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GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1984
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Goderich hosts successful Arts Festival
The Town of Goderich hosted another
very successful. Festival of Arts and Crafts
on The Square last Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
The weather co-operated with just a bit
of rain Friday evening about 7 p.m. forcing
exhibitors to pack up a few hours earlier
than usual.
There were 114 exhibitors in total, eight
more than last year. Michele Hansen, who
was hired by the Goderich Recreation
Board to organize the event, says a
questionaire which she gave to the
exhibitors showed a positive response with
most saying it was a profitable three days
fol- them.
The largest crowd attended the Festival
on Thursday. During the afternoon, Jerry
and Kim Brodey performed songs for the
children in Court House Park.
The Boy Scouts and the MacKay Centre
for Seniors both operated food booths at
the Festival and on Friday the Bluewater
Shrine Club sponsored a fish fry.
Also on Friday afternoon, the Truro
Concert Band from Truro, Nova Scotia
performed a mini -concert in Court House
Park. The band was here on the second
half of an exchange with the Goderich
Laketown Band and also performed
Saturday morning at the Huron County
Pioneer Museum, Saturday evening in
Stratford Festival Park, Sunday morning
at North Street United Church, Sunday
afternoon in Harbor Park, Monday in
Bayfield and Tuesday in Niagara Falls.
Inside the Court House, in the County
Council Chambers, the Goderich Garden
Club held' its annual Flower Festival. This
year's theme was "A Tribute, to Trees"
depicted in 15 niches. About 600 people
signed the registry book from cities all
over Canada and in the United States, the
Netherlands and South America.
Local merchants held their sidewalk
sales around The Square in conjunction
with the Festival of Arts and Crafts.
A photography contest was also held as
part of the Festival. The Maitland Valley
Photographic Association undertook, to set
up the contest again this year.
The central location of Court House Park
has always been a lovely setting for this
contest, enticing hundreds of visitors to
There were kids galore at the Jerry Brodey concert held in Courthouse Park last Thursday.
Terrific weather and an enthusiastic crowd helped make the 40 minute concert a success.
Jerry performed numerous folk songs with Kim Brodey, getting the children and parents
involved with every. song. One of the major attractions for the younger people in the
enjoy the photographic art of citizens.
However, there was a problem: the
weather! Sudden showers were the worst
culprits–a few drops of rain can cause
permanent damage and this threat has
prevented some from entering their
superb but costly photos.
So, it was decided to accept the Livery's
generous offer to hold the contest there
this year instead. Certainly this decision
resulted in fewer viewing the show.
However, those who did agreed it was
Worth the extra steps.
There were 50 prints in the five
categories, some from. as far away as
London and Amherstburg. The judge was
Jim Fitzgerald, a Clinton photographer
who reported the good selection of prints
made his job a difficult one.
The winners were as follows: Best of
Show -Anne Cribben of Goderich; pictorial -
audience was the wide range of animal sounds
of the Festival of Arts and Crafts celebration
(photos by Anne Narejko)
first -Anne Cribben, second -Wendy
Hoei=ng of Goderich and third -Ralph
Smith of Bayfield; existing light -first -
Gerald Morgan of Goderich and second -
Jim Harris of Goderich; human interest -
first -Wendy Hoernig; open category -first -
Dave Harmon of Goderich, second -Jim
Harris and third -Anne Cribben; and study
of nature -first -Ralph Smith and second-
Geof Walker.
Hopefully those people who missed'this
the couple could make. The concert was part
held from Thursday to Saturday last week.
year's version of the photography, show
will now, know where to find next year's.
Or perhaps you will make it even bigger
and better by entering that prize-winning
print that you were reluctant to expose to
the elements.. And if you are too keen to
wait until then, watch in September for
notices , of the Maitland Valley
Photographic Association's 1984-85 season.
Your involvement will be welcomed.
The tall ships are coming
Two American ships will be here for one day
The Tall Ships are coming! of arrival and departure are not known. Rebel will be in Port Stanley Monday,
Town administrator Larry McCabe The Sheila Yeates, a gaff rigged Ketch, August 6.
confirmed this week that two American was designed from the vessels of Civil War The complete flotilla will be in Windsor,
ships, the Sheila' Yeates and Norfolk vintage and requires a 66 foot berth. The Sunday, .August 12 and the followung day
Rebel, will visit Goderich Harbour ship measures 15 feet, is 58 feet tall and the Inca, Sheila Yates, Joana I and Norfolk
Tuesday, August 21. has a crew of 15. Rebel will head for Sarnia. The fleet is
Town officials have been negotiating The Norfolk Rebel, built as a gaff expected to arrive in Sarnia Saturday,
with Colin MacDonald, who has in turn schooner and resembling a tug with gaits, August 18 and will disband on Monday,
been negotiating with captains of the requires a 59 foot berth and is 63 feet in August 21 with the exception of the Yeates
famed tall ships. Once the complete flotilla height. It has a crew of four. and Rebvel which will make their way to
was confirmed for an August 18 visit to During the next month, many of the Goderich for a one -day visit before
Sarnia, the Yeates and Rebel agreed to the majestic tall ships will be making stops in heading to the United States.
trip north to Goderich. several ports along the Great Lakes. On Town of Goderich officials will hold a
Both ships are expected to arrive in August 4, the Zawisza Czarny and Gedanta reception for the captain and crew of the
Goderich on Tuesday, August 21 and will will be in Port Dover and the Inca, Sheila tall ships. ' number of visitors are
cigar harbour the following day. The times Yates, Joana I, Pathfinder and Norfolk expected.
Salt emissions force boats away
Two local sailing enthusiasts have
snubbed Snug Harbour this year because
of what one boat owner termed, "air and
water pollution" at the municipally owned
marina.
In a letter to council, Steve Youngblut
told town officials that he moved his
sailboat to the River Marina for the 1984
sailing season to protect his investment.
Youngblut and a second sailer, Bob Allen,
both requested their $50 deposit be
returned.
Council endorsed the recommendation
of the parks and waterfront committee
which suggested that the $56 deposit would
be taken off the 1985 dockage fees.
While Youngblut says he would return to
Snug Harbour if the problem was rectified,
emissions from the salt mine were serious
enough to keep boaters away he warned.
"I realize the harbour is an industrial
port, but for years the pleasure boaters in
Snug Harbour and the harbour industries
co -existed without problems. Snug
Harbour used to be a safe, 'relaxing, clean
Prepared for rain or shine!
Nine -month-old Emily Tousaw of Goderich seemed to have the r1,4rt idea when she visited
the Feativni of Arts and Crafts on The Square last week. Her stroller umbrella protected her
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when it began to rain. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
and enjoyable asset to the town and its
tourism industry. I ,for one, enjoyed
sailing out of Snug Harbour, but because of
the severe effects of salt pollution, pitting,
staining, rusting, corroding that my boat
and my car has suffered, I will have to
remain in the river marina. In the event
the problems are rectified I would
cheerfully return to Snug Harbour," the
letter read.
Industry and recreation should be able
to co -exist on the waterfront the author
said adding that the municipally -owned
marina has provided excellent services to
the boating community.
Environmental officer Ron Quipp of the
Ministry of the Environmnet Inspected the
exhaust shaft at Domtar on June 26 and
told council in a letter that the company
was well aware of the problem and taking
steps to rectify the situation.
Quipp said there was accurnualtion of
salt at the exhaust shaft, also a production
shaft, as a result of the hoisting of salt.
During cleanup, he said, some of the salt
was dumped back down the shaft and thus
exhaust by the existing fans. This
peractice, now stopped, accounted for
visible emissions.
There was also a minor emission from
the hoisting and loading of salt and the
company is investigating means to collect
this material.
"During my visit there were no visible
emissions from the plant: We can expect a
certain amount of fugitive emissions from
truck traffic, the loading of trucks and the
transfer of salt from one area to another.
Snug Harbour is obviously close enough to
the mine property to feel the effect of this
type of general emission," Quipp said in
his letter to council.
Councillor Jim Searls said that in view of
the problem with salt emissions, council
should return the deposit money to boaters
for the sake of good public relations.
Council endorsed the parks
recommendation to have the $50 fee
applied to the 1985 fee.
Tractor tips,
man killed •
Eugene Paul DeJong, 31, of R.R. 3
Walton and formerly of Goderich, was
killed last Wednesday about 4:45 p.m.
when the tractor he was driving tipped
over and pinned him underneath.
Investigating officer Ken Balzer of the
Wingham Detachment of the Ontario.
Provincial Police explains that DeJong
was backing the tractor northward out of a
private lane onto a ' roadway headed
westward when the right rear wheel went
off the edge of the road and it toppled over.
Accident sends
man to hospital
arship will visit here this weekend
The Halifax -based destroyer escort afternoon, the crew of the Sagtuepay_ will
HMCS Saguenay will be visiting a number
of ports this summer, including Goderich.
The Canadian naval warship will arrive
here Saturday, July 28 at about 6 p.m. and
will leave harbour Monday, July 30.
The Saguenay will be open to the public
for tours from 1.30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July
2-9 -mid tbe-Naval Veteran's Association,
Legion and tow 1pfficials will host a ley at
Branch 109 from 4 to 7 p.m. Also in the
play slowpitch against members of the
Goderich Volunteer Fire Department.
Since July 12 the Saguenay has been car-
rying out port calls at Montreal, Mor-
risburg, Toronto, Windsor, Port Colborne,
Hamilton, Cornwall and Quebec. The
cruise is designed to foster public
awareness of the Canadian Navy and the
ship was to towprovirl .eanrt for Queen
Elizabeth and Prince Phillip.
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Alan Sadler, 19, of Parkhill returned
home from Victoria Hospital in London on
Monday with a broken collar bone and
shoulder blade after being involved in an
accident' at the Goderich Raceway last
Thursday evening.
The accident occurred just after
Sadler's father Fred had won the sixth
race.,.He wastoken to Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital in Goderich by
ambulance and then transferred to
Victoria's intensive care unit the same
night.
SadXer was warming up Garmor Natalie
on the track when the horse collided with a
driver returning from the sixth race.
"All I saw was the two of them (sulkys)
collide and Alan go up at least eight feet in
the air and land on his head. Then the
horse behind him ran over him," said Fred
Sadler Friday night.
"I just jumped off my own (sulky) and
ran over and he was laying there, every
muscle in his body quivering–unconscious.
It scared the heck out of me to see him
lying there like that. He's been warming
up horses for three years and he's never
had any trouble before. He's just super
with them.
"It was just one of those things. I think
the wheels of the two (sulkys) caught each
other and that was it."
Neither of the horses or the other driver
were injured.
The accident with Sadler was the second
one of the evening at the Goderich
Raceway. The first occurred during the
third race when Benmiller Joe made a
break, taking Carl Fisher's Dallas Kate
and H.O. Jerry's Banquet Boy down. No
injuries resulted.
Fred Sadler said his son just loves
animals. "The first thing he said to us.
when he woke up was 'did the horse I was
warming up get hurt?' He didn't know how
he got to the hospital or what happened."
INSIDE THE
SIGNAL -STAR
v�„�� Saguenay was commissioned was commissioned into
the Canadian Navy on December 15, 1956.
.Commanded by Commander J.M. Barlow of
Kitchener, Ont., she has a complement of
240 officers and men. This ship is a St.
Laurent class helicopter carrying
destroyer -escort (DDH). Although primari-
ly designed for anti-submarine warfare
(ASW) , she is also tasked to carry out
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ClassicRun
The 10 km Classic Run was held last
Saturday with 112 runners leaving the
starting line. To help the runners get
through the race which was held during
one of the hottest days so far this summer,
residents along the route sprayed them
with garden hoses. For more information
and pictures on the Classic Run, see the
Recreation section.
Slo-pitch tourney
The Goderich ladies' slo-pitch league
held a tournament last weekend with four
home teams and 20 out of town teams
participating. Dublin took the "B" division
championship while the Litt]* Red Devils
won the "A" division. For More details,
see the Recreation settio n..
Colborne celebration
Warm weather and friendly people
helped to make Colborne Township's
Bicentennial celebrations a success. The
Township celebrated Ontario's birthday in
style as they had plenty of activities for
people of all ages. For complete details
and pictures, take a look inside this
section.
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