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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-07-16, Page 3News a N l ron Countymu eu . pre in Public ���� u GODRRICH SIGNAL -STAR, WDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1986—PAGE 3 e from page 1 Huron County council. Hard line drawings of the buildings will then be completed and the tender documents will be prepared. By early Spring of 1087, the tenders will be called and, hopefully, the phases of the project "will be done in quick succession". Floor plan Through the use of transparencies, Breede commented on the plans for the three floors of the building. The basement will be equipped with washroom and janitorial storage space. Tentatively plan- ned is a classroom space for school children on a visit to the museum. On the main floor, the entrance point of the museum will undergo construction to make it "more sympathetic" to the original design of the building, said. Breede. Included on this floor will be the reception area, gift shop and the lobby, which will have an open ceiling through to the second floor. An elevator for the han- dicapped is also. planned. Much of the first floor will be devoted to public access space where the individual galleries and displays will be seen by the visitors. Also included is an archives research facility where the public can have access to microfilm, microfiche and historical documents. however, the ar- chives storage area will not 'be open to the general public. "We cannot protect adequately a non- renewable resource and expect it to sur- vive if it is open to the public. However, we can retrieve it for a researcher if he wants it," said Breede. Non-public areas .Other non-public areas are the workshop, where artifacts are cleaned and where new items are received into the col- lection, a darkroom and the staff washrooms A loading dock will also be in- cluded in the workshop area which would have space in the hallway where crates could be safely stacked. Tentatively planned for the main floor is a 95 -seat theatre for audio-visual presenta- tions complete with a podium, screen and projection room. A film on the museum could be shown here. "We hope it will become an integral part of a trip to the museum," said Breede. On the second floor, a large 4,500 square loot storage area will be built to store ar- tifacts which have been taken out of the display area. The articles win be stored us- ing a system of pallet stacking which is the best method of storage for artifacts. Windowed storage area Although the storage area will be out of bounds to the public, there will be windows. in the storage area to show the public that "we're not hiding anything", which is a perception museum patrons receive about storage areas. "In the storage area we're going to have windows to show the public what is going on there, and they'll see that we're not hiding anything. "It also promotes good housekeeping, because we now that people can see it," Breede said. The renovated museum will feature a number of galleries for public viewing in- cluding European, four theme galleries containing artifacts and information of the urban, industrial and institutional growth of the county, .military, agriculture, transportation and a domestic gallery as well as a "streetscape" which will be a replica of storefronts at the turn of the century. Breede says a marine gallery won't be included in the museum as it was avoided on purpose as a marine gallery already ex- ists at the Harbourfront in Goderich. The Marine Museum will be included -in an ad- mission package to the Huron County Pioneer Museum. Paul Thompson,'a Goderich area actor, commented that the most fascinated part of the old museum was the "element of surprise and curiosity" that it had. He ask- ed the museum committee if these qualities, will be a part of the revamped museum. Breede replied that this goal will be kept in mind when the designs are finalized. "Wel attempt to keep the surprise ele- ment, the sense of discovery, as the visitor goes through the museum. We'll do the Town survey shows a The 50 replies to a day care survey plac- ed in the Goderich Signal -Star by the town of Goderich show that there is a need for a municipal day care in town and in the sur- rounding area, Clerk -Administrator Larry McCabe told the administrative commit- tee last Thursday. From the responses, 88 per cent are sup- portive of a full-time day care program, 52 per cent of a half-day program and 56 per cent of a parttime program. Because of the high percentage -of responses from outside Goderich .(46 per -° cent), the 'cor iiiitfee will ask the surroiin- ding municipalities including Goderich and Colborne Townships if they would be willing to share in the operating deficit of a day care centre. The committee also planned to set up a tour of the centre in the town of St. Marys which has combined a day care centre with a day nursery as well as a meeting with Judy Cooper to discuss proposed renovations of the Goderich Mini Com- munity Centre to accommodate a day care centre and the available grants. Day care parents attending the meeting told the committee that an interim location had been found for the centre at the Knox Presbyterian Church for two to four months. QUEEN!S SEAFORTH THIS WEEKEND FOS. The Best Live Reck Enter- tainment -formerly ACTS Best Interest Guaranteed Investment Certificates *Subject to change Gaiser-Kneale .r 11111 Exeter Goderich 235.2420 524.2118 Cllntbn Hensali Grand Bend • 482,9747 262-2119 1 238.8484 Insurance Brokers Inc. Though the parents asked for some sup: port in principle from council for a day care centre in Goderich, the committee could not oblige them. "Tile day care staff and the parents have gone through a lot of effort to find an in- terim location and would like to know that council supports a centre in- principle. They are not willing to go through this again if at the end' of four months, there will be no centre to go to," said Barb Allen. This desire was reinforced. by. a letter to Goderioh council askirig•for=a muntetpally -. funded centre as of Atilt:-tso that"thereTs— : not a.lapse in quality, affordable day care in town. Coun. John Stringer said council must move slowly on the issue, get reaction from neighboring municipalities and do its research before committing itself. Mayor Eileen Palmer asked the parents if they couldn't find a more permanent in- terim location since setting up a perma- nent day care centre could take up to six months. The parents also submitted to the com- mittee a petition supporting day care in Goderich with 500 signatures. ' Support for a day' care centre also came in a letter to coune from Huron County's Family and Children's Services. President Goderich Power and Sail Squadron will conduct the children's course „Lets Be 80411v/serf on she •Suit rrd61yI July 19 to Aug. 16 ". 10:00 -12:00 SOIkinalaihig Marino office tuudrifS . •'Coitt'l't i<8.9d Cioitol t C1alrlk 52346 17ioution ..41 DELUXEOTORCOACH TRANSPORTATION DAY TRIPS Julio Iglesias Pine Knob, August 9 Canada's Wonderland Toronto, August 10 Mr. Mister Pine Knob, August 14 Roger Whittaker Centre in the Square September 10 Girl 'Crazy Shaw Festival 'September 11 OVER NIGHT Kelly's Motor Coach Inn In the Poconos August 29 -September 1st October 5 -October 8 Ontario -Quebec August 18-24 Ottawa Algonquin September 22-25 Agawa Canyon September 27-30 • , Out of Town Call Collie... ," Pi, Robin Hood Tours 6 524-4 OOderil h, Ontor io The preliminary design for the new Huron County Pioneer Museum was presented to the public for the first time at a meeting in Holmesville, July 9. Shown looking over the context model are museum curator, Ray Scotchmer, centre, Bruce Youmans, architectural techni- cian with Christopher Borgal, Architect, Blyth, the architectural consultant on the project who worked on the model assisted bysummerstudent Natalie Sully, of Goderich. (photo by Sharon Dietz.) very best we can," he gaid. Barry -Page, a resident of Goderich, ask- ed the committee how they will go about putting up the signs to describe the ar- tifacts, especially for people with poor eyesight or a low level of learning. At other museums, he said, the signs under displays have been less than adequate. Each display will have three types of signs under them. The first type will simp- ly state what the object is; the second sign will go into a little more detail while the third sign will "tell you everything you would ,ever want to know" about the ar- tifact; said Breede, adding 'chit signs will be in bold face type. , y dei Page also enquired if the museum plans to be self-sufficient in the future and if it had a strategy to advertise for visitors out- side of Huron County. - Currently, no museum in Canada is self- sufficient, said Mr. Breede, as they .tend to run at 70 to 80 per cent deficit, however, the county museum will try to generate 30 per cent of its own revenue. "The he museum is for the preservation of the quality of life and to allow the people of the county to learn something about itself. We're not in the business of making money. We'll never cease to rely on government funding," he said. Marketing As for the marketing of the museum to those outside the county, Breede said the museum will actively promote itself by trying to bring in bus tours to the museum, especially from Michigan. Paul Carroll, a superintendent with the Huron County Board of Education, asked the committee how the museum can be us- ed by the education system in Huron County. A classroom manual will be developed for each of the galleries in the museum, answered Breede. Currently,` the broad concept of the manual has been presented to the principals at the Clinton elementary schools. Also under consideration is the develop- ment of new_programs for schools at the museum by a teacher from the Huron County Board of education who would work with the inuseum for one year. "The executive committee of Huron County and the executive committee of the Board of Education have met to discuss the idea and the reception was very favorable," said Museum Committee Chairman Dave Johnston. As for the distant future of the museum, an effort will be made to establish "satellite museums", especially in Seaforth with the Van Egmond Foiutda- tion. Exhibits could be loaned out to various other museums in the county. "It could take some of the pressure off of storage," observed Breede. need for municipal day care Audrey Royal said the threatened future of going to need it in the very near future," he day care in Goderich was viewed with real said. concern by the agency's board of Cotached to the town's surveentS about the y form include care issue at - directors. "Through our work with families, we the following: have come to realize how important a pro-. °It's about time the town provided a ser - gram of this nature is to children and their vice as important as day care. parents. We would sincerely appreciate °A quality, compassionate stimulating day your leadership and commitment to a care environment is a necessity forme and complete review and assessment of this . the right of my children. matter," said the letter: °I fear it would be a giant step backward to •allow the loss of a desperately needed ser - Reeve 4, xt'xa, id' ;.. ,• ;lam vtc such as thi'�,�. R , e eJohn D hle i ° h � .... ° mothers stayed H *i a Reeve :John Doberty'sa ti;^the ° nutaber of ~ If -All Y replies do not warrant any more investiga- businesses would not even be able to func- tion of a day care centre. tion and have to close. The rippling effect "I can get a petition with 1000 names that are against day care," he said. He added that since the recreation board had agreed to give the Goderich Squash Club the use of the Mini Community Centre for another year, he didn't know why coun- cil was progressing with the day care cente. Stringer answered that because statistics show that only 13 per cent of all households are structured in the tradi- tional manner with a.working.father and a stay-at-home. mother, day care is impor- tant for Goderich. "If we do not need dal care now, we are • of this would he catastrophic to Goderich by way of tax dollars and daily revenue. °We recently moved from Kitchener to Goderich and were devastated by the lack of day care facilities. °Day care in our community to our family seems a luxury that as a taxpayer en- croaching upon retirement, we cannot afford.' ' • " ' °I don't need my tax dollars subsidizing this. °It is time to do something for the average. .'workiii:;•'Jtd�ie everyone -s future. - - - °I wish when my children were young, we had this place. Lack of funding. eliminates programs. at • Cli ntof campus On June 27, Canada Employment and Im- migration Commission announced an $837,000 reduction in funding in Connection" with sponsoring students in programs at Conestoga College. This reduction; a result of the recently developed Canadian Jobs Strategy, has forced Conestoga College to reduce activity at -the Clinton campus.,, All full-time program activity at Clinton will be phased out by Oct. 31. The campus will continue to operate as a part-time learn- ing centre. The College intends to ensure that these actions, necessary in light of funding reduc- tions from Canada Employment, result, in a minimum of disruption or displacement for students, faculty and staff. I THREE FRONT WHEEL. DRIVE LUXURY CARS 1981 OLDS TORONADO Fully equipped including: Air Conditioning, Power Windows, Power Door Locks, Tilt, Cruise Control, Power Seats. #291. 1982. 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