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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-06-29, Page 1d I.k.pp.rada Day I YEAR -48 NAL - STAR GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29,1983 • • • As the prolonged heat spell lingered into its second week, everyone was trying to find a way to keep cool. One of the obvious benefits of living on the lake is_thata.refreshiag qui minutes away. With school out these youngsters languished on the beach for the afternoon and managed to have fun while keeping cool. (photo by tlyds;iaakHurorrisjust r DaveSykea),:,, Town receives $200,000 ONIP grant Municipal Affairs and Bennett announced this Goderich will receive a Ontario Neighbourhood (OMP). Housing Minister, Claude week that the town of $200,000 grant under the Improvement ' Program Under the terms of reference for the ONIP program, the province contributes 50 per cent towards the cost of neighbourhood improvements including roads, sidewalks, parks, community centres and recreational facilities. Administrator Karry McCabe said the allocation is fin line with what was anticipated by the municipality. The town will also contribute $200,000 to ..the ONIP fund for work on the west side of town. It will be phased over a number of years. one component of the towns application involved using a portion of the monewfor the HuronCounty Pioneer Museum on North Street. McCabe said town and county officials will meet to discuss the proposal this week and if the town proceeds with work at the museum, a decision will be required by Wednesday, July 8. In addition to Goderich, 65 other Ontario com- munities will benefit from $12 million in ONIP grants. The program was launched in 1981 after the federal government cancelled the Community Services Contribution Program. Since then the province has provided $23.8 million to 76 municipalities. The Goderich project must be completed within four years and grants will be allocated in in- stallments. 50 CENTS PER COPY Canada Week festivities begin The annual Founder's Day -Canada Day celebrations begin this weekend and judging by the impressive list of activiti+s, the festivities offer something for everyone. The celebrations begin Thursday with the fourth rendition of the Goderich antDistrict Optimist Club's Music Festival and Friends;: The festival opens at the Optimist Riverside Park just off Maitland Road at 2 p.m. and entertainment begins at 4. p.m, with the „popular Bruce County Grass group. Optimist Club president ' Jim Mohring said this year's music festival features over 30 hours of rock, jazz, country, popular and bluegrass entertainment from Thursday afternoon : until the dose of the festival at 1 a.an. Sunday. The popular Kenny Miller band from Detroit will provide the final two hours of entertainment at the festival. The dub, in co-operation with the town has made many improvements to the new park and proceeds wrll be the ram date. This year's show promises to be from this, and future music festivals, will be used for bigger than previous fireworks displays and $2,000 the erection of a permanent band shell fir( the park. 'has been spent for the display. Most of the activity is centred around "Canada Day, On p.m. Friday and the 40 entries a °re asked to iorm up on Elgin Avenue by 1.15 p.m. for judging. The parade will proceed on South Street to the Square, on The Square to West Street to Wellington Street and back to Elgin Avenue. Following the parade, the town of Goderich and the Legion will host a civic cermony in Courthouse Park. Goderich mayor Eileen Palmer and _Bay City mayor Mark Slogar will take part along with Legion executive members, the warden of Huron County and federal and provincial political representatives. Huron County judge F.G. Carter will act as master of ceremonies. The Canada Day -Founder's Day festivities will be topped off with a giant fireworks display from the south pier at 10 p.m. Police chief Pat King said it may be 10.15 p.m. before the fireworks get underway depending on the conditions and added that Saturday Friday, July 1. Members of Branch 109 of the Royal Canadian Legion will be hosting members of Post 18, Bay City, Michigan over the weekend and several events are planned The Lounge will be open Friday and entertaimnent will be provided from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at no charge. Also on Friday, ' the Goderidi Lions Club will be hosting their popular annual Canada Day breakfast and beef barbeque. While the meals have traditionally been served in Courthouse Park, this year the club will hold both events in Lions Harbour Park off West Street. The annual Founder's Day Parade is set to go at 2 • ay, July 2 the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 205 will host a Fly -In Breakfast at the Goderich Municipal Airport from 8 a.m. to noon. Several aircraft will be on display - There will be entertainment in the legion lounge from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and a Western Night dance will be held in the Jubilee Room. Music is supplied by the Country Companions and prizes will be awarded for the most authentic dress. On Sunday the Legion Ladies Auxiliary will host a friendship breakfast in the Jubilee Room from 9 to 11 a.m. The cost is $2.75 for adults and $1.75 for children. Legion members will also host a friendship Levee in the lounge from 3-7 p.m. / • 11 slurs d ay. For the past few years.. the Canada Week celebrations in Goderich have been synonymous with good times and good music. While Canada Week offers a myriad of activities for the whole family the Goderich and District Optimist Club Music Festival and Friends augments the weekend celebrations. This year, the fourth rendition of the club's music festival promises to be the best yet. Beginning Thursday, June 30 and carrying on through Saturday, July 2 the festival features 10 separate musical groups and performers offering more than 30 hours of bluegrass, jazz, rock, folk and country music. The festival caters to a variety of musical tastes, offering something for everyone over the three-day festival. While the festival originated in Harbour Park,it has found a new and comfortable home in Optimist Riverside Park along the banks of the Maitland River. The park, created by club members in co- operation with the town of Goderich, provided a most suitable location for the three-day festival. Improvements to the park have been ongoing over the year and Optimist Club past president, Ray Frydrych, said that while the club has made efforts to trim expenses, this year's festival will be the best yet. "We have less members in the dub this year and we've had to pull together,” he said. "But we're far better organized." ' The club hopes that profits generated by the Metric shopping comes to Goderich By D. Kloeze Goderich is going metric, but nobody seems to be too concerned about the fact that it is finally coming for good. By the end of this week, most stores in the area should be weighing their produce in grams and kilograms. Although shoppers may have mixed opinions a bout the changeover, store managers seem relatively unconcerned. A good deal of canned and prepackaged food has already been 'sold in metric units for several years. Now all items individually weighed in stores will be done so in metric. This represents the last stage of Canada's conversion to world -standard metric measures of all kinds. To the consumer, this means items such as meat, cheese, fruit, and vegetables will be weighed in grams and kilograms. Store managers will be required to either change over their scales to weigh in the metric units, or buy new scales which can do so. For Ray Hurd at Zehrs the changeover does not present too many problems. His scales can be switched over to metric units simply by changing some boards in the circuitry_ A&P's scales can be changed just as easily. Jack Hinton, A&P manager, thinks that converting to metric is no problem. '`Basically the stuff is going to cost exactly the same," he says. "If you paid $6 for a steak before it's still going to cost $6." Jim Shanahan of Foodland agrees. Although Shanahan had to buy a new scale for his produce department, he's not at all angry about the con- version. He plans to keep an old scale in the store so people can compare pounds to kilograms. About the shoppers, Shanahan says, "I would recommend that they just forget the old system." Max Cutt of Red and White had to buy three new metric scales. He beat the deadline and installed them about three weeks ago. Cutt says the new scales are no problem, and customers just shrug when they are confronted by the metric units. The new system is easier to use, once you get used to it, says Cutt. Although stores are allowed to mark prices both per pound and per kilogram until the, end of December,, Cutt plans to be marking only metric prices by the end of the summer."' Marking both prices, he says, is too confusing. If there is any real opposition to the conversion, it is coming from the shoppers. A government representative came to area stores last week to ex- plain to shoppers'what the changeover entails. Turn to page 2 • Turn to page 2 • Elevator will spend $500,000 on dust control measures The Goderich Elevator Company announced at its annual shareholders' meeting Tuesday that the company will spend over $500,000 within the current fiscal year on the installation of dust -control equip- ment Company -director Dan Murphy made the an- nouncement at the 85th annual meeting of Goderich Elevator shareholders at The Livery Tuesday. Murphy told the shareholders that the directors proposed spending $500,000 within the current fiscal year to continue to update dust control measures at the elevator. - "We are living in a consumer oriented societjr and while people might have complained a few years ago, today they are encouraged to register their com- plaints with a government agency," he said. "It is wise for the company to stay in the forefront of dust control and while it is not an easy job it is one that I fully support." Suggesting that the company must be mindful of problems relating to pollution, president George Parsons explained to the shareholders that the company has spent almost $1 million on dust control over the past 10 years. Almost $350,000 will be spent for ground -level da tional $50,000 will elevator enn` to ttiidy two emiraan nd at elevator one." The dust control equipment will be ordered and may be in place by fall, Parsons said adding that all the work will be completed within the next eight months and financed through investments. In his annual . report to the shareholders, Parsons eaplarneti ths�,eapeitdi r s control quip - inert Were f n'e"d bocailse`of 'i ' sion of loading facilities. The company is also investigating the feasibility of constructing elevator facilities at Hamilton Harbour. INSIDE THE SIGNAL -STAR Karen Thurlow, of Goderieb, listens to a spokesman from Metric Commission Canada explaining the metric system. The government representative was in town last week to prepare stores and shoppers for d all items that are inddvidually%efghed will now be a changeover to mettle. Stores will be changing purchased on a metric basis. (photo by Darrell their sealea'to weigh in krauts and kilograms, and Kloeze) Tennis tourney Since the weather has become warmer both the Maitland Country Club and Sunset Golf Course have been busy with various events. At the Maitland this weekend an over 30 doubles tournament took place while golfers from Sunset competed in four tour- naments. The stories appear on page 3A of the Recreation section. Play reviews Last week the Huron Country Playhouse in Grand Bend and the Myth Summer Festival held their openings. At the BIyth opening a specially com- missioned play, Nobody's Child was presented while in Grand Bend, On Golden Pond was featured. Signal- Star reporter Joanne Buchanan attended both openings and her reviews appear on page 6A of the Recreation section. Things to do Two local recreation areas have planned en- tertaining events this weekend. Point Farms Provincial Park has planned activities for both children and adults. The Falls Reserve Conservation Area is offering activities for both campers and day users. The two stories about the long weekend events appearinside the Recreation section.