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Reeve Paul Carroll's stuternent
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The following is the written
,taternent presented by Reeve
Paul Carroll to the press
' " representative at last Thursday's
council meeting when the S&H'ty
Park,proposal was vetoed 5-3.
An interestingsideli,ght was the
fact that the statement was•dated
May 11 - obviously indicating that
the Reeve was prepared to speak
en the matter much earlier than
etre June 1 meeting ... and had not'
changed • his thinking in the,
interim.
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With the weatherman co-operating in every, way St. qeorge's
Anglican Church locally held a fund raising Auction Sale on
Saturday. A large turnout of buyers was on hand to'bid on the many
Tie one, too
The Reeve stated:
1 wish to make a public
statement,, with regard to , my
opinions as a member of this
Council °regarding the issue at
My concerns over 'the last
three years regarding. an
integrated and useful waterfront
parks system cannot be denied. In
that period many explorations
hive been completed to help
determine the direction in which
various forms of recreational
development should proceed. It is
items donated to,the sale by members of the congregation.(staff with that background of thought
and that particular setting that I
preliminary thoughts regarding
the proposafas submitted by Mr:
Bruce Sully on behalf of the Sully
Foundation.
"In consideration of the major
implications of the. proposal, I
conclude that the proposal, if
brought into effect, would, add
much to the general character of
the waterfront area and the
abutting green space •at the top of
the banks. The area in question
would provide a direct link with
the -St: Christopher's Beach area
and the current trailways under
•constr"uction ,would provide the
physical connection.
"There Would be created a
continuum of public property
between Harbour Park and the
Lighthouse Park with the
exception df one remaining piece
. of private property. Designation
of the additional land (that is, the
photo)
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Sandy's Clippers
andy's Clippers picked up a
victory and a tie during tthe past
week to remain atop the -standings
of the Godericti Industrial Softball
League with seven points on three
wins and a tie, Gower's Garden
Centre is in second place with a
threes and one record for , six
points.
Gord's Sports is third with five
points oh two wins, two losses and
one tie: Building Centre, Sifto
Salt, Brindley Plastering and
DRMCO all have four points.
Building Centre has two wins and
aloss: Sifto Salt isntwo and two and
Brindley Plastering has one win,
twolosse%and two ties. ORMCO,
who. split .a pair of games •this
week, are two and three.
Fisher c _torn , u lriing„ is„in
the basement with an 0-4 record.
Gow-"hs. Garden Centre
blanked Fisher'Custom Building'
5-0 behind the two hit.pitching' of
BruceStoll in 'the only garne last
Wednesday Nay 834,..Doug Fisher
andG•len,McNeil got:the only hits
• off Stoll, both singles.
At bat, Stoll had two doubles in
three trips ,to the plate. Gilen
Falkiner was two for four and
Frank Y ,MacDonald aha•Voss.
Brindley both were one for three.
Gower's pushed their first run
across in the fourth on a single
Walk, error and sacrifice hunt.
They broke the game open two
:innings later with four runs.
Rick Sowerbv of Sandy's
Clippers blanked Sifto Salt by an
identical score of 5-0 in the first
game the following night
(Thursday June '1). Sowerby
allowed only three hits—fourth
and • seventh nirig ' st T'e'SY' to
Walter Bell and esecond rim+ to
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Ed lone's 'Sandy's could Only
manage three hits also but
capitalized on walks and errors.
Theyscored four runs in the first
inning on Bill Fritzlev's double,
two walks, e•a hit batsmen,
fielder's choice and ertor. 'They
scored their final run in the third
on a walk. singleand sacrifice fly.
Gord's Sports .edged Fisher
Custom Building 2-1 in the'
second game of -the night. Gerry
Pitre str,tick out nine and. allowed
two hits to stop Fishers. pare,
also led Gord: s offensive attack
with two singles in two trips to the
plate. Gord's scored single runs
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gradua te
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in the second and third inning and
held on in the seventh when
Fisher's scored their only run
and had men on. second and third
with one out. The final two batters
flew out.
On Sunday, (June 11) Gords
Sports and Brindley Plastering
played to a 6-6 tie. For Gord's.'
George Vanderburgh was two for
three and Will Wedlock one for
three. Rick Duckworth. Carman •
Fielder and Ken Vanderburgh
each had two hits for Brindley
Plastering. DRMCO scared one
run in the_ top of the sixth to edge
Building Centre 43. DRMCO took
victory
the lead in the top of the first with
three runs but a solo home run by "
John Poechman in the. bottom of
the first and a two. run shot by Phil
Turner in the fourth tied the score
at three all. '
;._..fin Monday (June 5),•a seventh
inning run gave Sandy's Clippers
a 2-2 tie with Brindley
Plastering. Tom Crawford and
Russ Pruden both had two hits for
Sandy's. For Brindlev's Ken
Vanderburh was three for four.
• In the second game, Sifto Salt
scored six runs in the fourth
inning to defeat DRMCO 9-7. Ron
Whetstone and Leh Willis both
,o' -s .e:ducu tiOR
went two for three for Sifto
Gary Loiinsbury and Bill
Wilkinson both were' two for four
for DRMCO.
Games this week: tonight
(Thursday June 8) 7:15 Brindley
Plastering at Gower's Garden
Centre; 9:00 p.m, Sandy's
Clippers, at , Building Centre.
Sunday, June. 11-7:15 .p.m.
Gower's at Sandy's 9:00 p.m. Sifto
at Brind•ley's,' Monday, June 12
7:15 p.m. Fisher's at Sandy's 9:00
p.in. DRMCO at Sifto, Wednesday
June 14-7:15 p.m. Sifto at
Gord's.
.ratet high on the scale
• Ontario's educational ,system
and its quality were rated good by
the majority. of 1,000 patrents
surveyed during the past year.
The survey, by an independent
.research group undertaken for
the Ministry of Education,
indicated that universal
availability was the hest feature
of the system.
Details of the study were
released by Education Minister
Thomas Wells last. week in a •
speech to the annual convention of •
the Ontario Federation of. Herne
and School Associations at
Niagara Falls. ' -
The survey found that 85 per
cent off"'ilia �7ntervi'ewed ,were'
lam with the uality of education,.,
provided and. that most '.also
agreed that their children were
basically happy with ' their
education. Not only- were those
,interviewed generally satisfied,
70 per cent Said that education has
improvedin the past five years,
The study found that the sex,
' geographic region, income 'and
educational level of the parents
inter`vi'ewed made little
difference with respect to 'their
Opinions of the system and ,its
quality. The only significant
factor was the age of those •
interviewed. Younger parents,
those in their twenties. were
more apt to he enthused about
their child's education and the
school system. •
The researchers found the
parents to be more satisfied with
'the elementary system than -the
secondary.
To the parents surveyed quality
education means a' system• that
instills students 'with learning,
occupational and social skills
combined with the values of self-
sufficiency, respect for learning,
respect for• others and self-
discipline..
Keys to quality education' as
rated by the parents were
cnrip(ti"l b'tr "•7 student -centred
teaching by qualified and
.• dedica t ed leach.e rs grid-
which are'fundamental. practical,
interesting and varied.
The parents stated that the
traditional "Three R's" should
be emphasized in quli,ty
education.' The areas of the
curriculum they judged to he weak
-included penmanship. grammar,
reading ,, ;speed and Canadian
studies. They ,suggested that
teachers put greater emphasis on
formal instruction and also
become more involved with
student problems, exhibit more
dedication and keep parents
better informed.
. They supported small classes
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also indicated that the vocational
preparation offered by the system
does not ready the student for the
Working world.
The parents •stated that the
teacher, the teaching profession
and the school principal should he
the key forces in deciding what
and how to teach. The student,
,parent -teacher groups, the school
trustees and the general public
were also rated as candidates for
decision-makingbut to a much
lesser extent. Parent -teacher
interviews, rated highest for
parental involvement with the"
system while a 'suggestion of
house calls.by•ieachers was flatly
rejected.
R ., and judged the ideal student -
a n W' a teacher ratio to he about 20 to 1
Themajority also indicated that
, they believed current teachers'
a t f T salaries were "just about right"
o to insure quality in the teaching
' •qtr. Mark Redmond B. Se. 10/0
at U. of Toranntoeompteted a year,
extension courses oin the
..scieh es and this iteek graduates
from
h�"
the Mile f t�aa
dtr "ti(ny U
of T. Mark has accepted a position
on the staff of `' Oakville 1igh
Sohool teaching science,
profession.
slight,mmajority opposed open
space classrooms, believe that
the discipline should he stricter.,
and that the quality of school
counselling is inadequate. They
Overhead wires
are .trouble
A word of warning to boaters
getting their craft ready for
sailing this summer has been
issued by .Ontario Hydro's Dr,
Don Grant, director. of Health and
"During the last two years
there have been three fatalities
and six injuries as a,result of boat
masts coming in- contact with
overhead power ".lines. This
happened whiletaking boats in or
out of the water".
Mrs. MarkoRedirinnd formerly Fie saidflhese fatal accidents in
Pat burst graduated May 29 from 1970 and 1971 followed two years_ ,
U. of Toronto obtaining " her when more caution was observed
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pit) m a in Physical and and as a result no deaths were
Occupational Therapy. ` After recorded for this cause.
completing her internship ° in Toa often boaters don't bather
Augtnst Pat plans on working' in the to look up or pay attention to
Oarkv,ille area. ;
0 power lines or just take a chance:
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triangle:) would guarantee 'a
sizatitte acreage of' public green
space not only for our citizens in
this generation but -also for those
of 'all future generations.
The additional significant point
is that the Town,of Goderich would
have in its - possession, three
acres of highly developed park
area. That final point is a valid
one: we have -green areas that we
call parks butwe do laic a single
area that is a "park" in is sense
of the word.
"There are other points to
consider..
"In a thorough examination of
the proposal,, one must also
consider the alternate land uses.
Some would suggest that,
residential development would be
wise; and it :certainly would, be,
sound economics for a developer
to considera large multi
occupancy unit on this site. My
own opinion is that such use of this
land would be selfish in terms of
the general public good. - ,
"The concept, as it exists now,
accommodates, inmy opinion, a
greater potential ,for public use
than t existing tayo•,p,t...
Provision has been made for both. -
pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
And even though the 'detailed
planning that is still required has
not been completed, it is9 clear to
me that the donor is flexible in
permitting various alterations
that are now under consideration"
"There are some•citizens who
have circulated various forms of
statistical cost analysis
estimates which show the
Municipality to be contributing
sums of money in excess of
$200,000, I must suggest that the
calculations are.based on a gross
mis-interpretation of fact.- •
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"The Municipality is not
donating 23/4 acres of land to the
Sully Foundation, By accepting
the offer, the Town would receive:
a. 1/2 acre of land, now privately
owned; ,b. use Qf the adjacent
boulevards which are
realistically (even"if not
technically). under private
control; c. ('and . most
significantly) a ' multi -thousand
dollar development orthe entire
three acre area:
In return for this gift, the Town
has been asked to provide a:86'
buffer zone between the donor's
property and that which 'will
become public. And, of course,
the further • implication .of
alterations to existing traffic
patterns by the closing of certain
.streets must,be considered, The.
-1--obligation in accepting this'
, offer would be the commitment to
provide for maintainance 'in
future years.
"From the Town's point of
view, th'en,there are really three
strings attached: the buffer Kone,
the alteration in traffic patterns,
and the maintainance fees for the
future.
"The, question immediately
arises. Are these so-called
strings negative? If so, to what
degree?
•`.`I , :dealing,- it`h' these—in -
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,reverse order:"I cannot ignore Ms."The Maintainance Costs- I Robinson's four point -statement
would simply suggest• that the and wp,uld simply like to suggest
increase in the she of the green that his accusati ns are not well
area would permit the use of founded. I believe the proposal'
larger incl mote efficient will continue to accommodate the
rnachfnery which presently citizens who drive this route. 1
cannot 'he used in the adjacent • agree that we have more park
areas presently tended by the . area in the West -end, but the fact
Town. The utility costs such as - is that the offer is to 'further,
lighting' arid water would be develop it in that area.
minimal,, The annual care for "The facts' and distances``
landscaping hinges, entirely on the r/ reg ding the conveyances of the
type of ' plantings that ' are pr.oPenty-have been on public
undertaken and that type' will be display in The Town Offices for .
determined iri the detailed anyone who has had the interest to
discussions between the donor see. I would finally re -iterate my
and the Municipality. I would. stand that 'the First and Second
estimate, 'therefore, that the reading of the cont?dl'ersial 'By- X
additional funds required in the Law served as a technical
Parks budget would tib.- yule".` Arooess :" permit further
minimal. ....-.w„-.,.°,._.,-- -- -discussion and deliberation on the .
"The Alteration in Traffic entire matter.
Patterns- This factor appeaYs to "Sorne havesuggested that'th;is
be causing the. most concern with offer has so many implications
• our citizens. 1 must confess that, . that it can only be accepted or 4
up to this point, I fail to rejected by the Townspeople
understand the objections to the themselves..in a plebiscite. Even
closing of . the Wellesley St. though it is politically unwise, Ido
section,. For those Who travelthis' not agree. The offer became '
r-oute as a method of getting to public information on March 2.
'work, the mileage via Lighthouse Council made no firm decision at
., :..is i•clerrtic.g1 an l---:the---1 n-ard-v.f...__ wthat.'tit ie. _
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. negotiating
_.negotiating the Harbour Hill at "Drawings • regarding the
West Street is eliminated. On the proposal were placed on public
other hand, . those complaints display and the Press complied
about the Cohourg Street closing with our request to publish
. are probably more valid. It is photographs of the plans. There ,
clear, however, that the donorhas was little reaction. As a logical
already asked his architect to next step, a 'street -closing By- 4,
incorporate a plan for vehicular Law was`prepared and given 1st
traffic over this area and and 2nd reading. A Public Meeting
therefore these objections would was called.
become invalidated. I believe it is • "The ' meeting tonight • has
a fact, however, that ingress. or provided further opportunities
egress by any citizen wouldnot he for.submissions beyond what we
affected by the total, closing of . are legally required 'to, do. And
both isegmetr.ts as originally °•
still, Council has rnade • no.*
suggested. The increased load "on decision. The citizens have Iiad "
Lighthouse Street requires ample time and ample opportunity"
further investigation and I have no fo make their feelings known.
doubt 'that- adjustments in that Furthermore, ,Council has had
street , will be required: If' virtually three • months • to
anything changes, then the time consider its own decision.
for that improvement is simply 'I am prepared to make my- ,
advanced. ' initial 'decision this evening.. In i'
'The Buffer Zone- A few •doing so' I will -state that I have
citizens have come to me and given m'o're tirne to this decision
asked, "Why couldn't Mr. Sully ' than any other in my two terms of
' ,havedone this; or why could't he office and I am further prepared
_have done that',.' .rega.rsl.ng his.. to be judged by the people on th,'
proposal, The fact is that the offer:- merits df that decision:
"must he dealt with by Councilas it ''I will support a resolution to .
has been presented: not as it accept this offer. Such a
might or should have been. The resolution will permit this matter,
offer stipulated a -buffer zone" to proceed and confirm Council's
and in view of the many pluses and intent
the few minuses, I have no ' "It will permit: •
objection to complying with that a, development of the concept in
request. I do, however. have "two detail by allowing discussion to • As
strings" in my agreeing to that proceed between the donor and the
request:. 1. That the d6' foot strip Town;
be designated as a • "Buffer"; b, examination of the natureond
• therebypr ing,the erection of use of the buffer zone requested:
any buildings and, 2, that the area • c. preparation of 'an agreement '
be ,restricted • from future._. • to protect the -public interest by
separation or sale. the posting of bonds and other it
_ "Council's procedure has been 'legal • ;documents against the
questioned in • handling this .completion of the project: '
matter, Citizens are certainly' 1 d. preparation of conyevances
entitled to question Council's and deeds to the satisfaction. of4
actions on any matter, but'my only Council;•
hope is that it be done by analyzing .e: the final decision of Council
the facts at` hand `and not by , by the' finalization- and si t'rij -of '
surmazing or ass rng ,tfi .:.. , ail B-Lawst#i"at we intros taitl..to :: :" -
reasens form'To.11-owing .. such a this Matter,
course of action. .•
WilliamGordonMcManus, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J.
McManus, 16 Wellington Street,
received his Bachelor of Arts
degree in Economics; ''at the
Spring Convocation, WaterInn
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Reeve Paul Carroll
Lori Mackay (left) and Grace Ross,` the only two Goderich Grade 3, students to go to ,Clinton as
competitors hi the annual track and.field day Tuesday proudly display their ribbons to'Bob Knuckey;
Huron -Perth co-ordinator fan the track and field program under° the direction of the Youth and
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Recreation Branch. tario D irtment of Education
e tion of�the frin a in +co•o _ r .
e 'tionwith the Ontario. Command
p a
Royal Canadian Legion. Knuckey was in Clinton looking for athletes for" his "summer program,
ram,
and of the . tr � i • grin,he's �
andrjudging
h gig toff hit broad we'd say found the kind of enthusiastic talr;rit for which he's
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