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_ ,_'i`HURSDAY, APRIL 221, 1981
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The Queen of GDCI will be crowned at midnight the school's formal dance. The candidates are, from
April 24 under an `Evening in Rome' setting during left, Brenda Feagan, Ginette Richard, Debbie
Bedard, and Conte de Haas. Missing -from the pic-
ture is Stacey Ward. (Photo by Cath Wooden)
Town applies for program
The town of Goderich is actively pursuing ac-
ceptance into the federally -funded Katimavik
program that will bring a group of young Canadians
to the area, working on designated community
projects.
Katimavik is a Canadian national volunteer youth
program that blends volunteer service, discovery of
country, friendship and personal development while
serving the needs of Canadian communities.
Under the terms of the program, 22 young people
will be working in the Goderich area on specific
projects that would otherwise be left untouched
because of funding or manpower. The young
Canadian workers,between the age of 17 and 21, are
housed by the federal government with strict
supervision and the town's only responsibility is to
provide work projects for their nine-month stay.
Elsa Haydon is chairman of the Katimavik
program committee that also includes Larry
McCabe, Ken Hunter,Ray Scothmer e, Harry Bosnell,
Jane Netzke and Bob Allen. The committee is com-
piling a list of potential work projects and is confident
the Goderich application will be accepted.
"We have met with the regional director and are
reasonably sure we will get a group," Haydon said. "
We are quite excited about it and should have con-
firmation in the next couple weeks."
The town's application includes a general list of
INSIDE THE
SIGNAL -STAR
May is CF month
It isn't easy to be a six-
year-old boy. and have
cystic fibrosis. In
recognition that May is
CF month, Joanne
Buchanan profiles
Robbie Wade, a
Goderich boy who
suffers from the
disease. See page 1A for
stories and p ictures.
Bares beard for bucks
It was a student's dream come true kat
Thursday at Robertson when Grade 8 teacher
Al Leggatt allowed his pupils to shave off his
beard to raise money for the class' yearly
film project. Seepage 1A.
Pied Piper coming
Canada's Pied Piper, Bobby Gimby, is
coming to Goderich`llay 9 for the Lions Club
spring dance. Gimby and his dance band will
be playing at the arena and all proceeds will
go to the Laketown Band. See page 2.
Regular Features
Tid Bits Pg. 2 -
Letters , Pg -5-6
Editorials Pg. 4
Columns Pg.4
.$port __.____..1?g l.tt:.t.r
Classified.... Pe. 12-14
Real Estate .. Pg. 14.15
TV Pg. 4A
B. Board Pg. 5A
Church Pg. 9A
Farm
B. Directory.... Pg.•$A
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projects and Haydon said that work at. the Huron
Historic ,Jail and the Huron County Pioneer Museum
will also be included.
The town will take up anumber of work.weeks from
the nine-month schedule to complete work at the
waterfront and in several parks. Haydon indicated
the Katimavik teams could be of use in constructing
steps on the .lake bank, mapping and updating
cemetery records, completing a tree inventory,'
working on special projects at Queen Elizabeth
School and doing some needed' work at Agriculture
Park.
The project begins in September and will run until
the end of May in 1982. Three teams of 11 people will
live and work in the area, two in Goderich and one in
Se aforth.
Project chairman Haydon said the program is of
benefit to the community and the young participants.
"The Katimevik program gets .young people from
different parts of Canada together to work in another
part of the country," she said. "Someone is in charge
and lives with the volunteers and the town doesn't pay
for any accommodation but we have been asked to be
on the lookout for a farmhouse or something to rent."
In essence the town will be able to clean up some
outstanding projects that have been abandoned
because of a lack of funds or time and manpower. The
committee is seriously considering having the
woodlot at the eastern edge of the Industrial Park
cleared by the Katimavik group.
The tree inventory will involve a detailed mapping
process street by street and all trees will be
catalogued by type and age. The town hopes to utilize
the project group through the winter months for the
tree inventory, work on cemetery records and town
hall documentation, museum projects and special
programs at Queen Elizabeth School.
Katimavik, an Inuit word meaning `meeting place',
is funded through the department of Secretary of
State and Frands Fox is the minister responsible.
The objectives of the program are to serve
Canadian communities through locally developed
projects. The projects have three components:
physical work projects of last. 'enefit to the
community and region; cominun,., service work
-through local organizations; and cultural and
.educational aspects.
. The program is also designed to aid the personal
development of the participants by having them
experience a simple and challenging lifestyle based
ou group -living and discipline. Haydon said • the
screening process for potential Katimavik par-
ticipants is quite comprehensive and strict.
Katimavik also encourages environmental
awareness and provides opportunities for a greater
Understanding of the country through travel, learning
a second language and • working and living with
Canadians of different regions.
Turn to page 16 •
Board budget
ready for
Tuesday meeting
The Huron County Board of Education will present
its 1981 budget at a special meeting in Clinton,
Tuesday, April 28 at 8.30 p.m.
The acceptance of the education budget will mean
municipalities will be able to set 1981 mill rates for
taxation purposes.
t_
Director of Education, John Cochrane said the
board will meet in closed session prior to the
presentation of the budget to clear up some personnel
matters. Notice of the meeting has been sent to all
municipal and township clerks and several
politicians are expected for the budget session.
This yearn each committee of the board of
education submitted a separate budget proposal and
all budgets were trimmed at subsequent meetings
before the final budget proposal was prepared.
MVCA gets grants- to
install warning system
The Ministry of Natural Resources has approved
funding for the implementation of a comprehensive
flood warning system within the Maitland and
Lucknow Rivers watershed.
The approval bf the project will mean almost im-
mediate implementation of a system that will im-
prove the authority's ability to monitor river,flows in
the watershed area. The new system will also allow
the authority to predict flood threats much sooner
and with greater accuracy.
The new flood -warning system will be phased in
over a three-year period in several locations on the
Maitland and Lucknow Rivers as well as smaller
branches and tributaries.
The flood warning system will include snow
courses, staff gauges, a streamflow gauging meter,
data logger units and a mini computer and terminal
to evaluate and translate the data collected along the
system. The total cost of the project is estimated at
$109,200 and Maitland Valley Conservation Authority
manager, Bryan Howard explained the Ministry will
provide a basic grant of $104,610.
The project is also subject to supplementary grants
raise 15 per cent of the cost of the project. That+will
leave the authority with a balance of $28,530 to be
raised by the watershed levy. The 1981 MVCA levy
already reflects a slight increase to accommodate the
initial nhase of the warning svatem.
Howard explained that thetpresent MVCA warning
system uses telemark gauges on the Maitland River
that are 'connected to the telephone system and a
needle to record water levels. Readings are taken at
Listowel, Winghatn and Lucknow to determine flows.
But the system will be ifuroved dramatically with
continuous recording gauges that will register river
flows every hour aid give 30 -day continuous
readings. Howard explained that information from
the 30 -day readings will be stored in the computer
giving the authority accurate recdrds of flows and
levels.
"The new system will give the authority an ac-
curate predicting ability that we didn't have," he
said. "That will be very important in the upstream
ends of the watershed area and the Wingham flood
plain is a critical area."
The monitoring gauges will be installed at Listowel, -
Harriston, Bluevale, two at Lucknow, Newry near How's the weather down there? Shane Armstrong,
. - a•., n ,, bottom, and Drew h ittnniley, 'both five, make an
Daylight Saving.
Time arrives
Ah yes, finally.
As the end of April approaches, thoughts turn tce
warm sunny days with daylight extended into
evening hours.
It's been a long and cold wait but soon the sun and
warm winds will be coaxing life out of the soil. The
later part of April also signals the arrival of daylight
saving time, a welcome relief from the darkness of
winter. _. _ --.
And ao,..Signal-Star . readers are reminded-tenturn.
clocks ahead one hour this Sunday morning. Daylight
saving time officially arrives at 2 a.m. Sunday but
clocks should be turned ahead one hour before going
to bed Saturday evening.
Don't get caught with your clock on Standard time.
Mine workers prepare
for lengthy strike.
The strike by 217 surface workers, miners and
tradesmen at the Domtar Sifto Salt mine entered its
second week with no hint that the two sides will return
to the bargaining table.
The striking workers are members of Local 16 of
the .Energy. and Chemical Workers Union and are
seeking a new one-year contract. The employees are
looking for improvements in hours work, wages and
benefits, concessions in contract language and new
health and safety provisions.
President of Local 16, Guy Robinson, said
negotiations are at an impasse and no meetings
between the sides were scheduled.
"There is nothing in the wind as far as meetings go
and the next meeting will have to be with Bert
Stevens of the Ministry of Labor," he said. "Both
parties have agreed that we would meet if it was
needed and requested but that will have to . come
through the ministry.
While the union and management are standing
their ground on the issues, Ro inson said the em-
ployees are almost resigned to a liengthy strike.
"Sometimes you just have to stand up and fight for
the things you believe in," he said. "Health and
safety regulations are our main concern right now
and they are things you just canrtbuy.
The strike has also halteu work on a new mine shaft
by the Cementation Company. Cementation workers
honored the picket line last Tuesday and the company
has instructed employees not to return to work.
The cementation employees are not unionized but
they have refused to cross the picket line of Local 16,
halting progress on the new mine shaft. However, the
freeze plant operation , that is freezing the ground
around the shaft to prevent water seepage, is still in
operation.
"There's no way : we would prevent them from
operating the freeze plant," Robinson explained.
"We're trying to keep a pleasant atmosphere."
Cementation Company officials would not com-
ment on the situation.
The members of the Energy and Chemical Workers
Union were in a legal strike position at midnight,
Sunday, April 12 after sur days of bargaining failed to--
produce any agreement. Bert Stevens of the
mediation branch of the Ministry of Labor acted as
mediator between the two sides.
When talks broke off, at least half of the 83 issues
were left unresolved. The employees average $9.47
per hour but are seeking,a 20 per cent increase in a
one-year contract. The company has offered a two-
year contract with increases of $L22 and $1.11
respectively.
ween to be crowned Friday
On Friday at the stroke of midnight, one of five
pretty nominees will be crowned Queen of G.D.C.I.
_ during the ,high school's annual `At Home' formal
dance„
The nominess are Debbie Bedard, Connie de Haas,
Brenda Feagan, Ginette Richard and Stacey Ward.
Debbie, a Grade 12 student, is the daughter of
Delmer and Dorothy Bedard of Goderich. She'serves
on the school's social •committee and is a student.
council class representative. She works part-time as
a waitress at the Esquire Restaurant and plans to at-
tend college in the fall to take a legal secretarial
course. • • •
Connie, a Grade 13 student, is, the daughter of Cecil
and Vi de Haas of Goderich. She is a student council
class representative. She plans to attend college in
the fall to study as a dental assistant and eventually
hopes to -become a dental hygenist.
Brenda, a Grade 13 student, isthe daughter of John.
and. Phyllis. Feagan of R.R. 4 Goderich She hopes to •
study business administration and accounting at col-- -
lege or -university in the fall. •
Ginette, a Grade 13 student, is thedaughter of
Marcel and Veronica Richard of Goderich. She works
part-time in the concession booth at the: arena and
plans to study for her Bachelor of Science degree at
the University of WesterraOntario in the fall.. • • •
Stacey,' a Grade 12 student, is the daughter of Nu -
r* and Shirley Ward. of- Goderich. She is a student
council class representative and'. works part-time in
. the kitchen at_ .the -Bedford Hotel. She plans to study
'Hotel and l ,estaurant Maiiagen eiit-at college in the
fall. m
G.DeC.I. stints are busy this. week transforming
the school's tannasium into an `Evening in Rome'
setting for the dance.
Turn to page 16 • inteenating picture as they climb along the monkey
bars in Judith Goode ham Park 7�uesdrea. i Photo by
Cath Woodenr