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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-01-06, Page 7EDY 'POTAC 1 *,•-; e eroc ty with which the ar 1976 came to an end was erhaps a fitting tribute to e of the bleakest years on cord.• Snow and winds gusting uto, • 40 miles per hour reduced- ai! mnst Par0 f' Md -western Ontario, losing major highways, idling plows and sanders off •ads and leaving numerous ccidents in its wake. PF- The final tally for the year •• P-iQ&dJ.smatjndap •ximate 10 -feet of snow.' ut the estimate is modest d allows for only a few ches of snowfall during hist ebruary and March. >_.• The reclerded snowfall in • e Goderich ea to the end December is just over six • et at 74. inches and over ouble the norm- of "32 inches tr the same period.- October aught ,10- centimeters or • proxiniately five inches of ow and indications of a king . inter. Snowfall in November WAS, For 11$1,11.roi time' ceptiow d tit,Etluc fetnaW•.:iii* 4441% e BOA? eeting on Mon arian Z il,-*0'01Snt year eternE:'Aii 'trustee, was lected: °Mr John 6,000C: Mr. Elliott -serving hls cond. • -ter* • as the presentative for Blyth and,, reg. AlOoTortigniiINAn also r the vice- airniatil seat but withdrew om the election before the.. ote. 'Herb Tiirldteirn was re- lected as chaiiman for other term at the meeting. e told the gathering that the utloolt for education in uron County is better for 77 He said • the , board eathered one tlof its toughest ears in 1976 but prospectstOr e future are improved. Mr. , 000,24d -fpr' 0i00111401.. die Se;tnens om ent 7% ,-.t .,. .'. !!..,ffOn.,,, . '' ,--:;', inicaPhereltilarlas;_He'e •-:.: ‘'.Itstriti:5,.Y,t0 or student ...: ..- $4 -I 4fai.':...114. hOPikrt4, budget would ,.;,,a04.1.o.nutilt.. cv.44. repor- t iiiitotii4t crnian, w this retnelnet$11.4nAllen.L. : ,.,., .„,,. .':,,.p-theagin';.40,..:',:i,7ifit'f:7•.he2:7' earlk.,,,`X ..c.'; ***nod ' the --,,t,,gu4 year, Sr, ' plricnelin •,.wbuttz„thi; Akerts; county stew o ;, „an • eXtremeiy. said, the teaches 'if, '1.14'.0Y;(''n :•400(1..*•gax...i.ca, th?,*14-01$'4*., ft. , oqii*O„obeitti of us due- eininsf~30.per cent: increetsee- , ,osishioi,10_ rr.,!,pb4n-geel along - t� prearrangedsalary contracts ' , othei• boards •rht .. 41%.. grant:' regulations 404;..,39.',4110!.:',.thert.40'..c4S.11"1.10, c':'''''1.''.fiiiiri:'llit. 0—Ji,.N...rfAiticheini said which going to' COPt. • OIL,. :werre held-7-aihe7a7ittifill"rariouh": . he lid not *alit ta: retsint'ti;* 141.*Pft:*. •. ' -- deal .of\ , 4..7••\k,' Mahe' i# t. . , ...: Prful a ,great board guidelines' - the education..system ,which money.' i . . .._1 . -exieted before the 1960'0 - * - ,, Mr. Turkheiml said recent .4.1 . ... , ,,.o.koi...... 01,1I11,.'. --.,as„ i.,- 'year Lnuricoantinocperniniennisttra y:fwrhoimo willthe• ' r escale r rmt'. :e.t7.teit_s,.,17Qinisn°etd:uinicm'al*tpio1111. . ,,, of titlitidlir .014W,ell101.1084.0 lead to tightening of r6cegatxt* that the expert. to- (.40_ , get the curriculum in the province .,y‘iik.'ithaUks ; ... to .4 con- will improve education in nnent in totally permissive •-- icientionti-Niiget: Committee Huron. education did not work,” the with the aSsiStance of the _A..Acknowledging .that free chairman said. "There has administration and the people choke in subjects, lack of been no suggestion of a return our schools * It was 4, dit, - measurable : standards and Uhl* year but we .struggled' ..• lack of a -sprovince-wide through it without hurting 'eurriculuirl had put the school anyoaeseriously,"' ' ' '.system in a mess, Education - Thechairman explained • Minister' Tom , Wells has : task for 1977 will be spending. that grant regulations for 1977 retrenched." Mr. Turicheim said the big, have not been studied closely QBesides 'restoring a core of $217,000 on renovations to the as yet, but the financial required subjects, the Exeter Public School, an - situation could be better since' province is looking for ways ' proved by the province last year, and the opening of ai . new &Choi:4 it•Vanastra in the termer COI:Wien Forces sehoelbuilding there. • E, C. Hill of. Goderich was acclaimed chairtnan of the education committee_ at Monday's" meeting and John Henderson Will .be vice- chairman. J. P. Alexander will be to former iron-bOundir unimaginative teaching and, • grinding province -wide exams." !__ • unusually severe and57.4 centimeters or 22 inches of snow was recorded; more than double the norm of 23 centimetres for the same month. December's general weather.pattern.and snowfall rekindled memories ,-of last January when the area was hit with 41 inches of ,snow in the first three weeks pi the month. December brought Unusually .low temperatures and:snowfall-of-44.-ineles -that_ has sent meteorologists scurrying through records to locate ' a ,,comparable snowfall. Their Search may never end. I Trying to understand or explain weather patterns and systems hardly seems potsible and .ideally it is sufficient to recognize that theweather is either pleasant or nasty. Opting for the -latter with added descriptive ad- ectives ". to complete the , phrase would suffice. But a reasonable ex- e .striking committee Of e 1977-78 council retired to e inner office during the augural meeting Monday' ening and emerged with'a. V -Of committee -chairmen d vice-chairmen for the mini term. The report was opted unanimously by embers. Reeve Bill Clifford will ce more head up the ance committee; and his chairman Will be Don heeler,' newcomerto the uncal table. - Wheeler will be chairman e Harbor Committee, sited by his co-chairman sa Haydon. • Mrs. Haydon will once ain be Parks Chairman, ed again ,this ' term ...by -- uncillor Dave Gower. Gower *111..._. remain ae airman 'of Works and gineering,, assisted by his ,,chairman Bob Allen. ' • Councillor Allen will return to the chairmanship of the property committee, and will have Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer as his do -chairman. - Deputy Reeve Palmer has been named chairman orthe Environmental Committee and will be assisted in' that duty by co-chairman -John Doherty, another new face at the council table. Councillor Doherty will head up the traffic committee and will have Councillor Stan Profit as his co-chairman. councillor Profit will be in charge of the fire Committee, assisted by Councillor , Bob Allen. . Mayor Deb Shewfelt will be an ex-offielo -member of all these t:ornin,ittees. Striking.committee members Were Mayor Shewfelt, Reeve crifford, • Theinaugural-ssiori of Huron County Council will be held Tnesday', January. 11; 1977beginning.at 2 p.m. in,the ` council. chainberst Court tionse,,Godericit., The regular sessiottpf county council' will continue Wednesday, January 12 at 10 cm. , - -• .- ..s-Azesdry YOUR NEEDS' K./ • :4 • planation is that Goderich is situated next toa rather large lake and since temperatures have dipped below normal during the month of December, (-6C) lower than the lake temperature,' which ...resultsin most of, our snow squalls to come in off the lake. An entirely logical argument for a rotten winter. But_. the logic can only stretch so far as can muscles ,. used to shovel out cars every _morning...Stranie.butit Weak! -be consid °illogical to demand the weather man shovel the eight inches, of partly cloudy or the ten in- • ches of flurries from- the driveway. ' The final day of last year was blessed with winds „averaging 22 miles per, hour and gusting as high as 40. They obligingly subsided for a short period in the- af- ternoon to accommodate four . and one half inches of- Snow. Desperately in search of consolation it does at least make for pleasant 'evenings in, front' ofthe fireplace dulging in- comforting beverages. In fact the fireplace is optional. Toronto climatologist, Tom Moyer, without relying on the aid of .charts and graphs claimed the year was the coldest and wettest in Toronto. history. October was the coldest October en record at the Toronto International Airport where records have beetaeptshice 1938. The 'summer was characterized by wet weekends,and the fall carried in more harsh weather via a' long wave trough from the Arctic and Northern Prairies. Readings indicate below normal temperatures for • most months of the past year. Even our summer was abnormally cool and • the highest recorded tem- perature was 31C in June while July was the coolest in more than a decade es n m Deputy-rieVe•- Palmer, and Councillors Stan Profit and Dave Gower. COMMITTEE SYSTEM • Mayor Shewfelt received Council's approval as well, for whathe hopes will prove to be a "more 'business -like" council. , - "My purpose is, to have a better town government and the only way to, accomplish this is to havd a well informed • council," said the mayor. He recommended that the standard committee struc- ture be ,modified so that the whole council becomes a committee with each sub- committee (finance, works and -engineering, traffic, fire etc.) having a. chairman and a vice-chairman with the • mayor as an ex -officio member.. • "The chairman, -vice and myself woulddo the leg work reporting to council - committee with a final. recommendation to council when ,necessary;" said the mayor in- his written sub- ' mission. would help to remove the idea that .council is only rubber stamping ccim ttee. re co tr-* meridationt." According. to the mayor, the systern would also give each member of council an area of responsibility and :an .•op--• portunity to express his or her .._ View, while: keeping every Meniber_informed on •the action , of-. each sub= OornmitteeL • 1111 PE CORNER Ci$tON ° • PHONE452-7775 .:,114 I TO itAMPSEI.L'S MEN'S WEAR) • • ,• • . . . . • - 47:, . „ ':••••• 4!: A., • • chairman of the management' comitattee with Alec Corrigan as' his vice, chairman. • , Clarence McDonald was named to the ..chairmO's •advisory committee which is composed, of the ,board's committee chairman and a meMber-at-large. . ''••''1,•••'' • . •••1, ••• • .••• • -" ,,- • SUNCOAST MALL, GODERICH-524-6484--- 4 - '5 The chairman and vice- , chairman of 'each sub-' committee Would still be able to ,spend up to the $500 allowing a certain amount of freedom for necessary small_ expenditures, the .mayor , explained. The town „ administrator Will, of course, ace as an advisor to all committees. • CARTON 100's KING SIZE $6 . 2 7 NOW $4.39 REGULAR -6 . 17 LIMIT 2 PER CUSTOMER COUPON MILK <' 2% 3 QT. BAG i with purchase of*$3.00 or • more. Tobacco and sales items not included- '4 Limit 2 Bags per customer. Per coupon Coupon expires Jan. 10, 1977. .... ... , iALEPRICEiEFFECTIVE FROM Thurs. Jan. 6 - Monday Jan. 10 , WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES OPEN SUNDAYS 12 A.M. - 6 P.M. - MONDAY,TO FRIDAY 10:00 A.M.-9:00 P.M. SATURDAY 9:00 A.Ni.:•9:00 P.M. ' /00 BON $2-0013 $200 B $200 El $20 1200 $200 $200 B 200_ 00 BO 211 BC 200 BC. 200 BC S 200 BC S 200BC S 200. BC - US ;20013C US $200 BC - US 200 IJC 00 BONUS $.200. BONUS200 BONUS 2O0 BC '-1976 PONTIAC ASTRE 2 Door NOTCHBACK COUPE List Price 4,144.90 SAVE 3 WAYS 1 - r endifodel Discount '349.90 2 - Demonstrator Discoant '400.00 3 - GM Rebate Bones '200.00 SAvi*9 49.90 You cn buy • thIever Jantiary .10e 1917: Nikes the •'•. 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