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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-03-26, Page 1i.oaenc SIGN 138 YEAR"13 1•: • eismummolommillsammommamiumimmin (e(➢UtatiCH, ON'I'ARID, WEDNESDAY, MARCII 26, 1!It36 60 CENTS PER COPY County approves Huronview 1842 vote gives nod to both museum and Huronview projects mt,ham defended 5 BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE In an 18 to 12 recorded vote, Huron Coun- ty council gave approval to its $18.7 million budget which includes putting aside money for a capital project at Huronview and the Huron County Pioneer Museum project. Councillors gave the green 'light to both projects at a special meeting on Mar. 21 when they met to have clerk -treasurer Bill Hanly present the 1986 estimates. The 1986 Huron County budget will in- crease 4.6 per cent as the average county mill rate goes up 9.1 per cent. The 26 municipalities in Huron will share in the $4.5 million to be raised locally which is up from $4.1 million last year. Katimavik supporters act now '1'he county plans to spend 7.3 per Cent more than last year's actual expenditures as the 1986 budget allows for $300,000 to be placed in the museum building reserve fund and $240,000 for the • Huronview 'capital reserve fund. The museum reserve fund now increases to $538,865 and the county has said it will commit $1.5 million to the museum project. As for Huronview, the county has decid- ed to put a ceiling of $720,000 on its share of ,1 the cost. of $1.15 million in renovations to the home for the aged located south of Clin- ton. With the go-ahead for this project, the county dollars will be matched one to. one by the province. The $240,000 in this year's budget is the first of three years. Goderich people who have had a positive experience with Katimavik participants and want to support youth must du it now with a. telegram to Ottawa to support Senator Jacques • Hebert, says. Elsa Haydon of Goderich. Haydon, along , with Bob Allen. also of Goderich is encouraging local Katiniavik supporters to send telegrams to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney expressing their support of the youth program which the Conservative government recently cancelled. Senator Jacques Hebert has been on a hunger strike. since Mar. 10 to protest the program's cancellation. Haydon and Allen were co-chairmen of the Goderich waterfront committee' wl.ietr Katiniavik participants worked on the Goderich waterfront and parks. -How soon we forget the contribution others have made. •W\have to do something soon i to sup Katimavik because every day counts with the Burger strike," says Allen. When the work was done •by Katirnavik participants at the marine inusewn and along the, waterfront, , both Haydon and Allen said they'd hoped the participants would be recognized by a sign at the site. "I'm still looking into that," says Haydon. Both are in the process of phoning Katimavik sponsors in town in hopes of do- ing some kind of collective action suppor- 1: ting the program. "I'm writing to Brian Mulroney that the social aspect, the mixing of different kinds of people and the experiences participants had were the most valuable parts of Turn to page 3 • w� .._..__ o.....,,, Bill Mickle, who voted Exeter Reeve who voted against the budget', suggested an alter- native method of financing the Hurohview project, but he. had little support from his fellow councillor's.. . His proposal called for putting $120,000 . aside for Huronview this year increasing the county levy by 6.52 percent. In four years, his suggestion would seethe county with $660,000, which is $60,000 short of the $720,000 needed. "He's not saying don't go ahead with the Huronview project. He's just suggesting another way to do it," said Exeter Deputy Reeve Lossy Fuller who supported Reeve Mickle's idea. Mullett Township Reeve Tom Cunn- w • the budget. j the bud et. Using figures from Goderich, Blyth and his own township, he showed that these municipalities are paying almost the same share of the county budget -as they were in 1973. Other figures he presented indicated that between the county, township and school board levies, the county rate in- crease has been the lowest in these three areas. In Goderich, as an example, the county rate has gone up 58 per cent from 1973 to 1985, while the town rate is up 81.34 per cent and the school board is up 232 per cent. The Hullett reeve .also stressed that if Turn to page 2 Raise money for swimmer The Suncoast 'Mall Merchants' Associa- tion hopes to raise more than $500 to sup- port a Goderich swimmer's trip to the Special Olympics in Calgary this summer. The mall merchants are holding a Linda Reid Day on April 8 when one per cent of the total sales for the day will go towards Linda's olympic expenses. Linda qualified for the games at the provincial competi- tion in Scarborough in June when she won a gold medal, two silvers and a _bronze. The mall merchants are encouraging other merchants in Goderich to join their effort, say Frank Pontes of the mall association who suggested the idea. Pontes says the merchants hope the people of Goderich and The surrounding area will come out on April 8 to make purchases and support 1,inda's olympic fund. Farm edition featured inside this week Included in this week's Signal -Star is the annual 1 ucknow Sentinel Farm Edition which features advertising from local' farm businesses and stories on the current issues in agriculture. An excellent farm supplement for area readers, this edition is presented to assist farmers gear up for the spring season. Red Cross looks for blood donors It's time again to give blood. The first of two Red Cross blood donor's clinics run in Goderich every year will be , held at Goderich District Collegiate In- stitute on Wednesday, Apr. 9 from 2 to 5 p.m. and, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Babysit- ting will be provided in the afternoon. "Blood is always in need and the school is a good place to hold the clinic because there are lots of students and teachers who give blood every year," says organizer • Mary Donnelly. • The number of 'donors at each clinic in Goderich usually comes close to 300, which is considered , an excellent number. "We always have good luck with clinics in Goderich," she says. Though people have been expressing their concern about contracting,AIDS i Ac- quired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) at the last couple of clinics in Goderich, Don- nelly says there is no way a person can get AIDS by giving blood. • "I hope 'people are • getting more educated about the diseasg, '.she says. • Hoi ver;' concerns about .ATPS have not caused a drgp in the number of Goderich donors. "We had a good clinic last time and hope to have one this time' -she says. - INSIDE THE SIGNAL -STAR People in the Western Ontario area contributed almosr $50.000 in pledges, to the annual Easter Seal Telethon last Sunday. Broadcast .._ over many CBC affiliated stations, pledges from the Goderieh area were taken by members of the Goderich Lions t9ub at the Standard., Trust office on The Square. Manning the phunei+ fur a.uue-hour shit) Sunday afternoon were Lions Ron Kay and Bob. Mnrush The 10 hour telethon raised millions for crippled children. photo 1)y Dave Sykes 1 - • insurance, � s l�ab�l�. sky rockets ]�®s �.ta y�' told the hospital board at its • March meeting, Monday night. The hospital's annualized premium last year was $12,975. but this year the hospital' will be required to pay $24,511. for the same $5 million limit on liability.. ' Members of the boarddiscussed the cur- rent situation in the insurance business and board member Bob .Dempsey pointed out that some teaching hospitals in the county are having trouble getting in- surance. He told the board that the provin- BY SHARON DIETZ Alexandra Marine and General Hospital has been notified its insurance premium for the coming fiscal year will be double last year's annualized premium and will not include coverage for spills or damage under the new Waste Management legisla- tion. After March 31, the hospital will re- quire a separate policy at an additional premium of $288. for spills coverage; the hospital's administrator Ken Englestaad • cial minister for consumer and commer- cial relations, Monte Kwinter has a task force looking into insurance premiums. Englestaad commented that the Ontario Hospital Association is making a submis- sion to this task force outlining their posi- tion. He said that St. Joseph's Hospital ill London saw their.premiums jump from $78,000 to $1.2 million this year. The board will also establish a' policy regarding the Emergency Trauma Team from London which has requested the use A gigantic (styrofoam) peanut butter sandwich was a hit with this kids of Victoria Public School who wereentertained by children's author, Ted' Staunton, of Toronto on Monday. The author of Tod. of the Goderich facilities for in- transport stabilization of patients coming from other hospitals on the way to London. Discussion centred on how to grant privileges to the team and whether the doctor on call at the hospital needed to be in attendance if the doctors on the trauma team were residents who are. not licenced physicians. Director of Nursing Joyce Shack noted that a policy should be established Turn to page 2 McHappy Day money for charities Don't be surprised if the town mayor nr your former school principal serves up your ineal at McDonalds next Wednesday. The sixth edition of McHappy Day, a cow - timing program that has raised. over .$3 inillihn for a variety of children's charities across Canada, will be held in McDonald's restaurants across Canada Wednesday, April 2. Not only does McHappy Day get people ' from the community involved in the behind - the -counter -operation at McDonalds, WI $1 from every Big Mac goes to local children's charities: • G9derich franchise owner Brian Dent ex- plained that of the regular $1.79 purchase price, $1 will be donated to charity. Ten per- cent, or 10 cents, must be given to support Ronald McDnnal House$, but the retraining money will be split between the four registered children's charities in town, Sur- vival Through Friendship -Mollie, Goderich ' and District Association for the Mentally Retarded, Big Brothers and Family and Children's Services..' The day is designed to be full while raisin; money for children's charities in tine -conn• natality and so, more Bum 25• (+ndcrtd�i citizens have been erili:;ted to work in the restaurant that day. Educator's, prlfticiarls. bank maitagera, town adininistr'atnrs and even newspaper editors. 'will ' don Ole dieman' and "Taking Care of Orumley' is touring area schools McDonalds apron for an -lrnur of duty through the Canadian tVritera' t rL. photo by "trsatl ilimidert- Wednesday. t.ltii r ( markF • Money from all Meiiappy Day's has•been Turn 10 page 2' .Y Mr. Dressup Mr. Dressup wowed the younger set when he appeared at the GDCi auditorium last Thursday. From the rise Of the cur- tain, Mr. Dressup made sure the children were involved in the show as he entertain- ed with magic tricks, songs, Circus tricks. and of course, the lively costumes. from his "tickle trunk". See the special feature en today's entertainment page 4A of the com- munity section. ;' ' INTO. training, Women are being encouraged to move into non-traditional jobs*as a way to close the wage gap between men and women in today's job market. Pat MacRae of, Dublin is, the only woman taking a carpentry course, through a Conestoga College train- ing program adailable to women, who would like fo enter the non-traditional employment. Read about INTO or Ih- troductiori to Non- Traditional Occupations on. the front page of today's .community section. . Ringette champs,. . 'i'he t h)derich Twe t liingette Ieau cap tured the 14uron-Perth League Champion- ship Saturday, after going arndefcated league sand exhibition games throughout the season. See today's sports section for the story of this phenoinenal achievement