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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-06-07, Page 4PAGE 4—GODZrRICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 7 , 1979 Goderic`h SIGNAL -STAFF IMINMMIIMIWNIMSWF The County Town Newspaper of Huron Founded in 1040 and published every Thursday at Goderich, Ontario. Member of the CWNA and OWNA. Advertising rates on request. Subscriptions payable in advance '14.50 In Canada. '3540 to U.S.A.. '35.00 to all other countries, single copies 35'. Display advertising rotes available on request. please ask for Rate Card i to. 0 effective Oct. 1. 1470. Second class mall RegIstrotlon Number 0716. Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the. erroneous Item, together ales reasonable allowance for signature, wall not bo charged for but the balance of the advertisement'willbe paid ,for at the applicable rate. In the event of a typographical error advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or service may not bo sold. Advertising is merely an offer to sell, mut may be withdrawn at any time. The Signal -Seer is not responsible for the Toss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts or photos. Business and Editorial Office TELEPHONE 524-8331 area code 519 PCNA 0 Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. ROBkRT G. SHRIER — president and publisher SHIRLEY .1. KELLER — editor DONALD M. H•UBICK - advertising manager - Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 220,. Industrial Park, Goderich Second class mail registration number — 0716 New reason to hope There now seems to,be more reason than ever to hope that Alexandra Marine and General Hospital will have the $60,000 restored to its budget, after it was taken by the Ontario Ministry of Health as a penalty for having five extra beds in use. And that will -be good news indeed for the members of the board'at AM&G. Chairman of the board, Jo Berry said this week that Dr. A.E.Dyer, assistant deputy minister of health told her at a meeting in Toronto last Tuesday the ministry would "take a another look" at the Goderich situation' This is an encouraging 'sign according to Mrs. Berry because it now appears that civil servants in the ministry are coming around to the Hon. Dennis Timbrell's way of thinking. Health Minister Timbrell had, of course, promised board members at AM&G the $60,000 would be reinstated in the Goderich hospital's budget. But in a recent letter from the minister, it seemed clear. the minister had changed his mind - or had it changed for him. The letter made no mention of the $60,000 being returned to the budget. It only mentioned paying for the operation of 10. additional chronic beds out of savings to be found when management consultants are hired by the board. And speaking of consultants, first stories out of Get the scoop Summer is just around the corner. Some of you may already be dipping in and out of the swimming pool in your backyard. With the increased number of private swimming ;,pools and the 'proximity to Lake -Huron and the pleasure craft thereon, Signal -Star Publishing Company is offering again 'this summer - free of charge, jutt for the asking - . copies of How To Drown Proof Your Family.. A few years ago, Signal -Star made this little booklet available to readers. It was well accepted by parents who were concerned for the safety of their children in the swimming season ... and Toronto after the board of AM&G had hired Woods,Gordon as its consultants indicated the Wopds,Gordon people had already been touch with ministry of health people about possible savings at AM&G. But again according to Jo Berry, this doesn't appear now to bethe case.. In fact, Dr. Dyer was in a bit of trouble over his statements con- cerning Woods,Gordon which may have served to make him a little more amenable to the Goderich hospital's situation. The clincher though, is the results of- a Windsor hospital case in which the court ordered that hospital's beds to be' re -opened and the budget penalty removed. And that is what has buoyed the hopes of AM&G board members as well as board members at Wingham. Jo Berry is right. Since the courts have found in favor of one hospital, it seems more likely other hospitals would have similar success if they took their cases to law. The people of Goderich and area can be certain that the board at AM&G will be following up its request to have that $60,000 put back in the budget with more requests to have the penalty returned. And now there is good reason to expect it is only a matter of time until the request is granted. And that's good news for everyone. -SJK maybe even concerned for their own safety from time to time. The booklet contains simple. illustrations and easily understood words that tell exactly how to protect yourself from fatigue and resulting. drowning should the need arise. If you would like to have a copy of this helpful, informative little booklet, call in at the Signal -Star office and pick up one or send a stamped, self- addressed business sized envelope to Signal -Star, Box 220, Industrial Park, Goderich, Ontario, N7A 4B6 and one will be promptly forwarded to you.-SJK Help for everyone Everyone knows the old chestnut: "To err is human, to forgive divine." That statement has been rewritten and now goes like this: "To err may be human, but perfection is a lot cheaper.". A man by the name of -Philip -Crbsby is vice- president and director of quality at International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. Heis the author of a book entitled "Quality is Free" which claims it is easier and cheaper to make things right the first time by preventing mistakes. Crosby insists that United States and Canadian management at aiI.levels is willing to accept less than top quality from their workers. Therefore it becomes quite logical and natural for their workers to produce just that - less than top quality. The management notion that human error is inevitable_is an idea that most companies -have --now sold to almost every production worker on the line, Crosby thinks. But he points out it cost no more to establish the notion that perfection is possible on a production line and should indeed be the standard every worker should strive to attain. Crosby says perfect quality is no more expensive than imperfect quality. The ;,ilea of a zero defects policy will have the immediate favor of most businessmen and in- dustrialists. In fact, that kind of a philosophy is so acceptable, it is probably sought by many people in many walks of life. It would even be helpful to have a zero defects policy in effect in the classroom or in the home. It is really nothing•more than the old fashioned work ethic dressed up ... or: a reworked version of the common sense statement: Anything worth doing is worth doing right. How about this old clunker? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. • Child psychologists say that if you don't expect much 'from a child, the child won't disappoint you. The child won't give' you much. Crosby's point is that if management consistently crabs about quality, believing that error is inevitable, the men and women who are doing the work probably won't care much about doing a good job and errors will abound: Much the same as what child psychologists believe. The Crosby book is being touted as one of the best books for management in years,but it also sounds like a good piece of horse sense that just might benefit everyone.,. Heaven knows Canada can use all the help she can get to get the work force back iri competition with the rest of the world. It's time Canadians began to take a little more pride in their work ..�. and a little less concern for their own personal desires while on the job. - SJK Hop into summer By DaveSykes Too much Dear Editor, Inflation has struck the village of Port Albert. Just this week the Huron and Kinloss Telephone System, Ripley, Ontario, advised this writer that he and other residents had a choice of taking a two party line at $9.00 a month, or a private line 'at $12.00 a month, At the present time we have a multi-party line which costs $1.45 per month. I. hope that the residents of the village will object to this in- crease which seems exorbitant. Tom Livingstone, RR 3, God&rich. In appreciation Dear Editor, . With two days of pic- nics, games and races, our Day Nursery came to a close for the summer months on May 31. As a participant in the Wednesday picnic, I know we all had a lot of fun - in fact I don't know who was enjoying the T- Ball most, parents or children! " May I please use your paper to thank some very kind people who helped to give some added en- joyment to these days. On Wednesday, we saw a spirited performance of "Snow Black" by Grade 6 - df St. Mary's School followed on Thursday with musical en- tertainment by the Grades 7 and 8. Our thanks to both staff and children for their par- ticipation. We should also like to thank Zehr's for their kind contribution of doughnuts and to the Harbour Park Inn which very kindly contributed pop. to- both groups . on. these days. As you can DEAR EDITOR imagine, these wervery much appreciated. May I also take this opportunity on behalf of the pay Nursery Commitee to thalnk Mrs. MacDonagh and Mrs. -'iansen for their co- operation and for a job well done over the past school year. As one of the parents, I know I speak for others when I say that we all appreciate the happiness and enrichment that they are bringing to our pre- schooters. Yours truly, Maureen Penn, Secretary Day Nursery Committee. Raise '1,020 Dear Editor, The -. Knights • of Columbus would like to thank all the merchants at the Suncoast Niall and Zehrs. for the use of their facilities in our annual car draw for Canadian Arthritis" and Rheumatism Society. Our council of the K of C in Goderich were able to raise $1,020 towards this worthy cause. Pat Osborn, Financial Secretary Good crowd Dear Editor: We were happy to welcome close to 250 visitors during our recent "midnight madness" open house at The Livery Theatre. There was a gratifying feeling of meeting people most of whom expressed interest our efforts, with supportive attitudes towards the project of supplying the town with a proper .and comfortable setting and atmosphere for entertainment and related fields. The occasion. was greatly enhanced by gracious and generous contributions and donations which we• acknowledge with hearty gratitude. Our special thanks go to the following: • Zehr's Supermarket and Burger Bar for donating the refresh- ments; • Art' Bourdeau of Art's Landscaping for not only supplying the' materials but personally taking the time to create a lovely display of greenery.and flowers in the entrance hall; Anderson's Bookstore, Fincher's, Culhert's, and Denomme's Flowers for their various con- tributions Mrs. Ruby Markson for supplying the beautiful afghan for.the draw; Campbell's for the equipment and slides; Carol Luctin for art work ; Bert McCr„eath,. Eleanor and Warren Robinson, and Colleen Maguire who provided entertainment to give the evening a special touch. I.t was a joint effort by many people; it gave us a loving glimpse of the potential of the planned facility; it was an en- couraging and inspiring occasion, thanks to all the people who came. Yours sincerely, Dorothy Wallace, President„ Goderich Performing Arts Foundation. P.S. The afghan was won by Mrs. K.. Prevett (green ticket 46). The' winner of -the Christmas cake was Mrs. Elsa Haydon (yellow 30). New affiliation with Bay City BY LESLIE E. ARNDT Columnist Bay City Times Bay City's Temple -Glen Chapter 125, Order of the Eastern Star, has voted to become a sister chapter to the 'O'ES unit in sister city Goderich, across Lake Huron. The Bay City unit's letter to Goderich asserts: "We have two members who have visited Goderich and one attended a chapter meeting there a few years ago. Please put us in contact with our 'sisters and brothers in Goderich." Bay City's affiliation with Goderich and nearby Standish's sister city partnership with Wingham were featured in the May issue of Michigan Municipal Review magazine, which is published by the Michigan Municipal League in Ann Arbor and distributed to local governments across Michigan. The writer also was a panelist for the recent Michigan International Council's annual meeting in Lansing and discussed the Goderich affiliation. The council includes all the in- ternational organizations functioning in Michigan, The writer is still indebted to the Goderich Signal - Star for the free newspaper each week and Goderich news frequently appears in my Saturday "Post- scripts" column in The Bay City Times to keep townspeople informed on Goderich happenings. Thanks again. James Leonard., president the past two years of the Bay City St. Patrick'.s Day Parade Association, will be the 1980 parade marshal. The new president is Larry Piotrowski, a long-time parade worker. Other officers include Michael Leahy, vice-president; Rick Stiller, treasurer; Jeanine Leahy, recording secretary; Patti Pike, corresponding secretary, and Lydia ' Finn, historian. The parade in March annually attr.aet-s a Goderich contingent.. Mrs. Anne Hachtel, a realtor and Larry Lund, a city commissioner, have announced their candidacies for mayor in the fall biennial elections. Mayor John R. Willertz, a history professor at Saginaw Valley State College has indicated he will not be a candidate for a third term. He could have his eye on higher political office. Money woes are mounting in Bay County govern- ment. Gary Majeske, county executive, fears massive layoffs will result, along with payless paydays for county employees kept on payroll, L` -Doomsday" for laid -off workers could come as early as October 1. Majeske. figures the county's cash register is $400,000 short presently. A snarl of red tape has delayed a public ballot on proposed Bay City income tax, City Clerk Walter Wozniak said the state attorney general didn't ap- prove the language of the ballot proposal in time for a June election. That means Bay City taxpayers wont get a chance to decide the issue until later, perhaps' August. David Barnes, former city financial officer, is the new city manager in Bay City, replacing Walter Wozniak, who accepted the office for a couple of weeks, then went back to his old job as city clerk. DEAR, REALE BY SHIRLEY J,KELLER I'm not a fisherman or a hunter, but I found myself wishing I was when I listened last Thursday to Blake Evans, from the Wingham office of the Ministry of Natural Resources' outdoor recreation branch tell Huron County councillors about his work in this area. Evans, a good speaker with a listenable voice, had me thinking about strolling through a lush green forest in search of deer and languishing beside a quiet, clear stream waiting for a Rainbow Trout to nab my fishing line. Me. A dyed-in-the-wool indoors type who thinks watching television is the next best entertainment to reading a book. Evans makes Huron County sound like a fish and game paradise. And do you know what? It might even be just that. According to Blake, the commercial and bait fishing industry is thriving in Huron County.He says, for instance, that commercial fishermen, who fish the waters of Lake Huron off Huron County shores last year had sales of about $% million.Not bad, eh? And bait fishermen who fish the streams in the county and are licensed by the ministry, take a considerable amount of money out of the inland waters each year. -Most of these fisherman come from outside the county, for the'biggest markets for bait seem to be in outside centres. As you would suspect, there is some ponflict between commercial and bait fishermen and sport fishermen ... but the ministry office in Wingham is convinced there is enough resource there for everyone. On Lake Huron, for instance, there are a total of 12 licenced commercial fisherman in Huron County, with 10 more fishermen from neighboring counties licenced to share a portion of the waters off the Huron County shore. For instance, fishermen from Lambton County's Grand Bend 'can come north a way and fishermen from Bruce County's Kincardine can come south a way. Evans says that while no more licences will ever be issued for this portion . of Lake Huron, there is still enough fish out there for sport fishermen who want to get in their boats and a cast a line over the side. "Fishing is a lot bigger industry in Huron County than most of us are aware of, said ;Evans,"even though Lake Huron will never support an in- dustry of the size in Lake Erie." But the inland waters. Ah, the inland waters. There are streams stocked with trout .... and the ministry provides anglers with free lists of where the best trout fishing can be found. - Generally though, the best trout streams are in the northern part of the county .... and the best bait pickings are in the southern half. But all of Huron's streams are being assessed this summer by students hired by the Ministry. Things are bound to pick up in the years ahead. - And did you know that Huron County's landscape, particularly the north part, is just a great place for deer to live ... and that the deer population in Huron is generally high? vans said that in the past, deer 'seasons have been regulated according to county boundaries. But that, method is soon to give way to what the ministry is calling "management units" which \ will forget about county lines and consider only areas of deer population. As Evans says, it only makes sense. The deer don't know where the county boundaries are ... and for that matter, neither do most hunters. Blake Evans kept saying that Hthen County is unique .,.. and he had me believing it. It's unique because we have just about everything for outdoor recreation anyone could ask for in- cluding enough fish and game to keep .just about everybody happy. But I've always known that. I'm not widely travelled, but I have been Mere and there. And believe me, Huron County looks pretty good after a - holiday away. But I've never tried trapping muskrats or antlerless deer hunting ... and I suspect my education just isn't complete. • Wonder What equipment I'd need for a little bait fishing business in Hay Swam t .