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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-07-01, Page 11. 139 YEAR - 26 GODERICH; ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987 , 60 CENTS PER COPY Kahn delivers Oxford paper Dr. Saidullah Khan, Clinical Psychologist and Head of the Department of Psychology is leaving for England to read a "Paper" at the Fourth European Congress of Hypnosis in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine. The Congress is taking place at Oxford University, England, (St. Catherine's Col- lege) from July 10-17. Dr. Khan had read papers at several World -and European Congresses since 1973. In 1973, he was the only Canadian Psychologist to read a Paper at the Sixth International Congress for Hypnosis at Uppsala, Sweden: the title of his Paper was "I wish to Look Hideous". During this Congress, Dr. Khan had the privilege to meet some leading American Psychiatrists. He was encouraged to go to the U.S.A. and attend seminars at graduate, postgraduate and Doctoral levels as well as seminars and workshops for senior, ex- perienced clinicians. Dr. Khan attended' seminars in England, at the,Institutes of . Psychiatry in Philadelphia, )Boston and New York. • Dr. Khan was again the only Canadian Psychologist whose Paper was accepted at the second European Congress which took place in May, 1980, at. Dubrovnik, " Yugoslavia.- The title, ofthis paper was "The Choking Girl". His next paper was delivered at ,the Ninth International Con- gress of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine which was held in August, 1982, at Glasgow, Scotland. These Conferences are attended by psychiatrists, physicians, psychologists and professors of psychology from all over the world. On an average, 40 to 50 coun- tries send delegates to International Con- ferences. They provide opportunities for a professional person to assess the quality of his work (the acceptance of the paper in- dicates that one is maintaining the quality Fof his profession) and affords excellent chances to meet other professionals who are contributing to world knowledge in the fields • of, psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy. 'Dr. Kahn has" been a Registered Psychologist in Ontario since 1966. He came to Canada after completing. his Ph.D.at the Institute of Education, London University, England. He,has worked from Manitoba to Newfoundland. Dr. Khan was the first Asian who was appointed as an of- ficer with the Federal Public Service Com- ' mission of Canada. He published a report •image of the Civil Service Among the University Students of Canada." The then Chairman of the Civil Service Commis- sion, John, Carson, wrote a personal letter to Dr. Khan praising the report. Turn to page 2 Traffic near park dangerous. The concerns of a God r1rch couple about the saftey of children pl ying in the area of Judith Goderham Par ave been referred to the Traffic Committee by Goderich Town Council. Council received a letter from Anne Marie and Doug Baker, of 119 Bruce Street East, at their June 22 meeting, outlining the couple's concern about, increased traf- fic flow on their street due to vehicles at- tempting to avoid red lights on Victoria Street. The Baker's are concerned that the vehicles are "travelling at excessive speeds, not considering that some children are exiting the park in a careless manner. "If a child happens to run directly onto the road, the driver of a vehicle would have very litte reaction time to avoid a ter- ribleBion. We just witnessed this same . senar' last week and , fortunately both child and car were able to avoid each other. We really blame this on orivers not being made aware that this is a playground area and to proceed with cau- tion," states the letter. The Bakers recommend the placing of signs on the existing fence around the park, one on Nelson Street and either one or two signs on Bruce Street. "It would be imperative that the signs be strategically placed to ensure drivers are made immediately aware that they are ap- proaching a play area." A second recommendation suggests the painting of areas between the crosswalk and the road with a warning such as "Slow, Caution, Play Area". "Ideally, this idea would be most effec- tive if (warnings) were painted at both ends of the streets, to ensure traffic from both directions are made aware they may be required to stop suddenly." Goderich Traffic Committee will be con- sidering the matter at their next meeting. Police busy investigating While there was little in t 'way of "serious" crime in town last week, Goderich police handled 174 separate oc- currees between. June 22 and 29, reports Chief Patrick King. Local police investigated 11 thefts (mostly bicycles and beer taken from vehicles), two attempted break and ' enters, one break and enter, three mischief complaints, five incidents in connection with picketing postal workers ,and a number of noise and disturbance complaints, as well as making a number of liquor sieziers. Police also made four arrests and pro- vided escorts for nine prisoners; in- cluding seven young offenders. King said none of the above incidents were of a serious.nature. The incidents in connection with the postal strike were ' non-violent, he said, involving only re- quests for police escort by people plann- ing to cross pickets lines at the local post office during the two-day walk out by local letter carriers last week. King also said the beer thefts are beeoming quite common and warned drivers not to leave alcoholic beverages clearly visible when leaving vehicles, as a number of looked vehicles have been' broken into by the beer thi eves. • Monday night was Family Fun Night at St. Christopher's Beach. The night of varied activities was held as part,pf Canada Day Celebrations in Goderich. Taking part in some of the events were, from top left •clockwise: Alison Macewan who competed Census shows Huron The population of Huron County decreas- ed slightly between the years 1981 and 1986, according Statistics Canada, which recently released details of the 1986 na- tional census. The official population of Huron County in 1981 was 56,127. In 1986, the final count registered 55,996, a drop of 131 people or 0.2 per cent. In.the Town of Goderich, the county seat, the population was up marginally, from 7,327 in '81, to 7,352, an increase of 25 per- sons, or 0.3 per cent. The number of occupied priVate dwell- ings in Huron in 1986, is listed at 19,640. In• Goderich the figure is 2,868. Wingham is listed as the fastest growing - town in Huron, ''according to the census, with a percentage increase of 1.9. Wingham's population increased by 55 per- sons, from 2;897 to 2,952, with 1,157 oc- cupied private dwellings. in the donut eating contest; Alex Soots and Charles Baker who participated in the sand sculpture event and won second place; and a number of children who took part in the Simon Says con- test. (photos by Lou -Ann Hope) . population is dawn 13‘04 # is x041% Wan Clinton and Seaforth boast the next highest percentage increase, at 1.6. Clin- ton's population grew from 3,076 to 3,124, while Seaforth's head count went from 2,114 to 2,148. Clinton has 1,212 occupied private dwellings and Seaforth has 842. Exeter had the slowest growth rate among Huron County towns, with a 1.0 per cent increase. Exeter had 3,769 residents at the tim of -the 1986 census, up 37 from 3,732 in 1981. In 1986 there were 1,482 oc- cupied private dwellings in Exeter. VILLAGES Among villages in the county, Bayfield exhibited the largest growth between the two census periods, jumping by 85 persons, from 649 residents in 1981 to 734 in 1986, an increase of 13.1 per cent, with 347 occupied dwelling's. ' Hensall and Zurich were the only other villages in the county reporting population increases. Hensall went from 992 residents to 1,089, for an increase of 9.8 per cent, with 399 occupied dwellings. Zurich's population increased by,5.0 per cent, from 785 to 824, with 297 dwellings. - The population of the village of Blyth ' dropped by 3.7 per cent, from 926 to 892. In Brussels, the population dropped 1.1 per cent, from 957 to 946. Blyth had 343 oc- cupied private dwellings and Brussels had 370. TOWNSHIPS The bulk of the population decrease in Huron County came in the rural areas, ,with 12 out of I6 townships in the county reporting a decline between 1981 and 1986. Goderich Township went from 2,500 to 2,356, flfor a decrease of 5.8 per cent. Ashfield Township went from 1,824 to 1,736, down 4.8 per cent. East Wawanosh went from 1,127 to 1,107, 1.'8 per cent. Grey drop- Robbie Ball, a Grade 5 std'dent froth Robertson Memorial School was beaming last week with report card in hand as Robertson Memorial school, not unlike other area schools, had their last day of school before the summer break.(photo by Yvette Zandbergen). L\JS IF THE S GNA -TAH 111E1 \ ped from 1,976 to 1,889, 4.4 per cent. Hay went from 1,977 to 1,959, 0.9 per cent. Howick dropped from 3,072 to 3,037, 1.1 per cent. Hullett from 1,936 to 1,862, 3.8 per cent. McKillop 1,486 to 1,398, 5.9 per cent., Stephen 4,177 to 4,164, 0.3 per cent. Tuckersmith 3,003 to 2,971, 1.1 per cent, Usborne 1,628 to 1,621, 0.4 per cent. West Wawanosh 1,371 to 1,365, 0.4 per cent. The only townships reporting increases between the two census periods were: Turnberry, 1,505 to 1,530, 1.7 per cent; Stanley, 1,643 to 1,669, 1.6 per cent; Morris, 1,652 to 1,664, 0.7 per cent and Colborne, 1,795 to 1;838, 2.4 per cent. ' • GROWTH RATE SLOWS Canada's population reached 25,354,064 in June 1986. This represents a growth rate of 4.2 per cent or 1,010,883 over the 1981 to 1986 period. But, while Canada's population is in- creasing, it's rate of growth is actually slowing down. The growth rate of .4.2 per cent is the lowest five-year growth rate recorded by ' the census in the last 25 years, down from a high of 9.7 during the 1961 to 1966 period. This decline may be attributed to lower immigration levels and declining birth rate. Ontarib .had thesecond highest rate of growth among provinces, with a 5.7 per cent increase. Alberta was first with a 6.1' per cent growth rte%. Newfoundland had the lowest growth rate at'0.1 per cent. Torontaremains the largest metopolitan area in Canada, with 3,427,168 people as of the 1986 census, up 9.5 per cent from 3,130,392 in 1981. Monteal was next with a population of 2,921,357 in 1986, up '2.1 per cent from 2,862,286 in 1981. Handicapped need access A Goderich youth who is -confined to a wheelchair wants Gode'rich Town Coun- cil to increase their efforts to Make municipal buildings in town accessible to the handicapped. In a letter handled by council at the#r June 22 meetin . octal Grade 5 student Shawn Thomps;`Wsaid council was drag- ging their feet in efforts to improve wheelchair accessibility. "When is this r unproved accessibility ► going to happen? the spot I would like changed the most is the arena, because in thesummer at the arena they show movies and t cannot get up in my wheelchair ,to watch: I would also ap- preciate being able to get into the library, as T am now it Grade a," said the letter. Cnnneil iheterred the request to the Works and Property Committee for consideration. International visit The Goderich Lawn Bowling club hosted visitors from south of the border this week. The Flint, Michigan visitors were treated to some friendly competiton and a tour of the town. Details on Page 6A. Also in sports this week, the harness racing season got off and running at the Goderich raceway. Festival season The Blyth Festival has begun another season of professional theatre. Irkit's 13 season, the, Festival's lineup. features everying from comedy and drama to a unique musical production. Festival Ar- tistic Director Katherine Kaszas outlines the coming'season in a §ignal-Star inter- view on Page 1A. Canada Week The heavy slate of Canada Week ac- tivities has begun and will Titinue through this -week. Coverage of the celebrations ran be found inside this section,