HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-08-05, Page 1Power tests .begun
The second unit of Bruce: xo wait until some technical
Generating"StationA is now _'changes were made to avoid
undergoing •low level power proble>•ny,-sin}ilar to, thos%.
tests after the reactor was encountered at the Pickering
started upr,atl11:52 p.m:., July. nuclear„ power ' generating
station..
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Station manager -----Ken
Elston said the tests will.
continue foir Several weeks
with power gradually raised
until steam is produced and'
the .first •electricity ••is
generated at the station.
Unit II is the..first-of`fear
Units to go :into operation• at
the station: which has 'a total
capacity to generate._ 3,200'
megawatts ' .of •electrical
power. •
The power is ;produced by
• four identical. CANDU units
using natural uranium as fuel
*arid heavy water to moderate
the reaction.
. ' Originally scheduled to go
into`operation about one year
•-ag tlre-starfriPo i trI`I h -ad-
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r"'a struction started in late
1,069 •on the project with an
estimated, cost of $1.3 billion
• upon conipletian,_ Units I, III
and IV are.: schedule], to 'go.
into operation„ at. the rateof
• one a year, •with the target
date forcompletion b.eing
August, 1979. �; .. „•
Bruce A occupies part :of a
-2,300-acre site at Douglas
Point. Also included at the
Bruce Nuclear Power
Developrnent. "either com-
pleted,
pleted, . planned or .under
Construction are. the original
Douglas Point GS, • three .•
Meavy water plantsand Bruce
which will be identical to.;
Brute4.
Qoderich. Area .Planning
board gavetentative ap-
proval .to a . six unit row
housing project .proposed
Tuesday night by, Beh
Graham and. John Eichholz
fort the, corner. of.'Bruce sand
Altat-$:Scree i
em t-s=--l�odex ch. -
The approval is subjeetto'the
provision of adequate 'ser-
vices, for the project and the
'rernaual of an existing block
building on the property:
Graham . brought rthe
,project :,before the board for
va-1.
th•eir;;.�rrnal- aPpr-.o .
Pran Exel' aids a numberof vacatloners fat Point Farms library service there, is also a puppet show for the kids eae4
Provincial Park with book selection. Aside 'frons providing a Wednesday night at thepark. (staff photo) ''
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pointingout that the zoning Of
the property^is R-3,:twhich
permits the censtruction of
apartment type units:
He explained to the board
thus the three bedroom, full
basement• units conformed
wit tions_
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h �---p ann�ng..:. l .,g
regarding off :street parking'
and landscaped area and that •
';water and sewer service was
available. He added that he
planned to—use the existing
.concrete block building on the
site as a base for construction
crews intending: to .remove it
upon completion of the
bun.
Board.ildig;chairman • Dav
Gower said he was aware of
the services for the. property
' but said he wanted to be Sure.
they were adequate for the.
apartments. He said planning
board's approval was based
on the findings_ of the. town
.;...;engineer as to whether or not
.. the sewers and water supply
could facilitate the units or
-whether they had to be
enlarged: He°said if they had
.to be.,! enlarged they would be
done at the, developer's ex-
•.•pense. •
bolsteracl by. a . lR„rge.
' lake,shore park to be.
developedin thefinal stage of
the project. • '
' .. The, project will , be : 'ap-
proved by the Ministry of the
The agrement.wi11 also put.:
a deadline on the destruction
olthe-bbttildingon thersite.
In`other business the board
gave forrnal,appreval to. a 118
unit subdivision for . the
Suncoast 'Drive area• on the .
s�akt al�Iixiits.o�' f :t515tite:
'.environment, viten the town
manages to separate sewage
lines in, the north end -sof ;
Goderich•limiting g the effluent,
going through thesewage
co'htrol plant. At present the
sewage lines are carrying
storm and Sanitary._ runoff
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.and the two .combine,. to
overload the plant' by
ministry standards,
John Schaefer.:suggested to
planning hoard that it in-
vestiga.te de-me.loper's
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project consists of 94 building
• lots and a 24 unit apartment
buiidirf to : kieTbrou:ht on
'stream by Sunc.past Estates.
The • approval' • ' wase,
• requested by the Ministry of
]loosing :ifor.. Ontario as an
alternative to a larger project
proposed- bx-Suncoast but
t etoed by -the-Minl'strt✓' of the'
Environment. . The original
plan :palled for. bout 250 unit's
but the environment ministry-..
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said that the Qoderich
sewage , control system .
couldn't handle that many
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Toni Moore=(]'eft),-presents a cheque to Don Armstrong on behalf of the Arena Building •
und-Commit, Don a -•Cor-d-Munroe-shared.•the--wihnVingrt •kei-on:-a-dra u -for a -glass ' b •
turkey.' (staff: photo).
tree pI�ntini
costs
new units now and limited elle p The decision • at the.;last i'' t g
• Goderich Council felt that the cost wastoo'lar e
'subdivision to10Qunits_ finalized, the 1977, rate • council meeting set down. the to.have taxpayers subsidizing
Suncoast representative 'scheduleafor co-operative tree ' Fates'•per •thousand trees the . private landowners. •
Bert Alexander suggested to' planting programs they are landowner must pay. If the In other business' council
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the board two, months ago involved in with" private '-trees can .be planted by . elected to send. Councillor
that.' present development landowners in, the •townsiip, machine the landowner. will ''Garnet Wright as a
'ofesentative • fora • •the
include. the south side of the Ministry:*Natural pay 120 per thousand 'and .repr
--`° BY DAVE S:Y'&KS
. Vacationers iri, the .Huron
Perth area ate once again
taking: advantage of summer
lending libraries at. various
vacation spots operated
'through a provincially funded
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program.. i.: _
The Mid Western Regional
• Library system is :operating.•
summer lending libraries
through an Experience '76 •
s•uinmer - employment.
progrfam: The program began
• last summer as a pilotproject '
• '.and is :now in its second year
in the counties .of Waterloo,'..
under Experience '76 and will
be attending their second and
'final . year . in Library.
Technician programs, - Fran
at ranshawe, London, .and
Linda at Sheridan in Oakville.
The girls - cover= `the' .area,
along' the shoreline from
Bayfield to Amberley, inainl3T'
working .in canip§ and parks.,
Monday' afternoon they visit
Pinelake and -Old Homestead
camps and Kitchigami and
Paul Bunyan camps in the
evening:.
On Tuesday the girls work
in the County's main branch
Wellingtofr. Huron and Perth. in Goderich sorting . and
The ' program " is 'co- ' restocking, their supplies for
ordinated from - the central . the week, They visit Point
library in Kitchener ,and 11 Farms Provincial •Park on
:Istudents are making library • W e dne s da y afternoon,
services available to vac= working in two different
ationers'•in the four' counties.10 locations and hold a • puppet
The program is sponsored by show each week in The Barn. '
the. Ontario Government and " On Thursday they visit
. „funding •is made available McNay's in Amberl.eyand•the
through -the 'Ontario Youth Kintail General Store and are.
Secretariat, • in . Port Albert avid
The Huron county ,'Public MacKenzie's Camp in the
Library; is :employing_ the evening The library service
services of Fran Exel, moves to Vanastr•a Off Friday
Brussels 'and Linda Knight. ' afternoon, and to the Falls
Granbrook to dispense, books Reserve -Conservation area in
to local camps and_parks.' the evening. •
-Both girls applied for the job Fran and. Linda began work
625,000 ,550,000
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• with-the-lihrsry_June :28 and•
since then have watched the-
service grow „and are op- ,
timistic about its success and
potential.
"The program has worked
-quite well , in most of the. .
places we visit,.'' Fran said:
"Several people have com
mented on the 'service ,and
some have even offered
contributions and not even
used the library:"- • v .•
She added that some places •
w.er.e naturally more suitable
for use of the service while
business was somewhat
,slower in Falls Reserve` due
.to the younger, transient
crowd that frequent the park.''
Linda found the Vanastra and,:
Pine Lake'Camp were busier
for her than ',many other "
locations butadded • that .it
would likely increase with
time.
"Some Of the places we
visit are busier than others
but- I am sure they., will get
-. better , in -tinge," slie..• said.
• "The people appreciate the
service and thework is great
fun."•
The "girls distribute
paperbacks at each of the
locations'and replenish their
575,000 ,
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$100, 000
stockfrom the .: Goderich Suncoast' Driver completing Resources and the'County"of if they are planted byhand township to `meetings in
-branch of the library. The .housing on the street, an area ' 'Huron: —tire" cost wild bei $30 perr---C1-i-nto-n to ,-di-scu-s-s the
return on the books has. been in the _southwest corner of the The revision altered the -:thousand. A Min• ry of possibility of establishing one.
almost 100 per cent to date. subdivision; and the apart- •cost .sharing tomake the Natural Resources building inspector, •for both
and now their library.''stock •,:metit.- ,building: This would landowner having the . trees . Spokesman said that between municipalities.The matter is
largely depends on returns.. serve to give the area some planted bear arportion of the 800 and 1,.000 trees are'planted to bediscussed with members
The library service is now • semblance of.completion and costs formerly paid out of the per acre. of. Clinton town,council,.
in its second 'season and,•from still stay within the '100 -unit township general- levy, The The change in the. rate A bylaw to implement -the..
the •response of the limit• system, prior to changing, schedule was made by Gerritt Drain •was given: a -
vacationers it is likely •to The .development also in -
called for the.township to pay council because of the third and finareading by
;continue eludes. a 3.3 acre activity park .half the costs of the planting number of projects ` Ian- • council and passed: The' '
near Bayfield Road that was
insisted upon by planning.
.Damage I high board, The parkland
dedication is to serve
The Goderich Police residents of • the Suncoast
Department• reported three Drive area •afrd Will be
accidents in town during -the
past 'week, ' one of which
resulted in a major damage,
estimate.
A• two car crash' Jul.y.27 at :.:.
the corner of Kingston and _
Stanley Streets resulted in a
total damage estimate of
$5,000 •to vehicles driven by'
James .Stanley,; RR .6
Goderich arid . Michael
Charlton, 26 Bennett St. E:,
Goderich.
The damage to the Charlton_
vehicle was estimated at
13,500 and$1,500 to the
"'Stanley vehicle. There were
no serious •injuries in the
$ 125,000..;
and the county half. That was downers took ort in 1975 and drain -Which will cost. $16,4$5,
changed to make the lanthe costs:those projects is now in the tender• stage, A A
downer responsible' for viae - meant•for township tax list of all'contractors invited'
quarter of . the costs, the payers. Council -paid about to tender was.'subinitted to
to v tiship picking up a quarter $1,200 out in 1975. for tree the township` clerk aid' ten=
the county half. • •'planting on private land and : • (:continued on page 16)
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County Property+ Chairman John Baker and Huron County.-
Wkrden, Jack McC ttcheon unveiled the new County flag`at a
special ceremony held 10'11w council Chambers Thursday.
The flag was designed by Mrs. Gladys Stiles' of. Goderieb
and was selected frotr :a number of entries In a contest :;
sponsored by the. 0nunty. (s'taff photo) .
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