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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-02-28, Page 33• Victoria Public School opened a bright new wing and included space for Queen Elizabeth School's mentally retarded children HousTg . . baelt to their home town and settle in the area where they were raised. The type of Petninunity is more important than sacrificing a lifestyle for the higher paying job in the city., sheiaett predicts more internal .grewth • within the town: Expansion of industry in Goderich attract people beck to their home town to a job that pays well but is not the top paying job they could seek in their profession. Small business will also m.aigle_jobainihecminty- says Shewfelt. The infra- structure in the county is here. -"We can support a -steady-on etcrtwob-percent- gro wth which - is prosperous for this area." he adds. c) from page 13' price of houses will jump another :10 percent. Builders will heSitate. to build on speculation and once the overbuilding done in the past year is consumeil,,there will be a tight new house supply. There is a new group of home buyers . on- the rnarket with a different philosophy according to 'Shewfelt. They are not looking for the highest paying 'Ob but rather a jet) Which will provide a comfortable living in an area where they prefer to Ji Nienaymot only qualifier deter- mining their standard of living. Shewfelt sees a trend,. derelopirrg-ht-the -rung-- people 'who graduate from high school in Goderich. They move Pagel' PUC lit up the Square in late '70s A major project for the Goderich Public Utilities Commission during the past decade has been their involvement with the •. Business Improvement Association on the redevelopment of The Square. • The efficient use of energy not only played a part in the' project but proved to be a bcncfit-in— the redevelopmentand its a project that PUC manager Al, Lawson reviews with pride. Tn changing the traditional street pole lighting system to •one utilizing a fashionable old style lamp standard, energy management became a prime con• - sideration. • Putting in the n-ew Standards meant takini, down the existing street lighting which was later used on the widening of highway '21 south of the town. The old system used 24 sodium lamps all located on the inside perimeter of the roadway around the Square. Ten in- candescent floodlights were mounted on the inside. of the streetlight ;pales to illuminate the centre of the park and courthouse. Annual energycosts wen. $1,800. The original rer• •vation dans called for a new lighting system con- sisting of mercury vapour lamps While this system • would have contributed tu the sought after "look" for The Square, its total elec- trical". load was almost doisble the old load. Annual energy costs would have been $3;300. and material costs for this system would have amounted to $90,000. In reviewing these plans with- the local council, Lawson suggested 'a more ef- ficient use of energy woiird save money and still be in keeping with the contemporary thinking behind The Square's redevelopment. Lawson also obtained the advice of police chief Pat King on the lighting' necessary for optimum safety and security in The Square. In addition, he 'suggested that a variety of lighting manufacturers should tender for the job and stressed that they take efficient energy use into account in their proposals. Serving the Community— McCallum Funerwal Horne - • 11 Cambria Goderich 524-7345 As we begin our thirteenth year,of service tg the people of this community, we are grateful for the confidence that has been placed in us by many families and for the tradition of service dating back to 1875; inherited from the Brophey and Lodge Families. We also' wish to renew our pledge to dig`nified service and sympathetic understanding where the wishes and cir- --CiTrifs-TeiriCeS-Ofea TtT u r paraniblinfc-Once-Fn. ••• Eventually, Lawson, the board of management of the Business Improv• ement Association and the town council agreed on a design from among six proposals fitting the intent of The Square's renovation objective. It uses. less than half the electricity of .the design originally planned and less electricity than the existing bland system,. while material costs are approximately $13,000. or about $27,000. iess than the first -proposal. Annual energy costs are only $1,700., a 10 percent saving over the original proposal. These . savings helped pay for, The Square refurbishing. The maintained lighting level of the new system is in line with accepted standards set by the widely recognized Illuminating Engineering Society _and proven adequate in other towns across North.America. Along with the new lighting, the proposal called for the utilization of , embedded, . self- aUguring type anchor poles. - These perform just as effectively as the_ common anchor pole and save time and money during construction. further energy con- servation idea. to be in- corporated Was the use of automatic control equipment tb eliminate unnecessary burning hours. Reviewing street lighting patterns and examining existing roadway lighting throughout the town has already provided ad- ditional benefits. Because of original over- ' Turn to page 16 The Seventies...the GENERATION The Eighties...the GENERATION Some good things never ch nge! Our thanks to the people of Goderich for your continuing support of our Pepsi and Kist products...our growth has been fantalstic! BOTTLED BY TUCKEY BEVERAGES LTD. HURON PARK, ONTARIO 228-6503