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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-04-20, Page 1�.r •i a, 0 V 6n 1.25 YEAR%; 16 THURSDAY,,APRIL 2'0, 1972 SUNOCO OPY 0 0 fJ �j An open Better to Goderich ratepayers removal of previously cut trees and brush and stump lowering prior to- replanting. ' "" 4. It is a fact that 3,004 pine -seedlings, .200-300.: nursery -size evergreen stock, 50-100 European 4 White Birch Trees, crown vetch to plant, 15-- 20,000.' 'With regard to a number of irate phone calls and sq.'ft. assorted ground covers„ perennial.clitnbers, face-to-face confrontations about the waterfront etc will be used . to .. secure the entire hillside hillsides, I wish to clarify my position: (including damaged areas) before. May is a fact that certain areas were 'unmercifully ' 6. It is a fact that the LIP program workers have .denuded in the winter months_.. , . xeceived PRECISE INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO 2, It is a fact that this activity was not under my REMOVE_ ANY ESTABLISHED, LIVING supervision,'nor did 'the removal of growth proceed VEGETATION on the hillside areas (with the. exception of wild grape wild cucumber which damage , the growth.) with my knowledge. It is a fact that this' activity. was stopped at the urging of some members of Council. 4. It is.a fact that m3, Local Init.iatives Program • Work crew are presently attempting to repair thatdamage. This c,an only .be accomplished by the ErnieNiblock, one of the 12-workMen presently•employed under'a .federal government.incentives program, works at cleaning up a slope near th.e end of Cobourg Street on the lake bank where crews have been removing trees. The program came under fire from a number of factions early this week who felt the project was doing more harm thangood by helping cause erosion. The program in the long run calls for reforestation of the slopes with seedlings as well as the construction of paths to the beach and the building of change houses.—staff photo Tinkertown, Princess Anne Nursery • The _regular meeting of the 0 er C soer rt -rr -.. 1. —n Menta,llviPetarded, held at Queen Elizabeth School oh _ Monday evening, took the for'fn of a; report from Betty ..Reid on progress and activities at the Ass'ociation's nursery school. Mrs. Reid is in charge of operating the bile' morning per week service. • "The nursery school was' first started three y9ars ago," the volunteer teacher explained: ..but wassoon dropped due to'.the lack of children making ,use of the service." 0 --About one year ago a number ting that the nursery school begin operation again and it has operated since that' time. " The schdol, which offers what is .termed a ..Mothers, Morning Out,." is operated on a strictly volunteer basis by a group of volunteers who come out and care for •the youngsters one morning per week on a one to one basis. In addition• to, the retarded youngsters their. brothers and sisters come along as we1T.andthe children have a•chance to mix, )a • •i • n' am. "We'have.no fixed program,'' , +'r , - 1 d, This ts`due4o the vast age and intelligence span of the children, if they are in the mood to play they play or if they want to dance. we, have them dance:" In addition to such activities milk and cookies are provided and a rest period isobserYed on a gym mat donated by the Goderich ;cm(' District Collegiate ,Institute. `The Department of Social and Family Services has issued us a .,_ . , ,w licencee. to operate and e •must meet• .strict rules' and ' ew: quarters Huron Bd. of Ed. approves Clinton site fq Regretfully, Paul Caftan reeve of Goderigh Subject to approval of' the o. _Ontario Municipal ' Board, the " Huron County Board of Education 'announced acceptance of the proposal , of James Hayman Coo 'tr:uction:•Lirnflext of London. to provide administrative offices for the board at a purn' ase prig .` of $198."000. The proposal. entails. the renovation acid updating of .. the former Par -Knit Hosiery factory regulations," the teacher —.at the corner of Albert and Mills ex p•l•a-i-ne Fi-�•� �-:': e -a -r -e • pre�s�e n-t-l�v�-i•n-�--•�-•� the basement of VrctOria Street `� in Bo s - drownY donated for our'use and this area has met all the specifications • necessary.,,. Although we are I umber River :' slightly short on storage space w.e do have the use of the kitchen. ,, A boating tragedy ,oh Saturday facilities and the church proves to has claimed the lives of Edward be a"very suitable location, " ' Mrs. Reid did point out however that the future of, the school -looks far from rosy, • The present licence expires in- -Decernl?er, of, this year and unless them,, are three to. five youngsters,, -who qualify for the service the nursery school will -no longer be Thorneloe, 18, and John Thorneloe, 15, of • Jubilee Crescent in Weston Ontario. The boys, sons of Rev, and Mrs, ' Wiafi Th0itt roe thePinistet at Riverside United Church, are the grandsons of Mrs., L.M, Thorneloe of Church Street In., Goderich. The youths drowned. when their canoe,capsized it, the raging voungsters'will be left to uses the Humber River.. A thi tl -,youth, school, the rest having graduated Gacy Babcock, 24, also drowned• to Queen Elizabeth School, in an attempt to rescue the , forcing the nursery to close. stricken canoeists. Preliminary discussions are The 'Thorneloe youths had underway with the` operators of launched their canoe earlier that the co-operative nursery school evening and their parents and • Tinkertown" on the proposal brother David 21, went to a park that the retarded youngsters he further downstream to watch , Streets in the town of Clinton. Completion is estimated . at three -and -one-half to foiii— i 000ths 'following srgning'of the contract. The new •fac lity. will bring the -present .acdn�ini-strate offices dcated in' the for vier. Nurses' f Residence, the office of Student .Services Personnel located in Central Huron Secondary School 'andthe board room. also located in CHSS, under one roof for the first time since the inauguration senior grants people, Hon C. •S. MacNaughton and Mr. MacNaughton's executive, secretary, Don Southcott: • `'According to the chairman of --the boar 1 •M: El4 ett. Goderich Township, the delegation was well received and is nowonlyawaiting an ,• answer from government ' regarding the board's protest to the new grant ceilings on ordinary expenditures in the schools, Mr. Elliott told the board at _of the board in January, 1.969. Monday's - m.eeting 'that . the. children who may move into the To date there has•only been one inquiry at the Huron.County Board- of Education offices in Clinton; ,. but indications -are that:people are beginning to move into living quarters at the former Ganadtai_r- ' Forces' Base, Clinton, At Monday evening's board. meeting in Clinton, board members agreed* that since Clinton Public School has a rated capacity of 675. and an enrolment of only 426, elementary school Pro-v-i-s.ion of • t h i -s goverrlmentreadi-1y ad-nritted that former Adas`tr al Par accommodation does r,ot- fa17 , Huron"board had the fifth lowest Clinton Public. School. btidget in Ontario in the - ' elementary division and the • Re under the :provincially imposed ceilings on ordinary expenditures and therefore does not affect day-' to -day school operations or budget limitations. It is 'anticipated . that the Hayman proposal will he financed by the sale of debentures. The board also considered another proposal,for construction of a news -buildi.ng , but found _the price of 5285,875 tO- be -prohibitive. A delegation from the Huron County hoard of Education was in allowed to operate. A recent Toronfo Tuesday, April 11 for a survey showed that only three .meeting with Education Minister _ Thomas . L. Wells, two of his included in that'program. +•—Thiswould Y.,e very advantageous to the clii.ldren, Mrs. Reid observed, "since they would have the opportunity to take part in better programs under the supervision of a trained nursery school teacher, Volunteers would still he involved as they are now on a one to one basiswith the retarded children, but such a chance for them to mix with other youngsters would be a good idea." At, the moment the retarded children at the A.M.R. nursery school onlv'have the experience once per week from '9:00 to 12:00. At Tinkertown they would get further exposure of two or three days per week, Jane Lane, the Tinkertown •teacher, attended the meeting on • Monday evening,as well and told the group that in her opinion' the addition of retarded children to the school would p ,esent few n, problems and would have many advantages. She did stress however that any decision on the matter would be up to the Tinkertown committee who are -in charge of the school's operation. Further surveys regarding retarded pre-school children show that by 1973 and 1974 there will be no youngsters to attend the A.M.R. morning out nursery school. M them on the river, The bbys were reported 'to .be experienced canoeists and strong, swimmers abut the rough spring run off waters of the Humber proved too much. A police office also involved in the rescue'attempt was taken to hospital for treatment buJ releas.ed shortly afterward. Police apply for new deputy Following acceptance of the resignation of Goderich Police officer, Sgt, Ross Crawford -lasf week,, the Goderich Police Commission announced on Monday that it will be receiving applications through Police :Chief Fred Minshall for the p srtion of Deputy Police Chief: Although, according to the Ontario Police Commission,.,it is the prerogative of the local Board of P6lice Commissioners to make the appointment and it .is not necessary that the job be advertised.' This week's Signal - Star carries an advertisement from the Commission trtor prospective applicants. After the closing of applications the Ontario Police Commissionwill,orm a board to review the applications. 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The Sarmadoc took on 4,4� school r!g and returned t u r`h e d t o• the 10 J p Y 4 tons of salt and sailed, for Port Albert, Cluebec.-L-staff photo. -continue with the program at comtission; who make the final Tinkertown, ' deoisiori: second lowest budget in Ontario at the secondary level: Thea government recognizes, Elliott said, that the Huron Board' has put up a valiant fight to hold 'the ' line • on education • expenditures, especially in the area of salaries. John. Henderson. of _ McKillop asked whether or not- Murray Gaunt, Liberal member for Httrdn-Bruce had been invited to the meeting with the .Education Minister. He was told that Gaunt, had not been advised or the meeting. will attend fuse collection ' The •annual spring refuse collection for Goderich is set-to 'take ;place this year•. during the week.of May 1 to May 5'inclusive. Collection of items not normally picked up by the garbage collection will take place on the rural n ervi ' _ ` same day as o s ce is -- to the .town. Residents are asked to ' place material for disposal out at that. time. Municipal offices for the town did 'stress however that refuse material is not to be placed on the boulevards in advance, " lr fo t r , rich Little Iieatre Oki Mer orie Dunl , wh9 is in Muria Macbonald ,ass secl~e a r the Gddt op . charg r a of di recting a wnuskcaTproduction Bing stigidl ` �" t elters orttfi,}i o ov,r- !' tyC,— .. .. . material for the special fund raising event. It is�•tiope i proc ids front the mueicsl will help *en. a f +'deficit in Little Theatre expenditures incurredbyrthe'purcha,Se of new lighting equipment list y'irsr. staff photo