HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-02-05, Page 13Spending" cutbackswere a Local 2.10 involving' 130 ,full
common.bbond in committee :time and 50art.per,
er,
50p
art,
at.: Huron County' • sonnel.: .
Council >: las:t ;,Friday 'and The county solicitor had
•. service Cutbacks 1oMiderits
• reearnrnen l_ed-- hat -an,� in;
of Hur6nview las . a major te:rirn.increase of 25 cents per.
item of contention. • . hour be. granted to all em-
°County councillorsleaarned': ployees effective'. January. 1,'
that the. e-Otinty home; for the 1976 pending final settlement.
aged south. of Clinton may be Union. members have agreed
not ,to seek compulsory ar-
bitration before;"A.pril. 1 in.an
attempt to clarify':the position
grant structure, The 310 bed of the province .arid the anti -
institution is, subject to a 5% ,. inflation board.
•percent. ,g.rant from ' the County council„ gave tten-
province, : tative approval to the• budget
" .County clerk -treasurer Bill of •$2,310,840 and while the,
Hanley'said`:80 percent' of the province• is limiting its grant
budget Was 'needed to cover to . DA'percent the budget
wages and emploYee benefitsindicates a I3.4 percent in -
dad council's only. alternative 'creasein the' 'provincial
in the budget was to cut staff share. ',
and services to the, patients: A ' - one year agreement,
The Management of signed by the employees last
Huronv•ew committee has year.' on July meant •a 40.
been unable to negotiate j percent increase in salary
final . settlement with the and a six' percent increase inr
Service Employees Union theHuronview expenditures
forced to cutback on staff aad.
subsequently services date to
a ceilingqn the .proviricial
Januar Sale
CONTINUES
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.SUITS '---.
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PANTS ..
• SPORT COATS
•.JACKETS
• L•EI""SURE SUITS:
Earl: Rawson Sho
Menor
Corner MOnireal Street•and The' Square;,-Goderich . '
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'for the first six months. of this
year. the employees, are
granted; the:rriaximynl •eight.
•peir e;nt" sa.tary increase
under. the guidelines'•- then
their total salary.packagge for•:
the year, would mean.• an rn •
crease"of 14 percent over last
year.
The budget is. still subject to
provincial' approval: and`.. the
county IS asking the province
for '$1,141,4.7.0 which is an
increase, of almost- $140,000'
over lastyear.
: Countycouncil also learned
that several road projects
may have to be` cancelled in
1976 due to the increased
costs of snow removal in-
curred this year.
Huron county Road
Coinmittee• chairman, Ralph
McNichol told councillors
that thebudget would have to
be cut :in, some places this
year because' of increased.
costs• of snow removal, and,
the committee would likely be .
forced to eliminate some
Paving and construction. So
far this winterthe county's 14
snowplows and seven sanders (,ollegiate•lastSaturday. (staff'photol
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IGNAL,STAR, TfHURSDAY, FEB UA Y$;'1976,.._114
.•Tho Goderich area housing
. •action committee has to go
back •to over 100 senior
citizens in the Goderich area
that, filledout forms in late `
'. 1975 i:xp,ressing an inter in
locating .-in. subsidized. re t i.
'geared• to. inceme housing
,,The '.applicants .. for, t;e.
housing: filled out.. forrn.s !
,,issue "I5V the HAC to showja
•"""--.7. ,rt eel•t 0 g vg r .nm e
is e ,
hhtisilig' in God.erlch batt,;th
.,,, ' c'om m i ttee ', learned --that . the::form's 'filled • out 'are ' unac-
ceptable' to' the Ontario:.
niiiist•ry'of'housing, sponsors
for arty proposed • : seniors
housing. . .
•L In.'a series of letteurs•from
Goderich .town -council and
fh'is wrestler was literally s'weptOff his feet in a match at
the ministry of housing, the
ministry explained that to ,
• determine 'the actual need for.
▪ •ren.t • •geared to income
housingfor senior . citizens
-more information was needed
than • was provided on- the
housing action, committee
forms...: The •HAC. survey'.
. asked for the applicant's age,
need for single or double units
and approximate tithe thee..
.applicant• would be ready .to
move. into the housing. The
form stressed that the {ap
the exhibition. 'tournament held at the `Goderich plicant was not committed to
move into any ' units 'con -
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have been 'operative` almost•
str.ucted
The ministr'of housing
fo_•ms• require additional
information on the ap-
plicant's assets, • The
ministry askseach person to
list all incomes and assets but
:does, not--- carry .any: • com-
mitment for the applicant'- to
take residence if any hosing
is Constructed.., •
The cormitvee: survey was
rFrcieti:'.otic".hough alt" ,-d
vertisingandj'p'ersonai appeal
'camp.ai n ,,that', nett'ed' .;118'
'applic:atiiOns. ' Past 'needs
studies done in the Goderich
area produced only : 11 .ap-
plications, three of'which had
an immediate need. The
ministry did 'POI take on.an`y
18 hours per .day and the .men
have . worked double the
Vikinq TwrstIer..: n are second
The •Goderich • Vikings
wrestling team made a
respectable showing in .. an
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Huron County engineer,
Jim; Britnell said the county.
hasspent nearly 51•percent of
the .1976 winter control: budget.
.and that cost•s:have risen by
32percent over last year. The
only options available were to,:
cut snow removal .or cut road •
construction projects:;:
Friday.. council approved a
• spendingreportof the road .
eorrrrriittee--for_ 1975 .in _which'
/expenditures totalled almost
$?4 million. The .road crew
must now find time •'toerect
new speed limit. signs on
county highways, . and
sideroads that will cut . the
speed limit from'60 miles per
hour to 50 miles per hour. Mr.
McNichol .said that if the:
snow -kept up the road crew
May, not be •.able• to• erect the
signs•untitsome time in Jurie
Mr
3iitnell explained—to
councill.rs. 'that rather than
••re.place the whole sign •the'.
crew's • will overlay . '. the
required limit on,the sign: Hp
explained it would cost
between $20 and $30' •to
replace a' .-sign and only.
between $10' and $15 per sign
for the overlay. '
`Tn
—the' T975- exp-enditure
report the .cost of; road
maintenance amounted to
exhibition tournament • here
Saturday finishing in second
spot:behind South Huron.
:Eight teams participated in
the toiirn•anient.beld at GDC.1
. and South Huron captured the
team honors. with . a team
pointe total h'
of 105. "Goderich
followed. with - 81. South
Huron's Mike Westelaken
captured•.the 115 pound Class
and Mark Patton took the 13Q
c•lass;:: :...
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• ,Two Goderich wrestlers.:
topped their• weight division
$706,640; new inachineryi •
$332,597; road • construction
and paving .$847,578. .
as. Steve Palmer took the 136
pound class and. Gerry
O'Brien took the 157 pound
class. '.
-London Clarke - Road.
wrestlers, Ross, Mitchell,
Brian. Hoefling grid /lob
Patton. won the'90, 98 and.106
pound classes respectively
Sarnia.S•t. Clair wrestlers, Ian ..
Kelly;
-Bruce <aija, D.on.
Yo-ung__.an:d-_B..arxy--_Gr_oo.ks,:•.
were winners in the 84, '168,
- 1 78 and 194 .pound classes. '
antsms
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ENTRiIES MUST BE iN BY.SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7
One of 44
roy
unces
Fill in an entry form at participating Shoppers Square tnerchents
arid you, have a chance of winning one of 44 troy.. ounces of .999 fine
silver,. These silver bars, which are on display ai The Bank of Nova
,Scotia, make great collector's items and pieces. Take
advantage of the special sale items and fill in an entry form. You
could . b'e• a lucky winner. Each troy ounce bar will come in a.
protective plastic. case. Entries must be in by 6 p.m., Saturday '
February 7. Draw to be announced in the February 12 paper. Check
the special section in today's paper• for a list of participating' :.
merchants. plus a list of Special Silver 'Winter Sale bays values.
ENTER AT `THESE STORES
Glenmark Lumber """`
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Campbell's '
Rive'tts • "
Gerrards.
Craigies .
Captain's quarters •
Lodge Furniture
F.8, Hibbert .
Blackstone •Eurnittire
Fashion Shoppe
Schaefer's Ladies' Wear
Denolmme's Industrial .•
Worsell Brothers Plumbing & Heating
Park Theatre
Clayt's Decorating
Chisholm TY . .
'ti Credit Union •
Anderson's Book Centre •
Goderich Sports. '
. Don MacRae Jewellers
Rieck' Pharmacy
Henderson's
LonOii
BY JACK CUMMINGS
• First game of the O.M.H,A;
Bantam "A.' playoff series
between South London' and_
Goderich went into overtime:..
Lakeport Steelers--"Fen' ed the
only goal in the 10 minute
overtimeperiod to win the
game 8-7. . •
South London started . off
with two quick goals • by'
Robert :Viloreto. Goderich
• .,,......finally got untracked as
Larry Daer scored oR a neat . -
three way passing play,
started by Steve Arbour. and
Roh'Trebish. London made it
'3-1 on a blast by Peter Reid,'
. but Goderich came right back
to tie the score 3-3. Terry
Kisch from Rob'Trebish and
then Larry Daer poked in
• Larry Madges shot: Before
the . period ended, South
• Eondon took the lead' again,
but Goderich tied the.score on
a goal by Danny Maillet;. Rob
Trebish picked up his: third
assist. •
Goderich completely
outplayed South• London in
' the second period, as they
scored two goals, Rodger
Levis and Rob Trebish were
. .the -'marksmen; and Gerry
• Gaynor "Caine.up with some
• „excellent saves, as he .played
an outstanding ,garn:e for the
Steelers. Final. j$eritid South
,London started out with a
rash • of penalties including..,,
'several bench •min:ors. This'"
- did not slow them u'p as they
tied the game with two'goals,.
i;n'the 'last two m-i4utes,of play
• in the third •period. Robert
Viloreto picked up his third
goal of the:. game to start the
third'period, butGoderich got
this ,. one back as Danny
Mailett was set up nicely by • •
Rob Trebish. Both:these goats
• were in the first five minutes,
of. play. Goderich's two -goal.-
lead looked very impressive,
but at the 18.:24 mark the foot.
fell in. 11evin Kirkham
'• connected and, in dying
seconds of'the ame, Peter'
Reed skated -in, went through
the defence, made an ex-
cellent move on Gei'ry
Gaynor arid fired it home With
.anly eight seconds remaining
in :the game , in: overtime
, South. London picked up eight
minor penalties plus a game,
misconduct,, .and ; Goderich
'Lakeport Steelers scored the
only goal. This coming from
good back-checkirtg by Mike
Hodge, who fed Rodger Lewis.,.•
a ,: pass and•• he made no
,.mistake. Final Score:•
Gnderich 8-Stiuth London 7,
pr jest here .since : the'
smallest they sponsor is a ten
unitbuilding,
The m
committee embers
felt ,the •needs study ;did • not`,
giver a , true, .picture of the :.:-
requiremei is of the•0odericfi
-•area and •took; it upon,.:,.
themselves to dp theat':;own
• study.. 'The ministry request .
for the proper forms with the'. ,.
extra .. inforrnation e'aused
-' '""'7PdCn "con. e'rn-'-arotng,. Core
m i:tteo members :whio feel° that
tne,'..governnient •:form
scare off sortie of ;the seniors
Corrirnittee., chairrnan Don.
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*heeler 'Said. that '.the "per
sonil contact ;m
.com"ittee
. members `established .' with:
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8 Karig Street, Clinton_ 482.7735
Ticketsnow available fer,:'A Peek into
Spring" A fashion show presented by the
hinette Club of Clinton CHSS Auditorium,
Nlon'ciay, Feb 9 1976
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your ad. (2) They won't be driving to work or 'ho -king :a con-
versation while the ad message drifts 'aim lessly, (3) They won't
be knitting or sleeping or shovelling snow or.any,of the other
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