The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-16, Page 9arrison wan
A story which claimed that
the-Town'of Goderich has °the
greatest average municipal
' tax increase per household'in
the entire province •of -_Ontario
was printed and broadcast
province -wide before _it_.�aias—�ry�go
•
(McKeough) has done '
this town irreparable harm," •
Harrison told council. "He
has hurt the Town` of.,.,.-
Goderich throughout Ontario.
HeLhas hurt our standpoint=in
get industry to this
found to. be incorrect this
week by the Ministry of
Treasury and Econornir;s in
Toronto: According to
Councillor Leroy ' Harrison,
Provincial Treasurer Darcy
McKeough - owes the '
municipality an apology -• a
public apology;
Mr, Harrison said' that . in'
hi's opinion, the initial in- '.
correct announcement was
made in public at, a'Provin-
c al - Municipal °•. Liaison
Committee meeting -Friday,
September arld the error
•Danny S
haddiek"was.so
haPPY with the
beautiful weather
conditions in Goderich over the past week that he kicked.'
up his wheels in delight- the 10 -year-old son of John and
• Nancy Shaddick of .'Bayfield Road in Goderich, Danny
was spotted early this,;week doing his Evil Knevil;routine
on his • way -home. from `Victoria .School where he is a
Grade 6 student. (staff photo.)
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Two Menesetung residents
were treated for minor cuts.
after the window of their car
was shattered by flying
debris thatwas scattered on
Highway 21 from the thrust of
a Tri-Star jet preparing for
takeoff.
Mr. and Mrs. • H
:E:.
Maynard were .taken_ to
hospital for treatment Sep-
tember 2 after the right door,
window of . their. , car " was
shattered by flying debris
while •travelling south on
Highway 21 near the airport.
Goderich OPP reported
that the .visiting •Exxon jet
was stationary. on . the east
west runway. preparing for -•
takeoff • and .the subsequent
application of thrust '.shot, dust
and loose gravel . onto. High-
way 21 reducing visibility.
The Goderich Airport
committee discussed the
possibility of installing a jet
'screen at the end of the
runway to eliminate the
possibility of flying debris
and installing signs along that
portion of the highway
warning Motorists .of. the
possible danger. •
Councillor". Elsa, Haydon
told council members
Monday evening that if jets
create danger for 'persons -on
thehighway then perhaps the
airport.\is not capable . 'of
handling them. •. • el .
The matter' was referred to
the•insurance company.
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The Goderich a Minor
Hockey Association is one
meeting away from can-
celling this years hockey
program due to an•apparent
lack of support from hockey.
parents in' G oderich. GMHA
President ,Don .Elliott said
this; .week 'that a - public
- Meeting called for September.
22 will determine the future of
Mirror hockey in Goderich for
1977, a future -that i`s bleak.
The closing of the Goderich
Memorial Arena is`' -the
biggest"thorn in the side of
GMHA but according to Mr,
Elliott, even that hurdle can
be crossed if parents support
-minor hockey,this winter. 14e
said a program has, beenset
up using theKVanastra Arena
for the winter' but that the.
progirarn depends largely on
•
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now or keep
Town taxpicture
wore
f" .fl Ontario
should be .:noted and ;an
apology made in public as
weld. •
The error resulted by the
Ministry using, -the -Township.
of Goderich:''average
household instead of the Town
of Goderich, resulting in •ap
erroneous=.reporting showing.
the Town of Goderich having
the, .largest increase . in
Ont.ario,'' town . administrator-„
Harold _ Walls explained to
council Monday' evening.
The average tax per
household in Goderich during
975 was• $35$,57..In.1976.; that
figur'-e--rose- -4o $421.0.6: - or
.$63,49 . mote, than in the
prevtousyear, The Ministry
'had reportedthat figure to be
$148, obtained when the 1375
average household tax. • in
Goderich township. • was.
subtracted from the average
household tajt in 1976 in the
Town of Goderich.
Mr. Walls told..council that'
op
•
CKNX in Wii'igharn and John
Lute of The . London Free
Press had called him
evening for a. statement
regarding the announcement
made by McKeough.
•
On Monday, Mr: Want• telephoned first the London.
Friday office and ,finally the Toronto
- office—befo're the errorwas
discovered.
"1 didn't know•
where they
got those figures," said
Walls. "I didn't know .what
formula they were; using:
They just didn't seem to jive.
So'I really coul,iln't answer
their gttestions,".
Chairman for the evening
;Deputy -reeve -Bill. Clifford
said the town had ""suffered'
rough treatmentat the hands
of the press"`. Councillor Elsa
Haydon pointed out the rough
treatment :had .been suffered
"at the • hands of • the ..
Ministry"'and that the press
had onlreported the figures
issued by the Ministry.
Yes, of course,;' admitted
Gifford,
The $63.43 average increase •
in municipal,taxes : per .
household in Goeriohis well
below • many other Ontario
communities, . The .Mtown'.s.
increase ' to $422.0.6 per.
household left'itsubstantially
better off than Nepean, „the
highest taxed municipality in
Ontario. Nepean, a suburb of
-• Ottawa, has an average tax Of
`$849 per household.- . •
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1976
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The Goderich Recreation
Board building comriiittee
has approved new plans for
roof construction at the
Goderich Arena that call for a
new roof to cover the entire
structure. `.
The committee met, with
engineers of C.C. Parker and
Associates Ltd•.... Tuesday
afternoon and reviewed four,
.possible schemes • for the
arena construction:
The committee settled en a
design that includes. •a. new
roof over the auditorium and
the roof over. the rink portion
will 'spanthe dressing -rooms
on the < west side. The . robf
over the dressing rooms will
be removed' and replaced
with a .concrete slab to allow
standing ' • room ac-
commodation or in . future
could be enclosed and used
for office space or additional
seating.
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Originally the committee -
'had hoped to cut costs by,'
reinforcing the existing roof
-over the a,tditorium. but on
the advice of the structural
engineers will it. The
cost of. reinforcing the roof
and tying it into the new r&of
over the rink was almost as
expensive and less practical:
The plans that the com-
mittee ,have now 'settled ,upon
are expected to be completed
by September 30 and tenders.
on the total project will be left
immediately andreceived by
Oct,' 18. Structural engineer,
• Peter -James, estimated that'
construction could begin,
g
around'•November-1 and that
full use of the: ice surface.
could begin by : the middle. OZ
February:' Theauditorium
would not be completed for
use until approximately
March I.
The estimated cost of the
G.. .'fir ,
' The
r Ministry of Culture and
Recreation has approved grants from
the proceeds of Wintario totalling $31.,229
--for nine -.projects in -Huron • County.
Amounts of the individual grants range
from $10,000 to $504. ;•
The Ontario Food council is 'to. begin.
consideration • of -loss " leader .'sales
sometime this month. The meetings are
a result of a letter from Donald•
MacDonald MPP for York South to D.E.
Williams, the council's ' chairman;
asking if anything could be.done about
supermarkets using bread as a loss.
leader.
Canada is.making plans to declare war`
.on sexu 'ally transmitted diseases. A
new program to fight rapidly increasing
cases is dependent on agreement among
federal and•provincial health 'officials. ,
An eraisending, or has already ended, '$
for .the people of the worl'd's most
populous nation. Last Wednesday Mao
Tse-tung, Chairman of the Communist
Party of the People's Republic of China;
died at the age of 82,
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volunteer work by parents to
be successful.
Mr. Elliott •said, thata
dismal showing by parents -at
a publicn-eeting—eallea _on.
September 8 -cast a shadow of
gloom 'over this year's
prograin but added that a
disappointed •executive has..
conridence that the parents
will come through next
Wednesday night,
"This program will work
and will .give some ice time to
all levels of hockey•:but it
needs support," said the
president. "We have to know
how many people are willing
to help before we register the,
kids." • •
The first meeting was not a
total loss f oreche exegutiVe.
Mr. Elliott said thio`` :Only
about nine pelts attended
once the • executive,, - sup-
. club members,
coaches arid- managers were.
counted but said that several
problems were solved.
•.0ne thing tri plague the
executive. . was the,
registration fee but, 'a
suggestion from the -floor at
the public meeting took care
of that. Registration fees this
year will be -hiked $10per
child to cover the additional.
expenses . incurred by
operating the.. program in
Vanastra. The. costs this year
will be $30 a head for the
season,
"Our ice costs have doubled
this' year and the number of
hours a week' that we have the
ice have been reduced by
eight," explained Mi , Elliott.
A1t;ne ,.•ith
. ire costs the
projects is $293,000 plug the
cost of. replacing er installing
a new -sprinkler system in the
arena. The cost: is, however;
an engineering estimate and'
tender bids could be lower.
Since the"roof will span the
dressing rooms :the dressing
room walls .facing 'the ice
surface. • will be moved back
which will allow a six foot
aisle between . the seats :and
the dressing 'roam walls. The
concrete slab on top of the
dressing roomswill be used,
Jot- standing•. room and
;possibly: for. additional
.seating in the future.. ;There
willbe-a 10.foot-span.on topof
thredreagingreoms:
•The,new roof. will have an
ice ' clearance of ..ap-.
proximately 20 feet and with
the • new •roof over the
auditorium • the. ' ceiling
clearance • of 12 •feet wily be
maintained. New' lights will
also be installed over the ice
surface.
There will be several,
changes to . the auditorium
and the"; mezzanine area
below. The costs include, a"
new exit, fire rateddoors, fire
rated insulation in the can-
teen 'to accommodate. 'a
french fryer and a fire rated
•ceiling in the lower level. The
new 'auditorium ceiling will
g
be 'suspended _from: the roof
and will eliminate the
columns at.the south end of.
the auditorium.
The south and west walls of
the Arena will be rebuilt and
James• clairned that the
damage caused to the walls
during roof demolition had
little bearing on their
replacement. •. .
"The damage to the walls
was of little consideration in
the -wall replacement and 'a
contractor would not build on
top of that existing wall," he
• said. "That' wall is 27 years
old and'it rust wasn't feasible
to;.cut into the blocks to insert
new. ilasters."
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Both the east : �a d
n. west
•' walls will be . blocked+to, a
height of approximately 19 • '
feet. The existing west wall of
the arena will remain since. it
was built just a few years ...
• ago: .
The tenders will also in-
'elude
n
' elude. the installation.:of •a 12
foot by 12 foot overhead door,
at the south end. of the arena
as well as •a main door, and an
exhaust. fan. •
• Goderich recreation board
chairman • Pete McCauley
cautioned '` committee: •
members on the< cost of the,
,project and .the inclusion of
unnecessaryoptions.
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If you've. seen Police .Chief Pat King'_around town 'the; past
few days and thought he. looked a'little rough ‘there is • no
need. to feel• he 'might have hit the skids. Chief King has just
registered for the Jubilee Three beard growing contest and
after a week or two his new growth Is bound to be looking
our
GMHA have to look at paying
for referees, •time keepers,
.new equipment • and tran-
sportaion. •The executive
offered •one . consolation in
that the. association. can keep
gall; of. the gate receipts this
year which wil1.provide some
assistance, •
SCHEDULE PREPARED
The program set up by the
executive provides ice time
for bantam and pee .wee all
star teams• and for a house
league. Thi'" juvenile and
midget teams will also' be
included in the program but
the novice and atom house
leagues will have to go by the
wayside, By following this
route the executive feels that
the ..boys who are perhaps
spending their last year in
minor hocke o wit ne d
oc
the ,year's ex' rience to
develop their talents, will
have -an opportunity to skate,
The younger players in the
atom and novice leagues can
hone their skating abilities on
the outdoor rinks of Goderich
and still have plenty •of time
in the future to • take ad-
vantage of the minor hockey'
program'.
"The older boys were our
first concern because they're
probably in•. their last ..sta es
of hockey," said Mr, Elim^
' The 1977 -_,program is .not
mpletely ignorapt of the
reeds of the atom and novibe
p<Ieyfitrs.:Mr. 'Elliott said that
t e most important segment
f
their
d
velo
p
mcint is
skating andpointed-out:thathl'rofless
Goderich 'arena
an be pressed into service
better.. The Police Chief signs up at Mike and Ray's. Barber
• shop on The Square as the barbers Mike Jeffrey, left, and
`-Ray Ducharme, right, make absolutely certain that he is
clean shaven.
ey players home
for that. He said that the
youngster's. can be given a
couple of hours a week;: to
practice skating and.to work,
on hockey • funameptals 'but
.would have* to accept a couple •
of scrub games .of hockeY
over an organized schedule.
The loss •of the atom' and
novice leagues from the
.minor• hockey ranks means
about 1'45 youngsters between -
the ages of five and.10 years
old will not be registering this
ear adding to the reduction
of income. The loss leaees the
total registration expected at
about 225 boys, dove .con-
sidor fbly from the 375 that
. signed up last year, .
Ice Costs at Vanastra run
fronx $15 'for the first 10 hours
a week to • $20 for the
eiyeeni:ng r 'T'hose figures
mean that operating costs
will average about $2,000 per
week totalling to an $8,000 bill
, for the • year: Last year's .
,expenses were about $6,600
and' included eight. hours .a.,
week more -ice time than this.
year,
POOR,j'AREN•' INTEREST
• Aside from all the problems
for minor hockey, the
executive still . managed a
stiftbut wilting upper lip. The
biggest setback was -:the
complete lack of support
demonstrated by the*.;poor
turnout at the public meeting,.
"I honestly thought we
would have been swamped by-
interes'tcd parents," said Don
Elliott, "The parents of the.
hockey playersfshoi:rld have"
.heen thei t'';to .ford out whet
rt;rro tilu'nrteci.'
The executive has. granted
the parents the benefit of the
doubt but claim that this next
meeting is the ;last. Mr.
Elliott said that • registration
is set -for . September 25 and
will be for one day only. He
said the organizers:: have to
know on that day how many
boys plan to play because that
is the last possible week 'the
GMHA can hang onto their
ice. After that date they
either ..ft rfeit the ice ,or are
forced to pay for the time
whether the ice is used or not,
"We have to .know how
Many volunteers " we have
before we register the boys," ,
said the president. "That's
why this next jltieeting Is stt.
important.'"
He exp4'ained that the
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