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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-06-19, Page 1,01111011,00. r 1M r0.11W ich L -STA 137 YEAR -25 rY GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1985 50 CENTS PER COPY Provincial Court Judge Gary Hunter takes the oath of office dur- ing swearing-in ceremonies supervised by Chief Judge KC. Hays and Huron County Judge F.G. Carter Friday. .fudge Hunter. who began his legal career as assistant crown attorney in Windsor, has served as Crown Attorney in Huron for the past seven years. He succeeds Judge William G. Cochrane to the hen - ch. I photos by Dave Sykes) Provincial Court Judge R. G. Hunter takes oath of office Pillow ung a ,uccessinn of Huron County orrrwn ,r Tvvs to the- ,. .-fiiif-io rrur- Jud e ti G. , Gary 1 Hunter was sworn in its Provincial Court .Fudge for the County ,f Huron at special ceremonies Friday. flu -7 lir ulnar, t'fnrf -JtnigeF;('. Hays rm Huron ('Hunt} Judk!e. F G. Carter presided •r the swearing-in ceremony in the punk nidal courtroom —Silos' , 1 e r Huucil appointing Hunter a Provincial c curt Judge. which was recommended by ttt,rney-General Hobert Welch, concurred urred by ('laude Bennett. Executive ( rnincil chairman and approved by 1 ir'utcnant Governor, John B. Aird on May K. l'18.i. Hunter took the oath of office and bath i,f allegiance. Ffi' Honour William G. ('ochrane. limier crown attorney for the County of lfuroi and Provincial Court Judge, assisted Hunter in putting on the judge's ('(lel-r((nc_,.. pptiin cid to the bench in__. 1977• by Hoy McMurtry. retired Noverii )er 28, 1984 .Judge Hunter was feted by his colleagues . and peers, all. of whore acknowledged his dedication to the arhninistratiori of justice and sense of fair play during . his seven- y ears as crown al tun net fnt`tl'ir-r7ittrtt - ('hief ,fudge F' C. Hays called un Daniel Murphy, Q.('., representing the Law. Society of Upper Canada: Alan .1. ;Mill. president of the Huron County 1,aw Association: Fletcher Dawson, representing the ('riminal Lawyers Association: a representative of the Provincial ,Iurlges Association. Criminal Division and .Fudge F' (;. Carter. to address the court. in his address to the court. Chief ,Judge F'.(:. Hays said ,Judge bunt. ; was left a --r ' let;ay. ttr the. adminikr:. 4�f-j•uat'ice. in Huron County and that succession from crown attorney to t19. provincial court bench followed a tr,r lrhon. Chief Judge Ifays &uggested U w _._an1y could look forward to many year, of capable, competent administration. Judge €l4 to AL_ bu..auui .cxa attorney for the county in 1",R. succeeding Judge ('ochrane, after spending three years as assistant crown Iii the city of Windsor. He ig a graduate r i i r,gnode Hall i.aw School. .Judge Hunter, who has bl , in Toronto observing court procedure' the past few weeks. lives in Goderich wail Iiis wife Bar- bara and two daughters. 't. i,nifer 12 and Alison, 6. Like the weather? It was worse in June 1933 It's rather fashionable to complain about the weather. But considering the weather to date, peo- ple M have reasonable grounds for com- plaint. The weather has been less than ideal for this time of year. While we may be less than enamored with the cool temperatures and rainfall, records suggest that Huron County has had its share of poor weather. Consider June of 1933 for example. A reader discovered a June 28, 1933.edi- tion of the Globe and Mail and one front page story regaled readers with the hot and dry conditions of Huron County. In fact, as of June 28, 1933, Huron had gone 21 straight days without rain and the temperature hovered around 90. "The business section of the town was practically deserted, people flocking to the waterfront in great numbers," the story read. "Today also marked the twenty-first day of the drought in Huron County for there has, been no rain since June 6. The fruit, grain and root crops are seriously af- fected and unless rain comes within the next day or two, in some cases there 'will be complete failure," - On the same front page, a headline sug- gested that Ontario was the victim of .tor- rid weather that affected crops in many areas. The temperature in Windsor that day was 97 degrees. Fifty-two years later the weather is somewhat different. May and June have brought us a little bit of everything. Employee barely escapes injury A recent accident, in which a town employee escaped injury when the trailer he was riding in became detached, has prompted the parks committee to re- evaluate its methods of transporting town employees. Parks Chairman John Doherty told com- mittee members Friday it was lucky Brian Shewfelt was not injured when the trailer he was riding in became unhitched and rode up onto a parked car. He said it was "only his (Shewfelt's lagility that prevented serious injury." The committee has now decided to look into the possibility of leasing vehicles to transport town parks employees to dif- ferent job sites. The practice of transporting employees and equipment has changed radically commissioner of works Ken Hunter ex- piained,.._claiming--.wc,rker,e often rode in tractor buckets when he f -i1-. t came into the town's employ. He said he stopped that practice immediately but that now workers and equipment often rode in trailers from one job site to another. "It's dangerous," he said. "The trailer came unhitched and rode up on a parked car. There will he no More riding trailers." Parks foreman Peter Spain said he is responsible for 32 employees and that it took considerable time to personally round them up and transport them to another job. Mayon Eileen Palmer said it was dif- ficult to explain to the public why employees were riding around. "It's dif- ficult to explain but we have to transport supplies and people." PUC workers request conciliation in contract Goderich Public Utilities Commission 1'U(' ) employees. members of Canadian Union of Public Employees r ('UPE i Local 2478. have requested a conciliation hearing to resolve a contract dispute with PUC managment. At issue are such things as salary increases, vacation time. overtime payments and on-call allowances, for the 11 PUC workers who are part of Focal 2478. The union has sent a request to the provincial Ministry of Labor, asking them to appoint a conciliation officer, to help them settle their contract differences. However, PTT(' manager Evert Middel said it could he several months before the ministry gets around to appointing a conciliator. 'We're going to conciliation. When? No one knows. It's up to the Ministry." said Middel. Middel said the employees have been offered a two-year agreement. calling for a four per cent pay increase•each year. The union is requesting six per cent across, the board. The union also wants double-time, for all overtime hours worked' Currently employees are paid time -and -a -half for overtime hours from normal quitting time until midnight and dnnhle-time atter midnight. Mangment has 1,ftered to move the double-time starting Point hack to 11 p.m. For employees who are on dall, the union wants an allowance of $11t per day. They currently receive $7 and managment has offered $8. The union also wants the number of recognized holidays increased from 1] to 12, with the addition of Easter Monday; a raise in saftey boot allowance from $35 to $75 per year; and a hike in mileage payments from 18 to 20 cents per km. The PUC has offered 50 per year for boot allowance and 20 cent per km, Middel said he expects the concilliation officer to lean toward managments' four and four wage proposal. "It seems to be the trend that that's r four and four i what they r municipalities) have been settling four," he said. Currently, a journeyman lineman makes $14.20 per hour; ' a journeyman water dept. worker receives $12.87; a meter reader is paid $8.19; and a meter mechanic receives $13.72. Two office workers are also members of the union. The senior billing clerk receives $454.07 per week and one temporary office worker, also a union member is paid $6,30 per hour. Domtar mine strike enters second week The strike by underground workers at the Domtar Sifto Salt mine has entered its second week, with no hint of a settlement in sight at this time. Over 300 members of the Energy and Chemical Workers Union of Canada Local 16 went on strike on Tuesday June 11, in a dispute over a request for improved life in- surance and disability benefits. Negotiations between the mine workes and Domtar managment broke off on Thursday, June 6 and have not yet resum- ed. "I think we'll have LO be out for another week or two before they (managment) will want to talk," Local 16 President Guy Robinson said, Tuesday. Operations at the mine are completely shut down m the meantime. Lions aid tornado victims The Goderich Lions Club made a $3000 donation to the Grand Valley Disaster Fund to aid those who were hit by the tornadoes almost three weeks ago. `Lions members also volunteered their services for a work bee to help Grand Valley residents on Saturday, June 8. Goderich Alexander and Marine Hospital received a $10,000 donation from the Lions Club for a new freezer unit. At their .meeting last Thursday evening the Lions completed plans for a beef barbeque on June 30. Members are presently selling tickets for the event. A new slate of officers was installed for the upcoming year as follows: past president -John Sully Jr., president -Paul Spittal, first vice -president -Bob Woodall, second vice -president -Mel Bogie, third vice- president -Art Bourdeau, secretary -Ernie Porter, treasurer -Norris Peever, tail twister -Ed Laighwaite, lion tamer -Don McKenzie, one year directors -Don Edwards and Guy Kelly, and two year directors -Peter Shephard and Jim Collins. Talks resume with teachers Huron County's secondary school teachers and school board.representatives will sit down this week for the first time since &strike vote on May 28. At that time, the teachers voted over- whelmingly in favor of a strike turning down the board's offer. • Mediator Prof. David Whitehead of the University of Western Ontario said Mon- day afternoon that the scheduled meetings will take place on June 19 and 20 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, The professor said he doesn't know what to expect from the meeting. "I suggest to you, that together we will explore the possibility of a settlement," said the professor. The teachers have not yet set a strike date. iNSIDE THE SIGNAL --STAR Soccer tourney The Goderich Oldtimers Soccer team hostecr thier fifth annual tournament here on Satlrrday. It was an international event, featuring teams from Lampertheim, West Germany and Anchor Bay. Michigan, as well a.5 teams from this area. Goderich Mayor Eileen Palmer was on hand for opening ceremonies and performed the opening kicked -off. Adoption red tape Bill 77, which may be made law in the provincial legislature Oct. 1 will make life more difficult for adopted children,- who wish to obtain information about their birth parents. Adopted children and both adoptive and birth parents tell their stories and give reactions to the law in a feature report on Page A1,.of our Community sec- tion. Arts and Crafts Close to 100 exhibitors have already registered for the annual Arts and Crafts Festival, corning to Goderich July 18, 19 and 20. Festival organizers expect a 10 per cent increase in exhibitor participation over last year. A story and photos on this year's festival activities and some of the entrants is included in the Community sec- tion.