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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-06-02, Page 1f,t CentreBoard:. disco the arena wili .ba reviewing Arena fund raIs!n -•community support. campaigning but discovered that 'jn sorbed bythe:cO.mIl to obtain a bnk 1u cover interim. Ofl waiting for Wintarl the interest amount€ be :•, neededlO co on Vnd Cartununit Fthatfund raising !Cr' be continued after. eir regular monthly aigners realized their, titer almost a year of, �w board members s• payments and ad, Jt also have to be ab - .y. The town was forced .prime interest rates to 'On payments while pts. Over two months 11. rest payments,S7532 will. 'eAtItnfpainting. The cost •sipr and exterior of the in the construction e paintlng costs will ne/eligible for some Wtntario grantsbut th6,juteiest and the balance- ef the painting cgats will have to be raised. In other business - the board will consider holding dances with big name bands as fund raisers in vievi of the success of the recent Guy Lombardo dance staged by the Jubilee 3 Committee in the arena. A letter from the booking agent responsible for Lombardo's playing dates indicated that the band would be in Ontario next May and advised the group to make a ,date if interested. Board members agreed that the new arena facility was conducive to such gala dances and also considered such a dance as a major fund raiser. Mr. and -Mrs. John Schaefer, co- ordinators of the Lombardo dance attended the board meeting and complimented members op the new arena structure. 130 'YEA11.......22 • sa .„. 64 s are upset BY JEFF SEDDON of angry, frustrated and concerned med the police for the problem. e said they did their job and adding ourts did nothing the matter was out ds. • claims the cases are dismissed for a dence and that every time a case re is a distinct shortage of reliable eople blamed with the creation of the y it is not they that are at fault but the they live in. the problem goes on. The tiny corn - Ashfield Township is the centre of a y that has half the people living there terror and half suppressing an anger are. afraid will erupt causing injury y even death to someone. • lem is that about two dozen members munity areconcerned about a 23 -year - Bob MacDonald and his 18 -year-old bie whom they feel are harrassing members of their families. 'the women ceful protest at the Huron County e in Goderich last week "asking for issuing a hand written statement the problems that have caused the the past two years. e two MacDonald's angle the problem but the community that "won't leave e", They claim they have been the butt nity jokes for as long as they can and that any time young people in the ood get bored they goover to the d's and "bother" them. ers carried placards saying things ect our children" and "If the police are re, does that leave us?" They outlined ozen instances where the two young ve "tettorized" the Community and men are sleeping with "loaded guns" fraid to go to work and leave their protected. Grace Austin, a spokesman for the ladies, said a beating Tuesday night of last week was the final straw. She said the community was tired of the problem and wanted some legal help before a "vigilante" group formed to deal with the situation. Mrs. Austin said another situation recently brought the situation to a boil. She said two • young men were.using a tractor and wagon to haul wood and were prevented from using the road and were eventually chased across a field. Shy said the men were returrning home on the tractor when a car pulled in front of them slowed and wouldn't -let them past. The men bunted the rear of the car with a front end loader with which the tractor was equipped, she said, then took off across a field when the situation got tense. Bob MacDonald said he wonders quite often "why his family is the target" and adds that he guesses it's just that they' are at the wrong end of the community social ladder. He says the family farm is a joke and that he is quite often shocked when someone does something nice for him. Grace Austin said the recent problem cannot be construed as a family feud adding that the MacDonald's have lived in the township for 80 years peacefully and that only the young people have been a problem in the past two years. Debbie MacDonald says her family is the "scapegoat" in the community claiming when anything happens they are blamed. She said she cannot face the neighbors and wouldn't dare venture out of the house. She said cars drive up and down the road In front ,of the house continuously now, the oc- eupants staring in at the home that is very similar to the ones around it. Both the youngsters are concerned that the recent publicity given the situation by the media will make life unbearable for them. The mothers marched around the court house for about an hour, then proceeded out to the Goderich detachment of the Ontario Provincial (continued on page 20) ter 1 ar- s goin . „, vselr ctaht:rpillars that. Crawled across the caterpillar should be entering the cocoon Past few. weeks ,should be stage in the next week and will soon become a aiou ' nd lights in atteuiet month, this othcorh , ,...., moth as per its natural cycle. • , ,, a caterpillar,,,,whieh defoliated Miller said possible sill side effects combined ,filittle damageint ' ' " 'f i Percent of the prIreq'otties in. its with the itnpossibility of getting , wholesale I natural re$3inib' ' ,;„, , , t perm, from property owners in the affected 0.4' Men.;:Sale t area made it unwise and impractical to spray. 60 uP ttic,in' stioli* ii 4, OiLitti, ,.'110 Said he realized the invasion was unpleasant comparedq!darnage-i..nerth. r..,:.. , .. 1.cgt1111. for people in the area but added that the ' 4'liOttiral t4ottiee pillar is now searching for a shelter to spin a,,,: to .,,Frank, ,,, codoon and can be hosed down, .6/fleeted and deittnYed. ., 0.'41,arned that the practice.O'Iiiirlisive,.'*':: ,c- 'I ho I: 1sito ate :., f. 116Y'advlsedho' et011Y:tbift theprov g WhoIesaie.sllarnra ,eaten'1 ndrna':VIC, A debate which tocal Progressive Con- servative organizers haVearrangedbetWeen the PC candidate Anson McKinley and Liberal in- cumbent Jack Riddell haS a large question mark hanging over it. • The debate, which Goderich PC worker Kim Ainslie termed, a 4,!,chalainge-debate" is not ac ceptable to the Eibrat's in the tering blitlined by Ainslie. What's more, PC Anson McKinley said early Wednesday morning he did not authorize a challenge debate and Will not participate in any debate . to discuss only certain paerarranged issues with only the Liberal candidatepresent. At press time though, Ainslie was still Insisting the debate was on as arranged. A press release on :Tuesday presented at the Signal -Star Office by Kim Ainslie said that McKinley had. challenged Riddell to debate regional government and health care services at GDC1 Tuesday, June 7. That information was carried in a story which appears elsewhere in this issue (Second Section,Page 12A' Later in theday, nowever, word was received from Kathy McKinley, daughter of Anson McKinley, that the challenge had been withdrawn because it was issued without the "knowledge or consent" of her father. Shortly afterwards, a telephone call from Ainslie and McKinley's campaign manager, Elmer Hayter, informed this newspaper the debate would be held, it would be between McKinley and Riddell only, and it would be on the subjects of regional government and health services only. Early Wednesday morning, Anson McKinley was in touch with the editor of the Signal -Star by telephone. He said he was prepared to .debate anywhere anytime with the other two candidates in the electionsrace in Huron -Middlesex, but that • Bullen's bail set at '1,000 ' Terrence Lloyd Millen, 45, Bayfield, was released during the weekend on $1,000 bail after being held in custody since • Sunday, May 22, Bullen is charged with the Murder of Ronald De Jong, 25, RR 2, Bayfield, and the attempted, murder of Leroy De Jong,-12vbrother of the dead man, also of RR 2, Bayfield. ' Eittllen, appeared in court last Thursday in Goderich before Judge 11. Glenn Hays Q.C. and was remanded until Monday, June 6 on both charges. e Leroy De Jong was released from Goderich Alexandra Marine and General Hospital the day following the shooting. His brother, Ronald, was buried last Wednesday. •. According to the Ontario.ProvincialPolice, Goderich detachment, the shooting incident took place .'patly:':,.,,Sunday, 191.4i0Pf011owing an argumentat the Bavarian t Inn at the edge of Bayfield. Police say that Terrence Buller' Jr., 20, and four of his friends, tilinted:18 to 20, had been arguing With the be JonChrOthers both inside and outside the tavern. The younger tiullen w4df.' legedly fellowed his home by' the De int* tiolt21:7, The elder cethe"to the aid of rrechlaster of gotten, said t. twice. 'The pistol whlch BitileaWaa'repOitted to h1,* his iori:OtEt,h0-004Aing occu Detective Inspector .Toronto. hoisheadlng 'PO' ; were • "I would like 'te':cptnplitak arena which is A ,controversy4 blessing," Mr. Schaefer ,Saist...2. normally associated with .14)1r ski, hockey but the atmosphere was good.ai town is ready for two such events per Schaefer said that the arena floor Was easily converted into a ball atmosphere and that the committee should consider a name change in view of the broad scope of activities that may be, conducted in the new facility. Schaefer and members of the board said there were no negative comments about the dance or the new arena and that it was a credit to the community. The board passed a ?notion calling for the people of Goderich to be involved in the renaming of the Goderich Memorial Arena. Lna—STAR THURSDAY, JUNE 2,1977 SINGLE COPY 25c tes7 debate, uestion mark he had never agreed to issue a challenge to Jack from a debate" but that it would be necessary for Riddell. the New Democratic Party candidate Shirley He said he would need to be invited to any Weary to be included in the debate and that any debate in which he would participate and that issue of interest to the people in attendance such a debate would have to include all the would be discussed by Riddell. parties represented in the Riding with all issues Murphy said .a meeting is • scheduled for of interest to the voters and -or the candidates Thursday, June 2 to set the ground rules for the fair subjectssior discussion: s Dan MtirphY, local spokesman for Liberal Ainslie: 'It is not known at time of writing Jack Riddell, said essentially the same thing. whether the meeting is expected to reach any Murphy said Riddell was "not running away (continued on page 20) Goderich odgeirvieeuphR.ecreation Director Mike Dymond won't Dymond, seeking public input and par- ticipation in the community recreation scene scheduled four neighbourhood meetings in town during May for public input on programs and facilities being offered in Goderich. Only one person showed up at the last of thefour meetings to discuss recreation in Goderich. The meetings Were held May 10, 111 17 and 18 and were designed for general input into the 'recreation department's operation. Dymond said Stt such capportUnities for public involvement necessaryand would likely be attempted in e;a'.; • 0.4Ph;ottrage greater pafticiptitiOn different approach and timing and!. thuse'):41titteqlonnalres as a means • • fit •4'.:A While other students participated In' Victoria Public School's field day held last Wednesday, these two girls held their own contest in the school yard with their hula hoops. The students are Julie Scott (left) and Brenda Smith. (staff photo) Index Huron -Bruce Election • P3 Sports starts • P8 District news Classifieds ' 7 • • 1 01114 Real Estate . . • • ### • • • 4 4,, Candidate interviews T. 7 • ^, ' s. , .7: ''" ''''' .. 10; '' • ' ' :, ''sa,a's :,.ass ,s '1•4''''''' 4n an' •