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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-12-08, Page 24PAGE 24--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1977 Godericheric- ool toward First indications are that Goderich Town Council isn't too interested in a Huron County Council proposal to change the residency ruling for senior citizens in Huron and to pick up the operating deficit on the county's senior citizens homes. At the present time, senior citizens must live for one year in a community where a senior citizens' home is located before they can be admitted as residents. The new proposal is that any senior citizen who is a resident of Huron may apply for admission to any senior citizens' home anywhere in the county where there is a vacancy. Under this proposal, all municipalities in the county would share the operating deficit across the county up to 71/2 percent as prescribed by the Ontario government. This deficit would be paid on a per capita basis. Cukrently, the 71,2 percent of the operating deficit for senior citizens' units is paid by the municipalities in which they are located. Where more than one municipality have agreed together to provide senior citizen housing such as is the case of Goderich, Colborne Township and Goderich Township who have -joined forces to build a proposed 70 -units for senior citizens in. Goderich, any deficit would be shared among them under the present system. Goderich Township Reeve Gerry Ginn and County Administrator Bill Hanly were at Monday evening's council meeting to explain the proposal. They brought with them figures which showed that if the proposal had been in effect in 1976, Goderich would have paid $3,742.60 as its share of the total deficit for senior citizens' housing in the county. Goderich's bill for the units located within its own boundaries in 1976 was only $1,142.84. Councillor Don Wheeler protested against the proposal on the grounds that it would be too costly for Goderich. "1'm afraid Goderich, as the largest municipality in the county, would 'end up paying a disportionate amount," said Wheeler. "To me all we would be gaining is to have some of the accounting done by the county." Councillor Elsa Haydon wondered if Goderich people and Goderich Township and Colborne. Township people would be givens priority in the Goderich senior citizens' housing if the county system was approved. It was explained to her the selections for oc- cupancy would be made on a need basis and it would b.e "first come, first served". "What if Goderich says no?" asked Reeve Bill Clifford. Hanly said it was his understanding the county would have to have the approval of all municipalities where senior citizens' housing is Ratepayers association now 100 strong The Goderich Ratepayers Association reaped the benefits of a recent membership blitz and is now more than twice as strong as it was at its inaugural meeting in November. Brian Knights, vice president of the association, said there are now 100 paid members in the organization and that a recent meeting attracted 28 of those members, 90 percent of whom had never been to a meeting before. Knights said the new members are vitally interested in the affairs of the town and want to co-operate with town council to try to ensure that decisions of council reflect the wishes of the community. He said the new members raised Biildue... several questions they wished to put before council and asked that the association in- vestigate the matters before raising the points at the council table. Knights said the members were aware of the problems council face in handling affairs of Goderich and appreciated the concerns of council mer.,bers, He added that the people asked the questions honestly wanting to know why situations were the way they were. He said the questions weren't designed to put council on the spot but were merely efforts by the ratepayers to understand the workings of the municipality. Knights said there were nine points the • from page 1 south of Conklin Lumber, rezoned to agow the establishment of a motel complex. Breckenridge said the original,bill for the work done for Delbar was sent out November 13, 1975. - He said four reminders were sent to the firm in the two years since and that the information about the overdue account had been sent to the town municipal offices for collection. He said planning board collected its own money prior to January 1, 1977 but that at that time accounting practices for the town were changed and the responsibility for collecting the money was turned over to the town hall. Board member Bill Clifford said that he felt that planning board was at least entitled to an explanation of the overdue account from Delbar. Breckenridge said that accounts are frequently allowed to go overdue when developers are awaiting O.M.B. approval of their requests but pointed out that the board had never had one like this before. He added that the O.M.B. approval of the Delbar application had not been received until July of 1977. Ken McGee said the solicitor may not have done anything with the matter. He said he realized the solicitor had been sent the in- formation regarding the overdue account but pointed out that unless the town •instructs the solicitor to take action nothing would be done. Board Chairman Tom Jasper said he would be hard pressed to say when he found out the ac- count was overdue. He said he didn't feel Delbar got any favorable action because of the mayor's involvement hut did say that because of the mayor's position Delbar may have received some leniency. He said he was satisfied the way the matter had been handled adding that the overdue account had never been overlooked intentionally. "If it was my account 1 would have collected it but it's not my account." said Jasper. Breckenridge said this was the first time the matter had been brought to the attention of the hoard in an official manner. He said he had not pushed the matter before because he assumed the account would he paid when the O.M.B. approval was given in July. Will it keep beating? Bea RED CROSS Blood Donor membership asked the ratepayer executive to look into ranging from the town's work force to its mill rate. He said the executive members of the association intended to assign members with the task of getting answers for the questions. . The questions covered the work schedules of town employees clearing snow from town streets, asked about the buying practices of the town's parks department, asked about the future expenses the town plans to incur for park areas, asked about purchasing a new vehicle for the town bylaw officer, asked about town work crews spending time on The Square cleaning up areas the street sweeper misses and asked why the mill rate in Goderich was so much higher than surrounding towns of similar size. Knights explained that the mill rate in Goderich is 208.05 while in Clinton it is 168.9, in Exeter it is 175.6, in Listowel it is 131.1, in Ingersoll it is 139.49 and in Strathroy it is.126.32. He said the membership simply wanted an ex- planation, if there is one, as to why the Goderich mill rate is the highest. Knights said the membership was trying to keep politics out of its dealing with council and was trying to stay away from individual gripes taxpayers may have with an individual on council or with a particular area of town affairs. He said the questions weren't raised in anger or any special emotion they were just concerns of the ratepayers._ roiios Iocated before it could establish the program. "If Goderich doesn't agree for instance," said Hanly, "the whole thing is down the pipe as far as I can tell." "The county would not be picking up the tab. It would just be spreading the operating deficit over the county," observed Councillor Dave Gower. "The system is fine if we could spread some of our other costs involved." Gower pointed out, however, that since the facilities are initiated by thelocal municipalities jn and established through their efforts, there enough advantage to the county pro 0 P sgl'`� presented. He also suggested that municipajl''+ without senior citizens' accommodationaiio probably not be happy to help pay the deb incurred by those who do have such facilities, "1 can't see this getting approval," Gower. The matter was tabled for one week, too, council members time to consider all the 1171 plications of the proposal. Board ignores . • from page 1 season, from team tryouts until after the final game, and do a minimum of 20 wind sprints at the end of every practice. Donnelly said he was happy with the board's decision to ignore the resolution from the chiropractic ass('cTation claiming football does more than just give a young athlete a chance to play the game in an organized league. He said other skills other than the physical ones are developed in the football program. Students learn self confidence, self discipline and the ability to get along with other people to reach a common goal, even if the athlete isn't par- ticularly a friend of a teammate, He said the students learn to sacrifice to reach a goal and learn that the only way to achieve something is through hard work. He pointed out that the football players sacrifice a great deal during the season. He said they work out on the field every night when they Child abuse .. . • from page 14 munity would allow the agency to help in many cases but that some children would have to live in a situation where they are being abused and not have any group or individual aware of it to offer them help. Penn -said that the community could support the child abuse prevention program through donations but pointed out that the program has to he an ongoing thing. He said if the community donated funds to keep the program operating it would have to be a continuous thing with the guarantee that the following year the financial support would be there. He said the only way it can be successful is if it has a sound future, • know their friends are up town having a g time or are home doing homework sothey can;; out later at night. He said the football playe may 'not get home until six or seven o'clock`•". then face farm chores in the case of.rijr'. students and homework responsibilities. The coach said an - average of 60 to 65 studeii take part in football each year. He said players are all out on the field becausetheyvy;, to be. He doesn't agree that peer presiii' prompts the student to play the game adding a student may be out there because his frien are or because his brother played beforehiml he still wants to be out there. "They wouldn't last if they didn't want to out here," he said. "We run a good toughfoetb:i program here." Donnelly said that this year the only injuria incurred during the football season were mi ones. He said one player suffered a should bruise but pointed out that the player al refused to adjust his shoulder pads tightenou; to prevent injury. There were no serious kn injuries and two mild ankle sprains, neitherlo term injuries. The coach added that when a player injur himself 1- e doesn't play until he is ready return. He said if there is any risk of furth injury the student doesn't dress for -a game. Participation in the football program does'n affect the student's academic standing cording to the coach. He said of the 29 seni football players on the roster thisi year 13 we honor students, achieving a 75 percentorbett grade, in June of 1977. Parental support of the game is strong Goderich according to Donnelly. He said league games played in Goderich are witness by many adult fans and adding that when league championship. game was played he there were 'as many adults and parentsoutto game as there were students. FOOD BUDGETS 6E1 A STOKELY 14 FL. OZ. KIDNEY BEANS NIBLET WHOLE 12 FL. OZ. KERNEL CORN 279c 289C WilliACLE WHIP ZIP 15 OZ. TIN DOG FOOD NO. 1 NATURAL HONEY 2 LB. TUB $1.29 51.O.O $1.69 LIQUID DETERGENT 24 FL. OZ. SUNLIGHT 69° INGERSOLL 160Z. JAR CHEESE SPREAD $1.49 L5111111DYfOimmER Don't get caught without the most Important piece of equipment for winter THE SHOVEL SERVICE HMIMIOIIN HARDWARE dr 3II 524'8661 0 VICTORIA ST, NORTH CHRISTMAS 4 ROLL PACK - 26" x 50" ROLLS GIFTWRAP $1.49 STAFFORD CHERRY 19 FL. OZ, PIE FILLER 99° SUPREME ASSORTED 1 LB. PKG. COOKIES 89• AYLMER 14 FL. OZ. WITH BEANS PORK k_311' MAPLE LEAF RINDLESS BACON b MAPLE LEAF WIENERS Ib.89' BY THE PIECE BOLOGNA Ib. 594 MAPLE LEAF 6 OZ. V.P. LUNCH MEAT BOLOGNA LUNCHEON ' MAC 'N CHEESE DUTCH LOAF MOCK CHICKEN HEAD CHEESE • PICKLE PIMENTO PKG. FOR a MAPLE LEAF BONELESS FULLY COOKED DINNER PORK SHOULDERS ..$1.69 UTILITY GRADE TURKEY 6 TO 10 LB. AVG. lb. 79c BY THE PIECE BAS EA` BACON 61.69 • SCHWEPPES 399 INSTANT COFFEE 10 OZ. JAR 54.69 1 L8. PKG. CRISCO .Shortening 69° FRUIT CAKE 1 LB. SIZE 51.09 CHERRY HILL STORE • CUT CHEESE ST. WILLIAMS WITH PECTIN Strawberry or Raspberry JAM PLUS DEP. 24 FL. 01. 99 ROYALE 2 ROLL PKG. BATHROOM TISSUE 55 ONEAS3a$1 FACIAL TISSUE 59 C LIBBYS 48 FL. OZ. TOMATO JUICE 69 PALINDAI9FL.O�LE, 2isl PINEAP 24 FL. OZ. MAZOLA OIL $1 I' WhirFalb MINI INGS69 69 19 MILD MEDIUM OLD COLBY E.D. SMITH 19 FL. OZ. APPLE PIE FILLER McCAINS FANCY 2 L8. BAG Frozen PEAS TENDERFLAKE PURE LARD 1 LB. PKG. Ib..8 554 COCA-COLA FLOZ 3 PRODUCE OF USA NO. 1 GRADE HEAD LETTUCE 2/99' HEADS PRODUCE OF USA NO. 1 GRADE CELERY STALKS EA. 59r RED& WHITE FOoD %TOR Es SUNKIST NAVEL ORANGES 99' TANGERINES DOZ. PRODUCE OF ONT. NO. 1 GRADE POTATOES J.M. CUTT limited 91 VICTORIA ST. GODERICH PRICES IN EFFECT TILL CLOSING TIME 10 P.M. DEC. 10 OR WHILE QUANTITIES LAST WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES OPEN NITELY TILL 111 P.M. 20 LB. BAG 994 . BANANAS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL K • UNTRY FRESH MISS -SHAPE CHOCOLATES PKG OF S $3.99 1 LB. PKGS. oR994 R PLUS DEP. Doi. • 23 co 1 L9, `g FOR ON 99'