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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-06-15, Page 1age,. an ente risen trader b ee oilier hauled one from the 1 a4 4otruet a stonebuitdin¢ to ~makmSbi lire . ....ter And aarde�1 thestructure._.y. ! x ansportation for s toG!aderich fromthis Sovth;Street-location.. The buabtaa'stncM beenrenion�l as Fall e s Livery stable but. it has housed*, diversity of trades andFreVided for a myriad of local needs. But it took the tion an. to of aof u dvin als u indi to save the historic bd fro..�demolition~in 1978 and.the inspiration of local. architect Nick Hill led to an ambitious and grandiose campaign to restore the blinding, When The Livery officially opens as a multi -use community facility this Saturday at 3 p.m. it will mark the culmination of years of planning, disap- me. rene.c . tine Haim ants, .,...urea o�' .. nts,t�►. bard work, , reject of the � v .. �' foes;' behind .i m • One d� he .: .�. 9, wthe . DQ .. pII ._. is .stili same h at rotl�v .�, at finished prodttet, "1 can't believe.% It'sbeen such a struggle sjnce1978," she said. '4We. ba: nothing In mind for the bJuilding then but just didn't want it torti was pro nosed idea dcreatea - do Later the 1' >soae.. to community theatre, the Performing Arts Foundation wasformed and money was raised for the paa ant." Things didn't exactly proceed in .a smooth and progressive manner from the point of concept .to finished product but Dorothy is proud to point outthat The Livery "will be a delightful facility." This Saturday marks the official opening of The Livery and members of the Foundation invite' everyone to attend and relive a day out of the 1860s. Several dignitaries will be taken on an historic tour of 135 YEAR -24 0 ,town, by hers awnsa at 1' p;1 n, and t uB :... Cere1i'lOi►Yiri : ". ly d g the velli; c h .bFoi�.,. t'ibli.lu�. ,l�eld, t 3 p.m. 1, Subsequent to the open ceremonies and speeches, theyy��c is invitedtolm open reception in ' The Livery after' pm, Stagpersonality Ted Johns, will be the master, • of cerein ..., es for two variety S tu, cones atLure a _.. •da The, Senn* even its Livery .. thfirst he secdn st beto7 .a t at m aaaad _ follow at �9" $��P p,ain Several talentedHu ron County groups and *- formers will provide the evening entertainment. Among those scheduled toe ,, , . are the Seaforth p Harmony Kings,a Goderich Mime Troupe, the MOP uP , M+srY Lynn Telford Dancers, the Mcuaed Sisters, the No Note Town Jug, Band, Eugene Bradley and friends, Colleen Maguire, Phil Main and Mona Gleason and Ann Coulter. Tickets are $5,and are availat4e at The Livery. The e restoration of the Livery was a c ative andthat i r . ,iii tha . 1tI! v �► e�'oi°� ... �..� doh f. >i� �t..ate citizens aid' 0,4anitaslions. coupled with; numerous, cgao.r v..eernr.,. e � rants pr o vide d the f i n a. nc es: re a l r edaSeet ries will take in the,o Sort s.m, rePreseutl!1B vnrl.av&lsa and d branches. 4..ggoverien Tha guests include; Richard Mrt iner4ftle, trY f Citizenship Culture; BettyCardno, Ontario Heritage Faun - dation; Murray Cardiff, MP Huron -Bruce,; Jacck. Sedtho' MPPd Huron-Middlesex; t -Middlesex; Mrs. A,lt. Ham, president of Architectural Conservancy of Ontario; Melanie McLaughlin, Ministry of Tourism and Recreation; Naomi Lightbourne, Ontario Arts round; Elaine Haggardy, Ontario A rts Co ncf• Mayor Eitgen Pahier and mersof Goderich town council andJean-Yves Leduc, a consultant with the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture may also attend. GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1983 50 CENTS PER COPY Small fry frolic at fair It's not often when your mother takes you shopping and instead of riding the coin operated horse inside the mall, you are allowed to ride a futuristic air- plane or a carousel. But last week many children in - Goderich were delighted to try the midway at Suncoast Mall. The rides, games and food con= cessions were brought to town by the Mall mer- chants. Organizers hope the event can take place again next year.(photos by T.Marr) iberaitask Force assesses problems By D. Hloeze A provincial task force setup to assess problems in rural municipalities held its firstmeeting in Goderich last Wednesday June 8. Judging by the scope of the presentations given to the panel of six Liberal members of the provincial legislature, the task force will have quite;some job in store when it comes time to writh its report. . - The committee heardireporte fconit1l delegations, from town and township coutidils, from unions and .frornthe untyboard to aswire repea` *earns were presented that the other hearings to businesses, fron :far tiers ofeducatien� Although many throughout the day to the task force. AO be held across the pro wzdl be equally fruitful, the committee/will have a lot of: information to assimilate for its final report. Among the variety of subjects brought up et the meeting were,included: harbour facilities at Goderich, tax. rebates on farm land, waste disposal sites, education grants, farm foreclosures, absentee" ownership of farm land, alcohol and drug use, am- bulance and hospital services, and many others. A fairly comprehensive overview of Huron County was presented during the course of the day. The speakers were not necessarily only telling their problems to the task force; most of them were describing the major concerns of their organization or community. _...-_- The task force was announced last February by provincial opposition leader David Peterson in a/ speech given to the association of municipalities in Ontario. Eight Liberal MPP's are assigned to hold hearings at least twice in each of, nine zones in Ontario. The chairman is John Eakins (Victoria-Haliburton), and the panel includes Jack Riddell (Huron -Middlesex) and Murray Elston (Huron -Bruce). The other members present in Goderich were Herb Epp (Waterloo North), Robert McKessock WON and Gordon Miller (Haldimand-Norfolk). Jack Riddell said after the hearing was completed that he was very pleased with the quality of the presentations the task force heard that day. He said the panel had expected to hear some of the problems, such as that municipal councils were suffering because of reductions in provincial transfer payments. Farmers' difficulties was another important theme of the day that the MPP's must have been an- ticipating. A lot of the concerns mentioned by the delegations, certainly . were. not new to the MPP's, as they con- cerned grants and programs either already in effect or proposed by the government. Most of the speakers were people like township reeves or agricultural representatives that are in regular contact with their MPP's, making them aware of their concerns. Far. example, a delegation of farmers came to voice their opposition to proposed tax rebates on farm land, sentiments which have already been, made known to the minister of agriculture and.tolotil; MPP's .o ne; i � su> prix 'ta ie cc`git 'to ` ' s " ell, was Dorothy% Wallsee's'. statement the Board of Education was•forced to close a machine shop in the Clinton high. school. The panel was concerned that technical courses were being cut when Ontario companies were still im- porting skilled workers. A lot of questions were raised about the practicality of government grants. Murray Elston summed up the general -feeling of the day, saying, "People don't mind raising money for services they, have planned, but they sure don't like, paying for programs in which they don't participate." This was especially clear in the speech given by the Reeve of Exeter, William Mickle. He said Exeter takes advantage of few programs for which they pay a lot of tax money. Dorothy Wallace also voiced another common concern about government grants, wondering who would fund such programs as French immersion education after they had been established by government grants. John Eakins, the chairman of the committee, said in his opening remarks that the role of an opposition party in government is not simply to criticize, but it must offer positive recommendations. The report written ,by the task forcewill be used in the Legislature to offer alternatives to government programs. -Riddell -repeated -these-sentiments; -saying, "No party is effective if they criticize without suggesting alternatives:" He said experience has shown that opposition recommendations are usually in- corporated by the party in power, although it may take a period of up to three years. Examples of the above- include Liberal task forces on education, highway safety, and most recently on health. The members of the task force hope to finish their hearings and have the report written by February 1984, a year after it was first announced by Peterson. Delegations make Their concernskn�wn at hearing The first hearing of the Liberal task force on rural municipalities, held in Goderich on June 8, saw a number of delegations from the Goderich com- munity. The first to speak to the panel -of provincial MPP's was Mayor Eileen Palmer. The mayor spoke about the effect the closure of the Bluewater Centre would have on the Goderich area, as the town "provides a number of employees to Bluewater." Mayor Palmer said the government had been making efforts to find other jobs for .all the professional staff at the centre, including nurses and counsellors. But all the housekeeping and main- tenance staff were not being given the opportunity to find jobs elsewhere. Mayor Palmer then explained the other major concern for the Goderich town council, namely, the question of development of the harbour facilities. She told the task force that of the three sites on Lake_ Huron now proposed.for harbour expanseo i, a report has indicated that Goderich is the most feasible Place. She said, "It is imperative that we encourage new industry," and a bigger harbour would help to en- courage that industry. Her feelings were echoed by other speakers who came from Goderich. Ivan McConnell, of Goderich Elevators, explained tlialgbt now the elevators cannot load to a seaway He said that often they cannot load a boat to capacity because a shift in the wind could mean the boat would not be able to leave Jack Brady, from Domtar Chemicals, said the salt mine is also dependent on transportation for shipping its product, and a better harbour ..would benefit the whole community. The task force promised to review the harbour situation. Jack Riddell, MPP for Huron -Middlesex, said after the meeting that the decision from the federal government as to whether the Goderich harbour will be chosen for expansion will probably come within the next two weeks. The other two delegations from Goderich came from union workers. Guy Robinson, president of the local chemical workers' union, was concerned with Manpower training programs, saying that some people were taking advantage of apprenticeship programs to pass the time and to draw benefits, in courses where there were no jobs. Jahn Stanbury,. vice-president of the local machinist and aerospace workers' union for em- ployees mployees at Champion, said government grants were all right for the short term, but companies needed more grants for permanent. employment. He explained Champion's own situation, where in 1979 they had 930 workers, and today there are well under 400. He also said that some Champion workers were getting lay-off notices regularly each week, which doesn't help worker morale. Riddell said afterward that this was a surprise to the task force, and they would suggest updating the law in the legislature to prevent such loopholes. The Goderich Police 1C . Sarnia man and charged li . and . ande' a1c enter . , coon . 1 orp ..t � . ole. property. ) The arre st to ws .plseen �G41t-':-, h.e Saturday morning, after . rI: • discovered the man inside Joe BaYfield Road. Prior to -being arrested, f� ae l into the banding earlier-in-the d i token car. �. Chief Pat Ring also . , on Monday night a 1ba:, youth was charged i break ande t rg . wit ea.. .»wt. . 'end. h after he was discovered inside a resident's garage After the incident 'poke recovereda stolen. motorcycle on. South Dock Hill. Employees settle new contract 1 By Stephanie Levesque Non-union and Local 1428 of the n Union of Public Employees (CUPE) employees of the Huron County Board of Education will receiv five percent salary increases. The increases, reflecting the inflation restraint. legislation passed by the provincial government, were approved by the beard at its June p meeting. The non-union staff salary increases are as follows with 1982 figures in brackets: supervisor of financial services $37;485 ($35,700), plant manager $25,500 ($25,000), purchasing manager $24,255 ($23,100), transportation.. manager $24,255 ($23,100), financial assistant $18,375 ($17,500), bus drivers;$5,120 ($4,876), band instructor (Seaforth) $2,982. ($2,840), senior custodians range from $19,761 to $21,131 ($18,820 to $20,125), attendance counsellor $8.30 per hour (W.90 per hour), elementary schools part and full wane custodians range from $5,985 to $32,130 ($5,706` to $30,600). CUPE clerical -secretarial staff received a 41 cent across the board increase. The hourly rate ranges from $7.35. to. $8.41. The audio-visual technician received a 53 cent salary increase bringing the hourly rate up to $11.31. Middel appointed acting manager The Goderich Public Utility ion an- nounced this. week ttlat Evert Mi del has been ap- pointed 'acting manager of • th utility for the remainder of 1983. Middel a line superintendent with the PVC, was . elevated to the managerial positionafter former manager Al Lawson announced his retirement.eff.,. bijou Murphy of the dcmmission, expnamed t iatthe public body is_obligated to advertise.the position and_ be: anticipated,- that Lawson's s ccessor would be selectedin Decemb and a the position in =tiff . ,... � �d � c`M�- x . r,• ;,. � fir' " .pct„„ ~ �`� L -d-, TAR Mini modellers The Sky Harbour Modellers Club hosted its annual Fun Fly this past weekend at the Bluewater Centre. The Goderich club, which has 20 members, invited other model plane enthusiasts to conte andshow off their planes. Some of the models which were on hand cost the owners anywhere from $50 to $200. Pictures of the event appear inside the first section. Student labour This week is Hire -A -Student Week, and the Signal- Star in co-operation with the Canada Employment Centre for Students has prepared a number of ar- ticles to help promote student employment. Look in the first. section for stories on the jobs some area people first had, as well as the jobs some students are now working on in Goderich. Good tourney The third annual Goderich Women's °Fastball Tournamgnt took place this weekend and saw 24. teams competing foe $1,800 in prize money. For the third year in a row St. Marys Little 1! ills took the "A" title while Newmarket Dixon Pencil won the "8" division. The story and pictures appear on the front page of the Recreation section.