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There isn't much doubt there will be
considerable displeasure among
developers and prospective new home
builders over the impost charges
approved by Goderich Town Council,
Monday everting. Many individuals
planning new homesfor this year or in
the yearto come will see the impost
charges as unnecessary. additional
costs to an already staggering bill for
new home construction. Some will find
the impost charges a definite -hardship;
maybe even a deterrent:
Even so, there is wisdom behind the
decision of council to levy charges of
$1,000 per unit for single family
dwellingst.semi-detached dwellings
and row housing and $650 per unit for
apartment. developments. Costs for
servicing new residential units. are
mounting and creating headaches for
the people already established In
homes in Goderich. There has to be
some way of generating funds to assist
the ratepayers in the municipality who
are falling further and further behind
On the priority list every year while -
paying a more substantial tax bill to
boot.
It has been suggested that the impost
charges could drive potential home
builder's Out into thejownships where
living MOS arksffil :more reasonable
all around. This may indeed happen,
but in thet case If the-migrationWas
heavy ,enough,- it'Wouldn't be sur-
Prislfili if a variety .Of new restrictions
would be- placed on residentia I
development in- the rural'. areas, No
matter where people live,they require
a Certain amount, of SersiiCes which
must be paid for by the Municipality in
which they reside. *.
Speculation is that IMPost charges
could bring the price of lots down, if
only by an amount to' offset the ad-
ditional. costs 04(100 by the town.
Or, linpost charges could discourage
new home building with established
dwellings attaining - new importance
among those lookin9. for real estate.
lt-will likely be sometime until it is
knoWn how Goderich-people will react
to the new impost charges. But the
action of council, after a delay of close
ton one year, was understandable in
these times when unpLecedented
growth and prosperity- in the
residential section of town is taking a
terrible toll in terms of fax dollars
needed for housekeeping in the com-
munity. - SJK
Positive action
At the suggestion of Rick Robertson,
citizen and taxpayer in Goderich, town
council has initiated a time on the
agenda when visitors in the council
chambers may question councillors on
any matter of municipal interest. -
At the .Monday evening session, Mr.
Robertson and his wife were on hand to
make use of the new format. They were
the only citizens at the meeting, but
they had formulated some interesting
and pointed questions for elected of-
ficials. At the conclusion of the
meeting, councillors generally agreed
it was an exceptionally beneficial time
- and hoped that. through it, more and
more people would be persuaded to get
down to the council chambers on
meeting nights to -get their information
first hand.
this newspaper can only commend
town council for its ready acceptance -
of Mr. Robertson's fine idea. What's
more, couhcirs, agreement that any
questions will be answered - not only BY SHIRLEY J. KELL
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those arising out of the discussion of
the meeting - is a truly positive step
toward greater citizen participation at
town hall in the future.
Once again, Goderich Town Council
has thrown the ball into the court of the
electorate. Members have opened the
way for taxpayers to have their say In s
the most personal and powerful way
possible. Surely ratepayers in
Goderich will show their, appreciation
and respond with their attendance at
council meetings and with -their
questions for council members. - SJK
Oritorio:',..treOpr4000t.
It was just a couple of weeks ago that
Canadians gasped in horror at a
television special entitled "Violence in
America". The evening -long ex-
travaganza explored the variety of
violent crimes _committed every year
in the USA, some of the causes for
them and a few of the ways in which
this problem is being handled by the
authorities.
One of the most appalling aspects of
the"show was the recurring impression
that violence is spreading like a plague
through the USA, and it taking its toll
now in peaceful rural settings far
removed from. the big cities and their
crime -infested cores.
,What of Canada, many- viewerhere
Were wondering? What of Ontario?
Early in 1971, Ontario. Provincial
Police Commissioner. H.H. Graham -
released newsthat in this prosovince for
the first time in ten years, the increase
in crime within .OPP jurisdiction was
minimal. The preblotit average of a 10,
percent increaseper year for the past
10 y,ears dropped to 0.7 percent for 1976.
In 1975, the OPP. report, there were
61 murders andlTattempted murders.
In 19Z6, there were 43 murders and. 18'
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attempted „murders, a decrease of 34
percent Nor was there any significant
increase in specific criminal
categoriessuch as theft, break and
enter, robbery and assault.
According to. Commissioner
Graham, the most meaningful reason
for this. change is the co-operation the =
police .are receiving from lite public
'and from the mass media. More
citizens', it seems, are becoming in-
volved in assisting with the prevention
of crime. It may•alsa:be true that more
citizens are betoming aware of.. the
need tcycurb-violenceirrOther Subtler—
. ways, such as., Making' violence; on
television, in movies and books „fess
glamorous, more unacceptable ;.
Canadiant have a reisirn to be proud
of this :country's clean, safe 'Cities;
towns and villages. Ontario residents
should be particularly' gratified .that --.L.
this proyipte, though rich and heavily .
populated,. can -boast such an enviable
.repOrt as file 'One just relea.sed. by the
OPP. :.is truly an achievement
everyone shouldstrive to duplicateand
to Improve Upon in'the yearsahead.
SJK• - • .
On my- desk for several
weeks now has been a leaflet'
entitled "Geological Disposal
of Nuclear Waste". It /was
written by Hans George
Classen, who is an --in-
terpretive writer with the
-Department of Energy,
Mines and Resources who has
published several books and
numerous articles, incIlleb
frequent contributions
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'The article is well pen-
cilled. I've read it ancireread
- it, underlining portions of
's -particular interest to Ine, a
private citizen with a few
questions and concenis about
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this liminess of geological
disposal of nuclear waste.
To put things. -into per-
spective; it would be' good to
review the:. situation at
current niiclear; plants as
much as it is possible for a
layman tc•Alo. Nuclear waste
from reactors like the one at
Bruce is stored in large
water -filled- storage tanks.'
The water acts as a safe 'lir-
sulator and shields against
radiationIt/Is an excellent
heat c�fld,; becaum
thei. 4
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already s eathed in zir-
coniutiri radioactive wastes ,
-cannot escape into the Water
in the skirage p001' -
-.Because, of the potential
value of -the Plutonium in the
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spent fuel, it is 'desirable to cube, it would measure only shielding and -cooli
store it so that it -can be 35 feet along the side. Andlie highly radioactive
retrieved. It mutt be readily volume of processed was produced by nuclear
available for processing when will be smaller:.' tors. .
the time comes for it to 'be • It means' the buri
utilized. + + +. nuclear' waste in a de
Storage is no problem now. derground cavern locat
It is possible that within But the ,Departnior4 of formation or or V*,-,13odY. o
decades, nuclear capacity in Energy. - Mines and that can be counted
Canada will increase many Resources and in Atomic provide the nece
times over. By theyear 2,000, Energy of Canada Limited, a protection for es long a
--Ontario could get nearly half group of scientists is working part of the waste re
its electrical energy from on a plan that will only begin-"! potentially harmful. In
nuclear reactoi*eitinertsi.',,ttiMerir,f,-.1iith• full operation in cases, this may beas 1
have •estitniikAtE n t,kriLuiteEtti-t0410 and th4clittitI;*iiier' ter orii,
vciriihte anent el7W-Egp.erioWM250,000 yeaW'What are t
stored will . never: be very a full cycle. This involves tfie' of a geological .isposals
large. , geOlogienldiSposal of nuclear 'It must be' located in
They say that if all the fuel waste and ----relies on that is free of fig
used by the large Pickering - geologically created, rather (natural 'Conductors
• reactor during 30 years' than roan -made disposal sites groundwater) and is lik
operation was _made Into a for - the. containment, (continued Ortpa
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Dear Editor:
During the past months of
more -than -abundant snow
pilings in Goderich Town, it is
very apropos to bring to the
attention of all readers •the
thoUghtlessnesS and
—selfishness--�f-some-drivers-of
cars, trucks etc.
To wit: how often we see
where saineonehas struggled
to clear path kern the
traffic -roadway to. ; ,the
sidewalk, or to one's doorWY
so that people ,coming-out of
• cars,..etc.:inightdeliver goods
or have ,access to', various
addresies including postal
.4e nifilo,yees making
deliveries.
Sorl jokers come along
and, park" eir yehicles right
their use exclusively. Some
leave -their conveyance
parked there for the rest of
the day and -or night. They
- could have very easily
stopped their 'ear, etc. a few
'4feet, ahead behind that
opening " and" ample their
„bodies out on the left side
where the roadway usually is
esnqw-fair 'Seine 15
to 20 feet across, permitting
-,driver and -or passengers lots
of' aheadof, or
elZd1-1,1/treir conveyance
'for desired approach let
.the said opening be available
also to others.- •
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Some pebple have painful
feet trouble (arthritic, etc.)
or find difficulty walking half-
_a-hlotk on slippery roads to
come, upon a :place tn. allow
them. through high pilings
of snow Some 'lit- these
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pilings, even as To as' it peop e who were young when
couple of feet, become'hard our country was young. -
and icy too. .411 trying to Each community has its ..
mount them people are own heritagevisible in the
thrown .off-- balance :. con- • buildings,-eraffininahip,
sequently injurious flls. customs and values of older
, ,
Surely motorists might be - Aimes,rtese trea§Ures can be
More thoughtful of other?? , discovered, ; particularly if
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:' V. Viler\ ,out young people willlend
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. their considerable energies to
,.. , , • the -search. We invite school-
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' Heritige- Week age Canadians
findings in original drawings,'"
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- .: paintings, stories; poetry and
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