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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-02-26, Page 1,-the1erich- SIGNIAL 138 YEAR -09 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1986 60 CENTS PER COPY The Goderich Little Theatre will be presenting its first Canadian play, The Tomorrow Box, beginning Wednesday at The Livery. Written by Anne Chislett and presented at the Blyth Festival, theplay centres around five characters played by Jeff Hearn, Shelli- Berlett Barlow, Bill Metcalfe, Maureen Penn and Margaret Hill. Floyd Herman, who has .. appeared in GLT productions in the past, is directing the effort. The set was rented from Blyth for the play. ( photos by Dave Sykes The Tomorrow Box is a bit of good -Huron fun Patrons to The Tomorrow Box, the latest Goderich Little Theatre Production which opened Wednesday, may just see a little of themselves in the play warns director Floyd Herman. Herman; who is directing the group's first attempt at a Canadian play, says The Tomorrow Box is "a bit of fun" and "good entertainment" and a play that give Huron County -residents a chance to laugh at themselves. A Canadian play written by Anne Chislett and first produced at the Blyth Festival in 1979, The Tomorrow Box deals with the trials of a farm couple, the Coopers, played by Maureen Penn and Bill Metcalfe. Their son is played by Jeff Hearn and Shelli -Berlet Barlow is cast in the role of the daughter-in-law. Margaret Hill plays lawyer Lisa Graham. While Herman is directing a GLT pro- duction for the first time, the elementary 'school vice-principal has directed Grey - Central School proudctions and acted with the Grey -Wellington Theatre of Harriston. The play. opens Wednesday at The Livery and will run through Saturday. Cur- tain call is 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the door or at The Livery box office. oderich sponsors mourn the death of atimavik program BY SUSAN HUNDERTMARK In April of 1985, the last Katimavik group finished up four years of community work in Goderich. Next month, on Mar. 1, the federal subsidy which supports the program throughout Canada is slated to end. The majority of Katimavik sponsors in Goderich mourn the 'passing of the program ' and say they would take back participants tomorrow. Katimavik, . established by the Liberal federal government in 197,6, involved close to 20,000 volunteers aged 17 to 21 who spent nine months in different communities across the country doing volunteer work as well as learning iiie skuia such as cleaning and budgeting. When the Conservative federal government announced it would drop financial support, Katimavik was receiving about 500 applications a week. "We had a very good experience with Katimavik. Our residents made lasting friendships with the participants. It was really sad when they left," says Cathy Wieb, the activity director at Maitland Manor. After working with Maitland residents, , taking them for long .walks, talking and, doing activities together, , participants sometimes discovered an aptititude for " working with people. "One participant went into recreation leadership and another went into social work. I'm sure that Katimavik helped them decide and I'm not aware ifyou could get that kind of experience from, another. program," says Wieb. Though she's written several letters to the federal government in support of Katimavik, Wieb says she's: received no reply. At Suncoast Enterprise, " Katimavik participants provide cl fie ne ssary one'to' one" volunteer help that'is`'hard to come by, says Frank Moore. Participants would take Suncoast employees out into the community to work on various jobs. "It.doesn't make a lot of sense to cancel this program. We wrote letters of support a year ago and we'd certainly do, it again," Star wins three awards at convention The Goderich Signal -Star was theQreci- pient of three major awards for editorial excellence which were awarded at the an- nual convention of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association ( OCNA ) in Toron- to Feb. 14 and 15. The Signal -Star was awarded a plaque having been judged the community newspaper with the best front page for papers with circulation of 4,500 and under. The front pages were judged for "ap- pearance, layout, content, quality, livliness and interest. The Signal -Star was also awarded a first -place plaque for having the best Sports pages among the 24 Ontario com- munity newspapers competing in the category. It marks the fourth time in the last eight years that the Star's sports pages have topped the competition. Also, the Signal -Star received an Honorable Mention Award, in the feature writing category tbr a story on adoption entitled 'Bill 77 Threatens Limited Info Available to Adopted' which appeared on the Community page lasat summer. The story was researched and written by Susan Hundertmark. says Moore. Katimavik participants got as much out of the program as they put into it. They interacted with a blend of people from every part of Canada and regarded the program as a lifestyle, not just a job, says Moore. "These kids were committed. They had a great opportunity to travel Canada and a lot continue tp write us," he says. Katimavik participants who worked at the Huron County Pioneer Museum in Goderich saved the museum a lot of money with their work} says Ray Scotchmer. "It was a good training program for young people. When they came, many didn't know how to work hat the program accomplished that. Each participant had his own special interests that we tried to cultivate," he says. Many participants return to Goderich to visit and look over the work they've done here. "I just had a phone, call from a Katimavik worker. from Montreal. Ile hopes to come back and visit, this summer," says Scotchmer. If Katimavik was continued, Goderich would continue to make use of the program, says Mayor Eileen Palmer. "Katimavik served the town extremely well and I'd definitely like to see it continue. It was a benefit not only to the employer but to the participant. It helped participants learn how to live with other people," she says. Elsa Haydon, a former councillor in Goderich agrees and calls Katimavik "a very progressive and valuable program." Chairman of the parks committee when Katimavik was first used in town, Haydon says she. was very pleased with participants' work in 'opal parks while she was involved. "Katimavik hada socialelement I'm very artvare'of: 'It•brought-peoplefram different parts of the country from all kinds of cultural and economic backgrounds and introduced them toa new kind of practical tolerance. "It's so i .ortant t� be exposed to other accents, „ot e • religions and other ethnic Turn to page 2 „ Erosion control project at Goderich approved The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) has a $2.4 million budget for this year with the Listowel conduit ac- counting for $1 million. The authority approved the 1986 budget at its annual meeting in Wroxeter on Feb. 19. Phase seven of the conduit project has been budgeted at just over. $1 million. To date, the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources has committed a little more than 50 per cent to the project or $606,058. And, that has the town of Listowel con- cerned because up until now, the ministry has funded the conduit projects up to 85 per cent. However, MVCA chairman Vince Judge of Listowel said the ministry is ex- pected to come up with the rest of the fun- ding sometime later. "We are optimistic that we'll get the addi- tional allocation we need," said Judge ad- ding, "We respect the concern of the town of Goderich and area students with creative and artistic talents participated in a special enrlchmeitt program at Victoria Public School dealing with Medieval times and themes. GDCI English department head Warren Robinson dressed the part as he talked to the students in the morning about Medieval story themes.l'he sessions, designed to period as it relates to castles, heraldry and slot: included tl medley give students a perspective of the. thine art and history, dealt with calligraphy, tapestry of language. The three-day ses- al lunch, (photo by Dave Sykes) Listowel to not go ahead until we have all the funding." The town will pay $161,550 in a special levy for phase seven. A $100,000 erosion control project to stabilize the bluffs at Goderich was also ap- proved in the authority's budget. Continuing along the Lake Huron shoreline, a $55,000 flood -erosion mapping project will be undertaken this year in Ashfield Township. The purpose of the map- ping is to identify flood and erosion prone' areas along the lake. Flood control, in Harriston will ' also receive a big boost this year. Bridge reconstruction and channel improvements are to be undertaken in that town in the eastern portion of the authority's watersh- ed. This has been budgeted at $97,000. A training wall along the Nine Mile River just north of Goderich, will be constructed as a study to find if it is effective in stopping shoreline erosion. The project has been budgeted for $7,500. The budget for water and related land management capital projects, the category which the aforementioned projects are in, total $1.48 million. Besides needing more money for the Listowel conduit project, MVCA intends to go after the Ministry of, Natural Resources for other funding. Two erosion control pro- bects, one at Port Albert along the north ank of t'he Nine Mile River and the other in Wingham, have not yet received funding ap- proval from the ministry. The Port Albert project has been budgeted at $88,000 and the Wingham pro- ject is expected to cost $22,800. Continual improvements have been plann- ed at each of the authority's conservation ars as well as the Maple Keys Sugar Bush. These projects have been estimated at a total cost of $35,600. - The authority will be going to its 33 municipalities for $216,540, up from $202,705 last year. Exactly how much each municipality pays is based on equalized assessment and information will be sent to the municipal clerks by Mar. 1. General revehue from MVCA's operations is expected to bringin $177,200. That amount includes an estimated $6,000 in donations. The rest of the budget, $1.8 million will be paid for by the province through the Ministry o f�.Natural Resources. Besides the $1.8 million to be• spent on the water and. related land management pro- gram, the rest of the budget will be spent as folOws: -Administration . has a 'budget of $296,060. -Conservation and recreation land managetnent program has estimated total- ing $67,348. '.Operations and maintenance is , expected to cost $218,700. -Special programs have been budgeted at $25,320. Star features special section This time of year, many young couples are planning for their wedding day. There are many details to consider and the Signal -Star is pleased to offer a 'help- ing hand through the pages of its annual Bridal Showcase special edition. The 52 - page special tabloid supplement i's includ- ed with this week's issue of the Signal -Star. The special edition: prepared by staff member Sharon Dietz, offers a variety of stories and photos that will help you prepare for your wedding day. This year's edition is the biggest yet and with the co-operation of area photographers and merchants, we think it's also the best. So check out ourBridal Showcase "1986. YCW is set to go March 7 In another 10 days the town of Goderich will be invaded by more than 1,200 peweee hockey players as the Lions Club hosts its annual Young Canada Week Peewee Hockey Tournament. The annual hockey extravaganza, now in its 37th year„ will begin Friday; March 7 with .preliminary round games and carry on through to the B and C championships Saturday, March 15. , This year the Lions Ciub is selling week- ly' passes at 'a 'post --.of $5.:. The .tickets, available from any Lion; also entitle ,the bearer to a:chance on a VCR draw. Daily admission is $2. and this year children under 13 will be admitted free. The opening .ceremonies will be held March 7 at 7. 50 p.m. before the Goderich- Acton game. More YCW details will ap- pear in next week's paper. INSIDE THE SIGNAL -ST AR Vikings win The GDCI Senior Vikings recorded a dramatic 45-43 victory over South Huron in double overtime here Friday to win the Huron' -Perth basketabll title. All the details, complete with pictures appears on the lead Sports page in the Second section. Television on Ice " • The Goderich Figure Skating Club staged another successful show Saturday which celebrated the theme, Television on Ice. Pictures from that show appear on the Community page. Jr, Vi es lose The GDCI Junior Vikings lost a tough 60-54 decision in Stratford Tuesday and lost the best -of -three final series 2-1. Details of the first two games can be found in the sports section.