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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-10-14, Page 44• 1 PAC4E'22-.GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY', OCTOBER 14, 1976 Owner claims ersecution (continued from page 1' actions were "high-handed" clairning the law hada double standard; Mr. Meyers said that he fiutchased the park as it is today, claiming that the health unit made no ap- pearance then to check into the situation. He said the law now demands . a permit be taken out to do any work on the systems, adding that if he , did gets a permitto work on thein he understood he Would be contravening thetaw because the systems were labelled sub -standard by the health unit. M. Meyers 'said he felthe was providing a service to Goderich that has been asked for all over Ontario, low cost housing; He said that he had" been •accused of never pumping out the septic tank that services . the Hunter- ;; -. Bechard unit in the park, but claimed he had pumped it out on several occasions. The landlord said he had investigated the possibility of installing a • sanitary sewer line to the park with the in- tention of hooking up to the • town's system and doing HPSSB ..... (continued from page 13) _ the Call 'in morning and af- ternoon sessions respec- tively. . Trustees Ted Geoffrey of 'Zurich and Michael Connolly of Kippen reported on the 25th convention of the Catholic Parent-Teacher Association in St. Catharines -on October 1,2 and'.3, • which they at- tended. Mr. Connolly said eethe they were .informed `fie• C.P.T.A. is becoming weaker and weaker. He said there were.no representatives there by members from the;Haron- `Perth or Middlesex associations, trusteetly. Howard Shantz' of Stratford remarked• that - perhaps the board should be doing something to encourage the growth of the 0.P:T:A:, "We. are missing that aspect of the parents being involved•in our schools," Mr. Lane • said the assessment roll list had been received and . it was .being checked for Catholics who are. Protestant school supporters. He said that about 10 percent of these people contacted -do - switch over their assessment to the Catholic schools, ' Mr. Shantz offe"red•the-liellt- of the Stratford trustees in checking the assessment- list • t h rie ••••• away with the septic tanks. under local improvement -a He said he was told at that if 4 is going to service a lar time that he would have to do number , of properties it c the work at his own expense be done under 'the gene and that the town would take rate hut when it services on over the line upon ,cion- one property owner it is do structi.on. Mr. Meyers at that owner% expense. claimed he. would - get no He added that if the latt reimbursement if ° someone method is used the town tak else hooked onto the - line over the sewer upon co between him and the- town pletion and if somebody hoo and that there was "no way" into it after• its installatio he was going to do that. theyare getting:a free ride. The. clerk added that wh NOTIUNG BUT a Mr. Meyers purchased cth PERSECUTION trailer park ft was ahead He said he felt the town within the limits of the tow should have more respon- of Goderich which is. why M sibility to provide service for' Meyers was never advised his tax money pointing out his vocation. , that .he . pays $1,700 taxes a .He said the town had neve year on the two -acre plot and done any official busines gets nothing for the money with the landlord because hi but persecution. proposal never got past' th He added that he was never discussion. stage and neve formally• advised that his received an engineer's repor property. was within.the town or got to the council table. of Goderich limits. Hp said he.: • understood' that he was part • of 'the property that com-. Pension Notes prised the Mitchell farm which was in the Township of Q. My twenty-three yea Goderich. He said the town old son was accidently kille bought the farm and assumed in an automobile accident. 11 Mr. Meyers'was included, was single and living at horn which is not 'normally done. with me. He has contribute He said the. town -didn't buy' to the Plan for the_ past four hie pa ,ls, adding that children years. • Will I be. eligible t id the park attend schools in apply for any, benefit uncle both Goderich and. Gbdeeich ;.the Plan? If so, how mucltca Township. I receive? Mr. Meyers said he had met A. Yes. You can apply fo With committees of town the Lump Spm Death Benefit council to buy more land to The maximum amoun expand the park but had been payable. in 1976 is $830.00. Th urned down. He said he had amount payable would b also .offered to sell his based .upon your late son's property to the town but that •earnings and contributions to hey had refused to consider . the Plan. If. there is an is price. executor or administrator o "They can buy me out for Your son's estate, this money 49,500 and do what they like would be paid to'that person ith 'it," he said. "If they did or agency, If not, it could be y would probably hook up paiddirectly•to you. sewer and keep it 50 years with a nice little revenue in nd ge ran l ly ne er Farm columnist Bob Trotter, who writes the farm es column "One Foot in the ks ; Furrow", is head of the BobTrotter of One Foot in Fur ow explains �.... What's ca newspaper And that is the story. He reporter chooses as.the lead was a small-time .man, not may not -- usually is not =-• used to the workings of the, -what you, as..,,a participant in press, his first year as mayor that meeting, consider the n, journalism- department at and green as fresh, spring- most important item: But the Conestoga college in lit grass cow dung, reporter's ,job is to write en chener:n He was asked Few people really do un- interesting stories,' not recentlyb reporter's romote y the editor of the derstand what a p the . organization staff newsletter there to write lob is. He or she must sit , holding the meeting. n his ideas on, What is a through a. two or three-hour Which is where the Cheese newspaper?" meeting and sift the wheat gets a Little more binding: r- Since of Mr. Trotter answers are the her right mind would read the r' ones that; readers- may minutes of a meeting or even' s wonder. -about,' we're an account of a meeting in s reprinting his thoughts on chronological order. It is the e what a newspaper's, reporter's job to decide what • especially a community 'is the important item from t. newspaper's, role is, -that meeting and use that in - the "lead" paragraph of the story. . People are busy. If the reporter does not provide the reader with a ' real, ball - grabbing lead graph, the reader is not going to stay with the story: In fact, statistics reveal that 15 per cent of the readers leave the story after reading •the headline; another 25 per 'cent of The readers leave the story after the , second or third paragraph; another -18 per cent . leave if the story is turned to another page (called a. "jump" story in the . profession). So, it is up to the reporter to get the most important item of that story in the top graph or' two because too many readers skint the pages.. A good lead graph, keeps the reader interested in the rest of the story. Now then: What the. a 'lo.t of the questions from the chaff. Nobody in his- . By Bah Trotter That's a.. big'question to answer in a few words. But one of the illustrations I ✓ always use in class concerned d. the mayor of a small town in e which I was working as the e editor of the local paper. d -A group of people were present, dignitaries yet, at a reception being hosted by the town. The mayor, was there. I n was there. The mayor .got a little drunk. He stopped ine in r the middle of the entrees and burst out in a scathing as in- dictment of my abilities as a e newspaperman. e "I was at that meeting last night", he shouted; And the whole gathering stopped to listen. "In fact, I chaired that f meeting. As•far as I'ni con- cerned,... you can't report' for beans. I thought it was a different ;meeting you were t for Stratford. -and suggested they would make personal calls or even phone calls would be helpful, he said: Less cast :•... continued from page •1 the station andthe officer's responding. - The chief ..cited-- the liquor store break in earlier this year as an.. example of the efficiency of the new system. He said that in less than one • _minute` after the call to the station the police Were on the ad.a• suspect in custody. He added that with the telephonesthe police can -get information . from ,the provincial police from their, location rather than having to return to the -station. - r a it WALL'S-C,f1NCURS Town' clerk Fiarold Walls�• ith Mr. Meyers . about the ossibili-ty- of.: hooking up a anitary sewer to the park but: dded.that nothing had ever me_f the meeting. He said at he told the landlord that cause of the location of the Pa and because only.park. esidents would benefit from the sewer, Mr: Meyers would be . obliged to pay for it himself: Mr: Walls, said that when a sewer is installed it is paid for in three different ways. If the sewer will benefit several- : properties it can be financed- Vanastra - said that -fie had once met w JP s •a • co th be P r. • srh.00l .a...• (continued from page 11) priority is to see .if we can open •a school at Vanastra. We want three _representatives appointed :here tonight - one from Stanley., . • one --from Teickersmith and one from Vanastra to work with the board committee to see if we can open a school. The board Will work ;hand-in-hand with you in the study." ;Quickly married Were three representative. - Paul Steckle of R.R. 2, Zurich, for Stanley Township; Hank Binnendyk of R.R. 21 Kippen, for Tuckersmith Township and•Ben Bridges of Vanastra_ ;,A suitable solution .will be found in the -end," Mr. Turkheim assured the assembly. .vistrour tir DEPAizNEIT 8 INIONHARDWARE:; GOOERICH 524 6 VI ' i Clg1 writing about.'' . You, "as an • executive member - Of an organization, far instance, rn.ay feel that the $3,000 cheque donated to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Spittoons is im- portant. But the reporter feels that - the_ -big argument between the chairman and. the exedutive director about: whether, or not the`'direc;tor should take that trip to a convention in Acapulco is the ,most important item in the meeting, - I mentioned a moment ago that_ the heading ='- the headline — on a story is read far -more often than the itself. Yet, in most . arger newspapers, the reporter who covered the meeting has nothing to do With writing the heading.. He -she writes the story. The ' story goes to a deskman— an editor' -- and that editor has the authority to chop hell out of that story if he -she sees fit. ' - I have had .editors take a story and ruin it. fhave had editors take a story and improve it inemensely. And that editor can make or break your story. He -she - usually writes a. headline for th at story. .. So the reporte covering the meeting usually has nothing to do with-th heading that appears above 'the story. Yet, that editor was not at the meeting, probably knows nothing - about your `'institution or organization but has the -power to make or break the story. Sounds bad, doesn't it?. But it really isn't. In 'toe many cases, reports get too close to their sources and have trouble writing a headline that is completely :objective. That's why the,•. editor writes the head. ' It must also• be remem- .bered that newspapers are a business,. If'too many readers skim too many stories, those readers will quit buying that paper., That's bad Adver- tising rates are based on. circulation, The - more cir- culation you have, the more you can charge.' for ._ad- vertising. The more ad vertising you;have, the more money you Make. So, reporter's must write stories that are interesting,• in- formative and provocative. That is why the meeting you attended may appear distorted sometimes, r - Reporters and editors are trained professionals. 'That's e"` why we have a. Journalism program in our college.. That. is why,if you submit some • written copy to a newspaper, if it is a good ,newspaper, the story will be fe-written by a competent reporter. Granted, sometimes --- too often, perhaps -- an incompetent will rewrite your story but this is a right -- a privilege maintained by newsmen. In recent years, most newspapers have_ become increasingly aware of the fact - that those :great, 'unwashed thousands out there reading "the deathless p'tose.contained in the pages of the paper have, =something tie say, too. Which is why .letters-to-tlie editor —have become - an important part of most newspapers. But here• •again, the paper reserves the right to limit the number of words in a letter, Space is at a premium, especially inthese days of high newsprint costs. Make no mistake about it; if you have a letter to the editor which should go in today's paper but a department' sten- has an ad that is going to use that space, the department store will get the nod. Can't think of much more to say ....°just attend some of the lectures, in the Journalist program and . get the . true picture: . Besides, I'm about -to pour a long, tall cool one: We scream about freedom of the press. But freedom of the press rests solely with the reporter, the editor and the managing editor. 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