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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-06-03, Page 14• .• • • . . • . , PAGE DEP.ICH SIGNAT.-.STAIr. THIrRSrirAY: 31 -/NE 3, 1946 our turn next 0 r•• Some Goderich District Collegiate needed facility.. They took to the road Institute students took the - initiative on Monday in droves. They hiked 10 this week to start the financial ball kiltimeters (a little better than . six rolling toward the goal of a newsports• miles) with monetary pledges to spur • field on the property across .Bennett them on. While the community :.sUpStreet from the high school, That piece ported then.' with their dollars, the of land, Owned by the Huron County. Yo! -Ing people cheerfully led the .way Board of .Educai" ,Education,„ is to be toward community betterment for all. deVeloped, by the Goderich -Recreation or this, the TokWof Goderich mint be' and: COmmunity Centre. Board in CO- ., grateful. , • operation with OCI; to be used jointly. ••• h' le the GDCI studentearned s by the high'ch .sool ands.the comniunity , , nd w I dollars and cents for the project-, their at large. . greatest desire was sirnply'te Interest fthei' high school' .basic_tintfrest in others promoting this badly needed' the property is plans to provide a suitable running track for eager recreational facility. In addition to a • ' good track; the field could -offer tennis athletes at the schooi. Up to this point, a the facilities available to track and CCIUrtsopd ball diamand to serve the needs of mor't and more Goderich field enthusiasts at. GDCI, the . •elementSry „schools and around, town, citizens who are getting out of the• house and becoming active in the have been almost nil. While idme:high 'sUmmer months. „ schools in Huron_haVe adequate track •"facilities right on school property. for Municipal _fmnding ls questionable in would-be runners, GDCI hopefuls have this time of restraint:The •students trained under the most arduous con from GDCI have considered one of the ditions in the past. No wonder then, the alternatives. Now it is your' turn -to students willingly got out to help raise participate in the fund raising. What what -funds they could for the much ideas do you have?—S".. On the forward march The Wheel of (mis)fortune which is occupying,. a spice,,on,,,the front page this week tells thirgfOry - graphically of iwhere your municipal fax dollars go. It shows vividly -that the $600 you pay • into the town's coffers this' year won't all be .directed toward the sidewalk you'd like to -hove in front of 'your • home. Nor will the bulk of it go towards • thbse catch basins and sewers you'd like to see installed to keep you dry - when the rains come. ' No, the wheel -tells the sad truth of • the matter - that over half the fax dollars you pay goes directly into the Huron County :Beard -ifif -Education bLidget and into the County of Hurbn bank account. Of the remaining dollars you have paid in municipal taxes; some of it must go to pay for police, some for fire protection, some for roads, some, for garbage pickup, some for parks, sortie for •health services, some far social ser -vices etc. etc. The diagram is being sent out with the current fax bills so that citizens of Goderich can -begin to understand Why their fax bills are high... and why there must be'a limit on the funds collected for any one single department. Andif demonstrates just how diversified Municipal -Concerns must be, if every segment of the populus is to have its needs met to some degree. • More than that, it points up the fact that -sources of additional municipal • funds are -fast depleting-- and that the years ahead will. be a time of -challenge for anyone interested in_ keeping Goderich on the forward march.—SJK • • • • • • • • • J.• • • • • '..:Great ..At a recent county coUricil meeting, it was pointed out in pasiing that when Huron residents think -of the Huron • County Health Unit, they think of a few nurses visiting the schools • and a • medical officer of health issuing the occasional statement of fact from his office swivel rocker. For county taxpayers who have this picture of. the Huron County Health Unit, page four in •the Unit's annual • report:for 1975 -should provide a new and wider vieyv of exactly where the money goes for health :services here. • There is a complete rundown -of the vairiety of programs hanclleclannually by the health -unit on behalf of and for • the citizens of Huron. There is public health nursing, of course, biA1Hat is divided into two • categories - community services and • school services. Community services • include such-• things as child health clinics, preschool clinics, adult health guidance centres, prenatal classes, TB clinics and home visiting, School services encompass youth clinicS, • communicable diseases, health education,O 'dental program,. a vision. , testing program, a hearing testing .program and ari immunization program. Another busy and complex depart- ment within the Huron County Health: • Unit is •the public health inspection division which looks after water control, food premises, food- contrOl„; • school sanitation, health education for food handlers •and hospitals etc. • They offer a swimming pool program, a camp inspection program, control of communicable disease, a service 'to in!estigate complaints and pUblic health nuisances as well as en- forcement of local sanitary bylaws. The, plUmbing and environment section is responsible for all new construction, renovations, lot ap- provals and private sewage systems. Then there's the home care program involving- Victorian Order Nursing bedside- nursing.- in the •Thorne, • homemakers services in the hOme, hospital out-patients services, and physiotherapy and •occupational therapy in the home. . Another separate service is the family planning program -Which distributes information and provides education, counselling and clinics for women of all ages throughout the county. And, of course, there is an ad- minNtration level *which compiles • statistics, sets programs, looks after budgeting and cost •analysis, staff education and the co-ordination of services. As -one can see, the Huron County Health Unit provides many, many vital health -oriented services to the .people of .Huron. Some prorams are well utilized; others need a geeater awareness by the people of Huron before they can be fully successful; • still more could be added in time. But right now, the people of the county can take pride in their health unit and the dedicated people who •make UP its staff. Watch for them as they make their rounds in your neigh- borhood.—SJ K • • • •••••: • s,'.•••• .1— • '•"- • „- • Springtitne and bos. by . . • . . . . • . . ..•• • • • It was tremendously in- teresting this week to look over some of the comments of 'John S. Foster, president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, when 'be was speaking .to standing com- mittee of national resources and publiC works in Ottawa...,• • According° -to Mr. Fqtter (who by the way claims he • doesn't know of any specific plans to build a.nuciear plant- in Huron , C t , Ontario Hydro will repay about 140 • million to the Canadian government, specifically earnings from the Douglas Point nuclear -electric -power station and from the first,two um s in the Pickering station, Thanks Dear Editor, On behalf ofthe Huron • County Unit of - the Canadian Cancer Society, I ,would like to express ap- preciation ahstgratitude to all -residents, business firms and Associations, of God erich -and surrounding rural area who • contributed so generously to • the 1976 cancer campaign. You truly exemplified the theme of .this year's cam• paign, "You are making the. • difference." The Goderich Branch under the Campaign co -leadership of Les Pitblado, Harold Chase and Claude Kalbfleisch and their excellent . team of.- canvassers are to be congratulated on attaining a remarkable total of $11,627.92 as reported -by the Unit office • on May 28th, 1976.- • This includes , the significant contribution of $3,234.00 from" the proceeds of a snowmobile rally and a raffle conducted by the n-011(7 Court, Canadian as purchase payments for the Bruce heavy water plant. Mr. Foster said that heaVy wateroperations, nuclear exports' and the business in. 'radiation equipment and isotopes are "intended to be self-supporting". • "During this fiscal -year," Mr. Foster said, "the first twO of the four 750 -megawatt units in Ontario Hydro's • Bruce 'generating station will start up, bringin.g'the total nuclear -electric • generating capacity in Canada to 4,000„ megawatts or .bout seven per cent of the total electrical capacity.in the country." He noted two of the -four 500 - megawatt units at Pickering have been operating at -Over 80 •per cent' capacity factor since October 1972. The other ,•two are "on line'.'. "Both Douglas Point and NPD have also been operating, at high capacity factors," Mr. Foster advised the committee. "If -the Bruce units perform as well as these earlierunits, by next year nearly 10' per ''''cent ofthe country's electrical energy Could come from nuclear- electriopow er stations." -The president ofAECL said . Ontario is "Committed to a • major nuclear program" despite the fact that financial restraints -and engineering and manufacturing delays' DEAR EDITOR,: A To 'sonic!) SIGN4L-STAR the County Town Newspaper of Huron --CI— . Pounded In 1848 and published every Thursday at GoderIch, Ontario, Member of the CWNAIteUt OWNA. AdVertising rates oitrequest.SubscOptions paYablelp,.advance 811.00 in Canada, 81240 in aH countelee other than Canada, single copies 25 cents. 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KELLER,;-editor JEFF SEbboN—editorial staff • DAVE SYKES--editorial staff EDWARD J. BYRSia-4adyertising manager . • , . • ' • i'••••;„ • • 4 • ,•••! Order of ForeSters. The: O Goderich Branch haVe . ex- complishments. You con- tributions have made this possible. • .- cee e ern° j v y percent which in film hasi • enabled the Huron County Unit to -6 over„ the: top of its, • objective of $30,700.00. - As you may know ,the Canadian Cancer Society's nnly sources of income •Voluntary contributions -and legacies. I think it is im- portant to emphasize that about 5 cents only of each •;dollar donated is required for administration costs due to the vast amount of. volunteer work. This leaves the major portion of' each dollar; -for research„ • 'services for patients and education. The education program is aimed at giving all, Canadians a better understanding of Cancer and its' preventative measures. Canada thrOugh - cancer . research centres and its dedicated doctors and scientists have made out- standing contributions to the , world .fight against cancer. As Canadians we'Cari be very • • .. I Sincerely," Ross McDaniel, Cam al n Chairman, P g Huron County Unit, Canadian Cancer Society. - Dog dead Dear Editor, • Further to my letter of yesterday's date; I must now advise you that we have been informed by the township office in Goderich that on Saturday, May 22nd, -ap- proximately 10 miles North of Goderich, they buried a large reddish brown dog. While we are all saddened, we know that our friend and companion of so many years is at -peace and mit suffering somewhere alone. Yours vety truly, ' (Mrs.) H.G. Randall. London have temporarily slowed nuclear power plant con- struction programs 0 in the country. Ahd he said that across Canada, the "swing to nuclear power is evident. Some plants are planned for the 1980s-, some for the 1990s. "Since the lead time for a nuclear plant 011, a new site is about 12 years," Mr. Foster explained,. 0this implies further early expansion of activity in- the Canadian • nuclear power program." + - The Bruce Heavy Water Plants appear to be getting the plaudits from AECL if , Mr. Foster's comments are any indication. He was, • talking about the Port Hawkesbuy plant which is currently operating arabout 75 per cent capacity when he• added, "We are going to have to - spend several million • dollars on improvements before. we can expect the kind of performance Ontatio Hydro are realiiing from the similar Bruce Heavy -Water • Plant which 'operates for extended periods at virtually full capacity. . "There is still a way to go, but- we: are gradually getting on a.firmfooting with respect to lieavy water production in this country," 'the president of ,AECL In one or two years, the • president 0added,- nuclear power plants , will save an- niially about 10 million tons of ' coal or- about 25 millain barrels of oil. And • these numbers will double every. four or five years, he promised. "We have, in `nuclear power, an energy source ,based on domestic resources with at least 25 years proVen reserves," the president boasted, "and based very largely ori dotneStic knowledge.and,capability,." • He said this "happy situation" has been reached through '0 0 a continuing program steadily sustained at an adequate level, stem - ming from decisicing and actions taken several years ago. . • "If Canada is to be in the same relativelyfortunate pOiition 25 years -hence," he warned, "new initiatives • need to be taken soon." -F, • Where waste trianagement is concerned, Mr. Foster said that it is 'hoped that .• ploration for suitable -m e cavities and stable geologic formations for the disposal of nuclear waste can begin this summer. He didn't mention where the experts would be looking. He said the mention of fuel reProcessing these day's- • raises- the question of management • 6f the 'recovered plutonium, because' of .what he called •"the ill-founded concern about its . theft and °use for mass poison or explosives", . "It is not particularly ef- fective.for the first purpose," Mr. *Foster said. "Several more common _elements, much more freely available, - would be more effective." "With regard to diversion for explosives," he went on, "spent 'fuel reprocessing and the fabrication of re -cycle fuel does not need to entail the existence, at any stage, • of important quantities 0of • relatively .pure plutonium compounds."• • "In fact," Mr. Foster ex- • plained,- "it is our thought to combine 0 the spent fuel reprocessing and • re -cycled fuel preparation into.a single complex, to minimize the quantity of relatiVely pure plutonium available at any time, • and to confine its presence to a small area." • +++ Mr. Foster risked sounding over optimistic by stating that in his opinion, "a fairly. concentrated attack on • nuclearnuc1ea 0power by certain groups all around the world, which was given broad coverage . by the Piedia, is , rt -ow abating". ."I feel the public'is tiring of (continued on page 5). • SWAII Oji VCODEtalt" , j4 Logsy,,I pal G. 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