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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-07-22, Page 9Communit. News Agricrew helps loc farmers with chores BY YVETTE ZANDBERGEN Some local farmers are receiving help this summer with painting, fencing, haying and harvesting through the Agricrew Pro- gram, offered by Experience '87, and ad- ministered through the Ontario Ministry of Skills Development The program enables students between the ages of 15 and 24 to gain farm experience and learn new agricultural skills. Crews are hired by local farmers and they work in crews of four with one working as a foreman. Farmers pay $90 a day per crew. Terry Dalton, a farmer from RR7 Goderich, is receiving summer help from four students for the third year in a row. The students, Trevor Hollinger, Jennifer Grum- mett, Lisa Boonstoppel and Barry Ellis, have been picking stones out of the field, haying, cleaning out chicken barns and loading lumber. According to crew foreman Boonstoppel, they found out about the program from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) in Clinton. The group works five days a week eight hours a day for eight weeks. GODERICH SIGNA ISTAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1987—PAGE 9 Through the Agricrew program, administered through the Ontario Ministry of Skills Development, local farmer Terry Dalton received summer help from four local students. Here, from left, are Trevor Hollinger, Jennifer Grummett, Lisa Boonstoppel and Barry Ellis picking stones as Bill Taylor, on the tractor, looks on.(photo by Yvette Zandbergen) Mayors, council address .concerns ® from page 1 Exeter's. We paid for both. We appealed to the council in August 1985 but were turned down." The incident suggests the planning department must serve two masters and Shaw said the situation would resurface again if not dealt with. Mickle told .the meeting that if Exeter was to remain the viable service centre for South Huron it was purported to be in the county's official plan, then , it was unreasonable to develop on the periphery of the • town. "We. do have property, in- dustrial property that's accessible," he said. The mayors pushed the executive corn, mittee for an explanation on why .council ignored Exeter's request for financial assistance on the rrtatter and Usborne reeve, Gerald Prout said "when you opb ject, you pay the bill", while McBurney ad- ded that it was his opinion that "if.you hire outside planners and- consultants- you pay " Shaw argued that Erxeter. council provJd its:poirft and had to pay both sides for that . privilege. "There is no right or. wrong answer in this but the court answered a philisophical point. Exeter paid both sides. Is it right to have to pay that money to win." he'asked. Wingham mayor Jack Kopas intervened saying the group was trying to avoid a we - they situation. "If any muncipality has. an objection to anything then county council should have an opportunity .to arbitrate or mediate without going into a quasi -legal situation. We should be able to settle things in-house. These are family disputes," Goderich Mayor Eileen Palmer said the county erred if official plans for the municipalities are in conflict. She said there should not -be any discrepancies in plans. OTHER CONCERNS The mayor's group also spoke to the ex- ecutive committee about several issues of mutual concern and Kopas explained the role of the ad hoc group and what it hoped to achieve. "We need to share and pool ideas and resources and, realistically, we had the op- portunity and the time to look at the county from a perspective that is different from the traditional perspective," he explained. "Our purpose is to mobilize the county and to collectively address concerns. We're go- ing through a transition and we're not in- sensivtive to the needsof those in rural areas. We're not an official body with great power trying to parallel county council. We would, like to see the county, the townships, the towns and villages work together on traditional, ongoing problems, but also become more proactive in ad- dressing concerns." - Kopas concluded saying the group could be used to the county's advantage because oi' the mayor's exposure to government ministries and officials. He saidthe county should be more proactive in its approach and not merely react to a bad situation. 'COUNTY UNITY Admitting he became "nervous" at the mention of secession, Clinton Mayor John Balfour said the problem of county unity had to be addressed by the group. "If we don't work together, we're dead," he offered matter-of-factly. "We have to wprk for cogty unity very] ard. Wp need to know hqv u came to the ecision, as in the Exeter ease, because if we can unders- tand your rationale, it .will gide us insight." ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The mayors collectively questioned the executive committee on county council's decision to ignore a request to look into the prospect of again establishing a county economic development office. While the mayors did not expect the county to jump into a decision on the matter, they felt, that at the least, the county could have enter- tained the suggestion as plausible. "We didn't expect a snap decision but hope it would have been referred and some interest shown," he said. "It's important to this county. It's changing and I'm sick and tired of the rural -urban split but nobody talks about it." A county -wide development office would fill a definite. need, Balfour argued, adding that the planning department, with all its responsibility and work, could not ade- quately address the economic develop- ment side. Goderich Reeve Harry Worsen said.the county had employed a full-time develop- ment officer for five or six years and he hadn't seen "that much had been done." He questioned the need to pursue the matter. "•Times 'have changed," Balfour Limited Edition Lighthouse Plate Depicts Historic Site Don Audrey Hasson o newater Photography proudly present the Goderich Lighthouse Limited Edition Collector's Plate on the 140th Anniversary of the Lighthouse 1847-1987. Built in 1847, the Goderich Lighthouse was the only lighthouse on the lake until 1854. The stone walls were constructed by Adam McVicar. Although the lighthouse now runs automatically and electrically, it first operated by a wind up mechanism which used weights to turn the revolving reflector and kerosene lamp. Until 1979, the light was turned on 'h hour before dusk and turned off 1 hour after dawn. Since that time, the light remains on day and night. When the lake is frozen between January 15 and April 1st, the light is turned off. The revolving reflector and bulb have a 25 Second cycle consisting of two beams of light, one at 19 seconds and another smaller one 6 seconds later. Other lighthouses have different cycles and thus the ships can tell which lighthouse they are approaching. The mercury vapour lamp with 300 watt bulb lasts 3 years, and the light can be seen 35 miles away. Today the lamp is no longer gas operated. Considered one of the best on Lake Huron because of its height, the Goderich Lighthouse has served with no knowledge of any break down. THE STORM SIGNAL STATION The storm signal station was established in 1874, shortly after the government had selected Goderich as a suitable location for a harbor of refuge. This station is located on the main lighthouse property on the high promontory to the South of the harbor and is today still main- tained by the Meteorological Service acting in co-operation with the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and is attended by the lighthouse keeper. Other similar stations are maintained at many points along the Canadian shore and these are connected with the Meteorological Service headquarters at Toronto by telegraph. In the day time large wicker baskets are displayed. At night electric lanterns are employed. The signal, when displayed, does not indicate that the storm will occur at the place where the signal is displayed, but that one is predicted either there or within such a distance, that vessels leaving port would be liable to en- counter it. The famous Lighthouse of Goderich has now been captured on this unique Collector's Plate. The plate is made of quality proeelain china by Schneider Enterprises of Woodstock. These collector's plates area available only at Bluewater Photography & Frame Shoppe and are a limited edition. - The "Lighthouse" is No. 3 in a series of Goderich scenes. PAID ADVERTISEMENT countered. "Industry is not the only reason to have an economic development office. We need to develop our retail, tourism, commercial and business interests. We, need an office to get into all aspects and sell the county as a whole." Noting that both Goderich and Exeter pursue economic development in their own manner, Colborne Twonship Reeve Russel Kernighan wondered if the county could co-ordinate an effective. development of- fice to work in concert with the indepen- dent efforts. Both Shaw and Palmer said their respec- tive municipalities would remain active in the development of their respective economic bases, but Palmer said an um- brella effort was needed,, provided costs were distributed equitably. "We need a co-ordinated effort and the costs could be equitably distributed, but only through the county level," she said. "We've found that 80 per cent of our in- dustrial development has come from our own businesses. But we.. need blood transfusions and an injection of new in dustry. We don't want a` 2,500 employee plant but one that employs 100 to 150 leo- ple. Everyone would benefit but the county has to be involved." The representatives at the meeting agreed that the development of Highway 8 and the establishment of an economic development office should be pursued hand-in-hand. COMMUNICATION Mayor Shaw said more meetings like the one called Wednesday should be held bet- ween the parties. However, he said the meeting was probably only called because Exeter threatened to secede. "This meeting wouldn't have come about unless Exeter threatened to secede. So how do we solve our frustrations?," he asked. "These types of meetings are good and we can only resolve our difference through discussion. We have concerns that have to be addressed and. representation might be one problem. The composition of the executive team is also important." Only two of nine members of the coun- cil's executive team are from urban areas but Warden McBurney indicated that two urban representatives declined his invita- tion to sit on the executive committee. 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