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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-10-14, Page 28PAGE $A—GCD1RICH SIGNAI.-STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1981 PLANNING A VACATION? When travelling utside Canada remember to carry Extra Protection. OVER ES YEARS EXPERIENCE GEORGE TURTON 54 lest Street. Goderleh NIA INE PHONE: 524-2549 Your heart works harder when you're not in the game. Get fit and turn the clock back. Fitness is fun. Try some. PaRncaat 71117 Wintario has changed. Now, every ticket has 1,000 more chances to win. Because. only Wintario knows how disappointing it is to miss the Grand Prize by one or two numbers and only Wintario is doing something about it. Wintario. Now, being close counts. Jackie Rau of Goderich is the proud owner of this doll house and Robert Hicks. The house was presented to her on her eighth bir- miniature furniture made by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. thday recently. t Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Doll house is special gift BY JOANNE BUCHANAN. Jackie Rau received a very special gift for her eighth birthday recently -- something she can play with now, treasurer Utter and perhaps even pass on to her own children -a doll house filled with minlature furniture made by her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hicks of Goderich. The doll house had`been In the works off and on for over three years, explains Mrs. Hicks. Accessories such as trim pieces had been gathered on various trips during that time. MeHicks dict the rough carpentry work and the wiring while Mrs. Hicks did the finishing and made most of the fur- niture. Mrs. Hicks had always been interested in such a project and over the years had gathered information on how to go about it. She still has the first doll house she built. Jackie's is the second and it has more inside detail. For example, in one room, the little chairs are even upholstered to match the wallpaper. Mrs. Hicks started making her first, miniature furniture out of balsa wood. It is cheap but not long lasting, she explains. She has now graduated to basswood and builds on a detailed one -inch -to -the -foot scale. She hopes to eventually be using hardwoods. "I've always like working with wood," explains Mrs. Hicks who has her own small saw and tools. "And I'm fond of miniatures. I suppose it's a hold over from childhood. Only when you're younger, you don't have the money for such things." , Mrs. Hicks, who just had another granddaughter six weeks ago, plans to start her third doll house this winter. ALVIN'S T.L Your Headquarters for •TV TOWER INSTALLATIONS. REPAIR & SERVICE • • DELHI & CHANNEL MASTER •TOWERS. ANTENNAS & BOOSTERS •SHARP COLOUR TV •AUAZARCOLOUR T ALVIN'S T.V. 162 MARY ST. GODERICH S 24-9089 rent's -Oil Rebate -upto $800 Phone TheGasLine: 1-800-265-0562.. (toll free) Natural gas is the most econo- mical way to heat your home. And there's plenty of natural gas in Canada - enough already dis- covered to keep you warm into the 21st Century. So call The Gas Line before you make a decision for any other energy alternative to oil. Union Gas will send you a book of detailed comparisons of various energy sources, so you can make an in- formed choice. We'll send you the Federal Government's booklet that describes their rebate - up to $800. - for converting from oil. And we'll show you how Union Gas's finance plan can help you spread the cost of conversion on your gas bills. Our natural gas is going to be your best heating buy for a icing, long time. What else can warm and friendly gas do for you today? anion Lai Colborne Township Council Gravelling work completed • Colborne Township Council approved bills and accounts for payment in the amount of $65,429.16 for the month -of September when .it met 'recently. Of this, nearly 50 per cent, was made up of costs for gravel applied to township roads, municipal repairs and clean -outs, payment to the Town of Goderich for fire protection and Sanitary Land Fill agreement., , Tax write-offs of nearly $700 total were approved because of property assessment changes brought about through house trailer removals and farm building demolitions. Road superintendent, Ron Durnin, . reported that im- provement construction work and gravelling of the township road between lots5 and 6, Concession Lake Road West, was complete except for minor areas. He said that T.M.&T. Construction of Bluevale was finishing up the repairs to the: pond wingwall at Benmiller and that full traffic use has now been restored to the bridge at the pond. T.M.&T. Construction has. completed installation of a by-pass culvert on the Lamb Drain at the township road culvert between Block E and dot 1, Concession 4 WD and . the township is now awaiting the arrival on-site of Reeves Construction,Mount Forest, which will be driving sheet steel piling in the course of the drain below the culvert in the road to prevent further erosion and damage to the road and culvert. 'The tender submitted' by John Cox of R.R. 2 Wingham for the supply of truck with plow and wing, driver and wingman, at a price of $30.73 per hour and 12 per day stand-by, was aL•cented for the 1981-82 winter season. Tenders were also received from Keith Nicholson of R.R. 2 Bluevale and John McKercher of R.R. 2 Bluevale. A 'delegation from, the Canadian Foresters, Court Benmiller, comprised of Ken Sowerby, Chief Ranger, and members Frank Flick, Leonard Fisher and Dan Willis, appeared to discuss with council plans for future development of the Foresters ball diamond where it abutts thetownship parkland located between the Foresters property and the Peter Ivey subdivision. It was agreed that the priorities of this project would be the removal of some of the poplar trees along the third base side of the ball diamond to allow levelling and enlargement of the diamond on that side; the planting of a buffer zone of trees next to the Ivey sub- division boundary; and the plowing, levelling and seeding of the parkland. The Foresters will take the proposal to their members and work parties will be set up to try to get some of the work done this fall. Harold Glenn appeared. before council and. reported on an ice build-up problem in the spring time on the Maitland River below the Highway 25 bridge at Auburn. Council advised him .that the ice has usually built up against the remains of an old dam at that point for many years but said that they were not aware of any major problems. In any event, the dam is privately owned and not within council's jurisdiction. It was suggested to Mr. Glenn that he see the owners of the dam regarding his problem. Delegates were nominated to attend the annual con- ference of the Ontario Good Roads , Association, 1982 convention to take place in Toronto February 22 to 24 and a.delegate will be sent to the Public Service Liason Committee conference to be held November 7 -if it is determined that topics of discussion at the conference would have beneficial ap- plication to the municipality. As in past years, the township will participate in the memorial services and wreath laying at the Cenotaph.on The Square on November 11. Leonard Fisher was nominated today the wreathfor the township, Mrs. Aileen MacGregor tendered her resignation as part-time clerk -typist at the township office. effective BUY OR LEASE THE CANONNP2OO NOW _ NM 15 t Ile woridT smallest Hair paper r :pier delivering bis; 11" x 1/" r. OpiCS of super b rltrality The NP200 fe.fti fres ht e,rkthrot Kill to( hnology, in( It (iing rIry toner revel :ping, fibre optics, flat patch paper feed and speed . up to 20 ( ()pies a mini ite This is the roj)ier for your offer e if you want more copier in less spa( e And, for a lir 'ted time only,' you'll receive a bonus with your lease or our( [lase . the astonishingly versatile Canon FC. 810 desktop r ,�Ic t iI.ttr�r, whir h f(vitures up to 20 pairs Ar f metric Conversions pit is dual display' sk about tore Canon NP200 - and the honts F( 810 (al( ulator today Gallon 200 NP ...ANDCETA CANON FC -810 CALCULATOR BONUS! .. �, ... eip - -Huron. Business: :chines - 50 ALBERT ST., CLINTON PHONE 482-7338 SALES AND SERVICE October 16, 1981. Her resignation was accepted with regret by council who directed that an ad- vertisement be placed in the Signal -Star for applicants for the vacant position. In considering a request that chairs and tables from the townshipcommunity hall be available to the public by rental, council reaffirmed that its policy would continue to be that items of furniture from the hall would notbe rented out. The meeting was ad- journed to the next regular scheduled meeting at 8 p.m. on October 20. Planning dept. gets grant Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister, Claude Bennett, announced that community planning study grants valued at 864,126 have been allocated to nine Ontario municipalities. The grants are designed to assist riunicipalities and planning boards in preparing official plans and zoning bylaws or in bringing them up to an acceptable level The Huron County Plan- ning Department was one of the recipients and the grant of *10,363 will be used for the formation of an official plan for the Township of Tuckersmith. The grants can also be used to prepare zoning bylaws to finance planning programs and for planning studies. The grants are allocated as ' part ,of the Ministry's objective of helping municipalities and planning boards prepare sound planning programs. If you're NEW IN TOWN and don't know which way Po turn, call the lieTCOPIAin hostess o+534.7165 You'll be clad you did ,