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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-09-08, Page 15o •ro- .t ' bylfiw ,.; It na lven third and final;.. ading Tu�,sda � n b Goderich.Town ouncil afteir•rrt ' one ydair...ol. waiting.for. `: +7 .:. , .... �,�4� Fara".+..:. T�.. -. -. .. ►griculture Part + is rs to: get together. and reach an amicable;,.adr.` mef(taboutcars crossing the race track and pad gl the centre area. ' A recorded vote .: bgbested by Councillor Stan Profit, saw':only Go. clllor Profit opposed to the third reading of tp bylaw. Councillor Profit Claimed the bylaw's a.S'!notnecessary".. According- to Pr,• , tit not , many vehicles park inside" the. track.'Marty of,those vehicles that do cross the track tot a they have very young inner circle do so because children or elderly people in' them and it is‘ a ,' matter of Convenience to remain in the car to:"wat h soccer or ball games. Councillor Bob Allen, who reintroduced the • elation, said he harf''been•hoping for a coWihined ••p a.: kior agreement between -the ball and soccer players ;since it would C cii icult t or and the horsemen in this matter. But, he said, the area was not,poste nothing . ,new had taken place - ,except that Councillor .Profit said l ' several horses had been iniured},fn the ruts convenience ofpeople w.tth 'ou C?1tt ? ortno ee,. caused by the cars crossing the track, and. the: elderly citizens was por not .ima i to rs centre green area was gettingtorn up because people". He was reminded;that yerye�ifn* of the. more cars than- ever before are parking inside cars illegally parked carry the very ► u ngor,tee , the track. very old-,or.:even occupants•who re inte>s s►ted.. Reeve Bill Clifford, who said he. was in favor of 'n the sports going on In the field, passing the bylaw,,suggestedthct copiss be sent Councillor Elsa Ha.ydon'`,,told Co' nciilor ,Profit to all the organizations using the park. �1e also it costs 'tile parks department's. great deal of suggested the bylaw was important enough to money fo restore the warrant one publication in the Sign al -Star• motorists, and hopgrass torn up by unthinking ed that—Councillor -Profit would "look more kindly on the parks budget" in Councillor John Doherty thought a properly the future when expenses are in his view, too erected sign warning the area ;was off limits to high. ; cars and other motor vehicles should be con- The bylaw also prohibits the grazingof horses sidered. Clifford agreed this was a good idea, in the centre area. ' 15, ;1; erich 75 metitar 130 YEAR -38 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 8, 1977 25 CENTS PER COPY Grandstand corning down A wrecking crew from Ingersoll, Debourgeois, 'will begin taking • down the grandstand at Agricultural ParRoon September 12. The cost fpr the demblition will be $2,800.. Councillor Bob Allen said all costs involving the grandstand are eligible for a 50 percent grant . from the' Ontario Racing Commission. Total costs will be slightly over $5,000 for the grand-. s h irnent dro back to the classroom Ttfesday for of area school. students after the oliday. For the most part, elementary owed declining enrolment while the school in Goderich recorded its h Dislrict Collegiate Institute has 1,015 enrolled although that figure Could ver the next few days aS some senior ay keep their summer jobs just a few before enrolling in school. At the end ber last year, enrolment at GD,C1 was ent is up in Grade 9 this year with 267 on opening day. Grade 13 enrolmqnt is ith 88 students. working toward their ondary School graduation diplomas. • re four new faces among the teachers Al Drennan, a graduate of GDCI, is 00 • • stand since- it was ruled to be below standards as set out by the building code. ' As well as the demolition, over $2,000 was voted to the Kleinfeldt Group for monitoring the grandstand while it was in use this summer, The town's share should be about $2,550 after grants have been paid, said Allen. There were four tender§ submitted for the work, the highest- being—for $140007 The ,Debourgeois -tender was the lowest of the four, and is being carefully stodied by the Kleinfeldt Group so that the town's interests are well, protected in regard to such matters as the electrical panel for the ball diamond lights, etc. Allen predicted the demolition will be another controversial „matter, as was the arena roof demolition. He clirned, hOweiter-, the municipality had absolutely no choice if harness racing was ever to be held here. No plans, are immediately known for • rebuilding the grandstand, although it has been pointed out that some "public spirited organization" would be needed to spearhead the Index Bulletin Board Page 5A Deaths . Page 8A Classified . Page 15-19 Sports •Page,8-12 Editorial Page 4,5 back to teach Science and replaces John McKishnie on staff. Dave Haslett takes over in the English department for Phil Main who retired from teaching. Two new teacher place§ were necessary this ye. ar with the increased enrolment. Robin Crocker is teaching History and Myles Murdock is teaching in the commercial department. ` ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Enrolment at Victoria Public School is down slightly from last year to 402, reports Principal Don 46'Brien. There are 63 in kindergarten, though, considerably more than staff predicted would enroll, It is the second highest kin- dergarten enrolment in recent years. There are three kindergarten classes and Mrs. Roslyn Campbell has returned to the school to teach half-time in kindergarten. She is the only new teacher on staff. y liftxestrictions e of ,motion has been presented by methods were of greater benefit to more people. r John Doherty to Goderich Town He was especially critical of Time Restricted That motion, which according to Parking on Newgate Street except during the rules gets no discussion until winter months to facilitate snow removal on the again with a seconder, is as follows: ' harrow street. sideration be given to lift all Time At that meeting, . Mayer Deb Shewfelt said d Parking on The Square and the ad; Shoppers' Square has done a tremendous job of reds (core area) for a three-month promoting the, businesses there, and felt tfiere d the onus for parking be put on the, might be real advantage to the merchants on the en -women". Square if the Time Restricted Pa^rking was lifted erstood the notice af Motion resulted in the core area. The core area is that part of raffic comniittee meeting attended by town bounded by Victoria Street, Nelson Street, cc of McGee Motors. McGee told the Waterloo Streets and Elgin Ave. e he felt Time Restricted Parking is not The notice of. motion suggests a trial period of d on Hamilton Streets to Victoria three manths - probably from October 1 to e street is bare of parked vehicles, he January 1 - providing merchants do not seriously object to the removal of Time Restricted said the present situation is to the Parking. It was pointed out once again that e of McGee Motors since the cleared merchants and their staff often take up the roGvide a better view of the cars parked greatest number of parking spaces in any one c ee lots. But, despite this, McGee said day, and the notice of motion puts the respon- sibility on them to park off The Square during business hours so that customers are assured of parking places. Traffic committee chairman is John Doherty. ther businessmen on the street would bjection if the Time Restricted Parking on their street. eral, McGee felt that the old parking nch atmbsphere sought ron County Board of Education decided to aecept an offer from the ministry of ,to equip one classroom in each rY school in the county as a French classroOrn. The dedision will not cost - rd anything since the "ministry, of: is incivasing its sUpport for the of French as a.secondlanguage. record player and possibly some posterS and artifacts conducive to a French, atmosphere 'in school, replading on staff Sister Jean. the classroom. . Enrolment is also down at Kingsbridge where there are 118 students, 22 less than last year. The. classrooms follow a pilot project ipan— sored by the ministry two years ago that set up. Two nevi teachers are on staff at St. Joseph's .one classroom in the county for teaching French. Separate,,School: They are Harold Zettler whO The change now increases that number to 24 teaches Grade 7..,,and Mary O'Keefe who teaches elassrboms in Huron. kindergarten. - , Cophrane said that the decision would not ,: require the board to designate an extra 411JEEN ELIZABETH '4,0,1assrennt in each school hut ,would, mean that ,,, ,4hrolmenf at, „Queen Elizabeth School each the SUbjett would be the -room equipped by Mrs,. dorgia Schaefer' It teaching fuli-thne Ralph Smith, back at Robertson Memorial. School as principal, reports a student population of 470, down about 20 from laSt year. There are 30 kindergarten students with Mrs. Jean Carruthers, about the same as last year. There is one new face on staff. Bob Ha'nna transferred to Robertson from Clinton Public Some teachers previously on staff have changed classes for this year. Mrs. Carol Scratch has moved from the library to Grade 2; Ernie Crawford " is dividing his time between library and guidance; Mrs. Louise Sygrove has moved out"of remedial to a fulltime Grade 3-4; Mrs.' Margaret Hallman is now teaching the remedial work and is now a half-time teacher; and Don Mason will be teaching mostly physical educationthis year: . Mr. Smith said there would be more emphasis thiS year, orr the school band which will be con- ducted bSr Mrs, Ruth Shaddick and Bill Cameron. There will be three choirs at the school this year, a primary choir, a junior choir and an in- termediate choir. Mr. Smith also expressed his satisfaction at getting back to the school after an absence of several years. He said hi whs "amazed and impressed" with the amount of preparation teachers had done in their classrooms prior to the opening of school on Tuesday. _ Colborne has an enrolment of 256. down slightly from June when enrolment was 263. There are 16 in kindergarten at Colborne. There) are two new teachers - Miss 14.eather Farnell in Grade 2-3 and Miss Kathie Richardson who teaches Grade 6 half-time and special education tialf-time. Holmesville Public School has 300 students this year, a drop of about 10. There are 29 in kin- dergarten there. The school has a new musiC teacher to replace Mrs. Irla Stewart who has retired. He is Robert Blackwell who will divide his time between Holmesville and Hullett Central School. Mrs. Bonnie Lockwood is back at Holmesville following a year's sabbatical. She replaces Mrs. Nancy Cameron who has transferred to Brookside Public School, where she is the only new face an staff. • Br,8okside has one less fulltime teacher this year, as enrolment has dropped from 380 to 356. There are 31 in kindergarten. SEPARATE SCHOOLS St. Mary's Separate Scthool in Goderich has an enrolment of 206, down frcim last year. Only 16 registered tor kindergarten this year. Sister Yvonne Parent will teach Grade 6 -at the is 34, the ministry. this Ye* at theaChool for retarded children.. Mani Dona Baker and baby Dawn wheeled to 41001'with.lhdic Baker Ott Tuesdly so she could atfend. her first 44 of kindergarten. Many mothers took their five ma' olds losehool on the first day,to familiarize them with the route, will be taking ivory day. Jodie brott • flowers for her teacher and seetnid to attend her class. (staff photo)