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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-05-26, Page 19• • Y. • etest music -this side- of heaven 000 people jammed the Goderich Arena last Thursday to hear the North America and is perhaps most noted for his New Year's Eve rendition c sounds of Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, Lombardo, of Auld Lang Syne. (staff photo) s born in London, Ontario, has thrilled capacity audiences all over ,- Health Council not for Huron The steering committee for the Huron - Perth, District Health Council reached a decision last Wednesday evening to recommend to the ministry of health tbat no district health councils be for- med in the counties of Huron -Perth. The recorded vote in which eight members opposed the concept of district health councils and seven supported it will be forwarded to the 'ministry im- mediately along with several recom- mendations made by the steering committee. The committee sent out 450 briefs in the two counties 18 months ago con- cerning the formation of district health councils and received only a 10 percent response reflecting about 50 percent for and 50 percent against such a formation.,. The public was apathetic to public seminars held throughout the two counties as well, according to Lloyd Morrison, chairman of the committee. The ministry had promised that once a council was formed. local citizens would make the decisions about where the health dollars "in the two counties should be spent. Those who supported the formation of district health councils thought it ad- vantageous to, retain the counties' own identity rather than accept the responsibility of eventually being made part of an already formed council since their priorities have already been established. They felt district councils were needed because Huron and Perth counties share the Same concerns .vastly different from those in a high density area. It was also a consensus of opinion that the two counties have a large bank of dedicated, knowledgeable and resourceful per- sonnel from which to draw the expertise to fulfill a district health council. The steering committee had agreed at their April meeting t'o take a mpnth to decide on the formation of district health councils. r `�NAO,/,N [OMMUp�rY T'�lFItf ASS p�,C�0,�4 N"WSPA p1 Y5 GO �bertrIj SIGNAL STAR THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1977 130 YEAR -21 SECOND SECTION ee 3 presentation G, Carter of Goderich, an executive member of the Jubilee 3 committee, made a esentation of a Dunlop Dollar to Guy Lombardo at the concert held at the arena day. (staff photo) Claims Goderich "vital corner" • Anson McKinley, the opponent is emphasizing Progressive Conservative regional government as an candidate for the riding of L•sue shows how barren and Huron -Middlesex told srorile his organizatior is. Goderich PC campaign Riddell never did anything to workers atp p , meeting last • igop regional government Wednesday evening that when he was in power. I think Goderich is "a vital corner" I know more about regional of the riding and that it will and municipal government take "a lot of work" and hard than he does.;' said campaigning to win the area McKinley, over. He also accused Riddell "The thrust of the cam- and the Liberal party of doing paign will be a more effective nothing to srop hospital voice in government for closings in the area, Huron -Middlesex. We need a "If I'm sitting in the government member to be heard at home plate, not in the outfield bleachers," he told his audience. McKinley answered questions from the campaign workers and touched on several key issues concerning land use, inflation, regional government, nuclear power plants and the closing of local hospitals. He accused Liberal can- didate Jack . Riddell of. "making any sort of exaggerated claim with no grounding in truth". He was critical of the NDP as well sayingtthat they had an over- representation for business, farming and industry among them. McKinley urged his audience to . think •of their future and the future of the economy in particular".. "Put your money in the hands of the people who will put it to good use for you," he said, Farmers and businessmen, said McKinley, have been• hacked into a corner by governme fiscal policies. He said the government should stay out of the far- mers' business on marketing hoards until they are asked to step in by the farmers themselves. . •1• Speaking on inflation, McKinley said it was caused by excessive and un- controllable government spending. However, he said the Ontario government had one - of the best budgeting systems of all. He called zero based budgeting, the new concept in budgeting used by the government of Ontario, "extremely successful', because funds can be taken from one area where they are not being used and can be put to use in another area. When asked about regional government, McKinley said the policy of the Davis government since, 1972 has never fot"ced regional government on an area that didn't. bring up the concern first. He said that regional government was best for' the Huron-Middtpsex areti. "The very fact that our legislature after June 9, the government will have to get by me before they can close any hospitals," he said. McKinley also stated his �opposition- to nuclear power plants "at this point in time because of social pressure caused by them". He said only the municipality with the nuclear plant in it would receive the tax benefits from it, but the surrounding areas would face pressures as well. While the county planning board ideally should be able to control such pressures, he said, there is no guarantee that it will. He also stressed •t'he–im- portance of good land use in conjunction with nuclear power plants. "Once land goes out of production it will never be brought into production again. We have to he careful since we have the most valuable and productive land in Canada and the hest record of preserving it." McKinley also said that there has been no proof that nuclear plants won't harm ext.stin term areas. At the close of the meeting, McKinley, who promised his audience that-they'would see much more of him in the campaign, said. "I haven't any college degrees but I feel that my education is a lot closer to the_people in this riding than Riddell's is. ran entertainer ardo and his Royal Canadians have become:an institution in music for several "spite the changing trend's in contemporary music. Lombardo and his group dapproximately 1,100 people at Goderich Memorial Arena last Thursday. 0) Fishing building Construction crews are completing the first phase Of the fish ladder in the Nine Mile River in Port Albert. A spokesman for, the Ministry of Natural Resources Raid that more blasting may, be needed at the base of the ladder which is expected to be completed by luly. (staff photo) • • •