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Clinton News-Record, 1984-01-11, Page 1Att • • `fl•-• ' ri • ic)f- t IAYFJELD BULE ittepr,Ope'aitt . , • '1 flTS 0. 2 Goderich man dies in ley eras A three -vehicle accident which .occurred released on Sunday. an Highway 8 north of Holmesille last Provincial police at Goderich have -thalifenfiaGoderich—•completed—their—investigation—af—the_ae, man. cident and no inquest is to be held nor David G. Patterson 28, of Picton Street, charges laid. West,. was pronounced dead by Dr. Jim Clean-up of the accident site 11 kilometres • Hollingworth upon his arrival at Alexandra north of Holmesville near Taylor's Corners Marine and General Hospital in Goderich was not completed until Friday morning following the accident. when a big tow truck was brought in from Patter -SOK- iVai- pick -rip truck - LOtidOn tnitglif the transport ovmedby Earl headed northbound trom—Clinton_4,o,L--Lippert—Trucking—Ltd,,ef-Caecliteri. The. Goderich about 4:30 p.m. when he skidded tractor -trailer combination spilled its load out of control on the ice -and -slush covered of salt when it overturned in the east ditch highway and hit another pick-up truck in the after colliding with the other two vehicles. southbound lane driven by Patricia Both pick-up trucks were completely • Chrastina, 28, of R.R. 2 Clinton. A transport destroyed while the transport received truck also travelling in the southbound lane several thousand dollars worth of damage. then hit both vehicles which were stopped on Patterson was born in Goderich on Oct 4, the road. Driver of the transport, Larry Lippert, 24, 1955 to Glenn and Doris (Young) Patterson. of Crediton, was not injured but Chrastina He worked as foreman of the Gilbert Mink R and her passenger, three -Year-old daughter Ranch and was an adherent of North Street Sonya, were admitted to Alexandra Marine United Church, Goderich. and General Hospital where they were He was a member of the Clinton Fleming - treated for cuts and other injuries and Colts Senior C baseball team and the French • .4,7•1! •. Dry Cleaners team in the Goderillb ?"•Wanita and Doug Pearce of Bala, Grant and Industrial Fastball League. He was AlillirElsie McDonald Of London and Ross and activeltralltypes-ofsports irrGactedehd- -1---LWelymEatteraen4GOderich„. _ surrounding area. , A private family funeral service and He'•survived byhis parents his flan committal were held at Stiles Funeral Home Joan Burleigh; his grandparents, Mr. in Goderich on Monday, January 9 at 2 p.m. Mrs. Worthy Young and Mrs. Jean The Reverend Robert 0. Ball of NortltStreet terson, all of Goderich. and aunts and United Church officiated. des, Barry and Betty Young of. Clinton, Bili Interment was in the Maitland Cemetery, and Carolyn Young of Red Bay, Ontario, Goderich. County �kays- -84 project ; to publish historical atlas By Stephanie Levesque Huron County council will go ahead and publish a 1984 historical atlas as its bi- centennial project. Council approved the steps for publishing the book later this year at its Jan. 5 session. The book will mark the 200th anniversary of Ontario. Alf Mathers hopes somebody wins this week. The owner of Shiral's Department Store and ticket agent for the Lotto 6-49 computer in Clinton has been literally swamped under a sea of tickets and money this past week as local people are lining up to spend their dollar bffis in hopes of winning Saturday's $10 -million jackpot, the biggest prize in the history of North America. In three days alone this week, Alf sold close to $2,500 worth of tickets. (Shelley McPhee photo) ' • The deadline for copy for the book and the question of who is in charge was settled in recommendations presented to council by the Library Board. The copy deadline, originally set for Mar- ch, has been set at April 15. Exeter deputy - reeve Lossy Fuller again said that everyone in the county should have equal opportunity to make a sdbmission. She asked how the public would be told about the publishing of the atlas. ' Chief librarian William Partridge said there would be advertisements in county newspapers. He noted that he has already been contacted about the atraiWintereged • persons. 3/ 44 7 5' •;; The atlas will be published under the authority of a steering corinnittee made up of Warden Tom Cunningham, .past warden Grant'Stirling, Janis Bisback and Mr. Par- tridge. This committee will be responsible • for recommending a local editor t� prepare the atlas and the advertising. • A $20,000 operating budget to Publish the atlas will, be set aside in the Caunty'S 1984 budget. • _ Rhos C-imuning Of1Slitehell hnslieen - • hired as consulting editor as needed. His term einpinyinent not ,,te . exceed A dayst -A student, under -the .Ontario Career Ac- tion Plan (OCAP), will be hired effective Jan. 2 fer 10 weeks. Individuals can be listed in the patron's 'directory at $35. For this price, specific in- formation such as family name and ad- dress, will be included in the atlas. Also, each patron receives a free atlas. There are other ways of getting informa- _ t in in the atlas. Price ranges from $35 for one -twelfth of a page to $200 for a full page in which municipal councils, serVice clubs, women's iastitutes, etc., can submit current • information on their group. : Mr. Partridge said the atlas will not , record the past, but Huron County as it is in Clinton's first new year baby made her entrance to the world on Jan. 5. Born at the Clin- ton Public Hospital, Krista Elaine Shropshall weighed in at 8 Pbunds, 91/2 oz. She is the third daughter for Don and Elaine Shropshall of Clinton. Little Krista was honored with • many gifts by local merchants. She received a silver cup from the Clinton Hospital Aut- Mary and a commemorative spoon in celebration of Ontario's bicentennial year. (Shelley McPhee photo) • h-Hullett dump • lan needs 4 4. ?'¼794 • By Rod Hilts tatA •BLYTH -_The Blyth-Hullett waste disposal site moved a step• closer to expanding its facilities last month when a tentative deal to purchase land was made. • Blyth Councillor Albert Wasson has been negotiating with Alvin Snell for the past two months concerning the purchase of 25 acres of land near the dump site for a buffer zone, Mr. Snell agreed to the outright sale of the land, which is subject to Ministry of Environment approval. Council was informed by letter at their Jan. 2 meeting that the zone would allow for use of the existing site only. Dan Brown from the Ministry of Environment said if expansion is being considered, additional hydrogeological studies will be necessary. Clinton hospital to receive pereent fun mg increase • TORONTO - Hospitals in Ontario will get an average increase of eight per cent in pro- vincial grants, including five per Fent for salary increases, for 1984-85. Health Minister Keith Norton told officials of the Ontario Hospital Association that the increase will bring the government's annual spending for hospital operating, costs to nearly $4 billion. That's an average expen- - diture of $465 for every person in the pro- vince. Ministry spending for 1983-84 on hospital budgets is more than $3.6 billion. "This commitment to the hospitals has been made," Mr. Norton said, 'despite the unilateral action of the federal government when it abandoned its previous commitment to the Established Programs Financing ar- rangement. "This action by the federal goveanment • - • •‘'' • - ' " - - - ; . resWeos-of revenueTei the pro- • • Five year program under consideration billion, nith Ontario's loOS alone at $1.7 vinces over a five-year period of nearly. $6'.- billion," he added. "The federal share of •Clint -on looks at street light plan_ 1913344." from 49 per cent in 1979-80 to 41 per cent in health care financing to this province fell By Shelley McPhee CLINTON - The Clinton PUC and council' are looking down the road at _the town's future street lighting needs. • Clinton PUC Manager Gus Boussey has asked council to consider a five year capital works program for street lighting. Council hopes to have a portion of the plan drawn up by the end of the month. My. Boussey has proposed a new street lighting program that would replace all of the present incandescent and flourestent street lights with high pressure sodium 'lights. He suggested that council should set up a long range program to upgrade the system. The program, he explained, would make it easier for the PUC to purchase lights. Four pompanies supply lights and Mr. Boussey sifd the Men �dfgTiiithaiJt�wnharder to fill since larger municipalities are served first. If Clinton places, its order by January or February, the town will have a better chance of having the order filled earlier Councillor John Deeves supported Mr. Boussey's proposal, noting that just last week the PUC workers were installing new lights, in less than ideal weather conditions. Mr. Boussey explained that the five year program' would replace many of the town's older lights, some of which are more than 50 years old. He also noted that the new high pressure sodium lights use less energy, • provide more light, and require less main- tenance. His plan includes the re -lighting of Clin- ton's connecting links, similar to the lighting through Exeter's main street. The plan would require. 85 units, costing $300 each. The total cost of the project would be $25,000 and could be installed through a fiVe year phasing..program. 1!,1C.4tYnPtc_.4 that 41111447 other areas in roWn Tiave 'spot liglitang, resulting in dark areas between blocks. Mr. Boussey said that council should also consider JJ1pved lighting on Princess Street Etat and Percival Street, noting that with three schools in the vicinit these busy •y streets required better lighting. Councillor Deeves also noted that 38 lights are needed on Matilda Street to complete the 1983 street reconstruction program there. For 1983, $35,000 has been budgeted for street lighting. Councillor Jim Hunter suggested that if enough money is left in the budget, some lighting units could purchased for Matilda Street and Victoria Terrace. He said that if $5000 to $7.000 was available, it could buy 15 units for Matilda Street and five for Victoria Terrace. Clinton could also receive additional funding for the street lighting program through application to the Ontario Neigh- borhood Improvement Program (ONIP). This governfnent funded program assists community development projects,9nd - deadline for application is March 31, 1984. When Clinton council meets again, on Jan. 16 they hope to hue an outline of street lighting needs in town 16 submit to the PtJC. Details of the grant increases will be ex- plained to ihdividual hospitals early -in the - New Year. Last year the Clinton Public Hospital received a similar increse of 8.2 per cent and the hospital operated on a budget of close to $3 million. Despite last year's increase, hospital ad- ministrator Doug Coventry noted, "We just don't have anything left after operating costs for capital equipment." Financing restraints remain the same this year. There is a constant need for replacing and purchasing new equipment, evident through poster that hangs in the hospital's entrance which asks the general public for donations. A birthing bed, ultrasound, physiotherapy equipment and a new microscope' for the laboratory are some of the items required at the hospital, each costingThouOantiobtdhilars: Mr. Coventry noted that recently the • hospital was able to purchase a new autoclave to replace the 20 -year old sterilization machine in central supply department of the hospital. The new .machine, costing $23,000 is used to sterilize all instruments, bandages and gauze pads. The hospital's next purchase Will be a new walk in freezer -refrigerator, made possible through a $5,000 donation from the Hospital Auxiliary. The total price of the freezer is $12,000 and -Mr. Coventry said that the cost will be financed over the next two years. The -Clinton Hospital is one of the area's • major employers. One -hundred -and -twenty •people work at the hospital, including 66 fulltime workers. Wages for last year totall- ed more than $2.1 million., Each hospital will get a general increase of five per cent over its allocation for 1983-84 to provide for wage and benefit increases in keeping with the Ontario • government's __ _ wage restraint_pregram. The other three per cent will be allotted to cover.;-. • • - funds to maintain'programs started in 1983-84 with ministry approval; • - cost of new programs of expansions already approved to begin during 1984-85; -costs associated with the growth of lite -sup- port programs such as renal dialysis, car- diovascular surgery, cancer chemotherapy, -paoeffiakerg, total parenteral nutrition and perinatal programs in designated major and teaching hospitals; - costs of workload increases resulting from larger numbers of patients treated by the hospital; - an additional one per cent for small hospitals which have 50 or fewer beds. "In 1982-83 the government introduced both the Business Oriented New Develop- ment Plan and a new funding formula on a base which recognized actual expenditure levels," said Mr. Norton. "The aim was to end the counter produc- tive overspending -versus -underfunding debate. We are delighted to repprt that as a result of the changes We made at that time plus the continuation of our formula in 1983- 84, as well as better hospital management, - just -about every hospital in Ontario is now operating in the black. l`We believe that the increase announced today will sustain hospital operations and provide for essential improvements in 1984- 85.,, . Mr. 13' o equested detailed, awings as to the extent of the buffer zone. Blyth Clerk' Larry Walsh said Christian- R. Kiar Limited will begin surveying the dump site on Jan. 16. An approved buffer zone would allow the site to remain open (and virtually the same size) ,for an estimated eight to 10 years. An approved expansion would mean the site would be open for a considerably longer period. The tentative land purchase involves 345 feet to the north, 518 feet to the south and an irregular shape to the east and west of the existing site. Council was given the ultimatum to close or purchase lands for a buffer zone on June 20, when Ministry. of Environment District Officer Wayne Page sent them a hydrogeological site report stating that the two -hectare dump site in Hullett Township had been excavated virtually to its boun- • dary. Mr. Page .went on in his report to say that the muhicipality should submit a plan of development and operation to close the site. An alternative to closing the site was suggestedtleieog tInao eitherrtmpurchasetnent onaor nasmaikQms_e a __s buffer zone to the north and west of the site, which would be extensiveenough to dilute waste to acceptable levels. • On December 5, Clerk Walsh and Coun- cillor Wasson met with Hullett Tovmship council members for discuss progress in the property purchase. Hullett Township, which pays 65 per cent of the landfill site's operating expenses, passed a resolution authorizing 13lyth council to proceid with the purchase of the property to expand the buffer 'zone and proceed with plans to ex- pand Hullett ci iat ineds . Blyth will split the cost of . purchasing the land. Blyth has $7,000 in a reserve fund for the purChase, while Hullett Clerk Harry Lear said no decision has been made as to how the the township will raise its portion of the cost. Road engineer praises work of road crews Huron County's geographical position ' makes it a great target for heaps of snow and numerous municipal and provincial road crews have to weft 'round the clock' to keep up with snow removal. It's a thankless job, but Huron County road engineer Bob Dempsey changed all that by saying his road crew deserved public recognition for their work over the Christmas holidays. He boasted of the county's enviable record of having only- one' equipment breakdown while running steady for four days. This, he . attributed to the county's mechanics. "I know for a fact that a couple of men stayed in the Auburn patrol yard for three days," said Mr. Dempsey. ° The men had to sleep ther and acting warden Grant Stirling wondered if the m- en had comfortable accommodations. Mr. Dempsey admitted that on Boxing Day three cots were purchased after the fact.