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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-01-24, Page 25k F AT MOINE 1BL/cH l : N Tll<a- "Goderich Pglicp CoMPlission ,opened four traders for a new police c'rniser~, accepting . the lowest tender- of 46,694 bon?, ,J .P. Schutz Motor Sales at its first , meeting of ' the, • new year last Friday. . 'The other tenders opened were firom McGee Pant* Buick,Cadillac for. $7,084.75, Jim Hayter Chev-Olds Ltd. for $7,218,30, and Green and Parent Ford -Mercury Sales Limited for $7,065. All tenders were taking, into account that the old police cruiser would be traded in for the new one. Althrni gh_ _. the . . P Schutz tender stated that $237.50 extra would be charged for vinyl and cloth seats, it was still the lowest tender and the police commission decided toaccept it -based on tbiis factor; -roviding that it meets' all specifications. ,Judge F.Q. Carter was apprinted; .chair'rrxan of the ta. oderich Police Commission for 19130 and Deb Shewfelt ,:as welcomed as the •newest member of the cam mission. Correspondence appointing him to a two year terrn- on the com- mission was received and filed. - The corninissio-n disels sed a letter 'received from its in, suranee, company regarding coverage for transporting female dispatchers to and from work .in police cruisers. Following this.discussion, the commission passed -a motion stating that female civilian personnel who do not have their own transportation may be driven to and from the police station in a police cruiser when coming on duty at niidni„ght or leaving duty at midnight, subject. to that personnel diving within the present corporatq: limits` of the town. The commission , ac- , cepted Police Chief Pat King's activity report for the month of December; but , decided' to "table. Eris 'annual report for further study due ,to its length and detail. Copies of the annual report will also .be circulated to members of town council for study. Accounts totalling $33,027.26 were accepted by the commissionfor the month of December. A draft budget for the year was tabled for further review. Mayor Harry Worsen, a member of the 'com- mission, suggested to Chief King that both he and his officers patrol on foot more often, especially around the Square. He said he felt this would: be good.frOX a public -relations ,,point of view.. The commission a. e- cepted, a recom- mendatpoxx:.`from Chief, King, that second class Constable Richard B. Livesey be upgraded to . afirst class constable. -- A complaintreceived; by the cornrnission regarding taxi service in town, prompted the commission to . send a letter to all taxi owners here reminding them that their licence renewals depend on compliance 'with the taxi by-laws. Judge Carter, com- mission chairman, said he wanted legal clarification of the —co-m-ntiss-ion'sduti-es, - responsibilities and powers with regards to policing in the com- munity. He said he thought that urider the Police Act, the com- mission was responsible. Eleanor Larder (right), an RNA. and service chairman of the Beta Theta Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, presents a cheque for $125 to Joyce Shack, director of nursing, for the pediatric wing of AM&G while Louise Glenn, acting head nurse and service committee member, looks on. The' money was raised through a Christmas gift wrap service offered by the Beta. Theta Chapter In December and the Chapter would like to thank the people of Goderich for their support. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) The Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary recently purchased a new convection oven for the Alexandra Marine and General kitchen at a cost of$3,876. Here, Food Supervisor, Theresa Kirkey, explains to Auxiliary members how convenient, energy efficient and fast the new oven is, Left to right are Charity McDonald, auxiliary president, Marjorie Jackson, Candy Striper co-ordinator, Ora McCallum, ;- auxiliary past president, and Hazel McCreath, gift shop treasurer. 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'e also wish to thank the members of the Branch and th Ladles Auxiliary of Branch 109 who assisted to the cenotaph service, Rawson's Men's Shop for the window display, Wayne Young for his P.A. system, Sherwood Transportation for the use of the bus for the World War. 1 veterans and the Signal -Star for coverage of this cam- paign. The final statement of the 1979 campaign indicates receipts totalling '4,673.42 Which consisted of Lapel Poppies -'2,709.42, sale of wreaths - '691.00, car poppies -'58.00, donations -'1,117.00 and the draw '98.00. Expen- ses for campaign supplies from Ontario Command were '1,597.75 with a net profit of '3,075.67 being deposited In the Branch 109 Poppy Trust Fund. In the past year the Poppy Fund of Brahch 109 was utilized to donate 3 cribs to the Paediatric wing of the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital at a cost of '2,100. A wheel chair was donated to the .1.0.0.F. Loan Service, '500. was presented as 3 student bursaries and '1,035. was donated towards the purchase of a special van for use • in the Home Dialysis Program ser- ving Western Ontario. for all poWing decisions except for the budget which had.to be approved. by council But recent discussions pt the council. --tam, with regards to the poflce, had him won-. dering, he said. • A story in last week's Signal Star;•stating that Wingham was not happy with its cost share of 'the ',police communications systems brought strong response from the Goderich commission. The commission decided to write a letter to the Town of Wingham in- viting them to Goderich to review all accounts in this matter and to inform ,them that they had not been charged for ad- ministeation of ...the - system, building renovations -to house the system or Chief King's extra work in supervising and bringing the system together. "There are a lot of -things this town could the y te,m itself ie more charge, 419,,n1 , impnrtant," said. for •but we don't -want to Goderich town clerk,,. argue the. point because Larry'McCabe. Robertson students resolved At Robertson School, brother and is - going to - New Year's resolutions listen better in school.. were made, Here are - Denine Walsh is going some of them : to participate more . in. 'Most of the Grade is class. - u)ganted to dq better in Jennifer Chan! is going Math and school.. to make her bed. Bill Trebishis going to Robbie Dempsey is not have better pronun- ciation. - going to beat up his little ARE YOU LIVING WITH A DRINKING PROBLEM? AT -Anon can help! InIoNE 524-6001 OR WRITE P.O. BOX 482 Ir. 11114,1$1raakt 4011rilerda R Sidenti Needs 524 • SPROULE SHOES SHQPPERS SQUARE -- R19"�It,,- Will be CLOSED All Daly WEDNESDAY beginning JANUARY 30th through FEBRUARY 2; th INTERIOR—EXTERIOR LATEX PAINT HURRY! SAVE 15% •p on #4got h �R;n IEaT�Y f M.'. trv�''•.'.S�SI,f. 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