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his face 'obvious thitt' the • "t,rises Inthreedivisions the three division winners'.
wrestliOng-toUrnanient at the Duke of Bedford Betel were all from oat -of -town and well versed on the art
Saturday took the whole thing Seriously. 'And so did_ • ()f arm tvrestling. (photo by Dave Sykes)
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If• the Ontario Municipal -Board (OMB) gives its
permission,, the circular area of the Square in
Goderich, will be designated • as aL_klsritp_ge_Cont.
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Initally, the OMB. was asked to approve by4a*
,n0.2-1982 which designated the whole area bordered
by Nelson, Victoria and Waterloo Streets and Elgin
• Avenue.
But at an OMB hearing in Goderich on November
10, 1982 approximately 50 residents who lived in the
area which was under consideration, objected to the
proposal. Since there were objections, council asked
for the hearing to be adjourned in order to see if the
objections could be resolved.
At Monday night's council meetine council
members discussed the possibility of designating the
circular area of the Square and alloWing any property
owners who objecteilto beexcluded.
Town Solicitor, Dan Murphy explained that he felt
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date 4fittead it was just a moveto aceottin, A•e, a they Virilthe de" American on the' Pruen:dsf
ifie portion of the festivities." Cthe
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,antlicapped would 4fo'r•Raailshnweeristkfoihr'cloroiLthicSotuirioru,wbreiciaiiishio1/4,
meeting with the minister ,.' esday Was productive impact of th6 closures on the municipalities; 2. )the
this proposal might not satisfy the OMB. I can't see and fruitful.''''future of the residents, follow-up care in the tom.;
the OMB designating one part of the Square and not _ a er,,
P lin along with the mayorsItnif Brockville,... munities and the. long-term financial liability of the
DO Aurfira'.i.Whitb St. ThmaielldArlijodstoclmunicipality and .3.)the proposed use of the closed
another. I would_expect_thelloardmouldconsiderthe_,1%t-tgt%„..:2,...___Tt , _-
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Deputy -Reeve Jim Britnell suggested that council ministry's proposed closure of the regional facilities While Drea made no firm promises, pekoe!' said ,
:developmentally an icappe inthose
communities.. ort,, of theministry'sminister and the nature of those discussions will be
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. ,, she was granted a 45 -minute private meeting with the
examine three different proposals. The first proposal forthe'
five-year plan to deinstitutionalize residents and divulged at a later date. Palmer said she will
provide community -like settings In group homes. impetz tne confidentiality of the meeting but said
Drea has insisted that cominunity siMport services statements made by Drea will "allay some fears".
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presented was to ask for only the circular area of the
Square to designated,
The .second proposal called.for West Street to be
included in the designation while the Third proposal
included the Square, West Street and the eight vista
properties.
Since some of the commercial property owners on
West Street and some of the vista property • owners
had objected to the plan in November, council
decided to ask the OMB to designate only the circular
portion Of the Square. However, it was also decided to
allow any commercial property owner on West Street
to be included if they wished.
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would be in place before one,resident was moved out Aslide program was presented to the mayors
of a government facility. The ministry expects to outlining the ministry's five-year program and long -
save over $23 million through the closures but has range plans. That slide presentation will be made
promised to pump $33 million back into the com- available to the municipality along with the
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munities to • provide support services for affected . ministry's guidelines and plans.
institution residents.• , . The ministry's five-vear plan implicitly states that
In a written report to council, Palmer said the residents of regional facilities for . the develop -
mayors expressed concern about the lick of corn- mentally handicapped will not be, moved into the
munication between the ministry and officials in the community until the support services are in place.
affected municipalities. The mayors suggested that Palmer said support services includes proper
workshop facilites, group homes . and recreation
e, opportunities.
The minister also told the mayors that services
required by ' local associations for the mentally
retarded will be funded by the ministry and only
••, residents from each respective county would be
placed in that county. Paltrier said'20i,residents at '‘
••••••••Bluewater Centre are from Huron County.
e 4, "••''' l• ,5 r With the elosiire of the regional centres and the
establishment of group homes, municipalities must •
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•have the proper Zoning in place so licences can be
issued. To that end, Goderich council has requested
• planning board to immediately begin working on a 004 ', 10170xtrer'
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zoning bylaw and to formulate guidelines for council
concerning group homes. 1 •
Pahner instructed members of council to per-
-•• sonally visit the two proposed sit s, 16 Elgin Avenue
West arid 79 Wellington Street, fo group homes.
. Goderich planning board lis called a public
meeting for Tuesday, MarcJi 8 to look into the
establishment of the two igroup homes in the
municipality.
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Goderich Little Theatre will present the Noel COWard
play Blithe Spirit for four days only beginning March
3 at Maellay Hall for dodo's. Directed by Juke Hill,
Blithe Spirit is a comedy about the two ghostly wives
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spirits. Members 4if the east Eadade Pat Kiago Gary Theca alit perform one she* nightly and egithild
Monter, Allison liallhlgvvarth, Ev MeDotiagho thiie is 810 t.*. (photo by Dave Sykes)
Unless the Huron County Industrial Training
Committee makes its voice heard potential gover-
nment funding for training programs will be 164,
That from Pat Newington the retiring chairman of
the Huron Training Committee who was largely
repsonsible for the group's success in enticing '
government funding for local training programs. But
before a meagre representation of Huron County
business and industry in Goderich Thursday,
Newington admitted that the six-year old committee
had reached a turningpoint,
"The purpose of the committee is to tulvise of
training and funding for Skills development and the
government has decided that committees can meet
the needs of industry," he said, "We need a wider
representation of industry need in Huron but if we
don't support the committee it will be allowed to die."
The former general manager of Ex -C6114 Cor-
poration Ltd. leaves the committee to pursue a fie*
Career in London, but hi* departing words urged
business and Waldo * itil leadersIn the interest
of nurturing a stable economic climate in the county,
"Mdustry in Huron has trained its own people in the
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Carnival time
The Goderich Figure Skating Club held its Ice
Nicks '83 show on Saturday, February 26. Members of
the club presented a two ,hour show which not only
entertained the audience, but also demonstrated
what the various club members had learned during
the past year.
Growing sport
Windsurfing is one. of Canada's fastest growing
Sports and Goderich residents may be able to learn
all about it, thts sultan& if all goes according to
plan, Tory McDonald of Goderich will be opening a
windsurfing school. This week, Signal -Star reporter*
Joanne Boohooed talkedto McDonald about the sport
and her plena for the.sehool. The story appears on
page 6 of the Recriatiounage.
Powelis hormirecl
Last week the brattiiies, Girl Guid •, Heavers,
Cubs and Scouts Celebrated Lord and Lady Baden.
Powell's birthdays. Mogi Of theweek's Celebration
the cubs held a *tub Kar tally at the Sitticoatt Mall
and the BrOwnies and Guides dressed up in In.
ternational costumes. Natant at the various ac-
tivities appear throughout the pipet.
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