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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-08-11, Page 1• i tie Gcteric SI 134 YEAR -32 • GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, MR • • so cEivrs PER COPY • - ' " . ' "...,./„., 4: : . •..," • • - • •1,44i,i0-.:', " ., .„",., •i,°' . ' . .'.: Z. ',. • : -1, - aring needed, n heritage plan ee formal objections to heritage plan • An Ontario Municipal Board hearing- will be required after three formal objections were filed against the town's bid to designate the Square as a heritage_conservition district. While an official date for thelieiiiiig has not 'beef scheduled, it will deal with objections to the designation of old Square plan. including radial streets, as a heritage district. • The director of the Huron County " Planning Department, Gary Davidson, sitid the bylaW would encompass the entire area bounded by Elgin Avenue and Waterloo, Nelson and Victoria Streets. He in- dicated that the. original plan of the Square included the radial streets as well as the core area. But the attempt to preserve the architecture of the area has met with formal objeCtions, mainly from residents within the designated area. Davidson said their concerns deal mainly with restrictions and regulations .Pertaining to renovations , to private property. • • While the designation gives ceuneil some control overthe external-appearaneeni-builchrigs-withuithe. district; Davidson does not believe the regulations are constricting.. • "There are only two basic 'restrictions. The„ first involves demolition of buildbigsand it would give council a grace period of 180 days to find i'.fiew use for the building. After 180 days council has no recourse," he said. "Also Council Would have to approve external alterations so it does give them a certain amount of control over appearance of buildings" Most restrictions are already..in place as far as , buildings on the Square are concerned but the district designation would also maintain the facades of the Strong winds over the past few days have whipped conducive for an afternoon of frolic. The cooler np,high waves on_Lake.Huron much to the delight of weather is expected to dissipate by Thursday and many young swimmers at the beach. Others -like temperatures should begin to climb for the this youngster in the picture, found the cool ;vinds weekend. (Photo by Dave Sykes) and high waves somewhat less than appealing or Farmers should have average yields this year By Stephanie Levesque • Huron and Perth county farmers will probably have average yields this year. • , Corn crops in the two counties look pretty good, ac- cording to Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) officials. • Art.,Lawson from the Perth OMAF office said corn is growing ahead of normal. A lot of corn is not maturing though, and that is expected to affect the yield. Both Mr. Lawson and John Heard of the Huron OMAF office said the amount of corn planted is down this year. "It's expensive to plant," said Mr. Heard adding corn acreage is doom five to 10 per cent in Huron. Besides being expensive to plant, there Wasn't a good price for corn at planting time. More fanners planted cereal ,grains because of lesser production costs, but Mr. Heard said prices for those com- modities aren't so good now. There isn't much root worm damage in the corn crops, said Mr. Heard, which could be because farmers sprayed more or there just isn't as much in- festation this year. When asked about the sap beetle (or beer, bug, the small, pesky, black bug that always lands 'in your drink when you're outside), Mr. Heard Said it doesn't go 'after corn, rather it -is attracted to rotting foods. On •cOrn, it is after the silk tassels. Some of these beetles have been spotted in bean crops and are after the dead flowers. White beans are growing ahead of schedule com- pared to last year in Perth County. Mr. Lawson said good growing conditions have contributed to that., Mr. Heard agreed with his counterpart saying ,the bean crops in Huron look good. He has heard of the problem of white mould on the beans in at least one area in Huron. He cited the perfect condition of hot, humid weather which will br- ing on white mould. When deciding whether or not to spray a bean crop, Mr. Heard said there are a number of factors to consider. These include a dense crop, which doesn't allow for good air circulation and a history of white mould in a field. Mr. Heard suggested farmers look closely at all the factors together and spray the crop if necessary. It's expensive to 'spray he said, at $25 to $30 per acre, but --if white mouldconditionsare-thererit-could-mean_the_ difference in having or not having a•crop. - Cerearcrops whoa OaLfatattiited grainare suf- fering some problems of irregular growth said Mr. Lawson. He added there have been a few isolated cases of spraying for army worms and the insect leaf hopper has affected some alfalfa crops. • Wheat in Perth County- is not -quite up to the quality. of last year. Mr. Lawson said the winter was OLIO and the crop was put in under poor conditions. • In Huron County, there is still some wheat to be harvested, but Mr. Heard said there has been a good yield, with 60 to 65 bushels per acre. There is a good quantity of hay, but the quality has been affected by frequent wet spells, Mr. Heard said. Police report two assaults during week Goderich police report a quiet week with two assaults, one bicycle theft, one incident of wilful damage and three minor motor vehicle accidents. • They laid one criminal charge, one liquor charge, 13 Highway Traffic Act charges and one by-law charge and issued four warnings. fr residential , buildings within the district. Davidson said there are a few remaining focal points off the Square, such as the corner at the public library, which are important vista areas. elieritagepianbylaw could be important to the town in that the provincial government has made funds available -for the preservation of architecture. The Ministry -of Citizenship and Culture has establiihed te Building Rehabilitation and ' Improvement Campaign (BRIC) which is a series of grant programsunder the Board of Industrial Leadership and Development (BILD). BRIC will' make $8.5 million in grants available to .municipalities over a ftve-year period. For the first time BRIC will provide grants for private residences as well' as buildings within Heritage Conservation Districts. „ A heritage conservation district is a specific area within a municipality which, as a total unit, has 'a • particular 'architectural or historical character. There..are..two such districti in.the province and a dozen other municipalities are in -the prOceos of creating heritage districts. • The program for conservationin each district must be outlined in a plan. . Funds may be used to acquire properties .and upgrade structures within the district. The province provides funds to the municipality on a matching' basis with the maximum grant for a district estimated at $100,000., The grants are expected to encourage spending by the privatesector in • upgrading heritage properties to increase tourist potential for municipalities. — . ealth Unit officials Inquest called into death of Goderich woman The regional coroner's Mice hes called an inquest for Tuust esday, Aug31 to shed light °sae death of a Goderich woosan in Februity. The Goderidi OPP announced that regional coroaer Dr. R.D. MacKiday of Sarnia will conduct an inquest into the death of Pakicia Anse Henry. The inquest will be had in the Huron County Court chambers it 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 31. Henry, 30, of 97 Lighthouse Street, Cadet& was found lying on Huron County Road 0, north of Clinton, at 2.30 a.m. Friday, February 19, by a• passing motorist She was rushed to Clinton Public Hospital by ambulance and was later transferred to University Hospital, London where she died at 1 pm. the same day. Police investigation into the fatality was under the direction of Detective Inspector Scott Raybould tithe Criminal hwestigation Branch of the Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto. The investigation by police failed to unravel the mystery of why Henry was fotmd on the county road after she was seen in Goderich hours 'tube' r. Two vehicle; that were believed to have been involved in the case were seized by police and subsequently sent to the Centre for Forensic Sciences in Toronto. Both vehicles were later released to the owners. Provincial police later appealed to the public to come forward with any evidence concerning the death of Patricia Henry. Former Goderich resident to teach English in Africa • Paula Butler, fleyear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Karl Buffer, former residents of Goderich, will soon • be flying to central Nigeria to begin a two-year stint training teachers at the Government Science College hi Niger State with Canadian Universities Services Overseas (CUS0). PaWaoi graduate of Goderich District Collegiate histitute, received her Bachelor of Arts degree (honors English with distinction -on the dean's list every year) from ML Allison University, New Brunswick in May of 11162. While there, she continued with her music, playing violin in the New Brunswick Youth Symphony and the . Mt. Allison String Ensemble. In the summer o f 1910 she worked as a reporter - photographer with the• Amherst Citizen (a weekly) and in the summer of 1901 with the Amherst News and Sentinel (a daily). Paula first heard about the CUSO program while at university and decided to apply. She leaves August 12 for an eight-day orientation course in Ottawa before flying to Nigeria. Friends can write to Paula at Government Science College, Kutigi, Niger State, Nigeria. •• 4' • \ monitor water qualit Partially treated discharges from the Goderich rainstorm. Some of that waWr has to be diverted.' sewage treatment plant have prompted the Huron Harrison said samples taken to August 4 were quite County Health Unit to monitor the water quality at St. \ acceptable adding that the bypassed excess water is Christophers and Goderich Beach.' "super chlorinated" before being discharged. While the partially treated discharges consists "It's mainly runoff water but we took samples on mainly of excess rainwater from combined sewers, • Monday and will have results by Wednesday," he Ed Harrison of the Huron County Health Unit says , said. "It's probably safe to swim but we'll wait for samples are still being tested and warning signs will results of the tests before placing signs." be placed on the beach Wednesday if the readings are • Gerry Fisher, treatment plant manager, said the not satisfactory. excess runoff water is not bypassing the plant and is Construction, which will effectively double the still beg adequately treated. capacity of the existing sewage treatment facility, is "For a very short:period during' a peak in a storm, creating the temporary problem at the site. some water was going out semi -treated," hesaid. "To complete construction work on certain settling "The Ministry of the Environment is notified each and treatment ponds the capabilities are limited to time and they have okayed the readings." two millions gallons a day which would be sufficient •• Fisher said any excess has been mainly storm for .the town of Goderich,", Harrison said. "But water that is double chlorinated. The problem will not because some storm and sanitary sewers in town are exist within the next week as construction continues. Still combined, it can create a peak flow during a ' at the site ," • • '.f‘N alerars • • " • 1. • • .• • c ••• • Pity •44 • I; . •• ••• • "'" . • •,•3 4:1,,," ••:440. a mat • 41' • • - *NW • -1.1:r04 . • • „ •• • . • • • * • . . 4'i •0.• ve,4 11, „ • • 0- • 4 • , • - • •• . The Lake Huron shoreline around Goderich has long been regarded as one of the finest bathing areas and toutists were, and stills are, attracted to the natural beauty of the landscape. The above picture shows the bathing beach at Goderich in 1897. It was sup- plied by Glen Gardiner. In a booklet entitled; Goderich, the Healthiest' and Prettiest Town in c, • • A • '; • 401,4 :"•2:eqr • 4.6" ',,,••$:;'''jf7 • • • • ir*•:• v ;, 444.7t • • 4 •••• 40.'44.4 '• • ••••••.. 4144 "s••••••44•414,.-.,..44. '••• • .4..4.: 0 Canada, published by the Canadian Souvenir Publishing Company In 1897, - the following statements appear; "the bathing beach in this area cannot be equalled anywhere in Canada. The bathing houses are first class .and every ac- commodation is offered visitors." In the prefice of the same book, Mr. Frederick C. Colter wrote: "We f . • went to Goderich because we heard of its beauty and cleanliness. We heard Its citizens were pro- gressive and we were not disappointed. We went there entire strangers and thajight hand of good fellowship was extended to us. We were made to feel at honie, therefore when we say anything com- plimentary about Goderich, we mean what we say." Only one thiSTOr' photo is missing • Goderich • is just one photograph short of possibly being the only town in Canada with a complete pic- torial record of all its Mayors.. • A photograph of John Davison, - who was, =Or - here in 1875," would complete the record, beginning with Mayor Benjamin Parsons in 1850 up to present-, day Mayor Harry Worsell. . Following a story published in the Signal -Star several months ago, the missing photographs of E.N. Lewis, mayor in 1903 and J.H. Graham, mayor in 1957; were recovered leaving only the photograph Of John Davison now missing. , • • If you have a photograph of Mayor Davison or know where one can be obtained, please call Kaz Budny at Elgin Studio or KenHunter at town hall. • INSIDE THE SIGNAL -STAR Sailing regattas' • Three sailing regattas will be held in Goderich in the next two weeks. The biggest being the 505 ' Canadian Championship to be held here for the first time. For.more. details on the sailing regattas tum to the front page of the Recreation section. Country Hearts a new musical being performed at the Blyth Summer F -estival could prove to be the best • play of the season. Joanne Buchanati was there for opening night: Her review is on page nine of the Recreation section. Letters This week there were several interesting letterto the editor, Among them Is a letter from a reader on the possibility .of a municipal referendum on nuclear disarmament. The letters are on pages 4 and 5 in the first section of the Signal -Star.