HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-11-30, Page 1Police crack dOwUoii bikers
BY SHIRLEY J.._
KELLER
Constable Gerald Hilgendorf of the Goderich
Police Department told about 40 parents at-
tending a Home and School meeting at
Robertson Memorial School recently that
children who ride their bicycles dangerously in
the future, will be formally confronted by the
police.
A Juvenile Violation Tag will be issued by
police officers to youngsters who disobey
normal traffic and safety rules. The first ticket
will be a warning and parents must bring the
ticket to the police station to acknowledge that
the family is aware of the child's carelessness.
The second ticket will mean that the bicycle
will be taken away by the police and must be
retrieved at the police station.
A third ticket will involve charges laid
against the offender.
While members of the Home and School
Association did express concern for the way in
which some young cyclist's abuse their
privileges on the roads to and from school, it,
was also pointed out that automobile drivers
could show more courtesy to bicycle riders.
The topic for the evening was "Your Child's
Santa here
on Saturday
Santa Claus will make his annual pre -
Christmas visit to Goderich this Saturday.
The Santa Claus parade will begin this
Saturday at 2 p.m. and follow the usual route up
South Street and around The Square.
The theme of this year's parade is World
Peace and will feature at least 17 floats and two
bands.
Following the parade Santa will hold Santa's
Court in the Park Theatre.
Safety To and From School". In keeping with
that theme, a suggestion that crossing guards
should be issued whistles to indicate when
children should cross the street was approved.
There was also a suggestion that more
crossing guards are needed - particularly at the
intersection of Blake and Eldon Streets.
Questions were asked about the possibilities
of'flashing lights to indicate school zones, more
school signs and the possibility of making the
street in front of Victoria School a one-way
thoroughfare.
Richard Hooper of Block Parents reported
that 122 applications had been received for
Block Parents. Many homes.,now have the signs
clearly displayed, but some applicants have not
been contacted because of the numbers located
close to each other.
Further explanations about Block Parents
will be made at the school. It was suggested
that further advertising is needed to make the
program properly successful.
The Home and School Association expressed
an interest in community participation and
suggestions for safety ideas involving school
children in Goderich. The Association president
is Don Larder; vice-president, Bob Dixon_
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YEAR 131-48
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1978
35 CENTSPER COPY
Board says new recreation director a must
BY DAVE SYKES
The., Goderich Recreation and Community
Centre Board decided there is a definite need
for a recreation director in Goderich.
In a unanimous decision last Thursday, the
board passed a motion recommending that the
recreation director's post, vacated by Mike
Dymond December 15, be filled with a qualified
recreation director.
But while the board was unanimous in its
Yukon artist and author, Ted Harrison, cap-
tivated a young audience at Victoria Public
School last week as he made a brief visit to talk
about his first children's book, Children of the
Yukon. Harrison wrote and illustrated the book
and has a second in the making. His stories of
Yukon life thrilled the children and prompted
countless questions. (Photo by Dave Sykes)
decision about acquiring the services of a
qualified recreation director, they failed to
reach any agreement on the function and roles
of the department's personnel, namely arena
manager Chuck Jewell and his staff and Jane
Netzke. The board met . in closed session,
Wednesday, November 29 to discuss the fun-
ction and role of the recreation department,
establish duties of the employees and examine
the possibility of relocating the recreation
offices.
The board wants to makeits intentions clear
in all these areas before it makes a final
recommendation to council, early in Decem-
"tSer.. .
In a report to the board, recreation director
Mike Dymond etrongly recommended that the
position of recreation director be maintained as
it is and that a permanent replacement be hired
with an A or B certificate and five years ex-
perience in the municipal recreation field.
In the report. Dymond said that although the
department may be regarded as a frill and
unnecessary expense by some, he believed the
department was servicing a significant number
of groups and individuals and would be serving
more in the future as leisure time became a
serious community concern.
Although he,.,stro tgly suggested the hiring of
a new director to operate the recreation: -
Board says no to
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Board members at Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital are just about up to here with
consultants_ The hospital has already been
visited by a nursing consultant from the
Ontario Ministry of Health, a medical con-
sultant from the Ministry is soon to be invited to
the hospital and to make matters even worse,
the Ministry of Health is now urging the board
to hire a team of management consultants to
advise on further cost savings throughout the
plant.
Fact is, when Alexandra Marine and Genera.
Hospital accepted funds during the summer
from the Ministry to help the board out of the
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department he offered an alternative for the
recreation board to consider.
He said the board could examine the
possibility of combining the recreation director
and community centre manager positions.
Therefore, whoever was hired as recreation
director would also become arena manager.
Acting arena manager, Chuck Jewell, said he
was concerned about his future if such a move
were made and openly admitted that he would
apply for the job. Dymond even suggested that
Jewell be offered the combined position on a
one-year trial basis.
That move would also require the_hiring of an
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consultant
financial bind discovered earlier in the year,
the consultants' visits were a part of the terms
of agreement.
The Ministry consultants' services are
provided free of charge to the hospital, but it is
understood that the board would have to engage
a private management consulting firm to
satisfy the Ministry requirements....and that's
an expensive business.
Elmer Taylor, hospital administrator, told
the board members Monday evening one firm
of management consultants had indicated its
costs would be as much as $3,000 a week for a
period of up to one year.
"I don't know how much it is going to cost
you, or if there are going to be any savings,"
said Taylor. He said he had no figure from any -
other management consulting firms.
"I don't know where they are going to find a
savings," added board chairman Jo Berry,
referring to the strict budget now in effect at
the hospital.
Dr. Michael Conlon, president of the medical
staff at AM&G, called. the idea "foolhardy" and
claimed he detected "a little bit of blackmail
here".
"You do this or else," said Dr. Conlon.
"That's what the Ministry is saying. It's just an
additional expense, a superfluous expense."
"I think we all agree but .. I don't know. what
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Panel labels police station as deplorable
BY DAVE SYKES
A public institution inspection panel, in a
report to County Court Judge F. G. Carter, said
the Goderich Police Station is a deplorable
situation for the lbw enforcement people to
exist in.
The panel claimed that although the
department hag adequate square footage to
work with, they seem to be making do)under
deplorable conditions. The seven members of
the public panel agreed that the lockup area in
the Goderich station was pathetically antique
and the rooms were cut up and makeshift. They
also lack an interrogation room.
The panel made a report on 23 institutions
maintained in whole or in part by public money.
On the first Monday in May and November,
every county court judge may appoint a seven
member public institution inspection panel
from the jury roll.
Under the Public Institution Inspection Act of
1974, the appointed seven member panel has
the right to inspect any public building in the
Window smashing nets 100 damage
BY JEFF SEDDON
Vandals caused over $1,000 in damages in
four incidents in the Goderich area over the
weekend with about $700 of that damage oc-
curing in a window smashing spree at Colborne
Central Public School. Goderich OPP reported
21 windows smashed out of the school by van-
dals hurling rocks.
Constable Wayne Moulton said Monday that
police estimates of $500 in damages at Colborne
School Were "conservative". ,
Colborne principal John Kane said vandals
used rocks large enough, and thrown with
enough force to bend aluminum window
frames and break some wooden frames. He
said workers ,vere at the school early in the
week repairing the damage and he did not know
what -the final costs would be.
Bob McVean, plant superintendant for the
county board of education, said the damages at
the Colborne school would probably run bet-
ween $700 and $800.
Goderich OPP reported two other incidents of
vandalism t in the Goderich area over the
weekend, one at Saltford and one at McGaw. In(
Saltford someone used a vehicle to push over a
number of guard rails on the County Road 31.
and police estimated $300 damages. Crossing
lights at a train crossing at McGaw, between
Carlow and Benmiller on County Road One, had
been put out of commission by vandals but
police did not know the costs of the damage.
Constable Moulton pointed out that the
damaged lights presented a hazard to motorists
because they were installed there due to a
number of accidents at the train crossing.
Goderich police said a vandal smashed a
double pane window at Goderich District
Collegiate Institute and estimated repairs to
cost about $50. McVean said a beer bottle had
been put through the window in the vice prin-
cipal's office and said the repairs would cost
about $100.
Maintenance staff at Colborne School worked
for three hours over the weekend cleaning up
glass in the school according to Kane. He said
that expense would have to be tacked on to the
cost to replace the windows. The principal said
senior students at the school were sent' to
classrooms Monday morning to empty the
desks of junior students to keep the youngsters
from cutting themselves on glass shards that
covered desks and books.
Kane said the vandals had gone to the
trouble to bring rocks with them to a cour-
tyard area at the school and had methodically
smashed the larger windows. He said some of
the holes in the glass were big enough to permit
him to crouch down and walk through them. He
said it appeared the rocks had been gathered on
the road and brought to the courtyard area.
The incident occurred some time . early
Saturday morning and was discovered
Saturday by a teacher that had gone to the
school to do some extra work.
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county funded wholly or in part by public
money. The panel must make its report before
the judge in open court and that report is sent
on to the Attorney General's office and further
copies are forwarded to the affected_govern-
ment departments at the provincial and county
level.
The November panel included Phil Bugler,
,Jean Easton, Audrey Barlow, John Andersons,
John Ayres, David Sowerby and Jack
Colquhoun. They inspected 23 public buildings
in a four-day period.
The group also toured the Goderich town hall
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Would you believe the girl on the right.nor-
maily looks like the girl on the left? Carol
Williams (tight) is entered in Robertson
School's. Ugly Contest and to show the con-
trast, she poses here with her twin Cathv. The
"honors" of Ugliest Kid in the School -will be
given out next week after a vote by the student
body. The contest is a fund-raiser for Grade 8
graduation. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)