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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-02-11, Page 7About $3,00u was ram for the Minor Hockey Association and the Figure Skating Club Qin Rgturdoy trnmob a amateur skate -a thou. In the back are Figure Skating Club president Linda Hruden and GMHA president Don Larder. In the front, from left, are Stacey Bean, Mark Burbine, and John maiden Jr., vho :.ere 'taps In the pledge depatsuieut. Missing was the ether top girl, Miriam DeHaan. (Photo by Cath Wooden) Ministry snubs light request by Wilma Oke The Huron -Perth County Catholic School board will grant a leave of absence (without pay) to . David Zyluk, principal of St. Joseph's School -in Kingsbridge, if he wins the nomination to run in the pro- vincial election . for the Liberal party. His leave- of absence will run from February 17 to March 20. Carla Revington, special education teacher at Holy Name of Mary School in St. M rya' and Immaculate Con- ce tion School in Stratford, was granted a leave of absence from March 27 to June 30 without pay. Vincent Young, Goderich trustee reported that negotiations with the teachers will start in about' two weeks. Jack Riddell, Liberal MPP for Huron -Middlesex, sent a copy of a letter tothe board he had written to the Honorable James Snow, ministry of transportation 'and communications,. ex- pressing his concern and the school board's concern that the ministry had turned down the request for stop-- tions. lights at the intersection of Highway 8 and Perth County Road 10 in Dublin following a recent fatal accident and previous fatalities at this corner. Riddell stated that eight school buses cross this intersection each school day. Board chairman Ronald Murray reminded members that the `Congress on Educa- tion' was coming up on June 20 in Calgary and those wishing, to go should submit their .names as only' three trustees are allowed to at- tend out -of -province conven- Jean Ginn honored for work with. Cancer Society The regular meeting of the Goderich Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society was held in the board room of the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital with the president, Mel Farnsworth, in the chair. aZella 'Crawford"` paid tribute to Mrs. Jean Ginn on behalf of the Goderich in the society. Jean, who has served in education, P.D.N., campaigns, daffodil teas, etc. was presented with a certificate and pin m her retirement from the society. It is expected the daffodils will be here by April 1 with the `Beta Sigma Phi selling them a gain this year. A daffodil tea, with a Branch for her many years possible date"of April 8,. a of faithful, enthusiastic work bike ride and the Foresters' snowmobile ride are some of the fund raising projects planned again for this year. It is also hoped that a fashion show will be held in Exeter. Campaign plans are well underway. Lois McGill and Joan Hibbert have been busy distributin educational kits and posteto the schools. Teachers are encouraged to use them. ASPEN INSULATION LTD. 524-4460 WILL INSULATE YOUR Q,,TTIC FOR AS LOW AS We use only Fiberglas Canada products If your home was built prior to 1961, 1s your principal residence, and is three storeys or loss, you're eligible for a taxable grant of 100% of your Insulation materials - up to a maxium of '350.00 and '/, of your labour costs up to '150.00. Some apartment buildings may qualify,. EXAMPLE: 1000 sq. ft. Bungalow -Total-Material-Cost-Paid-by-Gov. -t-Grant Total Labour Cost $45.00 Portion to be paid by Gov't - '15.00, Total Customers Portion to be 0 00 Aspen will wait for the government chegUe s30.00 iS 011 you pay!!! *Aspen will handle all paper work *Call for free estimate S4 Victoria Street, Goderich, 524-4460 Member of Sarnia & District Chamber of Commerce William Eckert, Director of Education, announced that a religious workshop for primary teachers at the board office would be held on February 12 from 4 to 7 p.m. It•will be conducted by Sister Annette Stewart of Windsor. Principals and trustees are invited. • Mr. Eckert reported that one school secretary in Zurich took his warning seriously when he notified principals in all the schools of... the dangers of methyl hydrate, a solution used in duplicating machines in schools and board offices, suggesting operators wear gloves. She wore a gas mask as well. The meeting was adjourn- ed at 10:30 until the next meeting February 23. a. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1981 -PAGE 7 Cardiff home from trip by Debbie Ramey Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff recently returned home from a trip to France Germany, Sweden and Finland where he was part of a committee looking into successful export marketing. In June of 1980, Mr. Cardiff was norninated to a commit- tee trying to further expand Canada's export markets, particularly in the area of manufacturing. In the 'fall, meetings were held with businesses from throughout Canada. Mr. Cardiff said it was felt that they should look -at countries that are suc- cessfully uncessfully export marketing and meet their officials. The final report of the committee is due in the House of Commons on March 31. Mr. Cardiff left Ottawa on January 9 and the first country the committee visited was France. Some of the things discuss- ed in France were what type of export financing , is available, the types of pro- jects they were exporting, capital projects - even areas where they were co- operating, with another coun- try and export insurance.. Mr. Cardiff said France had been very successfpl in ex- porting and, subsidizes ' ex- ports, but that it would be disastrous if all exporting countries got into a financial. battle subsidizing exports. Following the trip to France, the committee travelled to four different locations in Germany, in- cluding Bonn, Koln, Deusseldorf. and Hamburg. The MPA met with the bank- ing community or went to two ,East Block countries and the rest flew to Stockholm, Sweden, in-.. eluding Murray Cardiff. There is little or no sub- sidization for exporting but the banking community is very heavily involved in ex • - porting projects. Mr. Cardiff said the one • thing he liked about Gemany was the .small amount . of. government interference. He'said enterprising officials get out' and get business without a lot of government involvement. "The German people ap- pear to be very aggressive and upfront in their business dealings•. I think it's a good way of doing business," he said products that they're building are of good quality. Sweden has 80 trade com- , missioners posted throughout the world who have the initiative to go ahead if they think there is a market for some product. The Swedes have a lot of in- terest in Canada because they have businesses here. The Swedish are, however, heavily in debt. They have a deficit of 18 billion a year but their social programs cost a lot of money. Income tax rates are high, averaging out to about 50 . percent of income. Interest is deductible from income tax and'as a result, most peo- ple are heavily in debt as well. While in Sweden Mr. Cardiff took advantage of The Swedish are v6ry pro- ud of their country and very aware of • preserving the natural resources and en- vironment. "Their environment comes first. We could take a lesson from them," Mr. Car- diff said. Manufacturers rely heavi- ly on the exporting of manufactured goods and the the opportunity to speak to some of their agricultural representatives. He said young people in- volved in industry'are'sent to school for three or four years to train to become exporters. One of the qualifications for enrolling in this school is the ability to speak three languages — Swedish, Fin- nish and usually English. This training would cost about $2 million dollars per year ( Canadian money) . Companies in Finland are interested in industrial', ex- pansion and have a bid on a project with some Canadian- " companies "which would certainly help the export) of some of our manufactured goods,'‘Mr. rdiff said. Committee hopes to promote town The Goderich Tourist Committee hopesto escalate -the active promotion off the town of Goderich.during its two-year term. High school teacher Doug Bundy was elected chairman of the committee for the term 1981-82 and following the initial meeting of the c a tittee in January alist of priorities was established. The basic aim and priority of the committee is to establish and promote the Port of Goderich as a tourist attraction. Bundy said the .committee will -pursue -that objective of attracting tourists through advertising, bus tour promotions, the operation of the Tourist Information booth and , ex- change xchange visits with neigh-.. bowing communities.' The to hast information centre . on Victoria Street is an integral link to the community for tourists, providing information about accomodation, food, services and tourist attractions. The committee will also co- ordinate .and promote -local events like • Festival of the 'Arts, Founder's Day and Friendship Days: Goderich boasts of being the prettiest town in Canada and the committee will encourage residents . and merchants to promote the community be keeping it a clean, • safe aril attractive place to visit. Promotion is a major function of the committee and it is intent on establishing working relationships with com- mittees of council and ser- vice clubs to better co- ordinate activities and promote them. "We feel we should be spending more time on advertising and promoting our. community and to those IN r. 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Our first major ad- ..vertising thrust will culminate in a weeklong promotion of our community at a Ministry of Industry and Tourism Booth provided for us at the eaton Centre in Toronto in mid June. Plans for this are just underway, but it will no doubt be ,a major part- of our extensive ' advertising campaign for this summer." The members of the tourist committee include; chair- man, Doug Bundy, Elsa ilaydon,. Max Cutt, Mac Campbell, Jean Adams, Lu. .Legg, Bill Finnie and Philip Neal. Thanks for - coverage Dear Editor, On behalf of the members of the Maple Leaf Chapter IODE, I would like to ex- press our most sincere thanks for the excellent coverage your paper gave • our organization in 1980. With your help our name is kept before thepublic so they can realize the money we spend and the work we do in the community. - Thanks so Very much. ' Sincerely, Leah Breckenridge, Asst. Treasurer. HEATHER BEAUTY .,.. 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