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opens o studen s
Cb.nada-Vanpower Ls establishing offices again this
year to serve the special .needs of area students. -The .
Goderich office will be located in the Federal Building in
the. former•Farm Credit Office. The:Huron Bark gffice'
will be located in the Hinton -Park." offices of Manpower
and Ixnmigration:
While the official opening will take plaCe March 22,•
registrations are being taken now from those students
and employers Avvishing to get .an, early • start .on theirsum�paerplans::
James Barnes, 29','a resident of ph -village of Nile., has .`
beers appointed„ Studenr.Placement Counsellor. He has . .
worked previously in, the GQderich`area fpr' the. Federal
Department of Public:.. Worsts°.;and as apersonnee1
manager in local industry A
Jim .:is. spending. the first ; few weeks, visiting lgcal
employers . to introduce himself and , determine,.their •
student needs, He is also visiting all the area secondary!!`
scheolsto register students and give advise on where and
how to find a summer job:•'
Jinn hopes 'that 'any employers, . farmers or
bomeownerswith a.need for studentsewill make use, of his
services'by calling 524-2744 or 48-6.651.
Council hi
travel ex
enderSed a bylaw Monday
night that Will raise travelling
allowanees and Other. • ex-'
penses for members of
council by.$15 per day. •
"Reeve' Stan Profit, acting
as niaYor in the-absense of
,Deb • Shewfelt, cast the
deeiding vote to accept the
.new Schedule of travelling .
• Under ; -the 'previous.
' schedule, Cetincillers at-
tending conventions or. other
town business, oot of' toWn,
received $15 per day for
meal's, $35 - far metel,hcitel
.• • acCOMmodatian and $15 for.
miscellaneous 'if a car Was•
• driven.and $10 if a car Was not
used their own cars wet.le. also
given a 20 cents • per mile
The increase Will raise the
Meal allawante to -$20 -per -day-
, comrnadation allowance to
$40 per day from $35 and the
miscellaneous .ex'pense
, allowance to $29 if a car is
used and .$10 if no car is used
from the preVious $15 and $5
-The increase also 'Means
_that councillors attending to.
$70 per day anti $80 per day if
they drive their oWn Vehiele
, alas the -mileage allowance.
. The schedule also Stipulates
that one car will be Used for
• one to three .delegates 7at-
cars for four to six delegates:
Cpuncillor Jim' Peters said
he would -have -to oppose the
• shoUld 'be substantiated by
" receipts: Councillor Frank
Walkoxn. said he would sup-._
porethat statement.
129 YE'a R,-
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es
ense
Councillor Leroy Harrisbn
told council he wauld have to
oppose Bylaw 17' not for what
it contained but rather for
what it left out.
isnot right to go out of
tewn on town business and not
get a per diem rate," he said.
'"Going out ef town on
.4business is above g_ ,_""eoun-
cillorts duty,'?
Councillor , Elsa Hayden
al-gued that councillors were
not eligible to cellect a salary
and a per "diem rate on. out of
a' staternent from Harrison
she. said that only council
members were net eligible
Mr a per diem rate and that
members of other_boaNs,„and _
eemmissions Were eligible.
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• "gK-Lifie Maintenance and
Cpnstruction Co. Ltd:
proposal to council for the
relocation of an overhead
(continued on page 14)
Constable Syd Hall went on
for the Goderich Police
department this week
replacing constable. Wayne
Tunney who resigned to work -
for the Sarpia Township
:Constable Hall last ,worked •
for the City of London where
he did general police work for
about six years., '
„Married With three
children, Coastable Hall is a
natiVe of, Britain, and bhgari
his police carper as a bobby
with the,' Liverpool City
Police. A Veteran Of -large city
-eardes, Constable Hall said he
wanted id try policing in a
smaller -CdriiinunitY such. as
He. Said the Liverpool
___dep.artment • was about 2,000
strong.and the _London .ferce
about -300 strong. Hp said
working with those numbers
a constable would merely
, begin aa investigation and if
it merited further attention
would turn it over to another'
department that specialized
in certain areas. .
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'PS ych tattle-- Hespital Were
advised by administrator
Ross Bryant that the MinistrY
Of Comniunity and Social
Services Will Maintain . 157
jobg at GPM '
. Every employee at ,_the
hoSpital will be put on .a list
for the jobS in "the -Mental
. retardation resource • centre
that . compare to present
eniployment,.. Next Monday
Members of Ministry' will go
ever the list' and retain
persennel for the jobs ac-
• cording to' length of s.erviee-,
qualifications ' and other
...maintenance and kitehen
staff and other related duties
with sorne nursing pas itions-.—
A delegation consisting ef
Alexandra . Marine -• and
General' Hespital
Administrator, .Titris tanks,
Ofyhe AM and board has
been „touring facilities in the
province'. to' determine
staffing and technical needs
• for the 20 -bed psychiatric
* dexision on the staffing
-of the 20. -bed psychiatric unit
has been deter i ed but b
Many of the jobs relate to"
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The HurOnCotintY Board of
Education met in speCial•
seSsion Monday night at
Clinton to eon,sider drastic
cutbacks 'in the 1976 ex-
penditures.
"'John Elliott of., •Blyth,
'chairman of • the • board's
_budget committee,
represented a list of
restraints for the con-
sideration of the board. After
study • of the recom-
mendations, the matter. was
turned back to the budget
draft for official approval.
next week all eniployees who '
will retain a position at the
hospital will_be
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thelowlying areas along the Peitaltland River. Tee jams around Saltford are adding to that
• threat and serious problems cauld developmif It continues to rain and the temperatures. -
remain mild. (staff photti)
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Mehiber•Vvo'ulacut:100rea**.'d.ra$11014r
are_._a__numbei 9f measures
which have already • been
implemented by the board, A
all additional • capital
equipment PYpenditures With
—any exceptions to have the'''.
aPproVal of /the budget .
The board has also,
charging 'any eqUipment..
• replacement costs to the
rather than as a 'special
bUdget item as has peen the:,
practice in the past.„`
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PerhaPs the most drgStic Of
the steps already initiated
was a general cut of 10 per-
cent in all school budgets.,The-
10 percent reduction..was felt
satisfactory when -inflation
,factors during -the past 12
Ajso to come under scrittiny
of the board -to trim costs are
transportation, policies. 'and
will. examine costs of tran-
sportation for extra-
curricular activity, walking
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administrator
Psychiatric Hospital has been
Upheld despite continuous
proteStations froth, • nearly.
every. •• conceivable
organization in The ospital s
.catchment area and iS still a
The ,most, recent • an-
nouncement made by the '
Ontario Minister cif Health,
Frank Miller, vvastliat the 230 ;:
bed facility Wopld, cloSe on
March 31, an announcement
apParently----•-made the day:
befete te allow the hospital to
Goderich town council
dropped • injunction
Proceedings. ; against the
closing of the Goderieh
• Psychiatric oospital Monday
. night oft the advice of legal
council and the -Ontario ,
Cooncil .passed a,motion to
witdraw the injunction
proceeding subsequent to a
letter from town soliciters,
Donnelly and Mitrphy,.. ad-
yising them the legal right of
the Ministry to cloSe the
hespital and that sueh action
:weuld -The 'vexatious and
The soticitors indicated
" that -the town had no special
status to demand a reversal •
of the decision and had no
by legal process. - .
The solicitors emphasized
"se staft:o
Mr. Miller' said that on
March 31 GpFtWOuld clese
a psychiatric facility. and
reopen April 1 as a resource
_centre for -kthe mentally
retarded. He sai-d'that-20 beds
psychiatric unit in. the
hospital and would be ad-
ministered by . Alexandra
Marine' 'and General:Hespital
distances Co thenearest bus
'stop and the Cost of field trips,
particularly in regard to the
surpins- buses that are used
exclusivelY for field trips.
co;st and low_
examined. with" --a vieW io
elimination or centralization.
Other budget • restraints
suggested by Mr Elliott's
committee will be the
possibility of -closing
classrooms or school's if
enrolinent is found to be
"lacking -T -The board will also
karnine the possibility of.
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,the- psychiatria services personal announcement from
'Partially operating has beeri Mr: Maynard along with
freeie on salaries.
will aril:). be Studied
determine the eost ...of,
—and exhibitton games.
The 'board Will also can-
sider the question of Whether.
or not night school classes
should be self-sustaining and
will take a Similar look' at
cemmunity use of the Schools
so„ the pregratn can becorne
more,.., if -.not totally, self,.
Driver „ education, /, con:
ferences and conventions as
well as energy. consumptian
-will ,alse • be studied as
Board chairmaraj Herb ••
Turkheim said that while it
was riot expected: that the
board' 'would:accept all- the
measores being considered, a,
large Lriairther .weuld be
seriously censidered to' at-.
tempt to keep the edueatipn
mill rate increase as loW as
possible in light of recent'
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Bruce area tobelieve he was
operate as usual. -..
The mjnister's 'final -
decision was made On Friday,
rriinistrator -was receiving complMn. to police
word from -John Maynard, the
and citiZens.in the Huron and
ree women
nouncerrient cleared' up a haSpitals ▪ for the ministry of
.rilisconception that had" health, that the'hospital Was
arisen from ' yr. Miller' t closing as ef the end ef Mardh„
decision to .keep 20 beds end that the _ administrator
'operating irr the hospital was tb advise his staff ac -
according to the minister. He cordingly, • ;.'
said that his decision te keep Mr., Bryant receiVed the
.r -a.
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Rumors df threeattempted complaint. He .said the
according ,to Police Chief Pat of: the Suspect but no iden-
complaints , his department n..Chief King :said the corn,
minor assaplts or nuisances_ time*. area or in what the
, The' chief .said TuesdaY he The police are looking.for a
":.had received three corn- Male --teenager•-betWeen 5'8",
plaints recently that a Male an:d.six feet, the chief said: He
person had bothered woinen asked that anYone . in,.
walking on fhe street in the --Qaderich that—notices a
early eveni.ng. hours person fitting that deseription
-• The chief- said the' reports' unusaal manner, ' should
• •were that a male had_put his phone the ;pojice department .
• arms about the women pr inimediately arid not discuss
suggested he was' attempting the sightine with. anyone -
to grab them Pot had fled, before reparting. the incident "
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when the women- voiced to the police. •:, -
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that the closing of GPH was
distingUistable from other
hosPital closingS in" that the
hospital was owned and
operated by the province and
not .a local , board; ehat
alternate health care
facilities -would continue on
the sarne premises and the
balance ,of the PremiseS
woUld be used hy the Ministry
of Community and • Social
Town solicitor Dan MurPhY
explained to council that the
province., run bY thelVtinister
of Health Whci is responsible •
to the Cabinet and the cabinet
is all powerful. Under SUch
circumstances the town has
na recourse and Mr. Murphy
pointed out that it would be‘a
different case if the hogpital
Pot -sib e 10.
While most residents have
welcomed the milder' tem-
peratures anti rain 'othet'S
liying in riverbed are.ag are
sitting in precarious positions
as. ice jarns arid rains
threaten flooditig of river -
Ian Deildurters of the
'Maitland; Valley Con-
servatiow Authority said
there was a definite con -cern
earlier this week of- flooding
of the- Maitland River if the
Melting continued, „at- a
projected rate that it had
started at. The flooding fear
dissipated sanievi!hat as riot
inuCh rain fell as expected
but Yfr. Oeslauriers. em-
phasized the fact that more
rain would canse,. severe
flooding, .
The threat of flooding that
exists in the Sartford area and
other •areas along the
IVIaitland watershed has been
' increased by ice jamming.
The. major occurrences -of ice
jams are In the Goderich and
:Listowel_ areas. Doe "tb.. the
indeased river flow rnuchof
thp -ice covering has brokeh
up and clogged farther on
doWnstream, Within a few
haurs this jam can cause a
majdr"..backtip of' water and
subsequent flooding.
Mr. Deslauriers said there
have been ice jam problems
arqund the Saltford area in
the past and at the present
ti,me were net -of .great con.:
cern. .1-lowevel% he did add
that a serious problem could
develop depending on the:
amcifint of rain reteived and
the temperatures. ." •
The thrbat flooding in the
Maitland watershed depends
was oW11%-ii and administeree—"
Ontario Ombudsman,
Arthur Maloney, said in a
letter -that after consultation
with Deputy Minister W.A,
Backley it was . determined
the " decision - was .the
responsibility 'of the Cabinet
powers of the Ombudsman'.
under the- Ombudsman Act
that permit hirn to investigate
any 'decision or recorn-
rn en dation-fa ade-or-a ay act-.
done or omitted in the'course
of the administratien df a
government erganization arid
affecting :any person or body
in a personal capacity: '
He ekplained that the
Ornbulscrndnatrin
roject People to Pe_ople
gains some local, iiipport
Project 'Peoi:le to People, a
local fund' for -earthquake
Victirns in Guatomala being
eo-ordinated by the Rev. and
Mrs. hennisen Lawton of
Bethel Holiness Chapel Bible
Missionary Churdh, is cat:
clang...on slowly in Goderieh
'and area.
Signal -Star Tuesday about
donations - one blanket and
sum of reponse to date.
Mrs. Lawton said a
collection was taken at.
Alexandra- Marine and
on numerous variableS that
could occur atmity4ime and
,Mr. Deslauriers :pointed out
that the authority coiijcint
day's notice. The Water levels
are usuallY recorded through ,
visnal obServation 'but they
have gauge ,: reports on a
The Authority hopes to hook
up a telephone System to the
two existing gauges that
cobld 4:send' ceded messages
back to Wroxeter eonterning
the water level.
not likely encounter any
problems- except in some
said, -nut due to the warm
temperatures the soils are
saturated now and any more
melting snow will run into the
i-looditig in. the s,aftford
area depends,' on many
variables 'ari'd all -
• autherity can is watch the
trends end, advise-, The
passibility of'a flood depends
on the Sustained mild tem-
peratures now being ex,
perien'ced and the amount of
rain received.
peratures will drop below
freezing flooding conditions
may reoccur depending on
the amount of' snow • We
receive" and the spring melt.
Evenif there is little snowfall
cause problerns,
The residents" of S'altford
will just have to . keep a
constant watch on the river
'and prepare to bail out if
there is any rain and
sustained mild temperatures.
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Ge.neral Hospital for Project
People to People; and that she
had had some interested
fpuenrdsons. call abotit the
"I think .perhans othe'r
gr_aups are working ,on, ---
projects- of their own," Mrs.
Lawton said. .
prOvince soon for Guatem.ala,
Mrs. LaWton no -ted, and
persons wanting to send
iterhs on it should get, in touch
Sandy Palmer, a Grade 9
student at GQ(..1, was
selected Heart Throb Queen
her.fellow students time
for last Friday's Valentine
dance at the school. The
selection waS made .by
itudents who dropped pennies
in containers for their
favorite candidates. The girl
Who dreW the most pennies
• became the Heart " Throb
Queen. Sandy later showed
she had a heart by donating
-her total witutings $23.31.to
the iteart Fund, Sandy is the
daughter of Mrs. Eileen
Palmer, Goderich.
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