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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-03-17, Page 1X16 Oh if the problermssC oeltnl„ #fie a in time foll'�the g of da Ween ,this F,rlda h, arena manager Bill umby wag d with the problem of a power cutoff arena Monday and the t rent ;Of stile ice, $urtace., e compressor, had been Inoperative noon Monday and after a lew,hours problem took.on on new proportions. Goderich PUC, was called in and. ugh the disease, was- - quickly osed the problem was to find a part to replace the defective one. C manager Dave Rolston explained a new pole and underground cable installed at the' arena about a year Since a new exit door was being d at the east side of the arena the had to be moved and the wires and -joints ° of : u e zo .ca tended; „ " �� r, ., r max• On.Morldayones'�ot ,tie exteitctedJ oablea:. shorted, etit. at a new connection and. ;scorched "the other two ,eables. As luck '.would' have it the PIJC ,did not have a spare termination joint `and . a frantic search for one ended with aphone call to Clinton. The termination joint wase rushed to Goderich and the three-man PVC crew worked until 10:30 p.m. to reconnect the power. Rolston explained that .the join was installed as a temporary measure for ?CW.; and additional work Will be required. Well one crisis was averted and arena staff and construction crews are.back to the grooming. For the , time being anyway. rd agrees to hockey h Minor Hockey submitted a finandia! Napanee in the future and the e granted use of the statement to the board at the bus costs would be $350 to $450 Arena until April 11 •end of the season. and minor hockey should not g as they are in- Reid initially requested (continued on page 22) MHA playoffs. that the board allow minor derich Recreation hockey 100 per cent of the ed unanimously to gate receipts from playoff ice in the arena games held in the Goderich the Young Canada Arena as well as the $1,000 hockey tournament grant due to the precarious 1. Members of the financial position of the minor t with Oliver. Gaf- hockey association. ogan Construction "It has been a difficult year who was agreeable for minor hockey since we the ice surface in had to play out of town and we it was not used are in a financial straight day. jacket." he said. We were told members of counting on the playoffs to that replacement of make money and finance the wood floor in the teams still remaining in the could be delayed playoffs." nded them to con- Board member John r other priorities Doherty explained that the itments to groups board would revert to the to bookings and arrangement of a year ago in n of the auditorium. which the gate split was 60-40 otion passed at a in favor of minor hockey. eeting last Wed- "I realize that minor ailed for night use hockey.is in a bind but we will ena only and ,the have to ,go with the original Minor Hockey terms of last year's 60-40 n hopes to book arrangement," Doherty said. ames during the "The arena is also in a ays during YCW. financial bind and there is no )lowing a lengthy other alternative." with Bill Reid, a Reid then explained that key representative, the OMHA automatically decided to split the receives 20 per cent of the eipts from playoff gate receipt from a game and 40 in favor of minor the cost of referees was ap- fter expenses and proximately $100. He added would provide up to that the cost of sending teams minor hockey to out of town for games was y ice time expenses also a financial burden. the association "We may have to play IC CORNER Y, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. town council meets in the chamber at town hall. day, March 23 at 12:00 noon the police com- meets in the council chamber at town hall. sday, March 23 at 8:00 p.m. the airport committee n the council chamber at town hall. ay, March 24 at 8:30 p.m, the. recreation board at the recreation office with the public encouraged d. , March 25, Huron County Council, at 10 a.n'i, in unty ,building, second floor, county council ers, 44,4 Ready for Yc`un� anada tournament John Hanly and Dan Maillet sprinkle the newly; painted ice' surface in the Goderich arena in preparation for the opening of Yining Canada Week March 18. The ice surface and dressing rooms are almost complete and arena manager Bill Lumby`expected his surface to be up to standard by Thursday. The arena now features a mezanine standing area above the dressing rooms on the west side of the arena that provides a good vantage point for viewing games. (staff photo) Qr r N 9`. B���F r'4PERS ASSGS ° WSPAPI OS co 19 YEAR—I 1 oberirlj IGNAL THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1977 STAR SINGLE COPY 25c NommatimmeamJ oo.expensive Vote 5-3 against extra copies A heated debate flared up Monday evening at the end of town council's deliberations when Town Administrator Hal Walls reminded council that packets of the meeting agenda and related letters and committee reports were left unused when no in- terested citizens 'of Goderich attended the meeting. -.> `These represent about, $5 each; he told council; holding one packet aloft. At the March 7 meeting of t town council, a motion was passed to prepare up to three of the packets for the convenience of spectators in council chambers. The motion was approved after Rock Robertson, a regular t attender of council meetings i this term, told council that he and his wife would appreciate copies of the material so they c could more easily follow the discussions and deliberations of council. Administrator Walls was not present at that meeting. ' On Monday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Robertson were absent from the council chambers and no one made use of the prepared packets. "I'll do whatever council wants me to do,'" 4said Walls, tog I just want you to kno14,. that it is costly to prepare, materials and then just throw hem.out." Councillor Elsa Haydon questioned Walls' estimate of 5 per packet. She charged he had "pulled that figure out of his sleeve". "We should be gratified hat people are taking an nterest in our meetings," Mrs. Haycion said. "Mr. Robertson has asked for opies of the meeting materials. Last week we were in agreement this was fine. Now we are turning him down." "I think we are nit- picking," agreed Councillor Stan Profit. "If we can save $5 or $10 per meeting, then I make a motion we rescind the motion made last /week," said Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer. "We have twice sanctioned Mat motion, oncelast week and once again tonight when we approved the minutes of last week's meeting," said Councillor Profit. "This is not a normal, routine way to do business. Legal by all means, but not normal." ti Councillor Bob Allen, who was also absent at la.. t week's council meeting, said it was "treading on delicate er Dunlop dollars available erich Jubilee 3 e announced that a coin known as Tiger Dollars will be through Goderich on March 15. e of the coin depicts of Tiger Dunlop and se side carries the flag. The coin will ased by Goderich who will in turn sell the coin to the public. The coin will be considered legal tender for its face value in the town of Goderich from March 15 until September 15. After September 15 the coin loses its value and may be kept as a souvenir item only. Some merchants n:�y retain their unsold coins to be resold as souvenirs, but money may not be refunded for the coin, after September 15. Sales personnel in Goderich will be urged to ask customers if they wish to receive a souvenir dollar as part of their change. In, preparation for the myriad of activities planned in conjunction . with 150 bir- thday of the town local merchants have also been asked to decorate window displays or merchandise in the spirit of the Sesquicen- tennial. Residents of Goderich may obtain an- niversary buttons free of charge in the Town Hall or bumper stickers in the recreation office. The Jubilee 3 Committee jias also invited town mer- chants to add a special grooming touch to both the interior and exterior of their premises to make the ap- pearance of the Square as attractive as possible. The committee anticipates that thousands of visitors will be in Goderich during the celebrations and would like to ensure that the motto of "the prettiest town in Canada" is lived up to. and suggests 577,250 budget oderich Recreation ave tentative ap- a4'net budget of r 1977 .at a special eld last Wednesday. rd's subcommittees d•, their budget for the current year total budget will be at the March 24 meeting of the recreation board. The budget is down from last year as expenditures reached $182,312 and when combined with a revenue of $94,784 resulted in a net budget of $87,528. - This year the board has budgeted for expenditures of $179,270 revenue of $102,000 and a' net budget of $77,250. Recreation director Mike Dymond said the budget was trimmed to the necessities this year and was fair. "The budget is an honest one that was trimmed to exclude frills" he said. The budget does not include a capital expenditures budget that includes $6,000 for new tables and chairs for the arena, $4,000 for a new floor scrubber, $700 for an auditorium floor buffer and $:100 for a french fryer in the canteen. The total capital budget is $11,150. The proposed expenditures mers u ndefeated in Swiss tourney erich Oldtiniers still have a of the first'. period against the Swiss gold medal in the International getting some help from Gary Taylor: Bill tournament .the team is Fritzley made it 2-0 with an unassisted competing in,,n• Switzerland effort with Goderich playing shor- have a one win,. one tie record thataded and Bob Alexanderof the ° starts. The Odtlm lers-edged insurance marker on an unassisted play. will 3.1 : in ihelt and tournament Goderich jumped to a. 2-0 lead against tied Saint John, New Saint John:.but couldn't hang on and had k 2-2 on Tuesday:' to settle for the tie. Bob Alexander er netminder Jerome Jeffrey pushed Goderich into 'a 1-0 Lead four utes away from a shutout in his minutes into the first period with Bill rnational start. Goderich, took a . Gallow getting an assist. Gallow seored lithethe final. minutes of the latee",in the period with help.from t final Swiss got on the board just 'Alexander and Don Elliott but Saint buzzer sounded:., John took over from there. auow Went in ;the' 'Goderich Late in.;'the first period. Jerome Jef- s g e team's fire „If; ereyskate i tut to the Goderich blue line scorecl•,.alt 0:U2 +, corrttlta loose puck and Collided with• a t 1. New Brunswick player. The check in- jured Jeffrey slightly and he Was unable to go back in the Goderich net. Mike Russelo came off the bench cold and with no warmup faced the Saint John shooters. He gave up one quick goal before he get hi$ adrenalin flowing and held off numerous New" Brunswick charges to help keep his club in the game. Goderich smacked a • couple of goal posts in the final period but couldn't grab the winner. " The Oldtimers face Summerside, Prince Edward Island, in their final tournament game before the playdowns Sum merside was beaten b ...Saint John win for' Gode ,i ' .., . so a r Cit-altosi`'-it59 ., , . ores them a bezth in`the.tourneyt'i is of $1 9,27J) includes $36,526 for recreation administration and salaries $85,700 for arena salaries and ad- ministration: $28,350 for pool staff and maintenance: '126,000 for recreation programs and $2,500 for grants: The estimated revenue for the year was set at $102,000 and consists of $71,000 from the arena, $9,600 from the pool and $21,000 from the programs. The net budget of $77,250 will be discussed at the March 24 meeting^'of the recreation board and following approval at that level will be forwarded to town bouncil for approval in their overall budget. Town council did give approval to the board to pUtcha'se tables and chairs at approximately $6,000 and a floor;scrubber for $4.000. nal Smile est is crazy arith, y te."'it multiplies when you �v�lde itI: ground" to supply spectators with copies of all council business. He felt that at any moment, council could decide to go into committee -of -the - whole to discuss matters privately, and it wouldn't be sensible to have copies of correspondence on the subject, for instance, in the hands of the public. Councillor John Doherty agreed. He said it was "not proper", Councillor Don Wheeler asked for the recorded vote on the question. Those voting in favor of the "motion to rescind the motion from last week were Councillors Allen, Dave Gower and Doherty, Deputy -reeve Palmer and ,Mayor Deb Shewfelt: those opposed were Councillors Haydon. Profit and Wheeler, Reeve Bill Clifford was ab- sent for the meeting. Deal for land not final Members of town council were sur- prised to Learn Monday evening that the purchase of a,piec'e of beach property from Marathon Realty has not gone through. When Councillor Elsa Haydon inquired into the status of the deal, town administrator Hal Walls told council he'd telephoned Marathon Realty this week and discovered there is another offer on the land formerly occupied by the Esso storage tanks at the beach. "Everybody on this council thought we had bought the property," said Walls. "If I hadn't telephoned, we'd not be any the wiser." Council decided early this year to buy the property for $20,000,a figure quoted to council by the Marathon Realty company, acting on behalf of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Just recently, Marathon Realty wrote Lo the town council, asking that a $2,000 cheque be sent along in connection with the deal, representing 10 per cent of the agreed price. "We agreed to their terms and sent the cheque to them" said Walls. "But at no time did Marathon actually say they had accepted the offer. We signed the agreement but it Was never returned to us "If they've cashed the cheque we've got the land"observed Mayor Deb Shewfelt. "It doesn't seem possible they won't agree to their own conditions', said Councillor Bob Allen who asked that the matter be referred to the town's solicitor, Dan Murphy. Council con- curred with his motion. Young gourmets Elizabeth McMillan, right, and Jennifer Dunn have, along with their classmates at Vic- toria School, been busy recently collating a Tri -Jubilee cookbook. The cookbook is a collection)of family recipes handed down from generation to generation. The recipes were gathered by the students of Marilyn Brulnsma's home economics class at Victoria:The books have been sold as fast as the girls can get them together and are available for one;; dollar each. Proceeds from the project will buy some newsewing machines' for the: classroom at Victoria. (Staff -photo) T.