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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-11-11, Page 1inummumasomomma 133 YEAR -45 t.he1 SIGN GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1081 50 CENTS PER COPY Members of the GDCI Junior Viking football team indicate they are number one after defeating Listowel 25-0 in the junior championship final.. The senior Vikings also won, defeating the Exeter Pan - there 74 in Exeter Saturday. Pictures and details are featured In the Recreation section. ( Photo by Dave Sykes) Council can wait for money Goderich town council has opted to givetheSsot- ting Association tirne to pay off a $3,000 debt rather than impose a user fee on the group. The debt came about when council paid a $10,000 bill with Goderich Electric for work done at the race track. The work was undertaken by the Association and they requested a $5,000 loan and a $5,000 grant from counciltocover the cost of the work. Council went ahead and paid the bill and then asked the Association to relinquish a $3,000 bond as their portion of payment. At the October council meeting, Ken Crawford of the Trotting Association, said a letter was received.from coundl requesting partial repayment with referenceto the association's bond. He said the association only asked councilfor the loan -grant, each valued at $5,000. Subsequently, the finance committee recom- mended that, if the Trotting Association had not made payment of the $3,000, then a user charge of $450 per night for racing would be levied against the association. Council refused to endorse the motion and opted to give the Association a chance to submit the $3,000 before making any recommendations on a user fee or other course of action. Councillor Stan Profit said he was notagainst charging the group as a final measure but insisted that he was led to believe that a meeting would take place. "My impression was that contact would be made but no meeting took place," he said. "The recom= mendation (user fee) is too strong, too soon." John Doherty said he heard the Association was considering cashing the bond and forwarding payment to council. Reeve Don Wheeler said the Association made allegations that council did not contact them about Turn topage 3• Man killed in accident Monday Inquest to be held into death of miner Thebody of a 23 -year old Goderich man was found trapped in the conveyor mechanism he worked on at the Domtar Sifto-Salt mine Monday. County Coroner, Dr. Raymond Flowers of Clinton said Steven Girard Palmer, 23, of 87 Quebec Street Goderich was smothered in the accident and'died of asphyxiation. Goderich Police Chief, Pat King, said Palmer was reportedmissing when the shift ended at 8 a.m. and a search was immediately initiated. He was found lodged in the conveyor mechanism. Chief King said Palmer was working on the salt conveyor belt and the investigation indicates a shovel he was using got caught in the conveyor throwing him ontothe unit. His body was jammed against and partly under a metal chute. Palmer had ,worked at the salt mine, since August and Chief King said his job was to clear salt from the rollers of the conveyor. Police estimate the time of the accident between 545 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. Dr. Flowers said the 'accident likely occurred between 6 and 6.30 a.m. Law requires that inquests be held on all mine deaths and Chief King indicated the inquest would be held in early Depember. The fatality is also under investigation by the Mining Health and Safety Branch of the Ministry of Labor office in London. Office manager Vickie Higgins explained that investigator Bill Ashenden was in Goderich Monday conducting an investigation under the terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The Ministry will not release any details of the investigation until all reports are finalized and the inquest is held. Steven Palmer is the son of Mrs. Eileen Palmer of Goderich and Walter Palmer, Kingsville. He is survived by four sisters; Janice (Mrs. James McCormick) Guelph, Karen,(Mrs. Marty Baechler), Toronto, Tanya and Sandra Palmer both of Ottawa and one brother, Michael, of Toronto. Funeral mass was held in St. Peters Roman Catholic Church, Wednesday at 2 p.m. Foundation believes arts centre could be boost to Goderich The Goderich Performing Arts Foundation believes the pursuance of a centre for the arts would be a boon to the town in sagging economic times._ ° Dorothy Wallace of the Goderich Performing Arts Foundation, appeared before council Monday ad- vising that the group was working on a proposal for the Livery Theatre. The Foundation purchased theformer livery stablevIth-hopes of transforming it into a centre for arts. In her submission to council, Wallace indicated the Foundation was constructing an alternate proposal for the theatre and asked that council participate in the planning. Board plans bill BY STEPHANIE'LEVESQUE CLINTON - Plans for implementation. of Bill, non special education are to be completed by May 1, 1982 and with that goal in mind, Huron County Board of Education has been busy. Previously, established committees have held meetings for the purpose of determing the needs of speclaleducation in Huron County. • "Weare now working out a proposal and feel the provision of a centre 'for the arts would give a boost to the town -and--Square area; she said "We are working on grants and have a promise, of 'nearly $120,000 in grants. But to get It we must have a commitment from the community and council." While Wallace reiterated that the Foundation was not seeking ocommitment from-.counep»nov+, .she asked that a special committee be appointed to look at the group's proposal and subsequently make a recommendation to council. Council referred the matter to the finance and property committees. irnpiernentation • Superintendent W.D. Kenwell told trustees that two of 25 forms to be filled have been completed. He said in-service training of teachers and principals is currently underway. Information to assist in implementing the special education bill is still being received,with meetings between administration staff , and, Ministry of Education being held regularly. Turn to page 3 • Council won't budge on truck route. Citizens petition council to ban trucks from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. along route A petition requesting council to restrict truck traffic during nighttime hours met with untempered criticism at the council table Monday. In a covering letter to council on behalf of the 54 signatures on the petition, Constance Townshend said that on behalf of the residents of Elgin Avenue and Wellington Street, the petition requested council to restrict truck traffic on the designated streets during nighttime hours. The petitioners asked that council restrict the use the truck route from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. with no traffic of trucks on Sundays. The petition contained signatures of citizens on Elgin Avenue, Wellington Street and a few from Lighthouse and Waterloo Street. Deputy -reeve Bob Allen agreed that truck traffic along the designated route was inconvenient but questioned the method of the petitioners. "I hope citizens don't think they can run around getting signatures to get things done," he said. "The (rucks are a nuisance but we need freedom of movement. I can sympathize with the noise the residents put up with but it is necessary in an in- dustrial t own." "To concur with the petition would be in error," he said. "We are trying to develop the harbor and in- dustry.'''l Alternate truck routes should be looked at. seriously, councillor Jim Magee said, adding that council should at least present preliminary plans for alternate routes. "Council should lay a plan before the ratepayers because if truck traffic doubles, it will not be tolerable, " he said. "We must have something in place and a feasibility study should be done. We owe the ratepayers and the time is now." The truck route has been in place for many years and councillor Elsa Haydon suggested people were aware of the route when they moved to the area. "It is an unpleasant situation for those living there but I wonder if they moved there knowing it was a truck route," she said. "Goderich Elevator is the biggest taxpayer in town." Jim Sands said he was happy to see trucks in town adding that "everyone must put up with a little in- convenience." Reeve Don Wheeler said that while councillor ag 11iides to a p Tenffilf htion to the problem, that solution is never presented. 1ecT4:ation is new this week This week, in a continuing effort to provide a more attractive and accountable product, readers will notice that a few changes have been made to the Signal -Star. The front of the second section and following two pages will now feature recreation and sporting news of interest to the community. The move will give sports editor, Cath Wooden, more latitude in displaying the recreation and leisure pursuits of the community and surrounding area. While the front page of . the second section has traditionally served as a vehicle to highlight people, theatre and feature news, those same Items will be' contained on the inside pages of the first section to provide a more attractive community news package for the reader. The change, naturally, will necessitate new deadlines for recreation copyandisubmissions should be at the Signal office no later than 5 p.m. on Mon- days. Two trustees seek board chair CLINTON - Two members of Huron County Board of Education announced in- tentions to stand for election to chairman. Trustees Dorothy Wallace and B.P. Morin stated they will seek nomination at the November session of the board. Elections will be held in December. Trustee Morin, representing Howick and •Turnberry Townships and Wingham, has sat on the board 'for four years and is currently vice-chairman. He has served on management committee and considers Bill 82 on special education the greatest challenge in the coming year. A life insurance salesman, trustee Morin recently graduated with a degree in Political Science. Trustee Dorothy Wallace, representing Goderich tentatively announced she will seek election as chair- man. Having served the county board for 12 years, Wallace has sat on all board committees: personnel, management and education. She considers cur- riculum upgrading a challenge to be faced in the com- ing year. Trustee Eugene Frayne, one of the board's two separate school representatives, announced he will stand for election as vice-chairman. Wallace House thief girefgeS tiller I A break and enter reported to Goderich police over the weekend turned out to be a squirrel which had gotten inside a house and knocked over a number of objects. Two bicycles were stolen over the weekend. One has been recovered. Two motorcycle helmets were also stolen. Assault charges have been laid against youths who werefighting behind thei Bank of Montreal on Saturday evening. This incident is still under in- vestigation. - A .house window broken by a sling -shot was reported to police who believe the incident probably • happened over the Halloween weekend along with the others. • Early Monday morning, a window at Goderich Electric was broken. The Goderich detachment of the O.P.P. report 10 thefts in Goderich and Colborne Townships over the weekend. There were also six break and enters, four of which took place inVanastra. There were seven incidents of wilful damage, mostly to rural. mailboxes; five liquor seizures; two impaired driving charges laid; and 19 accidents investigated, three of which involved minor injury. f \J A' Hundreds of transport trucks are making their way to Goderich Elevator to unload the fall harvest for shipment. Residents -who live along the truck route, Elgin Avenue,, and Wellington Street, presented a Deputy -reeve Allen told council he was disturbed by the petition process and intimated that citizens take the process lightly. "People sign petitions lightly and it is a serious matter. They sign like it's a joke," he said. "The elevator is our biggest industry and we don't want to slow it down. It bothers me, the lightness in which petitions are signed." Folloreing discussion on the triatter, Mayor H; ria Worsell read a prepared letter in answer to the e1i'Honers`. with e excep inti obi buncilibrMagi e, council endorsed the letter as read by Mayor Worsell. petition to council Monday asking that trucks be banned from the route between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Council will not do anything to restrict truck traffic The following is a verbatim account of the statement issued by the Mayor. The citizens who have signed this petition reside on Elgin Avenue, Wellington Street, Quebec Street, and Lighthouse Street. As a taxpayer and ,citizen who lives on Lighthouse Street, just two doors from Wellington, I would like to state a few facts. These petitioners wish to close down the truck route from 11 p.m.. to 7 a.m. The truek route is not just -from the stop lights at the fiv oints to the harbor. It runs on Highway 21 from the south town limits to the north town limits. It also runs from the east town adding that it is a necessary part of commerce and industry in this town and that residents will have to live with the inconvenience. (Photo by Dave Svkes ) limits on Highway 8, and Highway 8 ends at the corner of The Square and Kingston Street. These are provincial highways, with 90 per cent of the money to build them coming from the province. Do you really believe we can tell the trucking in- dustry who pay huge license fees that they must not use our provincial highways from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.? Do you plan for us to buy property and park these vehicles on the outskirts of town till 7 e.n?. arrives? A trucker is only making money when his truck is busy. — _ --Now a i ant - heesno No tetrefirettnredduring Turn to page 3 • Kids moved in Goderich's newly -built mini community centre on Cambridge Street has been completed and children of the Municipal Day Nursery have unloaded their crayons in the two classrooms. The building also has a gymnasium See page 12 GIFL awards The Goderich Industrial Fastball League held its year-end awards banquet on Saturday night. Several player,, slionsosrs, and coaches received special .honors._See_tla� e.tu res tbrouYghout the news ler.