The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-09-26, Page 3•
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Health council debate continues
S�aring :cos
The great debate over health councils and which counties
should be included in districts is not'over but it is becoming
clearer.
The London Health Council last week showed that it wan-
-ted nothing to do with Perth and..Huron Counties. The con-
traversial Mustard • Report on health care planning,proposes
a five -county health district including , Huron, 'Perth, Mid-
dlesex, Oxford and Elgin. •
Last .month it was learned that these five counties would
be ' formed into health districts within s nths by the
provincial government. No decision on s, however,
had been made at that time.
London Health Council Chairman, Dr. D,,C. Hutchison
said his organization should expand into Middlesex County
and consider joining with Middlesex and Elgin Counties.
His remarks demonstrated London's opposition to the
five -.county 'district.
He questioned what benefits the rural areas in the London
area would receive, however, if they were to join with the
city in one health district. One of Huron. County's major
` complaints against the 'five -county district was that rural
and urban health care needs differ.
Huron County council rejected the five county scheme last
month by an overwhelming majority, citing as reasons 'loss
of automony, creation of a large bureaucracy and im-
possibility to meet everyone's health care needs in such a
large district. • r
Huron County takes' the position of wanting a health
council, but on its own terms, not those of Dr. Mustard.
Perth County v'i11 have officially rejected the five -county
scheme by the end of the month; according to Perth Medical
Officer of Health. -Dr. Susan Taniblyn,
As objections pile up on -Ontario Health Minister Frank.
As a newsman I have to take a close. look , at the problems
we are confronted with in our day to day lives. Normally I
don't get a chance to offer any solutions; I just report the
problems.
Well, the time has come I feel for someone• to offer a few
modest proposals to end our many dilemmas.
There seems to be every year a ,.conflict .between the
Goderich' Figure Skating Club and 'the, Goderich Minor
Hockey Association over ice time at the arena. While these
two organizations battle it out, 'little opportunity is left for
anyone else .to rent ice time.
. The solution?
As you all know;• Goderich is situated right beside Lake
Huron. It is a big lake filled with fresh water which freezes
over in the winter, when, demand for ice time is the greatest.
Perhaps with a little leveling and some snow removal we
Could create an ice surface large enough for ev.eryperson its
Huron. County to'.°have room to `skate. • '
Another problem Goderich residents face which ,is not
,peculiar just to them, is inflation. Prices keep . going up, iv,
up. • .
The solution?. ro
Everybody shuld stop buying things. We could get the
municipal bylaw changed to allow all residents,, to keep '
sheep in their yards. Everyone could make clothing from the
wool: A bonus would be in the summer. Nobody would have
'to. mow lawns.
'slInn stead . of,.buying expensive cars and the gasoline it takes
to run them, we could all. walk.' This would not only save
money but .people would° et'. nto,good• physical condition,
eliminating the need for expensive doctor"s and ,OHIP
premiums. '
Instead of buying food, we could all raise our own in gar-
dens. Once oursheep got fattened up ft:om"'consuming lawns. �.
all summer,,,they would make good eating. '
GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, X974 -P ca a.
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Miller's desk, health care 'costs continue to increase. The
idea behind the Mustard `Report and health Councils was to
reduce, coat.' •
The health minister said last week that the provincial
health care budget will increase by about 25 per cent next.
year and he doesn't know where the money can be secured.
Mr. Miller •cited recent wage settlements with nurses,
technicians, and non-medical hospital staff as the reason for
the whopping increase in spending his ministry will have to
make. `
The 1974 budget, of about $2.2 billion, could increase to
'about $2.5 billion by the end of the year. Mr. Miller said,
OHIP ntemiurric wniildn't rice and Premier William Davis
By Jack Riddell
said provincial taxes. wouldn't rise. 'They are looking at
other ministries to see where spending cuts.might be made.
This talcing money out of one poCket and putting. it.into
another ignores the costs of the soon. to .be created district
health councils. a'
County officials here and the area 'members of theprovin-
cial legislature, Jack Riddell, MPP for Huron, and Murray
Gaunt, MPP' for Huron Bruce,' have iridicated that dietrict
health councils will cost more money. thanis being spent on
the present system. They say that the creation of a
bureaucracy tci administer the councils and districts would
be the. reason. °
The intimatestrip not warranted
During the summer months a
member of the Liberal research
staff attended the 'public
hearings into the, May 11,
police"drug• raid on a Fort Erie *-
motel., In the course of the
hearings, , many, interesting
questions were raised concer-
ning police , force activities
Both the conduct of the.
regional police force activities.
Both the Conduct of the
regional police force during the
raid and the power of police
forces " in general in the
execution of drug raids was in-
vestigated.
Specifically, the hearings"
were called in, order to examine
the conduct of the Niagara
Regional Police force into the '
May 11, drug raid at theLand-
mark Motel. About 50 regional
and R,C.M.P. participated in °
the raid:
Their orders were to search
• all persons found at the motel
and to strip search all the.
women patrons. While large
amounts of, heroine was expec-
ted to be found, only a small
amount of marijuana was
seized. 'In all, 45 women were
subjected to intimate strip sear-
ches and of the 71 men on the
scene 56 were frisked and 15
stripped.
Most of the victims were
unknown to the police and
nothing to link them to nar-
cotics. Only three youths were
charged with possession of,
marijuana and five . minors.
were charged with drinking of-
fences.
Under the Narcotics Control
Act, police may search, any
place other than a dwelling
without a warrant if they have
'reasonable 'grounds to suspect,
that narcoticsmay be found. In
addition; they may search
.'anyone found in the' place they
are raiding. The, 'law would,
therefore, • seem to give. the
police' immense .powers in drug'
raids.
So you see, there are many ways we could economize and . ; In a summary of 4he evidence •
avoid the pressures that inflation puts on pay cheques. at the end of the hearings, both
raid, an R.,C.M:P. Inspector in
charge of drug investigations
for Southern Ontario testified
that • his men , are instigcted
only to strip search • a person
who is ° a definite, suspect.
Moreover, they are • not to strip
search, if only marijuana
possession is suspected.
Another, inspector from the
Brantford Regional , Police •
Force described a drug raid in
the Brantford area which was
of similar magnitudeas the one
of the 'Landmark..
wever, the said ' that - only
persons identified as
users by undercover
those
'drug'
agents were searched, and skin
•searches were carried out only
after the • person l,1sd been
arrested. Yet such incidents as
mass, : indiscriminate searches
of customers as oceurfed at the
Landmark are likely to happen
. again • unless "official' guidelines
. are provided for all Ontario
'Police Forces.
The Crown Counsel . also
pointed .out many
organizational deficiencies in
the Landmark raid. Mr,
• Kellock said that "the Niagara
Regional" Police expected
everyone in sight to be a prime -
suspect" and, the planning and
the 'execution of the raid
o reflects that throughout.' -•
He also stated that if more
In Ontario we hear that.'our pritne-`•farmland is being
chewed up by land spe'culat'ors at an awful pace. Soon, it
seems, there won't be any land left for foaod production.
• The solution?
How'niany of-youyhave-ever heard of, the hanging gardens
in ancient:Babylon. There is our. answer.' We could force our
legislators.- to require that ." au. -new buildings 'have ' giant
flower pots, attached• to them where food• crops must be
grown. Add a few flowers and the ugliness of our urban
districts would disappear.
People, especially young people, in Goderich .often com-
plain that, there is ,lust nothing to-do during: leisure hours.
Hot-roddingup and down the streets doesn't seem to be too
popular, especially with residents living near the arena. '.
The solution? •.
Everybody who is bored and' has nothing to do :should
gather in one spot outside of town- which is so remote that
nobody could possibly be bothered•by noise. Then, all these
bored , people could have happenings. They „could -""run,
scream, get drunk, have a good tin• and not bother a soul.,
Finally, some persons are suspicious of what they hear, see
and read in the news media. They ,don't know who to trust.
The solution?
Rather than rely on the news media everybody who Wants
to. know something should find out' for himself and dime up
, with his own solutions to problems. • .
4
Berton Kellock, the Com-
mission lawyer and Gordon
McNab, Counsel for the Board
of Commissioners 'of the
Niagara Regional Police urged
the Royal Commission under,
Judge'. Pringle that a
clarification of • the Narcotics
Control Act was needed.
Mr. Kellock also suggested
that recommendations 'should
be made to the Solicitor-
General requiring clear and
mandatory instructions . for
:police on their'powers-to search
and how to do it, Evidence at
the enquiry. has indicated that
,there are no official rules laid
down for Ontario Police on the
.;subject * of •.x ?arches. for :drugs—
.
.,who is to be searched „and ,in
what manner. 'This power has.
been left to the police policy
and to the discretion 'of in-
dividual officers.
In contrast to the landma'r°k
a
time had been spent on the
planning of the raid and in-
structing the officers, and if the
"officers had not entered the
motel * with the idea that
everyone was guilty, then there
-would have been no need for
the inquiry to- be ° held. He
described bad communication
between,, policemen to the ex=
tent that some officers did not
know .who• was in charge df the
raid nor where he could' be
found in case of problems.
Insufficient briefing before
the raid, the lack of a system to
'conduct searches, in 'an ordermanner, so individuals Would
not have been searched more
than once, and the lack of
(continued from page 2)
the $20.00. registration fee. Big
deal; We' don't .•feel ary one,
parent should • mind giving
freely of his time.
When a few of the
interested-
• parents try •to organiie
fund' 'raising project and
parents ,,are phoned ° a typical
answer "is, "Gee, 1 would like to
help but 1 have „made plans."
This can happen once in a
, vyhile, but not all the time. ,
It is obvious a great deal of
people are wrapped up iii then-.
selves and could care less about
whether 'their children play
hockey or if there is money to
buy ice, time, equipment, etc.
Really, does it take a letter to
the editor each --year to jolt
some people into • getting in-
terested "or' do We as parents
• have guts .enou*h to, do it on
our own?
We are willing to work for
our kids. , Are you??.??'? '
• See you. Monday, September
30, 1974 at 8 p.m. at the Arena:
.Goderich Minor Hockey
Supporters' Club.
reasonable grounds to, search
everyone .further added to a
breakdown in execution.
_ It is pow left up to the Royal
Commission Judge, J.A.
Pringle, to submit a report to
Attorney General Robert
Welch, • on the Commission's
'findings' along with any recom-
mendations,' But whatever, the
outcome of the enquiry, many
questions have been raised that
need answers; the power' and
the conduct of the police on
drug raids, the rights of
citizens, and the need for amen-
dments to the Narcotics Con-
tr:ol Act, to restrict the
sweeping powers of mass sear-
ches.
Neu,' rules
Pear Editor, ,
The Canadian Association of
Travel Agents of which The
Coach, House Travel Service is
a member has requested that
we notify the public in our
neighbourhoods of two impor-
tant changes .in travel
regulations. " °
Canadians visiting Trinidad
and Tobago must `nowa be in
possession_ of a valid passport.
Commencing on January 1,
1975, visitors to Australia will
require a visa. There are no ex-
ceptions to these regulations
and prospective ,travellers
should act: accordingly. •' •
Yours faithfully,
Mr. B. Markson.
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uron planners say County needs uniform
wilding .permit, holding zoning bylaw
Two ,major issues are under°
study at the present moment in
the Huron County Planning
Department. '
The * firsts issue up, for
discussion is a uniform
building permit throughout .the
county with one set of rules ap-
plicable to rural municipalities,
and another for' urban areas.
The second issue to which .at-
tention is being , given is the
possibility of a Holding• Zoning
Bylaw to give , local councils
control over development until
such. time as secondary plans
•
oad costs are upagain;
andals still major expense
Jim Britnell; „Huron,4County
engineer, holds out gloomy
' prospects where costs are con-
cerned for all road departments
throughout the .county.' He has
warned all municipalities to
"look for trouble" in many
areas of the program to provide
roads for citizens. •
"Your•committee is experien-
cing considerable difficulty• in
securing . delivery `on many
items which we use daily in our
maintenance '"and •construction
operations," . Joe Dietrich,
chairman of the Huron County,. - dangerous in ersec ion }�, ,.Caves•_ and deputy -reeves that
•.had been: maliciously_ . _ __.._.
Road Committee ,toted in his over recently. This articular contracts "this winte-r"'.'for.
report. It is becoming in -p '•snow
snowplowwould obably
creasingly difficult to call ten- sign was set into a heavy base substantially higher •than
ders or quotations on many to discourage- •vandals. The
OPP officer who discovered the ..they were last year. He: said
items of machine"ry,, equipment , that the price of fuel has gone
• and supplies"since most' bidders signs missing was* not able to
' bidsright it'and three men fronrr�the up along with the cost of trucks
• are now qualifying their and the wages of those who
. ` and making them • subject tocounty road department had to,,
price adjustment at the time of, be dispatched at night to rein- ' operatee -them-,,
delivery which could be from state the sign for the safety of
Even a small item like centre
4Like Bell Telephone„" -Mr: have any preferences," said
Britnell observed, "you either. , Mr. Britnell who advised that
use it or do without it. all manner of posts 'had been
A.- stop • sign now costs .the • tried to stop the senseless ex-.
county 'about $255 to make up penditure of having to replace.
..and install on a'' .est in the signs.
and zoning bylaws 'have been buildings on the farm is being
approved in conjunction.with: used for the Bridge Motors,
Huron's Official Plan. building.
County Planning Director
Gary Davidson told council
there should probably. be one
uniform building permit across
the county, expecially in the
rural municipalities with a
wide variety . of building
problems. .
The case of +Bridge Bridge -Motors
just ' outside Wingham. in
MorrisTownship was cited as a
'prime example of the' type of
problem which' tali 'occur:
Bridge Motors constructed a'
new 'building on .;the Morris
Township property, where no
building permit was required.
However, . upon making ap-
plication for access to the high-
' way, the Ministry of Transpor-
tation' and. '.Communications
... round.. - ti Mr. Britnell did tell council denied ,Bridge. Motors a permit curring in some municipalities,
"Eight or ten of these are lost to' construct a driveway since which they don't want, but. have
g he could. probably erect. the
every ,weekend,"Mr. Britnell ""'signw'on construction steel ep .`° Huron's Planning • Board ad- little' authority to control,".
complained. He.•.'charged that that they • could not be vised the MTC the'Bridge Davidson explained. He said`a
motorists. deliberately ,knock " de9troyed, but he added that' Motors operation was in con- holding zoning bylaw„ would
them down and mutilate them pcon-
flict to the•- provisions in Huron allow 'development under the
b seine motorist who struck the' ,
for the, sheer joy of being , sign then by accident would County's Official Plan. authority ref the county plan
destructive. He told council of.: probably end up dead. While there is still some until ' the individual
. one stop sign at Carlow ata - •dispute, surrounding the Bridge municipalities could get their
Reeve Thomas also advised
council that people, were con-
fused about the building
regulations from municipality
tooniunicipality.
Clerk John Berry said he's,
noticed that some people
regard the building 'permit' as'
final approval to build.;In some
cases however a land severence
is required before construction
can begin and problems may
•'well develop in this area unless
something is done to streamline
the procedure followed in
Q issuing' buildiog-permits.
GAry Davidson `said that
about' 19• municipalities in
I-luron still do not have zoning
bylav�s to control land use,
"Development may be oc•
-
' t '' t' which * The county engineer warned ,Motors operation, Gary David.. zoning bylaws' passed. - '
son said the premises would be _Mr. Davidson said this was
r"irnarih' a car dealershipnot tobe confused with a bylaw
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which is not stric'`ly,� ,an„ to freeze land. In fact, he told
agriculture -related', enterprise council that if the holding
as Was permitted by the official zoning • bylaw was adapted,
plan. . .• • ' .',, - there is a rear possibility the
,, Warden Bill Ejston, reeve of land freeze on Colborne and' * •
Morris Township, said 'the Goderich would be lifted by the •
Bridge Motors operation was .a proutiacial governrrien't.. '
six to 12 months away."
unsuspecting motorists
Jack McCutcheon, reeve of line paint is costing more. This
"While not coming right out, has onef from un
Tiers Brussels, suggested that if the
Commodity g -
and saying it, some suppliersder
• are -indicating that if you don't signs were installed „on -steel $2 per gallon to over $4 per
posts, rather than'wooden ;ones,
ur gallon, The reason for the in -
want to buy on oterms, there
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business so badly that we need` - "These people don't.seem, to is nece'ssa.iry to the "product.
to take a risk," the report said..
The County Engineer is in
the .process of securing more in-
formation on this problem fro
• .other municipalities and from
the province to see if thele isn't
some solution.
If we cannot find' a, solution
to this $roblem it will virtually
destfoy the low bid tendering
'system far many items we must;
purchase," says Jim Britnell, •
To be more specific cancer -
ming the kinds of increases the
fefiunty is facing,' Mr. Bti;itnell
spoke of the road signs used'
throughout Huron.
He said there had been a 39
percent iti&ease in the cost of
the raw materials to pr.i,duce
-~^ the signs in the countyts r
Wro,7cetes. office, This increase,
Mr. Britnell advised, i due to
the increase in the cost of
plastics and 'aluminum. which
are,used in the production •'?if
the reflective • Materials' of
which the signs ai'e made,
He pointed out there is only
kine company .- -the' 3M com-
pany which produces thes$°
vital •,raw"materials.
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wife winners
p• Dori§ Paquette, left, won the Lades Ci° Championship
`and her husband Stan won' the Mg's Night Championship.
at the Maitland .Golf Club's members' tournament iaat
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"Good thing for the com- "We'resuggesting a holding •
munity". •He indicated ;the com- bylaw based on the Official -
pany would deal iri • farm Plan," said Mr. Davidson.
machinery, a much needed, ser- "Rather than freezing
vice in the `'Wingham area, as everything as it is,,sit' would _ °
well as other m_ odes of trap- , allow development under the' "
sportat"ion � ,�uthor-it y'"o"f"t a county pl
an:"
Charles Thomas, ' reeve ; of The planning director. offered
Grey Towns`hip,° °asked what. the services of his department•
,was wrong with the Bridge, to any municipality who would
Motors development and . like to have a"county planning - '
argued it was as farm related ' employee attend a regular
as some , other-' developments council , ,Meeting or spOial
recently permitted on meeting - to• discuss the merits,' b
agricultural land .in I•t\ron. of a holding zoning, bylaw.
"It 'seems to depepd where . •
the agricultural land is and
whom it' 'affects,". mused
Goderich `deputy=reee • Stan
`Profit: He recalled the uproar .
in tinct area regarding the
Hydro line crossing prime
agricultural land. '
"'Now they're saying Bridge
Motors is a good, thing," 'Profit
reasoned.' "It may be, but it is
still agricultural land going out
ry 1
.of production."
•
" Reeve EV, Mcllwain of
Goderich 'Township ,0 said he ..
knewthe area in question quite
A well ` and told council only •a
very small` •j'°portiotri of
agricultural land' was being
b,used for commercial' develop-
ment,. a p
. „Bridge Motors purchased 180
acres df farm land, most of
which is still in farm produc-
a
tion: 'Only ;the portion„ of 'land
fbrril;erlv ';,occupied by the
Single car
ac�cident
on curve a
,Goderich police respondedto
a .single -car accident last Sun-
day on the curve of Elgin Street
v ' ,
• near Oambria Road. -
' A `'car driven 'by Antony
$oornaert, Ff.l,. , 2 Kippen,
received $500 damage when it
slamrnedjint�.•�4a' guardrail.
The guardrtill received about
$500 damage, police estimate.
In other duties, police laid
four. charges. under .the
Crim pal Codd`, 33 under. the
' Hight Cay Traffic Act, 11 under -
the Liquor Control Act, and
two under'' the Narcotics Con •
-
tro'l Act.
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