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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-02-11, Page 6PAGE 6 --GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1987 oma$ rnity. { rt c se tin°.. erway in Lon of 1X83 de.tthe�ncern�ng Wde. DAVID CARROLL S tural Support of Herbal Medicine from the World's Religions. 'Ib include Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish,, Christian, Islamic and Baha'i references. rib be held at H U RON V I E W, London Rd., Clinton. 4i Refreshments Served. ALL WELCOME (i000* DIRECTO Free - thodtkt Church Goderich-Lcswn'8owling Clubhouse Picton Street West 'THE REVEREND ARTHUR SCOTT 524.8800 Sunday, February 15, 1987 9:45 a.m. Children's Sunday School 11:00 a.m: Worship Service 7:00 p.m. Bible Study - Victoria St. Public School Sunday, Feb. 15 at 7:00 p.m. • Sacred Concert Guest Musicians from Brantford •Lawn Bowling Clubhouse All Are Welcome COME WORSHIP WITH US First Bt:.ptist Church MONTREAL STREET, GODERICH MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Pioneer Clubs Tuesday 10:00 a.m. PItAVER,B�. (�BIBLE STUDY •'Tuesday'4:30 p.m. K -GR 6 Pi13'nr Club PASTOR: REV. GILBERT KIDD 524-9049 Organ -Choir Director: Dona Baker You can find acceptance, purpose, icy & peace in Christ. North Street United Church. 56 North Street, 524-76311, 524-69511 Suind®yo February 15, 1191::7 11:00 Worship & Sundoy-School Cable`12 Telecast at 1 p.m. REV. ROBERT •O. BALL MINISTER Robert Blackwell Director of Music T Presbyter6, Ch rch MINISTER: THE REV. G.L. ROYAL M.A.,M. DIV., Lorne H. Dotterer, Director of Praise Sunday, February 15 1.1:00 a.m, Youth Service 11:00 o.m. Sunday School withdrawn Special Speaker: Mr. Paul Chambers, B.A., Knox College, Toronto presentation of Colours Youth Groups .Porticipufing in Service (Nursery Facilities, • Depart to Serve Enter to Worship Ste Ge ::r, eB� Church Anglican - Episcopal North and Nelson Streets, Goderich RECTOR: THE REV. ROBERT J. CROCKER Organist -Choirmaster: • David Hamilton Sunday Fehruary 15 8:30 a.m. Holy Communion 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion and Sermon Sunday Schaal and Nursery 2:00 p.m. Evening 'Prayer, • Christ Church. Port Albert . You. are Always welcome C®emery B ptist Church BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET PASTOR: TERRY WOODCOCK Phone 52A-6445 Nursery' Fa,cilities...available Sunday School . 10:00 a.m. Morning Service • 11:00 a.m. . Evening Service - 7:00 p.m. WORD OF LIFE - teens Tues. _ 7:00 Mighty Mites - Ages 485 • Olympoans - Ages 6.12 ' Wed. 6 30 • 8:00 Prayer Meeting • Wed. 7.00 WELCOME TO THE FRIENDLY CHURCH A 1983 crash at Porter's Hill on Huron County Road 18 southeast of Goderich that claimed the life of Goderich OPP Con- stable Bruce Crew,' 47, and injured his partner Constable John Straughan; is cur- rently being discussed at an Ontario supreme court civil trial in London. • Emily Carr, the dead officer's widow, is seeking $3.5 million in a lawsuit against Allan Nicholson, :then 21, and Wayne McDonald, then 23, both of RR 2 Lucknow, who were the two occupants of a car that police were pursuing; Goderich• police Constable Peter Mason;' Goderich Police Chief Patrick King; and the Goderich Police 'Commission. The same parties -are being sued for a total fo $260,000 by the attorney -general of Ontario and OPP Constable Straughan. Both cases are being heard by Ontario supreme court Justice Dennis O'Leary. In her :vlawsuit, Crew claims that Nicholson and McDonald drove recklessly and failed to stop for police, that Mason drove negligently and failed to abide by police procedures for chases, that Chief King failed to ensure ,procedures were followed, and that the commissioners own- ed the town cruiser. The fatal accident occurred shortly after 3 a.m. on September 25, 1983. Goderich Constable Mason saw a Pontiac Firebird make a U-turn in town and then speed into the country. Mason gave chase and lost the Firebird on Huron County Road 18 but not before asking OPP and Clinton town police for help. OPP Constables Crew and Straughan in- tercepted the vehicle on the dark and hilly county road slightly west of Porter's Hill, at the intersection of the county road with Concession Road 6 of Goderich Township. Both the Firebird and OPP cruiser stopped partially on the road. The accident occurred while Crew, was standing next • to the Firebird and Straughan was sitting partly in the OPP cruiser with the door. open. Mason's fficer cruiser came over Porter's Hill and crash- ed into the Firebird which,. in turn hit the OPP cruiser. Crew was tounu under his own cruiser and died of multiple injuries. A coroner's inquest was told' Crew suffered a broken leg, lac•erationsto his liver, several broken ribs, three spinal fractures and that he had died from internal bleeding and being unable to breathe. Straughan was thrown from the cruiser, landing head -first on the ground 26 feet away. Following the accident, Nicholson was convicted and fined for failing to stop for a police signal and driving with more than the legal lirnit of alcohol .,his blood, McDonald pleaded guilty a "'+ was fined for using unauthorized licence plates on the car. The case began in the London court on Wednesday, February 4 and is still continuing. Airport committee discuss MTC's refusal to assist with funding of .new airport runway Wrong information in a report given to the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications, concerning attempts to ob- tain government financial assistance to build a new runway at the Goderich Air- port, is being blamed for the ministry's resistance to the request, countered members _pf the Airport Committee at their meeting last Wednesday. A letter from Transportation Minister John Crosbie to Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff was forwarded to Goderich Town Council at their Jan: 12 meeting. In it, Crosbie said traffic levels at the Goderi.ch Airport.do not warrant theconstruction of a new runway. The same letter was discussed at the- Airport . Committee Meeting . 7 His. letter also noted that "the existing runway is restricted in its use due to displacements and that "in addition to the existing site constraints, 'Ontario • Hydro's , proposed • corridor . cannot. be overlooked with regard to the existing or new runway." He also noted that there was a total estimated cost of $2.5 million for caompletion of the new runway, However; the minister also said the plan could, be reviewed at a later date" "depen- dent on increased ,traffic levels and any safety related issues." In discussing .Crosbies letter, • Airport.. Committee Chairman Richard Wright said, ."Whoever wrote the report didn't give the right information." Committee .secretary�,;Ken•-Hung said $2.5 million was the -"Wrong figu , ad- ding that he had comeout with a figure. of $1.34 million 'based on a 100 foot wide runway. . • •They are probably .' estimating on a . 150 -foot wide runway,".he said, explaining • .that this would affect the figure. lie added that -a 150 -foot wide runway is common at larger airports but is not necessary at Goderich. .. Committee members also noted that the airport has only a 16 -foot clearance above the township road and highway in the area and that, according to Wright, "the only way to get around it is to raise the runway or lower the highway," neither of which is feasible, Mayor Eileen Palmer told the commit- tee that she had approached Murray Car- diff at the last Mayor's meeting to inform him -of the wrong information provided to the ministry. According to her, Cardiff suggested he be provided with the correct ' information and he would take it to Crosbie and that if there should still be a problem, he' would arrange a meeting between Crosbie •and Goderich , officials to discuss the situation. It was then decided by the Airport Corn- , mittee that 'secretary Ken Hunter be authorized to prepare a report with ac- curate facts tb send to Murray Cardiff.. In continuing their discussion on the new airport runway, secretary- Hunter inform- ed the committee that he, Chairman' Wright and Airport Manager Ed Scruton had met prior to the -committee meeting to discuss a proposed scheduling for the new runway. They noted that the Town of Goderich has.tentatively received a $100,000 grant . from Ontario Hydro for compensation for the placement of the hydro lines west of the airport, The grant is conditional on a new runway being built at- the airport within 10 years: If a runway is not built within the time frame, then under terms of the settlement, the town must return ,the 'money plus accrued interest :to Ontario Hydro. Committee members were • told that Chairman Wright, Scrutonand Hunter had SUPERIOR MEMORIALS ESTABLISHED OVER 60 YEARS Clinton Area MICHAEL FALCONER 153 HIGH STREET, CLINTON 482-9441 _ 11 Goderich ROBERT McCALLUM CAMBRIA ROAD, GODERICH 1524-7345 Credit Union Registered Retirement Savings Plan 39 ST.•DAVID STREET, GODERICH PHONE 524-8366 " ROo mbor Ontario Sham antl oapeHf Intu'anre C,•Do•$!'^^ Tin * No Charges * No Withdrawal Fee' * Interest Calculated Serpi-Annually * INSTANT RECEIPT OFFICE HOURS: Mon to Thurs 9 30 a •m to 5 1'5p m Fridays 9:30 a.m, fo 6:00 0.m. PeopleHnto p q p Saturday 9.30 am 12 noon l Peo iP GODERICH COMMUNITY CRE'LTUNION 1 • .discussed in detail a proposed scheduling of construction for the new runway. The scheduling, which could commence in the fall of 1987, would take five years before completion in 1991: ..Hunter told the committee that. there was a possibility of, starting some •of the topsoil stripping and clearing in the fall of ` 1987 but before' this could begin, applica- tion for an engineering grant needed to be, • made: Their proposed scheduling of the runway showed: a beginning in 1987 with engineer irig clearing; in- 1988 grading for 3,500 feet would' be.made: 1989 would see paving and lighting undertaken: in 1930, grading for an extension of 1,500 feet would take place; . and in 1991, the runway would be com pleted with final paving and, lighting measures. • ... However, no decisions -were made at the February meeting of the committee. In, other business; the Partitioning- of the basement in the.airpo;.t terminal building was discussed., Secretary Hunter suggested that the'. meeting area and Western Air Services • area in the basement of the terminal be • • partitioned off to allow for -security' f or.the Western Air Services portion. , Currently,- there is no partitions separating the Western Air. Service from - the meeting area 'or R.C.O. area. Hunger'° suggested that 'a hallway arid partition' • could --be constructed at the same time, a , partitioning wall. was .put up near. the R,C.O.area. - '.This gives security to Westetcn Airy and • also provides a'boardroom tor•corninittee meetings,•' Hunter said, adding that the .boardroom could be made available for Western Air's ground school and other . meetings. Absenteeism high among Huronview employees By Alan -Rivett At least one Huron County councillor ex- pressed his alarm at the high rate of absenteeism of employees at Huronview, especially in the female dominated areas. Bayfield . Reeve Dave Johnston asked Huronview Administrator. Wayne Lester about the high rate of absenteeism that was described in the Huronview Commit- tee of -Management report at the council meeting on February 5. "Why the large amount of absenteeism? Is it not a very healthy place to work or are there . too . many benefits?" said Mr. Johnston. In the report of absenteeism for 1986,the administration and maintenance sections of Huronview, employing 13 and .7 employees, respectively, experienced a relatively low amount of absenteeism with an average of 6 days absence per employee fir the year in administrdtign while an average of 1 day per employee was missed during the year by the maintenance staff. . However, the Dietary, Nursing, and social services (housekeeping and laun- dry ) divisions showed high rates of absenteeism for the year with 12 days per employee missed by the dietary depart- ment, '17 days per employee for nursing, and 15 days per employee missed in the social services department during the year. The Dietary, Nursing and Social Ser- vices divisions employ 19, 68 and 24 employees, respectively, • Wayne Lester., administrator, of the county -run home for the aged nearTlinton, said the ladies in these departments were -worn out" and were more susceptible to sickness than their male counterparts. • "We've looked at the absenteeism very carefully, but look how healthy the males are. In fairness to the women, they have a very difficult role to fulfil as mother, wife, and lots of .times, they are the main pro- vider'of home support and they're aiso ex- pected to be involved in social events: Some of them just can't handle that load. 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