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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-02-20, Page 1• 4 44 . ' d MI& P P , 14NAk A WA: . • u 137 YEAR,4 .GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRVARY 1985 Annual Goderich.Kub Kar rally The thrill- of victory ! There's nothing quite like the speed of an automobile race to capture the attention of a large crowd and the annual Kub Kar rally at North Street United Church Friday was no exception. Cubs representing aM packs in Goderich brought their careluily crafted and tailored 'nub MOTs to the annual qnalifying race in hopes of winning a spot in tbe regional finals in Vanastra next week. In the above photo The cubs anxiously watch as three cars race for the finish line. Getting the proper lane is also an im- portant consideration in the Mee and below, this line of ears offers evidence to the creativity of the cubs. Obviously some time goes in to the creation of the Kub Kars. (photos by Dave Sykes) 50 CENTS PER COPY wwmagimmenwsw**maaamiromp. Town will check rights on pioperty • Before council proceeds with the• development of a new eight -acre park on the southern limits of town on the Lake Huron shoreline, it will seek a legal opinion on the rights to the property. At its last regular meeting Monday, a motion was endorsed calling for a legal opinion on the rights to the property that will be created south of the water treat- ment plant. • Just one month ago, council endorsed a plan calling for the material dredged from the harbour expansion project to be placed along the shoreline between the water plant and the sewage treatment plant. The program, which will be part of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority's shoreline stabilization project, is expected to create an area of land between six and eight acres in size. The project will be co-ordinated through the town, MVCA, Ministry of Natural • Resources and the Ministry of Environ- ment and the federal Department of Transport, the department responsible for the harbour expansion project. Council learned Monday through cor— respondence from the MVCA that the cost of the project will probably be close to $1. . million minimum: While the land will be ' created with fill from the harbour dredg- ing and transported to the site, building a • retaining wall to ,hold the ill be the bunt of the cost. Mayor Eileen Palmer told Connell tbat - the project will be subject to public fun- - ding and that preliminary engineering and environmental assessment costs will be under $20,000. Authority general- manager Bryan. Howard hopes to arrange a meeting with the ministry in Toronto and has asked • members of council to be present. He in- . 403,1? Off' MiirraY Car- it 1,,is 'negotiating with -0e Minister &- Transport- -for --aPProval---. -and•-funding assistance to transport the dredging material. Part of the preliminary engineering study will involve studying the impact of the placement of the fill on the shoreline ecosystem. More than 300,000 cubic metres of fill will be placed along the shoreline • overa three-year period. - It is hoped the fin will not only create six acres of reclaimed land on the waterfront, but assist in stabilizing the bluffs along the lake. The fill will only be made available if the town can show it will pursue a plan to 'stabilize the dredged material with a re- taining wall. Without adequate protection; the fill would not remain in place so the town will have to make a commitment on the pro- ject. While public land accounts for 85 per cent Of the bluff area -Subject • to- erosion McDonald development agreement to close l'he works committee of council- has Goderich firefighters help out • • • reached a tentative development agree- Two Goderich firefighters were called to Seaforth Monday at 7:50 a.m. when fire broke through the roof of a two storey building on the town's main street. "Goderich has the only aerial ladder truck in the county so we're called out a • -lot," says Mike O'Brien, one of the two firefighters from Goderich. Firefighters from both Goderich and Clinton were called Monday morning when the fire, which took two days to put out , completely, was at its worst. They stayed until approximately 12:30 p.m. The Seaforth fire department Teceived their first call at 1:20 a.m. on Monday and were called back at 7 %a.m. when the fire started up again. They returned to the scene again at 11:30 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Th-Tfir--• is believed to -ha -ye started in the kitchen of t e Seaforth Steak House on Main St ree Ch along with Moore's Bulk Foods • oor received extensive damage. Smoke damage was done to the Seaforth Sewing Centre and Hildrebrand's Flowers in the same block. Seaforth Fire Chief, Harry Hak says $200,000 is a rough estimate of the total damages. He blamed the false ceilings in the stores for the number . of times firefighters had to return to the scene. • Twelve nipple who lived in apartments on the second storey of the building were left homeless by the fire but no one was hurt. County considers funding A request for financial support for the Survival Through Friendship House in Goderich was sent back to Huron County's social services C-OrdiTilttee fdr more infor- mation. Two representatives of the group, Rev. Gordon Simmons of Clinton and George Zolob of Goderich, -asked for financial aid at county council's February session. The group operates a network of 24 safe homes across the county for battered women and their children. They areAsking the county to donate $7.50 per night for each person staying in a safe home. Coun- ty councillors, however, want an estimate on the total annual cost before giving the matter consideration, Simmons told council the goal of the -a) group is to help wornen and chi Idren in times of crisis. The safe homes are scat- tered across the county from "Huron Park all the way up to Fordwich and Gorrie." Thg exact locations are known only to one person. The group plans to open a hostel in Goderich where victims of family violence can go for felloWhap-, difiversation, crafts and family -life skills. In the case of an emergency, the hostel would be used for temporary shelter but is basically design- ed for day use only. Group director June Taylor said the idea of the volunteer safe homes is a pilot pro- ject modelled after a program in Manitoba. She said safe homes are prac- The cause of the fire is still undetermin- ed. A representative from the Ontario Fire Marshall's office -in Mount Forest will ex- amine the site for the fire's cause. The Goderich fire department also answered a call on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at 86 Blake St, the home of Evelyn /thin who was not home at the time of the fire. The fire started in the basement, says Goderich Fire Chief, 13111 Beacom. Neither the cause of the fire nor the amount of damages was known at press time. House tical in rural areas where distances make it hard for victims to get help from a cen- tral area. The safe homes have been running since July and in the last six months of 1984, 63 women and 90 children have required the shelter provided in safe homes. Social services administrator John MacKinnon said more public awareness -of. family irkilenee has made this -type of ser- vice necessary. "People are coming out of the woodwork," he said. Bayfield reeve Dave Johnston asked the social services committee to again look at the question after he wondered what con- trol the county would have in this group.. He suggested an employee of social ser- vices sit on the group's board of directors. ment with the Becker Milk Company and McDonald Restaurants of Canada with respect to the development at the corner of Bayfield Road and SuncoairDrive. Both companies hope to build on the cor- ner location this spring and the works com- mittee approved -agreements as submit- ted. The companies will be responsible for placing curbing along Suncoast Drive but the town will maintain responsibility for a sidewalk along Bayfield Road. The com- mittee also felt that once the restaurant and convenience store are built, they will approach the town to cotnplete the paving of Suncoast Drive from Bayfield Road to Gibbons Street with a top coarse of asphalt. In other business, the works committee concurred with a request from an Eldon Street resident to construct a sidewalk on the street from Suncoast to Sunset Drive. • While many town sidewalk construction projects were traditionally completed under the local improvement program, the committee suggested that in recent years the town has assumed responsibility for • the construction and maintenance of sidewalks. The committee will include $10,000 in its 1985 budget for the sidewalk construction. • Also, this year the residents -of Christina • Court may have their road problems solV- ed. Residents of the court approached the works committee in the summer re- questing the town pave the road rather than_spend money on an -annual tar and • chip program. At its regular meeting Mon- day, council passed a motion calling for the paving of Christina Court this summei ring—ConcunitterV*I. ,.th. possibility of bolding a 45th re. fur Amer members Of No. 12 Vleme Flying Training School announced the reel'. gdoh will go ahead as planned this AleSt, Set for August 16-18, the loeid steer committee hopes to attract all former_ and students of the Sky Harbour' training school to the three-day event. The steering committee organizinglhO event includes George Parsons, Gord McManus, Diek Wright, Bud Worthy, Lloyd Atfield, Ben Straughan and Harold Bettger. Subsequent to an advertisement in weekly newspapers across the province and the response from a story in the Singal-Star, the group has decided to pre, teed with the reunion Former staff, and students of the Sky Harbour -Flying School are asked to write to Box 364, Goderich, Ont. N7A 4C6 for more information. Trustees turn down increase Trustees of the Huron County Beard. of Education won't receive an honorarium in- crease for at least another three years. The school board decided to turn down a proposal to increase. their honorariums by four percent each year for the next three years. The proposal was made by trustee Frank Falconer at the board's Feb. 4 meeting. Mr. Falconer said younger trustees could have .a problem getting along on the money they receive as trustees. The youngesttrustee on the board, Tony McQuail, said Mr. Falconer's idea of in- creasing stipends a small amount each year instead of a large amount in one year was "sensible". However, he said he would vote against the increase because he finds the current stipend "generous". Trustees now receive $400 per month and the chairman receives $600 per month. The stipend has been at that amount since 1982. • The Education . Act allows' the honorarium to be changed only before an election. The incoming boardis not allow- ed to increase the honotarhuri, only decrease it. • "In my opinion, we are receiving ade-• quiritt.toecompensation," said trustee John _t Goderich trustee Dorothy'Wallace noted that the media could play up the fact that the school board could not afford French - immersion but could afford to give themselves a raise. INSIED THE SIGNAL -STAR velonstimi.9 • '47 Winter CarniVals All this snow has to be good for something and the students at both Robert- son Public School and GDCI put it to good use this week. Both schools held winter carnivals, with both students and teachers enjoying a variety of events, both indoors and out. Photos in this section. Oldtimers tourney The Goderich Old Deckhands hosted the sixth annual Goderich Oldtimers Hockey Tournament on the weekend. A high point of the tourney waS a reunion game between the 1977 World Champion Old Deckhands team and the present squad. Goderich Made the finals in their diVISIOn but were eliminated by Zurich Hasbeans. Story and Photos in Recreation. -"Anything Goes The Goderich Little Theatre is working on a production of "Anything Goes", a seafaring musical comedy, featuring a large cast of both experienced and novice local actors. Details and photos inside. ;•9,,"-i.