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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-01-10, Page 24.i.8✓, �. ap itN .�..• r n ODERIC14SIGNAL STAR, THURSDAY, JAI,100Y 10 1980' • BY JEFF SEDDON Tile Huron county ;board of education made 1980- the 'year, of the problem Monday when -it set its priority list for things it wanted its senior administration totackle this year. The list, which ranges from busing to field `trip policies, is designed to give the board's senior staff a. framework from. which to work_ when establishing,the , direction the county system is to take in the coming years. • . Director of Education John Cochrane told the J. 1 . board senior stall &id-metIn all princip.:ia and teachers' groups to suggegt "thrusts" -the board could react to in 1980. . - Cochrane said.he and the superintendents of both business and education had taken sul- missions from principals and teachers and , combined them with their own perceptions of probable "hot issues" to core up with-th'.list of priorities. The . priorities include transportation, the board's system of preparing its budget, school curriculum, personnel relations; com- +44-44 • 'munication w,tvarious levels of government and with"other boards; declining 'enrolment' and effect on schools, a performancerevieW of trustees and the.board as a whole andthe boards policy, on student field , trip and ap- ' provals of those trips. Cochrane told the board no attempt was made 'to give anyone topic More importance than another. He said for obvious reasons the. priorities will be ranked but pointed .out that' was something the' board or its committees should do. Council still negotiating priceincrease for Holmesville site • The review 'of board activities is designed to combat increased costs for the, delivery of education combined with reduced grants from the province. Superintendent of education Don Kenwell said provincial grants had been reduced annually 'for the past two years and that combined with declining enrolment forced the board to tighten its belt. Kenwell said declining enrolment seems to be levelling off at the elementary level but added.. it will become a greater problem at, the BY JEFF SEDDON Goderich town council indicated a 100 percent increase in the town's share for its landfill site was "unacceptable" Monday night and planned`"'' to continue negotiations for the price increase this week. Council passed a motion at its last meeting to ' continue negotiations with George Lavis, owner of"the-Holmesville.iandfiil site to try to whittle down the large increase sought for the service. The town paid Lavis about $33:0Q0 for its share of the $70,000 Lavis charged to use the site in 1979 and this year the owner 'made it clear that figure was much to low and that he wanted more money. His original proposal, a , 150 percent increase, was for $178,000 but subsequent meetings between Lavis and the landfill site committee made up of represen- -'tatives-of municipalities using the site resulted in shaving $38,000 off that figure. Hotel. purchase , . . • from page 1 • happening including approval .of a liquor license from the provincial government. He said the lit ense had tleee applied for and word was expected on that application in the *next seven to 14 weeks. The Free Press account claimed the ligour license was approved and was expected by March. The newspaper story said the renovations to the hotel were to cost between $3 to $5 million which Sylvester said was "absurd". He in- dicated that the maximum amount to be spent on the project, including its purchase, was $2 million. Foy's story said a ministry of industry and tourism grant of $1.5 million had been approved -' pending:•investors-in-the:project-matching-that -:.. money dollar for dollar and spending at least 40 percent of it this year. " Sylvester said that was "absolutely in- correct". He said no provincial grant kad,been applied for aid to his kn'Dwledge was even available. -' Cardiff ... • from page 1 andpricing were necessary to guarantee .supply pointing out that money spent on foreign aid may be better spent at home working on alternative energy sources. He also said more money was n eded for farm credit and that the country's raij lines needed upgrading over thea "Mickey Mouse system" in use now. Bailey toldthe meeting tax incentives were needed to encourage small business. He' said proper taxation policy would "encourage initiative and discourage indolence".'`•He said government should promote the establishment of food processing plants for this riding because• of the area's massive fopd production ability. He added.that no longer could Canadians take "cheap food and cheap fuel" for granted„ claiming "one way or another no matter what party is•in power if we want fuel..we're going to`.. have to pay for it or someone else will get it". Gold: lures buyers here . BY DAVE SYKES There's money in that thar gold and now people are shuffling bonds, savings and even -borrowing money in increasing numbers to cash in on the escalating gold and silver market. r - - While gold and silver prices have reached dizzying Heights, the market has been flooded with speculators looking to make a fast and easy dollar and pull out. The Bank of Nova Scotia is the only serieus gold and silver handler and manager Peter" Shephard said that business'"has been brisk since gold rose above the $300 mark a . few months ago. Purchasers' are sinking their money into bullion and certificates..... Shephard books gold and silver on a spot basis from Tront i- where prices on Tuesday were $615 U.S or $722 in Canadian fund's and silver was selling for $33.50 -U,S.. down from Mon.lay's price of $42. The prices have rising at an' alarming and phenomenal rate over the past three weeks and Sheppa -d isn't convinced it's a good situation. "The price h doubled in a short time and most pe, plc re hanging on for even higher prices -•ne said, "I don't think 'it's a good situation but, I din't think it would reach $500. There is talk' of the price reaching $1,000:" - But gold has now surpassed the price range of.. most people and silver has turned into an at- tractive t -tractive.. alternative for the small speculator. "There has been much more interest in silver recently than gold," Shephard said. "People are now looking to silver because of the price but it is also much more volatile." While silver is providing a cheaper alter- native is being bought ,at the expense of life savings. To most people the element of risk is negligible. - I wouldn't recommend speculating savings and it makes rifle shudder when people trade in bonds to buy gold or silver," Shephard said. "But, they're making money so whose wrong?" Little buyers getting into the market and pulling out quickly with profits make little difference on the market. .The - prices will continue • to rise as long as there are major conflicts in the world such- as, the volatile situation in Iran , the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the high price of ail. It is a speculative and supply and demand market but people -in Goderich have been willing to take the risk. Hesaid the investment group had applied for a Tourism Redevelopment Incentive Program subsidy which was not a grant but rather a low cost loan designed to help investors offset high interest costs. He 'added the subsidy had not been approved to his. knowledge and that it was ' not for $1.5 million. He said he ,did not even know if the Bedford project qualified for the gra3'tt aii7i'if it did to whatdegree it did. Sylvester said plans to-refu-rbish the hotel had only been discussed by potential investors to date and had by no means been finalized. He said thegroup had yet to contact an architect dr contractor to determine what work was needed (Jat'the hotel and what it would 'cost. file Free Press story said plans ,included expansion of the dining facilities, expansion of the bar,, sandblasting the exterior and'installii .,'shutters and awmngs-on-windows. Sylvester said it was conceivable that the dining facility could be expanded and the bar but -added that would hinge on business grin:{ ciples. He said if the - extent of renovations hinged on the economic viability of the finished product. • "We'`ar•e hoping to 'be successfull-.in buying the property and dressing it up to provide a better quality of service and a better facility," • said Sylvester. He added that was not meant to be a critcisnh of the service presently offered by the hotel.. -I a ' • , He said the investors has also considered fixing up some of the rooms in the hotel but emphasized that depended on cos,tfactors.. He said there was, --no attempt being inade,to keep the project secret but claimed there was little that could' be said because it was still in the negotiation stage." g Councillor Bob Allen, one of the council members negotiating the price for the site, told council the landfill site committee had met with Lavis and come up with a price, $140,000, that was "a little more reasonable" in respect to the hours and work involved in operating 'the landfill site. Allen told council Lavis' increase was- "based _on_his_-costs ..to -operate -=the site and:what-other landfill site owners are getting for their ser- vice. He said one of the problems. with negotiations with Lavis is that the landfill site is shared with five other municipalities and agreement on the price has to satisfy the other partners in the deal. The site is used by Goderich, Clinton, Bayfield and Lucknow and Goderich ' and Colborne township on a cost sharing- basis. Goderich picks up about 48 percent of the tab De�velo ers • from paged .' date. She added those details could lead council" to a decision not to sell services. - Councillor Stan Profit .aid he had "no sympathy" for the 4evelopers in this situation but pointed out it must be frustrating for the township. He said all the township wants to • know is if the town -is -Interested in»'sellin-g --- services. He said the town could make it known it will "sell services ",if the numbers are com- patible'and if they're not -the answer is no". . Profit.said no one had to tell him the decisions council faced were enormous but pointed out that an agreement in principle will notcommitt• council. He said many times the town gives an agreement in prinei-ple b• sed on an equitable arrangement being worke out.,. "It's so simple it's aston suing," said Profit. "What is the hurry tc-tirnTilitt the town to "511.9 million? asked Palmer. She,said estimates to service the area two years ago reached that figure and since then the town has looked at expanding its water treatment and pollution control plants and had staged those • developments over the next two years. She said council can't afford to rush those decisions. "I don't give two ,hoots in hell about the developers I care about my'people.here," said the reeve. Council tabled the matter pending more information from tlic Public Utilities Com- mission, engineer's reports, water studies and a 'variety of other studies adding a closed session of council should be called to discuss the matter No indication.:of when that would happen was offered. while the other four pay tne remainder. - Part of the problem is not only establishing a price with Lavis but establishing a price that the other municipalities agree to. An increase by Lavis may be expensive to the town of Goderich but may be minimal for the township of Goderich. That would mean that without support from the township the town would have _little choice but: to pay the extra money. • •- - ---'---- Allen conceded that- the increase sought by Lavis was healthy but pointed out that in relation to what other landfill site owners were charging Goderich was getting a good deal. "We've undoubtedly been getting a; good . deal," he told council. Councillor Brian Knights summed up council's opinion of the dealings telling council "I don't think any organization is worth a 100 percent increase". , • - ' secondary panel: Along with setting priorities for the board the senior administration suggested'committees"to , handle each item,. • Cochrane- said the board's management committee -could be the one' to handle tran- sportation ,•problems but his suggestion didn't sit with Seaforthtrustee John Henderson. Henderson said it was backwards to ask the management committee to set bus routes and school boundaries and then ask the board's education committee to •'work out its curriculum. - Henderson said the route to go would be ask the education committee • to decide where courses woild be offered and 'how. many students would be taking those `courses before bus routes could be established. Goderich trustee Dave Gower said the intent of the priority list was not to limit the board's . committees to specificcareas but merely to have one committee in charge of one item. He said if management wanted imput from the education committee it could easily get it. He stressed -that -the -important thing was that each item was being handled by a committee and not left in limbo. 1 ' _Cochrane said some of the items suggestec' by senior administration may go unchanged if the board so desired. He said the board's •system of setting its budget may be Satisfac- tory but had been included in the priority list to ensure that it be looked at to see if everything that can be done to streamline the system is being done. ••••••••• • FLEECY • FABRIC • • w SOFTENER • • 128 FL. OZ. • Os 1.99 • ••-••••••,.•••.•••,•••••.•••• MAPLE LEAF VAC PAC SWEET PICKLED ' - • " ' COTTAGE ROLLS $1.481b. • • • • PAPER • • 60's • N•' „ • • • " • • ' 1'L. SALADA� ORANGE PEKOE TEA BAGS - SMOKED PICNIC STYLE, 5-6 LB. AVG PORK SHOULDERS 99r.. PAC VAC LB. CANADA PACKERS n 1 - DEVON SLICED SIDE •BACON 1.4.8 CANADA PACKERS 1 LB. VAC PAC STEAKETTEr PURE BEEF $1.,48 Ib. ••••:,••v•.•.• •. • 3 L,B.' PKG. BLUE BONNET MARGARINE • • X1:99: • FROZEN NEW ZEALAND SHOULDER 1 .. LAMB -CHOPS BRUCE PACKERS BY THE PC. HEAD -CHEESE. Ib. 99°. MIRACLE • WHIP SALAD'- DRESSING- $1.49 RESSING X1.49 STORE SLICED BOILED' COOKED HAM NEW ZEALAND WHOLE OR HALF LAMB LEGS $1 99. SCHNEIDERS READY TO HEAT 2 LB. 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