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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-11-20, Page 1.ww-ootammlOwlits‘op000ttigoor,~XfORNIA.W••,,WWWW3tooftwookiemzisumaw4MANeRtmlimmErdso.,••••,,,,,,,,,,,,,~ - 1;1 h" • it)tIrltoXID, .„. ZNOVEMBR €0.6MSOIRCOP1r vimorismo , , • ,roonff ,g; .•2;•• Hamilton East MP Shelia Copps thanked the crowd of 200 Liberal supporters in Huron for their continuing support of the Liberal party. At a fund-raiser last Thursday in Holmesville, she told the crowd that every visit to the area felt like coming home. (photo by Susan Hundertmark ) PC delegates divided over leadership results BY SHARON DIETZ Local delegates who attended the PC leadership convention which elected Larry Grossman as the new leader of the Ontario Conservative Party are divided over Grossman's ability to unite the party. Grossman supporter Dr. Tom Jasper, of Goderich is naturally pleased with the out- come and believes the party made the right choice in selecting Grossman as leader. Every public opinion poll says Grossman is the man to lead the Con- servatives said Jasper who thinks, given time to unite the party, Grossman can lead the Conservatives back to power. The Conservatives have more seats than the Liberals, Jasper points out and if given enough time to organize, he is confident the party can return to power in the next election, It Will be a big job to pull things back together, but Grossman has the support of the majority of caucus, says Jasper, an alternate delegate at the convention. Grossman went out and attracted support during the leadership campaign and this broad range of support was reflected in the ballot. Jasper says there was a tremendous en- thusiasm at the convention and he came away feeling optimistic. Voting delegate Tom O'Connor, of Zurich sees the outcome differently. A Dennis Timbrell supporter, O'Connor thinks Grossman will only be leader of the party for the next six to eight years before - there is a leadership review. O'Connor is convinced the Conservatives will lose the next two elections under Grossman's leadership. I'm not so narrow-minded as to think on- ly the Conservatives can govern," says O'Connor, "We were in power for 42 years and it was time for a change. The province seems willing to let the Liberals govern." He admits the Liberals haven't been doing that badly. Had the party elected Timbrell as leader however, there would have been a dif- Turu to page 2 Landowners approve bluffs erosion control Five of the seven landowners living along the Goderich bluffs, from the pollu- tion plant to Bingham Park, expressed their approval for the proposed bluffs stabilization program at the Goderich parks and waterfront meeting last Wednesday. Before a program to combat toe ( base of slope) and cliff erosion on the bluffs can be put in action, the permission of the lan- downers, whose property now extends into Lake Huron because of erosion, is necessary, Works Commissioner Ken Hunter told the group. Council recently submitted a revised erosion control project for $100,000 to the Ministry of Natural Resources to control erosion on the Goderich bluffs by using the fill and armour stone from the harbor development project. "We've bqtri negotiating for two years to get the fill Yfrom the harbor project and now we should be getting it this December. We'll use the rock from the harbor to build the breakwall (groyne) which Should solve the banging of the water on the shore," Hunter said. "We also want to try to fill in the hill coming from the bottom up and building in layers using the fill we'll get when we dig up Elgin Avenue and Wellesley Street in the next few years. It might take 10 years," he said. Mayor Eileen Palmer added that the op- portunity to use the available 190,000 cubic metres of fill may never happen again for a long time. "I'm sorry it didn't happen 10 years ago. I think it's the greatest thing to happen to the landowners along the bank," said Gor- don McManus. The landowners agreed they'd tried several methods on their own to slow down the erosion along their property but had been unsuccessful. "I've lived there and watched about a foot of land drop off every year for the past 25 to 30 years," said Muriel Reinhart. "In the spring, the underground water goes out of the bank like a fire hose." Stewart Knight agreed that despite building groynes to combat the erosion, he's been losing ground over the past 30 years. He and the other landowners have lost trees and lawn furniture over the bank because of erosion. Though some of the landowners express- ed concern about trespassing on their pro- perty and the use of heavy machinery on the bank, the mayor assured them any work would be done from the bottom of the bank. "I wouldn't stand on the edge of that bank let alone put equipment there," said Palmer. Copps asks Liberals for federal support BY SUSAN HUNDER'rMA RIC LW the. federal Literal p strengthens and builds towards the next election, it must thank the Liberal troops of southwestern Ontario who stayed with the party through. thick and thin, Hamilton East MP Sheila Copps told close to 200 members of the Huron -Bruce Liberal Association meeting in Holmesville last Thursday. "Every tune I come to this neck of the woods, I really feel, as a Liberal, I'm coming home. One area that has remained strong, even when people said we were a dead party, has been southwestern Ontario. The message you have sent has been letting people know the Liberal way can be the better way," she said acknowledging the local support for MPPs Jack Riddell, Murray Elston and Hugh Edighoffer. Calling the Huron -Bruce riding a microcosm of the federal political scene, Copps asked for the help of local Liberals to elect A federal member during the next election. She predicted success for the Liberals since the first year of power for the Conservative government has meant a growing mistrust and lack of confidence by _the electorate. "It wasn't just tuna and hanks but at least when the Liberals were in power you could sit down to a bottle of wine and a tuna sandwich without worry. It's clear after one of year of government by polls and inaction that (Prime Minister Brian) Mulroney has lost trust. People simply don't believe him," she said. ' "It wasn't just capital gains write-off which benefits those who, buy South African diamonds or condominiums in Florida as well as those who invest in Canada. "It should have at least been made conditional on benefitting Canadian farms and jobs," she said. With its plans for free trade with the United States, the Conservative government has the capacity "to change the shape of Canada" and "sell the country down the river." Copps congratulated Premier David Peterson for informing Canadians about the job losses that would result with free trade. "Tories can do a lot of damage" "Four years of Tory government is not a long time but it can do an awful lot of damage. It could reverse the Canadianism we saw launched by the Liberals under ( former Prime Minister) Lester Pearson," she said. "What is at stake is the very survival of the country that we Liberals can be proud we ,helped to build and will be building again." The "shameful bow and scrapism" of the Conservative -party has been illustrated by the Polar Sea incident, said Copps who described the reactions of both Mulroney and Joe Clark, minister of External Affairs as a Punch and Judy show. While both wavered on whether the United States was violating Canada's territorial waters, they <: were .'forced ,thaOugb batT4.a14921%. nOtne tuna add banks' dropped a Canadian flag on the Polar Sea. Coukiditlee a Mira But, instead of laying a complaint against One of the reasons for the lack of trust in the current government was its reversal on old age pensions and baby bonuses. "The prime minister said to Canadian families that universality is a sacred trust, that he wouldn't touch old age pensions or tax benefits for families with children. But, the purchasing power of a family of four with an income of $20,000 will be reduced by $4000 a year because of cutbacks from the budget. That's when we saw the ice blue frigid colors of the Conservative party," she said. Copps attacked the federal budget's • k i • .1 the U.S., the government brought charges against the Canadian pilot, she said. "When we were in government, the United States government wouldn't have had the nerve to trespass on our waters," she said. Copps was well received by the Liberal audience at Holmesville. After Goderich Township Reeve Grant Stirling expressed confidence that Copps would become a cabinet minister in the next Liberal government, Heather Redick, secretary of the riding association, predicted Copps would be the first female prime minister of Canada. 111. proceed. down ..West Steet.to Ail entries are along mon Avenue byt 12.30 p.m.:f�r fading. The Categories ' "inelude commercial, nonOtnniOltcial, Ynuth 'groups school and italitillial, this, year's edition and four hafid.st Tye Asn;Ant1)etitria*41 participate Goderich La wn Band,Clinton Legion Pipe Band, Kincardine Community ;concert Band, and ,Pantarioa steerband .whith will be playing at therNighein The Tropics show sponsored by Harbbutlight Travel later in the evening it Saitford Valley Hall, will entertain. - Santa will hold court for the children at the Park Theatre immediately following the parade where the children will have an opportunity to talk to Santa and recieve treats. 1 Countyc;ounctil seats acclaimed The new Huron County council elect as of Nov. 12 has several new faces. Out of 30 posi- tions on County Council, only seven were filled by election. The rest were acclaimed. In brackets is the name of the current reeve or deputy reeve if different from the incoming reeve or deputy reeve. TOWNSHIPS Ashfield - Allan Gibson acclaimed (John Austin); Colborne - Russel Kernighan ac- claimed; East Wawanosh - Ernest Snell elected (Neil Vincent); Goderich - Grant Stirling acclaimed; Grey - Leona Arm- strong acclaimed; Hay - Lionel Wilder elected reeve; - Clare Deichert acclaimed (Tony Bedard); Howick - Gerald D'Arcey elected (Jack Stafford); Hullet - Tom Cunn- ingham acclaimed; McKillop - Marie Hicknell acclaimed; Morris - Douglas Fraser acclaimed (Bill Elston); Stanley - Clarence Rau acclaimed (Paul Steckle); Stephen - Thomas Tomes acclaimed reeve (Alan Walper); - Ken McCann acclaimed deputy reeve (Ralph Weber); Tuckersmith - Bob Bell elected; Turnbeny - Brian McBurney acclaimed; Usborne - Gerald Prout acclaimed; West Wawanosh - James Aitchison elected. TOWNS Clinton - Bee Cooke elected (Ernest Brown); Exeter - Bill Mickle acclaimed reeve - Lossy Fuller acclaimed deputy reeve; Goderich - Harry Worsell acclaimed reeve, John Doherty acclaimed deputy fakrth,tautiatni=enk0111- Machan acclaimed (Joe Kerr). VILLAGES Bayfield - David Johnston acclaimed; Blyth - Albert Wasson acclaimed (Tom Cronin); Brussels - Hendrik Ten Pas ac- claimed (Cal Krauter); Hensall - Jim itobinson elected (Harry Klungel); Zurich - Robert Fisher acclaimed. INSIDE THE SIGNAL -STAR After this little girl got her fingerprints taken, Constable John Marshall helped her clean the ink off her fingers. She was among the 90 or so children that attended the Dungannon Kinet- tes identification day held at the Dungannon Agricultural halt(photo by Todd Mowatt) French songs Matt Maxwell and Jack Grunsky perform- ed a concert for the children of area schools at Victoria School, Goderich on Thursday. The musicians sang traditional songs and some of their original works in both French and English gearing their per- form -ince for audience participation. See pictures on this week's Community page. Ducks Unlimited Ducks Unlimited raised $16,000 for the preservation of wildlife habitat at their se- cond annual fund raising auction Friday night. An original painting by Bill Creighton and a duck decoy carving by Jim Remington were included in the auc- tion. See the story and pictures on this week's Community page. Basketball champs The G.D.C.I. senior Vikings came back to defeat Stratford Northwestern two games straight to win their second con- secutive Huron -Perth Senior Girls Basket- ball Chsurnpionship. Read about the cham- pionship game on this week's sports pages.