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PAGE 24—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1977 four per cent
honorarium was also increased by
to $2,750 for 1978 from $2,650 in 1977.
- Mileage allowances were increased as well
effective January 1, 1978, from 16 cents per mile
1tr10.5 cents'perlrilometer-fo thaw receiving the
car allowance of $60 per month; and from 21
cents per mile to 13.5 cents per kilometer for
casual mileage.
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guidelines. This year, Hanly maintained, the
increases do fit the terms of the guidelines.
Hanly expressed some surprise that county
council members did not question the matter
fully at the October session when the special
committee report was presented. It passed in
about three minutes, he said.
Reporters at the October session of county
council were "out" when the report was
presented, said Hanly. The report was not in the
reporters' folders as is the general case and
Hanly could offer no reason for the omission.
"I was surprised when there was nothing in the
• papers about the increases," said Hanly. "If the
report wasn't in the folders on the press table,
that's probably why the story was missed."
Hanly said the report was not intentionally .left
out of the press folders and added it should have
been included with all the rest.
COUNCIL'S RAISE
Also in the report, was a recommendation for a
salary increase for council members which was
approved. The per diem rate for committee and
session -pay was increased four per cent from $46
to $48 per day, and from $28.50 to $30 per half
day, effective January 1, 1978. The warden's
County department heads were limited to one
out -of -the -province conference per year. The
approval of the committee or board concerned
must be obtained and the trip will be permitted
only if funds are available in the budget.
To finance grandstand.
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helps the grandstand will be something to be
proud of."
Jeffrey emphatically pointed out that the
groups must agree on a suitable grandstand
facility since time was the biggest factor. He
insisted that the groups must come together and
build as soon as possible.
Jeffrey told baseball and soccer represen-
Sunday racing okay
Sunday harness racing is now a permitted
activity on Sundays in Goderich. Thvt decision
was reached Monday evening when Section 3 of
Bylaw 51 of 1968 waslamended by members of
Goderich Town Council,
A recorded vote requested on ,the third and
final reading of the bylaw showed Councillors
Dave Gower and Don Wheeler opposed. Wheeler
said the amendment made the bylaw all en-
compassing" and he suggested that in the future
Sunday racing could become the rule in
Goderich. Councillor Gower made no statement
concerning his reason for voting against the
amendment.
It's winter. Dig it?
One of the worst storms of the year paralyzed
Goderich and surrounding area for a brief spell
last Friday afternoon, as winds and blowing
snow reduced visibility to nil.
Winds gusting as high as 45 miles per hour
combined with cold and snow created havoc co
highways and town streets and generally made
driving impossible.
The Goderich OPP maintained a watch on the
three exits in Goderich and urged motorists not
to travel. either Highway 8 or 21. Banks in town
closed up shop at 2 p.m. Friday and most school
buses did not run.
Graham Campbell of the Goderich Weather
Station said the winds picked up about 6 a.m.
Zehrs store
cleared after
bomb threat
. Shoppers filling their weekly grocery list at
Zehrs Friday had their shopping interrupted in
the afternoon when the Goderich OPP ordered
the store cleared because of a .bomb threat
phoned into the store. The call was received at
4:02 Friday afternoon and the caller said, in
what police describe as a young voice, they were
going to blow up Zehrs.
An OPP spokesman said the caller had a voice
indicating youth and that there was a lot of noise
in the background. He said the call was made to
the Goderich Police department and was turned
over to the OPP because the store is in OPP
jurisdiction. He said constables were im-
mediately alerted and when they arrived at the
store they ordered it clear and began the search.
The spokesman said the search was made by
both OPP constables and employees of the store.
He said the employees assisted because of their
familiarity with the store pointing out that they
would be able to tell the police if something
belonged in the store or was not supposed to be
there.
The constables conducting the search are not
specifically trained to handle bomb threats but
the spokesman pointed out that unless the caller
gives specific information on the location of the
bomb and the time it is set to go off a search is
required. He said when more specific in-
formation is received a special bomb squad
stationed at Mt. Forest is called in to handle the
situation.
The search took about two hours and con-
stables found nothing unusual and permitted
shoppers to return to the store. The matter is still
under investigation by the OPP.
Friday morning out of the Southwest at an
average speed of 25-30 mph. Around noon the
winds gusted as high as 45 mph.
But fortunately as the winds shifted to the
Northwest early in the ,afternoon the velocity
dropped somewhat and visibility and driving
conditions improved slightly. However late in
the evening sections of many roads and high-
ways were still impassable.
On Saturday, while most of Southwestern
Ontario enjoyed sunny skies a small section in
the lee of the lakes received 18.7 cm. of snow.
If you thought last year was bad then this
year's figures are somewhat alarming. In
November of this year there were 52 cm. of snow
while the norm for the month is 23.4 cm.
With half of the month of December still ahead
of us, the snowfall has already reached 77.3 cm.
well above the month's norm of 55.6. Last year
up until December 12,59 cm. of snow had fallen..
But if it is any consolation, while most cities in
the west and most regions of Ontario set record
low temperatures on last weekend, Goderich was
relatively warm at -14C. Most cities in Saskat-
chewan broke long standing records and in
Ontario, Peterborough recorded a -30 C and it
was -21 C in London Sunday.
While mild temperatures moved into the area
Tuesday bringing rain the Farmers Almanac
holds little promise.
And winter doesn't even begin until next
Wednesday.
Councillor Elsa Haydon said the bylaw states
that the activities on Sundays should "not be
offensive to the public". She suggested that to
some people she could imagine that betting on
Sundays at the races`- could be construed as
"offensive".
Mayro Deb Shewfelt suggested this was
something "for the courts to decide".
Councillor Stan Profit warmed council it was
going with "eyes wide open" to a situation where
three conflicting sporting events might be
vying for Sunday dates. Reeve Bill Clifford
said the matter of scheduling at Agrciultural
Park was not the concern of town council but of
the recreation board.
"Those are two separate issues," said Clifford
who said that a decision to permit Sunday har-
ness racing should not he confused with the issue
of ,who who should have the use of the park
facilities on a given day.
Mayor Shewfelt felt that a meeting of the
Goderich Trotting Association on Tuesday
evening would clarify much of the concern over
use of the park.
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tatives that racing on the fouF-Sundays.,,one in
May and three in June, would be over by 4 or 4:30
p.m. and that Goderich wouldnever havghenfore
than 13 racing dates a year
Sundays.
He said the purpose of meeting with all the
users was to prevent any one group getting
concessions adding that the Racing Association
West Wawanosh
appoints board
The reading of -the minutes
at the West Wawanosh
Township Council meetUlg on
December 6 raised'- the
question of assessing the
charges for clean out and
repairs to the Dungannon
Drain and council devoted a
great deal of time to this
discussion.
By-law 22 was given a third
reading and passed by
council. This by-law appoints
a cemetery hoard of three
members from the Mennonite
community to maintain and
administrate the Bethel
Cemetery which the Men-
nonites wish to obtain for use
as a burial ground.
Recorded vote tells
much about councillors
Goderich town council is unanimously
agreed that effective control over the
purchase and possession of firearms
should be established.
But Councillor Elsa Haydon remained
opposed in a recorded vote on a
resolution to reinstate the death penalty
for capital murder and a recorded vote
to add council's voice to a resolution to
"abolish the granting of passes from
prison for convicted criminals" was
defeated 5-4
The three -pronged resoultion from
Collingwood was handled Monday
evening in the• regular council session,
the last one before the new year.
While council remained united on the
control of firearms for the purpose of the
vote, Councillor Stan Profit said, "Guns
don't kill people. People kill people."
But when it came to voting "nay" to
establishing effective control over
firearms, Profit said, "That seems silly
to vote nay."
Councillor Elsa Haydon said she ob-
jected to the wording of the resolution
where prison passes was concerned. She
said the resolution put "q11 criminals
under one blanket" and for that reason
she voted against it. Others who voted
against it were Councillor Bob Allen,
Councillor John Doherty, Councillor Don
Wheeler and Deputy -reeve Eileen
Palmer.
The resolution from Collingwood is
being circulated in the prov4ince
following an incident October 12, 1977
when Sergeant Ronald McKean of
Collingwood was shot by two fugitives
from a medium security prison. One had
overstayed a weekend pass and one was
an escapee,
•was willing to spearhead the„_fund raising
were not looking fbr concessions because ofit
The committee will now decide what facili
they need in a grandstand, establish a gran
structure and then go after the share theyne
complete the project.
Resolutions from two
municipalities dealing with
conviction of illegal school
bus passing offenders and
Operation Dismantle" were
filed.
The ro:.d accounts of
$2,984.21 and the general
accounts totalling $85,423.68
were ordered paid by council.
Council adjourned and will
meet next on January 2 at 1
p.m.
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individuals; to get ep
prices and investiga
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supplies and select be
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