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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-06-03, Page 11SU$: The Goderich,.. Recreation and C,ofntnuni•.tyr 'Centre • Board is `. •:assuming the jGoderich ; -Metriprial "_Arena; 'Will be, closed and: rs :dust' waiting -until someone comes along ' and tells' theist .how much it is going to cost to keep it open. . The board members are ' basing their. assuinption on - , the fact that ,other arenas in the province the,;same age`as the Goderich facility and. some newer have been. condemned . by the Ontario Ministry of Labour. Recreation director Mike Dymond told,the rec board at • their last meeting that there was little doubt in his mind that Goderich would be closed. He said arenas.• the same age as Goderich and younger were being hit, and that some of them had been built by the same firm that constructed the Goderich '• arena: He said he had no idea of what kind of costs the town would face to keep the arena ' open and that not much could .: be done until those costs were' calculated. Bob Alien toldtheboard that the arena stood; .little chance of . remaining open 'based on the calculations he had from the . time of con- struction. He said the. specifications- under the National Building Code,- the code the ministry of labor, is using, now ` to determine the safety of`thebuil3ing, called (continued on page -17)' 4A • f • lain Leather! Student govt candidates Lori Keller Ebel Salter The student body of GDCI voted to ..elect a new council yesterday from a the post of vice-president, The remaining two candidates,'Pauline Hall . list of five candidates, •The candidates for president were Lori Keller, And 'Mike Lapalne are seeking support for the position of social convener, Earl. Salter and Iain.Lambert. The runnerup in the election Will assume (staff photo) ' Pauline Hall Mike Lapaine Santa Claus and special interest groups. in Goderich fell' prey to the budget cutting knife ,,,Thursday -night' when the Goderich Recreation and Corr►mnnrty• Centre oard.. slashed $5,000 from the__r 176 z , S:tudents'• Goderich and area students who are looking for summer work will `want to register with Canada Man- power right away. Canada Manpower in co-operation wi h Shoppers' Square in Goderich' will: be running ads in th ignal-Star Cg for all those young people in the area who are ooking for summer employment, . and who are registered with Canada Manpower. • . It•is hoped that 'through this co-operative effort, prospective'etriployers in Goderich and area will become more aware of the numbers of Students needing work; and the types of jobs being sought.. Itis also expected that many students will be rewarded with job opportunities through this spe.cial program. An. laus para budget. The board received a preciated.by the publc. .She letter_ • from, council telling said that the town spent quite them their budget was rich by a • bit of money providing that amount and the town services for the town with' couldn't support it. little or'no effort: made by the The committee considered public to . raise any of . the several avenues for cutting money ,••themselves.'`; She expenses with suggestions •.suggested that possibly the ranging from trying to keep' subsidizing could be cut and the expenses down across•the the people told to _pay for the board .without cutting any ..services at • the door when items from the budget o theywant to use them rather hiking costs for services •to than have them paid for by taxpayers with. the idea of the. tax dollar andoffered to generating more revenue. the town•at low costs... Jim Peters said he was She cited the' 'beach 'patrols '• going to suggest to the board the town pays for every year the kin how the that they leave the budget as.an-example as g _ Q 'way it is and try .notto town . could fire the four overspend. He said that $5,000 guards hired this year just to was, "peanuts" ' 'and if the save 'money to keep the costs committee:overspent "so be for the arena, use at a it". Mary Donnelly said she "What do you do in a fad- wondered how much of the tory when: the orders don't service provided by the come in asked Bob Allen. recreation budget was ap- : Chairman Pete McCauley T e hoel e 1.• General government.' . 2. Protection to Persons and property. 3. • Transportation; roads, sewers. • 4: Environmental Services 5.Iealth ' 6. Social Services 7. Rdcreation and Com- munity Services • 8. Planning. 9. Financial ortune The second instalment 'of taxes for the Town of Goderich is due and payable July 5, 1976, about a month away. The third and final instalment will be due November 5,' 1976. The interim levy for 1976, paid April' 5, 1976,; was 50 mills on all tyto'of property residential; fariti,'tndustrlal and cont-. mercial. The balattee of taxes is divided between the second and third instalments, less the interim levy. The wheel (above) was prepared by the town hall staff trishaw ho,W tax • dollars are apportioned in Goderich. As can be readily seen, '.county, and education taxes use uP a little more than half the tax dollars paid by local residents. Of the remaining dollars spent in the community, transportation, roads and sewers takes the largest . bite, with protection to persons "and property and environmental services vieing for the second. place honors, e and pointed. out •that the parks budget had been cut by the ..town at the expense of the employees hired. for the season and some of them had been adults with -more responsibilities: McCauley. They pointed out that • the added that the budget band provides eight Sunday presented to council by the night outdoor' concerts for the board had "no fat, on it and "town each summer in return now has to be trimmed for the rnoney and that most More, " of• it., is used to finance t.he•. Bob Allen suggested. that • concerts. They. said $1,400 is the. board not out the grant to the minimum spent on the the Laketown Band out of the concerts pointing out ' that rants cut Bonnie Dunn, Dwayne Linner and Don McMillan met' with. the.. board ' outlining their financial .status requesting" that the board reconsider the funding: • budget giving them $1,000 this ::except.ional weather year. He said he thought total promoted large audiences elimination of the band's that donated $1,199 at the' funding would be rather concerts . last year. The drastic and suggested that remainder ofthe money Is othe:rfgrrants be eliminated. • used to purchase and repair The board had previously instruments and pay the cut the band's grant in half bandmaster and is a benefit Prompting severalmembers to the Town because the band of the band to comebefore the •provides a means for young board. requesting that they people in Goderich to learn to not be dropped .'altogether play musical instruments ' b d t • ith little or no cost • .,.:K 'Three Goderich sailer a !t leave, for Kingston ten'tor'r to 'join rescue .crews'fnr Sail Canada Qlyrn Selection Trjals to be held in, Olympic Harbor. Thethree members of the Goderich Sailing Club., Barb Pemminger., Paul Parscua . 'and Mike Donnelly; voluf:- -teered their; services foe rescue duty to the . OlymPic Committee:. The Oly. piC trials; sponsored by the Canadian, Yachting• Association, will be held, in i s • Olympic Harbor, Kingston;,, from june 4 to 12. - Volunteers from across ,,Ontario • will form rescue teams that will be on standby during thetrials if any sailors experience difficulty. Barb, Paul and Mike •havebeers assigned to the Bravo. rescue crew which is comprised of four boats. There are three courses at the trials and four craft will be assigned to each course. There will be one race per day . which meansthe rescue team willwork every third day. When the rescue volunteers arrive in Kingston Fr•.,iday theywill be instructed on ,,rescue techniques and conduct during the races. Paul was enthusiastic about the prospect of not only -being a part of the Olympic. trials but meeting and talking with Canadian,sailors. "The trials will be a -good experience and' it is also a chance to meet other Canadian sailors," he said, ``I • am really looking forward to it:,, The .trials will run for' 12 days through to June 16 and Barb, Paul and Mike will be with: their rescue unit until Other groups benefiting. from the board's._grants that will, be dropped from the • budget., are Goderich Minor •Hockey, the Goderich Figure Skating Club,' Women's Day Out, Goderich Minor Soccer and the Goderich Art Club. Minorhockey and figure skating each ,receive $600 a • -year, the -art clubMinor $400, r� soccer $300 and Women's Day Out $275. The board slates $500 a year for unanticipated grants and that will be dropped and two other groups 'requesting, special: con= 'sideration for use of the arena_ last Year . will not be .con- sidered for money: • Tile cuts add up' to a $2900 saving for the board and ' combined With the cut handed the 'band the budget wa. slashed $3,900. • • Lynn Meyers suggeste that the Santa Claus •parad (continued on page 17) that tirrie. Paul. and Mike have been involved in sailing instruction s with. the: Goderich Sailing Club. They ,were -qualified as d :assistant sailing instructors e and this year will be qualified 1 -lope to raise $4,000 to conduct testing. • Students startfuiid for track • . Several GDClstudents took weatIer; synthetic track '• s example for other• track could become a cen-.: . estimated a $80;000. ' Meyers said the students to the highways and country roads—last Monday to. establish a fund fora running . track to be built on board of • education land across from • GDCI. . Close- to 250 students made their war along 'a 10 kilometre rotate down high- way 21 and Black Points Road and back to the high school. Theroute covered more than six miles. Physical Education, • in- structor Lynn. Meyers an- ticipated that the event would •raise $4,000. The money is to be saved and put towards the price .of thetrack if the proposed ball diamond, tennis courts and track are constructed on the land.. Eleanor MacMillan was the high priced' 'runner' as she pulled in $150 in pledges. For the 'second year in a row, Jim Nivens completed the course. wgelL ahead of the pack: and Mag Kovacks was the first girl to complete the run. The building' of the track •. has become a high school project and the school will ,likely, . undertake other projects in the fall to raise money: The cost. of' the all Accidentclaims man's life. • A Lucknow man was killed early Sunday morning in 'a• - single car accident about one half mile south of the village on Huron County Toad One. Gordon W. Black, 19, Of Hamilton Street in Lucknow was killed when a car driven • by 23 year old John S. Emberlin, also of. Lucknow, left the road and struck a tree about orte o'clock Sunday • morning.' Goderich (Pts' reported that the vehicle, '.a 1975. Corvette, was southbound on the county road when it left ' Abe road, passenger sen er the as side e of the .vehicle striking the tree. Mr•. 'IS mberlin. was injured in the crash. t $70,000 to he hoped that would set an organizations to help•with the funding of :the facilities. He. added that funding of the ball diamond, tennis courts and tennial • project for groups within the town. Anyone wishing to'.donate to the fund may contact the high school. Close to 250 GDCL students walked and Jogged, puffed, and panted their way along a 10 km , route to'rai;se money for a new track. Teacher Lyn Myers estimated the students raised ^ $4,000 for their efforts. (staff photo) Ri