The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-06-16, Page 1Nit
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jnts from Arq,..i?earit1. were ,Made
�sale attendenOelitilo.wooe, works
anfronted the O0o9,4,44,40'Wttli
)ald he was Plannint*-iNmIlate 11
'IsSion couldn't; saitretp;;teVthree
Ohms about octriVeati9444epdance.
estions were that "no W,C delegate
any conference outside poto,00; that
r, of deiegateS: to*i,f0Ofilderably
tthat one of the oologotosirkooither
del, the hydro Prettienk.or.'Ernie
water foreman,whose 4004d -work
ps enable them to Participate ori
Vets as well as report back on their
he commission he felt it "Was only
:the commission wanted to,go along
tition before thepublic reacted to it,"
he wanted to let the commission
t 99 per cent of the taxpayers in
elt about conventions such as the 'one
a'.
on is the result of efforts by Searls to
rhinission attendance at a .convention
a justified. He was angered‘by the
e PUC footed the bill for four com-
the mayor, and the office manager
their wives to attend the American
liSconvention in Anaheim, California
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mended that the practice of paying
s'to go was unjustifiable and that it
ecessary for so many delegates to
to Goderich. He said he felt the in -
gleaned from the convention was
to anyone on request and even if it
was not necessary to send so many
et it.
eb Shewfelt said he had some doubts
accuracy of the figures used in a
story in the Sigeal-Star and
that the figures were way out of line.
e first week the sterY, was -that Six
e9hi1es had *one thraiieh t6
..00forzi4
mitten and th next week ,_ the f gut , ,,'
"1 think there's reason for thatandner
' It Will probably be $18,000," seiclihei 0
- l'Whether it is $6,000 or $113.900..*Ia,4'
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is' that it is uuneceseary te. seed, 't.,
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people to any eenVentioeilott-
EditOe's Note; The Mat week thestory
used in the s.!gli91;.Stac.*9 'figures- tseC4$1,000 perpopple, thefiguresestiniatectbYPIT, VP•
office manager Don 'MaeMillan, The folienIng
week an editorial on the issue estimated ;
$1,000 a head' rather thau*•:A couple; The
newspaper apologizes to, any;:cointniaSionerS or
wives that were criticized giakresult of erifev4
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SHEARDOWN THANKS '
SEARLS
Commissioner Leonard Sheardown com-
mended Searls -for corning forward and:. com-
plaining about the apparent misuse of Public
funds and added that not enough people make
that kind of effort to keep any level of govern-
ment in line: He'said more of that kind of action
was needed in some areas of government.
Sheardown went on to say that he woeldn't
disagree with Searis on the expense of the
convention and felt that the numbers sent an-
nually should be reduced and possibly curtailed.
He said he could not go along With the suggestion
that no Goderich delegate be allowed to attend
convention outhide the province. •
Commission Chairman Harry Worsen said the
disagi
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Ir!ng water rit;ar';4*:11.iC$14tomat'
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dollarsjf not a. rnllllon.
or
Atikitei•Olictjti. my
4 s :the, customers
ey 'back- they. can
he . .
blOrtnation the cern-
Op:- attending the con-
Win,Ontarlo at far leas
rnission endured to get it in
Pywrelt suggested that
hat claim, saying the
o revieW. eggineer's
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411 report;,that0.! '
9pd ail bliivator system
Vat, , ithous: . . , llars, With information
d104;01iitheitge, ..„,90,1xtrthsealcdit.mmission- would
Pa ere said the commission was examining the
report W,ith the latent ni*Of Making a decision on
a new water storage:tank to compliment the tank
commission had been sending people to con-
ventions for 20 years and nothing was ever said.
He asked Searls if he wouldn't rather take his
wife when he goes to a convention. Worsell added
that the taxpayers should be taking a, close look
at expenses of this nature at the county level,
claiming the county goes to everything.
"I,don't doubt that there are a lot of expenses
like this at other ',levels of government that
should be stopped," agreed Searls. "Our taxes
are too high now ."
Commissioner Jim Peters said his attitude
was that there were 34,0 customers for the PUC
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scutnbent Jack R
the Riding
Is nearest opPe
taon McK inlet by
ito, oily wonthe ridi
Whjle McKInIeypj
date Shitley,'Weai
,nly .10.105. In 1975.
Hayter of Goder
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declai
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I F"knewbbans all" about the subject.
Searls 1 Ott the commission would fare
betterj.htmly.-. most
e flan if it sent the people who
from information gathered.
said he felt the foreman should attend any
and possibly all conventions the commission felt
were important because commission members
. already were knowledgable about water and
electric systems and could benefit the town by
learning more.
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saatiedr thenew
in
ewtatoand tank
kwn was
would have be a 1
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qt
ds created by a low water 41And , ere*
Peter 1-
4,11at before the convention he
He said the commission's decision to send
office manager MacMillan was a waste of money
since he could have gone to Toronto to learn to
run an office.
In trying to point out the value of conventions,
Mac Milian said he attended one in Toronto
several years ago to learn the new regulations on
sales tax when the tax laws were changed. He
• said he used the new.information to the benefit of
the town by saving about $25,000 in taxes that
V441741,
Peters defended the pziltioe,.,
mission taking, wives to‘the 00031
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thatthesiftheplegea94roYeloo
sionot.to pay. He sald
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he felt the position of eortignissiprotshould'
open to ail people regardless 'won*:and that
while he and some other' commissioners *ere
blessed with an above average income, the *an
with a small income should; not be denied, the
privilege to take hiswifetb a convention because
wheivceos.uldn't afford it. Peters said that'swhat may
happen if the commission failed to 'sponsor
"You'd feel like -the fifth wheel of a car at a
convention if that happened," he said.
Searis suggested that the $1,000 the com-
missioners receive annually could be used to pay
for the wife's trip to the convention site.
"That's for the time we give the commission
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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1977
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,,....11they're robbing the dead
They say WS easy to steal from the blind but
soineonein the Godericharea has found that it is
easier still to steal from the dead. Maitland
Cemetery ::Sexton Elgin Chambers revealed
Tuesday that someone* probably from the
Goderich area, has been using the Maitland
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Cemetery as a source of and shrubs
for _ a gardc*ChatnberOsaid about six plots of
geraniums and shrubs have been lifted from the
es JO e ,oepetery:and twipiltrubs pulled
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C1ambeissaid the .tht or thieves have not
just gone in and stolen the geraniums. They have
`shoPpecfor them. He said some pf the plants are
more mature and larger than others and the
culprit has takennothing but the finest available.
"It's not kids," reasons Chambers "What the
hell do they want with geraniums? I don't think
it's vandalism because it's only the better
flowers taken.ljust think it's someone whois too
cheap to go buy flowers himself,"
Chambers knows most of the tenants of the
Cemetery and where they are and says he can
take anyone to at least half a dOzen spots where
flowers have been uprooted and stolen. He said
.• one grave had two shrubs stolen which amounts
to about $38 investment for the family.
,• ;Geraniums went for about $1,35 apiece this year,
according to Chambers, who claims it is not only
expensive to keep replacing the flowers but it is a
shock to the family to have them stolen.
"I always felt it was pretty serious when
people start sealing from the dead," said
Chambers.
He said the cemetery has always been the
victim of thieves but never "as bad as this year".
He recalled one family plot that was bordered on
four corners by large urns in which flowers were
planted. Everif.. year ,someone turned the urn
upside down tolet the .dirttiiit andithen Made Off'
with the .ornament. Finally the owner stopped
supplying them.
' "The cemetery board can't be responsible to
• police the place 24 hours a day," said the sexton.
"Once the people buy the plot it's their
property."
He said the victims come to him with com-
plaints wanting to know what can be done. He
points out that the cemetery is open from sunrise
to sundown and during those hours many people
come and go. He said he wanted to put a gate up
to keep people out after hours but the cemetery
board wouldn't agree to it. He said the only thing
he can suggest is a mandatory car check ,at the
gate which would make most all the owners
"rather hostile".
Chambers said the stealing could be done in
the middle of the day and neither he nor his wife
Councillor John Doherty asked Monday
evening at the regular council meeting to be
excused from voting on the recommendation of
the airport committee to paly the cost of legal
fees to Colborne Township in any action resulting
from Colborne's decision to re, scind two building
permits issued for property IriThe vicinity of Sky
Harbor Airport.
.But ,after a brief discussion, Doherty was
advised by Mayor Deb Shevtleit that it would be
necessary for him 'to vote •,on the question -
unless, of course, he left the room.
"Then 1 may have to leait the room," said
Councillor Doherty 'who claimed he did not have
enough background knowledge of the airport file
to make a decisidn at Monday!,meeting.
However, when_ the mayor called for a
recorded vote as requested list Councillor Elsa
.Haydon, Doherty voted in fav:Our of the motion to
pay ,any legal fees incurred by Colborne
Township in this matter. Only Councillor Haydon
and Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer voted against
it. '
"The girls stick together,- quipped the mayor
following the vote. "It's boys against the girls. At
least that's the tune of the paper”
RECOMMENDATION EXPLAINED
The recommendation to pay the legal fees for
Colborne Township followed the township's
decision to rescind building permits which had
been issued to Rennie Armstrong for Lot 8, Plan
12 in Colborne Township and Joseph Driver for
Lot 7, Plan 12, also in Colborne Township.
The airport committee meeting in special
session May 27 agreed these two lots are in
immediate area of the proposed new runway
extension at Sky Harbor Airport, and if homes
were built on them, they would be in direct
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de117:tokited to issues and the leadership offered by PC leader long standing tooserVative,
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Inernber and"cabinet votes. He was defeated in Lucan in 1975 by 10
ton4Vtidcllesex William Davis. Riddell said that t area votertsifhtahde mRiniidsteer charlea,McNaughtoithz votes.
ent "Ceitaertative ' a number of concerns, namely he closing d
sti 14ed 'the et and later won a The total voter turnout in the riding was 23,116,
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elented,PC- some early gains in his first attempt prO•tiht?,torar
a similar al seat but rapidly. lost"that*ipporkas the bulk The
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nor any of the cemetery employees would notice.
He explained that they are always working on
the land when someone is visiting a grave and
never really pay any attention to the people. The
sexton adds that he began to suspect everyone
that visits the place and watched them while
they were there, he would never be able to do his
job.
"1 honestlythink people are just watering their
flowersbut it could be they are robbing someone
else's," he said.
Chambers said the police are beginning
regular patrols of the cemetery for two rasons.
He explained that a group of people have been
using the river frontage in the area to party,
hopefully away from police, and angry property
owners suffering damage from the party goers
have complained.
The police will be going through the cemetery
to check the area and will also be checking the
cemetery.
"It's not that crowd though," he said. "What
wouid they want with flowers and trees?"
Chambers wonders what effect publicity will
have on the thieves. He claims the "yahoos
probably don't read any papers" adding that "it
is awfully Small of a person to steal something
out of a cemetery."
lborne
conflict with any future expansion of airport
facilities,
Roman • Dzus of the Goderich Planning
Department was present at that May 27 meeting,
and checked the land transfers and severances
which had created a number, of lots in the
vicinity of the airport.
Then on June 3, the airport committee held
another special session on the matter and during
a committee -of -the -whole portion of the meeting,
Dzus outlined the necessary setbacks to meet
department of Transport regulations so that
grants can be received forthe development at
theairport.Iso
inrport.
committee -of -the -whole, the committee
heard county planner Gary Davidson explain the
land freeze that was placed by the province in.
1975, but which did not affect any single family
dwellings. He said the area in question was zoned
seasonal recreational but under the zoning
legislature, no control is placed on occupancy.
In the same meeting, Elmer Squires, Business
Air Services, pointed out to the committee the
importance of the expanded facilities at the
airport to the growth of Dominion Road
Machinery Co. Ltd. •
The town's solioitor Dan Murphy was also
present at . that meeting, and discussed land
expropriation with the committee.
When the committee resumed open session,
the committee agreed to recommend to town
council to -pay the cost of legal fees which might
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