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GODERICHSIGNALSTAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10,1983
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Making sure everything is in top-notch condition are
Inspectors David Brooks (lying on the ground) and
Clair Deveulle (left) of the Ministry of Tran-
sportation and Communications. The safety checks
were conducted an Wednesday and Thursday of last
week after report notices were issued. This year's
check saw 43 cars rejected, 15 removed from the
road, three accepted and 13 people turned in their
license plates because they didn't want to bring
their cars to the safety check. A total of seven
charges were laid by the O.P.P. and the Goderleh
Police Force. The checking of the cars was held at
the arena parking lot this year due to the fact that
there was more room and it was safer, according to
Rick Livesey of the Goderich Police Force. (photo
by Anne Narejko)
Board expresses objection at hearing
By Stephanie Levesque
Loss of provincial funding added to an already
large vacancy in Huron County public schools, leaves
the Huron County Board of Education opposed to the
building of a Christian high school near Wingham.
In one of his first public duties, newly -appointed
director of education Bob Allan spoke for the board at
an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing in
Goderich do Aug. 2.
The OMB is considering an appeal by the East
Wawanosh Township council and some of its
residents regarding the Huron County Land Division
Committee's decision to approve a 7.9 acre severance
from 140 acres owned by Lloyd Hutton Real Estate of
Kincardine. The land is located about a half mile
south of the intersection of highways 4 and 86.
The board is also considering a request for a zone
change for the site from residential and restricted
agriculture to institutional.
An agreement of purchase between Hutton and the
Winghamand District Interdenominational Christian
High School Society depends on the outcome of the
OMB hearing. If the go-ahead is given, the society
plans to construct a high school for approximately 80
to 120 students. The president of the society, Dr. John
Vanderkooy of Harriston, said students would be
drawn from the present elementary Christian schools
in Clinton, Lucknow and Listowel.
"The Huron County Board of Education opposes
the proposed severance and zone change application.
The board bases its opposition on its understanding
that the purpose of the severance is to permit the con-
struction of a school," Mr. Allan told the OMB.
Explaining the financial effect on the school board
of the potential loss of secondary school students, Mr.
Allan noted that in 1983 the board received $2,978 per
secondary school student.
"This means that for each secondary school stu-
dent who leaves a school operated by Huron County
Board of Education, the board's secondary school
ceiling for recognized ordinary expenditure is reduc-
ed by $2,978. If 10 secondary school students leave,
the secondary ceiling is reduced by $29,789," said the
director.
The actual provincial dollars lost by the board
would be $17,868 for the 10 students as the province
pays about 60 per cent of the board's revenue. Com-
pounded to the reduction of provincial funding is the
board's long -touted fixed costs such as building
maintenance.
"Many of the costs with which the board deals are
fixed and the loss of the 10 suggested (hypothetical)
students results in a very insignificant reduction in
expenses. Thus the board's only option is to shift a
larger portion of its operating cost to the local
ratepayer. In a very practical sense, then, every
ratepayer m Huron County would end up supporting
this school. Therefore, the board feels an obligation to
all the ratepayers of Huron County to appear in op-
position to this application," said Mr. Allan.
Mr. Allan also pointed out the vacant spaces
already in Huron County schools. With the potential
to house 15,681 students in its 24 elementary and five
secondary schools, there was, as of Sept. 30, 1982, on-
ly 10,522 students. The secondary schools in Huron
could hold up to 5,985 students but in September of
last year housed only 3,979 students. Enrolment is
projected to decline again this fall.
"The Board of Education is of the opinion that the
best interests of all Huron County ratepayers and, in-
deed, of all residents of the province are best served
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Wife char ed
in death
of husband
A 48 year-old Goderich woman has been charged
with second degree. -murder in the stabbing death of
her husband Goderich police said Monday.
Doris Noreen Evenshen of 313 Cambridge Street,
Goderich faces the second degree murder charge in
the death of her'husband, Myron Evenshen, 44. Police
said Myron Evenshen died after being rushed to
Alexandra Marine and General Hospital about 8:30
p.m. Sunday after apparently being stabbed with a
knife.
The murder charge was laid after local police were
called to the Evenshen Cambridge Street home at
approximately 8.20 p.m. Sunday to investigate a
domestic dispute.
Doris Evenshen appeared in provincial court in
Goderich Monday and was remanded in custody until
Monday, August 15.
Free rabies
clinics will
be offered
Dog and cat owners in Huron county should take
advantage of free anti -rabies vaccination clinics
throughout the county starting Sept. 12 to help control
the problem in the area, says Dr. W. J. Thompson, of
the Food Production and Inspection - Branch of
Agriculture Canada in Seaforth.
Since January this year, there have been 54 con-
firmed cases of rabies, a virus disease which has
been a problem in Huron since the mid 50s. Spread
from one animal to another or to a human by biting or
contact of saliva with a break in the skin, rabies is
usually fatal in all warm-blooded species.
Since dogs and cats are in closest contact with
humans, it's important to have pets vaccinated, says
Dr. Thompson.
If bitten or scratched by a suspected rabid animal,
a person should first wash the wound with soap and
water being careful to shield the eyes, nose and
mouth from reflected spray, apply an antiseptic and
call a doctor. The local medical officer of health
should also be informed so the animal can be found.
Five vaccine inoculations over a period of a mond-,
are given to anyone bitten or scratched by an animal
known or suspected to be rabid.
Tips to avoid rabids include yearly vaccinations for
pets, caution with stray or wild animals, keeping pets
from roaming free and avoiding contact with dead
animals.
Clinics will be held in Seaforth on Oct. 4 from 2 p.m.
to 8 p.m. at the community centre, in Brussels on
Sept. 20 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the fire hall, and in
Hensall on Sept. 27 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the com-
munity centre.
Lake pollution grounds swimmers in Goderich area
The Huron County Medical Officer of Health posted
warning signs at Goderich Beach advising that
periodic pollution made swimming risky. Health
officials have been monitoring the water quality
daily for the nast month and readings have varied.
The source of the pollution is unknown but it is
concentrated in the Goderich area. Continued hot,
dry weather has been blamed in part for the poor
water quality. Since the warning was posted few
swimmers have tested the lake water. (photos by
Dave Sykes
A combination of continued hot weather and lack of
rainfall has forced local health officials to warn
residents against bathing in Lake Huron.
For the past week, signs have been posted along the
Goderich Lakeshore advising people not to swim in the
lake because of periodic pollution. Despite the hot,
muggy weather, swimmers have not taken any
chances.
Ed Harrison of the Huron County Health Unit said
the warning signs were posted last Wednesday
warning swimmers of periodic pollution. While the
bacteria count in the water samples has been ex-
tremely high at times, the tests have varied
throughout the past month.
"We are warning people about periodic pollution
because water tests have varied over the past month.
People are advised to bathe at their own risk," he
said. "The extreme hot weather an lack of
significant rainfall has concentrated the pollution."
The pollution, while mainly centered around a
stretch of lakeshore at Goderich, has also reached an
area south to Blacks Point Road in Goderich
Township. The source of the pollution, though, is still
puzzling health officials.
"The effluent from the sewage treatment plant is
treated and the tests have produced good results so it
can't be blamed on the sewage plant," Harrison said.
"It is puzzling. We have had high counts and then the
readings are low and the source could be anything."
Two summers ago, county health officials posted
signs warning of water pollution at the Goderich
beach but the source was traced to the sewage
treatment facilities in Wingham. Discharges from
that plant made its way along the Maitland River to
Lake Huron.
Normally, the Huron County Health Unit monitors
the quality of water from Amberley to Grand Bend.
weekly during the summer months. Lately, in-
spectors are taking daily samples from Goderich and
having them tested.
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Star survey will
canvass readers
This week Signal -Star readers may get the op-
portunity to voice their opinions on many aspects of
the newspaper serving the community.
Signal -Star Publishing has commissioned an in-
dependent telephone readership survey which will
take place over the next several evenings. Phone
numbers were selected at random and students may
be calling you between 5 and 9 p.m. with a list of
questions. The survey only takes a few minutes of
your time and we solicit your co-operation in
responding. Over 300 questionnaires will be com-
pleted.
The results of the survey wW, ostensibly, point out
a number of readers' likes and dislikes and serve as
an indicator of readers° expectations. It is j -part of
a continued effort on behalf of the company to present
a more professional and accountable product to the
reader.
Students help with
town's traffic study
Local students have been hired this summer to
count traffic and record the movement of this traffic
for a study being conducted by M.M. Dillion and
Company Ltd. consultants of Toronto on behalf of the
Town of Goderich.
The results of this study will be presented in a final
report to town council at the end of the year and will
help determine what changes, if any, should be made
in problem traffic areas.
The main areas being studied are The Square,
several four-way stop intersections and the
Agricultural Park area (especially on race nights).
Parking and pedestrian movement is being studied as
well as the flow and direction of traffic.
Antique show will
be held at Centre
The sixth annual Antique Show and. Sale to be held
in the Bluewater Centre auditorium this Friday and
Saturday will be the last fund-raising event for the
Bluewater Volunteer Association. The Association
will disband m September because of the closure of
the Centre in November.
Over the years, the volunteers at Bluewater have
raised thousands of dollars, for the developmentally
handicapped residents who have lived there. They
have provided wheelchairs and other equipment,
installed a pool and developed a camp ground to
name just a few things.
The annual Antique Show and Sale has consistently
been one of the Association's most successful fund-
raising ventures, attracting some of southwestern
Ontario's finest dealers as well as large crowds of
browsers and buyers from the area.
Money from this year's event will be used to buy
parting gifts (such as luggage and watches) for
Bluewater's residents as they are transferred to
other institutions and community group homes. Some
of the money will also be contributed to an on-going
bursary fund for students taking courses in mental
retardation counselling.
Admission -to. the Antique Show and Sale is $1.
Hours are Friday 1 to 9 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Lunches, tea and coffee will be available.
INSIDE THE
SIGNAL -STAR
Marathon over
Sixteen -year-old Andrew Carruthers recently
finished his third marathon. This one took him from
Owen Sound all the way to Orlando, Florida in 17
days. For this story, as well as a story on the Blyth
slowpitch tournament held last weekend, look in the
Recreation section.
Play reviews
Two play reviews can be found in the entertainment
section of this paper, one by Joanne Buchanan on the
Innocent and the Just, a drama which is playing at
the Blyth Summer Festival, and one by Darrell
Kloeze on How the Other Half loves, a comedy
playing at the Huron Country Playhouse in Grand
Bend.
Special events
The Recreation Department has been holding special
events for the children throughout the summer to
keep them from getting bored, and it seems to have
worked. Inside this section of the paper is a picture of
the face painting event which was held on Friday, as
well as a list of upcoming events.
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