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ISGDCI students participated lia a 10 kilometre walk-a-thon Monday afternoon to
ds for a new track and field facilities to be constructed on a 10 acreiporeel of larisj_.
the-schooh -Walk-a-thon-co-ordinator-LymeMeyerregifairea' thatthe project ,
between $6,000 and $7,000 in addition to the $4,599..raised last year. Meyers said the
11 be drained and levelled this fall to completee first phase of the construction.
lido) ,
New. grand§tand set up
or wheelchair spectators
Huron notes another
rward in the ac-
ity of the han-
. The new grand -
the Clinton Raceway
nclude an area
d for wheelchair.
rs. Paul Kerrigan,
pt of the Clinton
,reports that studies
derway to find a
let economical plan..
facilities such as the
Raceway become
AA. then ,Up to the
pedto get out, 4.1s�
joy them and' show
.aneed for thee
future innovations.
All towns must provide
advanced polling stations
that are accessible' to the
handicapped, AlPha assisted
in finding .a suitable location
in Gbderich. Mr. and Mrs.
George Turton of 319 Huron
Road offered the use of their
home.
At Alpha's May meeting in
the Brussels School, a motion
was passed to investigate the
accessibility of local theatres.
Ajerm letter...Au:as ..also4hAP.'
"proved that will be avaithble
to interested persons or
groups' requesting in-
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formation 'on Alpha's ac-
tivities.
The next nieeting Fs
scheduled for June 28 at 8
p.m. in the Holmesville
School. Wally Kennedy, CNIB
District Administrator,
London Office, will be the
guest speaker. They realize
this is a busy time of year, but
are hoping for a good turnout.
As always, everyone is
welcome.
For information, call
Elaine.Town.shearLat Clinton,
482-3013; Mary Howell at
Goderich, 524-8642; or Pat
Watson at Brussels, 887-6236.
e Goderich khismen
sponsored a :bicycle
Saturday morning at,
Goderich arena and at -
ted about 50 young riders
ting to test their abilities
safety knowledge. The
rse featured balance
ty, knowledge of traffic
and safety of the bicycle.
stable Gerry Hilgew
was posted at the en-'
e to the arena and
ked over the .bikes •ofY
entrant to see if they
e up to par. He checked
and handle bar height,
tness and wear of the
n, reflectors, license and
r and inflation level of
s.
e entrants • were divided
three groups according to
e. The junior' class of
des 1 and 2 was won, by
rk „Stokes of Victor*
1 and Karen White of
ertson, both of whom'
hed with 255 points 040.
• sible 275, Steven Forbes
Victoria finished second4.q
245 and Gregg DeWintkr,,'7::
L -Mary's third with 240. it
ha Victoria: 4
tif'.:165 points in her first:
e finish in the:elk-4i,
ediate dlvjsjon Caretl,,,.
4.4/ a n of Victoria
• aged 248 points for
Al. place in the Grade 3.
4::Otss and Sean Mulhern
t•Mary's grabbed 239,for
Wt.
inesh Weeragot4h
I.eaptuted the diitag
;senior divIsloitwlth 263
Wand was Ati:o001' •
en Bushell ;Of",i,,Vii#0...„..;:
25Qpoints and IPSW
of Vittpri
foltowing the.'
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150 YEAR -;22
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1977
SECOND SECTION
his record! •
Jack Riddell, the .Liberal
incumbent ..in the ,Huron -
Middlesex Riding this
provincial election, isn't
sitting still for charges that
he's a "voice crying in the
wilderness" at Queen's Park
just because' his party has
fewer mernbewrs than either
the Progressive Con-
servatives or the New
Democrats.
Speaking on Friday to
party workers in Goderich,
Riddell said, "If I am a
voice crying in the wilder-
ness, then my voice has
echoed off,a good many trees
in the Legislature."
Jubilee 3 event:
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The booming -voiced amendment," he recalled for
politician said his voice had the benefit of his audience.
been heard, too, in matters "There was many things in it,
like hospital closures and including a clause.. that
regional government. „Ontario should not support
"the Anti -Inflation board
He explained to his cam-
paign associates that he had
showed his lack of confidence
in the Davis government
when he remained outside the
Legislature during the
presentation o of a New
Democrat amendment which
included. among other things,
a clause pertaining to the
hospital situation which af-
fected his R iding.
"The hospital clause wasn't
the only thing in that
guidelines. I just couldn't
vote for 'everything in the
amendment and put Ontario
out of the AIB. That would
have been irresponsible, but I
did stay out of the House to
show my protest in the
hospital issue."
• Riddell also said he has
been called an "outfielder" in
the Legislature,
"If I am an outfielder, I was
strong enough to hurl the
Farm Income Stabilization
Skydivers asked
to drop in at airport
The Goderich Airport
committee passed a motion
last Wednesday evening to
support a proptised sky diving
competition in principle. It
would be held during Jubilee
3 festivities.
However, the committee
would not give permission to
use Sky'Harbour's facilities
for this' Competition until the
users of the airport and town
council give unanimous
apProval.
• Tentative' plans for the
• skydiving comp were
presented to the. airport
committee by' Trace Whalen
• who was acting on behalf of
the promotional , represen-
tatives for the conlpetition.
• Whalen said a minimum of
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100 skydivers jumping con-
tinuously for three days could
be expected if such a com-
petition was held. He put
. „forth the weekend of July 1 as
the • best date for the com-
petition. He also said there
was a possibility that it could
income' an annual event.-
.• Airport committee chairman
• (Dick Wright said, "I would
certainly like to see
',something of this nature* but
three days is a long time to
olOse an airport down.'
The committee recom-
heniled to Whalen that the
TOrigth of time for the com-
tpetition be reduced to certain
:4et hours in the three days
,rather than closing the air-
theee;;OPportUrthe provnce!
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election.
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tng areas. He wants
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ikli'port as a precaution-
'.p,citlents and fire.
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E4dtidecided at the
that all vehicles used
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port for the whole ,three days
at one time.
Whalen will be gathering
more information about the
competition to present to the
committee at an upcoming
meeting.
The committee went on to
discuss the proposed airport
runway expansion. Approval
of an application for federal
government funding to aid
with the costs of airport
expansionhas not been
received yet.
Allen Ball, airport manager
reported to the committee at
Wednesday evening's
meeting that the airport's
taxi and threshold lights are
not working because of im-
proper transformers.
Dave Gower of the airport
maintenance sub -committee
said the ,lights should be
working within six to eight
weeks.
Gower also told the com-
mittee that it was "time to
take some safety precautions
around the airport." He
rtgeern mended restricted
:pedestrian access to the
alittiiiit and fencing around
'SA
clear
Bill back to the drawing
board," Riddell said. "That
Bill was submitted again in
the Legislature and the
second time contained some
policies supported by the
Liberal party."
"I have had an effeltive
voice in the Legislature," he
claimed. "And I will continue
to be heard."
Riddell hit hard at the $7,2
billion deficit under which the
province is reeling. He said
that interest charges amount
to 33.000,000 a day - $2,000 a
minute, There's a debt of $840
over the head of every child
born in this province. Riddell
told his audience.
The Liberals, Riddell went
on, are pledged to strive for a
balanced budget. He called it
a "mammoth job" but said
the Liberal party was
prepared to work for it.
Job creation is a must.
Riddell said.
"But we won't do by
spending the $22. - $25,000,000
it is costing us running
around the country trying to
get re-elected,— Riddell
stated,
The Liberals would take
immediate steps to stimulate
the small business sector
where it is found that over 60
per cent of the work force is
employed. For every new job
small business can create,
Riddell said, the Liberals
would subsidize 20 per cent of
the salary to a maximum of
$2,000.
The Liberal proposal would
cost an estimated
$200,000,000.
"But there would be more
income tax paid and people
would be off the Unem-
ployment Insurance Com-
mission payroll," he
reasoned.
The recently announced
Progressive Conservative job
creation scheme is designed
to create 100,000 new jobs
each year. ,
"But Davis is not telling
you that the economy itself
generates between 85 and
90.000 new jobs each year,"
Riddell pointed out.
The Dashwood area farmer
spoke briefly about the
concern of farmers for the
supply of oil, gas and elec-
tricity needed in the rural
areas each year. He
suggested that the present 1.3
per cent of the total provin-
cial budget spent on the
farming industry in Ontario is
inadequate, and said that
more study should be
directedoward the
"renewable sources of energy
we can grow
,,t.
Riddell reported to his.
workers that one young
person at GDCI had pointed
out at a session earlier in the
day that the Ontario gover-
nment was "experimenting
'with their lives" where
education was concerned.
The local member said that
85 per cent of the Liberal
educational policy has been
incorporated ' into the
government's recent
educational policy changes
and expressed his satisfac-
tion that the "core
curriculum is back".
The former teacher said
one of the Canadian Studies, a
mathematics subject, an
English course and one
science will be requi4c1 On
the timetable of every Grade
9 student in the province
beginning in September this
year.
"But we have a long way to
go yet," he told his workers.
Riddell was introduced by
Dan Murphy who said Jack
Riddell is conducting a
"positiveiding. campaign" in the
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Correction
Against region!
A report in the Goderich Signal -Star last Thursday"
stating that Anson McKinley said regional government
was best for thellurbri:Middlesex area WitaintorreeL,,
Mr. McKinley has never said or telt:',that * tOrtat
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