Loading...
Clinton News-Record, 1983-08-31, Page 1rn LIN 0 0 z O incorporating 4-3 CCI Ausa cents— No. 35 Wednesday, August 31, 1983 118t year le Park offered to Clinton Council will study Conservation Authority offer By Shelley McPhee Clinton has the opportunity to own a new park. The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) has asked Clinton, Tuckersmith and Stanley Townships to take over ownership of the Clinton Con- servation Park, at the south limits of town. In a letter to Clinton Council, the ABCA explained that the park which runs along the Bayfield River, is on the edge of the conservation authority's district. Clinton's ABCA representative John Deeves further explained that the authority must send work crews from Exeter twice a week to maintain the park and the cost of this long distance travelling is more than the ABCA is willing to spend. The park is situtated in Tuckersmith Township, but Councillor Deeves said that the township council has turned down the offer. Stanley Township Clerk Mel Graham reported that council in that township is studying the offer, but has made not a decision. Discussion amongst Stanley council members centered around the fact that the township already owns two park areas. They are also concerned about the additional financial committment that wouldbe required to maintain the ABCA park. Clinton Councillor Deeves however is in 'favor of accepting the offer and said that while the land is outside of town limits, the ABCA may deed the park to Clinton. He also noted that the ABCA has offered to proceed with some reforestation work it the park. Wheat yields are up Councillor Jim Hunter also supported the proposal, stressing, "if the price is right." Mayor Chester Archibald said he liked the idea of having the park but noted that no decisions should be made until council determines the maintenance costs of its upkeep. "Service clubs might be interested in the park," Councillor Ross Cater suggested and Councillor Deeves said that costs couldbe offset by charging a usage fee on weekends. All council members agreed that the park provides excellent picnic facilities and Councillor Bee Cooke added, "It's a very busy park and spotlessly clean at all times." Clinton council will invite an ABCA representative to an upcoming meeting to discuss the proposal in more detail. Matilda Street delay Matilda Street residents will have to live with dust and pot holes for a bit longer. Lavis Contracting, scheduled to com- plete the reconstruction of the Clinton street has been delayed with a project in Hensall. Extra work in Hensall that was not anticipated forced the company to request an extension on the completion date of the Clinton Matilda Street project from August 31 to September 26. Clinton Council granted Lavis the ex- tension, but Councillor John Deeves said that some Matilda Street residents are concerned that the poor condition of the street is hampering some home owners in their attempts to sell their properties. Other council members noted that the finished work on the street would be worth waiting for. Fair and Feest to share grant Clinton is eligible for a $1,557 grant to help in the celebration of Ontario's Bicentennial birthday in 1984. Available from the province, Com- munity Celebrations Grants are being offered to municipalities throughout Ontario, provided that applications in- clude a tentative schedule of heritage projects that the money could be used for. Clinton's application will state that the money will be divided between the Clinton Spring Fair and the Klompen Feest celebration. Application must be made by November 1. Planning Advisory Committee Regulations in the new planning act have required Clinton council to re -appoint members of the town planning advisory committee. They are, Chairman Guss Boussey, Sue Schmidt, Mike Falconer, Ray Garon, Ron Jewitt, Lawrie Slade, Councillors Charlie Burgess and Jim Hunter. Parking request okayed A parking space on the north side of Huron Street will be designated as a no - parking zone. Maynard Corrie, owner of the Red and Whitgrocery *ore asked council to make one parking space in front of his store a no - parking zone. The space is located beside 3 • the entranceway to the store's parking lot and drivers exiting from the lot have difficultly seeing oncoming traffic when the space is in use. Council felt that in light of the fact that Mr. Corrie had provided his customers with a newly paved parking lot, the request was reasonable. Wrong information given Councillor Rosemary Armstrong reported that she had a complaint from a senior citizen in town, regarding bicycle riders on sidewalks. The senior citizen, Councillor Armstrong noted, escaped serious injury on a downtown Clinton sidewalk when a teenager on a bike passed too closely. The problem was further complicated by the fact that the senior citizen telephoned the central police answering service regarding the complaint and the dispat- cher reportedly said that police could do nothing about the situation. Councillor Armstron& told council, "A bylaw (prohibiting bicycle riding on sidewalks) exists in Clinton. How and why would the service give information out, particularly wrong information?" Council agreed that requests of this nature should be forwarded to the local police force. Regarding the bylaw, Mayor Chester Archibald noted, "it's tough enough that a bike can be taken from a youth." He added, "Small children on bikes are dangerous on streets and sidewalks." Huron crops survive summer drou By Rod Hilts Crop yields in Huron County have fared not badly considering the drought con- ditions this area experienced for much of the summer. According to Farm Management Specialist, Stan Paquette, wheat crop yields have been above average. Barley and other spring grains on the other hand, have had yields down "quite a bit." Mr. Paquette said wheat crops were of good quality, with yields ranging between 45 and 85 bushels per acre. He said there was sufficient moisture earlier in the spring to get the wheat through the long, dry summer. The Royfarm Business Review said that in all likelihood Canada will harvest a near record or record wheat crop in the 27 to 29 million tonne range. Barley and spring grains had less than average yields, down to between 35 and 60 bushels per acre. According to Mr. Paquette, the soy bean crop yield looks good as does the white bean crop, which is about ready to harvest. Recent rains have come in time to bring the corn crop back, said Mr. Paquette. He said some of the corn has responded well to the rain and pollination looks good. "I wouldn't expect average corn yields. Some of the corn crop won't respond now. Yields will be 15 to 20 per cent below average," Mr. Paquette said. Canola, a new crop to the area, is not faring too well this year. Canola seeds are used to make cooking oil. The plant is a cool weather crop and does not grow well in hot, dry weather. According Mr. Paquette, the crop has suffered from drought and yields were less than anticipated. Fall seeded canola looked much better, according to Mr. Paquette. Straw is expected to be down an ht estimated 40 per cent lower than normal. Mr. Paquette said "farmers will likely be short of feed grain and straw this winter." Mr. Paquette said that the summer drought conditions lessened the efficiency of some weed sprays, particularly in soy and white bean crops. Rain is an important factor in making the sprays work to their full potential. Prices were low when seeding began but have rebounded because of the worse drought conditions that prevailed over the mid -western United States, and the in- toduction of the Payment in Kind program (PIK) there. Hundreds view best parade ever at Bayfield Despite sizzling hot temperatures, the Bayfield Fail Fair was a success last weekend"' The parade featured everything under the sun, big and small, photo) Including these cute charactera.(R.od Hilts By Rod Hilts Although hot temperatures put a slight damper on attendance at this year's Bayfield Fall Fair, secretary Audrey Graham was "quite pleased with the overall communityresponse. According to Ms. Graham, this year's fair featured the largest parade in the fair's history. Large crowds lined the streets of Bayfield as a parade proceeded down Main, made up of the Clinton Legion Pipe Band, a number of antique cars, horse and pony drawn wagons and carts, a group of Shrtners on scooters, 11 floats of every description and a group of zanily dressed pedestrians. Mrs. Graham said the best float in this year's parade was prepared by Pine Lake Camp. Their float congregation included a group of cars carrying Miss Pine Lake Camp and another car carrying the run- ner-ups. At this year's fair, spectators were treated to the Clinton 4-H horse and pony club achievement day along with an ex- cellent poultry show that drew close to 300 entries. There was also plenty of horticultural and agricultural exhibits, although this year, Mrs. Graham says the vegetable and flowers weren't quite as good as last year. She said the hail that fell a few weeks ago damaged many flowers and vegetables in the area. James Armstrong of RR 3 Bayfield picked up first prize in the vegetable division with some exceptionally tall cornstocks. Mrs. Graham said she was pleased with the six entries in this year's unicorn heavy horse division. Clydesdales and Per- cherons were among the horses entered in the heavy horse division, with Bayfield's own Tom Penhale doing well. This year saw two new competitions at the fair. A rolling pin throwing competition was held among the women and a log -saw off between the men. . The winners of the horse shoe com- petition were: First place, Harold Carter; second Alex Boa and third Ed Philips. Once again, the jjiayfield Fall Fair proved to be a 4i -Filled event for the whole family. al. 11 • wi1•A4i0fl%llII!r V'o'' ie s• $ m'. w111a1•1L'4'A assa•111,sitc)1,'% oiloi•+tao1;.I: oar5Ul®awasaar! $111"1 Ile■s;il4! •••01104•*** R11 4'00111•440,110 .9 111/ 5111 5 5 1 5 1 t a a pal ea it N. ...40'0,-� r' e !■iAaa0MItraai` 'as0 s�.0•iilsOf1* MRlssssvaess,*v�;1rs.,r ep *sa,•$�l•1: 11011 rsieaws a lime.. m a*a%0 , sw paafi♦ *vaOr � /o,. Vis* ��yt4� Meet Joe Wooden, one of the new faces at CHSS this year. Mr. Wooden is the new prin- cipal at the local high school and comes to Clinton after a 27 year teaching career at South Huron District High School in Exeter. (Shelley McPhee photo) CHSS gains respected principal from Exeter By Shelley McPhee When classes begin at Central Huron Secondary School (CHSS) next` Tuesday - one new face will particularly stand out' in the crowd. CHSS will begin a new school year with a new principal, Joe Wooden. While he may be a newcomer to CHSS, Mr. Wooden has close to three decades teaching experience, including 16 years as principal. He began his teaching career at South Huron District High School (SH - DHS) in Exeter 27 years ago and was named principal there in 1967. Staff and students at South Huron were sorry to here of Mr. Wooden's decision to transfer and they expressed their ap- preciation for their departing principal at a banquet held in June. Exeter teacher Ken Ottewell, who also joined the SHDHS staff 27 years ago said that Mr. Wooden's impact on that school was immeasurable and that he had in- fluenched the lives of the thousands who had paraded through the halls during his tenure. In an article written by the Exeter Times -Advocate, Mr. Wooden was praised as a man who had allowed teachers to be innovative and to reach their potential and at the same time had allowed students to be responsible for their own behavior, correcting it only when necessary. Recently appointed Huron Director of Education tsuu N11:111 Sims, The first visit to South Huron convinced me, that Joe Wooden was in charge there and was not going to be affected by a shiny new superintendent." Mr. Allan noted that Mr. Wooden was respected by Staff and students because he was fair, thoughtful, spoke his mind, had a sense of humor and adventure and set an example for others to follow. The latter attribute was one of the reasons he ac- cepted the transfer to Clinton the board official explained. Exeter's loss may be Clinton's gain. New teachers Enrolment figures at CHSS are running close to last year's numbers, ap- proximately 840. Students will guided by 56 instructors, including five new teachers. Declining enrolment at South Huron forced the transfer of a number of teachers from that school and a number will be joining the CHSS staff. Pete Zankowski has been hired on a part-time basis as a math teacher. Carol Bishop is also transferring from SHDHS to teach typing and Pat Wilson, also from South Huron, will teach art while teacher Ron Walker is on leave. A CHSS 1973 graduate, Anne Newington, will return to the high school as an English and history teacher. Previously she was teaching in Tillsonburg. Stangs need support; in danger of folding By Rod Hilts Unless the Clinton Junior C Mustangs receive some volunteer support, the franchise will be in danger of folding. The fate of the hockey club will depend on the community support ttlle club gets at a meeting on September 7. According to team president Larry Daw, the team is in desperate need of volun- teers. "If we don't get the response as far as I'm concerned the juniors will fold," said a concerned Mr. Daw. Mr. Daw emphasized that the team is not in financial difficulty, but more executive members are needed to help out through volunteer work. At the end of last season, the Mustangs came away with a $4,400 profit and Mr. Daw says the team has operated in the black for the past four or five years. "If we drop the franchise, we'll never get it back. it's important that we keep junior hockey in Clinton," Mr. Daw said. At the executive committee meeting on August 10, only eight of 18 members were present. Ideally, the executive should have 25 members involved and attending their month'y meetings. Volunteer members would help in selling tickets and aid in functions such as the Clinton Junior C tournament, dances and taking admission at hockey games. Key positions in this year's executive are: first vice-president, Morris Maclntosh; second vice-president, Frank Cook; secretary, Norma McGregor; ways and weans chairman Bella Wiggins and manager Wayne Wiggins. In 1964, Junior D hockey came to Clinton under t irection of Doug Andrews. In their first s ason, the Juniors captured the Ontario Championship defeating Bob- caygeon . The club switched from Junior D to Junior C in 1974. This season, the team has signed coach Jim Nigro to a multi-year contract. Nigro turned the team around last year and if the team plays this season, it is expected to do well. The Mustangs open their training camp, pending the outcome of the meeting, on September 10 in Huron Park. The crucial "save the Mustangs" meeting will be held on September 7 at 8 p.m. in the Clinton arena. Anyone in- terested in helping the team in anyway should attend this meeting. f Weather 1983 198'1 HI LO HI 1,0 AUGUST 23 25 9 21 11 24 26 10 23 10 25 28 12 19 12 26 27 17 25 11 27 28 15 20 9 28 27 14 16 1 29 26 15 17 0 Rain 0 Rain 65 mm