The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-10-27, Page 1d
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BY JEFF SEDDON
r William le ih Davis rs a publlicpolitician.
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sense people
en to gauge the mood and feelings of an
and respond to and foster those
night in Goderich, Davis use& his
eaking abilities to help make a Jubilee
inner an entertaining affair. Davis
Goderich Friday afternoon and after a
of the town went to town hall to unveil a
he unveiling was the first of several
ctions the premier had planned for
e Jubilee Three committee.
ers of the official visit by the premier
for a large gathering of spectators at
for the unveiling. Police officers and
control officer kept the street in front
hall clear of parked vehicles in
on for a crowd. But the crowd never
ed.
ted by the lack of ;spectators the
treated the unveiling as an important
ehistory of Goderich, claiming it would
only a few visible signs in the future
town spent a full year celebrating its
in 1977,
as in no hurry to rush off after he
the plaque. He took time after the
to stop and chat with residents of
that did take the time to witness the
signed a few autographs, posed for
nd chatted with people who wanted to
ner later in the evening Davis was the
ction. He had a prepared speech for
but told the audience at the outset that
never get into the speech. Rather, he
have some fun. He said he had had a
k, adding that it is not often that he gets
an opportunity to have fun at an officialfunction
and he planned to take advantage of this one.
Accused by Judge F.G. Carter of always
boasting about his home town of Brampton, the
premier assured the judge he would try hard not
to mention his home and keep the spotlight
focused on Goderich. He did his best, only
boasting of the city on six occasions.
He told the Goderich Lakeport Steelers, "BB"
Bantam division All -Ontario hockey champs in
1977, not to follow in -the ways of his favorite
football team, the Toronto Argonauts. He said
the Argos have a habit of predicting their
achievements at the start of the season and not
living up to those predictions. Davis suggested
the Steelers would be wise to quietly go out and
win the midget championship this year rather
than boast beforehand that they have it wrapped
up.
LOW TAXES?
Davis suggested Mayor Deb Shewfelt's ad-
ministration was to he admiCed by Goderich
citizens, claiming he saw good, roads and strong
planning- principles on his short tour of town
adding that it was probably all possible with low
taxes. He compared the feat to the achievements
of his own provincial administration.
After stringing a long line of barbs and jokes,
the premier admitted that he was hot. He said
the committee told him he had no time
limitations and that he hoped to keep going while
the going was good.
Davis said none of the humor was planned but
was off the cuff. He said he felt he was in no
danger of being stranded in Goderich since the
liklihood of an ice storm Friday night was
remote.
The last time he flew into Goderich, he
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ssible BNPD'training
ng to Murray Gaunt, Liberal MPP for
uce, steps are being taken to in-
the possibility of a crash training
for chemical operators.
unt said in an interview that Harry
minister of universities and colleges
ted that he is interested in setting up a
etween his ministry, Ontario Hydro
a Manpower, as soon as possible,
ing meeting is a result of Mr. Gaunt
g the number of chemical operators
had to be hired from other countries at
Nuclear Power Developreient,
le in the London Free Press two weeks
that Hydro recruited more than 100
operators from Britain in 1076,77 , to
ate the Bruce heavy water plant at
ick said that Hydro can't find the
rsonnel in Canada.
inister wasn't entirely sold on the crash
the is willing to discuss it," Mr. Gaunt
agree that in general it was wrong to.
people from other countries to do the
n our unemployment rate is so high,
but if there is a shortfall of skilled men- in the
country to do the job, what can you do?", he said.
BNPD spokesman, Don White said that the
normal training period for a chemical operator,
before he becomes a senior chemical operator is
six years.
"We train interested persons with a minimum
of grade 12 education. He is a trainee for two
years before he become an assistant chemical
operator,then he spends another ' two years
before he becomes a chemical operator- It takes
another two years to become classified as a
senior chemical operator," Mr. White said.
Mr. White said that after six years of training
the senior chemical operator still isn't seasoned.
"There is a certain reality to what has to be
achieved before you can get an , experienced
chemical operator," he said,
Now, there are 100 men training to be a
chemical operator, at BNPD. According to Mr.
White, a lot of them are from the area.
Could a chemical operator be trained in 18
months?
"The norm is 24 months to go from the trainee
level to assistant chemical operator, and that is
what we're doing," Mr. White said.
Mott of the Goderich Tiger Dunlop
Iris, softball team made a presentation
vet when Premier William Davis gave
laque honoring the team's W.O.A.A.
championship season. Davis gave each member
of the tcam.a plaque honoring the winning team
and wa's obviously pleased with Elliott's
presentation to him. (staff -photo)
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Ontario premier Bill Davis unveiled a Jubilee Three plaque at the Goderich
town hall Friday and then was guest of honor at a $20 a plate dinner at the
Royal Canadian Legion hall where he made several more presentations
honoring special achievements in Goderich this year. Davis presented a
plaque to the Legion honoring 50 years of service in Goderich, presented a
trophy and plaques, to the Lakeport Steelers, "BB" Bantam all -Ontario
champs, and to the Goderich Tiger Dunlop midget girls softball team who
were W.O.A.A. champs this year. The affair was one of the last Jubilee
Three activities as Goderich's 150 Birthday celebrations wind down. More
pictures are on Page IA. (staff -photo).
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Hospital board not satisfied yet
ngoing study compares
The Public Utilities Commission's bill to
Alexandra Marine and General Hospital is down
approximately $600 from previous months, but
the Board of Governors at the hospital is still
keeping a close eye on the situation. At the board
meeting at the hospital Monday, October 17 the
board agreed to make continued efforts to
determine the specific components of the PUC
bill and what thespecific cost increases have
been during four years which were reviewed by
the hospital administrator, J. W. Banks.
Banks will be making comparisons with rate
increases which have been effected over the four
years. He was also directed to review this in
terms of -other hospitals of similar size and
circumstance in other localities.
The first meeting of a new Committee which
was struck by the Chairman of the Board which
is the Policy Review Committee of the Board of
Governors, met October 4 and the preliminary
report of that Committee was presented to the
Board.
This Committee is charged with reviewing the
Board deliberations over the past 18 years since
the conception of government insurance in the
hospitals and to withdraw all the board policy
statements during that period of time. When this
process is complete and those policies which are
still relevant have been identified, they will be
collected in a specific board policy book and kept
current on a regular basis.
The Board of Governors Policy Review
Committee is one of three new Committees in
which the members are participating. The two
others which are going to he meeting in the very
near future are a Community Health Committee,
whose responsibilities will be to identify the
hospital services to the Community and to in-
terpret the community's needs to the hospital
and the other is a Bylaw Review Committee,
which will on a regular recurring basis review
all existing Bylaws in the hospital for validity
and currency.
It is hoped that these three new committees
will add substantially to the efficiency of the
Board and the hospital itself.
The Building Committee reviewed the initial
information regarding the need to restructure
the service building and it was indicated that the
hospital was waiting for cost estimates from a
consultant engineering firm in this regard.
The Chairman of the Finance Committee
reviewed the minutes" of the meeting and there
was nothing significant to report except the
discussion relative to the prior request for the
P.U.C. charges to be investigated. The operating
expenses for the month of September in the
amount of $306,870.00 were approved as sub-
mitted.
ub-mitted.
MEDICAL STAFF-
PRAISED
TAFFPRAISED
President of the medical staff presented a
report to the hoard and it was indicated by the
report that the committees of the medical staff
were being very active in the discharge of their
responsibilities, Some points in terms of their
consideration in a number of medical situations
and resolutions of those situations were
presented,
The Administrator J. W. Banks reported on a
Conference which he and the Chairman of the
Board attended in Cambridge at the end of
September which was structured specifically for
small hospitals.
It was indicated that there were five major
presentations at the Conference and that each of
them were structured to help the practitioners of
the art in the smaller hospital.
One was a labor relations workshop which was
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Aesthetics beat signs and dollars
BY DAVE SYKES
With a new facelift to the Goderich Arena the
Goderich Recreation and Community Centre
Board made a decision not to rehang the more
than 40 advertising signs that were suspended
around the rink.
And that decision doesn't sit right with
businessman Al Scharlach.
Each year the arena received $1,200 in rental
fees for the signs and the businessmen were
responsible for the maintenance of their ad-
vertisements. Following completion of the arena
the recreation board decided for aesthetic and
space reasons to eliminate the advertising.
The decision was made by the arena sub-
committee and passed at the board level. Each
businessman was sent a letter notifying him of
the decision and requesting that his sign be
removed from the arena or destroyed.
Scharlach said the move was simply had
business on the partof the recreation board since
the revenue was fixed income.
"The sign rental fee was fixed income and they
should not throw that money away," he said. "It
just isn't good business. The place is still' an
arena and not the O'Keefe Centre."
He said he could condone the board's decision
to disregard the $1,200 if everything was paid for
at the arena. He added that since the signs were
professionally done there was no reason they
shouldn't be hung in the arena.
About the revenue asked, "Who willcome up
with the $1,200 they throw away?"
Recreation hoard chairman Mary Donnelly
explained that the problems facing the board
concerning the signs dealt with the aesthetic
value in the new arena and lack of space to hang
them.
"Following the renovations there weren't as
many convenient spots in the arena and we
wouldn't he able to put up as many signs," she
explained. "Organizers for the Guy Lombardo
dance said they were glad the signs weren't up
and if the arena is rented for such dances then
the signs wouldn't look so good."
Donnelly suggested that the hoard could easily
reconsider the decision but then they would have
to decide how many signs. could be hung.
Because of the balcony along the west wall the
space has become limited.
vertising along the hoards around the ice surface
might be feasible.
Earl Rawson said that although the revenue
was not to be sneezed at, there was a problem
with space for the advertising. He added that the
arena was good looking both inside and out and
at the time of reconstruction he had wondered
about the placement of the signs.
Bert Worsell was not at all opposed to the
decision of the board and claimed the signs
would only detract from the looks of the new
arena.
"The arena looks good both inside and out and
there is no sense spoiling it with the signs."
Peter McCauley of Bluewater Cleaners
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Sports Pg. 8-13
Davis Pg. 1A
Entertainment Pg. 4A -5A
MAYBE EUROPEAN STYLE Classifieds Pg. 15-19
Many businessman who had advertised in the Editorial P 4-5
areria for years expressed different feelings but g
many suggested the European style of ad -
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