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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-07-25, Page 1c 1 t P15, IJP4sP ll?1 UI tl0n;: laps 3.500 - 45001 C.C.N. co_Ar Y.N.R AIPAPE w la,AN � r• Newepoper,,CampetOon 19.x4,, 136 YEAR -30 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1984 50 CENTS PER COPY 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 Irom the hot sir -ox an Thursday =ad c:cruid itertre l ho. ezOitily 35ei1 et FrAdi l we it r 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. 4 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 Tura to page 3 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. ti�