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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1986-12-31, Page 3Looking at 1986... from page 2 park at the beginning of May this year. Clinton feels they have a good basis for starting a mall because they are the only town in Huron County with available in- dustrial land, and all that was needed to get plans underway were investors. Unfortunately, when a public meeting was held on May 8 to find people who would be in- terested in investing in this mall, only eight local residents showed up, and only one said they would be interested in investing in the mall at that time. Currently, the town's industrial commit- tee are searching for ways to get the facilities in place. HURONVIEW DRUG AVERAGE LOW - Huron County Council was told in May that the county -operated home for the aged near Clinton maintains the lowest overall average for drug use by its patients. Wayne Lester, Huronview Administrator, made the claim during his presentation of is annual report to council. He said he was most pleased by the Ministry of Health report which revealed that the use of drugs at the institution was in order. The report showed that in an area which included Windsor, Sarnia, London and Goderich, Huronview's average for the number of drugs used per patient per day in homes for the aged was lowest overall. "There is no drug abuse at HuronvieW," Mr. Lester said. KLOMPEN FEEST A SUCCESS - Clin- ton's Sixth Annual Klompen Feest, held from May 16-18 was well attended and rated as a success. Chairman Clarence Denomme thought the weekend went well, stating, "I'm very, very satisfied. We had co-operation from the merchants, the various service clubs and everyone involved." He noted that he received great comments on the entertainment and that people had callled him to say how pleased they were with the events. TUCKERSMITH TAXES UP - Tuckersmith Township property owners discovered in May that they would be pay- ing 6.55 per cent more in municipal and education taxes in 1986. Clerk -treasurer Jack McLachlan said this increase meant a property owner with an average assessment of $3,000 would pay $50 more. CAM PROCTOR AND COUNCIL PART ON BAD TERMS - Speculation and rumor k concerning' the clerk -treasurer's position in Clinton were in abundance since mid-March of this year. Approximately two months later the issue was settled, and on May 20 Mayor John Balfour and former clerk - treasurer Cam Proctor went public with the. information. While there were conflicting stories as to how the incident originated with Mr. Pro- ctor claiming he was forced into early retirement and Mayor Balfour claiming he resigned, a settlement was. eventually reached. The final settlement entitled Mr. Proctor to17'months full salary; including a raise for 1986, plus full pay for any unused sick time. CLINTON TAXES UF - It was announced in early June that Clinton taxpayers would be faced with a 6.5 per cent increase on their next tax bills. "It's up 6.59 per cent ( for the public school celebrations. supporter) which is very realistic consider- An added attraction to the evening was ing the extra overhead in the town hall and the auctioning off of the number one issue of so on," commented Mayor John Balfour. the Stanley Township Sesquicentennial col - GRANT FOR HURONVIEW DENIED - lectors plate. MP Murray Cardiff assisted At the June 5 meeting of Huron County the Minister of Agriculture and MPP Jack Council it was announced that the county h\ Riddell with the auctioning. request for $750,000 for renovations to EGRET FOUNTAIN RETURNS - Anyone this -land. In order to deal with these con- cerns council said the maximum height of the building cannot be more than 11 metres and can only contain two storeys. PENHALE RESIGNATION CON- TROVERSY - There was some controversy in Bayfield during the month of June over the resignation of the road superintendent Rick PenhaIe. Despite public support and pleas to recon- sider, as well as requests from council to stay on as superintendent, Mr. Penhale resigned after five years of service. He submitted his resignation to council as the result of what has been called a dif- ference of opinions between council and himself. STUDENT WINS MACLEAN'S AWARD - Lorelei Robinson, a student from Central Huron Secondary School, completed a writing project for her English teacher Bill Munro, and ended up winning the 1986 Diane Thompson. Student Writing contest spon- sored by Maclean's magazine. For her first place essay, entitled Save Your Children From Fur, Miss Robinson received $290 and the chance to have her essay published in a summer issue of Maclean's. "It took about a weekend to write. It wasn't a lot of work, more polishing then anything, but it was fun," she said. TRUSTEES APPLAUD BILL 30 - There was a happy group of trustees when the an- nouncement was made on June 30 to the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board that the Ontario Legislature approved the Education Amendment Act 1986 (Bill 30). When John McCauley, Superintendent of Education stated prior to the board meeting, "Bill 30 passed into law this even- ing. Full funding for Catholic secondary schools is approved. You have waited a long time for this," the trustees applauded. TRAGIC ACCIDENT - On the evening of July 7 a tragic accident claimed the lives of three local youths and injured four others. A car driven by Kathleen Carter, 17, of Clinton, left Concession 6 in Goderich 'Township and struck a tree at 7:40 p.m. ' Those youths that died from injuries sus- tained in the accident were David Whit- taker, 15, of RR1 Brucefield, Steven Caldwell, 17, of Brucefield and Dwayne Hut- chings, 15 of Bayfield. Injured in the accident were Miss Carter, Dennis Otterbein, 17, of Bayfield, James Sauve, 16, of Bayfield and Lori Simms, 15, of Clinton. OPTIMISTS OPEN PARK - Canada Day was celebrated in a special way for many Clinton residents this year with the opening of the Optimist Ball Park. Built by the Optimist Club in co-operation with the Huron Fish and Game Authority, the Town of Clinton, and the Ontario Neighborhood Improvement Program, the park provided local ball players and fans alike with another quality playing facility. hospital were very pleased with the addi- tion. "It's terrific," said Dr. Brian Baker. "It's something doctors have been dream- ing about for years." COUNTY WIDE DRUG BUST - Following a three month undercover drug investiga- tion throughout Huron County, police car- ried out a drug raid on August 22 that resulted in 33 persons being arrested and 71 charges being laid. Of these charges, 32 were for trafficking. At 5 a.m. on the morning of the raid, 40 police officers from the Goderich and Ex- eter OPP stations and the Goderich, Seaforth, Clinton and Exeter town police departments raided houses throughout the county and confiscated quantities of can- nibus marijuana, cannibus resine, hashish, hash oil, LSD and cocaine with an estimated value of $7,650. Of those charged, four were from Clinton, one was from Bayfield, one was from Varna and one was from Brucefield. BAYFIELD SECONDARY PLAN When a public meeting was held in Bayfield on August 27 to discuss the draft of their secon- dary plan, a local citizen, Gary Hulley, sum- med up the feelings of many residents when he said, "A lot of people are deeply commit- ted to Bayfield, there is a quality, a way of living, we would like to maintain the true essence of life in Bayfield." This committment was demonstrated when approximately 150 people arrived at the meeting to discuss what is in the future for the village. Many subjects were discussed including land use, community faciliteis, waterfront land use and municipal services. While a recommendation has yet to be given on the plan from the Huron County Planning Department, when they make their recommendation it will go to village council, then county council and finally to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. BILL CRAIG RETIRES - A familiar face was missing from the halls of Central Huron Secondary School when the school year began in September as Bill Craig retired. Mr. Craig had been a teacher at the school since 1952. While he began his career at CHSS as a teacher only, in 1965 he was made technical Turn to page 5 WINTARIO COMES TO STANLEY , - Although it was a hot and humid''ewening wheii Wintario came to St'an'ley To'wnshi'p on July 17, the local residents still packed in for the event. The evening was hosted by the township as part of their sesquicentennial Huronview was turned down by the Ministry of Community and Social Services. The first phase of the $1.5 million expa- nion and renovation project at the county - run nursing home was slated to begin this year with matching funds from the county and province. Huron County had placed $750,000 for the project in their 1986 budget set in March with the assessments already passed on to the municipalities. Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle chastised the government for going back on its promise to provide funding for the project which was assured Lo Huron County prior to last year's municipal elections. CHRISTIAN REFORMED RETIRE- MENT HOME - Following two public meetings to discuss a proposed Christian Reformed Retirement Home, Clinton Coun- cil passed two bylaws in June which will allow the land to be rezoned and allow coun- cil to have control over what is erected. The proposed home will be situated off Charles Street at the north end of town. In order for the retirment home committee to build on this property, council had to pass an development to mending bylaw to change the zoning classification from future residential high density. visiting library park in Clinton this summer would have noticed an addition to the park in the form of an Egret fountain. This fountain originally rested in the park since 1916, but it was destroyed in a storm in 1959. Through efforts by Clinton Council, the fountain was restored and resurrected. STANLEY CELEBRATES - Stanley Township's Sesquicentennial celebrations, held on August 1, 2 and 3 were a huge success. While 2,500 registration buttons were made in advance, there were not enough to cover all of the people that came to celebrate. Included in the three day celebrations were a eucemenical church service, barbe- ques, a 200 float parade, ATV races and farmer's olympics. CLINTON GETS AMBULANCE - The staff at Clinton Public Hospital was excited to here in August that for the first time in 18 years an ambulance would be on site in town. The annou.acement came from the Ministry of Health, who will be providing annal funding of $64,000 to cover operating costs, an extra ambulance and additional staff to serve the residents of Seaforth and There were some concerns raised at the Clinton. Prior to this change, Seaforth and public meeting that a large building would Clinton residents shared one ambulance. devalue the property of owners bordering Doctors and emergency staff at the THE CLINTON RECREATION DEPT. has your... dew Y is Resolution To Fitness TRIM -A -SIZE Mondays 8 Wednesdays 7pm-bpm C.H.S.S. (Small Gym) January Sth-March 11/87 FEE $30.00 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1986—Page 3 SAVING THEIR PENNIES Vanastra Public School students brought in their pennies and teachers made some dona- tions to present Royal Bank Manager, Steve Fraser with a cheque for $207.53. The Royal Bank is the official bank for the Rick Hansen fund raising. The money will be forwarde4 .to Royal Bank head quarters in Toronto. Presenting the cheque to Mr. Fraser is teacher and organizer Gayle Beuermann. 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