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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-03-27, Page 2t • Firemen battle flood water KINCARDINE _ Over, 500,600 gallons of flood water were pumped off of Penetangore Row and Sutton , Park• MSL } X t1 ... Kincardine, Fire Department ion March 17. Portable o pampers and three portable pumps were in operation in the steady' rain :For over 10 bours, draining the water into stomia sewers and Lake Huron.. Sixteen men were out battling the flood for- a total of 165 inanhours, but Fire Chief John Wail said that ...ne .. hour.1y_ rata • Is - availablex 1 1i! hthw Jim ii gsley of 154 MAO lain-CToderich repel, a ;Float iads daughter Nancy ;,saw a. rbbin in their • backyard last Thursday, the first day of spring. 'Boge that poor bird had some: shelter on Friday *ben we ex- perienced one of the worst storms of the year. +++ Woman's Day Out has an interesting program lined up for the month of April. On April 2 there will be a craft day with d.e-mons.tr.ax.i.nna by Joanne Collins. On April 9 there will be a demonstration by Mrs. W. Rivett on "Cooking By Microwave". On April 16 there will be a discussion on the Cancer Society. On April 23 the women will go on a tour of Champion Road Machinery Limited. And on April 30, Mrs. F. Worsell will speak to—the women on the Goderich Garden Club. The Woman's Day Out group meets every Wednesday morning at MacKay Hall from 9:45 to • 11 a.m. Coffee and babysitting are provided. New members are always welcome. +++ Signal -Star Publishing • til I: ;27,1984. Lia; k- hid::- o correspondents serntnar at Wesley -Willis Church, in Clinton on April IS starting at )0 a.rn. This seminar i opento all • people who write for the newspaper at eost of $6 (Includes registration „ and lunch).. It is free for regular- correspondents,. those who write columns like Colborne Corner and Auburn News, etc. The ° seminar will... 'in- clude special 'guest speaker Bob Trotter, a journalism teacher at Conestoga College who writes, the One Foot in the Furrow column for this paper and will also feature a slide presen- tation on how a newspaper is put together from Start to finish. Handbooks will also be given out to those persons present. These ,hand- books will' offer guidelines and helpful tips on writing for a -newspaper. ' If you would like to attend, contact me at the Goderich Signal -Star office. +++ Arnold McCann of R.R. 3 Dashwood and Lisle Woodburn of R.R. 3 Parkhill will split $500 this week as winners of the '' Ron Feagan Memorial Grandstand lottery with lucky ticket number 287. Goderich Ki sxnep- - Cli b has won the Sinclair Service Award in Zone K for a special ptroject they have been working on for over three„months in co- operation with the town and the town's senior citizens. A New Horizons grant for $2,5® plus $940 from the town and $940 from the Kinsmen Club enabled club members to completely renovate a room in the Goderich Public Library in which senior - citizens , and members of the Octogenarian Club meet for three hours a day, six days a week for fellowship and card g4Ples. Renovations included new washroom facilities, new lighting, new heating, pannelled and - painted walls, new flooring and new tables and chairs. Between 15 and 20 senior citizens had been meeting in the room for over 30 years but it was always in poor condition and recently had been threatened with closure upon a fire and safety inspection. On Tuesday . of this week a ribbon was cut in honor o,f the newly renovated room which is. being called the Pat Patterson Room, after 'the late Pat Patterson., a Kinsmen who was in- strumental in getting the meeting room going. Dick Eisler, by-law officer, has found another puppy wandering the streets of Goderich. Eisler is sure someone owns the male, part -terrier puppy that he says is "a good kisser." He picked the puppy up last week and it will be kept at the pound for another few days and destroyed if no one claims (photo by Cath Wooden) Ralph Barrie to speak to HuronCounty farmers Ralph Barrie, newly - elected president of the ,Ontario Federation of,: Agriculture will speak to the Huron County Federation's meeting on April 3 at 8:30 p.m at the Grey Township Central School at Ethel. His topic Together .We Stand ""- artd- Iie�'-t�1.1=arYtliT�vi�i" farmers need the OFA . the accomplishments of the OFA ,and what the OFA is presently in- volved in. -le has been asked to include in his address the. ideas debated at the March provincial 'director's meeting . on high interest rates. Earlier a protest march by farmers to Ottawa had been „suggested. High interest rates hit new farmers who have recently borrowed large amounts. of .money _. for•.., rusaithe land and equipment the hard'est. With low pig and cattle prices these far- mers aren't able to pay their interest costs. Already some farmers have been forced out of business and the outlook for the next year is grim for many farmers with a big debt load. There is some differenceamong farrne•rs across Canada as to whether interest rates should be lowered overall or just lowered The Executive of the Blyth and AreaCrusade for Christ met in the Village Restaurant in Blyth last Week for a regular meeting. Pastor Wayne Good, Chairman • of the Crusade Com- mittee, chaired the Civic korner The Goderich Trotting Association and the Maintenance Committee of Council will meet on Thursday, March 27 at 4 p.m. in the council chambers at town hall. The Goderich„ Recreation Board will meet on Thursday, 1 JANA NATURAL FOODS 75 HAMILTON ST. 524-7561 HOURS: 9:30.5:30 WED. 9:3Q-12:30 March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the grandstand. The Goderich Tourist Committee will meet on Thursday, March 27 at 8 p.m. in the council( chambers at town hall. The Goderich Police Commission will meet on Friday, March 28 at noon in the Candlelight Restaurant. Goderich Town Council will meet on Monday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. in the torn council chambers at town hall. The Huron, County Planning Board will meet on Thursday, April 3 at 10 a m. in ,tib council chambers, court house, Goderich. `rheeting and opened with prayer,: The Finance Com- mittee reported that about $1,300 of the $5,300 budget has' already been raised. The plans are to raise as much of • the budget as possible before the Crusade begins. The Reverend Bob Scott, Chairman of the Prayer Committee, reported• on preparations for prayer for the Crusade. About ten Prayer Cells have already been organized. The Prayer . Cells' will '- meet in the following homes on_a weekly basis,; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Aitken, Pastor and Mrs; Wayne Good, Mr. and Mfrs. Doug Campbell, Mrs. Valerie Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Freer, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Raithby, Mrs. Pauline Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rolston, Mrs. Pat Niblock and Mrs. Evalena Webster. °The Crusade that is being planned is for April 27 to M -ay -4 in -the Blyth-_ Memorial Hall. - The Crusade leaders are from Come See the Fashion Show Th s Tuesday, April 1ST. 7:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m. at Snncoa' t. Mali Hwy. 21 S. Goderich Crusade • Evangelism International in London, Ontario. The speaker will be the Reverend Tom Reas. The sponsoring churches are the Trinity Anglican Church, Blyth, Christian Reformed Church, Blyth, Church of God, Blyth, United Church., Blyth, " United Church, Londesboro, Missionary Church, Auburn, and the West- field Fellowship, West- field. Harbor. Tlie Canadian icebreaker Griffon arrived at Goderich harbour on March 18. for farmers. But there is strong feeling in the farm community that farmers will have to be given a fair break if they. are going to continue to produce the food we need. Federation members are invited to attend and meet the new -president. Anyone interested in finding out more about ,the Federation would find -'this an informative meeting. 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