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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-12-15, Page 244i li 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. County heads. ..... . • from page -1 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. a- from paged-._-__. __. 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. ••• 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. Parks..' ..' • from page 15 Associates will prubab include site plans for Cambria Road lookout wig overlooks the riverpart the golf course and High% 21 north etc. Looking for ways to c expenses by 10 per cent in parks department, I committee has agreed. reduce the parks crewbyo member; to attempt to- volve and invite more pub participation by groups a individuals; to get ep prices and investiga thoroughly all aspects supplies and select be deals; and to eliminate op account purchases: d O(R BEAU -LIE 1. (;ll l 1111. Iti lltlll!!1'l'c l� 111c' ( [)1)'1/ with cc)llt't lin/t\, l'c'rli'c li)n. l rt)nl (',.Ina/(l,1 ,mi l'.111'n1)t'. (Gil c'1't'/'l'u/1t' I WI l\nt,u' n'iiIi l)clnnr('llc. I l�crintrt't' lir htn'c 0) 11110 .1 that '\ r.�c llnii t', untl OHr gill lc'lzrl)1)illg i\ iurl?hire. `PIE MI\T12E • I I One' llrnlclred and 1'..i;'ll1 (!/HW lC�iT 3z 7iF5kT9 5 i, .i3tIax4cs5 . 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