J. Howard Aiken, publisher of the News -
Record, said ' that skyrocketing labor,
newsprint, and overhead costs had forced
the move to higher newsstand prices, but
pre -paid subscribers will be given an
exception.
Well kids, only a few days left until
that magic time of year - summer
holidays - rolls around again. Of course,
if your a mother stuck at home with
screaming kids, it ain't so hot, but
nobody's perfect, so we'll have to grin
and bear it
I can remember when I was a kid,
those two months of summer seemed to
take forever, and I must confess, by the
end of August we had done enough
fishing, building forts or baling hay to
last a lifetime and actually looked
forward to getting back into the class in
September and meeting our old buddies
again.
Mind you, once we were back in class
a couple of weeks, that nostalgia soon
evaporated and Thanksgiving and
Christmas couldn't cane soon enough.
Of course in these good old days, we
never had any days off between the
major holidays, as the teachers did all
their professional developing during
the summer months. Now they either
get second jobs, or go to summer school
to upgrade themselves to make even
bigger salaries next year.
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The school of life, says the Main
Street Wit this week, is an unending
series of unscheduled examinations and
pop quizzies.
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Here's one you can try on dad, kids if
your final report card isn't the best.
Say: "Dad what do you suppose is the
matter with me anyway, heredity or
environment."
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And don't forget kids, Sunday is
Father's Day. Time to get out the
crayons and draw one of those neat
pictures to hang on the fridge door until
the one-year old tears it down and tries
to find out how it tastes.
At our house, our little 12 -month old
bundle of joy is at that stage of getting
into everything, and I mean anything.
Why last week he spoiled our National
Geographic collection by trying to float
it into the toilet bowl along with the
other "things" that hadn't been flushed
down yet. It's amazing how a few
minutes of fun can turn into a lifetime
of hell.
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Sunday is also the first day of sum-
mer, and the longest day of the year,
but if you're a pessimist like the Wit,
you notice that after Sunday, the days
will be getting shorter and shorter.
Propeijy bylaw not tough enough
By Shelley McPhee
The county health inspector may be able;
to, the fire marshal may be able to, but.
Clinton Council can't condemn property at,
45 Mary Street.
On June 15 ,a delegation of eight people, ,
presenting a petition signed by more than
120 Clinton residents, learned that the
town's property standards bylaw does not:
hold enough power or weight to condemn a
structure.
The property in question, at 45 Mary.
Street, owned by Levis Contracting, hass
been a topic of discussion in Clinton's-.
council chambers for the past two months, ;