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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5,1984
119TH YEAR NO. 49
Loss '..250,000
in Vanastra fire
Firefighters battle blaze for five hours
VANASTRA - Twenty-five firefighters from the Clinton and Brucefield Fire Departments
braved freezing temperatures and strong winds for five hours early Monday morning to put
out a blaze at Vanastra Home Furnishings. Approximately $250,000 damage was done to the
contents and the building. ed
Larry Lee and his. family, who occupied an apartment at the rear of the building, escaped
the fire without injury.
According to the London Free Press, Lee heard a "crackling noise" about 11:30 p.m. The
Free Press also stated that Lee had stoked a wood burning stove earlier that afternoon, but
neither the fire departments or the Goderich OPP have firmly determined the cause.
Owner Garry Hovius, of London, .was not available for comment, but his wife told the
News -Record that the entire building and the merchandise' inside had been lost. She also
stated, "as far as we can see, we don't believe that it was the wood furnace but the cause has
not been pinpointed yet." •
The Clinton firefighters were called out to the scene at 12:30 a.m. and Fire Chief Clarence
Neilans said that the men were fighting the blaze until approximately 5:30 a.m. The
Brucefield firefighters had also been called.
Although there was some insurance coverage on the building, the fire comes at a bad time
of year.
"This is the time of year when you count on a few extra sales," commented Mrs. Hovius.
She was unsure of her husband's future business plans.
Vanastra Home Furnishings suffered approximately $250,000
damage Monday morning when the building
live in and
d apartment contentso
caught fire. Larry Lee and high family, u
the building, detected the fire, called the fire department and
In second time effort
managed to escape without injury. The owner of the business is
Garry Hovius of London. Clinton and Brucefield'Fire Departments
were both called to the scene at 12:30 p.m. Approximately 25 men
fought the blaze for five hours. (Anne Narejko photo)
Hydro wants public input
before routes are chosen
This time around Ontario Hydro is putting
the horse before the cart.'
At least that's its intention in setting up a
transmission corridor route stage study
which will affect the area from Bruce
Nuclear Power Development (BNPD) to
London and an area around Brantford.
Hydro officials and representatives of in-
terest groups - farmers, Ontario Chamber of
Commerce and consumers - gathered in
London Nov. 24 for the first of four an-
ticipated meetings. - =
The purpose of the meetings, says Hydro
is to get detailed information from these in-
terest groups on the,study area before going
before environmental assessment hearings.
Hydro's intention is to go into an environ-
ment assessment hearing by May of 1985
with transmission line routes in the study
area defined. g Y • g g there could be problems at future hearings.
This route stage study, ongoing since . Ken McGregor of the Ontario Cattlemen's
August, follows a route stage study con -
Association wanted guarantees that efforts
ducted last''year on an area from BNPD to
Barrie and an area from Nanticoke nearput out by him and others involved in the
. roess' wouldn't be overturned by groups
Hamilton to London. not present.
That route stag
stage study was done becauseMr.Campbell said while he couldn't give
a. Consolidated Hearings Board, which met any guarantees, Ontario Hydro had learned
in Stratford in 1982, approved that area - out its lesion and was informing the public. as
of six possible areas - for further study. much as possible of developments.
However, in June of this year, the Divi -
Following the formal presentations, the
sional Court . of Ontario invalidated . the group broke up into three sections -natural
• results of those hearings. resources, agriculture, human settle -
Tony McQuail of RR 1, Lucknow, ment/recreation/heritage to go over data
representing the Foodland-Hydro commit- already collected. .
tee, said the court 'turned over the decision The next meeting of the interest groups
based on the notification process, not the ac- with Ontario Hydro will be at the
tual decision. Lamplighter Inn in London on Dec. 15. It is
Rick Campbell of Ontario Hydro said tke
expected that two more meetings in the new
court decision was "quite a setbcck" a d Year will be held in.the Clinton area.
the second time around will find Hydro with Y
as much data as possible which in turn is
made public. The information gathered in
the other route stage study will also be
represented at the hearings next year.
After presenting the history of the hydro
transmissionstudies, which goes back to the
Porter Commission in the 1970's, Hydro's
overall schedule was reviewed.
Hydro's plan calls for transmission lines
out of BNPD in-service by 1989 with a se-
cond facility in-service by the end of 1990.
Again, Hydro stresses the reason for the
lines is to get bottled up power out of BNPD.
Christian farmer's . offiqial Elbert Van
Donkersgoed cautioned Hydro that at the
meeting he felt as though he was only
reviewing informatitfn rather than par-
ticipating in any decision.
He said if the meetings don't turn out to be
more participatory for the interest groups,
Zurich man dies in
single truck crash
GODERICH TWP. - An RR 1 Zurich man
lost his life .and his passenger suffered ma-
jor injuries in a one vehicle accident Nov.
28.
Greg Armstrong, 25, died when his south-
bound 1980 Chevrolet pickup truck left Coun-
ty Road 31, struck a tree and rolled several
times.
Passenger Brad Mann, 22, of Hensall suf-
fered major injuries in the accident which
caused $6,000 damage to the Armstrong
trucl%.
Greg Armstrong is survived by his wife
Barbara Elaine (Merner) Armstrong, his
parents Floyd and Jean (Taylor) Arm-
strong of RR 1 Zurich, his brother Greg of
RR 1 Varna and his sister Frances (Mrs.
Richard Simons) of Brampton.
Also surviving are his grandmother Ger-
trude Taylor of Seaforth and several aunts
and uncles and three nephews.
Reverend Wilena Brown officiated at the
funeral held Dec. 1 at Michael O'Connor
Funeral Homes, 49 Goshen Street North,
Zurich. Interment followed at the Bayfield
Cemetery. th would be ap-
preciated
of sympathy
preciated in the form of donations to the
Goshen United Church or the Clinton Public
Hospital.
Very few people attended an open house staged by Ontario Hydro in Clinton to outline the study areas in which power from the Bruce
Nuclear Power Development may be transported. Here, Joe Gibson, deputy reeve of Hullett Township and a farmer in that
municipality go over the aerial map with the study's project engineer, Glen Hoglund. (James Friel photo)
Elementary teachers settle at 4 per cent
By Stephanie Levesque
CLINTON - Elementary teachers with the
Huron County Board of Education will
receive a four per cent salary and allowance
increase.
The board and the teachers both ratified
the collective agreement on.Monday, Dec. 3.
Superintendent of personnel Peter
Gryseels said the , teachers and board
representatives met with fact finder Emer-
son Lavender -on Nov. 19 and came up with
an agreement on that first meeting.
"1 think it's a good settlement for both
parties," said personnel committee vice-
chairman John Elliott. -'
Personnel committee chairman John
Jewitt took no part in the elementary
teachers contract as his daughter is an
elementary school teacher in the county.
"I think we're generally satisfied with
what we received," said teacher spokesman
Wayne Nichols.
A second teacher rep, Ila Mathers, said it
is "positive" to work with the board as op-
posed to working against it.
"Anytime there is an open discussion it
can only be a benefit to both sides," said Mr.
Nichols.
The average teachers' salary under the
new collective agreement will be about
$36,200.
There are about 380 teachers affected by
the one year agreement which runs from
Sept. 1, 1984 to Aug. 31, 1985.
Mr. Gryseels also pointed out that for the
first time a benefit committee has been set
up which will review the current benefits
received under the collective agreement.
Under the new agreement, the salary grid
is as follows: Level D - $16,880 to $22,550;
Level C - $17,860 to $26,370; Level B - $18,860
to $31,730; Level Al - $19,790 to $34,200;
Level A2 - $20,910 to $37,040; Level A3 -
$22,790 to $41,510; Level A4 $23;320 to $43,730.
Under allowances, vice -principals
allowances range from $3,510 per year to
$4,280 per year.
Co-ordinators receive an allowance of
$4,830, principals of schools for the trainable
retarded receive an allowance of $5,040 and
principals receive their maximum salary
plus $8,740.
Allowances are added to' the salary
received.
Huron County secondary school teachers
will be going to mediation on Dec. 5.
Damage X2,000 in crash
TUCKERSMITH TWP. - A car and a trac-
tor collided on Highway 4 north of
Brucefield resulting in a total of $2,000
damage.
Donald McIntosh, 21, of Clinton was driv-
• ,
ing a uase tractor nortnbouncl on Dec. 1
when a scraper blade attached to the rear of
the tractor and a vehicle owned by George
Barraclough, 37, of lid, 1 Varna collided.
Each vehicle received $1,000 damage.
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