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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-12-30, Page 204, 'J j1 'LAU CA Ina kAL11 0B4.T01:1 -AnD A 6116, VI 1 , n-ILVL G4VADs9BL a I, BVOo Invest In A Ro a dank F Retirement Svino - Plan Now! Canada's teadtn% Ca fifers' choose from O o IgSP Int options to ch uaranteed fixed ✓� rove§tm deposits savings, � including mutual fund deP terms andmutual interest "competitive d savings rate options vu tiere "introducing st rates deposit interest load" ✓ instant tax receipts availalbe to help ud1' Watt Meet 111-8 p►Y MP1C BEARER See Judy run January 3, 1988 in the London area. ROYAL BANK APPOINTED OFFICIAL BANK OF THE XV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES Goderich 524-2626 Calgary '88 Community News It was a year to remem from page 1 force in February, 1957. Also, Goderich OPP Sergeant John Donatis retired after 37 years of active police duty. Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell was among 3,100 recipients of a Volunteer Ser- vice Award from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. On April 16, Premier David Peterson visted Champion Road Machinery Ltd., Goderich, to celebrate the installation of a $700,000 robotic arc welder on the occasion of the company's 100th anniversary. The robot was the latest in a long series of plant inovations. Peterson called Champion, "a model for the rest of the country". MAY During the month of May, work began on a $1 million renovation project at Alexan- dra Marine and General Hospital in an all- out effort to refurbish the entire 1957 wing of the building. The local Kinsmen Club's first annual Sports Celebrity Dinner was held on May 19. The head table featured 16 interna- tional, national and local sports celebrities, including: Wendel Clark and Steve Thomas of the Toronto Maple Leafs; former Goderich resident Bill Wilkinson, coach of the Western Michigan Broncos hockey team; Ernest Byner of the National Football League Cleveland Browns and a star-studed line-up. JUNE Early in June, the Town of Goderich and the Village of Blyth were used as backdrops for three weeks of shooting of the motion picture Blue City, based on a play which premiered at the Blyth Festival. Local residents were given the opportunity to act as extras. On June 12, a freak storm pelted. Goderich with golf -ball -sized hail stones, which led to some minor damage around town, including trouble with local street lights. JULY The so-called "urban -rural split" bet- ween the aims of Huron County politicians received amther strike of the wedge in Ju- ly, as Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw threaten- ed the town would secede from the county if County Council did not become more sensitive to the concerns of its urban municipalities. The threat was never car- ried through, but Exeter's move drew at- tention to the potentially -divisive issue of the rural domination of county government. On July 14, traffic signals shone at the corner of Bayfield Road and Suncoast Drive for the first time, as the Ministry of Transportation and Communication com- pleted erection of the new trafic lights. Also in July, Statistics Canada released the results of the 1986 national census, which indicated the population of Huron County had dropped slightly (by 131 people or .02 per cent) between the years 1981 and 1986. AUGUST Early in August, Ontario Premier David Peterson announced there would be a pro- vincial election September 10. Immediate - SHOP 9:30 am 5:30 pm *SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR THIS DAY ONLY! EVERYONE WELCOME COME EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION er ly, all three :major parties announced can- didates, with incumbent Liberal Jack Rid- dell, Conservative hopeful Nico Peters and NDP representative Paul. Klopp all bid- ding to win the seat in the newly -created Huron Riding. Shortly after, Premier Peterson made his second visit to Huron County in the year, attending Riddell's an- nual barbecue at his Exeter area farm. An Awarness of Social Agencies for the Disabled Day was held in Goderich. Pro- minent local residents spent an eye- opening day performing routine tasks while hindered by simulated disabilities, in order to learn to better understand the prediciment of the disabled. On Aug. 23, Bruce MacDonald, of Goderich and two passengers, Jim MacKinnon, of RR 6, Goderich and Carol Baril, of Toronto, had to be rescued by helicopter from a 37 -foot yacht off the shore of Kettle Point, after the disabled vessel ran aground. SEPTEMBER September marked the beginning of a new era in provincial politics as the Peterson -led Liberal Party of Ontario scored a landslide victory, winning 95 seats, far more than the minimum 66 need- ed to form a majority government. The NDP become the official opposition with 19 seats, while the Progressive Conser- vatives were decimated, falling to third place with only 16 seats. Locally, Liberal Jack Riddell walked away with the Huron riding, more than doubling the votes of his nearest competitor and was later re- appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture. The new beach area in Goderich, "St. Christopher's Cove," received an offical parks designation from the Ministry of En- vironment in September. OCTOBER As of October 1, Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. founders Bob and Jo Shrier relin- quished control of the organization they had run for over 20 years, as the sale to St. Catharines Standard Ltd. was finalized and new publisher Henry Burgoyne assumed control. A layoff at Champion Road Machinery Ltd. affected 73 hourly -paid unionized employees at the Goderich grader plant. Grader sales had not rnet earlier expecta- tions, making the layoffs inevitable. On Oct. 5, Goderich Town Council received a report from the volunteer Aquatic Centre Committee, recommen- ding the construciton of a scaled down ($3.1 million) version of the original con- cept for the Aquatic Recreation centre. Council's move to "receive" the report, ef- fectively stalled the project and the volunteer committee was disbanded short- ly after at their own request. NOVEMBER Early in November, Minister of Transportation and Communication Ed Fulton announced that the first phase of Highway 8 expansion would take pla¢erinrr ;,,tile S,pring of 1988, with a stretch of „tile iitvay between Perth County Road 22 to just east of New Hamburg being made into a four -lane road. Also during November, the National Film Board movie "Train of Dreams," made its debut in Goderich for two special showings. The film, based on the life of young offenders in penal, institutions, was shot partly at the Bluewater Centre for Young Offenders near Goderich. More bad news for Champion Road Machinery employees came in November, with the layoff of another 25 employees, The Town of Wingham, at a special November meeting in Goderich, announc- ed its intention to pull out of the Huron County Police Communications System, leaving the other four towns w the the county to come up with a way to re- distribute Wingham's share of the cost among them. DECEMBER Tuckersmith Township Reeve Robert M. Bell was acclaimed to the position of Warden of Huron County for 191 at the in- augural meeting of Huron County Council, in Goderich on Dec. 8. Bell replaces 1987 Warden Brian McBurney. On December 11, two young offenders escaped from the Bluewater Centre through a gate left unlocked at 4:15 p.m. The youths, the second set of residents to escape custody during 1987, were recap- tured early the next morning in the lobby of a Goderich apartment building. December also featured a wide variety of Christmas -related concerts and events, such as the many local school concerts and church activities. All in all, looking back on 1987, it was a busy and exciting year, and we can look forward to an equally -exciting 1988. Happy New Year to all our readers! Awards banquet January 15 The Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association will be holding its awards ban- quet on January 15 at the Goderich Township Community Centre, Holmesville. The awards banquet will recognize reci- pients of the Project Award, Norman Alex- ander Conservation Award, Soil and Crop Booster Award and Farm Conservation Sign Award. Ross Proctor from Brussels will be the guest speaker. Ross will be speaking on his adventures in Bolivia and Argentina. Tickets are $25 per couple and may be purchased by January 8 from your soil and crop director or from the agriculture office in Clinton. Activities began at 6 p.m. CIVIC CORNER Huron County Council will meet Thurs- day, January 7 at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers, Court House, Goderich. Goderich Town Council will meet Mon- day, January 11 at 7:30 ppm. in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, Goderich.