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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-04-12, Page 2PAGE 2 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1979 Tid Bits...Tid Bits... Tid Bits...Tid Bits BY JOANNE BUCI•JANAN Mrs. Maipie Little of Goderich is $1,000 richer this week after winning the Goderich and District Community Grandstand lottery • with ticket number 0033. There are three draws left in this lottery. +++ A new consumer booklet entitled, "Propane and Your Recreational Vehicle", has just been releasedby the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Designed primarily for trailer, camper and motorized home owners, the booklet familiarizes 1 consumers with the properties of propane and alerts them to the safety hazards that can be created through its misues. It also provides safety tips on using and installing propane equipment, transporting and storing cylinders and checking the propane system for leaks. "Every summer, consumers in Ontario are injured or lose personal property through the improper handling of propane or careless maintenance of propane equipment," says Herb Jones, director of the ministry's fuels safety branch. "Most of these ac- cidents could be prevented if consumers took a few simple precautions." Consumers may obtain copies of the booklet free of charge by writing to Consumer Information Centre, 555 Yonge Street, Toronto M7A 2H6. +++ The floor of the Moss Park Armoury in Toronto will be littered with in- jured people once again on April 28 -at 2 p.m. when St. John Ambulance holds its annual Provincial Open First Aid Com- petitions. Casualty simulators will make up victims to present problems for first aiders who will compete on speed and ef- fectiveness of their treatment. More than 200 volun- teers will take part in- cluding some 40 teams and 50 individuals from police forces, fire departments, industry, the armed forces, Girl Guides and the St. John Ambulance Brigade. They compete in several categories for provincial trophies which are presented at the close of the competitions. +++ Postmaster Mel Farnsworth informs us that the Goderich Post Office will be closed Good Friday and Easter Monday. There will be rural route delivery on Saturday. Mail will be collected from street leiter boxes and dispatched on Monday according to Sunday schedule. +++ Don't forget The Big Sing featuring Goderich's own Harbouraires to be held in Knox Presbyterian Church on Saturday, April 28 at 8 p.m. +++ The phone number given in a story on Town and Country Homemakers for Huron County Social Services was wrong in a story carried by the Signal -Star last week. The correct SI Park N o 041, 9un44.4cint Bike Route TO NN _IMI . " _ N '1 C �. l A ..ns St M,te he II 5t Dowrose TO NN 0 This is a map of the route for the Goderich Bike Ride for Cancer to be held April 22. The route goes from the Suncoast Mall at 2 p.m. out Highway 21 to the U.P.P. Station, back past the mall again and around the outskirts of town for a total of 20 kilometres, five kilometres longer than last year's route. There are ten check points. LIMIT nutmber is 524-2186. +++ Senior students and registered nurses will learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of reality shock and will also learn how to cope with it at a one -day seminar offered by Conestoga College. The seminar, scheduled for May 10 from 9 a.m, to 4 p.m. at the Waterloo Motor Inn, is of special interest to students or registered nurses who work in hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care in- stitutions. It will be of benefit to nurses who supervise, lead teams, are responsbile for train'ing and who teach. The seminar will be led by Dr. Marlene Kramer, Ph.D., an expert in the field of reality shock. There is a fee of $20 for the seminar including coffee, lunch and course materials. For more information, contact Bernard Mara in Con- tinuing Education at Conestoga College, 653- 2511, extension 328. +++ In a period when massive cutbacks throughout the school system are occurring at the same tirri'e that reading levels by pupils in our schools are declining, it is heartening to report a reading program being im- plemented by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada across the country. Young readers are enlisted in the program called the MS Read-a- thon, as "Mystery Sleuths" who read to help solve the mystery of Multiple Sclerosis, a neurological disease that afflicts an estimated 35,000 Canadians. Co-ordinators from the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Read-a-thon Division will be con- ducting assemblies throughout this area until April 20 for school children in Grades 2 through to Grade 8. +++ Marg Conlon of Goderich placed third in the junior category of the Legion public speaking contest for the Zone held in Hanover on Sunday. Zone first place winners go on to District com- petition. +++ Sign on bakery truck: "We say it with flours." +++ It's not whether you win or lose, but where you place the blame. . Ride for cancer money The second annual Goderich Bike Ride for Cancer is slated for Sunday, April 22. Last year's ride attracted about 50 cyclists and organizers are hoping that number will at least double this year. All proceeds from the ride will go to the Goderich Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. This year's ride is 20 kilometers -long, five kilometers longer than last year. Registration will take place at the Suncoast Mall from noon until 1:30 p.m. with the ride commencing at 2 p.m. Cyclists will ride from the mall to the O.P.P. station on Highway,21, back past the mall again and around the outskirts of town. There will be ten dif- ferent check points at the extreme .points on the route and 'o rest areas; one atSudith Gooderham Park and the other at the Kinsmen Centre. Pop and cookies will be offered at these rest stations. This year, lucky draw prizes are an, added at- traction to the ride. Also, if, anyone is in need of bike repairs before the ride, he or she can receive a 10 per cent discount at Goderich Cyclery on 36 Anglesea Street (524-2888) and that amount will be donated to the Cancer:Society. • There are some rules and regulations which must be followed' during the ride. Those par- ticipating .''fmust ride single file, 30 feet apart. They must ride with the traffic and yield to traffic when necessary. They must use signals to warn drivers of 'their "moves" and' adjust speed to always ensure complete control of their bikes. Children. under 12'• on the ride must be ac- companied by an adult. Proceeds of .the ride should be designated 'Cancer Campaign of the Goderich Branch, Canadian Cancer Society. Pledges when collected should be taken to The Bank of Montreal in Goderich. Sponsor sheets for the ride, complete with a map showing the ride's route, can be obtained from any bank in town including Victoria and Grey Trust Company and the Goderich Community Credit Union, Kirkey's Texaco Station, Beckers (South Street), Mac's Milk, the Goderich Cyclery, the A&P and Zehrs. This year's ride is being organized by the Goderich Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs as a voluntary service project. If any additional information is needed, Mike or Adele Drennan can be contacted at 524- 6675. Hopefully, weather conditions on the day of the ride will be favorable but a rain date of May 5 has been set just in case. Why not challenge your family, friends co- workers or another club to take part with you in the ride? • IXOLOGY COURSE 9 Week Course Tuesday Evenings 7-9:30 p.m. STARTS TUESDAY, APRIL 17th at KINSMEN CENTRE SOUTH ST., GODERICH First 10 applicants accepted. PHONE DAVE CLOET/524-6059 TO APPLY Operated through Conestoga College b ROBERTSON MEMORIAL SCHOOL, OPEN HOUSE TUESDAY APRIL 24th 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. All Senior Citizens are invited to a program and school tour on: TUESDAY, MAY 1st 1:30 P.M. THE GODERICH BIKE RIDE FOR CANCER Sunday, April 22 2 P.M. 22 KM. STARTING AT SUNCOAST MALL Registrations 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. (RAIN DATE - MAY 5th) Sponsor sheets•available at all banks, V & G Trust, Credit Union, Zehr's, A'& P Store, Mac's Milk, Becker's South Street, Kirkey's Texaco REFRESHMENTS SERVED TO ALL BIKERS Lucky draw prizes for entrants ('A All proceeds to Canadian Cancer Society- Goderich Branch Sponsored by Goderich Kinsmen & Kinettes WATER COLOUR WORKSHOP Presented by Visual Arts',' Blyth. Centre for the Arts. Friday — May 4, 7 - 9 p.m. Saturday — May 5, 9 - 12, 2, - 5 p.m. Sunday — May 6, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Demonstrations, slides and application of various watercolour methods. Given by Michele ..White & Marie C.harbonneau (both O.C.A. grads.) Class limited to 25 pre -registered students Fee $15.00 plus materials fe'g,. , FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL 523-9403 between 5 - 6 p.m. Catering to: Weddings, Banquets, Dinners, Dances, and Family Parties. Any day of the week. See our complete menu from Hors d'oeuvres to full -course meals Starting Easter Sunday, April 15, 1979 and every Sunday after until Christmas 5:00 to 7:30 P.M. For Easter We Are Serving Roast Beef and Ham -Hot Buffet 2 or 3 meats, hot vegetables -Salad Bar -Dessert - Pies, Cakes, Ice Cream - Coffee, Tea Adults $5.95 Pre-Sehool ; 4 12 & under $3.95 Phone 524-4133 or 482-9228 on weekends for reservations