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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-04-07, Page 1touffville s tams win it as ended. ich Lakeport s ended a 16- nship drought he All -Ontario Championship ng 4-2 victory le in the fourth in Goderich ionship added a h to a con - r in which the a was forced to uctural repairs ockey, despite !ties, managed ut its hockey ide of Goderich. 900 jammed the rena noisily eir enthusiasm rallied for a st period lead and despite giving up two goals in the second period hung on for the 4-2 victory. The line of Dan, Maillet, Rob Trebish and Larry Madge again provided the scoring punch for theSteelers as they were responsible for all four goals. Trebish was the top goal scorer as he scored three goals and, Maillet chipped in with the winner. Trebish opened the scoring after three minutes of play after a miscue by Stouffville goalie Mark Forrester. The puck eluded Forrester as he attempted to jump on it outside the crease and Trebish slapped into the empty net. Trebish scored his second goal of the game 10 minutes Rose' lid rnic • ,ATE` INES B H PU (11 BY rr H 1�! 3.49 A ll�lf'; r ht! good. Dan Maillet gives the victory signal as he eStouffville net after scoring what proved to be ng goal as Goderich won the Ontario Bantam pionship in Goderich Tuesday. (staff photo) later after some hard corner work by Jim Costello and Maillet gave him a clear shot from the slot. Costello battled for the puck in the left wing corner, and managed to slip it to Maillet behind the net who in turn fed Trebish in the slot. Maillet then scored the winning goal before the end of the first period as he fired a wrist shot between the pads of Forr"ester after taking a pass from Madge and Rob McDonald. Goderich ran into penalty trouble in the early part of the second period and Stouffville carried the play' while taking advantage of the manpower advantage. Stouffville scored two goals within a two minute span• to narrow the Goderich lead to one goal. Stouffville kept the play its the Goderich end in much oft thesecond period and goaltender Steve Gallow was. forced to make several.key saves to hold his team in thea. game. Goderich managed few shots on Forrester in the second period but he did.. make a good glove save on a shot from Madge. Goderich turned the game around in the third period as they forechecked relentlessly and stopped Stouffville rushes between the bluelines before anything developed. The second line of Mike Hodges,.: John Clement and Costello were instrumental in tying up Stouffville in their own end and the line also enjoyed several scoring opportunities. s Goderich added the in- surance marker early in the .-third period as Trebish completed his hattrick after being sent in alone on a pass from McDonald. McDonald and his fellow defensemen •played solid defense throughout the game forcing Stouffville players to shoot from long range. McDonald, who just returned to action following a leg injury, assisted on all four goals. Following the game the coaching staff consisting of Mike Pope, Bill Gallow and Jim Gilchrist and captain Mike Hodges were presented with the -new Bantam BB All - Ontario championship trophy. This marked the first year this trophy has been presented. The spoils of victory Goderich Lakeport Steel Bantam captain Mike Hodges accepts the Ontario Bantam BB division trophy from Mr. .1. Pollard after Goderich defeated Stouffville In the final game Tuesday night. This is the first year a trophy was awarded 111 the BB division. qberirlj IG•NAL STAR ,30YEAR -11 11111111111111111MNIMr Agreed to go to Clinton Thursday, April 7, 1977 SINGLE COPY 25c mmommilmommiJ Council puzzled over independency Goderich Town Council went to Clintpn yesterday afternoon to meet with of- ficials of the Huron Board of Education. At time of writing, it appeared the meeting would be closed to the public and press. - The meeting was arranged Tuesday by Administrator Hal Walls after council was advised Monday evening members of the board and -or 'administration staff- would not come to Goderich to meet with council as council had requested. A letter from J.D. Cochrane, director of education, advised that the board thought it best to meet in Clinton where records and' information were readily available in the event of, questions. "I move the invitation be declined and the letter received and filed," said Reeve Bill Clifford. "Council doesn't want to go over the figures?" asked Mayor Deb Shewfelt. "It's nota just a Matter of going over the figures," said Councillor Elsa Haydon, who initiated the motionlast week to invite the board members to the council meeting. "I thought our. two represen- tatives would want to come and explain to us. I would not . have thought it was such a bad thing ° to ask our representatives to come and "talk to us about it." Mrs. Haydon went on to say that if she was a board trustee, she would certainly welcome the opportunity to provide information for the people of her municipality. •„;We are all taxpayers,” said Mrs. Haydon. "I must say this shows a certain ai'rogance on their part that they do not want to meet with taxpayers." "The board is responsible to the public, not to this town council,'' retorted Councillor Dave Gower. "But we are the public," said Haydon. "We are the represen- tatives of the taxpayers„" reasoned Councillor Bob Allen. "If we can't question and get answers, how can citizens expect to question and get answers?" "Apparently the board doesn't have to answer to the • town of Goderich, and not to the Anti -Inflation Board,", commented Councillor John Doherty. "Who is the board of education responsible to. Can ardconcedes to budget meeting unty Board of set a precedent en it offered to epresentatives of of Goderich to 1977-78 education decision to honor request to meet and to have the levy "justified" despite the ap- at the board was e to the town Education John Cochrane explained to the board in a report that there is no provision in law whereby the board is required "to justify to a council the board's requisition to a 'municipality". He added in the report that there is no provision in law whereby a council may alter or withhold the education levy. In a letter to the board, Goderich deputy clerk - treasurer Larry McCabe said that council voiced a great deal of concern towards the 1977 requisition by the board adding that many councillors felt the increase was "con- siderably higher than an- ticipated and an explanation was desired". The motion read "that a representative from the Huron County Board of Education be requested to attend the next budget meeting to justify their requisition"., The letter said that the education requisition is a "major contributor" to the proposed increase in the municipal mill rate in Goderich and that council is in the process of analysing these areas of increase in the, expectation of "shaving" the preliminary budget to a "reasonable increase". "Education, therefore, seems to be one of these areas under attack, as are many others," read the letter. It added that council, for the reasons listed, would like an explanation over and above correspondence presently received. Board chairman Herb Turkheim reminded the trustees that never before has the board met with a municipal council for this reason`, adding the board is not accountable to councils. He said'the board would not be justifying the levy but would explain it, pointing out that nothing could be done about the budget since it was passed March 7 and sent to the ministry of education for further approva The increase 911tought about by the education levy is about 20 mills, according to McCabe. That means taxes on a home assessed at $3,000, which is the town's average, would jump about $50 from last year. they do what like?" "The board justification to the hell they must make the public," said Gower. If the public wants to know, then the public should ask for a public hearing." "I would feel just as put out if the board asked us to come there to explain our budget," said Councillor Stan Profit. "But they are not.collecting our taxes," said Councillor Haydon. "We don't have to explain to them because the board doesn't pay money to the town of Goderich." "It is time we look at this strictly from our own municipal point of view," Gower went on. "We're always trying to go back the other way, concerning our- selves with the school board levy. I don't think we should jeopardize every program in the town because of the education budget. We have to make our decision on our needs here in Goderich and forget about the board's money. We can't clip anything about it anyway and the taxpayers should understand we can't do anything about it." "I'm not prepared to have us levy a 50 mill increase," said Councillor John Doherty. He referred to,people on fixed incomes as well as people struggling tomake ends meet. "They just can't afford a 50 mill increase," stated Doherty. "We're looking at a 20 mill increase for education alone," Allen said. "We are looking at our own .budget now and saying keep it -to a five mill increase, keep it to l0 millsi,, ,;[..feel.hesitant at all about asking for an (continued on page 20 Jubilee Three organizers are looking for a 'Ju'bilee Three Queen. Residents and friends of Goderich are asked to nominate the candidates. Any female resident of Goderich is eligible ... providing she is 80 years of age or better. The name of the winner will be drawn on Old Timers' Day, July 6, and the "Queen" will ride in the Jubilee Three Parade July 9. Persons submitting names are reminded to get the consent of the nominees before sending the suggestion to the Jubilee Three Com- mittee for the draw. ndstand future bleak until repaired Blaney of the roup didn't go into chnical jargon - e told town council ening he would be do so - but he made ear that the gran - the local raceway flcient in marry d that there is no Ontario Racing n would grant a hold races this ess the grandstand ed or repaired. had been ,retained wnto provide a pinion on the d which was declared struc- t by the Ministry Land Commercial Goderich is not its plight. The grandstand at the Clinton Raceway was also con- demned as were several other grandstands in centres throughout the province. According to Blaney, the Goderich and Clinton grandstands were the worst in Ontario. Referring to the Goderich grandstand, Blaney said it.' 'appears that it stays up by friction". It was the firm of Morrison, Hershiel, Burgess and Huggins Limited that made the initial investigation of the Goderich grandstand. That firm recommended to H.Y. Yoneyama of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations that the grandstand "should not be used further to provide seating ac- commodation until such time der postai hours edule for postal service in Goderich has been by the postmaster M. T. Farnsworth. will be no deliveries or despatch on Good Friday, ere will be normal Saturday wicket hours and orApril9. I.. lithe no despatch Sunday. April 10; Easter, and es' 00 Monday, April 11. The holiday schedule effect. for Street letter box collections and lobby will be open continuously. d as the required rein- forcement has been ef- fected". Engineers A.J. Burgess and J. Knight of the firm estimated that the cost of construction involved would be something like $75,000 to $100,000. That's a realistic figure," claimed Blaney when he met with council Monday evening after spending the entire day in Toronto concerning this m atter. Blaney could not guarantee what government funds would be available for the project should the repairs be undertaken by the town, but he. suggested that the racing commission might sponsor up to 50 per cent of a $100,000 repair bill. "But that's strictly my own opinion," warned Blaney. "I have no authority to speak for the racing commission, of course." fie'.said it was his un- derstanding the racing commission had something like $180,000available to use for such projects all over Ontario, This ' would lik ly mean the town would have to come,up°with the full $100, 0 - dAd that perhaps the racing commission would pay 25 per cent of the hill this year. and maybe 25 per cent of the bill next year. NOT WORTH REPAIRS "Is Goderich's grandstand worth the repairs?" asked Councillor Bob Allen, chairman of the town's property committee. "No," answered Blaney. He further cautioned, however, that a new gran- dstand, such as the one proposed for Clinton, would cost $250,000. Blaney told council that for about $29,000, the grandstand in Goderich could be brought up to standard for limited occupancy this summer. 1 his would involve minimal repairs and reinforcing. "But it would be a short term solution." Blaney ad- vised. "You might be able to talk them into using it for this year. You wouldn't get very much for your money." "Could we use the portion under the grandstand?" asked Councillor Stan Profit. Blaney felt this was unlikely without special precautions such as wind monitoring, for instance. "In a strong wind the grandstand could land in the race track or in the parking lot," said Blaney. "If the grandstand is closed, could races be held?" asked Councillor Don Wheeler. Blaney asnwered thiat if the grandstand was properly boarded up, this might be arranged. "As long as the grandstand remains open, people are (continued on page 20 Class w. ease come to order Several firemen from surrounding counties and the city of Stratford are attending a week-long fire school in Goderich conducted through the Ministry of the Solicitor General and the Ontario Fire Marshall's office. The week-long session involves three hours -of clagsrooin lectures an three hours of practical training each11 ay. 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