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ill bchosen
Os Queen
This Friday evening the GDCI *student body
will select a queen from five lovely candidates
at the At Home formal. The new queen will be
crowned at midnight by last years queen,
Laurie Nurse.
This year the five candidates for queen are
Renee Lortie, Kathy MacDonald, Margo
Gleason, Catherine Orr and.Sharon Burbine.
Renee Lortie is the daughter of Robert and
Gayle Lortie of 194 Elgin Avenue. Renee is a
grade 12 student who hopes to pursue a career
insocial work after college.
Kathy MacDonald is the daughter of Bruce
and Grace MacDonald of 21 Britannia Road.
Kathy is in Grade 13 and will take a. course in
physical, education at university in the fall.
Margo Gleason is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Gleason, 22 Albert Street. She is
in Grade 13 and will be studying sociology at the
University.of Western Ontario.
Catherine Orr is the daughter of Gerald and
Evelyn Orr, R.R. 2 Goderich. Catherine is in
Grade 13 and has enrolled in a commercial art
course at Fanshawe College London.
Sharon Burbine is the daughter of Joseph and
Marie Burbine, 136 Blake Street. Sharon is. in
Grade 12 and has enrolled in a legal secretarial
course at St. Lawrence College, Cornwall.
PUCto raise
service and
impost rates
BY CATH WOODEN
In order to meet rising material and labor
costs and to reserve money for the new water
tower, the Goderich PUC has accepted a
proposal by manager Al Lawson for increased
watermain and service payments and impost
charges.
Effective 'immediately, the cost for installing
a three quarter inch water" service will be $290
plus an impost charge of $100 (scaled down-
ward depending upon type of dwelling). which.
will go to the tower reserve fund. The previous
charge was $200 plus. the $100.
For a one inch service connection, the
commission .has set a .flat rate of $335, when
previously the cost was determined by time and
materials.. A one inch 'pipe with two three
quarter inch yokes.(used. for multiple dwelling
buildings) will cost $385 to install.
From now on, developers are going to have to
install necessary watermains with the
minimun size of six inches. In some cases the
developer will be required ,>ro install mains
larger than six inches. '
Charges, for underground electrical
distribution are generally remaining the same,
except that a ' new charge for apartment
buildings has been established. There will be a
charge of $300 for the lot plus 05 for each suite,
where the entire building is supplied from a
single source.
-- - �___ ___hrdustry and—czsmnrecctiai bus_riesZlso
going to feel the increases. In industrial areas
which arepresently serviced by the P.U.C. and
under the control of the Industrial Commission,
a new charge of $660 per ;acre will be made in
addition to the service connection charge.
In an industrial area which is not under
Industrial Commission jurisdiction or a
commercial development where a watermain
exists and a request is received for a water
service to the property, the P.U.C. will charge
$660. per acre or $5.50 per foot of frontage,
whichever is greater.
As an impost charge to•developers building a
store or plaza etc. where a watermain is
necessary to install, the cost will be two cents
per square foot. Also, the watermain is the,
developer's responsibility.
At the suggestion of manager Al Lawson, the
P.U.C. has agreed to look into levies to in-
dustries that have sprinklers for fire protec-
tion. Lawson said that most communities have
a service charge for this or have a charge for
each sprinkler head.
The commissioners have asked Lawson_..to
propose a figure for the levy and agreed"that
the sprinkler charge should come into effect in
1981.
Strike averted
with Bayfield
Department
The Ontario Fire Marshal's office averted a
strike by the Bayfield Fire Department when it
agreed to mediate a dispute between the
department and the local fire board.
The 21 -man department had threatened to go
on strike Monday night unless their demand for
a $9 an hour increase was met.,I'he withdrawal
of their valuable fire -fighting service was
averted when the men agreed to attempt to
settle the problerii. •
The firefighters had vowed to go on strike by
8 p.m. Monday if the board was unwilling to
grant them a $4 an hour raise to $10 while on
emergency calls.
The department covers the village of
Bayfield as well as parts of Stanley and
Goderich Townships.
Fire Chief Don Warn said the department
had asked the fire boar for a raise and were
refused. Safety, he claimed , would have been
their responsibility in case of a strike.
Members of the department receive $160 in
annual honorariums while the chief gets up
$385. The volunteers attend 18 practices and 12
meetings each year as well as mutual aid
meetings with other county departments.
The members of the department decided to
take a tough stand after their demands were
refused by the fire board at a meeting Satur-
day.
On Friday at midnight one of these five lovely Goderich and District Collegiate . Institute
young ladies will be crowned queen at the spring formal. the five contestants vying for the
honor are (back . row) Margo Gleason;
Catherine Orr and Sharon Burbine. The front
row includes Renee Lortie and Kathy
MacDonald. (photo.by Dave Sykes)
Fewer teacher
to be hired.
The Huron County, board of education an-
nounced it will- require 15 fewer secondary
school teachers next year as a result of
declining enrolment.
The board approved the cut at their monthly
meeting and it will reduce the number of
secondary school teachers to 252. Last year the
board employed 267 secondary school teachers
on a full-time basis.
With the teaching changes, Central
HuronSecondary School in Clinton will have
their teaching staff reduced to 55 from 60 and
FIE. Madill Secondary School in Wingham will
empty 63 teachers compared to 69 last year.
Goderich District Collegiate Institute will lose
four teachers from 57 -member staff and South
Huron District High School in Exeter will lose a
full -tithe and -hall- time teaeher Sea forth
District high School will retain its 22 teacher's
with the addition of a half time staff person.
Despite having to cut back by 15 teaching
positions, 10 positions will be covered by at-
trition. Personnel relations administrator
Peter Gryseels said there was a chance that
further resignations and retirements could
provide openings for the five teachers whb-•wili
not be rehired by the.board.
However, the board will have to fill vacancies
for one academic teacher and two technical
instructors since the other teachers fail to meet
the qualifications.
Gryseels estimated that secondary school
enrolment may decline right through 1984.
which would result in fewer teaching positions.
Elementary school teachers are in a more
favorable position as enrolment is expected to
drop off by only 20 students over the next year.
The board decided to retain all 352 -teaching
positions.
One new teaching position has been created
at Holmesville Public School after enrolment
increased by 17 pupils in the past year. The
board also agreed to rent a portable classroom
for Holmesville to accomodate the students.
Superintendent Don Kenwell said the
average class size there now is 32 and the
portable will reduce that number to 28. The
board had banked on the building of the
Goderich Township Hall at the school site
which- would make.a new gymnasium available
for student use. The school gymnasium would
have been turned into a library making an
extra room available as'a class room.
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ezoning draws 70 objections
Almost 70 objections have been filed at town
hall against the rezoningof a parcel of land in
the Suncoast Estates subdivision that would
permit multiple residential development.•
Clerk Larry McCabe said Tuesday (the final
date for filing of objections) that as many as 70
residents in the Suncoast Drive area had filed
formal objections against the rezoning of a 13 -
acre parcel of land, south of Suncoast Drive
along the lakebank.
The objectors listed two main areas of con-
cern over the proposed development -1) the R
designation of the land that would permit the
construction of apartment or multiple use
dwellings and 2) there was concern that the
proposed park was not as big as outlined in
earlier subdivision plans.
In a bylaw at the March 10 meeting, council
agreed to rezone the parcel of land from
Developmental to Residential, R-1, R-3 and
open space.
Clerk McCabe said that following the passing
of the bylaw it was circulated to neighbouring
residents with a 21 -day limit for objections.
Beer tents confined to Harbour
BY DAVE SYKES
The beer tent controversy may soori be
resolved.
It may not be resolved to the satisfaction of
all groups or individuals ;but town council will
consider a firm resolutidn at its Monday
meeting.
Last Monday council decided to table a
motion calling for all future beer tents or beer
gardens to be confined to the harbour area only.
The motion would be effective July 20, 1980 and
also asks all service clubs to co-ordinate their
future activities to.avoid conflicts.
Some of the controversy began when the
Optimist Club was granted permission to hold a
craft and folk festival in Harbour Park. Their
plans included a beer tent for the weekend
festival.
Whil'e council backed the move, the club met
with resistance from other groups over con-
flicting activities. Those problems seem to
,have appeased and the festival will proceed.
However, at Monday's session of council,
representatives of the Kinsmen Club voiced
concerns over the possibility of restricting beer
tents to the Harbour area.
Jim Morris of the Kinsmen Club informed
council that the service club has held successful
beer tents in Court House Park for eight years
with relatively few problems.
"We fhave held a beer tent on the Square for .
eight years with the approval of the governing
authorities of the town," he told council.
"Therehave been no real problems and no
vandalsim."
Morris added that restricting beer tents to
the Harbour area could lead to disaster con-
sidering that the location would force people to
drive to and from the area.
"The Kinsmen Club can best serve the town's
interest by having the beer tent on the Square,"
he said. "Restricting beer tents to the Harbour
will cause council more problems than they
face now."
Councillor Elsa Haydon said that Police Chief
Pat King recommended the harbour area for
future beer tents or gardens. '
Councillor Jim Searls agreed with the motion
adding that there was enough noise on the
Square and council must protect the business
interests there.
"The people living on the Square have enough
noise to live with and it's time we had one place
for beer tents," he said. "We have hotels on the
Square and then we let -others have a beer tent.
We have to protectthe businessmen there too."
Deputy Reeve, Bob Allen, commended the •
Waterfront, Parks and Traffic committees for
taking a firm stand in their motion to restrict
future beer tents to one area.
"Now in the future all organizations will be
treated in a like manner," he said. "It was not
an easy report to bring in."
Council also entertained two letters of ob-
jection from neighbo'"rin residents in ' the
Harbour Park area, who expressed concern
about beer tents in that location,
The letters insisted that the operation. of beer
tents in the Harbour Park area was not com-'
patible with or conducive to 'the residential
surroundings. One resident suggested this type
of activity could be restricted to other areas of
town without subjecting residents to the noise,
rowdyism, vandalsim and debris associated
with a beer tent.
The writer suggested` jthe park is an ac-
ceptable'place for picnics and concerts but not
beer tents.
The -majority of council were in favor of
restricting beer tents to a single area but the
motion will be dealt with next week.
The motion restricting, beer tents to the
Harbour area will be enforced after July 20 to
accomodate the Kinsmen Clubs tent on the
Square July 17,18 artd•19 for which plans have
already been made: �
Car used in Londesboro
robbery stolen In Godench
Provincial police officers investigating a
bank robbery which occurred in Londesboro
last Thursday have discovered that the car
used by the robber was stolen from Jim Hayter
Chev-Olds lot on Kingston Street in Goderich.
Early Thursday morning, April 10 the office
at Ji1n Hayter Chev-Olds Limited was broken
into, keys stolen and a 1970 gold -colored two -
door Pontiac Grand Prix taken from the lot.
The Bank of Montreal branch in Londesboro
was robbed of $1,700 about 10:30 a.m. that same
morning.
In connection with this robbery, police are
still eearehing fry- man, eg 'f 25 tr 10, abo•it
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six feet tall and weighcng between' 175 and 200
pounds. At the time of the robbery, he wore a
nylon stocking over his face and was dressed in
dark coveralls.
Police roadblocks were set up after the man
made his getaway in the stolen car. The car
was recovered in a gravel pit near Sebringville
on Saturday, April 12. Goderich police officers
are still investigating the car theft.
The same Bank of Montreal, branch at
Londesboro was robbed last year on January 29
when the same teller was on duty. The rob-
ber(s) were never caught.
McCabe will now summarize the objections and
forward them to the Ontario Municipal Board.
The OMB will review the objections and call
for a hearing if the objectors have legitimate
concerns. McCabe said it could take as long as
a year before a hearing is held.
When the zoning bylaw received approval at
council, councillor Elsa Haydon objected,
claiming council was not fully aware of the ne'w
plans. She claimed there was a discrepancy
with regards to the allotted park area in the
subdivision as compared to earli'fr plans.
Haydon said original plans, as presented to
planning' board years earlier, contained
provisions for a sizeable lakeside park with a
buffer -zone adjacenLto_the..poll utioncontrol_-_.
plant. .
She claimed the new plans reduced the size of
the park to a buffer zone with only 10 metres
access to the lakebank. •
Haydon is among the 70 objectors and
although she does' not live in the immediate
area of the development, said she has filed an
objection as an individual council member.
"I am simply objecting as an individual
council member and looking after my own
interests," she said. "The plans were. not
properly presented and council was not fully
informed at the time the plans were presented
and the bylaw passed."
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Water rates
on the rise
BY CATH WOODEN
Effective July 1, Goderich water users will be
.paying another $1.50 per month for their water.
The Public Utilities Commission raised the
. rates at its April 9 meeting. The 23.08 percent
increase is the result of a $25,000 defecit in
.operational water works costs last year and
increased salaries. Part of the money from the
rate raise will go'toward,s the new water tower
reserve fund,
Manager of the P.U.C., Al Lawson, told
commissioners that the P.U.C. is "missing the
boat in water works. We're giving away," he
said.
Lawson quoted other towns' water rates and
said Goderich's is consistently lower. Exeter,
for example, charges $15.6 bi-monthly for
water while Goderich charges $13. The increase
will bring the cost to $16 bi-monthly.
The increase will bring in an extra $80,831
this year to the P.U.C. Of this, $26,933 will go to
the tower reserve fund.
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