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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-09-27, Page 41 PAGE 4 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1979 Goderich` SIGNAL—STAR NmmEgligilaMiM0 T NAL®, TA -- The County Town Newspaper of Huron . Founded In 1000 and-publlshod every rhtareday at Goderich, Ontario. Member of the OWNA and OWNA. Advertising rates on request. Subscriptions payable In advance '14.30 In Camode, '3340 to U.S.A., '33.00 to oil other countries. single copies 33'. Display advertising rates available on request, Meese ash for Rate Caro) No. 0 effective Oct. 1, 1970. Second, class moll Reglstratlon Number 0710. Advertising Is accepted on the condition that in the event of typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous Item, together with reasonable allowance for signature, will not bo charged for but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. In the event of a typographical error advertising goods or services at a wrong price. goods or service moy not be sold. Advertising in merely on offer to sell, and may be withdrawnat any. time. The Signal -Star Is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts, or photos. ausiness and Editorial Office TELEPHONE 5244431 area code 519 Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. ROBERT G. SHRIER — president and publisher SHIRLEY J. KELLER — editor DONALD M. HUBICK - advertising manager Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 220, Industrial Park, Goderich Second class mail registration number — 0716 On lovely, lavish things Goderich Town Council made a good decision recently when its members decided not to redecorate the town council chambers. While the blue and the green of the room may not be the favorites of some council members, it beats -the bright red that might show up in the town's budget if money is spent needlessly on frills. The council chambers were redone within the last 10 years. New carpet was laid and ne3i' drapes were hung. The object at the time, if memory serves correctly, was to match the carpet and the drapes up with the existing furnishings hi the room. It was a sensible move then, even if the color scheme chosen by councillors at the time, was "hellish" to quote the present reeve. Putting casters on the council members' chairs certainly isn't a priority item. Ask any taxpayer who has potholes in the street in front of the house, or spring runoff water in the basement because of a sewer problem. And while council members will argue that one does not have.anything to do with the. - other as far as the indivudal budgets of council are concerned it isn't an easy matter to explain to irate citizens who will see it as waste, pure and simple Not long ago there was talk at the council table ' abiAlt ttenovating`the entire town hall, to make additional office space and meeting room space for municipal officers. If council.has any idea that the next five or ten years will prod thesekinds f c:hang� it would be sound .economics to wait a board room .space, have opted to be very frugal in their provisions. Some board members feel a room next door to the present meeting room could be opened into, to expand seating capacity which is now totally ridiculous. There board members who are first to arrive at the meeting, squeeze elbow to elbow around the big L-shaped table while latecomers must be satisfied with fringe seating on chairs they haul from wherever they can find them. And what's even more bothersome, a board member at one end of the L-shaped table can't see a board member at the other end. Quite a handicap. , As for the press, one lucky person gets to use the administrator's desk while anyone else has to perch on the sides of it or squat ori the floor. At Monday, evening's meeting of the board, it was easily recognized by board members that if money could be freed up, it should not be spent on "lovely lavish things" as Dr. Ken Lambert put it. In fact, some members of the board favored meeting in the hospital cafeteria or outside the 'hospital if necesl&ary, to keep things in perspective. Still others said that if the present, board room was enlarged, it would be furnished ' with chairs and tables-'alire'ad'y'i55"tMire §p'i•taC and would"eni'ail`orily a fresh coat of the paint on the room next door .... and no new carpet. produce L m s o Maybe +.110 heal bee -r -d -toque from -the majority of town councillors, and share their belief that in these times of spending restraint, it is im- portant to demonstrate to the public -a sincere and self-sacrificing desire to spend available dollars on only the most necessary items of the greatest benefit to the majority of people. -SJK while longer before making any financial in- vestments of a cosmetic nature. It is interesting that board members at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, faced with the grave problem of providing adequate Education costs can be met Fall means children back to school ... 'and children getting an education reminds parents of the need to provide adequately for the children's education up to whatever levels they can attain. Any parents who have experienced the costs of sending children for post -secondary school learning know full well it can be a costly venture. Parents really can't start too early to think about the future in education for their children. Just as it is important to "talk up" education at every op- portunity with children from the time that kind of communication is possible, it is just as wise to begin at the birth of a son or daughter to make plans for financing a university or college education in the hope^he or she will be motivated to continue on after high school. Just recently a noted Toronto accountant put forth some solid advice for parents of very young children who want to make some provision for their children's education. The method which is within reach of most young families in today's society is simple and effective. By the time a child born now reaches age 20, better than $13,000 can be saved, earmarked for education ,from an investment of less than $5,000. Interested? Read on. The plan involves saving the regular Family Allowance payment in the child's name so that the accumulating interest income belongs to the child and not to the parents. If parents invest the money in their names,then the parents will have to .pay .tax. onthe interest earned ... assuming of course other investment incomeexceeds the tax free limit of $1,000 per year in investment income. Normally if parents give the money to their child; the parents must pay tax on any income that money earns. But Family Allowance payments are exempted from the attribution rules. If the money is invested in the child's name, the earnings will be the child's income. Only the child must pay tax on it, and the child, in common with any other tax- payer, is permitted $1,000 of investment income free of tax each year. Each month then, the parents should deposit the Family Allowance chequeinto a bank account in the child's name. Then each fail when Canada Savings Bond's go on sale, the parents should with- draw the money and buy bonds, also in the child's name. When claiming the child as a dependent tan the tax return, the parents must.report the interest income from the bonds, but it will be the child's income and not the parents'. Normally, no tax will need to be paid. Based on an annual investment of $240 from Family Allowvan,ce cheques ($20 times 12 months), and providing the money is invested faithfully each .year in Canada Savings Bonds from the birth of the child to age 20, approximately $13,400° will beac- cumlated to the child's account. That won't be enough to put the child through several years of college or university, of course, but it should certainly be enough to ease some of the financial burden for modern young families. And, if the "child doesn't ever, aspire to post -secondary school education, the money is a nice starter for young businessman or a pleasant cushion for a young career woman or breathless bride-to-be. Post -secondary school education right now runs something like $4,000 minimum for each year. In 20 years,' who--kno'ws- what the costswili be? They could undoubtedly be much higher making $13,400 seem like peanuts. A drop inthe proverbial bucket. But for a minimum investment and a maximum result .... Family Allowance is one form of income -that escapes the attribution rules .... it makes sense to take advantage of this break, for the sake of the parents as well as for the future of the children they love. - SJK - • DEAR READER a September sparkle By Dave Sykes S�daPv0�� Another view Dear Editor, In his last paragraph of his letter to the editor, Mr. Stephen Norton (Atom Use, August .23, 1979) ..hopes that • -other Ontarians will studythe informationregarding nuclear power. I couldn't agree more! But I'd like to urge that when studying ALL available information (not just information from• Ontario Hydro)t everyone takes care to distinguish between fact and opinion. Let me share a few of the facts with you: -in 1978 the -fuel cost for. generating 1000 kilowatt- hours of electricity was $1.48 in a nuclear station and $13.90 in a coal-fired station. The total energy cost (including capital 0 and maintenance) for that 1000 -kilowatt-hours was $10,40 for nuclear and $17.03 for coal-fired. -aboutone-third of the electricity every reader "of this letter uses comes from a.nu'clear plant. -not only is nuclear' generated electricity cheaper than coal (the only practical alternative for bulk power generation at the moment), but it is•" demonstrably cleaner and safer. Our record over the last 17 years bears this out. Nuclear power is only one element in our energy system, but its a vital one - far too important to turn our backs on. Sincerely , Hugh L. Macaulay Chairman of the Board Ontario Hydro. Good time Dear Editor, As you have read elsewhere, this year's golf tournament of the • Ontario Parks Association was held in Goderich Friday, Sep- tember 14. On behalf of the Association, I have some very good words to • Turn to page 5 • 75 YEARS AGO Manager Saunders of the Organ Company, this week, received notice that he had been elected to the Executive Com- mittee of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association. Mr. Fred Brophey has taken over the photographic business so long and successfully conducted by his uncle, the late Thomas H. Brophey, In accordance with the suggestion of» Mayor Lewis_ at a special. meeting of the council, that body on• Monday afternoon nude an of- ficial inspection •of the water works and intake -pipe. A thorough test convinced the council thatthere was practically no leak in the intake and BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER This Friday is the annual com- mencement exercises at Goderich District Collegiate Institute ... the official launching of dozens of young peoplewho have left the halls of secondary school learning here in Goderich and have joined the work force or have gone on to post graduate sttdies. As the band strikes up and as the graduates file into the auditorium, the audience will be amazed again at the maturity and poise of the same young people who a year ago, would have been considered average teenagers with a whole lot left to learn -before they are ready to leave the nest. Moms and dads will be among the most surprised as they realize that their offspring and their friends have made the transition from children to adults, before their very eyes and without any fanfare or warning. Sometimes it takes something like commencement exercises to put everything in focus for parents who have stood too close to the forest to reall see the trees. LOOKING BACK that the fault is with" the crib and filter.er. . Sam Lee of the East Street laundry leaves for China on Monday. St. Andrew's ward has the record for' big rats, Jamieson •Reid baying trapped one yesterday that measured 12 inches without the tail. The Cloak factory is now rising and as it will be the first building of cement blocks in Goderich, its rising will he watched with interest. 25 YEARS AGO Acting on an un- derstanding that their leader, Don Jolley, in- tended to resign, members of the Goderich, Girls' Trumpet Band staged a "protest" parade here Tuesday night waving placards And. there will be plenty of reflecting going on, too .., such as parents asking themselves where the time has gone since John or Mary was in kin- dergarten. Wasn't that just a few years ago? Where did all the time go that we had always planned to use for preparing them for the Big Real World? Did I really ever get the job done? Is that young man'standing there sufficiently prepared? Does that young woman really have the training she needs to put her out in front? And there's a moment of panic, I think,. for parents as they face the fact their job has all but ended r.,, that what John or Mary does now depends on whether or not you've done your job well; that anything you say or do now is accepted or rejected .by your children according to the ba§ic concepts they• have already learned from you. . Chances are, of course, if you have done your best there is nothing -to worry aI out. And deep down you 'know that. But that doesn't stop you from being frightened out ofyour wits, just for a moment or two. There will be"a valedictory address asking that he remain here, Excavation - in Court House Park 'for the new Huron -County Court House is expected to start today. Official so.d- turning was performed by Warden W.J. Dale on Tuesday afternoon in an impromptu 'ceremony after the contract had been signed by county officials and the 'con- tractors that morning. At a meeting which Principal A.R. Scott said was called to "clear up any misunderstandings", students 'or .'senior grades at G.D.C.I•. decided yesterday to form a Student Council' and abandon a -Central Committee system which 'was used last year. At an impressive service conducted by J.A. Camp -hell, Goderich, moderator of Middlesex- Lamhton -Baptist Association last Friday evening, Rev. Samuel H. Findlay, BA, BD, was Inducted into the pastorate of Goderich Baptist Church. For the first time in about 15 years, County Cou-rt....- Judges in • -the Huron -Perth and We 11 ington-Waterloo area's next week will start a rotation system whereby judges will silt at court sessions in different counties. 5 YEARS AGO - Goderich Town Council has given tentative ap- proval to a proposal by Lorne Cass•ina of London to enter • into an agreement with Goderich -trotting Association officials to schedule • delivered at the commencement eXercises. It will be the usual stuff ,,., about how the kids have had many good experiences at GDCI, how they have benefitted from knowing and working with the staff -at GDCI, how they have come to understand their parents and realize now something of what mom and dad tried to do for them, and how the future stretches ahead of them like an inviting and adventurous piece of open time to be used fOr whatever endeavors each of them chooses. But there should more properly perhaps be an address for parents. There should be a time set aside to soothe the concerns of moms and dads who know full well there will be disillusionments and frustrations and failures ahead for those misty -eyed young adults. There should be some reasst ranee for parents at com- mencement time that their sons and daughters will be able to deal suc- cessfully with whatever fate hands out, because they were raised in a home where caring for each other was a part of everyday iving and where„ every reasonable er caution was taken to see winter harness racing at Agricultural -Park. Meals on Wheels, a much needed service which has to date delivered a total of 3,286 meals to senior citizens, convalescents, shut-ins and .handicapped, is appealing for donations to help carry on this service.- The er.viCe._The Melepha Well •fund received its first donation this week when a Goderich resident made a sizeable contribution to the project being un- dertaken by Ron Shaw, former. reporter,- photographer with the Signal -Star, now working in Africa. ,Because of the shipping. strike, James ,Rean of Goderich, a marine engineer, was at home for his wedding anniversary for the first time in, 34 years this year. that they had a decent. opportunity to grow and mature, according to ttfe principles and the ideals mom and dad held dear. Success for every individu'al means something different. And satisfa'cti'on for parents' 'can range anywhere bet- ween seeing the child leave home and become self-supporting to watching a son or daughter go on to higher lear- ning with enough character and' wisdom to become tops in a profession, tops as a citizen, tops as a- human being. The parents of the GDCI graduates set their goals for their children a long long time ago. The parents of the GIDCI graduates will have a pretty good idea Friday evening whether some of those goals or all of them, have been achieved. But chances,are, every mom and dad there will be wondering just a little if it would have been possible to do a better job for their children. Probably nothing can be done to quell the fears and still the anxiety that is bound to surface among parents. But it should help to kflow that it is a common failing .... and not to be construed as weakness.'' 0: