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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-11-03, Page 1" 1. • Trotters �,�� want ' --~~�~~ =~ auditorium for fund rai The Goderich Trotting Asso0ation received of a Hot Stove Lounge in tha**.na auditorium for Goderich Sailors Friday nighthOme games. • The Goderich Recreation Beal gave tentative approval to the association's pr posal at their' regular monthly meeting last ,Thursday. The board approved a motion givinCthe association use of arena on the Friday nights that were avnilable during the year'for a Stove Lounge pending approval from Liquor authorities and the finalization of the league's schedule, / The association had ago requested that the l charecreation department counts on revenue from the proceeds would go toivardO, a new grand- stand. Once the details are werked the board members will make a decision on a rental if there ic to be one Board member Bob Allen said that councilbad received a letter from the Trotting Association who said they were willing to spearhead a campaign for grandstand fund raising. Assistant arena manager Chuck Jewell pointed out that if the association was given use of the auditorium at no charge it would result in a definite budget deficit since it took 16 man hours to clean up after such a function. Ken Crawford, representing the Trotting Association, said his group was also willing to cleanup after the weekly event. Board chairman Mary Donnelly said the the auditorium rental in theiebudget and that free use of the auditorium would make a dent in the projected revenues in the budget. "We count on the revenue from that rental and how will it affect our budget?" she asked. "I reilize 'that this is a different cause but it will also make'a difference on our budget." Allen said the auditoriurn should be turned over to the Trotting Association if they can make good money on the project and justify the time and effort. "If they can't make money on this proj'ect and we are turning people away from renting the auditorium then its a different story," he said. The comment was prompted following discussion on a similar venture conducted by the Kinsmen club of ,Goderich two years ago. John ' Doherty pointed out that the club started the lounge midway through the season and the financial return was limited. - -^ 1 drama club is taklngpart in a drama this week and FrIda oderich along with clubs from Exeter dford. Here the cast of Pounds and e rehearse for the play which is a about people trying to lose weight. The ----- actresses in the play are Susan and Yrwom�ft Laurie ~ -----=~Connie Baer and Sandy Gauley. The other twoproductions are Out of Our Father's House, aplay about the feminist movement, and LittleBrother-Little Sister. (staff -photo). llen on triai eJong 22, of RR 2 Bayfield testified k that he and brother Ronald up- r.^'ou//onucminkbngugunhebud loaded with blanks and also to 'throw a him'. _dent led to the fatal shooting Of Ronald na}d ofRR 2, Bayfield and the woundingof »n8onthe 8u|)enn,o"°,'"`��i.� Nhn4�uBaY'ield school teacher was ---~~ ^='" donor ^ bile blood norsclinic sponsored in the Kinsmen will be set up uim"...oc'..,twmb,^,""^�.~,"�noon and 6:30-8:30 in the evoning.mm,"*c°^,r.co twice a year.^'�"� Kinettes will be offering a service in the afternoon for blood children. ors' cards will homailed boprevious in the next few days but new donors welcome. "m/vc,Leroy told the jury of five women and seven charged place last May 22 at approximately I :30 a.m. DeJong said in his testimony at the man- slaughter trial before Mr. Justice William Maloney of the Supreme Court of Ontario that after following Terrence Bullen Jr. in a van with four of his friends, to the Bullen home, he and his brother -Ron attempted to get into the van. They were seeking an apology from one Greg Nielson of London, an occupant of the vahiti stemming from an earlier argument at the Bavarian Tavern south of Bayfield. Nielsen and three other friends, Terry Heard of Varna, Peter MacVean of Bayfield, and Paul Payne, Bayfield had locked themselves in the van after Terrence Bullen Jr. ran into the house. DeJong said he and his brother Ron were unable in their attempts to get into the van or in securing an apology from Nielsen. He said Terrence Bullen Jr. re -appeared from the house but Leroy chased him back in. He then said Terrence re -appeared with his father and Leroy said, "Let's get out of here. Old man Bullen is corn ing." Turn to page 18 • ilowe ' en prank stinks atthe Sift() salt mine may have a way breath afresh air for the next few a smelly Hallowe'en prank Sunday. working at the 1,750 foot level of the ome w��U explosives | o-` i' a chemical toilet Police but tboomeU. �^*/ce Chief Pat Ding said Wed his - t office didn't get a call on the ' adding that hedidn't k�ow delay.o-da"He.-.^ ^- Constable n�xrsaid that a Claus � 'Nus para_0e Dec. w� 0 0 3 Recreation that Director Mike Dymond ay December Santa Claus parade will "ocemh,,, wNdhe--^` o��ewmm|m� to attract 1 be parade this � r and the A Cermon Christmas. The board will be advertising b»r float the parade Santa's Court will be 111 Rark Theatre �and�heorAuniza�onof • 71 � handleduythe BetuSna Phi Goderich with assistance from h Rangers. shaft to take pictures of the toilet remains and to muno a report on the explosion which caused $).60Odumage. Ring said the investigationshad just begun in the matter and that he had no suspects in mind. He said that hecause of the Iocation of the toilet 11 had to be someone working in the mine. He added that whoever st the explosives must have stayed around to make sure no one was near the toilet when it went u . Ring said he talked to explosives expertsat the mine and they couldn't estimate how much cxplosive was used» He said they assumed it was dynamite and said prohably only one stick did the da mage. The chief said that if somenne is hlamFd forthe cxp|oxiuh, he may face ',charges of mischief because of the extent of the damage and unlawful use of explosives. He added that the company may choose to take action against the' person. Index Sports Page 8-12 Entertainment ~Page 4A -5A Aria Page 1A Choir Page lA Classified Page 13-17 wderich �� 130 YEAR 44 ~��m�m�" � "�� A THURSDAY, NOVEMBER z.|y77 30 CENTS PER COPY Iatepayers' ��- establjsh -�0 � ��r�� wojking priorities BY JEFF SEDDON Tbe(3odor{ob Ratepayers'Avaooiadongot �J to a shaky start eturecent public meeting but showed promising strength. after about two dozen interested people elected an executive and ` set an bersb two dollars. The meeting, designed to gauge the interest for an aayocmumo, drew about 24 ratepayers to MacKayHall. The majority of the people there up'eared to be interested in what the association would do and at the outset had little input when asked what they felt the association should do'Brian Knights, one of the mainh o izeof the d uounciago�gotU^= t� ' ^~ 24 what they vvwhen bm�uV�q��be ..~ ^^""" a ratepayers' association. Knights, along ith JiBolan employees at Champion Road Machinery Ltd., came up with the ieea of forming a Goderich association several weeks ago. Knowing the town of Goderich faced financial problems and that taxation was ^~ homeowners here thealready a problem most of 10 d ecided it was time ratepayers formed an alliance with Goderich town council. They decided to make their suggestion public and arranged for the meeting at MacKay, Hall. Knights told the group that the idea for the ratepayers' association was not to challenge council and demand action but to co-operate with ele.cted representatives to try and ensure that the public has a solid input into municipal af- fairs. He said that council members had no easy task running the affairs of the town and needed all the help they could get from their con- stituents. -We're not looking to go en masse and face council one on one," said Knights. "Council me^'.oeru anr human too and can't be hearing considerations and con and if the ratepayers' association did the same thing there would vononeed for ucnuncii He pointed out to the group that council everywherei -- ^ ~~ meetings are open to thepublicthso may INt..b4.y_e_members. are mcire:th-an willing to answer' any at knowledgtof tht reelings or lie-61::Vre .77 questions anyone has about council matters. He association," he said. They would if there was an active caid that council went as far as to include a public question period on the agenda for each Knights said that the organizers of the meeting to enable anyone to ask questions. association had some ideas about what could be Robertson went on to point out that the done to allow the ratepayers ,to stay abreast of privilege is rarely used by the public and in fact municipal affairs. He said one suggestion was to there seldom is' anyone in attendance at council organize members on a schedule to ensure that rneetingas. some members attend every council meeting . . " e ack of attendance seems to indicate that informed.' Counelt attendance will permit Rick Robertson, who described himself usone =`[h. vckra/cpoyers uOryt hand 'mn,~"~/"^of issues °muUowthnmtuoomnc tonmo«uUject if needed. Reid questioned of the last active' members of a former ratepayers' assocjatjon said he didnt want to be negative but he strongly doubted that the association would find volunteers to attend council meetings. He said he would ."love to see" people there adding that it would be "wonderful people turned out so the town had to enla�c-,� �- ' council chambers", -- DEFINE FUNCTION Robertsonsujggested that the association dear|ydetinc its tto avoid a duplication of council's responsibility. He said council was elected to make decisions for ratepayers after If you use land -- yask first ! A recreatjonal survey done recently in Huron County showed that many landowners in the county don't object to people using their land for recreation provided they ask. The xurvey, completed by the ministry of natural resources,' showed that most landowners object to people using their land withoutaskingthat mdny and �ny are opposed to mechanized recreational vehicles being used nntheir land. Roy Bellinger. a conservation officer with natural resources, told 8vron County Council Fridoy a 2.234 landowners were surveyed in Huron and Perth counties and townships in Bruce and Middlesex counties. He said the survey had a 60 percent return from the owners and gave the ministi-y a good idea about people's concerns oypublic use of their land. Bellinger said the greatest objection was mechanized recreational vehicles.Be said people seemed to heronocrnedxhn-tdamngcx resulting from the use of dune buggies, motorcycles and other ouc'vchic|nn. Be said there was alsouArcu1doo}nf comment about �iyc'mnc^us treatment from operators of the vehicles. Headded that almost 38 percent of the replies frowned on the mechanized recreation. The survey was done on a random basis. Bellinger said the ministry personnel took the assessment roll for the area and picked every seventh -Iandowner and mailed a questionnaire .He said the questionnaire ,ov�edevery aspect ' of public recreation and o,krd»thx( the owner answer questions only ifhis land was suitable for that type of rccreation» He explained that there would be no purpose in a person commenting on fishing ifhis land had nofishingarca nn it, The purpose of the survey was to see if the province could offer landowners any protection against people abusing privileges. He said the province realizes there are problems from its experience with provincial parks» He said there seems to he more of a trend toward recreational activities in rural areas and that there is more damage to private property asa result, increased Fuel allowances .Huron County Council increased fuel allowances for people on welfare in the , raising the allowance 45 per cent to cover an identical increase in the coot of fuel to h,.- hotnes. ~-~~ The social services committee reported to council Friday that the allowance had not been Increased since October of 1974 and that since that time costs for home heating fuel have in- creased 45 per cent. n'crcaxed45parcont. The increase raises the allowance for a one - room detached dwelling hro $84 per month /o $122 per month. Two rooms draws an allowance increase from $108 to $157, three from $144 to $200. four from $|V0uopzr|.five from $2l6to$3\3 and six from $252to$365. The allowance is paid directly to the welfare recipient who is renpnnyib|wfnrpayfnghimuvvmyue]cwnts. The committee also reported to council that the new provincial program giving financial assistance to families caring for severely han- dicapped children at home is now in effect in Huron County. The program provdon an allowance of up to $150 a month for handicdpped chiNr,nreceiving care athome, - Themonth|YaUmwnncoiycx/rv|x/rdhymoans of an income and means test applied with con- oidorodon to additional expenses which may occur in caring for the child at hme» The ex- prnxex considered are those not coveredhy the Ontario Health Insurance Plan or odierin- surance p|anond children� u e�.~° ih|o for the program are also eligible for drug and ental Robertson's Turn to page 18 Tracy Chambers grabbed the only thing In sight that would offer her support on the ice at the Goderich Memorial Arena recently when she tried her hand at figure skating. Tracy was with some fellow pre-schoolers at a Goderich Figure Skating Club beginners Session and took ad- vantage of the pylon to rest her ankles and perhaps call for a little help. (staff -photo) ° ° A