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GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
Town will
check rights
on property
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 f aub liar rally"at North Street United Church Friday was ir
ex eption. Cubs representing all packs in Goderich brought their
ca fully crafted and tailor d Nub mars to the annual qualifying
race— hopes of winning a spot in the regiouarfitaaals i s Vaaaasfsa
next week. Inthe above photo the cubs anxiously watch as three
cars race for the finish line. Getting the properlane is also an im-
portant consideration in the race and below, this line of cars offers
evidence to the creativity of the cubs. Obviously some time -goes in
to the creatioof the nub Kars. (photos by ;lave Sykes)
Goderich firefirhtershe1p out
started up again They returned to the
scene again.at 11:30 p.m. Monday and 10
a.m. on Tuesday.
-Theis believedto have sTarted in the
kitchen of the Seaforth Steak House on
Main Street which along with Moore's
Bulk Foods next door received extensive
damage. Smoke damage was done to the
Seaforth Sewing Centre and-Hildrebrand's
Flowers in the same block.
Seaforth Fire Chief, H2rry .,flak says
000 is a rough estimate of the total
mages. He blamed the false ceilings in
the stores for the number of times
firefighters had to return to thescene
Twelve nennle who lived in apartments
Two Goderich firefighters were called to
Seaforth Monday at 7:50 a.m. when fire
broke through the roof of a two storey
hui7ditig 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 received
their first call at 1:20 a.m. on Monday and
were Called back at 7a.m. when ,the fire
on the second storey of the building were
left homeless by the fire but no one was
hurt.
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 Allin who
was not home at the time of the fire. •
The fire started in the basement, . says
Goderich Fire Chief, Bill Beacom. Neither
the cause of the fire nor the amount of
damages was known at press time.
County considers funding House
A request for financial support for the
Survival Through Friendship House in
Goderich was sent back to Huron County's
social services committee for more infor-
mation.
- Two representa ives 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 are asking
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
group is to help women and children in
times of crisis. The safe homes are scat-
tered across the county from "Huron Park
all the way up to Fordwich and Corrie."
The 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 fellowhsip, conversation, crafts
and family -life skills. In the case of an
emergency, the hostel v;,,uld 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-
Mct modelled after a program in
anitoba. She said safe homes are prac-
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 violence has made this type of set=
vice necessary. "People are coming out of
the woodwork," he said.
Bayfield reeveDave Johnston asked the
social services committee to again look at
thetion after he Wondered what con-
trol bb county would have in this group.,
He suggested an employee of social ser-
vices sit on the group's board of directors.
Before council proceeds with . the
development of a new eight -acre park on
the southern limits of town on the Lake
Hurot shoreline, s will seek a legal opinion
on the rights to thproperty.
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 watertreat-
ment plant.
Just one month ago, council endorsed a
plan calling for the material dredged frorn
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
eightacres 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 fill will be the
bulk of the cost.
Mayor Eileen -Palmer told council that
. the project will be subject to public fun-
ding and that preliminary engineering and
environmental assessment costs will be
under $20,000.
Authority-. general— Ix/tanager, Bryan -.-
Howard hopes to arrange a ' meeting with
the ministry in Toronto and has asked
members of council to be present. He in-
ni tedthat Fiurop-Bruce,MP Murray Car-
ddilfff is negotiating vi itlf:" xthe 'Minister .-oi•,,.
-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
over a three-yearperiod.
It ishoped the fill will not ' create six
acres ~of -reclaimed -land-on-theaterfrunt
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
The works comb ittee of council has
reached a tentative development aggee-
ment with the Becker Milk Company and
McDonald Restaurants of Canada with
respect to the development at the corner of
Bayfield Road and Suncoast Drive.
Both companies hope to build on the cor=
ner location this pring.and the w rks corn
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 complete 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 Asumed responsibility for
the construction and 'nnaintenance of
sidewalks. The committee will include
$10,000 in its 1985 budget for the sidewalk
construction.
Also, this yeaf 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 rnoney 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 summer.
e steering committee invest
:e possibility Of holdina 45th ret
et members of No. 12 Eley
Flybi T.rii#i School anitorjneed t
Edon will j o a9 i iku t Au L
Set for August 16-18, the local steeriin
committee hopes to attract all former staff
and students of the Sky Harbour training
school to the three•day event.
The steering committee. orgaiing .the
event includes George Parsons Cord
McManus, Dick Wright, Bud Worthy,
Lloyd Atfield, Ben Straughari and Harold
Bettger. Subsequent to an advertsement
in weekly newspapers across the province
and the response from a story in the
Singal-Star, the group has decided to pro,
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 Board 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 per cent 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 youngest trustee 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 beep at that amount since 1982.
The Education Act allows the
honorarium to be changed only before an
election. The incoming board is not allow-
ed to increase the honorarium, only
decrease it.
"In my opinion, we are receiving ade-
quate compensation," said trustee John
_Elliott.
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.
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 teach and the present squad.
Goderich made the4inals 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.
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