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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-02-17, Page 2411: 4 , , 4. • • , • • ;.• • • • dlwrt:r; ';'•;" • ;44.44.4.. 4•"•"ItA. ••:'•'",;/•''t/r".t0", •••!"•'-(, 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) • 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 se•il'n. • • - ' ' ' -'7' ie s.t . ' ' • _ . ckinley ... 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. . • 4 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 - 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. • s ant ARMS • OrtteEstit*II;ibisiotwater 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,' 74744•71. • vir 4 T Ore and Carnl •-ment ;;;;.,;;;• ; " —0,4 Thea (Orti.eed ge • :tion,a, Mr. sg:ymour su 13orripipr,,to'has tra woe' k;41Tripiei-Head Chatham •a Niee-Pt Markpting,,iAlri•Seym :Union Gag, at Chatham -and spent mber of various ,operatitig de' at Ch athani, Wallace London. before beint London Salesigabage $ De t d Cc P enl gi ELECTRICAL, Industrial, Commercial, Residential Needs 4.1 • , I -. At Union Gas we do our best to make sure , that a great deal of trainjng. and experience back up every service call we make. For one thing, all of our trainees go through six months of special technical training before they're qualified to be service people. Even then, -they go back for regular refresher courses to make sure they keep up to date On your service needs. And when they call on you, they're equipped with a service vehicle that's tailored for just about any kind of natural gas service you might need. If you use our service , for adjusting, cleaning or repairing your appli-* ances, you can count on us to give them the best of attention. Safe, Courteous. Depend'able. Naturallyithe cost of the service depends on what needsio be dune -..i", - Sometimes there's no drill. But Whe,ri •,a charge -is necessitr • " you'll fiiid our rates are most reasonable. Whatit all gddsup - - to is that., necd help from uswe A be there. Doing 74 '• „ 44. 4 • JLLL&hottuutfil), ; ,*; 44 • e'1:4.',E;•,4;%,!;t4-7r434 7 • , • .....,"..;J•ii;,•,•4*-;;;,!iii 7ififtIttri.4x418, Ar• R1 a ed io con ce nt fri ch pal an ar pi] ugl sit! ute ti m