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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-12-21, Page 2Eleanor Larder (left) and Sandra Riley of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority helped to play Santa Claus to chronic care patients at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital last Thursday when the hospital held its annual Christmas party, Here, they give gifts to Mamie Sutcliffe who attended the party, The Xi Delta Epsilon and Beta Theta Chapters of the Sorority purchased gifts for all the patients attending the party with the proceeds from their Ladies' Night Out event held earlier this year. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Champion lands new contract valued at $827,212 Champion Road Machinery Ltd. of Goderich has been awarded a contract valued at $827,212 by the Canadian Com- mercial Corporation (CCC) Minister for International Trade Gerald Regan an- nounced recently. In making the announcement, Regan said the contract calls for Champion to produce motor graders to the Defense Construction Supply Centre in Columbus, Ohio. The graders will be procured by the CCC under the US-Canadian Defence Production Sharing agreement. This week Champion vice president, Mike Sully, announced that management and the union executive had reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. The company would not release details of the proposed agreement, which is subject to ratification by the membership of Local 1863 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The union, representing 357 hourly rated em- ployees and 70 office workers, has been without a contract since last summer. Members of the union are scheduled to vote on the final company offer early in the New Year. Production will cease for the Christmas break Friday, December 23 and resume Tuesday, January 3,1984. Need elevator at arena councillor Clifford claims Goderich town council has asked ,the recreation board to investigate the feasibility of installing an elevator or dumb- waiter in the Goderich Memorial Com- munity Centre. - The motion moved by Bill Clifford asked for the recreation board to investigate the matter and report back to council. Clifford told council that an elevator would solve a lot of problems. "I recently watched the caterer at the town party and everything was lugged up the stairs to the auditorium and then lugged back down," he said. "We have Young Canada Week there, stags and several other functions and band equipment and food has to be carried up the stairs. Perhaps we could look into the matter. "Perhaps people in wheelchairs could attend more functions if there war an elevator. I don't know the costs or the physical factors involved but sometimes service clubs welcome an aopportunity to participate in a community betterment project." Councillor Bob Cornish, former recreation board chairman, echoed Clifford's remarks and said that while the board investigated the possibility of installing an elevator along the north-east section, the cost was prohibitive. There were no government grants available for the project and the board dropped plans for the elevator. Cornish said that the board did not even give consideration to the prospect of in- stalling a dumb -waiter in the arena. Application not made regional office says The Huron -Perth Separate School Board could be heading towards another roadblock m its attempt to receive federal funding to improve two schools. Director of education William Eckert brought a letter addressed to Perth MPP, Hugh Edighoffer from a departmental assistant in the Ministry of Employment and Immigration to the attention of trustees at their Dec. 12 meeting. One paragraph in particular bothered the director. It stated that the assistant had been told by the regional office in London that the board had not applied for funding under the Canada Works program as of late November. "As the board is aware, we applied for funds on Oct. 24," said Mr. Eckert. The director added that the board's ap- plication was acknowledged by the regional office in a letter dated Oct. 27. Mr. Eckert said he has sent letters, to the departmental assistant and Mr. Edighoffer, stating that the board has applied for Canada Works fun- ding. 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