Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-01-07, Page 1,Armed robber sti.--._ at large ASIVONI 139 YEAR - 01 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1987 :60 CENTS PER COPY Call for --rezoning leads to ,public meeting Jan. 20 A public rneetir►g is scheduled for„ January -20 -to -discuss the possibility of rezoning property near the Goderich Air- port, from 'Agricultural -Small Holding to Rural Residential, to allow for -the con- structibn of new homes. The meeting, tozbe held in the Colborne Township Hall in Carlow at 7 p.rn., is re- , quired under the provisions of the Plann- ing Act and altows.people who are directly concerned -with -the proposed rezoning changes, to state their opinions. Airport neighboring proptrty, owners, Colborne Township council members, Town 'of Goderich representatives, County of Huron, representatives and airport :com- . mittee representatives will attend the meeting, said Hudson Milburn, clerk of Colborne '1'wonship. • The land surrounding the airport is cur- rently zoned Agricultural -Small Holding. Some neighboring property owners,wish to have their; property rezoned to Rural Residential to'allow for the construction of •' new housing. Two of the neighboring property owners who wish4o have their property rezoned are Karl Campbell and Anthony Vanders- teen who appeared before the airport corn • mitteeat its December meeting to discuss their rezoning. application .and, Official Plan change to' allow future severances on - their property: No decision on rezoning,the property will be made at the public meeting. A decision . will be made by Colborne Township coun til at one of their, regular meetings after which time they have received a report from the County Planner and have studied .', the issue sufficiently.. Goderich OPP continue RIDE A .total -of 495 vehicles -were -stopped -by Goderich OPP from December 29,-1986 to January 4, :i987, as part 'of the RIDE program. As a result,of these spot checks, a total of 10 charges were laid,, an OPP spoke'sper- son said Monday. Included in the charges were two persons chary*ed with alcohol related Criminal Code uriving offences, two drivers -who -received -12 -hour -licence suspensions as well as six Liquor Licence • Act charges. The spokesperson said "the Goderich OPP will continue to use the spot check procedure of the RIDE program throughout 1987. Across Ontario, , a total of , 274,544 vehicles were checked by OPP throughout the province for the period November 17 to December 28, 1986. As a result of the .province -wide checks, 1,011 persons were charged with alcohol related Criminal Code driving. offences, 2,428 drivers received 12 -hour suspensions and 1,30P Liqour Licence Act charges were also laid. In` No. 6 District ( which includes Goderidi) the figures for the same time period read 31,202 vehicles chcked, 81 persons charged with Criminal driving of- fences, 199 drivers received 12 hour suspensions and 181 Liquor Licence Act charges were laid. Over 5000 vehicle checks per week are being • conducted in No. 6 District's six , counties. A•total of 10,458 seat belt cutters, which are -given to -drivers who are. stopped dur- ing the RIDE program, have been distributed to the 15 OPP detachments that Make up No. 6 District. " Hundreds use Godcrich's New Year's baby is Krystle Arlene Chase, shown here with parents Susan and Brad. Chase of West Street in Goderich. ttrystle•was horn at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital on January 2, 1987, at 7:21 p.m. weighing seven pounds four and one-half, ounces.' She is the first child for Susan and Brad. First-time grandparents are Dorothy„and Bill Chase of Goderich and Stan and Betty Fenner of )~Niagara Falls. (photo by Lou -Ann Hopei , , . . . „ Some mine employees still face layoff : As many as 40 unionized employees of 'restricted and another area was closed many as 50 or 60 were laid off last year." the Domtar Sifto Salt mine still face a down last weekend because we detected' . Two methane gas explosions have oc- layoff, but the seasonality of the salt somd a; tivity there," he explained: "We ' cured in the south section of the mine, one business has had as much to do with that are checking these areas and monitoring on November 13 that sent technician Dan as the recent methane gas explosions mirie• the situation to prevent any injury." Bizier to,hospital with extensive burns and manager Gaston Brousseau said. • The mine is back to,a four -shift, seven- a second, Dec. 11 in which no-one was day -a -week operation and Brousseau Said .injured. it has been common practice for the com- pany•to lay off employees this time -year. Broussseau-said -the-situation -is being "For the past two or three years we have monitored in co-operation with the Mining, operated at reduced. capacity this tirne of Health and Safety Branch of the Ministry year," he offered. "Due to limitations and of Labour.. Special equiprnent will be used type of winter, less salt \ is' r..equired. As to test the formation. uiet in.town says Chief . King qY The mine, is back in operation Brousseau reports -and -250 -unionized- employees, members of Local 16 of the Energy and ^•' Chemical Workers Union, have been call- ed back to work. "Some areas, like' the south section; are New 'Year' s.. Eve This New Year's Eve was a quiet one in the Goderich area, with police making on- ly one arrest, a Barrie , area man, for disturbing the peace. Goderich Police Chief Patrick King said the members of the Goderich Provinical Police detachment had stopped a vehicle NewVear►S on North Street and while police.were talk- ing ing with the driver, a passenger became abusive. taxi service People are still welcoming the New Year in style but if the number of revellers ushered to and from parties by local taxi •companies can be used as San, accurate barometer, then local residents are not A combination •of factors has helped the drinkinganddriving. • Goderich- Elevators -overcome ..abelow- The New Year's Eve free taxi service, average shipping year for corn, Elebators sponsored by several local business"peo-" President and Chief Executive Officer ple, was well used again this year as both George P rsons told members of the ompanies had three cars on the go all Goderich Rotary Club at a recent club night. . luncheon. Bruce Bettles of B and B Taxi said he "Ontario wheat saved our butts. We had had "three cars running continuously" from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 3:30 a.m. Thurs- • day and many of the. calls _were -for -out-of- town destinations. People got to their parties early this year and many customers were shuttled to the Legion by 7:30 p.m. While 90 per cent of the customers ape not regulars,, Betties ,sai&the service "helps keep people off the street when they're drinking." Maurice Gardiner of Gardiner Taxi ' reported-tpat_business was steady this for alrjo>;t 50 per' cent of the b ess a the elevators, said Parsons, with western ed grains accounting for the bulk of the rest. • The fciderich harbor"' was 'recently deepened and now allows for the loading of ocean freighters to their maximum seaway draft. However, the improvement "He was shouting -and -swearing- at them," said King:. Goderich Police Department officers ar- rived on the scene and arrested the man. Also on New Year's Eve, Goderich Police and local OPP officers checked 87 vehicles for liquor or other infractions, bur found no violations. ",I think the message has been getting around,", said -King. - "There were a lot of Goderich Police Are still invest ''„gating the armed rubbery of a lucid Couvenin(e - sti.we last month, but have no NOV :cads a•s yet. Police 'shave received only ono c :►11, which didn't pan out, reporting; a sighting of someone answering the description of 'a man who brandished a butcher knife at a • clerk and made -off with $167 in cash fr,jrn the Becker's Milk store ori Huro►i )toad, Dec.. 12.. fioder ich. Police Chiet Patrick King said normally the police receive more calls on incidents of this kind: The thief was described as "a very skin ny reale" aged 18-22, about five feet, six in- ches tall. He escaped in a stolen car, which was later recovered about one,,kilornetrc from the robbery site.: Thieves steal cement deer Seale obviously determined thieves with an unusual taste in stolen goods committed a robbery in Goderich over the weekend. Police Chief -Patrick -King said someone made off with a life-size ornamental ce- ment deer, from the lawn life-size, residence on Cambria Street. King said the deer was "very heavy” and it would take at least two people to lift it. "So, if anyone spots a deer that doesn't . move, we'd like to hear from them," King said. McCabe wins vacation -draw The first winner of the • Goderich Kinsmen Club's Vacation Draw was an- ` nounced this week., by the service club's executive. . Larry -McCabe of Goderich was the first prize winner of the monthly draw entitling him to a vacation "travel voucher worth $1,500 op $1,200 in cash. .j{eyin Shrier won the 4150 cash second prize and C. Burt of Bayfield won a $100 •ticket good for nextyear's draw: Only 350 tickets, at $100 each, were sold . for the monthly draws by the ftrvice club meinbers. Ticket holders have a one.in.ten chance of winning. • Scott. appointed .,to . Authority Gwen Scott of Seaforth has been ap- pointed -to -the -Huron -County.- Housing Authority, Alvin Curling, Minister of nous- ' ". ing, announced: Scott, a registered nurse, will serve as a provincial . representative on .the seven - member authority that manages Ontario Housing Corporation's' 415 assisted hous- ing units in the Huron,County area. The federal, provincial and municipal governmentsnominateind_ividuals for ap- . pointment to the housing authorities • by provincial orders -in -council. The province appoints the housing authority chairman. . The day -to -clay; management of OHC's ,84,000 housing units is carried put by local housing authorities, although the primary 'responsibility for assisted housing re- mains with OHC. • • Curling said: "By volunteering 'their 'time to serveonthe local housing -authori- ty, private citizens.such as Mrs. Scott are helping ,to ensure that Ontario's assi:;ted housing program is4ensitive and can res- pond to the needs, of the many ;com- munities it serves." , The Huron "County Housing Authority manages 331 senior citizens assisted hous- ing units and 84 units for !ow -income families. The authority also provides hour O ing for ,physically, developmentally and psychiatrically, -handicapped persons who are capable of living on their own. parties going on;but-the taxis -were -well used and the establishments were being careful;" Two incidents of vandalism, one on Jan. 2 and another `on .Ian. 5, occurred at .the Goderich Elevators, reports local police. On both Occasions someone broke into the elevators and opened spouts, allowing several thousand bushels of grain to spill onto the floor.. Police are investigating. i...1c1 )! e , )I( 1,'='J heat yield key to shipping success a bumper crop," said Parsons. The addition of a shipping facility in Port Colborne, which the • local -corporation •leases and operates, also helped the com- pany operate equal to the levels of the previous year "even though (profits in) Goderich may be down a bit," he added. The Port Colborne operation is doing well and "looks like it's going to pull.trp the slack:" Handling_ of_ Ontario corn now ac.c unts year while the customer calls tended, to come in bunches other years. "It was pretty steady this. year and we had over 80 calls and with about four peo- ple to a car that represents well over 300 customers," he said. "We had an extra car on for New Year's and 1 know the service is appreciated." George Parsons has not proved'profitable yet, because of a corn -pricing discrepancy between Cana- dian, American and European common market traders.' "Right now, our price is about $10 per ton ( five per cent) out of line to ship to traditional -markets," said -Parsons, ' raditionalmarkets,"-said-Parsons, 'ad- ding that the local elevators did not load a single ocean boat during the previous season because of the pricing problem. "It's something.that will have to work itself out," he said. • Parsons explained that much of the On- tario corn that can't be shipped overseas has been "backing up." However. he add- ed that the majority of it is put in use for dry milling and distilling on the domestic marleet. The current free trade talks between Canada and the United States, Parsons said, will probably not have an immediate effect on the Goderich Elevator operations. "Agricultural- products- have -really=not -surfaced, as far as being a main issue in these talks;" he said. "However, i really wouldn't want to predict what long-range effects there might. be if agricultural pro- ducts became part of the push-pull of these- talks." hesetalks." Sailors= tie Ir-onmen Todd Graham scvred two goals as the Goderich Sailors battled the Wingham ironmen to a 4-4 tie in central Junior C hockey action Sunday afternoon in Goderich, F'or' details, see today's Sports section. Basketball -tourney 4- The -1947 Junior Boys' Blue and White. — 1, Basketball Tournament, will be held Sata►r- day at`Gi)Ci. For more information, see inside the Sporty section, •