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Goderich Signal Star, 2011-12-14, Page 3,ijnal-Star • Wednesday, December 14, 2011 and reaches $3.7 million Backgrounder Relating to A lication Review Process NTINUED FROM > PAGE 1 rc• ( )DRAT' committee was hoping to raise $3.5 Million ()nations to generate over $10 million that would be !able for eligible claims._ t► deadline for claims registration was Nov. 25 and 372 l icati.nns were filed with the committee. They will begin owing applications and,ODRAP Chair, Duncan Jewell the committee hopes to get funds into the hands of life who lost their belongings and suffered other per- il property losses. e committee has the authority to settle eligible claims o 90 per cent of the estimated eligible amount not cov- by insurance. bile Dec. 1 was the official close of the fundraising rt, the committee will continue to accept donations Dr. jasper estimated that a number of corporations PARK THEATRE to 1 hq ' G{)DfRICN 524=7811 the gift of rtstinin "II Sfilow°111 14.4,0 oat Certificates Fri &Sat :4519:15 un - Thur 7:30 at 8 Sun Mat :1:30 0 Dec. 16-22 z Cortincittoo Avg est tho Theatre or AN Moved The Nein (next door) ►ww. movielinks.ca long distance 1-800-265-3438 "E BEST PRICE u f the Year! Offer ex ires December 30/11. !ose z.t'eiht! Lok anal,feel RT • Quick and easy results • One-on-one counselling • Herbal based programs • Grocery store-bought foods • Safely lose -7 lbs per week • Nutritionist approved a% Canadian YOU DESERVE 1114 and foundations were still consider- ing donations to the tornado relief fund.. The real work is now ahead of the committee in determining the eligi- bility of claims and the amount of money needed to address the need. "It will be some time before the committee knows thetotal amount of money required o pay up to 90 per cent of the eligible claims not covered by insurance as many claimants do not have their information to file with their application," Jewell said. "Fur- ther, the committee is waiting for a response to a letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing regard- ing the province's financial commit- ment.to the program. Many volunteers, some of whom suffered personal losses in the tor- nado, found time to assist the com- mittee with fundraising by canvassing or volunteering time to prepare and send materials. "Many thanks go to the volunteers led by communityco-chairs ken Dunn and Marti Hoy and Irene Blight and Anne Marie Patrick who worked tire- lessly preparing the fundraising mate- rials," Dr. Jasper said. Without the over 25 volunteer canvassers who con- ducted the personal and business canvass and the 40 volunteers who stuffed over 32,000 envelopes, the fundraising campaign conducted over 12 weeks would never have been so successful." C� OFFFull we*t toss Prograpil AMMI1,17 lkhdesd my* 041- fvu.3 ibrft4 �` 011111.1 Don't weight! Call for your FREE consultation today! 19424-7999 Elam Ave. 11V GoosuCH e BIGGER Jirds purply hou$.) 19-225-1112 • M,Mks.Exp (cm owMJCMiA* 19.271.0101 s ►*iron Si., ST ATFOSD $LMM Marti) THE ONE THAT REALLY WORKS FOR YOUI 1.372 applications were received by Goderich and Area Disaster Relief Committee by November 25, 2011 deadline; 2. The Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Programme, as operated by the Goderich and Area Disaster Relief Committee, is intended to provide basic assistance to those in the private sector who suffered hard- ship and lass due to the F3 tornado on August 21, Financial assistance is available, to cover essential costs, and help individuals, small busi- nesses, farmers and non-profit organizations only for uninsured damages within the disaster area; 3. The Committee has the authority to settle eligible claims up to 90% of the esthnated eligible amount; 4. Only applications that are com- plete may be reviewed by the Committee; 5. At this time, many applications do not have complete information from the insurance company involved or do not have estimated costs for reconstruction from the contractor; 6. The Committee members will not be informed of the names) of the applicant as that information is con- fidential. Each application has been assigned a confidential file number which will be used for Committee purposes; 7. Applications for financial assist- ance will be presented by the Pro- gramme Administrators on a confi- dential basis and reviewed, approved, amended or rejected by a majority of the voluntary Committee members in attendanceat the meeting; 8. Following the meeting at which the applicant's claim has been dealt with, the claimant will be informed of the decision of the Committee; 9. The Committee has the author- ait�yy to issue a cheque for the total llowable amount or aportion of the approved amount. The Committee must determine if it has sufficient funds to pay all claimants the of the estimated eligible amount; 10. •The applicant has the right to request the Committee to re -con- sider its decision. The Committee will only re -consider the application if the applicant provides new infor- mation to the Committee. The deci- sion of the Cottee is final. Courthouse clock chiming again after two silent years Gerard Creces Goderich Signal -Star it 's back. (ioderich's signature time piece is once again chiming out the hours from atop the Huron County Courthouse after more than two years of silence. While the original face is stillintact; the insides of the dock have been upgraded and updated • and digital tones now ring instead of the tube - amplified chimes that were removed. "It's exactly the same, just different guts," said Doug Harkes of Harkes Industries - the company that did the repair work. "It has quite an elaborate chime system in It" The old clock, built with IBM equip- ment, was installed in 1954 and the chimes rang'through six loudspeakers atop the courthouse. The new chimes, Harkes said, are entirely digital and the clock's controller is capable of 35 dif- ferent tones. "It's basically a little computer that controls the chimes," Harkes explained. All the cams in the clock have been restored and resealed as well. Getting the clock face out, he sold, was a collaborative effort, getting some help from restoration workers from Belfour. "They had a lift there and we used their lift - I was on the outside and they were on the inside" he said. "We just unsecured the clocks and shoved them out." Goderich Electric did the electrical work for the new clock. Meanwhile, the clock's debut was welcome by most, but needed a bit of a volume adjustment, said Huron County Courthouse Maintenance Manager, John King. "Just teething problems,, he said. "When it was too loud, it was upsetting people living close. Without the trees being there, it seems louder." The clock, as downtown Goderich residents already heard, is also capable of playing tunes though it's 150 -Watt solid-state amplifier. While that partic- ular feature has been disabled for the time being and is up to County Council to decide whether to add them or stick with the familiar quarter and half hour chimes. Harkes noted Harkes Industries - a machine shop In Gorrie - works on about 3-4 clocks a year, many of them for Canada Post in old clock towers.