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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-11-04, Page 3Hydr settles on line route... • from page 1 Flesherton, Avening and Kitchener for the 16 in- formation centres in southwestern Ontario Hydro set up to discuss the six plans. 11ydro's supporting documentation states: "The primary concern expressed at the . information centres related to the impact that towers have on agricultural operations. The main desire expressed was to minimize this impact through appropriate compensation, improved tower design, and proper location of transmission lines and towers within farm land rather than through avoiding prime agricultural land altogether. "Input from the agricultural community stressed the importance of locating the towers on property lines. Plan one requires one tower line on a 76 metre right-of-way between London and Bruce. Plan two requires two tower lines. If they are both placed on one right-of-way, which would be 110 metres wide, both sets of towers could not be on the property lines, two separate 67 metre rights-of-way would be required."--- plan that Hydro prefers the utility will Iwuin what it calls "Route Stage Studies", with the public, municipalities, organizations, interest groups and provincial ministries and agencies. Specific alternative routes and sites will then be identified, narrowed down and selected by Hydro in conjunction withthese groups and individuals. "Following hearings on the Route Stage Environmental Assessment and a subsequent government approval in the spring of 1984, right-of- way and tower locations will be finalized in co- operation with affected landowners," Hydro's documentation states. "With property acquisition and construction requiring about four years, facilities are expected to be in service by July 19. This is the same year all four units from the Bruce B station are expected to be in service. police offer reward... • from page 1 criminal charges for breaking and entering have been laid by Constable Lonsbary. The Goderich Detatchment of the O.P.P. report g quiet Halloween weekend. There were seven thefts, five wilful damage incidents, 22 liquor seizures, three impaired driving charges laid and five break and enters including a cottage just east of Sheppardton where $400 worth of goods was taken. This incident is still under investigation. The O.P.P. was also called out to Goderich harbor to remove the body of William Clements from the H.C. Heimbecker. Mr. Clements, a resident of Owen Sound, died of natural causes aboard the freighter. County council approves •frompagel employed in the clinic and school programs shall be considered a full-time regular employee for the pur- poses of employer paid benefits, except that while on layoffs, sick leave and long term disability benefits shall not apply." Nurses in these areas are laid off during summer school holidays. Bi -weekly salaries for a public health nurse are as follows, with last year's in brackets: start -1981, $601, 1982, $763, ($601); six months -1981, $695, 1982, $778, ($614); one year -1981, $710, 1982, $795, ($627); two years -1981, $739, 1982, $828, ($654); three years -1981, $769, 1982, $861, ($681); four years -1981, $798, 1982, $894, ($707); five years -1981, $831, 1982, $931, ($737). Bi -weekly salaries for a Registered Nurse are as •• • follows, with last year's inbrackets: start -1981, $660, 1982, $739, ($582); six months -1981, $673, 1982, $754, ($594); one year -1981, $685, 1982, $767, ($605); two years -1981, $710, 1982, $795, ($627) ; three years -1981, $734, 1982, $822, ($649); four years -1981, $759, 1982, $850, ($672); five years -1981, $783, 1982, $877, ($694). Senior public health nurses and those with a B.Sc. degree receive an additional $520 per year, up from $468 per year. In 1982 the extra amount increases to $572 per year. A car allowance increased to $80 per month plus 13 cents per kilometre from $60 per month and 12 cents per kilometre. An additional five days paid vacation was added for those with 25 years of service or more. Conklin Lumber in receivership Ontario's largest lumber and building supply dealership with 15 outlets. in Southwestern Ontario has gone into receivership. Conklin Home Centres, with 15 franchise dealer- ships, including one on Bayfield Road, Goderich,. went into receivership Friday, October 23 a `spokesman for Coopers and Lybrand Ltd. of London confirmed last week. All calls to Conklin's head office in London are being referred. to Coopers and, Lybrand, chartered accountants and trustees in bankruptcy. In recent months, Conklin has been°forcedto close a nomber of smaller outlets in the area including dealerships in Ridgetown, Southampton, Harrow and LaSalle neafWindsor. The company has long been a part of the building industry in Ontario and a company announcement quoting president Brian Davies said the former company-owned store at Grand Bend was the first franchise opened by.Conklin. The announcement also said, "the name Conklin has been associated with lumber and building products in Southwestern Ontario since 1885." The company, with its 15 stores, is the largest privately -owned building supply home centre chain in the province. The company president had also issued a statement claiming the company was hoping to expand its franchise dealerships across the province to broaden its base. While the company has been in receivership, 'the firm of Coopers and Lybrand refused to elaborate. Foreign investors evade land transfer tax Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell (L) said last week millions of dollars in land transfer taxes are being evaded by foreign investors in Ontario farmland. "We have information from good authority that the ministry of revenue has literally lost millions of dollars. I want to plug that loophole in the land transfer tax," Mr. Riddell said in an interview with The London Free Press. He said he plans to in- troduce private legislation to demand the loophole . be closed, though private members' bills rarely reach fruition in the legislature. Mr. Riddell is the op- positions' agriculture critic. He stressed he has no objection to foreign investors who buy Ontario farms then move here to work the land. But some foreign investors have persuaded some Ontario farmers to form corporations and sell shares to the investor "with the May deliver bills ST. MARYS If it is legal, the St. Marys PUC may start delivering its own bills to customers. The commission has been considering an alternative to sending its bills through the post office because of the current high cost of mailing and an anticipated cost in- crease in January. While eocpostmaster 1 1 t ter sn eRI believes that this might be illegal, it was noted that in Kitchener many utility bills have been delivered through privately -contracted . couriers for at least two years. By using the postal service it costs the St. Marys PUC about $200 month to mail customer bills. eventuality that he's going to accumulate all the shares," thereby escaping the 20 per cent land transfer tax, Mr. Riddell said. The MPP feels all foreign investors should be paying the appropriate tax and' not depriving Ontario taxpayers of needed revenue. Now at Val's Fashion Faire Blyth Daily Bonus Draw • WIN A GIFT CERTIFICATE EQUAL TO YOUR PURCHASE (Winner every )hopping day) LAST WEEK'S WINNERS: Oct. 26 - Debbie Pilgrim, Blyth, $12.00 Oct. 27 Kay Hesselwood, Blyth - $24.00 Oct. 28 - t. Roetcisoender, Blyth $18.00 Oct. 29 - Viola Kirkby, Brussels - $12.89 Oct. 30 - Helen Hay, Clifford - S55.50 Oct. 31 - jean Decker, Kitchener - $20.00 October Jackpot Winner Sheron Stadelman, Blyth $50.00 Gift Certificate OPEN6DAYSAWEEK CHARGEX WELCOME a CLOWN C 9C340e,ll dal ,_ ..,.fiio n' LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IN THE Shamrock Lounge 4' OF THE HURON HOTEL Dublin, Ont. THURS., FRI., SAT. - NOV. 12, 13, 14 "THE LISLE" NEW KITCHEN HOURS Mon., Tues. 8 Wed. - 8 o.m.-8 p.m. Thurs., Fri. 8 Sot. - 8 a.m.-12 midnight DAILY LUN�NEON SPECIAL $3,00 NLY EXOTIC DANCER_ Neer. -Sat. 1.241.54:30 IPaR+IAo 4' ed Bilin nal roads have disap 0 eared in 'uebec Dear Editor: For those of you living out- side the province of Quebec, the newspaper articles which you may have read about our Bills 23, 101, etc. are pro- ' bably very easy to forget. It is also easy to be apathetic about the fact that Quebec has a government which in- tends to separate from Canada, because, after all; there are separatists in western Canada too. For those of us living in Quebec, the enforcement of Bills 23 and 101 and the pur- suit of the P.Q. (Pantie Quebecois) government on its separatist course are tak- ing away many of the rights which we as Canadians had presumed were basic. It cannot be denied that in the past there were some in- justices to the French Cana- dian people because many of the better jobs in the cities required English and could only be had by Anglophones. This was not a law but a fact of life as many of the large corporations were of English background. Before the P.Q.s came to power, the Bourassa Liberal government introduced Bill 23 which has been superced- ed by the P.Q. Bill 101. While our federal government claims that we live in a bil- ingual country, the following are some points of the dayi to erosion of our rights as Cana- dians. Bilingual road signs have disappeared. As you travel our freeways and roads in Quebec, you must, either know some French or have a reference book handy. Even warning and danger signals are all in French: The proper French word STOP as used on roads in France cannot be used in Quebec because it is the same as the English word. In Quebec we use "AR - RET". It is against the law to advertise in anything . but French. You can be fined for putting a "For Sale" sign on your home. or car. Evenif you sell only English language books in your store, all external signs must be in French as Mr. Singer, who is presently appealing his case to the Supreme Court knows. Even, old China Town must replace the familiar Chinese signs with French or the language police will be at their door. Companies who import goods from outside of Quebec are in violation of the law if they distribute brochures or - literature in anything but French. In technical areas, this law has generally been overlooked, in time it will also be enforced as the peo- ple slowly accept the ridiculous. On schools in English areas, you will see a blank space where the English word "School" has been removed from the name. Any, Anglophone person in a recognized profession such as engineering, nursing, library arts, etc. is subject to a French examination writ- ten and oral, and must pass "each with over 70 percent or cannot practice his profession in Quebec. The Francophone population js not subject to these tests. Hundreds of nurses' aids and technicians have been forced to seek non-professional employment because they have failed one of these examinations. All companies must change* their names to one which is acceptable to the language review board. This means changing external signs, company logo, let- terheads, etc. if your name does not sound French. The only families who can send their children to English schools are those in which both parents have been educated in the English system in Quebec. That means that children with one or more French speaking Hospital fund climbs GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1961 -PAGE 3 parents do not have the right to go to school in English. This is one case where the Anglophone have the advan- tage as they can send their children to a French school if they so choose. French Cana- dians or people from other parts of Canada must send their children to French schools. 4 is difficult for high technology companies to im- port talent ' to Quebec because of these restrictions. The list of regulations and restrictions goes on; as head offices, complete corpora- tions and ` individuals exit from Quebec, the P.Q. government attacks the federal government blaming all its problems on Ottawa. In theory at least, if our country had a charter of human rights Including langauge rights, this sort of folly, could not happen. Eight out of ten provincial premiers tell us, We do not need a charter of human rights. Are they trying to preserve their jurisdiction so that they too can give and take rights like the Quebec government has? In Quebec we still have the right to leave and take our belongings with us. From what we have seen we know it is not unthinkable to believe that a P.Q. govern- ment with a mandate to separate could remove that right also. Unless our federal govern ment has the right to protect its citizens in all parts of the country from provincial or local meddling then we live in a very weak society. What this country needs is a charter of human rights in a constitution which is con- trolled by the people of Canada. CLINTON -Last week the 10 - foot thermometer at the Clinton Public Hospital reached a significant milestone when it passed the. $100,000 mark. The fund is now' its way to the • all- U.S. NO. 1 LETTUCE 31, Don Chisholm important $170,000 needed to get the construction phase of the new emergency wing off theground.- A total of $353,000 in total must be raised for the new $866,000 addition. 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OPEN: Six Days a week 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Open Friday nights 'till 9 p.m. VEST of VALUES ORANGE CRYSTAL 2's 6'/2 OZ. TANG $1 59 U.S. COLMARIA WHITE GRAPES 994 L DELMONTE 3 VARIETIES 10 OZ. VEGETABLES 3 / $ 1 09 COUNTRY $12 CRISP 90z. MAZOLA CORN OIL SUN CROP UNSWEETENED ORANGE 791 UICE 12.50Z. ONTARIO NO. 1 8 10 LB. BAG POTATOES LEAVER SLICED MUSHROOMS 004 ,..z. SCHNEIDER'S (Reg. 8 Red Hots) 16 OZ. $1 49 750 ML, - NABOB TRADITIONAL 7� COFFEER EX, FINE 8 $2 - L SCHNEIDER'S LUNCHEON MAPLE LEAF DEVON BRAND BACON$� LB. IENERS1 88 CARNATION 2% EVAPORATED 8 BLUEWATER BOSTON BLUE $ FISH & CHIPS: 2 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14'81 10 A.M. till 12 noon At The Goderich and District Community Centre (Auditorium) FEE �Js00 This workshop will show children basics in Make-up, Skits, and Playlets, Parade Acts, Costuming. Clown Gymnastics, Palloonology. FINE GRANULATED SUGAR $1 39 2KG. • MILK 385 ML 2P1 ° • CARNATION INSTANT HOT SOO GM. I 49 CHOCOLATE A • PEPPERIDGE FARM.. O a. 5 VARIETIES I$1 09 CAKES 130Z. ...._ ._...... McCORMICK'S PEERLESS SODA (PLAIN 8 SALTED) CRACKERS4000M. • 99 SPINACH 794 WESTON'S SESAME CRUSTY BREAD 24 OZ. 75 SUNKIST 88'S ORANGES3 / 594 WESTON'S (LEMON 8 RASPBERRY) 6'S BUTTERHORNS 8 SHOP BLUE'S FOR QUALITY COMPARE PRICES AND SAVE PRE REEISTRA 6 W A THE RECREATION OFFICE BY NOVEMBER 121'81 SUPER SAVE PRICES SUPER SAVE SUPER MARKET 524-9411 104 SHOPPERS SQUARE, GODERICH We reserve the right to limit ctuantlties Prices In effect till closing Sot., Nov. 7, 1081 or while quantities last. t-