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Leaf Friday, early In the morning,
fire hit the O'Brien building on The
- Square, Jelsving, a scene of disaster -
Three persons who were sleeping in an
apartment above the store were in -
lured; a fourth person escaped unln-
lured. One fireman was hurt. The fire
brought great loss to many people 1110
variety of ways: It was a tragedy In
Goderich. - •
During the excitement of the fire,
some eye witness thought to telephone
CKNX with the story. But no one
thought to inform the local Signai-Star
editorial staff. As luck would have It,
the or hearci a news bulletin about
the fire on CKNX radio, and dlipatc,hecl
reporter -photographers. to the scene.
Every newspaper, large or small,
depends on people when a news story
breaks. Whether it is a city daily or a
village weekly, the newspaper's
success depends on the co-operation
and the assistance of people. It is
readers like the folks right "here in
Goderich and in the 'surrounding area
who see news happening first. This
newspaper needj to know what they've
seen andhoard.„ -
The Sigrial4tar now has four persons
on .the (tclitoria!*Aff-i; the 'most per -
sonnet avallebleto the'Rical news room
in recent YeerS• -Ei4ri'$9;*fho;te people
need your!hatIP,fo do their job in the
most intereatingandtetbiiiete fashlon.
, Beginning Immediately, the Signal., Star editorial staff will be paying $s for
the best news tip of theWeek and $10 •
for the best news tip of the month. in
Other words, If readers see news
happening. they ,should call Shirley
'Keller at 5246637;- Jeff Seddon at 4829960;-
" Ron .Shaw, at 524-29871 'or Dave
Sykes at 524-9141. Telt one of these
people what you saw and -or what you
heard. If your news Is deemed the best
for the week, you will earn $5; if it is
deemed the best of the month, you
could receive an additional $10.
The Signal -Star needs your eyes and
your ears to bring you the most
complete and accurate coverage of all
the news every week. Will you help? -
SJK
Unwary OpOesliplotts
A trip down Blake Street about 8:45
in the morning or at the lunch hour is
like weaving through a maze of pitons..
Only these pitons are human beings
making the stakes much higher should
the motorist make an error. -
The persons on Blake Street at those
hours aren't little people;A good many
of them are students from GDCI. More
are Robertson Memorial School
• students, many of whom appear to be
in the upper grades. The very young
children are on the sidewalks which
• have been plowed, of course, for
pedestrians.
It lin't even so bad that the'students
walk on the road instead of on the
side . It is the manner in which
• they walk fhere. Elmer the Safety
Elephant would have hey-dayon
Blake Street because the boys and girls
there have completely disregarded any
of Elmer's safety rules.
These young people walk in groups
three, four, even five abreast. Even
that would be tolerable to -motorists if
these thoughtless pedestrians going
one way were all on one side of the
road. Not so. Some walk facing traffic.
Some walk with their backs to traffic.
In extreme cases, a motorist can find
Biake Street completely blocked off by
students” who are obviously more in-
erested,in the conversation with their
peers than •in their. own personal
safety.
Surely the students .who walk to
school on the roadway instead of on the
sidewalks can understand the plight of
the motorists. Not only is it a waste of
time, to •get in behind a group of
pedestrians who are blockinto the path,
it is downright harrowing for the driver
who fears that one misjudgment either
on his part or on the part of the student
could end in tragedy '
Teachers at the schools let- ich4
are called on to remind theirifir ents
of the rules which apply to pedestrians
on a ,roadway. Parents are asked to
caution their families about the
hazards of walking on' the travelled
portion of the road •instead of the
shoulder. Students are urged to recall
their -safety rules and' obey them. And
motorists - bless them - are warned to
be especially careful in this unusual
winter weather —SJK
Ficiod watch
After the mounds of snow which have
collected this winter cornes the worry
of flood. Even, while it snowed, some
pessimists were •already concerned
about the disaster if Mother Nature
'should send a quick thaw to this part of
the province. *
It isn't a foolish fear. Flood watchei
are -being set up now in frequent flood.'
areas and elected officials ail over the
district are keeping a close watch on
the weather and planning some
evasive action to prevent flooding
whenever possible. Just this week,
Mayor Deb Shewfelt glanced at the sky
and remarked that it would be a wise
move to get sorne snowblowert to clear
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the ditches in certain areas of town
where water should run in the spring
•Homeowners might take a clue from
the experts. Some thoughtfUt
preparations now might prevent costly
and bothersome flooding should there
be a the*, By simply moving piles of
snow away from basement windows,
pu ng heavy snow away from foun-
dations, pushing snow away from an
openings through which it might flow
once it is melted,. the homeowner could
•avoid sorrie trouble.
The ward is that sump pumps will be
a Popular item -this spring. Could be.
Have you made any plans to beat the
weatherman his own game? -SJK
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By Shirley J. Keller
From time to time people
comment to me that I have ri
"narrow viewpoint". If that
seems more obvious this
week than others, it could be -
attributed to the fact that my
ViSiOn is definitely restricted.,
After several years in the
Signal -Star offices downtown
. when the editorial domain
had neither window ' or
skylight, the editorial
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sitriated' beside `'Windows.
the editor's office, the window
and,thetiesk are so positioned
that when I am Preparing my
columns, editorials and
stories, for the newspaper, I
can gaze far afield to get what _
feels like a "broader per-
spective".
Today. as I sit at my
typewriter, there is a
snowdrift obscuring my view.
From where r sit I eau -see
only the topmost corner of the
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only if I lean way over to my
left can I see a.sinall portion
of High way 21 south.
Still my 'plight is minimal
compared with the problems
of so manyother residents of
this partof the province. -I
will complain nomore.,
About every 10 days or two
weeks, receive a packet of
*provine otratie%
information. Q'f--the
Pasem .4% ttia M04
Stephen Lewis' itinerary for
the next few days and copies
of some 'of the mbre.thoUght-
provbking' - speeches which
have been delivered in
various places around the
provineehit,NDPPoliticians. '
It isn't unusual for political
parties to send such
materials to newspapers:
Informatio s in from
the Progressive Conservative .
Party as well as the Liberal
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y a regu ar asis . . . This means that a person dle ari'
but as a general rule you can
count on their materials to be
of a somewhat' dry, sterile
nature. It is the NDP packet
which always -provides the
tempting tidbits. •
• The packet this week was
more :interesting thata
It contained three open let-
ters - two the Hon. Dennis
Timbrell, Minister of Energy,
and one to Sidney B. Han-
dleman, Minister of Con-
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The letter to Mr. Han-
dleman is from Doug Moffatt,
MPP for Durham 'East. Ile
tells M. Hanclleman that it
has been brought, to his at-
tention • that the price or in-
sulin sold by Connaught Labs
for persons with diabetes has
recently escalated in price
from $15 to $25 per packaged,
number of units ••
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response. against takrnethe live of that otherrights • eson Toronto, the other ofold family:homes.
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who is using? 0 units of insulin. this, correspondence
per dayis lacing: increased Moffatt,..bUt upon-rea
week,"costa p, tphree?t. Nett tpeb!: f$rloOma ,Alerttcehriel:,,t1raso.oritj attou
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Morfatt,teels,this particular ArOhie. confirmed
increase is unjustified since price of insulin has
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insulin •be rolled back from 54:30
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especially in view of the fact -"AIB regulations.
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