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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-07-22, Page 12 the Go derich 0 1 133 YEAR -29 WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1981 50 CENTPER LOPY Day Centre offers seniors daily outings Many senior citizens in Huron County are homebound and unable to take part part in 'many public activities. But with the aid of volunteers, homebound seniors are enjoying a myriad of ac- tivities at the Day Centre for the Homebound at Huronview in Clinton. The day centre offers seniors daily outings and programs that include crafts, swimming, exercises, personal grooming and nutrition clinics. A public health nurse is also available to assist the seniors. But the seniors who take advantage of the day • centre rely on volunteers for transportation and assistance, and part-time co-ordinator of volunteer, services, Nancy Anstett, said more people are needed to drive the homebound to the centre. We definitely need more volunteers to help at the centre during the day and no qualifications are required," she said. " All drivers are paid mileage but we also need help during the day with crafts, woodworking ,exercises and in preparing meals." The centre is open each weekday with the exception of Tuegdays and clients pay $5 per day for use of the facilities. There are as many as 12 clients involved in programs on a daily basis. The program has attracted as many as 50 volunteer workers but the numbers have recently dwindled to about 30. On Wednesdays the centre caters to stroke victims and volunteers are needed to work on a one- to-one basis with each client. The 'centre has been able to attract volunteer services through contact with many local service clubs and byword of mouth. The county health unit employees and doctors have also referred people to th e centre. "The centre, in many cases, helps keep some ' people out of institutions and they are quite happy with the opportunity to get out,". Nancy said. "It provides a welcome change in the week for many older people and breaks the boredom.' Assisting the clients has also been a rewarding and enjoyable experience for the corps of volunteers and the staff ma kes training courses available. "The volunteers enjoy coming out and feel as if they have accomplished something," Nancy ex- plained. "We hold different workshops for volunteers 'and sometimes guest speakers are brought in." The centre' has had. physiotherapists and oc- cupational therapists speak to volunteer groups, to help them better meet the needs of the clients. There is also a day centre in Wingham but volun- teers are needed in this area to drive clients to the Huronview centre. Many. are unable to make use of the programs and faCilitiea because of a 'lack of transportation. "Volunteers can do whatever they want," Nancy said. "If possible, we would like for them to drive the client to the centre, spend the day with .them and assist them with meals and programs, and then drive them home again." There are a number of people from the Goderich area attending the day centre for the homebound but because of transportation problems, most clients are from Clinton. If anyone is interested in becoming a volunteer, contact the centre at Huronview in Clinton. Camping on beach unlawful Camping is prohibited in town -parks and on the beach but the Huron Health Unit recently in- vestigated a complaint concerning campers at St. C'hr istophers Beach. In a letter to council, inspector K.D. Seeger said a complaint was received by the health unit that campers were using the St. Christophers Beach area, south of the water plant, near the pond. An investigation was conducted June 23 and 'garbage, including beer bottles littered the area and evidence indicated there had been a fire. Seeger said the area is not readily served by toilet facilities, garbage containers or a potable water supply. He said that if camping is allowed in the area, toilet fagilities should be made available, garbage con- tainers should be provided and a potable Lavater supply should also be available. If camping was allowed to continue, Seeger said it could pose as a public health hazard. Under municipal bylaw, overnight camping is not allowed on the beaches, but the area south of the water plant is federal land. The local police depart- ment does enforce the camping and overnight park- ing bylaw. Councillor Stan Profit said the town should post signs so there would be no legal obligation in case of injury. Jim Searls claimed that allowing some overnight camping would be good public relations for the town. "I know people who have parked there overnight," he said. "Sornetinies people come into town late, can't find a vacant spot at a campground or park and it would be good public relations if they were allowed to just spend one night down there." Councillor John Doherty disagreed claiming that all-night beach parties shouldn't be allowed on town land. Tovtb of Goderich by-law no. 27 of 1975 controls the activities of all parks within the community. The by-law controls or prohibits numerous things and the major ones are listed here: 'Animals are not permitted on any beach. This in - Turn to page 7 * 3•510.,,-1 ,, ' . • As another week of the good or summertime con- tinues% many a pencil -pusher wishes he or she was engaged in leisurely outdoor activity such as this River at Benmiller on Monday afternoon. (Photo by fisherman practicing his fly -casting in the Maitland Cath Wooden) ydro plans seCOnd Brucelini ublic meeting informs. interested citizens BY JASON AINSLIE ' Ontario Hydro held e meeting with. about 40 municipal officials and other interested persons last Thursday at the Candlelight Restaurant in Goderich. A meeting largely unsuccessful in soliciting public input, it did, however, serve to enlighten those present of Hydro's future plans for construction of a second power line out of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station at Douglas Point. Public Relations Officer Don Carmichael of London said the additional line is required to transmit new power -that will be produced when the Bruce 'B' plant is in operation. The 'B' plant will be operational by 1983 and will supplement the electricity already flowing from Bruce. The proposed line project won't be completed until 1988. Mr. Carmichael agreed that it would make more sense to have the line in place before Bruce 'B' begins producing, but opposition to the scheme by citizen groups in the early seventies forced the Ontario government to examine the plans more carefully. The result was the establishment of a Royal Commission ( Porter Commission ) in 1975 to examine the technical, economic and environmental con- siderations inherent in an undertaking of this nature, Another reason for the construction of a new line is for the sake of insurance. In the event of a line being incapacitated by lightning or other natural disaster, a second line would ensure that the Bruce plant would • BY JOANNE BUCHANAN 4 Tourism has increased in Goderich this year if figures at the tourist information booth are any. in- dication. Approximately 6,280 persons have registered at the booth so. far and supervisor Jean Adams says this figure is upby about 1,000 over last year. There could be many reasons for the inctease, says Mrs, Adams, including the good weather, the amount of advertising done by the tourist committee and the fact that our gas prices and monetary, exchange rates are attractive to Americans. "We get a lot of tourists from Michigan and with the gas prices, it is cheaper for them to come here than to drive through their own country. Also, one man told me that with the amount' of Canadian exchange he received on a $100 American bill here, he could feed his whole family one meal," she says. Although the majority of tourists come from the U.S., Mrs. Adams says the booth has welcomed visitors from Germany, Switzerland, Hollandand England this yeartoo. . "Most people want to know what there is to see here and what events are going on. The museum and the jail are popular and there's another whole crowd that just wants to know about flea markets, antiques and garage sales," she explains. The tourist committee stopped its 'Tourist of the Week' promotion this year because it was too costly and reached only a limited number of people. 'However, bicycling and walking Units of the town were introduced and MI'S. Adams says these have become very popular with approximately 60 people taking advantage of them so far. The tourist booth provides maps for three types of tours—normal cycle, long cycle and walking—along not be, rendered useless, causing partial blackouts for this part of the province. • Commission Recommends: In March of 1979, the Porter Commission recom- mended to the government tha.t electric power cannot' be bottled up at the Bruce plant ybottled up' means that more power is produced than is transmitted); and also recommended that the government; adopt a plan to accommodate Southwestern Ontario's base needs for power. Present projections peg the province's base growth at two to four per cent per annum. The purpose of Thursday's meeting was to hear the pros and cons of six alternative -system plans for the construction of the ney% hydro line. A 169 -page evaluation of the alternative plans says the "objective of public involvement is to ensure that the interests of those affected by development proposals are taken into account in planning decisions." In 1975, five 'working groups', comprised of a cross- section of citizens, wereset up to study the effects of the"additional power line on the environment and on agricultural production. This public input, along' with Ontario Hydro's economic and technical input, has been the basis of the six plans. The corporation hopes to have formal approval of a chosen plan by June, 1982. For its part, Ontario llydro holds no preference for t • • • • with a bOoklet giving the histoly of various sites. The tourists are then free to conduct their own self -tours with these aids, sometimes using their cars instead Of walking or cycling. Special programs. for children in particular, both at Point Farms Provincial Park and the Falls Reserve at Benmiller are also popular with tourists this year, says Mrs. Adams. She feels the split bet- ween camping and staying in motels and hotels is fairly even though. She alp? says there is an even mixture of tourists froni young to old. • The tourist booth has been busiest so far this year on the weekend of June 26-28 when Goderich held its Canada Day celebrations. "It was a mad house in here. There were ap- proximately 700 people going through rthe booth) each day," says Mrs. Adams. , She figures the flow will be steady from now through to September The booth is open seven clays a week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m, until Labor Day. After that, it is open only on weekends until Thanksgiving. "We remain open after Thanksgiving too if it is still busy. We have to play it by ear," she says. At the Huron Histonc Jail, curator Harry Bosnell says visitors have increased • by about 300-400 this year. He feels that this is the result of direct mailings made to the various boa rds of education. "Our s?hool tours have really been up," he says., The register at the jail reprepents' a 'real League of Nations' and not just Americans, says Mt. Bosnell. He feels people are interested in the jail because of its unique arehitecture. , "It's the only building of its kind in the World. it's built more as a fort than a jail. Also. it's the only jail you can get into ix a hout 'committing a crime," he explains. a plan and will make its recommendations only after hearing all of the public input. TheSix Plans The six plans are based on proje'ctions.of medium load growth until the year 2000. Each plan is named MI to M6 inclusive and each has good and bad points. For their purposes. Ontario Hydro and the working groups must trade off certain advantages of one plan for those of another with the expectation, that the preferred 'plan will contain the least number of disadvanta ges. For example. Plans M5 and M6 are good schemes except that, in the future, they cannot handle the annual load growth of the city of London. Considering the many variable factors, no plan is least, expensive in the long run, although plans M3. M5, and M6 are cheaper to incorporate in the short terni. More eXamples: after the horizon year (2000), plan M3 will not require new facilities for another 20 years I 2020,)whereas plan M4 will be outdated by the year 2002. Another consideration is that plans M3 and -M4 will have the greatest effects on the environment - clearly a disadvantage. The differences in the six plans range from distinctions as subtle as position and direction of the proposed line-. to rnore-apparent differences such as whether 230,000 volt or 500.00(1 volt wiring will be MSC d. Turn to Paw! 7 • • G He also says people are impressed by,the gover- nor's house which is filled wit antiques. Ile feels that this aspect of the jail is not advertised enough. About four years ago, it was decided to hold flea markets on the lawn of .the jail every Sunday af- ternoorto attract visitors. These flea markets have become extremely popular. attracting large crowds p.consistentit.s about:lthe only thing going on in Goderich on Sunday. It's almost like a social gathering. A lot of people come just to visit." says Mr. Bostic IL The crowd is mixed though, he explains There are antique dealers. cOttagers, local people and city people. The' prime reason for the flea markets is to attract a certa in percentage of the visitors to tour the jail but a nice side-effect has been the making (lc money Vendors are charged $4 for a space on the jail lawn., One Sunday this year there were 37 vendors. "All the money goes directly- into jail restoration work and the Wintario people' will also match this money for any project we might come up with:* says Bosnell. Visitor S to thethiron County Pioneer Museum were up until the end of June but are no about even with last year'number af 6,022 as of July 10. Curator Raymond Scotchmer attributes this to the hut. dry. weather, explaining that the museum is not air conditioned and saying lierhaps peop-o prefer to stay-• outdoors in such weather. • The museutn is hoping to attract lots of visitors with .its second annual. tiger lninlop Days A ugusl 15' and 16 on the'grounds:Like last yen r, there y% ill be gild fashioned contests. demonstrations„ square dancir.g and 0 barbecue. Fowled up Many Goderich residents got a late start Monday morning when they awoke to find their clocks two hours behind the times. P.U.C. manager Al Lawson said almost the entire town was without hydro from 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. after a large bird flew into the 14o.1 substation at the end of Eldon Street. The bird was electrocuted after it flew between wires, causing a "grand fall of the air brake switch." Breakers were also tripped in sub -stations three and four, including the transformer across from Zehrs on Huron Road. Hydro was restored ap- proximately two hours after the incident. Council looks over sewer tenders At its last regular meeting, council considered tenders on four projects that included Sform sewers on South Street and Suncoast Drive, painting of the police building and a new roof for the works and engineering building. On the South Street storm sewer project, Ounce accepted the tender of C.A. McDowell, Exeter at a cost of $84,999. Other tender prices on the project included; Ken Gerber Construction, $9(,073; Lavis Contracting, 'a 6,562; and Omega Contractors, $3,498. C.A. bid of $37,610 was also accepted for the Suncoast 'Drive storm sewer project. The other three bids on the project included; Sid Bruin- sma,140,355 ; J. G. Ethier, Wyoming, Ontario, $44,304 and Omega Contracting, $39,714. Council received three bids on the painting contract for the police building and the matter was referred to the property conunittee. The committee had budgeted $2,500 for the painting and the bids were received from K. Decorating, $3,000; Don Sallows, $3,500 and Greg Little, $2;420. Only one bid, from Exter Roofing, was received for work on the roof cif the works and engineering garage. Public discuss beer tent issue There will be a special public meeting on Thursday, August 6 at 7.30 p.m. in the board room of the Regional Assessment Office on Gloucester Terrace to discuss the future of beer tents, music festivals and related.matters in the town. The public meeting was called after a group of citizens approached council with a peitition calling for a ban of beer tents or any outdoor licenced area set aside for the consumption of alcoholic beverages; especially in a residentialarea . The petition was signed by ,73 people who claimed the recent Optimist ClubMusic Festival in Harbor Park created undue noise, unruly behaviour, loud music and .traffic congestion.. The . petitioners suggested that beer tents and loud, prolonged music are not compatible in aresidential area. Council also entertained a delegation from the Optimist Club and spokesman Bill Wedlock said the service club complied with all municipal regulatiOns in staging the major f und-raising event. For countil, the issue is nota new one. Last year it requested input from all service clubs on'the issue of beer tents and decided to consider each app_licatwn. on its own merit. Subsequent to the concerns expressed by citizens through the petition, council called for a public • meeting at which time councillors hope to get feed- back from service club representatives and the general public. This is the secondyear the Optimist Club has held the music festival and beer tent in Harbour Park. The Goderich Kinsmen Club also holds an annual beer tent in Court House Park during the Festival of the Arts. last year council considered restricting, beer bents to a certain area and the harbour area was most frequently mentioned, but abandoned that plan. At the last council meeting, it was intimated that relocation of such eventsni4i!, ,71?LitytAllle . w 70101,78 INSIDE TA -1E, SIGNAL -STAR 1•44. 01, pj. E4. • Carnival fun OM. Children and . adults alike enjoyed the Kinsmen Carnival held on the Square last weekend which included rides, games of chance, and a hospitalitytent. See page IA for pictures. This weekend, the Courthouse Park ,will be the site of Goderich's annual Festival of the Arts. Computer Ken Nineteemyear-old Ken Wood of Goderich is spending his Awnrner programming com- puters for the Huron County Board of Educa- tion. The GDC! 96 per cent graduate is work- ing his way towards his first year at Harvard University. Read about Ken on page 1A. Lots of talent Visitors to the Festival of Arts and Crafts on the weekend will be able to see and buy the creations of the many talented people in the area. On page IA Joanne Buchanan writes about Del Geddes' leatherwork and a group of blind people who will also be setting, up a • display at the festival. .o.