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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1985-10-30, Page 1fl..NQ:Q➢I#>i)t'QDIt NC N{ BLS THH STANID.MHUUU-T fE BA FI1E111.9 BUA;LE NO. -44 - 120TH YEAR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1985 50 CENTS LEAF LAUGHTER One, two, three—Big brothers always seem to have the advantage the leaf. throwing contest. Although they were busy raking the when they compete against little sisters,.and Bryan Beattie came leaves, they did take time out to enjoy some fall fun. t Anne Narejko nut on tip when he and sister Lisapf Clinton went bead to head in photos) Municipal election updat Last minute nominations and cancella- • tions have changed the election picture. in four area municipalities. Goderich Township • The race is on for the deputy reeve's seat as Councillor Laurie Cox is challenging in- cumbent Pat Osborn for the position. Cox made his decision to run for deputy reeve instead of a council posit, '.' ^ lc week, This allowed for an acclamation on council: The .council members are Case Brand, John Bodges and -newcomer Carol' Wanunes. • Hullett Township Nominations were reopened in Hullett Township last week after the first attempt, failed to bring in enough. candidates for council. Now voters in Hullett will go to polls to choose between candidates Doug Bell, Hugh Flynn and Vic Stackhouse. One candidate will fill the vacant council seat. The two other council positions were filled prior to - the nomination reopenings by incumbent Ron Gross and political newcomer Harvey Stewart. e Tuckersmith Township There will be an all-out election race in Tuckersmith this year .for reeve, deput:¢ reeve and two council positions.: - Reeve Bob Bell will he contested by coup cil veteran Bill Brown, while Bob Broadfoot and John Brownridge will go to the polls for the deputy reeve's vote. Nominations were reoj ne.d late last week for candidates to fill the -two open council seats. There's now a three way race I n' the position between newcomers George Cantelon,• Bill 'Carnochan and W. Kinn • Hodgins: • Other . potential council can- didates, Rowena Wallace and Betty VI. McLean dropped out of the race. Morris Township • • What started as.an election race last week has turned into acelarnatioin. ' Reeve Bill Elston dropped out of the elec- tion 'challenge and Councillor i)oug Fraser now steps up to the reeve's chair. • , Councillor Clem McLcpan was t'elain ed .deputy reeve and with Sarn 1'letch's declina- tion from the council race,. the three posi- tions have been filled through acclamation by. Robert Elliott, Bob Grasby and Howard Morton. Council gets a raise CLINTON - After a five year moratorium, council here has given itself a raise. Remuneration increases were. approved by council members at their last meeting. • The .mayor's rate of pay will increase from $95 to $105 for a regular muting. For committee meetings the rate goes up froi $64 to $70. . Councillors will now receive $70 for each regular meeting they attend, up $10. For .committee meetings the rate of pay has been raised from $45 to $50. Council debated the system of pay before approving the final increase. At a previous meeting some thought was given to changing the system to a yearly stipend of pay, rather than the per meeting rate that is now used. It was pointed out that most other municipalities operate on an annual rate of pay, with appropriate deductions made for meetings not attended. Reeve Ernie Brown said that the annual fee structure had been used in the past in Clinton he noted, "It didn't work because members didn't attend (meetings) and still got paid." Councillor Gord. Gerrits presented an innovative approach to remuneration pay. He suggested that rates of pay should be decreased to $40 per ccjuncil meeting and $20 for committee meetings, with the bonus of $10 given for every other meeting that councillors attended. He said that this approach would give councillors incentive to attend .committee meetings, and would justly reward those councillors who do attend many meetings. Councillor Gerrits 'noted that he may attend up to three meetings a week.. "Some committees take more meetings than others," he said, explaining that he attends at least four or five recreation and arts committee meetings per month. while as representative on .the landfill site committee he may only attend two meetings a year. Councillor' John f)eeves agreed, suggesting that council should look at additional pay for people who attend more 'meetings, However, he ,also reminded council of the volunteer committee members who work for no pay. The previous council outlawed pay for special meetings because some committees were paid and others weren't. -Mayor Chester Archmbald said he appreciated the fact that Councillor Gerrits attended so many meetings but he said. •'There's no easy answer." Councillor Jim Hunter said he also supported the idea in principle•,, but suggested that the new s' stein would involve too much paperwork. Ne initially supported the per annnni rate of pay system, but at the later council meeting presented the new per 11)(41111e Increase, noting, "If the system Is working well. we shouldn't fix it." Council doesn't feel village needs a dentist BM(TH - Council here will not promote the village to extra lengths in order to at- tract the services of a dentist to the area. Blyth has been determined an underserviced area. In order to attract a dentist council has been advised that the village must offer an office, equipment and clientele. Clerk Larry Walsh further explained that the municipality "has to go,out and show its wares" in an effort to bring a dentist to the village. Council feels that the village is not in the position to undertake such a recruitment campaign. Councillor Lloyd Sippel further rolted, "The village requires these services, but when the grocery Stor(' was set up we didn't put in the meat counters... He further suggested, "dentists make good money, why should we set them up (in business)." East Wawanosh Voters here will be choosing a reeve and councillors...They .will also ',o to the polls.to vote for a wet or dry to.vnsl11p. This year's election -;,r 1 '.vill include a vote 'on liquor sales r, (1 t.:'ov;nship. Voters will be asked if. they are in favor of the sale of- spirits, • wine and liquor wider .a dining.. lounge license, for consuulptinn on premises • . where food is available. The township' s last defeated in 1980, Reloeating of clinic ca seg public concern CLINTON - The rezoning of residential land along Joseph and Isaac Streets has raised questions and concern from neighboring residents. A list of approximately 50 people opposing the change was presented to town council and those concerned filled the council chambers during the public meeting on October 21. The rezoning is being sought so a clinic, which is now operating across from the Clinton Public Hospital, can re -locate. The proposed change would reclassify the low density residential site to community facility. The present clinic, which includes psychiatric consultations, is being forced to move so a parking lot can be made for the new medical centre. Council heard concerns from those in the medical feild and the proposed clinic's neighbors. It is our hope to maintain the residential atmosphere ( surrounding the new clinic)," explained Ken Engelstead, Administrator of the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in Goderich which operates the clinic. "We don't want a sign out front, we hope the clinic will blend in." Mr. Engelstead said there will be no patients staying overnight. "The programs will involve counselling, treatment and day care. There will be no hard, core patients, just people who are having problems coping." The one restraint those operating the clinic are under is time. They want to be in their new location by winter. Before the public voiced their concerns, Mayor Chester Archibald brought forth two concerns he had heard. "I've heard two objections. The first is they (neighbors) don't want the residents to be wandering"around the'neighborhood, and the second is parking. They don't want 30 or 35 cars around for a meeting." Mr. Engelstead explained that the people who would attend the clinic are free to wander the streets. "They wander up and down the streets now...I don't see any concern about the type of clientele. it is strictly consultation, strictly 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the occasional meeting for support groups," he said, adding the patients do not attend the night meetings, just members of the family. As for the parking, he feels there will be five to six cars at the most. By reclassifying the property Community facility, a church, community centre, nursery ,school, cemetery, funeral home, sewage plant treatment and other similar establishments could be built. These possibilites were another conern of those at the public meeting. But according to Wayne Caldwell of the County of Huron Department of Planning and Development, a statement in a bylaw could exlude all the above uses, permitting a clinic only. Elmer Bell, a lawyer from Exeter, represented those opposed to the rezoning. He presented other concerns. Mr. Bell said the people in the area were satisfied with the residential zoning which they now have and anapplicant shouldn't be able to aquire land simply because it suits them. "The applicants say their present location is not suitable. There are other properties available which don't require the zoning change. They should look at those first not say 'this suits us, we want it."' Referring to Mr. Engelstead's comments on there being no need to fear the clientele, Mr. Bell asked council what they would think if "they ( the clinic) were your next door neighbors?" Mr. Bell also said the proposed clinic could possibly drop the value of the land. "These are all things that should be taken into consideration," he concluded. I)an Steyn, Administrator at the Clinton Public Hospital, spoke on his experience with the clinic. "In the entire year that the clinic has been in its present location, .I have yet to receive Turn to page 3 Clients would suffer without .clinic's service liquor got Is Going to the polls , Advance voting polls will be held on Satur- day, November2. • Actual voting day is Tuesday, November 12. Next week the News -Record .will feature candidate profiles for the various nominees running in area municipalities. • CLINTON - "Getting people back into the community," is the aim of the Community Psychiatric Services, according to director Kate Moriarty. "Many people are lonely and they don't know'What to do with their free time. They inust learn to cope again." Community .Psychiatric Services was established in Clinton in 1981. Affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry of the Alexan- dra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich, it 'is one of three psychiatric service bran- ches in the county. Others are located in Goderich and Wingham. • The clinic, lcoated at 105 Shipley Street, in the old Clinton Hospital nurses' residence may:soon be homeless if a new location is not. approved. The nurses' residence will be demolished later this year, to pave the way for a new medical centre. The Conununity Psychiatric Services pro- posal to . re -locate in a residential section of Clinton has been met with intense opposi- tion. Some 50 people have signed a petition, presented to. Clinton Council, opposing the proposed re -zoning change which would allow 'the clinic to re -locate on Joseph and Isaac Streets. • Mrs. Moriarty noted, "There's still some stigma involved in the community (regar- ding the work done by the Community Psychiatric Services)." The clinic offers a variety of programs, in- dividual 'counselling and therapy, designed to promote change in psychological, physical and social funct on ng enhance better relationships with others and improved feelings about oneself. ' Clients range in age from 17 to those in their 80s. They are directed to the service of- fered at the clinic by a referral 'procedure, through their family . physicians, social • agencies, clergy and self -referrals. The objective of . the Community Psychiatric Services is to provide help for patients in their own community. Programs are also aimed to forestall hospitalizations, to £acilitate'community readjustment and to improve clinical status. The services are geared to the personal needs of each person who uses the clinic. Programs inelude psychiatric counselling, group, individual and' marital counselling, activity therapy, relaxation therapy and leisure Counselling.. , The clinic operates four days a week, - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Outreach, services and 'home visiting are also offered. Currently an average of 20 to 25 patients utilize the services of the Clinton clinic. Some are involved in., half-day programs, others come two days a week, some' four.. The length of 'stay in the program and number of days patients will attend vary ac- cording to the individuals needs. "It all depends on the .people. We don't .. force them to use the program, but we en- . Turn to page 3 The Clinton Public Library presented a special musical treat when Trianon, who specialize in the baroque music of the 17th and 18th century, played on October 24. Trianon, consisting of Basoonist Norman Sherman and Harpsichordist Riquette Stara, entertained the the youngsters with an interesting sampling of the baroque music and also wore the traditional elething of the period. ( Man Rivett photo)