The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-03-18, Page 9evy
increases -.:by .17
The Mall,land. Valley, Conservation Authority informed
Council through a letter that the town's ,levy for the
corning year would be $15,914,59.
The levy is an increase of 17 per cent over last year
which councillors pointed out did • not meet with the
guideline requirements. The' MVCA indicated that for
the year 1976 they established an administration levy of
$91).,5:00 -and -a -capital developrnent.levyof
• Council referred the matter to the finance committee,
and the representative on the MVCA.board. Council will
also inform the MVCA th9at tile persons to contact in case
of spring: flooding would be ' tovgn.works foreman Stan
;Meriam, PoliceChiefivp.D,. King: and Dave Gavver, a
memberof the boar.
On a brighter not council learned that. the, Goderich
Little Theatre will noiseek •a grantt from the t..pwn this
year. The group received a pproximately$300 per yearr in
grants from the recreation board. •
Cochrane said in a letter that
that the group has had a successful season's ticket
, campaign and the budget forecast was for a small profit.
He said that as a result • of the demands on the
municipality 'treasury, it was proper to forgo a grant
requestthis year -
Young Ciinada Week
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starts Friday night
. The Goderich Lions Club will kick off their 27th Annual
Young Canada Peewee Hockey tournament tomorrow
night with a schedule of four games.
Opening ceremonies -for the tournament will be held
o prior to Goderich-Mooretown gable which is -slated for
7:50 p.m. This year's tournamentfeatures 62 tearns
playing approximately 83 games Fever the week long
event.
This year the tournament will also feature two.
exhibition games, . On Wednesday, March 24, the
Goderich Peewees will battle St. Lambert for East-West
honors and on the closing day, March. 27, the Goderich
peewee team of 1949 will play the 1949 Lucknow peewees:
These two teams played, in the, 'first Young Canada
Tournament. -
Last year's game between :the two teams was a great
success and the players expressed.an interest in'a return
match this year. Incidentally the Lucknow squad won .:.
their division championship in the first tournament.
The tournament has alwaysprovided exciting -hockey
•. action tot Goderich fans and this year.should be no ex
ception. Members of the Lionsclub, have been. working
for months in preparation for the tournament.
Fans who intend to attend a -nurnber of games may
purchase a week's pass at the arena: The cost for adults
is $9 for the week and for students and children the cost is -
$3'and $2 respectively..
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The GMHA members
decided at their , annual
meeting for 'election.. of of-
ficers that unless they get
mote p,hysi al support from..
the townspeople they will
dissolve the association after
30 years of gperation and turn
minor hockey over to the
town.
The threats were made
after a .no-show record was
set Nat the GMHA . annual
meeting on March 9. Atotal of
32 people came to the meeting
and when ' coaches,
executives, managers,
members of the supporters
club and other officials were
counted only seven people
were left to represent parents.
—of minor hockey players.
The major complaint of the
frustrated •GMHA members
was the • lack of " physical
support they receive during
the hockey season and the
surplus: of criticisni.to which
,they are subjected. Claiming
they. -areconsistently aban-
doned. by parents dropping
their children off at the arena
door, the workers agreed that
they are through being the
butt of :harsh criticism over
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Ballplayers su
efforts they make with next to.
no parental support. .
The •GMHA: threat 'to
dissolve is. supported by 'what
they say will be a loss 'of
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autonomy if the town does'
take over operation of minor
hockey. • . and with the
disbandment.'- of the Sup-
porters' Club will be coupled •
with an increase : • in
registration fees. '
Rainford Jackson;,,.
-president of .. GMHA,. said
Tuesday : there was little
excuse for' -the lack . Of at-
tendance.
t tendance,: at the annual
meeting. He said °tnember-s of
the Supporters' Club had
telephoned • quite a . few:
parents in town to make them.
personally aware of the •
meeting_ He said the lack of
support when added to the
frustrations of - a seemingly
thankless 'season of work by
the members spurred them to
give up, in their efforts to
maintain minor hockey.
Mr. Jackson .said :that
despite the . criticism,
Gdderich has one of thebest
run minor hockey systems in
the area. Hesaid the GMHA
'was ;expecting: •a, solvent -.
season, the- first- in a while,
and had, .enjoyed. a fairly
successful. season due to the
hard , work • of the core
members.
The president added that
the' fob of running the system
was tdo .big'' for': one' •man.;
albeitthe recreation director,
to handle claiming that what,
gest new light
needed for softball +'iamond
The Goderich •Fastball
Association ` asked town
council Monday night to enter
into a cost sharing agreement
with the group to provide new
lighting for the softball
diamond in Agriculture, Park.
Doug Currie, president of
the •Goderich Fastball
Associa=tion, explained that
the cost of installing new
towers '• and lighting fixtures'
• would be $6,617. He suggested
that :a community service
grant and. a Wintario grant
--. Could cover at least halfof the
cost of the project; and had
hoped the town would share
the remainder of the cost with
the fastbali association.
•'A representative of
, : Canadian General Electric
submitted a price of $4,307 for
the material on the new
lighting that would increase
, the candlelight power td an
acceptable iev-e-Uhe--proeess
' 'would involve changing the
existing fixtures to metal
halide from lucalox, , in-
creasing power with seven
100 watt fixtures and
removing twocorner outfield
poles andreplacing them
with towers. • •. '
To complete the job. •the,
PUG labor was estimated to
cost $1,000, the costa of two
towers would be $700, wiring
$260 and $350 tax. That brings
the total to $6,617, ,.
'The association will seek a
community service grant to
cover 25 percent of the cost
and estimated .that a:Wintario
grant, ' if • available, could
cover 33 percent- of -Che •
re maioder:.
The association hasasked.
council to then split the cost-
d?fference with the group
paying 'their share of $1,650
over a period, of three years.
Currie . informed council..
members that it would take.
four weeks to get the fixtures
and an' additional week for
' the installation.
• He hoped u`rrcrl?w-oui 1
.on the the matter to have the
lighting updated for the
opening of the softball season
• on May 16. Council referred
the • matter to the parks
committee with power to act: •
The Goderich Fastball
Association also sent a letter
to council endorsing a
suggestion by Mayor Deb.
',Shewfelt that a second ball
park be created. At a•
previous meeting..of ;the
recreation • board Mayor.
that a
e elt suggested
Sh wf
parcel of land across from
GDCI that was offered by the.
board of : education as a
recreation complex site be
used.. for an additional ball
diamond- and track and tennis
courts.''
The recireati•on board set up
a sub . comm•iittee. to in-
vestigate the feasibility of the
project. A letter was sent to
the board of- education con-
cerning use' of the land and
board chairman. Herb-
Turkheim said he wantedto'
meet with a representative.
The.: fastbali association
claimed that due to in-
creasing conflict between the
various softball leagues, the
second diamond was a
necessity. 'Currie' explained
that the fastball` association
would be interested in
acquiring more' diamond time
pif it was available:
A letter from Currie
dicated that the growth rate
of ' . the league would.
necessitate a diamond • in
future. years: To resolve an
earlier conflict regarding the
use of Agriculture Park the .
ladies' softball league was
forced' torelinquish some of
their diamond time.
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,Dr. Tony: Miller, : chief
psychologist at Goderich
Psychiatric Hospital, • is
awaiting word from Queen's
minor hockey really needed
was more •physical support
and less verbal support,'
He said the, GMHA mem-
bers had -suffered through
some problems during the
season and that a few of them
were' the result of infighting.
He said' the .small personal
problems were never in-
surmountable and were
handled effectively
throughout the year., ,
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Parents fail to s uppooti
The association president
said., the worksthe small
number of mebers faced
during the season C®uld easily
have been. handled if more
volunteers had come out. He.
said timekeepers; managers,
drivers, workers 'for the
Supporters' Club refreshment
booth and operating the
equipment room were needed.
to take : the Load off the
present coaches and Sup=
porters' Club members.
He: added that the GMHA
had enjoyed moderate
financial successthis season
proving that 'despite the lack
of volunteers people were
interested in .minor hockey
here.,
"What we need is bodies as
well as dollars to get all the
jobs done," he said. ' • -
Recreation• director Mike
Dymond, the man likely to
Corrie German, centre,' presents Harold`Knisley with a check for $20 which is a donation
Corrie and his c assmates at Victoria"
1 School made to the:Easier Seals campaign. The
Grade 4 class sold apples to their schoolmates for five cents'apiece and three bushels later
had $20 for.: Mr. Knisley whois the. Lions Club Chairman for the Crippled Children's Society'
Easter Seals campaign. Corrie's teacher Donalda MacDonald, left, said the class was
trying to prempt candy in the student's snacks and in Tess than an hour had sold alt „the
apples. (staff photo). "
inherit minor hoek'ey'if . the
executive folds, holds little
.faiththat his office could
operate the system ef-
fectively; He said that if the
community failed to support`
the system when they' were
running. it themselves he
'would not be able to Make it
go without support•either.
The red directorpointedout
that a venture like minor
hockey can't survive in any
community withouta terribly
strong. ,committee over• and
above conveners and coaches
and certainly . no individual -
could operate it. `
He said it would never work
without volunteers, adding
that the operation : of the
league single handedly would
-not be possible, by someone •
trying to hold • down another
job.
°`If I were ,to run :minor
'hockey I wouldn't have time ..
for much else and with the •
programsoperated from this
office:now there is little time
left over 'for hockey, -
re asoned
ockey,reasoned.Mr, Dymond,. •
The rec :. director; • sy,m=
•pathized with the. workers
threatening to abandon • the
system. He said`, he realizes
that they may feel as though:
the rug is being pulled out
'-from .under their' feet when.
•they only realize negative.
s-upp.oi'tTo • their efforts:
Mr. Dymond', said he felt
they were to be.congratulated"
for their strong efforts
throughout the..,year,adding
that possibly no one showed
up at the annual meeting •
because they fe1t_theyn y.he.:...
asked to take ona' job -"1'i r
minor hockey ala the—y. didn't
wantthe responsibility.
-The, town's : 'takeover of
minor :hockey is not .an
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Area handicapped residents: see
to form Iocalbranchof ALPHA
A meeting was held
Saturday at the home. of
Elaine • Townshend : in
Goderich Township to discuss
the founding of an
organization to seek im-
provements- in the physical
and social environment of the
disabled. -
Park on -a $185,000 county
wide children's mental health
'service he proposed " last
week.
Dr. Miller said he expects
W intarioan
word on his proposal for the'
•' health service by next week
t keeps
when he hopes to get a
steering committee
established - to handle the
band abreast of expens
The . • Goderich Laketown.
band has a new bassoon for
the 1976 playing season as a
result of a $2,200 Wintario
grant they received from the
Ontario- Ministry of Culture
and Recreation.
The grant, part of four .
. money allotments awarded'to
groups in Huron County, is to
be used by the band to pur-
chase and repair musical
instruments and to purchase
flags to give added color to
their marching per-
formances. '
Band member Don
McMillan said Monday the
grant would be used by the
band to "take care of :,their
immediate requirements for
instruments, adding that it
•• would pad out the ndrmal
• income received.
He said the band had fallen
behind a bit on its annual
instrument upkeep and.
Purchase.. He hoped that the
Wintario grant would • allow
them to catchup again.. ....a
The major expense facing
- the band yearly is Instrument
purchases. The bassoon
purchased with the provincial
grant costs about $900 which
is about half of the annual
grant from the 'town of
Goderich. The town gave the
band $1,000 annuallyto cover
their expenses and last year
doubled that figure.
Mr. - McMillan said he did
not know how much the town
was going to award the band
this.yeae•but hoped it was the
same 4•Ie said the band needs
-at least $50,0 to $1000 tomeet-
tario 'grants was awarded to`'
other -groups in. Huron
'County. '. -
The Seaforth Community
Centre and. Arena received
$4.4,600 to renovate washroom
facilities,.first aid station and
heating ' system. .The,
W,ing.ham Hockey. _Tour-.
nament received $55.0 to' help
offset some of their costs for
their.1976competition.
The Seaforth District High
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project. ' '
The psychologist :said' he'
could nob outline the details of
the -project until he received
'confirmation or denial from
Toronto because he did not
know if the service would be
approved the way he.. had
'suggested it. `He said he
worked with a representative
from the government mental
health services setting up the
• outline, 'lidding that • the
representative took the plan
back to Torohto in`an attempt
to cut down on red tape and
haye the project . off the
•
ground when GPH closes its
doors at the end of this•month.
Dr. Miller said he has
costs'' s music angd •uniform :All job openings advertised
/y
niaeter. for the yearand
maintaining . instruments.
They Have to . addnew_ i:n-
strumepts each year and the
costs could not be handled by
the town moneyalone..
The band member said he
did not know if the town would
be giving the band $2,000
since their restraint program'
may cut into that type of
expense.
A total of $60,850 in Win•
-
Town^council• endorsed a
motion„ from :finance chair-
man Bill Clifford . Monday
covering the hiring and
releasing of town eniployees, •
The • motion stared that .all
town job openings be ad-
vertised with the exception -of
casual labor; and that em-
ployees working directly
under a comrriittee •of council
be interviewed , by that.
committee wild, applying tar
a job as well. as the town
administrator • and the
foreman whenever ap-
plicable,
. Clifford's motion also
called for the release of the,
employee to be handled by
the appropriate committee
and the town administrator,
except in • the Case of
department heads.'
The meeting was attended.
by Jim Hunsberger of Lon-
don who is a community
worker with• ALPHA - Action
League Of Physically Han-
dicapped Adults.
He outlined the functions of
his group. He said ALPHA
children autlin�
arranged for a special Proposed will serve children
meeting of professionals and up to 19 years of age and will
interested citizens working serve to assess and: diagnose
with children's services in children with .mental health
'Huron County for Monday Problems.
night. He said he hopes the He said the service may
meeting will result. in the utilize some of •the space
election of a group of officers proposed to be left at GPH for
to form . the steering com- the operation of a 20" bed
rYiittee to establish a total psychiatric unit that will
range of child mental health ''rernain•at•the hospital after i't
care in the county, He added becpmes a mentad•r retar-
that it was important to have. dation centre on April 1.
the services operated at a Pr^" Mills added that the
local level.
Huron County Medical
Officer of Health, Dr. Frank
Mills said the plan Dr. Miller
plan • also provides for the.
moving of the health centre
from community to com-
munity within the county.
-A tree ' is an t
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Jim Hayter, owner of a car
dealership on Kingston Street
in Goderich, made a request
to 'council in a letter -to
remove a 'tree from the front
of his lot.
Hayter explained that sap
from the tree dripped on the
cars and that the roots of the•
tree were ripping up the
sidewalk: The matter was
referred to the park?; com-
mittee who turned down. the
request, He was upset that
action had not been taken and
brought the . matter' to
council's attention. .
Deputy -reeve Bill Clifford
argued that the letter should.
have come to council first. He
recalled one cbuncil•meeting
that he remarked that a letter
r.
ree is a tree.
be referred to the airport
' Committee but Councillor"
Elsa , Hayclon argued that
everything should come to
council and the letter should
be read, •
Councillor Haydon
disagreed and said that not
all matters -required the
attention of council.
".Council should not have to
count every boat that goes to
the harbor andevery ait•plane
that goes. to the airport," she,
said, '"`The ;matter should be
handled by.parks."
Councillor Franck Waikom
said . that' Hayter was in-
censedtha*- no 'action was
taker;;
The matter was referred to
the parks committee,
began about five years" ago
and is now affiliated with the
March of Dimes. It consists
of about .2,500, members; of
which 50 percent are disabled
and 50 percent non -disabled.
The group is :active' in
,several-, fields'including
transportation, accessibility
to public ..buildings and
•r-ecreation.
Mr. Hunsberger cited two
legislative changes . and
mom m un ity i ovemerrts-•--
ALPHA has attained thus far
in London. One is an en-
forceable ^ building by-law
making it mandatory for
certain buildings tobe ac-
cessible, to wheelchairs; the
other 'is a. pedestrian • curb
ramp policy to allow
everyone -the freedom to
independently cross a street.
The meeting was opened
for discussion • on the'
organization of a similar
. group in the.'B yfield, Clinton
and Goderich area. It' was
estimated that. 800 people
•would be affected by such 'a
program,
A nucleus group was for-.
.med, of which Elaine
Townshend was amed
president. Additional officers
will be chosen in the. near
future. - •
The ' ultimate goal is to
organize persons• with
mobility problems com-
plicated by architectural
barriers, to act to improve
these situations and to. make
the public more aware of the
problems..
The main obpectives in -
elude transportation, public
facilitiesand curb ramps. It
was pointed out that many
items required . by the
ciisabled are useful to other
members, of the public; as
well. •
1=qr example, curb ramps
are us'ed.'' not only by
wheelchairs but also by
shopping carts and baby
buggies,. Once' a iSatterf is
estalslished, curb ramps
entail no greater expense
than the traditional step •
Likewise,;: ramps . into
Medical facilities aid not only .
permanently disabled•
Patients but also ones with.
teinporarily immobilizing
illnesses or broken limbs. •
The immediate tasks of the
nucleus group involve • public'
relationswith councils,
resource committees, senior
citizens and other members
•-of-the-pablic,: : '
Another meeting " is
' chedule•dforFriday, March
19 at 8- p:m, at the home Of`
Mary Howell in Goderich.
Anyone interested in at-
tending the meeting or
learning more about the '
organization should telephone.
Elaine .Townshend •at 482-
3357.
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Lions vote
'J,000 gift
to Guatemala
The Goderich Lions Club
has approved a donation to
the Gautemala disaster relief
fund. The' decision was
reached • at. last • Thursday
evening's regular Lions
meeting.
A gift of $1,000 will be
directed to the. GuatePhalan
-fund. through the Canadian
Red Cross for the purchase of.
Medical supplies.
The Lions also. approved a:.
further 81,000 to be :f orwarded-
to. Lions 'International
.Founc-fation. w.hich__:is-. ,CQ11-
tinually giving financial
assistance .fpr trelief
disaster areas. • -
Lions •alnternatittlal
Foundation is supported by.
1,000,000 Lions around the
world, sand a special appeal
has been answered by the
Goderich Lions Club,