The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-03-28, Page 1•
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McKinley wants
Vanustru, facilities
dor Olympic training
The Minister of National Health and Welfare has in-
timated that th% athletes training for the 1976 Montreal
Olympics may have the use of a multispprt national train ins
camp before the year's end.
R.E. McKinley, Huron N .P,, has suggested the possibility
of utilizing the former Clinton Canadian Farces Base for this
purpose. • •
Tri a Commons debate last- Thursday, Mr. McKinley
reminded the Minister of the Prime Minister's statement
that federal assistance would be considered before any of the
bases' are completely ,closed down.
"As the Canadian Armed Forces, Base 'at Clinton •was
closed and as the Prime -Minister suggested that federal
assistance would be considered before any of these bases
were closed, would the Minister consider the establishment
of such a multisport training.eentre for the. Montreal.Olyni-
pics at that location?" Mr. McKinley asked.
The Minister replied that he would take the matter into
consideration and respond in due course.
Too many townships.
in Huron County?
' In discussing the formation all. between ' Zurich' and the
of secondary plans for Huron neighbouring townships. " A ; '
county at Thursday's Land Use similar situation: tri Goderich
Conference at Centralia set urban -rural A;rela ions back
College several suggestions • 15 years. Let's get %gethet."
were made that the number of , In talking about the Grey
municipalities'in the county be . township secondary plan which`
- redued. M , "'--"'' ' will be up for approval shortly,
Dr.' .Ralph Krueger of`.: the Reeve Charles Thomas said,
✓ 'geography department of the '°some want stringent ,controls;
. ''iJ'niversity, of Waterloo and a others' don't want any, but at
native of the Zurich area first least we had good participation
brought 'up the subject. by'..the ratepayers."
In referring to the detailed
county plan .he,. asked, "do you' On this subject, Dr. Krueger
really think you can implement said rural partieipation-in plan-
a good plan with 20 ning was much better than in
municipalities taking part?" - the cities, He added, "rural
Later in the meeting folks seem to be closer to the
Colborne township farmer John community and environment.,'
' Hazlitt mentioned the same In his summar,ization,'Reeve
thing when he questioned war- Shewfelt said 100 new homes
den .William Elston when the , were being' built in °Goderich
county was going to do every year.. "Let's have con -
something about • restr,ucturing, tinued moderate growth and
Hazlitt continued, "why can't control :it,"• he. concluded.
you do, something instead ''of A.E. Roze, a planner with
waiting, for Toronto? ,et 's "J.F. •MacLaren of,Toronto said.
.take the hull by the horns and it's. important to decide • the
, anialganiate •some townships, primary use.'"of land in , the
thus cutting .down on the num- , county before proceeding with,
ber of cou rillors."
De. Krueger said farmers
should consider. land as a
-renewable resource. and not -a
commodity like stocks and
bonds.
M ,w He warned that urban sprawl.
should be halted ,so there is
enough land tO produce food
for future generations.
He suggested- speculators
• should be taxed on profits
made through 'land sales and.
the revenue on 'profits made
through 'land sales and . the
revenue turned over to 'farmers
for agricultural'development.
Krueger said municipalities
should' be wary of recreational
development which could turn
detailed planning:
Roze said his consulting firm
in .a study .on urban develop
• ment in Huron County intends
,.to recommend that 80 per cent
of .- -the'-. 'county's .existing
agricultural land be retained
for farming and the re'tnaining.
2U •per cent; p, for recreational',
s.
pu rpose. , - • • '
"All land use must relate to%
e general perspective. ' For
mple, if the -primary. land
use is agricultural, then all
other uses must support this
primary one or at least, be non-
competitive," h'e added.
M°r- Roze.said, his.firm. now is
trying to determine which kinds
of development are suitable to
e'
• parks into semi -urban jungles agricultural and recreational
and lose too much farm land , ,use.
.for freeways linking cities to The $100,000 study under-
parksQ • taken by the Toronto firm .was
Goderich Reeve Deb commissioned ''jointly by the-
Shewfelt
he
Shewfelt who was a `member of A province and county last June
the afternoon'panel threw out a
different idea.- In talking about
keeping families on the farm he
said, "it's nice to keep people
on the farm,. but I also have a
family and I want to keep them
close by. Fq' this we need land
to' build plants to• provide the
jobs to keep our families here."
In his opening remarks,
Shewfelt. said Goderich didn'.t
have much to ' say' about
Huron's official plan. He con
tinued, "if we don't plan in the
next five years .we will be in
trouble. We .h ►ve hydro and when • goals are being
nuclear` projectscoming. Let's established, not• when it comes
get= --organized so we can deal. down to 'fine details.
with. the problems when they During a conference
arise." • miry, Dr:: --.Krueger said, "set
'He mentioned Zurich's recen'- . your own priorities, get in-
tly approved official plan volved, do 'it ,yourself end be,
saying, "there' no talks at your own master.
-after complaints from -farm
groups that, urban sprawl 'was
gobbling up good farm- land.
It's hoped the Huron County •
report will form 'a :ba ,sfor
planning in other. agricultural ,;
counties in Ontario.
.Mr. Roze stressed that once.
the repbrtt, is complete, a' series
of public meetings will be held
in the county7to get reaction* to
the" recommendations.
Huron's director of planning,
Gary Davidson urged residents,
to get involved in the beginning
sum -
Five girls
involved
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The . March meeting of the
Association for the Mentally
.. Retarded saw. the directors and
executive of the. group. meet
with five high school girls who
plan a summer project for the
retarded.
The,. five girls have applied
,for an OFY grant'' from the
government to work with the
Open Doors is the theme for the OFY summer project these -girls are embarking on. They sfudents of Queen Elizabeth
are (from left' to right) Carola Dierolf, Lisa Scholtz, Nina Knight anble.M.,cure-..Absent-�,i,;w:,School for.'the summer. They
from photo is Cheryl Elliott..(Staff photo) plan to work • with the
Crusade
Agenda
SATURDAY, MARCH 30
Knights of Columbus
Coffee Party, Knights of
Columbus Hall 2 pm.
Crusade team I' Meet
the public ' E y�ne
,......_..welcome..........°.,,
SUNDAY, .MARCH 31
Members of t h e
Crusade -learn �'i'eam will 'be
preaching In various
local churches.
TUESDAY, APRIL 2
Ladies' Luncheon,* Vic-
toria Street United.
Church, 12:30. Tickets
available . from any
clergyman.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,
Men's Breakfast,St.
George's ' Anglican
Church, 7:15 am. Tickets '
available from any
clergyman.
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
Men's Luncheon, , Vic-
toria Street United
Church, 12:30. Tickets
available from any
clergyman.
SATURDAY, APRIL 6
Layman's • •Workshop,
North Street United
- Church, 9-12:30.
SUNDAY, APRIL 7
Members • of the
Crusade Team ,will be
g.
preachinin various
local churches.,
.tot
Recreation Director Mike
Dymond ' in implementing the
ten week • program.
The girls ' so far have '15
students ranging in age from 8-
17 and three a:jults who will be
attending the summer schhol..
They are going• to work with
various arts and crafts and
hope to participate in some
sports. They also are going to
do some drama. work •in •the.
. hopes of. putting .on a produc-
r •
tion at the end of the summer.'
The whole operation entitled
Open Doors by the girls, is their
own creation. They are not
working in conjunction with
any -, service clubs or
organizations. ,
They will be canvassing for
funds to aid them in their work'
and any donations will be .ap-
preciated. • Everything is set on
their end and alt'that is''tieeded'
is the go ahead from the gover-
nment. Any advice or co-
operation from interested
people would be appreciated by
,the five:
The April •meeting • is; a
special. presentation• . for the .
public. An advancenotice is' `
given of an invitation to be
present for a play put on by the,
G.D.C.h. drama club.
The play is one which deals
with retarded children, their
- families and the 'community. •
The.,production is,' under the
direction of Warren Robinson' .
and "=promises to be an in-
teresting and worthwhile
evening.' , e . •
Crusade
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A.E. Page (lett) a planner with J.F. MacLaren Ltd., Toronto is seenhere chilling with Huron
• County Warden .B111 Elston; Reeve Charter 'Thomas, Gray Township; and tiary Davidson,
Hurons County Planning .Director at last week's land use conference at Centralita.' (Exeter
Times.Advocate phgito)'
Abbotsford stye c� n .- ire f r
Goderich Town Council ' entertain • • group of students ,
from`VAbbotsford B.C. at lunc onday.. The students are
in Goderich for wee. •4, an exchange program that will
send 27 St. Ma' tudents to B.C-. in May" The group of 29
students ...t • o
invited to a smorgasbord lunpheon at the Duke of Bedford
dining room. Each quest received an engraved pen from the
Sheaffer Pen Co., a desk ornament and a piece of genuine
salt of the earth. from Sift'o. and a brochure. of"Goderich from-
teachers
rom
teachers and one mother as a chaperone were the Tourist Comrission.(staff, photo)
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DRMCO president asks
toWn council to update
fatilities at airport
The recently .acquired ',airplane -,at,. the Dominion :Road
Machinery ,, ompany Limited is causing ' Goderich Town
Council some concern. , A leap% from Bruce A. Sully,
president of DRMCO,'.h'as revealed that' the local airport
facilities 'are not up to par'and he has asked town council
look into the matter at its earliest convenience.
While Sky Harbour Air Park, has been purchased by the
Town of Goderi•ch,'the'deed still is not in the hands of...the
municipality. Mayor Harry Worsell told council last Thur-
sday evening' it was his understanding the deed would be
finalized within two' weeks. However, sorrhe members of
council were skeptical because of numerous previous delays
when the deed was expected.
Councillor`Bill Clifford of the airport committee, asked .
that.the administrator write to Mr. Sully advising that when
ownership is finalized, DRMCO suggestions will be given
,eve''y consideration. Clifford also said the town officials °
would be pleased 'to meet with DRMCO principles to discuss
the matter at that time. • ct
In Mr. Sully's letter, it was Pointed out that the airportis
no longer licensed to operate at night due, to Department of '
Transport violations; the lights, as they are, are actually
hazarddps in that -there are less than a dozen operating on,
runway; hangar and service facilities are win -existent;
.the waiting room lounge or mini terminal are non-existent;
the runway 10/28 Is in need of repairs to prevent total
deterioration of the runway in the immediate future; and
aircraft fuel is limited tit 80187 octane when 100 octane and
jet 'Mel should a iso' be offered. •
".If the -ti corpofation is not planning to build storage
hangars," .the -letter from .Mr. Sully stated, "we would ask
that they give coderation to allowing us to build one for
our own use and thar_o fgpossibly two or three other air-
craft.." ,
Councillor Clifford spoke d1 some length on the points
covered in the Sully letter, He admitted the approaches to
the runways need some attention, and''rnentioned that trees
in thio area should he "toiled"- He frrthel�•--stated that the
rotating beacon which had been in service atSky Harbour'
was destroyed in "the great fire" and would regti1re..more
than $1,000 to, replace it. Clifford said the town wa °mot
prepared to make that kind of an -expenditure until owner= ;
Ahip was assured.
Where the lights
are concerned, Clifford said
.authorization' way given to' install neml•light bulbs but it has
since been . dliscovered that there • is; a loss' of power to the
receptacle's,., An estimate of the cost to repair this system _is
being prepared, Clifford said:,
A new hangar facility with proper waiting -room and other
facilities •is planned for the .new complex , but this again
would have to wait until ownership is secured. . •
'-Clifford suggested the,,town titad crews couid l sok after
• repairs to runway 10128 mentioned in the Sully leiter since,
that. stretch of 'runway requires only' repair.work. "
Councillor Clifford further explained that he and the air-
port committee understood the fault of having not enough
variation in fuel,ttypes, buist,. told council that at this par-
ticular time, no oil company would consid.er' putting a• full
line of fuel in there with such a limited amount of traffic.
Reeve Deb 'Shewfelt told kouncil it was time to invite
other knowledgeable people to join the airport• committee to
offer suggestions for renovations and new construction. He
also suggested it• was not too -early to begin scouring 'the
powers that be" to determine if federal -and/or provincial
money is available for,,, this project, .
Councillor Clifford -said he was somewhat reluctant to,get
others, involved for a little while. He said perhaps next
year's new council "might see fit to enlarge the, airport tom-
mittee".
Councillor Dave Gower disagreed. He said this project
should have "outside input" and added, it was time to get
peolrle with knowledge of airports and airplanes to lend
their thoughts' to the deliberations.-
"Now is the time to set up a -committee," said Deputy -
reeve Stan Profit, "to get some -of the spade work done."
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He felt that while. the cmmittee should be within coun-
cil's jurisdiction -the wash committees are, it should not be,,,
an arm of council but rather an appointed board similar to
the board. '
Procost haste," concluded Profit. -
Mr.:+crlly, in -his letter, praised the town for outstanding
service as far as snow removal and maintenance is conger-
rred.
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The Invitationto Live
Crusade begins „ tlimotrow
evening in Knox Presbyterian
Church with Rev. Marney Pat-
terson, an "Anglican priest,
'preaching at the interfaith
„ event.
Services will be ,held each
evening,. including Sunday at
7.45 p.m. The Crusade con-
tinues for 10 days.
Rev. Patterson ""has been
widely acclaimed by •people of
all faiths for his work.
For instance, in mid-January
this year, The Catholic Register
quoted Father P.J. Blake of St.
-John Chrysostom Church • in
Arnprior as saying Marney Pat -
u terson's.' crusade- had
challenged people to 'let Christ
-motivatetheir lives..
"Rev. Patter -son's talk cer-
tainly did a lot of .good for
people from �- all'
denominations," Father Blake
said.
While'"in Arnprior, Rev. Pat
terson preached\ one of the
Masses at St. John Chrvs°ostom
Church and was well'"received,,
The, three° objectives of the
• Crusade are to seek those who
do not know' God and share His
love with . ahem; to challenge
the indifferent who are found
both inside and. outside the
church, and to encourage the
faithful,
At: a regent Crusade Rev.
Patterson* was quoted as •
saying, "A sense of expectancy
'• is .4the greatest need of the
Church today. That is, expec-
ting a miracle to happen in
people's lives and expecting
that • their lives shoul --be'
• changed when we preach the
Word of God with -°authority,
sincerity, love and conviction,"
"We are not expecting the
.miracle in the same sense in
which 'it happened in New
Testament times," said Rev.
Patterson. "But I -believe that
• when we expect it and look for
it to happen - preaching 'and
ministering accordingly, the
Miracle does happen." -
As well, as speaking to the
Crusade audiences every
,evening, Rev. Patterson will be
talking to school children and
senior citizens throughout the
area. In addition, breakfaatg
and luncheons are planned to
give everyoi3e an opportunity to
take part in the Crusade 'in
some - way e„ at a time titin•
venient to them.
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