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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-01-05, Page 1r GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY * , 1983 50 CH1111('S PER COPY Signal -Star Publishing Ltd+. gdch;:announced that six 'of its seven weekly n ,Papers , including ' the Goderich SignalStar, joined Abe Ontario Press Council January -1,1983. Ontario Press Council chaff x J. Allyn Taylor said -that another 11 nape,: jo d the council, bringing the •total. members, 74,. de up of 26 dailies and 48 community ne Y p�e Five of the newcomers are xdt lies,• swelling the aggregate' daily circulation of 'council member newspapers- to 1,800,668 orh770 per cent of total English language daily circulation in Ontario. The six weekly Signal -Star Publishing publications.increase the weekly circulation ori;: community member ou cil i• t of t! .ad�lich, h .. am incl Hct "4" 'prep u e a grants ate 4010 011* • to review and update ketr ig bylaws and other pinii us i for spec%ai studies 0n1000l gretit rretopment or coran104 los ways, and for a flew ponsl'•n'plannngtnees the year began we had 10 daily newspapers witli:ain ._ aggregate circulation of 1,234,626 and 14 community newspapers with a weekly circulation of 65,882. -"We have good reason to believe that the growth will Continue. A number of publishers have indicated that will likely join the council within the next few: weeks. We will welcome them warmly, and we hole they won't delay too long. . In areas of Canada without press councils, newspapers have remanded remarkably well to the challenge from Jim Fleming, ` Minister of Multiculturalism, to make unnecessary his proposed National Advisory Council, financed by: the federal government, by joining existing voluntary. press councils and formihem elsewhere. newspapers to more than 770,800 The dailies to join the press council are: Barrie ` «� addition to the grovyth in Ontario, newspapers Examiner (11,861), ,344), g .,,Star., ,(5;027), Orillia ;. , the Atlantic Provinces and in a British Columbia Packett and Times (9,344), 0). Hope Guide (3,133) ,have agreed to form press councils and there are and Timmins Press' (13,090) 'Basle, Orillia and ;,ports of progress from Manitoba and Basket Timmins are owned by the' Thomson company, in-; cliewan creasing to 13 the number from Abut group in the , "fie Ontario, Alberta and Quebec have press council. councils. Alberta started in 1972 a few weeks before The weeklies joining the, press council :Bradford Witness (3,000) ; Goderich SignalSt Press Council begsy. (4,450), . Clinton News -Record (3,500), Kincardine. Ontario has the country's oldest press council. Now News (4,500), Lucknow Sentinel (.2,000) and Mitchell Advocate (2,300). All six are ,;owned by-SignalStar called the Windsor Media Council, it began in 1971. Publishing Ltd; owner of the The existing councils have illustrated the value to Huron Expositor in the public and press alike of having an independant Seaforth which joined. the co enl in 1991. _ body, available to consider unsatisfied complaints In 1982 Signal -Star Publis g purchased the.Huron Expositor and two other council member from the nubile -about the conduct of the press, and'to defend the public interest in the freedom of the press: newspapers-Vhe Blyth Standard and Brussels.Post. It «I sincerely hope that before, long, all daily combined ' The Post with the:Expositor:and• The newspapers in Canada will be participants in, the Standard with the Clinton News Record. .1.i.. �, Voluntary press councils -for their own good and the been spectacular. he council mecommented Mi. Ta r.ear has hen good of the public." are the Ontario Council got under way and the Quebec n in 1973. The cit of Windsor in David Brent Littleis Godericfi's New Year's baby. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Brent Little of Goderich and Is a new brother for three-year-old John. Dr. David Walker delivered the seven pound, 15 ounce boy at AM&G Hospital 37 minutes after midnight January 1. Proud mom Marilyn, shown here in the picture, says the baby's due date was December 31. As the New Year's baby, David may not be a tax deduction for his parents but he will receive numerous gifts and prizes from local merchants. ( Photo by Joanne Buchanan) No alar Yui � d" case. In car, Andy Riehl, 4i, of R,R,r 2 Bat eld.received injuries when his `19/15 Pacers as hid by a truek;on,Highway 8110 south Goderich December sat 3;05 The Riehl vehicle was stopped fac eastto snake a left turn when It was struck by truck wok' could not stop dee to icy read condi ono owned by Boyes Transport.of Clinton, was; Derwin Carter, 31, DUB Ile wa inina.. incident. His' w .0* , Cherie'' who were passeng jured. No chars fire t' ment of t Ontarid ' of incial iln+ a v a vestigated the accidents 0r' Few c pect1 B9' Stephaiiie �'esque The Ontario Minister of Education's response•towthe , ;Secondary Education Review Project (SERO) will t ect few change$ in Huron County. { Dr. Bette Steppl`henson's"� SERP, entitled "Toe Renewal bf Secondary' Ed`ucationk ('hist o' , covers many as of secondary eci q with the spam focus on tecredit system, eur`ricul a the School's role in' preparing students' for the `� a loy dent market. — .. RP was established early In 1980 and repo wi• e Minister' of. Education in the fail of 1981 In1V f 1981 a discussion Paper froth SERP was circulate throughout the provinge• Prior to the release of the paper 600 w'itton Submissions - were received by SERP, folio 'publication of the paper, 2400�sub- missions in a orm of letters and briefs and 0, signed form le rs Or petitions were sent to SE P. These submissions Came from school boards, pareritie and. educators' Parts of the renewal will be.... implemented in September "..o£ 1984 with other sections to be ilii- pleniented hnh continuing basis• The most nt change will be the increasing oft n be ttinpulsory credit courses fromnine to 1' :a tbi change in diplomats handed out at- �duati�.. There is no influenza epidemic in Goderich, says Huron County Medical Officer of . Health Harry Cieslar. While the numberof colds may be slightly more than average due to the peculiar weather pattern this winter, a recent Health Unit survey of the county's hospitals, nursing homes and schools does not reveal any alarming increase in the amunt of flu cases. If there was an increase greater than 10 per cent, says Dr. Cieslar, tests would be dobe to determine the. actual type of virus causing the flu and then a Vaccine would be prepared: However, he explains that such a process is very expensive. "We have no documentation to show that there is an actual influenza epidemic," says Dr. Cieslar. He ` explains that colds are often mistaken for the flu but says those people with high fevers, persistent coughing, vomitting and resulting dehydration, should see their doctors. Dr. Cieslar also says that annual fly shots are recommended for people over the age of 65 or for those people with health problems. Joyce' Shack, Director of Nursing at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, says there have been some people coming into the hospital's Emergency Department lately complaining of the flu but she does not think that the numbers are higher than usual. She says it is often difficult to differentiate between a cold and the actual flu and feels there are more colds going around this year because of the strange weather. �• . The war is on for lower gas prices here Unbranded stations y•• fight for J.siness For the past cos ple of weeks Goderich residents have been benefiting from a local gasoline war. The lowering of prices started three and one-half weeks ago with most service centres dropping the price of a litre of regular gasoline to 30 cents. Within a few days the price was back up to 43 cents but since then it has been steadily dropping:, Jim McDougall operator of the Petro -Canada station on Bayfield Road says the war has been a result of, "the Unbranded stations (Ultramar, Gas Rite and Olde Goderich Service) fighting to get business." McDougall, who closed his station on Friday, December 31 for the weekend, says at that time he was chargi cents fon' a litre of regular gasoline. On- Tuesday, Jan ry 4 he had lowered the price to 32.7 cents an sta ed, "I don't kpow where this will bottom out." At the same time that McDougall was changing his price so were the operators of End's Shell Service Station-which--is—located at 137 Victoria St. N., Goderich. A spokesman forthe station said that as of Monday, January 3 the price had been 338 -cents but early on Tuesday morning he had dropped the price to 32.6 cents and he added, "within the next half hour we will probably lower it again." Thespokesman said he felt the reason why he and other operators were dropping their price of gasoline was due to the price that the three"local nonbranded stations were charging. ' Larry Hutchins manager of one of the nonbranded stations, Olde Goderich ervice which is located at 63 Victoria St. S. disagreesityith the operators who say he is partially to blame for the war. Hutchins says, "I think the reason for falling prices is that everyone is just"jockeying for volume." He adds; `"I also think there is a surplus of gas and that gives the companies the incentive to lower the price." As of 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, both Hutchins and the operator of the Ultramar Service Station at 263 Huron Rd., were charging the lowest price in town for a litre of regular gasoline. -Beth stations had dropped their price to 31.7 cents and both operators said they suspected the price would drop again by the end of the day. A gasoline war has been going on in Goderieh for past 'few weeks. Signs at two nes ,.r boring service stations show that if you shop around you may 'be able to buy gasoline cheaper at one station than the other was selling another. As the picture shows while one service T,Marr) station was selling regular gasoline for 31.1 cents folP It for 30.9 cents.(photo by Turn to page 3 e de t vu av on ry` " �,dip " (�:, �p diplon ' : r'epiace the two now given the Secon- dary econdary: S hool Graduation diple na (SSGD) which is awarded after a student has successfully finished 27 creditsand the Secondary School Honor Graduation diploma (SSHGD) _ which is presented to those o students passing six honor, or more commonly known as gra}de 13, courses. Tinto page 3 INSIDE THE SIGNAL -STAR, • 4.) Atoi�ns. in nal r`- 1 19 The Goderich Machinist Atoms took . part in the Silver Stick tournament final game on Sunday in Forest. The story about the championship game, plus the games which the seam,played last week which took them to the finals, cari tle found on page 5. Postcards A local resident, Elva Gauley, has sent the Signal- Star some old photographs of area buildings, scenery and people. One of the pictures which appears on page 14, can not be identified. Do you know where the picture was taken and who is in the picture?