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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-09-29, Page 1the . O erich ST 134 YEAR -39 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1982 50 CENTS PER COPY Goderich man killed incrash Two people, including a Goderich businessman, were killed in a head-on collision just west of Kit- chener early Thursday morning. Orland Ross (Dick) Taylor, 49 of Goderich, manager off the local Canadian Tire Store on Huron Road, died in St. Marys Hospital, Kitchener as a result of injuries sustained in the collision near St. Agatha. Police said that Taylor of 152 Warren Street, Goderich died after his 1982, Cadillac collided with a 1979 Oldsmobile driven by William John Robb, 45, of St. Agatha. Robb also died in the accident. A passenger in the Taylor vehicle, Arthur Bour- deau,44, of 166 Bennett Street, Goderich, received minor injuries in the accident and was treated at hospital and later released. Kitchener OPP said the accident occurred at 12.40 a.m. on Highway 7 near Waterloo Regional Road 12. Taylor, who°was born in Crediton March 2,1933 was an active -member of -the Goderich Sailing Club -and -- - an adherent of North Street United Church. Funeral service was held at Stiles Funeral Home on Saturday and interment followed in Maitland Cemetery. Mayor to step down Mayor Harry Worsell has announced that he will run for the position of reeve in the November municipal election. last week the Signal -Star carried a story con- cerning the political intentions of members of council. At the tirhe, Mayor Worsell was non- , committal but suggested hewould seek a position on the next council. Mayor Worsell later divulged that he would run for reeve. Thannounce ent May bring forward a; ho,of candidates for the mayor's chair. Deputy -reeve Dob' Allen has alreadx�indicated he will run for either reeve or mayor and ouneillor Stan Profit said he had "thought about running for mayor." Only councillor Elsa Haydon has ruled out the possibility of running in the November 8 election. She has served on council for 12 years. All other members of council, Don Wheeler, Jim Se'arls,Jim Magee, John: Doherty and Glen Carey will seek re-election. The nominations for all positions ends October 18 and nomination papers must be filed with the town administrator at town hall on West Street. A day to reminisce. Two area farmers couldn't help but stop and chat about days gone by as they viewed numerous' tractors that were offered for sale by Bob Brindley at his Colborne Township farm Saturday. A large selection of antique parts, farm implements and tractors were offered at the one -day auction. The auction drew a large crowd of area residents The Livery Theatre has a great deal of potential that's the exact message that was conveyed audience at The Livery Sunday through a series of �...,.......: _,..._skits by, a„group _of_GDCII drama students and their teacher, Phil McMillan. The hoard of directors of The Livery has made several presentations to in - and and to an vited guests demonstrate the past few weeks, to adequately the potential of the historic building and to solicit funds to make the building 'a viable and attractive component of the core area of town. Uphotoby Dave Sykes) Six thefts reported to police Police investigated two motor vehicle accidents Last week. On Monday, September 20 at 0:30 p.m. a Hydro pole was snapped off after being hit by a car on Britannia Road. 'Damage was 81900. Then on Wed- nesday, September 22 at 9:50 a.m. a three car ac- cident at the corner of Bayfield Road and Bennett Street caused a total of $5400 damage. A break-in at a house on Cambridge Street was reported to, police on September 21. Nothing was stolen. There were also six other thefts during that week, including bicycles and tools, as well as one fraud and two incidents of mischief and wilful damage. Police made three arrests, laid nine criminal charges, two liquor charges and eight Highway Traffic Act charges and issued 51 warnings. and judging by the conversations, the antique tractors rekindled many fond memories for the farmers. (photo by Dave Sykes) Costs studied for hospital recovery room and day care BY JOANNE BUCHANAN A 'request from the Medical Advisory Committee for a new reeuvery room and day care area at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital was tabled at a hospital board meeting Monday evening until cost and design can be established. in lits report, Dr. Mario Gaucho, president of the medical staff, told the board that the recovery room is a very important area and a person's survivalfrom a major operation often depends on this area. "Our present recovery room facility is grossly substandard and this same.space is used as a storage area," he said. He explained that the day care area is an area where patients are cared for before and after minor surgery without being admitted to a regular hospital bed. . At present there is .no formal day care area in the hospital and patients are admitted ,to the Emergency Department for this purpose. Dr. Cauchi explained that this has created numerous problems such as added work load to an already busy Emergency Department; poot treatment of patients because of the' physical set up and the personnel structure; poor and dangerous nurding supervision because the nurses' main concern is treatment of frequently very ill emergency room patients; and poor and dangerous doctor supervision because day care patient$ are so far away from the anaesthetist who has to be in the operating room. Dr. Cauchi said the Medical Advisory Committee agreed that a new temporary facility should be established right away and hat thought should be given to building a more ideal permanent facility, perhaps on the Emergency Department roof. It was revealed that the setting up of a new tem - roomy day car would rete the number of chronic beds by two : and board member Richard Ottewell objected to this. "I'm worried that our original motion putting priority on chronic care is not being kept with," he said. Dr. David Walker $aid that priorities at the hospital often go in cycles. It was noted that at present; 10 extra beds being offered in a new addition at Maitland Manor are helping to alleviate the chronic. bed situation at AM&G. And day care procedures which are becoming more' cbmmon will cause an increased use of daY care facilities in the.near future. Board member Bob Dempsey said more long range planning wat needed. "The ribbon is not even.cut on one plan (ICU) and we've got another one on the board," he said. Dempsey also said he had always believed that the day care area would be part of the new ICU. However, he was informed that it wasn't part of the contract. "It's clear that we need to do some more homework on costs," said board member Dave Gower who then presented the motion to table the whole matter for further study. Rural residents will have to suffer without cable. BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUH Rural residents in Huron and Perth counties will have to continue to do without the benefits of cable television for now and the foreseeable future,.. ° Spokesmen from the five cable companies in the twacourithes-say expa i intotharuralarmOs.tm. expensive at this time. They indicated the nun4lier of potential customers is not great enough to justify in: curring expansion expenses. The current economic climate, along with the ex- pensive technological equipment needed, also deters the cable companies from expanding into the rural areas. "At the present time there is no economically viable wayof doing it, although technology down the road may make it possible," said Robert Wenger, secretary of Country Cable Limited which serves Listowel and Wingham in Huron and Perth counties. "Not with today's technology. It's too expensive," commented -Dort Stinson , general= .manager ,of both _ the Bluewater TV Cable Company Limited and Ex- Cen Cablevision Company Limited. "We would like to," added Jack Ward of Seafoith- Mitchell Cable TV. Rurall residents in Huron and Perth.: counties now receive, depending on their location, channel 13 Kit- chener, channel 10 London, channel 8 Wingham and Global on channel 6. The cabie companies do serve the urban centres with 12 channels. These channels provide customers access to CBC, CTV, Global, TV Ontario and several. American stations. Depending on the location of the cable company, the American stations are from Buffalo, N.Y . Erie, Penn. or Detroit, Mich. No cable company in the counties is able to transmit the Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) from the United States because they Turn topage 3• Special dition for graduation This week the Signal Star has something extra for you Presented in the form of a tabloid insert, the Signal- Star is again pleased to offer readers the annual GDCI graduation edition featuring individual photos of the Grade 12 and 13 high school graduates as well as photos of the award, scholarship and bursary winners. The individual awardazin recognition of scholastic achievement were presented at . the school's annual commencement exercises Friday evening in the GDCI auditorium. Due to space lirjtations, onlythe pictures of Grade 13 honors graduates and Grade 12 graduates, who haveleft GDCI, appear in the edition. The photos of, graduates who are enrolled in Grade 13 at GDCI this year do not appear but the names of those deserving students are listed on the back page of the sup- plement. We hope you enjoy the 1982 graduation edition. ITiJFFI plans public meeting Recent changes in government legislation to pro- vide aid to victims of urea..formaldehyde foam in- sulation have prompted the Huron County Huffi (homeowners with urea formaldehyde foam insula- tion) Organization to sponsor a public information meeting to be held in the Clinton High School on Mon- day, October 4, at 8:00 p.m. for residents of Huron and neighbouring counties. Special guests will include Ed Smee, president Huffi Ontario's Provincial Council and member of the national advisory council of UFFI. Mr. Smee will outline HUFFI Ontario and its role in current negotiations with the federal government. HUFFI has been instrumental in forcing the government to expand its aid program for foam victims and coun- tinues to explore other avenues towards its goal of "safe -saleable homes". Mel Swart, MPP Welland -Thorold, and provincial NDP consumer and corporate affairs critic, -will discuss his efforts to obtain aid on a provincial level. Mr. Swart has requested the Ombudsman of Ontario to investigate the Ontario Ministry of Health's refusal to act on behalf of homeowners experiencing health problems related to HUFFI. He has also released in- formation to the Ontario Fire Marshall's office in- dicating that at least one foam manufacturer knew of potential fire hazards associated with urea for- maldehyde foam insulations. Other topics for discussion will include the reduc- tions educetions in assessments on property values for tax pur- poses of homes insulated with UFFI. Murray Cardiff, MP Huron Bruce; Murray Elston, MPP Huron Bruce and Jack Riddell, MPP Huron - Middlesex will be in attendance along with represen- tatives from HUFFI organizations in neighbouring counties. Grant Chisholm, president of Huron County HUF- FI,-feels that this meeting is of -vital importance, to the health and welfare of all those living in homes in- sulated with UFFI and has planned a question and answer period to give people an opportunity to air their concerns. 4 . Yr"). .7, •'ruy::-r-o.i, *issR, INSIDE THE SIGNAL -STAR Exterior repair Four area students, working under a Canada Community Development Project (CCDP), are making repairs to the wall and roof of the Huron County Historic Gaol. The program, designed to provide jobs for local people that improve the com- munities in which they L've, is also aided by the ef- forts of Katimavik. The story and pictures appears inside. Burn t can Branch 109 of the Royal Canadian Legion observed Legion Week in Goderich with several -special -event& One of :the main attractions- was- the loam burning ceremony held Saturday evening. A picture and story appear in the first section. Hockey gets going This is the time of year for a change in seasons and sports is no exception. While the fastball finals will be decided by one game this Saturday, many athletes are gearing up for the beginning of the hockey season which also begins Saturday. Also, check the Recreation section for details of the Goderich Squash Club's opening day.