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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-03-06, Page 1,.:170r 60 OA, v participate 6th annual. Goderich Lions, Young Week Pee Wee hockey tournament off Friday March 8, with a total of 83 es being played before the tourney .$aturday March 16. tournament, the longest -running of tt in Canada, has hosted as many as utte in its peak years and this year's VerSi la will feature 62 teams, competing in five divisions, AA through to 1), for the trophies and crests awarded in they various groupings. Play berms Friday, March 8, at 5:30 p.m., with Zurich facing off against tupley, Ila tne.1.1 tfyi$ien, followed. by -mo D.ppl�ay, betwee n�TTv on and Wellesley at G:4A p,lrrl,, ....Wog Ceremonies will premed the G 1 erich Lions Pee Wees' first game, a B division contest against Acton„ at 7:50 p.m. on March 8. Friday night action concludes with a 9 p.m. B division game, featuring the Byron Minor Pee Wees and a yet -to -be -named op- ponent. Daily action will commence around 8 a.m. and continue until around 10:30 p.m., with championship and consolation mat - the . dies in:,%fie various c11YI11+ throng otthe week. ;in,he d lt"1, ia, whit from Igtshener, 804 Waterloo. W bitb,', Militen aril a St. Miichaels, the consolation' , .. a xn will be played at 5:30 ilte followed pb the championahi � 'c. nt�,i t 6:40 p.nt. y hr: The A division vonsolatiop0-nes at :50 p.m. March 1, with the chpiionship game scheduled for 9 p.m:.,The B division titles will be contested on to tournament's final day, March 16; with the consolation ournarnent round set for 1. W 0,.1x1. and tie vh plon- SNP gargle at 3145 p;nri. Finals in the C division are also set for March -16, with --the consolation at 4 p.m and gm championship game at 5:30 p.m. In d for March grouping,, t 7 50 finals mf oiltheare c consola- tion and 9 p.m, for the final game. There are stillome time slots to be fill- ed on the schedule, as several teams are awaiting league playoff outcomes, to see if they will be eligible to compete: However.,. Tournament Chairman Jim. Collins says that there will be a full 62 -team slate by tournament time. ®LEST ALI.VICKAND =IMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IN CANADA [Circulation CIaSS 3500,45001 C,C.^'.A. Better Newspaper Competition 1984 SIGNAL- 137YEAR-10 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6,1985 50 CENTS PER COPY Winter storm strikes area Just when things were pointing toward Spring mother nature handed us 24 hours of snow, hail and freezing rain. The storm mai our fifth major blast of the winter and it closed area schools,. and delayed the exams at GDCI until Tuesday. Over 44 millimetres of precipitation combined with winds gusting 6Q to 82 kilometres per hour. All of the majorroads . in the area were closed including•21 North and South, 4; 23, 8, and 7. The Ontario Provincial -Police reported there were no major ,accidents however . they had problems getting around. In town there were two minor accidents and that was theextent of the traffic problems. • "Many people stayed off of the roads and that made our job easier," said Chief Patrick King. However, it was a common sight to see people ,trying to venture out, only to get stuck_in_their driveways or on the road. On Wellington Street several cars dotted the length of the street. And, people went out and . arrived back home to find their driveways were full of snow and slush. Some consolation is in store for some people who will be heading south, for the March break For those who will have to weather the storm, the weather for the next four days will be wet with warmer temperatures, according to the London weather office. Maitland Manor Nursing ItJoine in Godef'ieb; has been sold to SOleetire.nn.Owen Sound based c pa ; • David Bedford is the owner.of Selecare. His company owns four other nursing Homes in the area. According to Gary Westgart, . Ad ministrator at Maitland Manpr, Nierir,Good sold the home for financial and personal reasons. "Mr. Good is an insurance agent as well. as owner of the Manor and both enterprises demanded a lot of him. Also, tough economic times and certain financial con- siderations were factors," said Mr. Westgarth. There were plans to expand the home, but when the property adjacent to the Manor was rezoned and sold, these plans fell through. Undr the new company, there will be, no major changes made and the level of care provided to the 91 extended care patients will remain the same, However, Mr. Westgarth will be promoted to Director of Operations for Selecare. This promotion has already taken'effect and Mr. Westgarthhandle both positions until late spring when a new administrator -is hired: Last year, both Maitland Manor and the Alexandra Marine and General hospital. were given two year accreditation renewals. That means that both Goderich facilities meet federal standards. Two arrested after fight Two men were arrested and three charges were laid a a result of.a brawl which broke out at a hotel on the square and moved inter the street on Saturday, Feb. 27. - Charges were laid for causing a distur- bance and for damage done in the police car. A thief or thieves broke into Deerborne Steel late Mar. 3, or early Mar. 4. An un- disclosed amount of cash was taken. There were also a number of minor thefts in the area including the theft of .'two bicycles which were found and returned to their owners. Chief Patrick King warns both parents and children about the dangers of riding their bikes during the spring-like conditions. "If they (children) have to ride their bikes, they have to realize that they' can lose control quickly. I recommend that parents with younger children keep the bikes away until the thaw is over," said Chief King. He also urges parents to talk to their children about the dangers of climbing on snow .banks. Children could slip off snowbanks into the path of an.oncoming car and be seriously injured. March storm causes problems INSIDE THE. SIGNAL -STAR Driving caused problems for the public and even emergency vehicles Monday during the worst storm of the year. Many area roads were closed because of poor visibility and drifting. (Photos by Todd Mowatt) Town expenditures to exceed $5 .million Goderich town council gave preliminary approval to expenditures in excess of $5 million far 1985 whe it met in a special budget session Mond; Original budget estimates from all town committees, departments and board put expenditures over the $5.3 million mark but council shaved $263,865 from the budget estimates. Before council took its knife to the budget, administrator Larry McCabe f. 1 G . 1 I raised through taxation. Last year $1,594,281 was raised through taxation. By deleting _over $260,000 from the budget, McCabe said it wouldhave 5 Wei" effect of a 2.2 per cent increase in the general municipal mill rate. Without the deletions, council faced an increase of 18.7 per cent in expenditures. The administrative committee of council examined all the budgets submitted by committee and boards and prepared an analysis of revenues and expenditures that were considered by council. An additional $30,000 was added to the revenue side of the ledger; $5,000 in sewage charges; $10,000 more in invest- ment income and $15,000 from the ONIP reserve account. Council saw fit to delete $10,000 from the administrative budget that was targeted for the construction of new steps ann. a computer room. The fire committee budget got trinuned 3 0 000 was established as the salary of a full-time fire chief. But in a trade off, chairman Glen Carey asked that $20,000 be• left in the committee hiiiMina ressr_vefeud and that the matter. of a full-time chief be held over for a year. , The committee's projected clothing budget was trimmed by $2,400 from $6,000 and $1,000 was deleted from the office sup- ply fund. The works corrunittee had $23,500 deleted from its budget, 1$10,500 of which was scheduled to purchase a new truck. The remaining $13,000 was to have been A1 spent on leaf sucker. Council deleted $30,000 from its sidewalk eepair program and $11,000 was taken from its BIA sidewalk budget. The parks and waterfront committee lost $5,000 ear- marked for Optimist Riverside Park im- provements and $5;000 for a reserve ac- count, Some major deletions were made in the recreation board's. proposed budget as $62,465 was slashed from arena capital ex - e penrit„rPq At least $50,000 of that a haunt was set aside. for the installation •of an elevator at the arena and the balance for the construction of an ice machine and race-secretary.roor . ___ .. Council also eliminated $25,000 from the recreation budget that was to be used for the construction of outdoor roller skating facilities. Board members in attendance told council that the project may appear in future budget estimates. The board was allowed to spend $4,560 to purchase a solar blanket for Judith Gooderham Pool. It was.. suggested the blanket would pay for itself in two years. The Goderich economic development committee had $17,000 clipped from its budget. The money was3set aside to ser- vice industrial land along Suncoast Drive but money from the sale of land will suf- fice. Council also deleted $20,000 from the proposed -$350;880%r -road maintenance: The police budget was slashed by $6,000. Council passed a motion approving the additions and deletions to the consolidated also rcflectcd in creases in council pay ,honorariums paid to members of committees and boards and a new travel schedule. Separate byldws 'mate te passed far- ti -of -those -items -to= be approved. 'i The budget, reflecting the additions and deletions, will be presented to council at a future meeting. The consolidated mill rate cannot be established until council learns the amoiint of county, board of education and Maitland Valley Conservation Authority requisitions. Tows will participate in Square lighting project If Rob Sherwood's dream becomes a reality, The Square could become one of the major winter tourist attractions in the area. Sherwood, along with the Kinsmen Club of Goderich, initiated a multi-year project that would have service clubs, church organizations, corporation's and businesses and the municipality par- ticipate in developing animated and static Christmas displays in the park. The Kinsmen Club erected the first animated display in the park two winters ago and Sherwood told council Monday that now there are six displays. He hopes the number of displays will double in the next two years and he urged council to be a participant in the project by corrimitting funds over four or ffve-year period to light trees in the park. Later, during its budget session, council set aside $2,500 for decora- tions. The displays, which Sherwood says could develop into a major tourist attrac- tion, are also viewed as a community bet- terment project by the groups involved. "We hope to develop it into an attraction that will entice tourism," Sherwood said. "It is a community betterment project that will help the town in general and we would ask the town to entertain the idea of committing itself to a long-term situa- tion." Sherwood hopes to get all the service clubs involved in the project and local churches have been approached to collec- tively fund a nativity scene. While he is ap- proaching service clubs and churches in- itially, corporate participation will also be sought. Many communities are getting into the act of enticing tourists in the winter and Sherwood cited the work of the cities of Sarnia, Simcoe and Niagara Falls as newcomers to thescene. The city of Niagara Falls has spent $1 million over two years developing a winter tourist campaign and the Sarnia Chamber of Commerce and Convention Bureau has committed $100,000 to decorating the Bluewater Bridge with lights. Lauding the efforts of the Kinsmen Club, Mayor Eileen Palmer said the town had a natural setting for the project that should ° be capitalized on. "We .should capitalize onwhat we have and beautify it," she said. "With a phased program we could end up with the trees in the park all lit up." The displays sponsors by participating groups cost up to $6,000 but Sherwood said vandalism has not been a porblem. But the project requires a total commit- ment on the part of the sponsor and an at- titude that it is a community betterment. program. "It's not a when will I get my money back situation," he said. Councillor Jim Searls suggested that Sherwood's request "for council to par- ticipate in a phased program was "thrown at council all of a sudden." He argued that Sherwood was not listed on the agenda as a deputation and suggested the matter be put to Robin Stuart, the town's newly hired tourism -industrial co-ordinator w}x, begins work April 1. Sherwood explained helves not trying, to put pressure on council to make a decision but only ask that it get involved in a phased • project that will entice tourists in the winter. Dazzling display The Goderich Figure Skating Club put on a dazzling display in a figure skating ex- travaganza, held in Goderich on the weekend. Details and photos in Recrea- tion. Maitland rinks *in Maitland Curling Club rinks were vic- toridus in both draws at a mens' curling bonspiel, sponsored by Shell oil company, here on the weekend. There was curling action on other fronts as well this week. Story and photos in the Recreation section. Modern lawman Many people are puzzeled when they hear the term "Sheriff" applied to a modern-day officer of the court. Huron County Sheriff Fred Jewell says peopleare often surprised to learn the Sheriff is still the top law enforcement officer in every county in Ontario. Jewell and his unique occupation are profiled in the Signal -Star series A Day on the Job, inside this section.