HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-04-22, Page 1lions..
for:tipt":10..
Goderich Lions Club has
purchased the film, "How to
Say NO to a Rapist" for free,
by any gratin in, Huron
use
County.. • tation.
The film should be oprime This 'film will be main-
interest • to:: women's .tamed by the media centre Of
organizat"ions, church groups the ':Huron County Board of
.riuthses, -Social workers, • Education, 103 Albert Street,
parent=,teacher 'associations, Clinton..Ieservations for its
institutes, • youth and: adult use • may be , made'' by
audiences alike:. Showing " telephoning 4.82=3496.,:
• timeis about fifty minutes. , "Ar.rangenients' can, be made
a�udienc�.
men in'the audience. His
sensitivity in dealing with his
subject is the main element in
the success of the preset)-
"Row to. Say' NO, to a
Rapist" was filmed before a
student audience. The
speaker creates an at-
mosphere that cuts ;through
the anxiety, embarrassment,
and myths which have made'.
discussion of rape taboo.
There are no real -life -or
dramatized scenes of rape
situations which viewers
•might find offensive in this
film: Many of the speaker's
comments are directed to the
to have .it delivered to the
school•nearest your locafion
After use you would returli.
the film to the school, for
transportation back toth.e.
media centre.' No. costs are Goderich Public Utilities
involved.. Commission manager 'Dave
"The Goderich Lions Club Rolston announCedithj-s week
hopes you will see this film.
Can you afford not to? No
Community -is without a rape
prgoblem, whether .recognized
or . not," says. Lion ,'Jim
Coulter.
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29TH YEAR, -1
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Lakeshore erosion
study next year
THURSDAY, APRIL 22.
1976 •
11114�LE CQPY
that hydro .;rateS_will`be going Ontario Hydro was cited as
: u : 13.8 ercent. on May 1. Ali the reason 'for the hike ac=
p 1? ...
,increase to'`the PUC.. Froin eordin'g to Mr. Rolston.
tan Deslauriers, resource dangerous and it was likely.
Manager of -Maitland Valley that the.`lake level would peak
Conservation Authority, again.
informed town council that a "What you don't stabilize-
lakeshore study of 15 miles during low • lake levels will
along Lake Huron �s likely to , just have to be done in a hurry
begin next year. . at some other time." he said.
He explained that the study: • "It is a recurring problem." '
will.outline erosion problem's He explained that the
along, that stretch of the lakeshore study would take in
— lakeshore_ . and. . suggest • the entire. lakeshore area in
• solutions and their probable the—atrtho>=itjrs j isdictian_*
costs. He . estimated that and solutions would be based
town's cost share in the study on the soil tests
would be approximately "A short term or cheap
$5,000 fbr their two miles of solution . just passes the
lakeshore•: problem on to others along
Destauriers expressed . the lakeshore and. evantual
concern• for the shoreline •in costs will .quadruple," he
the-Goderich area because of said. ,``Don't . go ,fora short_
• • the high cliffs.. He said the.term, so1utiori but liui]d rt to--
soil is a mixture of clay and last," ,
sand and during the Sun -inlet• He added that tiling in the
•
months• when it is dry it is banks Might relieve some of
extremely .hard. - However the water but a single solution Miss Lily Blanchard of Victoria Street in Goderich bust's he�eself addressing packages to ..
when it becomes prin saturated' to a complex problem where
s sin itis not work. He claimed. there . be sent Salvation Army missionaries working overseas l+yti„ss Bsaanc Ersonal deenow d and
with. ' water in thep. g ; • been preparing and sending the packages for the past 48 Years As p
Or three Armyin.a sere onxy el4�ln Toronto, Miss plan- has
d end' turd •be two o -` red'b the Salvation m, �,,,��, �.
simply turned into mu w� recently was`hono Y,�.-_ h;, the tee;�onial;at �� ,
alternative solutions. glf
.. Brides: • - --� Drsslauriers .also claimed In .sortie areas around--; the; resentatlgn Miss.. ane ,T home is noted for.
the Goderich Voluntee
The Goderich • PUC is through with another in -
paying' 22 percent more for, crease at the b'eginning. of
the power they purchase from 1977. hat their
Hydro due to an increase the . I haven't a clueWhat
provincial supplier,. an- next increase will be,'' 'he .
, nounced effective. January�^l,' said. "•I guess'it will be
1976.. • ` • around' 70 to 25 percent which
The increased costs the Rwill mean for the first four
PUC face puts them behind months of 1977 we will be 30
the eight ball said Mr. percent behind them, I can
Rolston 'who explained that"only hope we get a 15 percent
evefty time Hydro raises their increase approved for' next
rates to the utilities they • year." •
refuse to allow the utilities to Mr. Rolston . said that the
raise their rates to their PUC was just trying to'get
customers 'by the same enough money from their.
amount. He said this time the customers to allow them to
• Goderich PUC applied for a provide adequate service. He
22 percent hike to.offset the said the PUC now had a
increase they face but Hydro budget •that was very
told 'them ' they could only stringent and provided for no
increase rates •13.8 percent. unforseen problems during
"By 'the_ end -of, 1976' we the next year. He added that
should make less than one • ' next_ year the utility faces a
percent profit. and if these $100,000 debenture to con -
rates remain by the end of struct a new substation to
1977 we should be about' serve new development to
$200,000 in the hole," said Mr. town.
Rolston. ' • The costs of building the
..
The' manager said that for new station will:have to be.
years :Hydro told the utilities : _born entirely by.the •town
they • served that a profit • :according to Mr. Rolston. He
marg:in••of-,eight to'10percent said 'the expense would have
should .be 'maintained. He to be offset by development in
added that for the' next eight the housing and industrial
to : 10 months ' the markets here and the revenue
Goderich PUC would be just that development .will mean
staying out of the red and that . to the utilityitient installatio• n
ro •o come
he expected Hyd , t The ectuip
will be unavoidable next year
due to increased power 'usage
in Goderich. PUC figures'
shei'vv that during`. • the.
Christmas season . last .. year
the utility ,reached its
maximum. output and in the
next year'powersternands are,'.
expected to • exceed, • the
capacity of the PUC,
The problem the PUC -faces
is not a lack of power 'bet a
lack of usable power. The
27,000 KV line•that circles the
town carries• enough. raw
hydro to serve 'a town four
times .the size of Goderich but
that power has to be stepped
down to be fed•to housing and
industry. • • • The substation
reduces the voltage from
27,000 KV to 2,400 volts and in'
turn the transformer- on the
hydro poles reduc""es that from
2,400 to 550.volts for industry
or :110-220 for residential.•
The utility . needs Co-
operation-- from:. 'the towh to
plan • the location of the
• substation to meet. growth
patterns. • The •trend of
• 'develop'ment now is to south
of God'ericli but if . that .flow
changed • suddenly to' move
east the utility would have to
be prepared. for that when
they located their substation.
tetHLetJ1TSSE.ttretire
ears on brigs
a. *tine at#k •o►t<ad) and seXeral is of • Chief' Bissett ' told town
the.rpresena i pi, i1 .Bl z, sin ra ing for Ted Bisse
'B1 ha d vvas `honored •for•.her'>t�a.ntnfulne p Y crl he •was too old and
is • as much'development of d assets to them 48 years. Her
Goderich
{ • Bissett,
a ,iner'nbel
10 feet that the -p g r Firestun "
h as • mis9 iaries'and. sending letters an p
Goderich Idarbor and the 1' to go overseas". At the time this picture was taken ss a ha�'i�T9
lake•
bank was lost to the the ma
of many parse s ready
rosion and he attributed this piers have. altered parcels ready to send and said merely that "If people would take the time to elp other
e p
l d t of the lake and they h life turd be a lot more enjoyable for everyone". (s p
D? artment-for:4-7�;ear-s-ai d ---•it was-ti*ne he was
chief for the'past...13 years
handed in his resignation to
town'cbuncr on
out to pasture".'He
•
-that' he
was a1so
added
retiring from his employment
`getting pn that date. :• .
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said he • Chief Bissett thari.keel.
would end his 47 years on the
to. a. us• high
lakeg melt and currents people out where they can, e w 1' Monday night hoto)
department on May 31, and
previous' high levels. He have yet to stabilize. He cited • .
said the , banks were . (continued on page 16)
ow housing plan gets
own cou,ri•c.il two plans to council .for the : with a driveway between the the plan and recommended.
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C'oderi•ch t
g
ranted approval to .a site construction of 18 r.entdl- = un.its __. that council' rezone
the con-
'
PP y p pyo permit
Lan for•construction of an 18'. -housing units on a 1.5 acre The site plan �ppro�e{I-b- ---ro • eThe: plan was
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' unit .-'row housing 'develop- .', parcel of land. One plan; had • council was the: originalpian <struction. ,
• gnen•ton Bennett Street, 1 the 18 units connected in one submitted ..by.. •Walter to turned down at the council
Contractor Gerald Walter row and the other was divided planning board on :February table and sent back for
of RR 4, Clinton 'presented into two groups of nine units 3. Planning board approved alternate designs but the
council approval
property was rezoned.
Reeve Stan_ Profit said he
had to. go. with the original
plan because of the safety
factor. He saidif the unit was
divided by ,'a driveway it
would .become. • more
clangerous for children
playing in back v.th•another
.suggested that leaving: all 18
units in a group would mean a
saving to the occupants.
Councillor Elsa Haydon
argued •that it was not the
responsibility -of council to
decide what was cheapest for
the developer but what was
best for the town. She also
driveway. He said the town questioned the feasibility of
naturally hada responsibility •'" breaking lip the group into-
to- ensure
nto•to=ensure the aesthetic value' ;three units.
of • the building but safety Councillo.r. Bob , Allen
must come first. suggested that the, units.
Walter added that he had should be staggered to
hoped to provide the rental
accommodation at a
. reasonable rate but by
preventa long solid line but
Walter claimed it would not
enhance the look of the
dividing the building into two building. '
groups of nine units meant an "The ,first ,plan would
additional $4,000 in cost. He definitely be safer for
Children," Walter said. ",The
one unit_. would eliminate
children. •running in the
driveway. . _between ._the ...two
buildings.": •
Theprofect is the first of its
• type to receive approval in
Goderich and Walter said the.
exterior of each unit would
differ to prevent: it from
Tooking like 'one large
bUSldirig:. T -he parking area
for all tenants will be in the
.rear of the building and each
unit will have a section of,
'backyard.`..
Each unit • will' measure.
approximately 1,240 square
feet in two storeys Council
•
council , for • 'its ,cooperation
,and praised the department
for its progress over' the
years•
"They are'a:great bunch of
guys • and I really hate.. to
leave.," he said. "The
.department has come a long
way and the • men and
equipment could snatch any
unit in a large city:
., His record over the years
hiss been_ 'enviable. He
_estimated that he had only
been 'hospita1i d twtct":
red's father also served with
the department and he .told '
council his son John would
carry the family name in the
department. •
Councillor Leroy -Harrison,
said that it: was with deep•
regret that they accepted the
resignation and it 'was
unlikely that council . would '
see another 47 years servi5 e
from .One man.' '
Mayor Deb •Shewfelt said
council • was sorry to lose
passed a motion to adopt the Chief Bissett but everything•
(continued on page 16) moves on. •
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insnten Club broke the ground at their property on South Street on Friday signlfyin .t I start
TheGoderich K
. they sponsor in Goderich. The netwr.additian entirely f construction on a $40,000 addition to the workshop block 1 in .• lurmbing and possibly the
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club project from the. financing to the actual work on, the site. The io , ay g,
heating work needed will be contracted but club members intend til volunteer their time and talent to cont-
pieting.the rest -.of the job themselves. The new building. will feature an expansion of'the workshop arca now
y
made available to mentally retarded adults, washroom. facilit, a storage
building and a ew i mreno es .
Kinsmen: ' Work on
the block foundation was *scheduled. to startY ding el i. the ground and breaking
. n to be finished by the end of the: summer. Working the sof the Kinsmen, i3i11 Cameron
pert t ony are ( l
x 'rembri are left to right) mayor Deb Shewfelt, Bob Maci'3uagr opithetKinsrn.en building .c+uithiiitfttee..
oe y
of the mental retardation associatlott, and George Hues, Chairman