The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-08-22, Page 1. A
c
Q
•
The Goderich Recreation and'' Com-
munity Centre Board and the Community
Complex .committee took' their 'prgblemr of
whether or not' to• build- a recreation com-
plex in town to the people recently in the
form of a detailed survey, of opinions.
The, survey involves 3,490 voters 'in
Goderich and, the rural areas that, are ih
the Goderich Post Office mailing district.
The questionnaire mailed out asks, first
Of all, if the .persons are in favour or
againstthe project. It then ,asks why.
Locatiot`of the complex and what it should
contain for the peopleliuse; who would use
it; who would pay for it and how; the num:,
ber .of children in" the family and their
ages; and persppal, comments are other
questions asked on the survey form.
As of Tuesday evening 415 'of the forms
had been returned to the recreation office
and the results showed that 73 per cent of
the people answering were in4avour of the
O a
complex . and 27 per cent were against
The results of thew survey will be one of
the dominant factors , ina the 'final decision '
of whether to .build or not, according to
Mika, Dymond. .
The first ,step in building the "complex
was taken last year, when the Recreation
Committee met with the representatives of
° the 'major servipe clubs in town. The clubs.
were in•favour of the idea and to increase,
support the rest of ''t'i'e groups were •in=
volved in the spring and they also offered
their support for the project..The final hur-
dle, the -public, was,reached last week when
'Mike Dymond and his staff prepared and
mailed the survey forms that were
delivered to Goderich residents.
Wire Dymond stressed the importance of
returning the form 'to his office regardless
of vote or comments.
"Whether or .not the people support the
projectgor not, we would'like to get as many
Huron Bd. of Ed.
announces salaries
Almost all the employees of
the Huron County' Board of•
education have, been given
hefty salary increase for 1974-
75 according to a.statement on
completed salary negotiations
released Monday afternoon,
Details of settlements reached
with teaching Land non -teaching
personnel were 'withheld until
all negotiations were .completed
in order ,that the.. settlements
. would not influence talks in
progress, board chairman C. E.
Hill of Goderich said.
Mr. Hill was unable to give
an approximate total figure' on'
the .amount 'of money the; set
tlements will cost the hoard but,
said '�tije proportion that' the •
board "how •spends on salaries
will not be changed appreciably
• by the new increases.
In the ,1974 budget', of the
$12 million the bo,a,rd spent
about $8 million on salaries,'
Huron's Director—of Education
John Cochrane 'said Tuesday
-(=morning "about .72 to, 75 per-
cent of the total". Mr.
Cochrane said increased grants.
'will keep the sa'l'ary percentage
about the same for 1975. The
board's, 350 elementary school
teachers will'receive a 12.5 per'
cent increase over 1973-74 and
its 26.5 secondary school
teachers will get a 12.8 percent
boost.
Under the new cine -year
agreement, elementary school
teachers' in the lowest salary
category.will receive $6,200 an-
nually increasing to $8,650• in
six.years..The highest salary.an
elementary teacher without a
' university degree can 'receive is
"$7,200; increasing to $13,050
after .11 .years. Teachers -with
degrees' will he paid at the
• same rate as 'secondary
teachers. '
• .Secondary school teachers in
the:lowest category will receive
$7,770 annually, increased tri
$14,40(1 after 11 years. The'
highest category will receive
. $9,400 annually, increasing to
$18,400 after 14 years.
T.be Service Employees Inter-
` - national• Union has 'negotiated
a 26 per cent increase over two
years for its members who are
custhdians in the twelve largest
Huron board ""schools. .,
Employees with less_ than a
year of service will receive
$3.45 an houf withran'incredse
to "$3.80 •an .hour June 1,
1975„Experienced 'employees
•
Salt workers
settle for
od:deal"
lig
' The labor strike between the
a ,Domt: r,' Chemical' . Sifto Salt
Diyisi n and its employees was .
settle • Monday' when the
worker. '•voted 'to accept the.
compa y's 'offer at .•an .after-
, noon, eeting.
ache ° orkers had been' out of
work si ce - Friday,,
, August 9,
6 dispttti g 'wages and labor ,
classific': tion.
• The u inti rriembers voted 37
to 9 in fa or of accepting the of,
ter of f om 80, cents to,, ons
dollar pl s fringe benefits. nand .
re-classifi ation"of certain labor
grades.
The •c mpany expects to
resume n emit operations by
° "Monday' ;ruing ' as .„workers
have been returning to work
t'hroughout this week.' The
Majority o them will have
returned by 'T'hursday morning.
Although the union did not
receive all t e items they were
negotiating for the workers
w- seem satisfied' with the set-
' Clement. '
A,
cat's a,, goo ', deal,” said one*
upicin
ne-
upion repfesetitative,
T
will receive $3,70an hour with ---
an increase to $4.05 an hour by
June 1, 19'75.
Clerical staff' represented by
the -Canadian Union of Public,,
Employees will 'get a pay in -
(continued on page 14)
r
of the forms hack' a:c possible," he said.
"We may already have formed an idea as
to what the results of the 'survey will be hut "
we want. the puhlic'to speak their mind and,
have a chance. to vote on the issue and say
why they voted as they ,did."
''I expect the bad results from the survey
in hopes for' the good," said Mike. "Sonne
people are. using the opportunity to coat-.
plain, about issues,that are not 'related 40
the complex ancj they .are- being unfairly
critical in some areas."
The last question on the survey form
'asks for any additional comments that the
voters may have on the project and it is
here .that some people have criticized -the
town, the council, the recreation director,
the businessmen and many of the existing
recreation 'facilities in Goderich.
Comments such as, "Goderich,has to
shape up," "get the kids off the sreets,"
'Goderich is afraid of growing and irn-
0
proving," "ihe young `kids say Goderich is
• dead," "the businessmen. are.. driving,
• people away from Goderich",-"McKay Hall
• is a disgrace to sit,.in," "and the -complex
w t1P;heTa place for my children to go when
• ' v up t were evident orl the ..forms
'returned by hose• in favor -of tl project..
The Vo't I'S who stand opposed to the ,
project w e far more vicious in their com-
ments "h ,t offered some sound reasoning
when.they dealt with the subject of the,
-7-form:nratiTer' thaw the -people involved in
',.promoting it.
"Corrie down to earth, we are already
living in a debt ridden society," "move the.
s . ,smelly track Tight out of Goderich,"
'people are over taxed already," '''appears
to be a gimmick for a few, "pensioners
and fixed incomes should not have to be
burdened with greater taxes," and "we
need a shopping Plaza," were some of
the comments ,put forth in opposition..
The .question of funds for building the
complex aroused some comment from those
Surveyed. A surpris' Ong number f' people
were not in favour of involving the govern •
-
'rhent but relying, on •private capital to stay
the costs. ,
Others complained that too. much money
had already' been spent on recreation, and,.
the upkeep of :present facilities' was
disgraceful.
On the other side of the coin there were a
great number who felt that the town,, was
completely lacking in modern recreation
areas and that Goderich should be
ashamed. of their apathy in this area.
The survey will by nb means result. in a
set pattern for financing tht—eomplex, ac- a
cording to Mike' Dymond. The next step
towards the 'pritject, becoming reality is ,
taken after the public opinion has been
sought.
If the voters support the idea then the
o mmittee will investigate btinding,
operating and maintenance costs of the
structure and its services before taking the
matter to council.
"We'"can .only hope that the people that
want the complex show'some confidence in
the complex committee and support them
right down the 'line;li said Mike:
The support of the people is the crux o
the situation said 'the rec director. "Wt
, ec
can't function,in the people's favor• without
their .support."
i
Please return your
survey sheet today
ix miles offshore bytugboat
co
o4"1,4
Warren' Sriyder sits pretariously'on the buoy as helnstalls a
newtube leading to a protective metal box from the colloc-
tor funnel at the top of the pollution measuring device.
(`staff photo) •
STORY BY BILL DiMMICK
PHOTOS BY JEFF SEDDON
A young man bobbed -
down on a .huge inner tube sik
and one quarter miles off
Goderich .in Lake Huron...' -.
He g,rttspe'd "fan eight -foot -
high metal tripod attached to".
the inner tube:, A funnel sat" ori
top of the. tripod. A black
plastic tube fixed to. the .bottom
of .the funnel ran down to a .
platform in the middle of the
tripod. The tube disappeared,
into a metal box,.a one and one
half foot cube... -
The young -man on the inner
tube, Warren 'Snyder; climbed '
the tripod pirate fashion with a
•knife between his teeth."He slit
'the gape holding the tube to the
metal' frame and removed the '
tube and the. funnel
He oclimbed clown and
resumed his perilous. perch on
the inner tube. He removed the
end of the tube from the metal-
box.
etalbox. A tug boat moved beside
him:
Warren tossed the tube and
funnel to his co-worker. on the
tug, Ed Kennedy. Then; he
opened the box and rernoved a
plastic container which, held •
about three quarts of water.
This too, he gave to Ed, The
container was the prize Warren
Sought as a 'reward for his o - f'
forts.
•
nel and container in place of
the pries he 'removed. He taped,
them, ,securely' to the tripod. '
.Usually Warren .,would not,...
have to change the tube and.
funnel hot When, he' installed
them the last time they broke.
• He patched them together until.
his .return to install new ones.
Warren ' had been bobbing
around on the inner tube .for.
about 35 minutes ^before' 'he
stepped onto .the tug.
He and Ed are field
technicians for a project con-
ducted by Earth Science Con-
sultah'ts; the On .arid Ministry
• of the Environment and the
'Canadian Department of
'Inland Lakes. They°°are deter-
mining the ' amount • of `air
' pollution in this area. .
The three quarts of water
W111 .be sent to McMaster
University in Hamilton to be
• analyzed. Technicians will look
for every known pollutant
whncli could be in the water.
The collector on Lake Huron
is one of three on the Great
Lakes..There,are also. about 30
on 'land across the province.
-1SamplesSamples' frothe :col lectors
which are,: changed monthly,
will reveal types and amounts
• of air pollution in Ontario and
where they' are found.
•
Harbor strike
Warren put a new tube'..'fun-
' still- hnsn'.t
Warren Snyder c m s ard a buoy siSc end one quart r miles off Godorich in Lake Huron.
'He floated on the clloppy lake kir about 35 minutes while he installed new rainfall colletting
gear on the buCiy. Getty Fither, manager of the Goderich Pollution Control Plant:looks on
Irom a tug boat. (staff photo) .,
.hajted work
Business. is. alMost as usual
at the two Goderich industries
475 deck officers,and 400 ship.,
engineers 'against' theCanadian
Lake Carriers A.ssociati,on
which began AuguSt- 8..,
Since .4that 'time, no lake
freighters have„.entered or left
Gorierich Elevator and tran-
sit CoMpanY receives Ontario
"wheat by train and truck'
because th,e strike has stopped
shipthents of western grains by°
'Company president George
Parsons said during an inter-
view that he expects the flow Of,
grain to continue for abotit
Other elevators would nor-
mally receive this grain ' but
they are already filled, said.
if the strike is prolonged.
there could. he a slowdown iri
•
operations here, he said.
Siftn Salt Mine, Karr Butler,
• said his company .stoek-
piling salt as it cannot be ship-
ped.
This information will appear.
on 'a computer printout .'and
,then be'tra.nsferred -to a large
The• map will allow -the •
ininigtry. of ,the environment ;to
pinpoint areas where pollution
has to be remedied.
• -But the work in the field is. a
-.different chore, from the one
facing te.laboratory and com-
puter technicians.
' A-c'cording-toWarren and Ed,
work on the, water is harrowing
'cOmpared to collecting sample's'
on land. Both said' they•prefer
solid ground. over rolling lakes..
The- eX,eufsion they' have to
take once' -'a---ranntirat Goderich
can lead to PAle Complexions
and jumpy stomachs.
Last 'Friday, at
lake refused to cooperate •for
the . expedition to the rainfall'
collector, the young technicians
call simply the-huov.
Swells ranged between two
and five feet high, The tug, the.
. Donald Bert, .skippered by
Donald Bert -MacAdam..who
was ably- assisted by his12-year.
old son•David, bounced 'like' a
The stocks ,will be needed, to
meet &maw! \Oen the ship -
,Ping strike,,ends, he said.
NO work' slowdowos ,at .the
„Mine are planned.—
w.heri the tug was about ;half •
4 AS the boat' rocVed, he. grin-
ned weakly and' reveaked ..that
he'd had a bottle of .beer with,-
. dim expression con-
trasted with the bright, sunny
Warren was more relaxed
but he said that he had turned
down- an. offer to .work on a
"A couple of hours on a boat
is fine hot I couldn't stand it
for that long," he said.
the -buoy cnntest" -when ,it. was
a speck. on the horizon.
David .MacAd-am was the
only ooe who could spot- it for
several minutes. Soon everyone
Was on the tug's how looking
Several waves splashed over
th`e technicians and
Control Rant, If Gerry was sof, about the project, hut everyone
fering from effectS produced hy needs a vacation.
Bathe rocking tug,. he didn't show
it.
As ' the tug. moved iitto
position alongside the buoy,
Warren and Ed•strapped on life
jackets.. Warren stepped onto
tl e inner tube and .Ed` tried to
keephis' lunch from' becoming.
debris off' the' perrt-bow.;
When Warren completed his.
'task, and :the tug turned about ,.
' and headed back to the calm
waters. of Goderich harbor; ,'a
feeling cif relief. settled over the
passengers. !..Little was said on the return
-trip: The„ technicians appeared
to by enjoying the ride,
es ecially Ed gas color returned,.
tohis cheeks. .
He and Warren were
probably thinking that it` was .4
over for another month.
They had made the 'trip twice
now. They would have to
repeat it. '" •
„.Warren remarke.ci that sam-
pies are not taken .during
Gerry FiSher hands a funnai and tube to 'Warren Snyder whO,will install 'them on the rain
v.
colleatth buoy. Wirren always had at least one hand firMly attached to the metal frafttie WM*
Of the rain collecior thrOughout the installation. (staff photo)