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It's nippy working in an unheated shed
these days but Goderich Police Con-
stable Larry Webb keeps warm with
plenty of activity and visions of warm
southern seas.
Constable Webb has a dream. He's
0,,,r1ting toward the day when he'U ex-
change his policeman's hat for a
yachting cap, load his family aboard the
4G- foot -catamaran -he has under C9117
struction, and set sail for warmer
climes.
That big day is still in the fairly distant
future. Const. Webb estimates it will
take him another two years or so to
complete the job. When -finished the boat
Will displaA about two and one half tons,
carry cutter rigging and sleep six per-
sons.
It is being built to a design developed
by an Englishman, James Wharham.
Known as the Oro Cat triode1 it was
designed to put as many people on the
water, at as low a price, as -possible.
When first imagined five or six years
ago it was estimated the craft could be
completed for $4,500. Today Const. Webb
estimates it will cost about $7,000 before
it's in the water fully rigged.
"This is no yacht," he stresses. "It's
simply a boat designed to get you from
point A to point B as cheaply as
possible." To build a mono -hulled craft
of comparable• size he estimates would
cost $25,000, to buy it might run $70,000.
"The Oro is both simple to build and to
operate," he adds.
This will be the first boat Larry Webb
has owned, but his sailing days go back
to his ,childhood. "Instead of a cottage
my patents had a 24 -foot sail boat. My
father raced it and 1 crewed for him, as
well as on Other boats,"
The idea of building his own boat and
sailing for a few years was always in his
mind and had a great deal to do with his
coming to join the Goderich Polic force
four years ago.
"In Toronto w,e really couldn't afford
to buy a house with enough property on
which I could begin building the boat,"
he explains. "But in Goderich it would be
possible."
The boat itself was begun in Toronto,
but not by Const. Webb. "I bought it
from another guy who had started the
project but decided not to continue when
his wife became ill," he explains.
The availability of funds has as much
to do with the rate of progress as does
the amount of spare time, Const: Webb
admits, but the craft is coming along
step by step.
And in the meantime there is still the
anticipation of warm sea breezes and
exotic ports.
Goderleh 'Pollee Cons' arry Webb estimates It take sm11-5ep. clst bis goal Once complete Wl,i,O
him another two keitiltU,Complete Construction of hi0.48,h opes i4ake his famlly for a few years Sailitig;.prohabixto .
foot Oro 'catamaran but the sinking of each screw Is onet 'Ahe COgtUdiiii*ekt coi4kbyway of Panatita. (staff photo)
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Student assistance.going up wit
Dr. Harry Parrott; DDS,
Minister of Colleges and
Universities, has sum-
marized improvements in the
Ontario Student Assistance
, Program (OSAP) for 1977-78.
Students' living alloVances
• urlder OSAP will be increased
to $61 a week, up from $57 in
the current year. The
maximum allowance for
books has been increased 11
per cent, and there are
several increased allowances
to be used in calculating
students' resources for
determining loan and grant
limits.
Dr. Parrott noted that
recent improvements in his
Ministry's computer systems
will allow more efficient
processing of OSAP ap-
plications. May 2 is target
date for commencement of
processing 1977-78 OSAP
applications.
The 1977-78 grants. budget
for OSAP is $74 million, up $13
million from the current
year. Recently announced
tuition fee increases, the first
in five years, will be taken
directly into account in
calculating ithe amount of
assistance that students can
receive.
Taxpayers contribute about
80 per cent of universities'
operating revenue and
private sources supply ap-
proximately another four per
cent, leaving the student
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riding name Change
Huron -Middlesex M.P. Bob
McKinley introduced a bill in
the Commons recently to
change the name of his riding
to Huron -Bruce. Mr.
McKinley said the . name
change is necessary because
the riding will be changed
under redistribution and will
now comprise all of Huron
County plus four southern
townships of Bruce County.
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Previously Mr. McKinley's
riding took "in Huron County
and two northern Middlesex
townships, McGillivray and
Biddulph. The' new riding will
encompass four Bruce
County townships, Huron,
Kinloss, Culross and Carrick.
The change will increase
the number of eligible voters
in Mr. McKinley's riding
from 59,000 to 63,000.
Many of the activities of the
Home were cancelled in the
pat month 'due to weather
conditions. The Bobbie Burns-.
program " arranged by Jim
Lawrie of Blyth was held on
Family Night and was
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greatly appreciated by the
residents.
Five new residents wee
welcomed to the Horne at
Monday afternoon's old time
music program. Miss. Irene
Paton, Mrs. Catherine
Diggon, Cecil Skinner,
Thomas O'Neil and Joshua
Penny.
• Elsie Henderson, Norman
Speir and Cecil Skinner
provided the Music.
Wanetta and Bill Holland
and Hugh Hodges entertained
on Family 'Night with country
and western music. .Wally
trich, h former neighbour of
the Hollands,expressed the
appreciation of the residents
for the hour of fine music.
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s ant ARMS
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You too fl511
about 16 per cent of costs to be
paid in the form of fees.
Similar figures apply to
Ontario's system of colleges
of applied arts and
technology.
OSAP provides loans and
grants to Ontario post-
secondary students who have
insufficient money to pay
their living expenses and
tuition fees. The amount of
assistance made available
depends on students'
educational posts • and
financial resources.
In 1977-78, assistanceupto
$1',000 will again be provIded
as a repayable loan
guaranteed by the federal
tuition
government under its Canada
Student Loans Plan. Students
needing additional assistance
will usually receive it -in the
form of a provincial, gover-
nment grant. '
Changes in assessing
parental contributiop
students' education expenses
will •make allowances for
Increasesjnthecost of living.
The IVIltilstr571 of .:Colleges
and UniveraitlPS
Is Peparing-
a deseilptiVe:boOladt;Ontario
Student AssistanCe.Program,
1977-78,,, which will be
'distributed , inApril to high
schoojs-- and. -Postsecondary •
educational ' institutions
throughOuttheprovinee,'
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