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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1988-04-13, Page 17Expos are Thursday night champions If you are standing up, drop everything you are doing (unless it's breakable) and sit down. If you are sitting down take a few deep breaths and remain seated. This news flash is so hot no normal human being could survive reading it while standing (The blood would rush to the brain causing all sorts of terrible things to happen - perhaps even a swoon or two). The Mighty Misfits tried desperately to take the explosive Expos to the brink of disaster and force a last minute showdown but the Spos refused to cooperate taking all four points in a hard fought last night battle for the championship. The Expos have taken the title. Yes, my fellow skittlers the exceptional Expos are the 1988 Play -Off Champs for the Thursday Nighters ... Hooray and again Hooray!! In case you have forgotten who these mighty warriors of the alleys are 1 will refresh your memories: Mike (the mixer) Meidinger, Dazzling Don Deighton, Mighty Marty Bedard, Magnifi- cent Mel Merrian and Deb (give me my quarter) Barry. What a team! Now for the rest of us marvelous people. And speaking of Marvelous he was at it again this week. Marvelous Murray Ben- newies regained his men's weekly high crowns on the final night of the season bowl- ing a staggering - 881 triple and a barrier breaking - 358 single. The man simply oozes skill. His arch rival, the riveting Neil Beuer- man also reached the upper stratasphere with his crepitating - 762 triple. Joining these bowling fiends in their scatter the pins party were Gary (the great) Bedard bowl- ing an outstanding - 266 single, Bob (the Rookie) Wright with one of his highest singles this season a devastating -217 and Karl (the V.P.) Teichart with a resounding personal season high -656 triple. Joanne (please fall please) Knights and Deb (give me another quarter) Barry came close to capturing the capricious women's high singles crown with their- 201 and -203 singles but the night once again belonged to that Super Spare ... Carol (she gave my lucky shoes away) Johnson. Super Spare had another of her fantastic nights captur- ing both women's weekly highs with her sizzling -258 single and her devastating -644 triple. I tried valiantly to stop myself but I must state for the record that Devious Don- na the receiver of my a -fore -mentioned lucky bowling shoes had three tern , Jle ... no I can't do it. Just Ignore that last line, pay absolutely no attention to it.. For the last time this season I will dole out those nail biting final totals. Wingers (couldn't evr'i hold on to last place) -17, Swingers (at least you won the seascn1 -20 Team Three (you came close) -22, Expos (perhaps you could sell the secret ` yo • success to the other team playing in the Big -O) -28, Misfit's (sorry people ,. you missed stardom by that much) -23, and last in the pack but once again first in your hearts the gallan4 Highballers -13. We may not have won but we have fun doing it. Bye the bye I am 1eavink you with a few mind bogglirs questions to pennate on those beautiful summer nights while jou sit by the lake sipping, a cool wha'.ever :ind watching the sun set a• Will Tlnh Parry return in the. THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 13, 1988 — 17 APRIL 13TH TO 23RD COME HELP CELEBRATE OUR fall with brand, spanking new bowling shoes? b: Will a certain bowler have to get a sunTmerob because of it? c: Will we see more of that mysterious 125 bowler or is he gone fur ever? d: Which is more important lady luck or super skill? Have a safe and fun summer. We will see you back here next September same time (7 p.m.), same day (Thursday), same place (Starlight lanes). Remember yo• u• ne executive Sherry Tun- ney, Dianne Steel- (co -presidents), Pat Ryan (treasurer) and Neil Beuerman (secretary) need your support to make the year a successful one. So come out and bowl again. With a final heap of best wishes to Deb and Gary on the ,7th,1 dot my last "i" and Cross my last "t" of the season. I'll see you in September! ! ! Tigers elimor ited from playoff BY GEORGE LOVE The Seaforth Tigers were eliminated from the Men's Intertbwn Bowling League Play - Offs on Sunday, April 10 when they lost to Mitchell 31-17 at Starlight Lanes. It was home and home games with points to count with Mitchell gaining a 27-21 .dvan- tage in the first round, at Mitchell on Satur- day, April 9. The overall total was Mitchell 58, Seaforth 38. Murray BI nnewies led the Tigers with games of 233, 224, 417, 278 - 1340; Dan Ben - Family Feud day held The annual Family Feud Fun Day was held at the Vanastra Curling Club on March 13 with many family rinks par- ticipating; some with an adopted child, mother, father or grandparents. Little eight year old Jamie Hayter was the youngest family member who curled both games with great enthusiasm and showed great potential in the curling sport. After the results of the three draws were tallied, the overall winner of the Davis Family Cup Trophy was skip Jack McLachlan with wife Mary Helen and daughter Sherri and little Susan. Con- gratulations for a great gamily effort. The Vodden family placed second with newies 368, 258, 222, 211 - 1244 and George Love 221, 270 -1026. On Saturday, April 9, the first half of the Play-off Series was bowled in Mitchell, with tchell edging Seaforth 27-21. Al Eveleigh led Mitchell with 236, 211, 308, 268, 277 -13 ;• Dale Martyn 246, 234, 256 -1160 and Murray Kramer 284, 262 -1134. Jack Fuller was high for Seaforth with 236, 227, 255, 354 - 1263; Roger Edwards 246, 269, 221 - 1066; Bill Wilson 220, 255, 216 -1055 and Neil Beuerman 242, 212, 218 - 1030. at Va astra Centre _ skip Bob, wife Sue, adopted members Carol Martin and son Scott. In third place was Barry Taylor's family rink with sons Greg, Steven, and friend Dorie Deer. Jack McLachlan was also the winner of the 'On the Button' shot in which all ships participated. Bill Gibson, Brian Falconer, Mark Cantelon, and Brad Falconer curled in Galt this past weekend in the Regional Competition for Zone 13. They curled ex- tremely well, winning three games and losing two in such stiff competition. Con- gratulations for your great showing. Communications system relocation studied • from page lA Goderich. Bruce Erskine, Chairman of the Goderich Police Commission, said, "We came here in the spirit of co- operation...We offer to go to the purchase of service if someone else takes the system." Goderich Mayor Eileen Palmer further explained why her town chose to make this proposal. "From the comments we've heard here tonight, no one seems to give a damn about the liability the Town of Goderich could be left with...If someone else is ready to assume the responsibility of liability, then it's yours," she said. These new proposals were cause for each municipality to meet privately once again before another vote was taken. Upon re-entering the council chambers, Clin- ton's representative, Mr. Cochrane, said Clinton likes the Seaforth proposal, but would make one amendment. "We'll vote for the Seaforth proposal, if included in the responsibilities of the ad- visory committee is that they examine the relocation of the system to Clinton." Exeter's Police Committee Chairperson, Dorothy Chapman, said they would agree to the same idea and Goderich's Mr. Er- skine stated they would do the same "in the spirit of co-operation". Seaforth's Harry Hak, Chairman of the Police Com- mittee, also agreed. However, Seaforth Mayor Alf Ross later said he did not understand that the relocation was being looked at specifically for Clinton, therefore, Clinton was dropped from the motion and it read simply the relocation of the system. RELOCATION IMPLICATIONS Mr. Erskine pointed out a fact that should be taken into consideration if the system was to relocate. "You have to maintain the CPIC (Cana- dian Police Information Computer) system. It has a 24 hour capability, and Goderich is the only force that operates 24 hours a day, including the Goderich OPP," he said. Clinton Clerk -Treasurer, Marie Jeffer- son said, "It doesn't have to be a ;40,000 a year sergeant (as a dispatcher)." Mr. Raike agreed with Clerk Jefferson, adding, "It has to be a member of the police force...It can be an officer or a civilian, a qualified civilian." CONSULTANT Mr. Erskine then suggested a consultant be hired with the municipalities sharing the costs equally. Another suggestion was brought forward to have the four committee chairpersons meet and decide whether a steering com- mittee could be set up to look at the possibility of relocating the system, or whether they feel a consultant is needed. Mayor Palmer said, "Not taking anything away from anyone, but we're all laypeople - not one of us here is qualified to do a feasibility study." Exeter Chief Larry Hardy suggested the OPC could provide that service and Mr. Raike said, "We're obligated to. "I'd like to point out that there will be a cost of relocating, you have to terminate five dispatchers and you'll need OPC ap- proval," he said. Mayor Shaw said, "Not if they are of- fered jobs in Clinton (or wherever the system is moved to), there wouldn't be a problem." "There may be," said Mr. Raike, adding that the OPC could see it as moving their people. Goderich's Clerk, Larry McCabe stated, "This is an exercise of futility. The system is efficient and economical right where it is." Seaforth Police Chief Hal Claus said, "You can hire all the consultants in the world, but you'll still need a meeting like this...you still have to make the decision." When the vote was taken on whether to hire a consultant, all four municipalities were in favor of it. WINGHAM OUT Mr. McCabe also pointed out that with the signing of the agreement, Wingham was now officially out of the Huron County Police Communication System. Wingham pulled out of the system because they found a less expensive deal with Hanover, reducing the Goderich system from five to four municipalities. During the opening of the meeting, each of the four remaining municipalities were given an opportunity to present any sug- gestions they may- have concerning the 10 -year-old system. Seaforth's Police Chief Claus provided the most indepth suggestions. He opened his remarks stating his concern. "I have attended numerous meetings that were called to establish an agreement between the five municipalities in Huron County having their own police force to operate a modern communications system. To date the process of coming to an agreement has failed miserably to the point where ars pality. Wingham, has optet' ,t ' f .em altogether and purchased ;r•' 1m Hanover. This leaves the ot1 municipalities to either pier reased costs of operating the communications centre or to let it deteriorate further," he said. Chief Claus then went on to make obse, • vations to why an agreemel,t had not been reached. The first of these "h L . ations was, "There is nothing broktu, se ve have no reason to band together to fix something." The others were lack of goodwill by all to share the responsibility of providing the best protection for police personnel and citizens at the least cost to the taxpayers; the tendency of meetings to stray from the subject at hand and a personality clash between those involved. Chief Claus also provided four reasons as to why the system should be maintained. "All efforts must be made to keep the system on a county wide basis as our court system is a county system," he said. His second reason concerned the emergency plans each municipality has in place. "After the Mississauga rail disaster, it became obvious that each municipality must have an emergency plan. These plans have all been established within each municipality with provisions that in case of evacuations we require a common communications system to co-ordinate lodging, emergency supplies and the orderly movement of traffic." Reason three stated, "All of us require a system operated by police personnel to maintain the CPIC terminal. The CPIC System, controlled by the RCMP, requires that there be absolute security as to the personnel and that the integrity of the system cannot be compromised in any way upon penalty of being denied access to the CPIC System." And reason number four concerned the safety of police officers. "The safety of personnel on the streets of our towns must be of paramount concern. The assistance to a policeman in trouble can only be accomplished by direct com- munications to the scene of trouble," said Chief Claus, later adding, "The present system can be salvaged, but we must make some changes." Explaining this last statement, Chief Claus said that the changes did not have to be major and they have nothing to do with the technical set up of equipment or the Location of the centre, rather the changes should be made at the "political level". "Without usurping each other's power of authority and at the same time staying within the law, we can set up a political committee of representatives from each community or board. All we need is the will to make it succeed," said Chief Claus. He suggested that a committee be made BEEF Sides 1.79. Hinds 2.14 LB Loins 3.19 LB AVG. 60.00 LBS. INSIDE CUT . BEST OF THE ROUND Steak 2.9910. BONELESS Sirloin Steak .3.991 LEAN Ground Beef 1.89.o PORK Sides .99 LB. BOXED Loins 1.89L. 06110 Loins 1.73 LB. SELECT LOINS LITTLE FAT OUR OWN HOMEMADE Sausage 1.59 LB. 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This committee provides direction to the Goderich board and will disseminate all concerns brought to them by a committee of chiefs regarding operation problems and proposed capital expenses. He also suggested the committee recommend a budget to the force managing the com- munications centre. As well this commit- tee will be responsible for attracting new businesses to increase revenue. Chief Claus said, in this idea, the Goderich Board of Commissioners and their chief are responsible for day to day operations; the chiefs' committee (made up of the four police chiefs) meet on a regular basis to discuss problems; and in the event the Goderich board feels they can't comply with the committee's recom- mendations, a meeting will be called to in- form the committee as to why. "I further recommend that a small management fee be included in the cen- tre's budget. This should be small as there are also certain benefits to the force where the centre is located," said Chief Claus. At this point, Mr. Raike said that negotiations are up to Goderich as the Police Act says who will and who will not bargain for who. "It isn't a joint system," he said. "It is Goderich's system (to manage), they're host, the others are satellites..." Next up was Exeter. Mrs. Chapman said, "I agree that it is Goderich's system, there's no other way it can function, therefore, in the future, we should have something in writing as to what happens to the equipment we all purchase." Mrs. Chapman went on to say that Ex- eter has looked outside the Goderich System and has been accepted into another at a "reasonable cost savings". "We're still here. We believe in the system and feel it (leaving) would be detrimental to the others," she said. Mrs. Chapman said, that since the town is buying a service, they should pay for it, including line cost, mailing and so on. "From there, go to a per capita cost - that too to be worked out." Mr. Erskine spoke for the Town of Goderich, saying, "Goderich is quite will- ing to co-operate. We believe the system can only operate with four partners - if one leaves, it would be too expensive to operate with only three." Mr. Cochrane, of Clinton, said the town had no proposals, however, he felt the sug- gestions made by Seaforth had merit -and the user fee suggestion by Exeter was good. Mr. Raike made a few comments on the suggestions. First, commenting on his previous statement, he said that as satellites, the other towns did not play any less a significant role. "Collectively you can afford a more sophisticated system." And speaking to Mrs. Chapman's com- ments on being accepted into another system at a savings, he said, "They can probably give it to you cheaper, but are you getting the same sophistication?" AGREEMENT The agreement that was adopted was drafted by the mayors of Huron County and allows each municipality in the police communications system to have equal say. "The big thing is input," said Clinton Mayor John Balfour, who was also the chairman of the April 7 meeting. "Right now we have no say in the cost - we just rubber stamp it." The agreement allows direct input into the budget, capital expenditures and also introduces a termination clause. According to Mayor Balfour, this added clause stipulates that a municipality "can't stand up and leave. They have to wait until the end of the year and they have to give six months' notice." This six month notice has been referred to as a safety valve, providing time for the remaining municipalities to try and cor- rect the problem or see if an agreement can be reached. FLA$ffI Your PHOTO PRO'S DEALER is moving down the street to PHELANS PLACE APPLIANCES in Seaforth (across from the Post Office) THE JERVIS EDGE Bring your films to PHELANS PLACE, in Seaforth, and have them developed with dated pictures by Jervis Photo Inc. of Clinton. 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