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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-10-03, Page 1BEST ALI,,4 04C,1,1M,INRTYNLW$PAPIR IN CANADA [circulation Clags $5 JO 45QO) G.C.N:A, Better Newspaper CoTpetition 1984 4; 138 YEAR -40 NAL Signal has new format Welcome to the new Signal -Star. This week, Signal -Star Publishing is pro- ud to unveil a new format for its chain of weekly newspapers. A format that, while not unique to the newspaper industry, has been in the planning stages for a long time. Hopefully, just by picking up the Signal - Star this week, you've already noticed a major change. Go ahead. Look us over. Stretch out the paper. It no longer takes two people to hold the paper open. We've changed our page wid- th, by one column to be exact, and now of- fer you a more compact and easier to han- dle Singal-Star. It's a change we've wanted taeffect for a long time, a change that has long been ask- ed for by our advertiser and readers. And we've responded. Mechanically, the pages of the Star now measure 14 inches across or 28 inches across a two-page spread. That's a three inch reduction per page from our 17 inch format. While we now offer a tidier and more compact news package, Signal -Star Publishing has also gone to considerable expense to improve the quality of ink used in its publications. The new ink does not smear as much and you may have noticed your fingers are cleaner after reading the weekly newspaper. To facilitate the changes, Signal -Star Publishing has increased its warehouse capacity at the .Goderich plant by 3,200 square feet to stock the different sizes of newsprint required. Some press customers will continue to use the wider width page. So we're proud to offer you, the adver- tise and reader, a tidier and cleaner, week- ly newspaper. We hope you like it. Lots will not be rezoned Town council endorsed a recommenda- tion from the planning advisory committee advising against rezoning five building lots adjacent to the Maitland Manor Nursing Home. The planning advisory committee recommended that the Lots remain an R-1 designation and that bylaw 61, which would have made provisions for the rezon- ing and the notification of meeting when the town discussed the terms of a develop- ment agreement with the nursing home owner. Several homeowners in the vicinity of the nursing home objected to the rezoning of the residential lots to permit future ex- pansion of the facility. While the owner has no immediate plans for expansion, the ap- plication for rezoning was filed. Council first sought legal clarification on the terms of the bylaw and then tabled the final reading until all members of council were present. In the meantime, the ad- visory committee was asked for a recom- mendation. While councillor Jim Searls was absent from the meeting, council endorsed a mo- tion not to give final reading to the bylaw. In speaking to the motion, councillor Bill Clifford said that the committee reviewed the matter again and in view of the number of objections and the fact that no concrete expansion plans were available, felt the application was premature. The motion was as premature as the ap- plication councillor Glen Carey argued ad- ding that he would hesitate to rezone pro- perty before all the information was available. "I would suggest an amendment that we not rezone on the basis that the informa- tion supplied was not sufficiently com- plete," he said. "We are obliged to act if the information is complete. It is not ac- curate to say planning advisory committee felt it was not a proper rezoning, we felt it was not proper on the,information before the committee." Deputy -reeve Jim Britnell said the mo- tion should show why the rezoning was not acted upon. Because, he said, the timing was not proper. While the nursing home and its ap- pearance is an asset to the community, Clifford said if it was sold council would be bound to the wishes of another owner. In effect, they could lose control. However, Carey's amendment stating the rezoning was denied because informa- tion was not complete was defeated 5-3 in a recorded vote. Carey, Britnell and Mayor Eileen Palmer voted in favor. Worsell, Wheeler, Clifford, Corpish and Doherty voted against the amendment. The original motion carried by a 7-1 j iv F It . id....-urin$..._ ST GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3,1984 50 CENTS PER COPY Star features special grad supplement This week, the Signal -Star is pleased to present its annual special supplement pro- filing the graduates, award and scholar- ship winners of Goderich and District Col- legiate Institute. The pictures of both honors and graduate students of GDCI are featured in the 12 -page tabloid that appears as a third section in this week's edition of the paper. The supplement also highlights the many award and scholarship winners, honored at the school's annual commence- ment exercises Friday evening. Almost 200 secondary school graduates, many of whom have returned. to GDCI for Grade 13, were awarded diplomas at commence- ment. We trust you will enjoy the souvenir graduation edition. $3.5 million pumped into steam project The province of Ontario has released an additional $3.5 million in BILD funding for the steam pipeline to serve the Bruce Energy Centre. The funding accounted by treasurer Larry Grossman and Energy Minister Philip Andrewes, will permit Ontario Hydro to start preparing land and in- stalling footings immediately so that part of the pipeline can be completed before winter. The development of the Bruce Energy Centre is a major initiative of the Board of Industrial Leadership and Development (BILD) to supply low-cost process steam to industries that want to locate near the Bruce Nuclear Power Development. "By making these funds available now, the province will ensure that these customers will be serviced by Ontario Hydro," said Grossman. Andrewes added that Hydro has been negotiating with a number of prospective customers and is confident that "proceeding with the project now will result in firm commitments." INSIDE THE SIGNAL -STAR Representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources' research station in Maple were in Goderich last week to effect an ex- perimental program using baited sponge. More than 14,000 of the sponges, containing the harmless antibiotic tetracycline, were dropped iron two light planes Wednesday. Dr. Charles Marines, prt t supervisor, said the team hopes to determine if the fox pop ation will eat the liver -coated bait. If the drop is deemed successful, bait containing an anti -rabies vaccine could be dropped in Huron County next year to combat the disease which is prevalent in the fox and skunk population. Members of the team are pictured loading the plane with bait and preparing for the drop while Dave Johnston of the ministry checks flight ' patterns with Ken Bogie. (photos by Dave Sykes) 14,000 baited vaccine sponges dropped over Huron County Now if the animals will only co-operate and take their medicine like men. That's the hope of the provincial natural resources ministry after thousands of baited sponge balls were finally dropped over Huron County from two light planes last Wednesday. The drop of the 14,000 sponge balls con- taining a simulated rabies vaccine, which was cancelled by poor weather Tuesday, got off the ground late Wednesday morn- ing. The bait was dropped along the edge of woodland, gravel pits and other rough ter- rain in the area of Huron County bounded by Goderich, Blyth, Seaforth and Bayfield and included the townships of Hullett, Goderich, Colborne, Tuckersmith and Stanley. The small bags of bait contain a liver: coated cube, about the size of a golf ball. Beneath the liver is a small sponge soaked with the anibiotic tetracycline and the en- tire bait is coated with wax and fat. Dr. Charles Maclnnes, supervisor of the ministry's research station in Maple and co-ordinator of the drop project, said the program here was part of an experiment to determine whether the liver -coated sponges would work on wildlife and mainly the principle carrier of rabies, the fox and skunk population. Dr. Maclnnes said that if the wilflife population can be enticed to bite the bait, the vaccine will squirt inside the animals mouth and will be detectible after the animals are trapped and tested. If the ministry finds that bait was accepted by the wildlife, then a rabies vaccine can be delivered in a similar method as early as next year. Much of the success of the program has depended on the efforts and co-operation of area hunters and trappers Dr. Maclnnes said adding that Huron County is one of the top fox hunting and trapping areas of the province. A few years ago, Marines and his team worked on a project in the area that involv- ed the dropping of meatballs laced with an anti -rabies vaccine in wooded areas. If successful, Maclnnes says the bait pro- gram will be much more effective and easier to administer and control. The liquid vaccine should prove to be a superior method of treating rabies com- pared to the pill placed in the meatballs Marines said. The problem and incidence of rabies has grown to considerable proportions in the province of Ontario over the last decade. In fact, it is a major disease. Last year, more than 2,400 people receiv- ed rabies vaccine shots and more than 1,600 domestic and wild animals were diagnosed as rabid. Rabid foxes and skunks are the main source of the disease, accounting for 72 per cent of the documented cases. Maclnnes said that it costs more than $15 million annually for diagnosis, vac- cinations and other rabies control measures. A short video-tape presentation was presented to school children outlining the program and anyone finding one of the baited sponges is asked not to tamper with the experimental bait. Ministry invites public to meeting Jurisdictional matters with respect to the former Bluewater Centre for the Developmentally Handicapped seem to have been worked out and the centre will be revamped to house young offenders. V.J. Crew, regional director for the western region of the Ministry of Correc- tional Services said the ministry is definitely proceeding with plans to convert Bluewater Centre to a facility for young offenders. The ministry has also scheduled a public Goderich Township Community Centre in Holmesville at 8 p.m. The ministry is in- viting people living in the area of the Bluewater Centre as well as any interested individual to attend the meeting, learn of the ministry's plans and to offer con- structive comments. The regional director will also speak to members of Huron County Council this Thursday afternoon in the council chambers. The Bluewater Centre, which formerly _Wised :d to sll" $40-4__..pates adults, was closed in November 1983 by the Ministry of Commiinity and Social Ser- vices under minister Frank Drea. It was one of five regional centres scheduled for closure as part of the ministry's plan to deinstitutionalize the developmentalf handicapped. The Ministry of Government Services is now in the process of converting the centre to a facility for young offenders. It will pro- vide speciall7ed correctional programs and facilities for up to 120 young people de- tained oder thenrovisions Sif the new Fashion show Hand knit and sewn clothes were featured when Gen's Singer Sewing Centre sponsored a fashion show at the Legion hall last Wednesday. For story and photos, see the recreation section of this newspaper. Consolation champs The GDCI Vikings won the consolation championship at their own Junior girls basketball tournament held here on the weekend. Sarnia at' were the win- ners on the A si for second year in a row, winning t it 99th consecutive game in the process. Story and photo are in the recreation section. Senior Vikings win Goderich Vikings senior football team won their season opener this week, but the Junior gridders lost a one -point heart- breaker. Details in the recreation section. Top golfers Maitland Country Club honored their top golfers for the season at the club's recent year-end awards banquet. Pictures and story are on page 2 of the recreation sec- tion. —tic"' ..siders- st ro+ 1�