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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-07-06, Page 1• soate.maimmecasxime . .• '.-'`.-.1.;,-; V .': '.:" - ... :,' , .• . t - —:.:.J...!"."--;•-.4. , ? ..., . • . • .1441-4:•r 1.„ r..q• • • 44.44 ?"4.•4 Ernest • A. •Mills'••.4rEttibitoke • wai'jisted - in satisfaett)ry condition in University Hospital, London' late Tuesday after his single-engine, home -built plane crashed in a Colborne Town7 ship field near Sky . Harbor' Airport, Monday. • - Mills was. apparently attempting. to . make a .-.„,,ktugt.ja,(1-14.711*4,,,,J_,444, • •-• • difficulty. lefailitertn- tfre crash. (photo by Dave Sykes). tsg_ The Alexandsa Ma -rine and General Haspital. Board has again reversed it decision and served. layoff notices to 10 full time employees of the -hospital. --1-31-YEA R-27 Hospital Board. chairman, Mrs. Jo Berry, ' • • e •• NriS • 4.• -'••• Ai* • .....;-A;••r.:*•.40?...:... ''',••• • .. • OtitcoIG. ma. • , field . .,:a.,,,..plane crashess in ... ,._ ' .1AnEjobicoke man: %/As list • s aCtory off Two children reported the incident to Om „ • condition at. University ospital late Tues,clay police. • „ ' i, atter his HghLaJrcrft crashed irf a Colborne Department of Transport officials were TOwnsbip field ea I of Sky Harbour Airport, called to investigate the crash Monday and Monday. preliminary 'reports indicate that engine failure was the caus of the accident. • Ernest A. Mills. 54, was forced to, attempt tor i • _thr,,,,Tiatz=htturgdp4xidzzalL...._ Tand-hs-...wingitt.engliiferd:nY'e4iftlf -p-Iu.-neLixt.thir-F:-.inade- alarty trips .---in-andquit--o-fliirl+ariiiitir-iir- field -on the farti of Ddhaid Lamb in Colborne the, p,ast. He was belieyed to have rented a Township • if -about 10130 Monday morning, ' cottage in the area with his family and was shortly after takeoff from Sky Harbour, Airport. travelling back to Toronto by plane. • The single -seat, home -built aircraft was Late Tuesday Mills was moved ait of the demolished upon impact but there was no fire Intensive Care Unit of University Hospital and since he had reftsieled at the airport before take- his condition was listed,as satisfactory. . . • Conciliation sought BY JOANNE WALTERS The CanadianUnion of Public EmpIoye Local, 1305, the union representing 12 Hurcin- County health unit inspeZors and clerical workers, has applied for the appointment•of'a• conciliation officer- in an effort to end a con- tract dispute. The Board of 1-feaith•recorn mended to County Council at a meeting on June 30 that there be no opposition td the appointment of a conciliation Officer and further -informed council members that the County Solicitor has been engaged to represent the . Health Unit in further negotiations. ' . The county has offered a four per cent in- crease to all employees while the union is seeking a wage and fringe benefit .package which would amount to a 24 per cent increase, says Stanley Township Deputy Reeve Paul -,S-te'C-k le Under the Old.eontract w.hich expired last , Friday, clerical wages ranged from $6,916 a year for a beginning clerk -typist to $9,854 for a senior secretary. Public health inspectors' wages. ranged from $12,740 for beginners to $15,990 foe those with more than five years experience . • 1 • • . 4,4tr4 ;4.*.• . said the notices have been served to the em- plciyees. and are effective July --11. The layoff affects three nurses, three nursing assistants and one ward clerk in the second west wing and one nurse, one nursing assistant and one ward clerkin the psychiatric unit. , • • • The board also announced`that three housekeeping staff will be laid off over the next two or,three mndths, and. as of September 1 the part time x-ray technician's hours will be cut from six hours per day to four. -- Mrs. Berry said the decision for the layoffs was .made at the expense of saving hospital beds. In relatiqn to the layoffs, the 16 beds that were previously • closed for financial reasons, will remain open as a minimal care 'unit at the suggestion of the medical staff. • The minimal care unit will •be used for patients requiring less care and the unit will subsequently require less staff. Mrs. Berry said the problem was discussed with union representatives before notices Were sent to the employees last week. "We had to do it or we would -find ourselves in. a deficit position at the end of the year," Berry said. "To balance out the budget we just had to do something,•1! Mrs. Berry estimated the layoff would s' ave the.hospital approximately $142,000 during the balance of the fiscal year. An audit of the hospital's finances showed a deficit of $2'36,578 for a 15 month period ending March 31, 1978 that resulted in the resignation of hospital administrator Jim Banks. Mrs. Berry said the board has advertised for a -new ed-m-i-ais•trator -and-a-ppl4catiens-4414,-be— received until July.21.. - -THURSDA"-Y,-JULY'6, 1978 ... 30 CENTS FER COPy lien sa BY SHIRLEY J. . . KELLER There seemed littIS doubt at the meeting of law mctoo roa , • "Or We can alWaysrescilu d the; bylaw," Allen -' .versations with personnel in A&P's Toronto toldcbunW- town council last Wednesday that no member ' ZEHRS STARTED • had attended the meeting to oppose passing a bylaw that would allow the A&P to remain open Saturday, July 1. But Councillor Bob Allen made it abundantly clear he thought the bylaw should be restricted only to A&P and- that the clause in the bylaw to extend it to "al ' 1 businesses" was out of line. It took a recorded vote to settle the matter: - Council -members present voted 5-1. 11avor of extending the privilege .to all businesses in -• Goderich to stay open on all holidays 'except Sundays and Christnias. Those voting in favor were Councillor Stan Profit, Councillor Elsa Haydon, Councillor John Doherty, Councillor Don Wheeler aridr Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer, who chaired the meeting -in the absence of Mayor Deb Shewfelt and Reeve Bill Clifford. Councillor Ddve Gower was also absent for the special council meeting, the third in two days. "I'm just not sure -that we should go this route .the first time around," Councillor Allen argued. -Me said the bylaw should refer to food chains The annual Industrial-Leagiie All-Star game will be played tonight at 8 p.m. at Agriculture Vark in a game that pits the best of the Dunlop Division against their counterparts in the . Maitland Division. The player selections were voted on by the • league players. . The Maitland Division starting' lineup clud es : pitcher, Ken-Daer; cather, Dave. .Patterson firs t_base.,-Pliii.P•etr ie-;-second-tiase, • on Sowerby; 'third base, Glen Falkiner; short • BALL'. • The whole problem. started when Zehrs supermarket in Goderich Township announced • the store would be on Saturday, July 1. It was learned the chain had received authority to open. on 'the holiday from a 'special bylaw, passed last September by Goderich Township . council. The municipality has the' authority to pass the bylaWundera section ottlie_R-e-tail-B-usiness Holidays Act which is restricted to tourist areas. As Clerk Larry McCabe pointed out," Zehrs company_clid.its homework." Early Wednesday it appeared that only A&P was concerned about staying 'open Saturday. Clerk McCabe said he'd had telephone conL lose vote • only and that other businesses who warrtedto-be , BY JOANNE WALTERS Inelud-e-d-shourcreome to council to have the bylaw amended. tonight- -- stop, Dennis Williamson and the outfield in- cludes- John Hoy, Rick Sowerby and Mike Wildgen. The Dunlop Division lineup includes: pitcher, Simon Langlois"; catcher, Carmen (Fielder. first base, Clare Harmon: second base, Frank MacDonald; third base, Roti Klages; short stop, George Sutton and outfielders Wayne Draper, Bill Gallow,and Tom O'Brien. Th P a re t he starting lineups -and a -hest -of- -- other players were picked to fill in the roster. 21 out of 26 agree ir'Y JOANNE WALTERS COunAy-wide residency for senior citizen housing 'will be put into effect as soon as possible . 21 out of Huron County's 26 municipalities. This decision was reached at a Huron County Council meeting on June 30 and 'only th.e townships of Ste-phen, Howick, Morris and Grey it nar1inate reasoning that the present arrangement is vsuitable to them . Under this present arrangement, municipalities with senior citizen housing require vacancies to be filled with either lOcal residents or people from neighbouring town- ships with whom they have signed agreements. In order trfilk a vacancy witlr'a non -local person, the Huron...County Housing Authority has to- go through arlot of red, tape with the municipalities involved. So, last—fall, the • authority requested that it beallowed to place apPiTcanis<anywhere in the'county based on the need._ "I belieye this is a better system," said Huron County Wa rden Ge'rry Ginn. Clerk -Treasurer. EMI Hanly agreedt:- • •Ir - SCQIIIJ 1111.1l,11- 11.01e IuIjjdIIt., ht.. said ex- plaining that. senior citizens don't have to go to senior citizen housing outside their municipalities but they have that choice if necessary. • The Housing Authority maintains that no one will be forced to mote to another community for senior citizen housing but the change will, :meanthcse who do „earl_ moyeyy,ltAilns,s,dif: rrtir y. In a close vote at last Friday's Huron County . Council meeting, council agreed to pay 25 per cent of the approved excess of actual costs over estimated costs to Goderich's Alexandra addition to.the $282,395 already paid over the last two years. The estimated balance owing by the county (25 per cent) is $37,030. The total expenditures submitted to the Province of Ontario for ap- proval amount to $1,277,700 and include $9,600 of interest which may not be approved. County -Clerk-Treasurer Bill Hanly assured the county councillors .that council' was not under any obligation to contribute to the $236 000 deficit the hospital has accumulated over' the past 15 month's. The county's only obligation is.to the build -Wu nd, he, said:- Several councillors expressed the feeling that the $282,315 already contributed -by the county was enough"and several also said they worried' about setting a precedent. However, Hanly and other councillors explained that the county had pledged 25 per cent of the total cost and council is only living up to that agreement. Tank moving BY JOANNE WALTERS BTU ssels is the only municipality with -senior citizen housing units that is not participating in the new arrangement. Briissels Reeve J. Calvin Krauter said his Municipality is willing to accept people outside the village but he wants to be able to say which ones it will take. Exeter Reeve, W. Eldrid Simmons saiel„ believe Brussels is clisCriminating against the reslof Huron County.atufthat's against h‘uma-ri rights." - • The charige to county -wide residency is unlikely-te-create a difference 1 what the partitipathig trittnicipatities are' paying ..to support their senior -citizen housing. Under the new agreement, they will pay on a pet' -capita basis ' a 7.5' per cent share Of y operating , -deriat for the 237 Units involved. • 4:1•••• ; ...Ijr_rttmerty,am mi•ttee of Huron County„,_ • tiiiii617-51r4i-1- Frairffi r/fas -a-greed that the Sherman Tank 78901 donated by - the.Royal Canadian Legion, Brand) 109, ..be placed in thc.open space at the Huron County Pioneer Museum . facing Trafalgar Street. Dedication Day and the unveiling of the plaque • is set tor August 20. • The Property Committee -recommended to Huron County Council at its June 30th meeting that exchange be paid on U.S. funds ,at the even percentage rate beidw the rate being paid by "the Chartered Bank. . Onpril 28; 1978eouncil. had authoritted that ...no pretniurn :be. given on U.S. funds.. -Since that time the. Hiiron 'County Pioneer Museum curator h'as had requests . frorn the ..Gederich Tourist CoutroitItiktug that premitimexchange. he-giveri'Otip,S• funds-' , • • office, indicating the company • wanted -the bylaw passed at a specialmeeting•if necessary.. Later Wednesday, it was apparent that Stedman's store in Goderich Township. had approached Goderich TOwnship Council • for inclusion in the bylaw affecting Zehrs, and Clerk McCabe predicted that other similar businesses in Goderich might want the privilege extended to them as well. "We are passing the bylaw in the hurry," warned Clerk McCabe. "Other businesses may' be concerned because they haven't been con--. sulted.'Coudeil may be asked why it met to pass the bylaw without first consulting the -businessmen." . Council seemed to agree that the , bylaw should beextended to all businesses. Chairman - Eileen Palmer said that in her opinion, council, would be. more vulnerable if it was too restrictive when passing the bylaw. "Yes," agreed Councillor Elsa,I-Laycks "We could be accused of picking A&P arid leaving others, which is surely worse than including all businesses." Councillor John Doher•ty-pinpointed another problem. "Several little businesses will suffer," I ur nj.s_p_age predicted Doherty. "The big chains are slowly freezing the,small businesses.nat. But if Zehrs .._stays open, so should A&P'be allowed to stay open." "Business in Canada is supposed to operate • on a free enterprise system," said Councillor Stan Profit." "rdon't like the idea that business has to come to.coUncil for a decision like this. But if I have to make a decision, I would say it should be all businesses or none." -- Councillor Don Wheeler agreed. "You don't really 'pro-Ve anything by limiting it to food chains: You will have businesses corning 'back again and again to have the bylaw amended." AL,L, EN NOT • CONVINCED "It is too bad we didn't have time to go to, Goderich Township and ask why they passed this bylaw," commented Councillor Allen. ,He said people deserve a holiday and he didn't like the idea of passing a bylaw that meant that people would have to workon a holiday weekend. "Who knows?",interjected Councillor Profit. "If we didn't pass the bylaw, we could be taking arne Ontario scholars ^ Six students from the 1977-78 Grade 13 class at Goderich District Collegiate Institute have been recommended for Ontario Scholarships. An average of at least 80 per cent must be achieved to qualify for recommendation as an Ontario scholar. Anne Marie Howard, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Robert Howard, RR3, Goderich, had an average of'89 per cent and also wins the Robert MacKay Memorial Scholarship for the highest average in Grade 13. • Judy Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R obinso>r,-----12-12-2-;—Attburn, -had an 'five„rage of 85.7 per„centand-David Best, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Best, 220 Wellington St., had an average Of 85.5 per oent. Paula Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Butler, 341 Oak St„ attained 84.7 per cent. Nelson Petersen, son of Mr. and MKS. Knud Petersen, RR5, Goderich, had 81.7 per cent and Keith McLellan, son of Mr. and 'Mrs. Cliff McDonald, RR3, Goderich, had an average of 80 per cent. 4, These awards will be pr sented at the annual commencerlent exercises n the last Friday in September, :46ther award winners will .be named then. _ • kri . • •• • 'ANNE NAME HOWARD JUDY 'ROBINSON DAVID REST PAUI.A BUTLER ▪ ,NELSON PETER$EN • KEITH MCLELLAN r; .