The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-10-09, Page 47,7
PAGE 4--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1975 •
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Noise pollution action
Why should Joe Wheels, driving a
`roaring sports car or motorbike, be
allowed to bombard the_ ears of a
peace -loving public?' Righ•rnow; he's
within his rights. But he's operating on
borrowed time.
New federal -provincial anti -noise
laws ,are now in effect, or soon will be,
as environmental ministries crack
down on the vroom -vroom offenders.
-In fact, all gasoline -powered vehicles
will be primary targets of general
noise control measures. These will aim
both to hush mechanical equipment
(particularly those super -loud
"mufflers" !) and curtail show-off
driving habits.
How can such laws be enforced? One
plan is to "set up a portable meter, like
an aural radar trap, fo record sound
levels. Noise -makers who exceed legal
limits will be summoned.
However, don't expect that such
steps will suddenly bring idyllic quiet
threlughout the land. To be practical,
noise control must be enforced by
stages. For while all 'new motors are
due to conform to legal specifications,
older motors can't be quieted without
costly modifications.
Nevertheless, relief from irritating
traffic noise is in sight. Meantime,
what 'can be done now to reduce its
main causes?
Drivers can be encouraged" to avoid
jack -rabbit starts. And, wherever
sound -testing centres are available,
drivers can have their' vehicles rated
and take corrective measures where
indicted, Finally, manufacturers of
cars and accessories should stop
catering to the young drag -racing,
Indianapolis -style driver who causes
accidents, ' wastes fuel and shatters' -
eardrums.
Want nutritional
In approving the report of the Huron
County Board of Health, county council
also approved a recommendation from,the
Regional Municipality of Halton to work
towards the application of a joint dental
and nutrition education policyln relation to
schools.
What's more, the document , will be
referred to the School Health Co-ordinating
Committee for its consideration. That
committee, designed to put Huron health
officials , in closer touch with Huron
teachers and schools throughout the county
in all aspects of health, was formed about a
year ago. Although very little has been
heard about it, there seems to be little
justification to assume it is not functioning
as was originally intended.
The Halton document -is just . good
common sense-. While the staple diet in
most school cafeterias these days
sometimes appears to be french fries.and
soft drinks, there is reason to suspect that
more and more people, even students, are
be.doming more and more .aware of the
value of good'nutrition eyery day, every
meal.
The document really speaks for itself. It
says:
"Since a school feeding , program can
have a significant role in the promotion
and maintenance of a child's health as well
L.qoking J3ack
'80 YEARS AGO
Lovers of music in our town
will be pleased to learn that an
extensive orchestra has been
organized. The 16 -piece or-
chestra is under the competent
conduction of Frank Smith,
whose ability in thacapacity is
well recognized in T-Gode ,ich.
The orchestra is now open for
concert engagements and such.
On Saturday evening one of
the most brilliant store scenes
we have ever witnessed took
place at th.e R.R. Smith
Millinery and Mantle opening.
The windows were handsomelya
decorated with exclusive
novelties of the art and
millinery worlds, and although
suggestive of ability and good
taste- was but a tithe to the
lavish display in one of the
finest. millinery stores west of
Toronto.
A , man named Roach of
Seaforth who was driving ,a
sulky in Agriculture Park on
Wednesday afternoon came in
collision with another vehicle
and had his thigh's badly frac-
tured. The .accident happened,
it is said, through no fault of the
other driver. He was taken to
his 'home in Seaforth on the
afternoon train. ..
In March last. year the shoe
business of T. Fowler »and
company was purchased by
H.B. Pollock. Since that date
the growth of the business has
been. remarkable. When
commencing, Mr.. Pollock
made a number of radical
changes.- He adopted the cash -
strictly cash -system, cut prices
to the bone, and gave his
customers the.best articles the
market offered for the money.
Today tithe' '' business is over
double what it was one and a
half years ago. Finding his
present premises not con-
venient, he is moving on Oct. 15
to the large new store next to
Sturdy's Groceteria..
Good eyesight is a priceless
treasure. You who have not got
it should take care of it. You
• who have not got it -should have
your eyes attended to at once.
We make the preservation of
sight a specialty, and can test
your eyes accurately and
scientifically. See R.H. Welsh,
Optometrist and Jeweller. "
60 YEARS AGO
It is expected that the whole
33rd battalion will visit several
places in the county in about
two weeks, unless of course
they are called to England in
the meantime.
Mr. J.E. Mutch is still at
home in Clinton attending to his
Mather Mr. R. Mutch. He has
pit a good man at his barber
_ shop and trusts all his patrons
will call at the old stand during
his temporary absence.
The Boyer -Vincent 'Stock
Company has been holding the
boards at the Victoria Opera
House this week. The at-
tendance has not been large,
owing to the crowds at the
,Goderich • Industrial Fair, but
the plays enacted have all been
of an attractive nature and
well -enacted,
Mr. James. Mitchell, Ontario
representative of.the Dominion
Archives, is spending a few
days in the • town looking up
Canadian History. He is herein
search of pertinent information
of historical value pertaining to
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tit
Thi , fiui'oriie
b•
�ods served in
as the preventionof illness, the food
available should provide an educational
example for the -formation' of good -food
habits. In' other words, foods -served at
school should demonstrate what is taught .
in the classroom.
—"With reference to•the Joint Dental and
Nutrition Education Policy_ the following•
recommendations are pertinent to
schools: "That snacks nutritionally
inadequate but dentally acceptable as well
as . snacks nutritionally 'and' dentally
inadequate should not be available in
schools.
through the Signal -Star
Guelph and district. Mr.
Mitchell is an old newspaper
publisher, having for many
years edited the Goderich Star,
and his journalistic experience
stands him in good stead in his
present work. Mr.Mitchell is
calling a meeting of . the old
residents with a view to hearing
from them .stories of out-
standing incidents they have
heard about, pamphlets,
newspaper clippings and other
paraphernelia.
Rev. Father West, former
parish priest in Goderich, now
of Holy Angels' Church of St.
Thomas, is now the proud
possessor of . a six -Cylinder
autor'hobil'e, the gift of hit
parishioners. The presentation
took place last Friday. evening
in the auditorium of Holy
Angels' Church, with an ad-
dress being read expressing
- thanks for his efforts on behalf
of the parishioners during his
pastorate: Father West made a
fitting reply. Bishop Fallon of
London was present also.
5 YEARS AGO
An application by William
Gaucher, Bluewater Taxi
Service, for permission to in-
stall meters in his cabs was
rejected by council last week.
Mr. Gaucher made the request
of council Sept. 17 and had been
asked to wait one week to
enable the special committee of
council to 'study the possible
implications.
Ethel Dewar, Huron County's
new librarian, made her first
appearance before county
council . Friday afternoon
September 25, and told
members that she has found "a
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real eagerness for books here ii't
Huron County." She also
outlined plans for a direct mail
library which will give any
Huron County resident "access
to almost every 'book in the
country". • She announced that
readers can write directly to
county library headquarters in
Goderich and the book will be
mailed out at no cost to the
reader, just as soon as it can be
rounded up, sometimes im-
mediately.
A 'cheque for $1,600 was
presented by the Goderich
Lions' Club to The Huron
Division of the Girl Guides of
Canada last week' to be used for
initial preparation' for a new
camp to be' used by the local
guide organization. The new
campis located on Black's
Point Road on land donated last
year by an area resident. The
land has been cleared and
erection of shelters is planned.
The future plans call for a
kitchen and the erection of
cabins to be used by Brownies.
HEIR [DItOY
Consumers bore it
Dear Editor,.
All consumers have a stake in
the food industry! Whoever
controls agriculture in the near
future will control Canada.
Should it be the corporations,
the Government, or the
Government and farmers?
Most people are aware of the
fact that the nu tier of farms
.in Canada is rapice declining.
as 13e'een 1961 and 1971 farms
declined rughly 20 percent,
touring the .same period farm
investment increased almost 80
percent, farm debt increased
about j6 percent.
Over the decade farm income
has just not kept up with farm
prices and thus many farmers
are forced into bankruptcy.
Those who remain have ex=
panded their operations hoping
that increased' sales will save
them, but when farmers ex-
pand they must have additional
capital inputs. While the
number of farms are fewer, the
sales of the- firms in the farm
supply sector of the economy
have been booming. Agri. -
business supports the trend
towards larger and larger
farms.
Agri -business is not the local
farm machinery .dealer, the
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"That poor dental but good nutritional
snacks should be allowed only at meal
times.
"This would necessitate the banning of
all foods high in caldries and 'low in
nutrients (eg: soft drinks and candies) in
vending machines and canteens. These
foods could be replaced , with nutritious
snacks such as small cans of unsweetened
juice, nuts, sunflower seeds, sandwiches,
fresh fruit, plain mills and muffins, cheese
and crackers.
"These recommendations apply not only
to secondary schools but also to' elemen-
tary schools where food is served in the
classroom (eg. snacks for r kindergarten
children).".
•
It appears then that groups such as the
newly formed Home and School
Association will be vitally interested in the
Halton proposals. And for them ... or for
anyone else' in charge of food preparation
„who would like a refresher course in
nutritional dining and snacking, the
following lists may be helpful.,
"Good Dental and Nutritional Snacks --
plain milk, plain yogurt, cheese, raw fruits
v Dale Sykes
the- schboo is
and vegetables, unsweetened fruit or
vegetable juices, tossed salads or coleslaw,
plain muffins, plainw:hole__ gr-ain_or
enriched breads and cereals, ' crackers,.
hard cooked devilled eggs; peanuts,
pistachios, mixed nuts, seeds (,sunflower,
pumpkin, sesame), ,nuts and•�bolts, sand-
wiches, f ith
and-wiches,filled•with meat, poultry, fish, eggs,
cheese 'or peanut butter, hot dogs, ham -
hi irger, pizza. =
'Poor dental but good nutritional
snacks--( These, foods contribute to dental -
disease. Select .only with meals) milk'
puddings, milkshake, chocolate milk or
drink, ice cream, ice cream soda, yogurt,
sweetened, raisins and other dried fruit,
sherbert, fruits and fruit juices,
sweetened.
• "Snaks nutritionally and dentally
unacceptable --sugar added to beverages
such as tea or coffee, soft drinks,• regular,
honey, jams, jellies, sweet baked goods,
chocolate bars, cookies, candies, lozenges,
regular gum and breath mints. • .
"Snacks nutritionally inadequate . but
dentally acceptable-'-( The nutrient content
of these foods is low in relation to calories
DEAR READERS
provided. Therefore, they can contribute
to excessive weight gain and-orunder-
nutrition)--select infrequently: french
fried potatoes, popcorns potato chips,
pretzels, soft drinks, sugar -free, cheesies
and other similar party snacks.
The Halton recommendation summed up
the entire document with these words of
wisdom:
"Good food habits throughout life, in
harmony with other aspects of health care,
provide a strong foundation for a�,timal.q
community health. Yet recent N'iiTrition
Canada (1973) results indicate wide -spread
obesity in adults and inadequate intake of
key nutrients in all age groups. F
thermore, the incidence of dental disease
un -necessarily high.
"It , is essential, therefore, that hea th
practitioners, agencies and individual- in
the community assume greater res.on=
sibility for improving the quality of the
population's food intake. Thus, hen
dentists and nutritionists recom end
foods -snacks for the community bot their
contribution to dental disease antheir
nutritional value must he considere
s
Shirley ' . Keller
Clusters 6 and 7 who are an
association czf municipal
recreation committees from
municipalities within the county
of Huron, deserve a pat on the
back for the comprehensivennd
well -presented study into
recreation here. What's more;
the document should have the
support , and endorsement of
county council. But will it?
The history of the study itself
shows that county council has sat
on its collective hutt.,on this issue
before.
In January 1974\when the Town
of Clinton asked-coty council to
give serious consideration to an
immediate study of\\ he financial
needs of recreation n a county-
wide• :.basis, the m tter went
before the ctounty de elopment
committee. Under th county
development officer, Spence
Cummings, a county-wi a study
of the financial aspe is of
recreation was conducted.
But when this study ` was
completed and it was' presented
to the county development
committee, members of that('
committee agreed that it would
be necessary to obtain a more
complete picture' of recreation
within the county, rather than
just the financial aspects,
So -it was back to the drawing
board for Spence Cummings and
otters.. That's really. when
Cluster 6 and 7 got into the action
and at a meeting in June, 1974 in
Blyth, 'County council was urged
to find 'ways• of speeding up the
formation of municipal
recreation committees within the
townships.
The recreational clusters 'even
offered to assist the county in this
process since committee
members have had a great deal
of experience in the areas of
programming, finance,
provincial, government in-'
volvement, facility operation and
a,general concern for recreation
development in Huron.
It was clearly evident by now
that the cost of recreation.in the
county was not shared fairly by
town and township taxpayers
even though recreation program
use was distributed almost
equally between town and
township residents: that long
term program planning was
hampered becauser,of a lack of
unit hetween town and township
councils: and that because of this
lack of unity, facility use was not
mafcimired.
A full presentation of these
issues was made . to county
council in June lost year. But rio
action was taken by county
council .... again.
In Septembct-f members of
Cluster 7 decided this inaction
was perhaps because a proper
-motion 'had not been prepared to
submit to county council, to
encourage some decision and
follow-up.
So the following resolution was
put to the development com-
mittee of county Council: "....that
Clusters 6 and 7 be designated as
the , appropriate authority by
county council to study and
report on the structuring of
recreation services forthe•county
of Huron." The resolution also
asked that the county provide
$2,500 to conductthis•study.
The development committee
replied that Clusters 6 and 7 could
Certainly conduct•a study,"but no
money would be made available
to them for that purpose.
And so in November. '1974 ..
nearly a year after Clinton's first
'recommendation to county
council Clusters 6 and 7
decided to do the study on their
own. Between then and March
this year, the preliminary data
was collected. Then recreation
directors Mike Dymond of
Gerderich, Jim Ward of Wingham
and Jim McKinlay of Exeter,
began to co-ordinate the arduous
task of analysing, laying -out and
pre wring the actual report to be
pres nted to county council.'ti
Fu ther meeting were
neces ry•to refinie report, to
draw nal conclusions and to
make ecommendations along
with suggested ways of im-
plementing the recom-
mendations.' But finally the
report was type.. and ready for.
,presentation to the county
development committee in
September thi?; year. It came to
county co'itncil \ ctober 3 •... and
was referred, no without debate,
back- to the development com-
mittee.
Full circle.
... and now he's•willing to appoint
a recreation advisory hoard as an
arm of count y,eounci1 to see what
c�u1 he done a ut developing
methods of co-opc;at ion in the'
delivery of recreatio` services in
Huron.
"' And Gerry Ginn made a notion
in council last. Friday tha the
matter he referred to the
restructuring committee .... the
committee, which according to
Warden Anson McKinley in his
press conference a few weeks ago
after that history -making
committee meeting concerning
restructuring in Huron, would
probably be charged with the
responsibility to see what could
be done about co-ordinating such
things, as fire protection, police
pro•tectio, recreations and
• garbage collection infthe county,
• It was a perfectly logical
motion made by Reeve Ginn. The
restructuring committee was
gtred to the county -wide per
spective where recreation w:s
concerned'by virtue of its stud' s
in connection with restructur' g,
What more likely committe to
• handle •this ambitious and
throrough report of the C1 . ters,
especially when the devela.pment
committee had been orking
with it, for over a year and by
themselves,.had do.nen.
But Reeve Ed Od ' leifson of
Bayfield didn't ag ee. In a
parliamentary se se, Reeve
Oddleifson argued the matter
belonged. with the development
committee. It st• rted there, It
should remain th re,
The discussi' n went., on in
council 'fo'r a while and even
though the pr sent chairman of
the development , committee,
Reeve War en Zinn of Ashfield
Township told council the
restructur ng committee would
probably have more time to deal
with this many -faceted
recrea on study, a show of hands
in a ote revealed that more
coun illors thought the study"
sho Id remain ' with the
de elopment committee,
Anothe1 full circle,
\
Gerry Ginn, the • reeye of
Goderich Township, is 't•a man
to mince words. He di. 't mind
admitting for all to hear that at
one time he had considered t
roposals in the report to be j stn
another way to get money o of
the rural community to su ort'
fancy urban ideas.
But Gelit•y Ginn has c angcd
his thinking a little in thi regard
Reeve Zinn 'then told council
that since, it was the members'
will that the recreation study
would he left nth the develop-
ment committee, he as chairman
would probably be calling on the
restructuring committee for
some consultation. That was a
hopeful sign.
But. it was Reeve Jack,
McCutcheon of Brussels who
suggested that 'fthis, matter of
recreation was of referred to the
restructuring committee, then
the committe might as•well be
disbanded, It has no work to do.
No purpose t serve. That was a
disturbing si.n.
Its is. po sible that the un-
derlying reason why the
recreatio report went back to
the deve .pment committee and
not to he restructuring com-
mittee, is that th.e majority of
.county council members are
dead , et against anything that
smac s of restructuring or
regir,nalism or change..
ost members of county
co nei1 will say that Huron
un.ty can manage its own af-
fiirs. The provincial government
lainis to be encouraging just
that.
And yet in Huron County, one of
the most progressive rural
counties in the province, there
are county government officials
who fail to accept the challenge
, when confronted with it,
They are reluctant to seize a
new concept, study it objectively,
turn it inside out for flaws and
errors, They are even more
hesitant to trust their -,own good
judgement,, mayb at times
deliberately :standing still until
the pace of the crowd pushes
them along in the direction they
knew they "should have„ been
going all along,
In short, they are afraid to test
their ability to govern.
There's no doubt that a county-
wide recreational advisory board
is•necessary, It would be a vital
part of Huron's changing way of
life. It may very well be a must if
the out -dated mechanism is to
give way to a more streamlined
system and greater benefit to all.
And it really doesn't matter
whether the impetus now comes
front the development committee
or the restructuring committee.
The only disconcerting aspeirt
of the whole exercise is that the -
weighty opposition to having the
restructuring committee handle
the recreation study question,
could perhaps he construed as an •
omen that the -whole study could'
remain in limbo for an even
longerperiod of time now while
county councillors get on with the
more important issues such as
reviewing fuel oil tenders, ap-
plying for LiP funds, testing
sound systems and browsing
through reference rn. ateials.
Too many d'ircles
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