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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-05-26, Page 1oaerich i STA 134 YEAR -21 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1982 50 CENTS PER COPY Coast Guard cutter unveiled Sunday Eugene Whelan, Federal Minister of Agriculture, met with members ,of the Canadian Coast Guard in Goderich on Sunday when he took part in com- missioning ceremonies for the new Coast Guard cutter, CG 126 which is stationed here until December 1. A new shore base building was also dedicated. Many local residents and politicians, were on hand to tour the ship and the building. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Ministry `requests analysis of arena roof " • It seems but a few short years,ago that residents of the town . and surrounding area combined efforts, resources and 'finances for the construction of a new arena. Well, in essence, it's been five years and according to the Ministry of Labour the arena must come under the scrutinypf another detailed structural analysis. In a letter to council, G. Stifel, Regional. Engineer, Industrial Health and. Safety Branch of the Ministry of Labour said that' to ensure compliance with the legislation, arenas must be inspected for continuing structural adequacy `at certain intervals. He in- dicated the normal inspection period should be five years as stated in the arena inspection guidelines. B.M. Ross and Associates, engineers for the town, have been retained to complete the structural • analysis and commissioner of works, Lien Hunter, said a report should be complete within three weeks. The report must then .be submitted to .the Ministry of Labour.. Stifel said in a letter that the need;for a continuous arena safetyprogram arises from the historical in- cidents of arena collapses in the province. Since 1959, the roofs of nine arenas have collapsed, resulting in 19 deaths and 17 injuries of a serious nature. The regional, engineer said that no other type of structure has exhibited such a high failure rate relating to inadequate structural design, or design concepts which are no longer valid, or deterioration of the structure over the year due to exceptionally high humidity changes or inadequate maintenance. If you go boating this summer, and find yourself in serious trouble, you may meet Captain Karl Roberts and his crew, on board CG126. Roberts and four other men, comprise one of two crews, which man the new Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue boat. The 70 foot boat, which arrived in Goderich on May 18 and will stay until December 1, is one of four new Coast Guard boats. According to Roberts, "It's one of the most modern vessels used for search and rescue. One of the new features is that we can come on board and take right off. Before we had to wait for the engines to warm up." Being able to leave immediately means the men can save time, and since they have to patrol from Sarnia to Tobermory, time can be one of the main factors in saving lives. Some of the equipment on the $2.5 million boat includes an advanced radar system, an automatic pilot and a radio that allows the crew to co-ordinate o. their search effort with airplanes. The boat is also equipped with direction finders, "Which help us find a boat if we can't get them on the radio," Roberts explains. In case the crew must stay on board for an ex- tended xtended period of time, the boat is also outfitted with living quarters. When not on board the crew lives in a five bedroom modular home which also serves as their shore base. The house is located at Sntig Harbor and from here they continuosly monitor both VHF and OPP radio calls. When they are not on a search and rescue mission, the crew does not just sit around and wait for a call. "We have a secondary purpose and that is to perform marine maintenance, such as checking buoys. We also try to maintain pollution control," Roberts says. Last year Roberts and his crew were called for approximately 50 emergencies and this year, with their more advanced boat, they may be able to save even more lives. Municipal and local . input in por.tant to stud Municipal and public input will play an important role in the feasibility study examining the potential of .• expanding an existing area port to service the needs of the Bruce Energy Centre the town waterfront com- mittee ornmittee learned. Representatives of Marshall, Macklin and Monaghan, planning and technical consultants said • local input will be vital in the investigation of expan- ding existing ports along Lake Huron and Georgian Bay or creating a new port near the Bruce Energy. The provincial .government has made a commit- ment to financially back the Bruce Energy Centre and ,both the provincial and federal governments have launched a study to determine the feasibility 'of creating a new port or expanding an existing port, such as Goderich, Collingwood or Owen Sound, to handle the shipping needs of the_centr_e.___ The project was endorsed . at a federal Liberal policy convertion here last week and the Ontario mvernment has committed funds to proposal that will use waste steam from the Bruce Nuclear Plait, for industrial applications. The consulting firm of Marshall, Macklin and Separate school 11 per cent incr BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE DUBLIN — Separate school teachers in Huron and Perth will get an 11.1 percent salary increase for 1982- 83. The Huron -Perth Separate School Board ratified the contract by a vote of 6-3, with One abstainer and three trustees absent on Tuesday, May 18. The teachers had ratified the agreement the previous night. The 1982.53 split salary grid boosts the annual Monaghan, principal consultants on the project, will be ,undertaking a full assessment of existing in- dustries, harbour facilities, official plans and zoning regulations and collection of relevant base data. Two other consulting firms are also involved in the six- month study. Thorne, Stevenson and Kellogg will . supply in- formation and an assessment of existing industry and projections for industry as outlined in the Bruce Energy Centre proposal. The firm of Carr and Donald Associates, marine engineers, will provide an assess- ment of existing harbours in the Bruce area . and outline the possibility of creating a new harbour. Thefiasie concernaiddehis stilllargeb supposition. at this point,, is to determine what is required in the way of marina facilities to accommodate the project. A steering committee on the project is comprised of representatives from Transport Canada, the Ministry of Transportation and Communication, Public Works Canada, Bruce Nuclear Plant and the three con- sulting firms. The consulting firm met with town representatives to secure an official plan, the revised official plan, zoning bylaw 29 of 1972, the McLaren Study and a waterfront study. • teachers receive ease for 1982-83 It was a day of zany antics as the students of tried to break established ' records in the water Goderich and District Collegiate Institute held their balloon toss, egg race, pop guzzling and the orange annual record breakers day Thursday. The students passing coinpeitition. Above, one student prepares for the egg race while another slowly downs a bottle of pop in the tears event. 1 Photo by Dave Sykes) average salary to$30,105, up from the 1982 January to June split grid average salary of $26,680. A joint press release issued May 18 states, "the new salary grid for September ranges from $15,460 in level D with no experience, to $39,640 in level A4 with 12 years experience and for January, 1983 from $15,725 in level D with no experience to $40,130 in level A4 with 12 years' experience". "As chairman of the negotiating committee, I'll explain the changes, there's not many," said Trustee Ronald Murray. "The teachers neither asked for nor got many changes." A new article introduced provides for a principal's administration time. Mr. Murray said it remains at the status quo", but now it is written into the contract. "There were other minor adjustments, they didn't ask for much other than money," said Mr. Murray. "That's the real important thing these days." They wanted slightly more than the (negotiating) committee wanted to give," said Mr. Murray. "We thought 10 percent and they came in with 11' percent," said Trustee Tim McDonnell. The split gridprovides for a 10 .percent salary in- crease in September and a 1.7 percent increase in January. Trustee William Kinahan declared a ,conflict of interest and did not vote on the matter. Trustee Ernest Vanderschott said he could not support the, motion to ratify the contract. "The public sector gets too big of increases, paid from the private sector which is not getting any in- creases," said Mr. Vanderschott adding that in some cases there are salary cuts. "If we keep paying' the public sector more than the private sector has coming in, otir country can't keep going," added Mr. Vanderschott. Mr: McDonnell asked chairman John O'Leary to take a recorded vote. Trustees Arthur Haid; Ronald Marcy, Gregory Fleming, Ray Van..Vliet, Jeannette Eybergen and Keith Montgomery voted in favor of the contract while trustees Murray, McDonnell and Vanderschott voted against. Trustees Lorraine Devereaux, Vincent Young and Ted Geoffrey were absent and the chairman did not vote. Mr. Murray said the contract provides for a maximum principal's salary of $46,790., The mileage rate increased' from,17.5 cents per kilometre to 18.5 cents per kilometre. Mr. Murray had been asked by the teachers to bring the idea of a teacher funded leave plan to the attention of the board. Teachers asked for a com- mittee to be formed to investigate such a plan. He explained it could be carried out in several ways, but as an example, a teacher in the plan. for four of five years is paid 80 percent of their salary, and the fifth year, he or she would be away from teaching, but receive 20 percent. The Huron board has a similar plan in operation. Trustees Vanderschott and Van Vliet were ap- pointed as the board's representatives to the ad hoc . committee. Two teachers will also sit on the com- mittee. Athletic field will be. completed Phase two of the athletic field at Eldon and Bennett. Streets will continue this year. At its regular meeting Monday, council passed a bylaw authorizing the clerk treasurer to borrow. money as required to complete the second phase of the athletic field. Through fund-raising efforts by the students and applicable grants an asphalt track. ball diamond and basketball court were completed in phase one of the pr nee t. 1)ha'se two S ui begin ti -a.6 yenr grid sura far the application of a synthetic surface on the track and curbing around the track, a fence will be placed around the track for protection and goalposts will be installed for soccer for football. Tl,e group has secured a Wintario grant for phase two in the amount of $23,751 but a Community Recreation Centre grant in the same amount is not payable until April 1, 1983. The students of GDCI have raised $16,000 through walk-a-thons and the Lions Club has pledged an addi- tional $20,000 towards the project. The entire project will be completed in August and the town will provide interim financing when needed.. Initially the total cost of the project was estimated at $95,005 but it is now anticipated that expenditures will not exceed $72,500. Ontario Municipal Board ap- proval is not required for the second phase of the pro- ject. Midnight madness strikes he square Shoppers will be able to prowl the Square in search of bargains until midnight this week as theShoriper's Square Association presents its fifth annual Midnight Madness Sale. Midnight Madness is a three-day sale event that begins Thursday, May 27 and runs through Saturday, May 29. Merchants will be offering special sale items until midnight both Thursday and Friday evenings. The sale continues through Saturday to 6 p.m. A. special 28 -page supplement, featuring Midnight Madness sale items,is enclosed with this Week's Signal -Starr Police report quiet holiday LOCAL police report -a giii6olu"Tay weekend With some minor thefts and liquor se A window at the Huron County Pioneer Museum was broken May 17 and a small ainc unt of cash was stolen from inside. . . A window at the Canada Post Building was broken May 20 and access was gained to the Customs Office and Canada Pensions Office via this window. Nothing has been • reported stolen as yet. However, a small quantity of mail was torn A house on Mary Street was broken into on May Z. Beer and a sweater were stolen and charges are pending against a 15 -year-old boy and.16-year-old girl. - There ; were .17 .thefis.in own -- Twelve of these were bicylces. Other el' ed� hub caps from four separate vehicles in various parts' of town. There was also one drug offence during the week and one .criminal code offence. Police made three - arrests, laid seven criminal charges, 10 liquor charges, 22 Highway Traffic Act charges and one provincial statute charge. They investigated six minor motor vehicle accidents and' issued 37 war: nings and seven 12 -hour suspensions. INSIDE THE SIGNAL -STAR All-star wrestling All-star wrestling came to Goderich recently and in some cases the spectators. were as entertaining as the participants. Terry Marr has the story on the Recreation Page. Smoking clinic The smoking clinic at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital is one of only two in the province. A report on the success of the program appears inside. " Recreation Socccr"and ball teams were in action on the holiday weekend and the reports. scores and pictures appear in the recreation section.