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SIGNAL.STAR,ICITURSDAY, APRIL.1 1976' .
eitcomtiodatiort • big ;isoterg0L.-toi
poderich area housing •
action committee Chairman
Don Wheeler chastised town
council Thursday • afternoon
for what he called an ap-
parent failure by council to
make use of their committees
and the, information they are
Set up togather. •
Referring to a recent
council meeting • in which.,
some council- •meMbers
claimed; ignorance .to .
h
e f rental aC-
.cornmoclattOn in Coderich, a
sh.ortage the hou,sing com-
mittee has. been concerned ,
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with since their inaugural
• meting last fall, Mr:
' Wheeler said he did not "mean
to be Critical of toWn Council
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but only advocated better use
of coin mittees.
The comment Mr. Wheeler
meant was One' Reeve g'fan' •
.Prdfit made at council
meeting when • council *as
' discussing a zoning change to
• perrnit the construction .of a
condominium on. Bennett
Street. Council members
• were expressing some con-
• Cern about the control the
•town would have over the
•appearance of ':such a
development .when building
inspector Roy'Breckenridge,
also secretary of the ho.using
. committee, told- council Mt,
if the project is delayed it
He,said in
The face of the•r ntal shortage
the town is suffering the unit• 5
are needed.
Reeve Profit at that point,
-remarked to council that
there- al*aysseerr7a1--to
talk, of a rentalhousing
• shortage bat; never anything
haetrit op.:"He said council
Mr. Wheeler said be did not
ikish to question council's
right to alter 'any ' recom-
mendations by committees
nor did he ,wish o cha-nge'
their power to direct corn-
mitiees. He said he • only
wished councillors would.
attempt to get the facts and.
figres prepared for them or
Would request any figures
already' prePared before they -
•commented on such matters.
• '"It 'really irks me when
cOuncil has the information
facilities on hand and they
say they don't know if there is
ii need for it," said the
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only a half -hour's -work had In the priVate sector Mr.
revealed some startling facts. Wheeler found five house'
He said he contacted both the rented regularly, .none em -
public private sector in the pty, and 90 aPartments, none -
study to attempt to determine empty, and all, with an
how great the rental ac- average of five request§ per
cornmodation need was. unit in a given month. He
The study pointed out that added that advertising in the
in •the . public sector, gover- •local paper revealed three
nment agencies 'handling apartment type dwellings.housing,
heasing, which is the largest for rent, all designed for
single handler of rental units, families.• . •
' there is a total of 62 imits in , "There; is virttia,lly no
Goderich -etdluding. senior . rental accommodation in this
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pension of a la'rge•Seetor of
the population, those, that
rent. He said people not in a
position to purchase a house
may well have to stay, out of
Goderich simply because
there is no place for them to
live.,
Bob • Allen' added- to the
comMents claiming whep his
employer brings -in arty
employees to fill ,;new
positions they, are forced,' to
place them in a hotel or.motel
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half," he said.
Roy • Breckenridge
suggested to hecommittee
that possibly What the reeere
is saying i$ that he -has been
made aware of the rental
needs .of the town and, would
• like 'proof in facts of that
cititeris hoosiiig. Of thosd62, town," SaidMr. Wheeler. ' in town until they C'an- find a
• none are empty and each has .. The •chairman pointed -out place to live. •
• an average of five requests that the lack of rental units . "That -sollYetirrres.... is a
•for housing:ina month., totally • prevented the ex- month montti ad •
need
Bob Allen agreed, _adding
that any decision making
;Process council is involved in
• is far easier when all the facts
are at their fingertips.
The committee chairman
-said he only wanted •to
provide feed‘for thought for
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council and .the cOmmittee,
a-deling .that he was hopeful
that the 'committee could
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finisb up ,their work on the
Senior: citizens housing and
• move to their second major -
concern, rental ac-
commodation for the
Goderich area.
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chairman. .• - . • '
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He said he wished that if the • •
they would take the matter to
council wanted to be critical .,
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inton . hospital.'. oar
the responsible committee or
try to find out -if the Corp- . • • .
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mittee" had already supplied • - • , , . .
Committee inember tonsiderilig--Gtidetich. offer.
the infertnAtien- before they
spoke. • • • •
Councillor Bob Allen asked • ' ' .,
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•Mr. Wheeler if he thought
counci'l should adopt the
policy of accepting the
•recommendatiOns of • com-
mittees- without looking into
matters. He pointed out that
io the case of the- con-
dominium, council was not
concerned about the need for
the units but "rather their
appearance and the density of
housing they would promote.
Mr. Wheeler restated the
point that he was not. -ad-
vocating the . principle • of
' -cOmmittees ,baving deeision
Frank Miller has ordered that
• the Clinton Hospital be closed
as soon as Possible after April
I, but in a meeting on March
• 11 -said he Would reconsider
his order. -
• Comrriittee, meanwhile,
advised the Goderich Town
Council on Monday in a letter
that the Y found the AM&G
Offer. "lacking in several
areas."
Action conimittee chair -
The Ciinton Hospital Board
are still considering' an offer
.from the board of the
Goderich Alexamira Marine
„and General Hospital to move
a 20 -bed psyrihiatric unit from
the former Goderich
• Psychiatric Hospital to the •
• Clinton hospital, in order' to
keep the -Clinton facility open.
In a statement to the press
on Tuesday, Joe Murphy of
. • the hospital board said the
Clititon hospital would gladly
take the • 20 -bed psychiatric
. unit if the Clinton HoSpital
have. an active
hospital. '
"But I ,don't think at this
are
Goderich's togive away.,"
Mr. Murphy said.
• Ontario Health.. Minister
making power but only that if
zr committee was established
by town • council to handle a
• facet of town basiness council
'should Make an effortto find
is aiways told of the :necessit-Y
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out • Whreittirri•Th"fitee'rs-
fer apartments but added
that if the matter is as urgent
as suggested there' must be
figures of people 'looking for
homes and asked if council
could haYe thern. •
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doing or ask for lnformatiop
before Claiming there -is none
• available. •
He went on: to. say that he
had' done •a... short study. on
-.rental needs here and 'after ,
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J. Harold Walls
• Clerk treasurer.
So far, .the Clinton board
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hasheard nothing frOrn rpan.Jirn Hunter said in the
Toronto, and ne word is ex- letter that they "thank the
petted until, Mr.' Miller is". Board for cOntemplating
released from hospital where methods -of co-operation."
he is recovering from a heart Mr. Hunter said that even
attack he suffered two weeks th6ugh the transfer of the 20 -
ago. - bed psychiatric unit to
Meanwhile; the possibility Clinton Would keep the
of a spring provincialelection hospital 'open, "it would not
ever the hospital issue meet'the neecia of Clinton for
• disappeared on Tuesday an- active community
when' Liberal leader Stuart hospital."
Smith said he would back the "The economic- situation of •
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confidence motien. - • : •resept staff are not qualified
The Clinton Citizens' Action for work within a psychiatric
unit," Mr. Hunter wrote.
"We freely admit that due
Straitiackets.••.
• • • •comin •' however, many of these may
be pieked up by -the 20 -bed
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• jobs have been lost in the
.direct Goderich area,
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tri,C • unit ... th-t ;-,'-y,..0
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StraitjaCkets a musical
comedy revue coming tb
Blyth Memorial Hall' April q,
and 7,•is :the story. of anew
friendship between men, ags_l
women, .according to • its
authors.. • .•
Kem Murch, a - young
ndon-writer and pet-, and
O brn,a Van • Daele, alnusical
. composer from the same city,
• wanted to do 'something: to,
celebrate 'International •
Women's Year last year and
so the play,Straitjackets was
born. It goes beyonclthe usual
omen's Lib rhetoric to show
ow both men and womerrare.,
• trapped, in roles which they
taugheirom birth to play.
O Along the • Way the shoW:
Provides -4 good deal of en-,
tertainme'nt. . •
Ms. Murch and Ms. Van
Daele first presented the play
at Talbot Theatre at the
•University of: , Western
Ontario last spring and it Was
a big hit, drawing favourable
reviews from critics •frorn
London and Toronto. The
reaction ,to the play5-40 so
• positive that fund -granting
agencies Were •quic,1 • to
• provide money this -year for a,
•tour of the play. • ' O 4 •-
Between March • 30 and •
,April 9 it will be ttu.rcing
locations throughout -south-
western Ontario, playing to ,
school gudien,ces ' in • af-
• ternoonas well as giving
• nightly •perforn-ianns: The
Blyth stop is the only one in
this area. Tickets aregnow on
sate for the two performances
atMemorial Hall.
. The show features 15 songs,
Shp ea -sin -gr. -the music of Ms.: "As well we find it difficult
Van lYaele 'and the lyrics of to understand what enormous
Ms. Murch. Many in the area :problem yoU,k, have _ en-
maY -recognize the work '"Df ocountered that would mean
MS. b Van Daere from her the loss of 35 to, 45 jobs by
summers at • the Huron closing 16 beds. I Have you
Country Playhouse, Grand ' been b grossly oyer -staffed or 1-7
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What's n,ext - Search and
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