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h
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n
the
with
Out
can
age
Bylaw
dose ur a rear of deliberation,
s DYjI,Y
w
e ctioT , coon
ddnotial
' IDepAnLii mned4tely
Ides fur cash Import
DYIw Drvr
n 10 be levied 700 00' ishousio
�a,uchrd ands raw g
e ate a 51,000 pot
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r
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an
d
K39 per Ir cum
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sod
aHw
Il dleis. mmt I0 two
, .11 will be imposed
0 ell a ubr ivsbn ally
I7 ID per cmlwis be pold abn
`100 Ina sigr;inne len -
iWn rid Ore remain{
sael6rankd y
,apt will00 dieibu fd ng pe'mddt, at
diva of esu
approves impost charges
i daefurmecullectbnolfmpust g s on new � homes
sties calming stir b tM data char
In the cue of vacant rosldentlal sol nal
P of raw s
p1Or I t by the was owe for
Ne ural w. Cabe Impost d al for a full April I, 1877 The bylaw war, however.
will M collected • cin
mong b t Use dem Yee
o W cheesed ea ...Jan..., January 17, matte
issuing the bulldlag permit.
Reeve Clifford raid the committee had
The money from tae Import cMrgo set me April I date In order to possibly
will go Into n 090001e hied 005 00. and to give homing noel! In tunny 10
prorldun of “hard rerel0rl' - sewer,," •0 rape carr to
drsfRy roads. sidewalk. see. As stated In „..,take advantage" Apr of the current
the'Vylaw, the u1.14MT' U made "10 s Councillor
Elm
1
Cuundl r
b Elw
!s sits Incurred or FI• d
cover to su Iof un
De Hay
don a
h
under
stood that
had
mimedge
bythe Corporation a• the I
W areaultW
m pun cher
eddltlonel development and con, been levied pal year, the epactal land
stru,tlon within the Ilmit. of the Town of °old already have canto tined
Goderich." r me0kr 174,000 fqr the provisionof aylo.s to Goderich.
The chargee will be collected by the "To To 10Yet1. the date m April I would be
building M.p.gor and the fund will be something like clo.Ing the barn dour
I 1 trated by
the town'
dm n ss ad-
s
minlatrator Harold s Wall. after the nor W ie out," cl olds Mn
Hr
ydon It Vuld give builders ird
IlnrnceaYltlwmittee ofght towns by council, developers an opportunity permit.
w get e
chaired by Reeve Bill Clifford The Impost charge could be collectedf°re the
iyed i,A. Elliott wing
Ilan
the
I his
lents
u5
that
only
in
t th
R5
u eek
eks
week
(Wally open Jan. 26
undrs Marne d
xetplol d
i
irol
pr Wee J.ad W Banks this
tort
on behalf f of
witses Board
as tM f(tclial
a We
erre fanatics w01be 6e
0113 p^'00' on January
Ontario Minister of Health
Frank Miller Is to be on hand
to officially open the new
Is to bek w
wine
which known as
heEA Elliott
Wing.
The opening ceremonies
will be followed
d byy a brief
tour of the new area mowed
and refreshments In' the
hospital cafeteria.
tr
Councillor Dave Gower agreed with
Onci 1
fur
H
a
Ydu
n
an
d sa
d they!
f
ivhetiser the
date
eJate was leftist AD1I, building be
pothereWKS intention 11044 this treason or nut
"The whole purpose of the 'mould
charge is to recover our aervldng cunt.
I e r arealEileen Palmer
.' wide cr
shefeltme date to begicullec110,g
1m u
YI charges bar
about
pre d
be be
immediate
oto
e sand the wen would be
'offering i to developers' f the dateemwIned tit
Ayi it l
0711EN AREAS STUDIED
"Isn't SI 000 high)" asked Councilor
Stun Profit
rf
H
told that Impuet charges yo the province tinged alanyhere from 1500 fur a tangle familydwelling the town of Perth nearOttawa ta un estimated 10,00)0Waterloo
Mayor Deb Shewfelt pointed
out. however,
Nat In
some
sees the
Im
Wel charges
ether municipal hookas flit Crit W till
w) end cannot be contoured
many
respects to the Impalaseed p mond
for Goderlch charges approved
Sample Impost bylaws from Perth,
Kincardine, Perna., Strathroy
Kitchener were ei.minsd by •*Aa
m men
ecrine
w drawing awl
^g uD the tical
b law
Y The Inmost
Reeve Clifford noted ,011 SKWInlardlnc.
In a new
segment
esslon etwhichlocal citizencus who COMIC!!
questions of tend the ee councilUng ,RickRobertsoned to n
obertson
Inquired whether council lad {Ivan
thought to the fact that lotrice• In
Goderich r Iready something like
112.009 to SI 5,0110 . and that an additional
10,000 import charge for the building
permit would put undue 'hardship on
prospective new home owner.
-T sr
D kslctineand homer!
e►r
Vihl In,Goaerlcd now as compared to
herr- London for example," oak
M Roberteri a teacher et (FOCI *ha
eeYa Ila Diana to build • oaw borne tole
year. "You are adding 111.900 10 OM
present price of a bL"
Ma
Y
Sims/felt said t
he
impost
charge could foe the of ling
dawn In town • Nd
al rite
of building
ng
permit. up In the root areas.
"Tho current 00.d is that people are
building out of town," noted the mayor.
"In the, coming year, there could b.
twice asmanypeople moven Cwt of the
town Into the rural ,reae, That could.
bring price of lots down In Goderich
opt the arta of building permitsp n 111, the country."
"I1 you drive people out of town, you
are losing tax dollars," Mr. Robenwa
reminded council.
[an 6oDericry
SIGNAL—STA
in YEAR -3
ge,wii, Co1Dome Township Reeve end acclaimed Warden of Huron County takes
1d of office from Judge IF .G. Cuter at Inaugural ceremonies held et the County
Chambers last Friday. McNeil was unopposed far the position after Allen Cam-
0rl1ed 0omistlen for personal reasons. (staff photo)
be too late for Borg-Warner but
future
to
re
O. council may
.00,00ed 0 p0tti00
..age favorable
I Goderich and
mr Lidallowing
m locate here But
g to -aunty
officer Spence
hey may he lis•,
lemlcouneil meeting
pit set up 10 allow
represenlaovn of
•ieutry of the 00
red Borg Warner
trrNer to disc -,ss,
Odle to purchase
kir, on agreement for
a
Nldrawnup but
pct for future
maggested
want gat oft to a Dad
aka council learned
I had not sent a
A letter frail the
{^ideal of the firm
10.4,00 designated
Cummings as the
observer at the
and conveyed regret
Tram Bog Warner
Inthere Mr
n
d the firm was
Mr Cummings
convey 0010
of the meeting
11
h
Elsa Heydon
ed Mr Cum
m acnficong his
nes by acting on
f the firm claming
THURSDAY, JANUARY h, 1077
Following in Tiger's footsteps
SINGLE COPY 25e
Warden elected from Colborne
Douglas A. McNeil, Reeve councillors„ "especially
of Colborne Township was members" to speak their C rap
ia p Huron County Soil and
acclaimed Warden of the' minds during council Association) m (dove 5a 00
County of Huron for the 1977 debates a was
term un Monday afternoon "Councillors should present chaomn of the
when the only other 004,4,te up' he said " speak Aloo of Diariners t
sated. Moll illoReevegood debate )y Alexandra Marine end
Allan Campbell, withdrew an asset IL the aunty General Hospital in 0(0,, 1h
from the election before a council µn ,fa remarks after the
frlewahca fled. nominated Ito warden was x eu glia ceremonies, Mr
Rising to speak after his Township Reeve Gy erry Ginoder rn ever noted that uu had
name was placed forward for He dry ri,ed Mr Mr Neil as a electedWarden
hew lis be
the top county council m c rd n of Huron
Past, ea with the assess of County when it lel his name
Moo. Campbell told the "leadership and rxperence" stand for the first time in 1965
wiled esu chamber-
Mr
ombre for
that he was as rpr,ed 0y He' a post on Colborne
the no w, pointed our that the Townshipobserved
nomination
as C1,
bor
r Reese had
everyoneelse Then he ad n Count rued Ht observe that County
for
(led, "You don't have to sweat e Y ors Din p 000 700
anymore Doug.mI am with nchairmanx years. nee pest two
drawing my, name from the nd hie execution
�ccclaimo4,md had earl been
nomination " acclaimed keels f
The MCK tllop reeve ex Colborne (ora as
two
planed that he hada standing year,
promise to take his wife to Outlining his hack ground
Florida thea winter and had Mr Ginn explain d that Doug
decided that his family would McNeil
havewcome forst rip hal worked fur six
years on d Creat Lakes
Ther is no lawsaying I Tanker He had Aird in the
t
cannel try a third 1 lime,' hr Royal Canadian Air Force
added , alluding to an earlier between 1941 and 19401 and
attempt at winning w r ning 0•lection "like , many ear ird
as edit when he ran hollowing the hand bought
"i
against Brussels Reese John a lar ' g
L McCutcheon last term MrMcNeil. he told the
"If 1 on, ans re•elected w councillors, was an reeler of
township council, and 1f my
health remains good, Nilo United 011,ChHuronh. had been
g I may president ,ho,o 1? Agriculture
lure County
try again,"hs said Fees hon of Agn sailor
MrCampbell called on all 1056 ;7 was a pa01 president
Industrial
ndustrial
agreements me
nt
sC
clearer
ares• •
the town clerk could easily
notify the Company of the
sults of the meeting. She
said Mr. Cummings also
represented the county and
the Industrial Commission
and nonce the meeting was
designed n hear comments
from three parties It couldn't
he successful with only two.
The ministry of the en
voronment representatives
4wmake the meeting and
three public engineers, John
Manuel and Orrle Wigle from
I nasion
and Neil McMullen
From ' Sarnia. brought the
ahnerns the ministry had
ut the proposed Borg
Werner plant to Goderich
Mr McMullen told council
the m1metry was worried that
If the•r mpany dischargd Its
waste onto the sanitarysewer
d would drastically overload
the town's sewage control
plant and if they used the
storm sewer the town didn't
1,10ee stringent enough
bylaw In ensure that the ef.
fluent would be clean
Mr McMullen said the
town faced two sets of
sedans If 1t wanted the firm
to use the sanitary sewer, It
would be looking at enlarging
the sewage control plant to
allow successful treatment p en o
J
the extra waste If lisaked
the company 10 use the storm
sewer. the town would have to
sir•ngthrn the bylaw to force
the company to pretreat I011700 the firm. members but advised Nem
wastes su that only clear Mr. Wigle told council that !ha0 the ministry prefers w
water reached the sewer the choice was up to the Iruntinuod on page 101
Interim tax bills
60 mills in March
Property owners In the Town of Goderich will be
paying interim tax bills representing 60 mills on March 5
this year. Town council approved the action at Its regular
meeting Monday evening and passed the necessary
bylaw
"The town needs funds for working capital," said
Reeve Bill Clifford, chairman of the finance committee
"It Is either this or we borrow the money "
Another reason, according to Reeve Clifford, is that by
collecting the first tax 1100 in March, the workload at the
town office is equalised throughout the year
"But this Is by far the lesser of the two reasons," said
Reeve Clifford
Last year, 50 mills was collected April 5 However,
town administrator Harold Walls Bald the town needs
money earlier than that to avoid the high coal of
borrowing.
"We need money right now," said Mr Walls. He in.
dlcated that he would probably be suggesting to council
that other tax bills be made collectable on June 5, nal
July 5 as last year. and October 5,
"You realise a tax bill on March 5 Is hard on people,"
observed Mayor Deb Shewfelt." Just because you send
the ills doom: t meats yohi ltget the moseytis,:'
"II doesnl seem to matter why} date you .Ohonse
nswere1l the adminisGalor. Some munlelpali ties have
Ns bills out now. We need the money It is as simple as
that."
Council members must work
hard at their Job or they
would not hold their seats.
"I consider I have worked
reasonably hard on this
council to stay in office," he
said
He explained that the
decision to seek the warden's
chair had been made last
June. "1 approachedmem.
bees of council to see if any
others would be running." he
said, "and none were so here
I am today."
W
work on the committee
system Y here." he noted, "and
1
that is good. We are working
together to improve the
county
"When asked why'1 wanted
to be Warden," he told Na
mid it was
t because I was not in the habit
of looking back. We must
always
go ahead and that le
hatlam
County Council for 1977.' the
After administering the
oath of office Judge F. G,
Caner told the councillors
that
the
lint Dundee of
Huron was Tiger Dunlop and
(continued on page I0)
Planningboard returns
McGee ee
issue -
t
oc
council
11 the town of Goderich has
any intention of prosecuting
McGee Motors Limited for
apparent misuse of the
Hamilton Street property that
formerly housed the Colborne
Hotel then the prosecution
will come from council not
the planning board
The board decided at the
last meeting to refer the
matter back to council with a
stipulation that no further
acuan be taken by planning
board
The decision was made
:saber the board heard a letter
NRli their attorney Dan
Murphy Mr. Murphy tow the
board that he had assumed
from their request for an
0711(00 on the matter, that
they wanted to know the
probable success of
prosecuting McGee,.
He added he did not want to
offer anopinion without
knowingthe feelings of the
Huron County Planning
Depart
Newly ant en lected at board
chairman Tom Jasper said he
felt the board "still had no
answer" adding hews not
certain the matter was within
"our frame of reference". He
said he could see no reason
planning board was Involved
with the matter since there
was no :Doing change or
request for toning change.
The boards involvement
came n about in November
when town council heard a
report from building
spe, cter Roy Breckenridge,
who is also planning beard
secretary. Mr. Breckenridge
submitted a report to council
November 0 claiming the
current use of the property
defied the zoning bylaw for
the town and council referred
the matter to planning board.
Elsa Heydon, a member of
planning hoard in 1976,
questioned the decision
sending the matter to the
board claiming it is council's
bylaw and it was up to council
to enforce it if it chose to do
0 She said the board's only
n Ifth
volvement would be ere
request to chane the
zoning, which there wasn't
and suggested then that the
matter be sent back to
co cil
Planning board chairman
Dave Cower said he
felt there
on over -reaction
isothat
o me
issuewant pd the out countil.
wanted the opinion of the
board and a legal opinion and
instructed the board
secretary to ask Mr. Murphy
(continued on page 10)
'This team of hones 115 become r faint eo'mmae slghtros
the street. of Goderich this whiter as the Huber Perk len
has been promoting a little outdoor activity In the loran of
hay rides, Not to be outdone by her elder. legs Sigurd!,,
lebr•ted her .0100 birthday on Smd•y with a horrid! fer
her party guests. She had 0a Inside track of moors•, the
teamster Is her father, Ron Sigurd.. el Wallington Stria,
Goderich. (Malt phor.l
Child in hospital
Flee year old Tiffany WWI, daughter W Mr. and Mra.
Lloyd Wall of Main Street, Dungannon, less rushed to
W
I^Wam Omer Hospital oe lel
n Saturday da moron
hely Irmo brad Injuries ales aha wolf struck pby r
pickup truck on the fourth and fifth Conte...on v.1 West
Mswanosh Township neer the main Intersection in
Dungannon,
child ran from
cle. Into
the p lb W a truck driven by Alvin tween two C. Smith, 21, of RR 2.
Auburn. Pollee describe road conditions at me time
00
"snow -packed".
r
Char e
upsets
A• tad to
m! acct
spinet the drlrer. The dent, a DehWing
the and r was t.andrrt 7, b e
London haiee. where she nderwept surgery for in
lemal inJurt.s.
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(;,0D 'RI('I! ' IGNAI -S'! kit -I-Iii'RSDAY- DECEMBER 29. 197—PAGE 3
Swaents boogie for bucks. Joanne 111140.,, Bill Dart.
Wendy Bots end BIB Walters were put of the 115 GDCI
student. who danced for IS hours last Friday to rise $3,000
for school 001001lles. The dance -a -Ino^ oast one of the most
successful money making ventures undertaken by the
students council, (staff photo)
Warned to keep tight rein on budget
Mary Donnelly board chairman
Fivemembers of the Goderich
Recreatinew
Board were welcomed into
rvice with a caution from Reeve and
Finance chairman Bill Clifford to keep
tight reins on the upcoming budget
Reeve Clifford. substituting for Mayor
Deb Shewfelt wrllcomed member to the
inaugural sess n of the recreation
board las, Thursday and cautioned the
board on its past history of over ex
pendlwre
Clifford commented that the
recreation board has been over budget
for the past two years, a practice he said
was not lobe continued
"Reevaluate the existing recreation
programs and analyse the philosophy of
user pays," he said "You must consider
everything now and strike a budget that
you can live within."
Clifford added that he was not at
Tempting t0 be critical of the board but
imply wanted to make a point prior to
budget time and reiterate the fact that
was still tight.
money q
Mary Donnelly, a board member for
he past n four years as erected
chairman for the two year term ,f the
board The board members consist of
Mayor Shewfelt, CouncilorsJohn
Doherty anti Hob Allen and ton Goo
Bab Cornish. Kandy Smith, Robert
Gibbons and Juan Vanden Broeck
Donnelly told the board that the past
Geo years had been hecuc and the board
experienced many budget problems w )th
the arena
She welcomed ns,/
a
m mbers and
explained that it ould likely take
several session, to get organited and
also expressed an urgencyfort e
h board
b meet with representatives t ur neigh
honoring townships to discuss the topic of
recreation raun and cults
We definitely need a meeting of :his
board and representatives 010 G'oder)ch
and Colborne townships, she .said "It
appears
tproblems
h
1 1
ti`just misunderstandings
In 0 just
from the recreation
director
Mike Dymond he stated that
the board
should
review its policies d
procedures as well is its rule and fun
One percent saving the goal
r run within the municipal recreation
so hems
He
said the board should review the
philosophy of municipalI
- and d
die purpose or the board as the mem
v , the on of the director and the
.nIng pUlicies
r,m the new comml0re members.
too, uh committees were formed Jon
Ginn Robert Gibbons and Robert
furnish were appointed to the arena sub
committee and Joan Vanden Hrueck and
Randy Soath were appointed to the pool
sub -committee Ruth the recreation
board chairman and director also 001 on
horn sub committees
Arena manager, Hill Lumhy stated
that since more entertainment is booked
for theam
floor it may be ad
anlageous to
acquire some to hien that
n be easily set up ands red at the
Arena
He claimed that rel
organizations do not book the arena floor
eciouse they to not have the facilities to
k
t sit lobe d
p
V
The
matterreferred l,lh chairs.
sob committee
e arena
Special e
education. cats n
s
report
shows thoughtful ul st
Thudy
queston of special play men, W primary reading
reduce the number of in- Learning
education, as offered In the d,11,7,, ,the access o Power L g
Huron County School system, 0f a teOether for employment
d, xervrd byhd one w ntlneranl it • 'Thi bm
came before the Board W wnseling (or Ywdent. with trochee "This proposal would
necessitate the
Educationnatal of one
agent n Mond
notional
8 n u pY problems.
and
D "We
currently have
r 1
add lienal
this ortable
time in P
me hem d a enablimm
mt of class tot
received 450 referrals iteral for
classroom t
report from Superintendent the emotionally disturbed tasting leamirhg disabilities In a Brussel and the
of Education W.D Kenwell SPECIAL ED. TEACHERS the half [line
ant a an r." Mr.
Kenw ell noted.
The report, mak tag a serles The Huron County Board of explel�neC four months," he hall eine teacher." Mr.
of seven recommendations w Educe°. currently employs The report also suggested
the Board. was the end result the equivawn, of 4.6 itinerant that time allotment for
of a survey tireuluted w student vac teaches es ldnat remedWl leacnen
schoolprincipals on the who deet wrath students ex- should be dlslributed' by the
county during November of pert enctng learning elif principal. in accordance with
ns, year. The survey set out tomatoes 04 0 represents four Board otditng guidelines-
to ascertain the number of uachers on full time and one The special education
children who were receiving pari -lime teacher working report also observes that a
some type of special about 6 o lull time, declining en olmenl at
education for a typical month One Of these teachers Clinton Public School should
tin this case October spends all his tone testing help alleviate the need for
November) and the grade students and recommending one/reined Opportunity Class
placement of these students remedial techniques to be tome In that particular school
It also tried to establish the employed The . mcreastng
type of special education
analwncn which should be
expanded for the 1977.78
school year and wht type of
special education might be
introduced for the new term
Special education
assistance to Huron is offered
on three levels, Primary.
hunter and Intermediate, and
1 categories.
remedial, 0pe001), learning
disability, testing, visually
handicapped, hearing hon
docapprd and physically
handicapped Results of e
survey shed that a total f
1420 students were receiving
assistance in these classes
nal, 913 on the Primary level,
,t0 1 Junior and 134 in
In erreduto
The survey also showed
five areas in which principals
mug ge000d exportsra w the
current special education
program
The frst was an increase in
school limy for itinerant
learning d mobility leachers
to spend both in the actual
instruction of children and in
n, erencr with regular
classroom teacher. The
survey also produced calls for
increased time for valre sident
ovremedial teacher tospend
, students requiring
q firing
o - lstunfe, expansion
am eau (Inc daily ton
tome for opportunity classes,
additional opportunity
classes and increased err
school time for itinerant
sp h000 iso t h
P P I term ras
suggested 0 number of n
types of special education for
introduction
The establish
sh
cial
rducatirnf classesserum` then em
A declining enrolment n
another school. Brookside,
will apporemiy result in ■
portable classroom being
available for use as en op-
portunity classroom The
teacher would be able to
transfer her base of
operations from
thstaff
rw r re
room suitable
mums
Huron at rho 0! 2 employes
E xpa nai on of the P°..'the equiv Ienl f 34 Speech
complexity ul t0sts relating to Leurnsog class at Brusse000earoh teachers Recent
learning dl' 'hues, Mr the report goes on, to incl0de research by speech
Kenwcll's res n notes. as three schools rather Nthe Board. recommends an two therapists, Mr Keens told
well c
l as the detail required in would accommodate a that
'n
written reports bone to request fromWalton for (continued on page 161
Superintendent9 ives
definitions for clarity
In his report un Special Education in
Huron Co my School. Superintendent of
Educate! W D
Kenw ILrefers to a
numcer o hoffered
lhrnh d the school system assor
vice mea welch may not clearly
deer be tlw program concerned fur
meet I ypeople
'Opportunity Class , Mr Kenwell
explains. ae Learning Class u
nd the same as 'Power
Leuthere are about 10 such
classes in Huron ^t present with
enrollment i each o ging from
eight to 19 students The classes have
been set up for students whose progress
is slower than normal These young
people attend the special class for either
a part day. ora full day depending upon
the individual situation, and the em
phasic is on the subjects in which race
student Is especially weak Usually this
nleens reading and the related skills of
writing and spelling and may also in
elude mathematics
'Senior Special Education Class 'are
designed to fill the gap after the
Opportunity Class' The Superintendent
of Education explains that 'Opportunity
Classes are normally for the ages from
about eight to 12 A problem Ia presented
when a student passes age 12 but still
needs sortie special assistance cit
"They
re too young un a
g r chop s
p IM immature
maws
w go on to high school." Mr Hanwell
notes, and they are being squeered out
of the pressure 'Opportunoy Class' by the
of younger students needing
be enrolled
Ther recowv not enoughnisch
students in tach school to 0era0000
t
establishment of 'Senor oSpal
n
Edo aon Classes' so thereport
recommended rstablo,hmem of central
classes to which the students would be
transported ohrdugh the Interlocking bus
system
Service Occupations Course. has been
designed to fill the needs of students of
...dory school age who have a
academic capability at Use primary
level In secondary school, Mr Kenwell
explain, there area number of courses
Course 150 (equivalent to the former five
year arts and science, course 140
00461iv010nt to the former four year ars
and 0,1000,1, course 154 in some schools
i
0 combination of arts and science and
Business and Commerce l. 120
(occupational, and the course 0 110
(service occupational) •
The 120 program 1, for students who
are 14 to 16 years of age but who ha ve an
academic level of grade five to six The
010 program Is far ages 14 to Iii 030001001100 an
academic level f grade lour to five
The recommended 'Service Occupations
(2
Cour
would be designedfore
yeas rof age and who have knan ac
ademic capability onlhe primary level
Area utilities told conservation a must
- An Ontario Hydro conservation expert
told Huron County public utility
managers Tuesday in Clinton that unless
steps are taken In the next three' years
to conserve electrical energy Ontario
will face brown outs and blackouts In the
early 1980'1.
Outlining a Hydro scheme to promote
ceneervation in industry, commerce,
agriculture and private homes, Bill
Metfalfe, the regional commercial and
Industrial application supervisor far
Hydro. said the utilities had a moxa•
moth job In the next few years to make
conservation plans a reality,
Mr. Metcalfe said Ontario Hydro's
present plans for increased generating
capacity matched against the province's
current growth rate separate in 1980, 0e
growth rate surpassing the supply He
said the only wan to avoid brown and
blackouts in the ext decade is to con.
terve energy now and to cut the growth
rate by one Percent.
One percent saved now would allow
Hydro to provide electrical energy to
meet demands over the nen 10 years at
(east, Mr. Metcalfe said.
The rapervlsbr said Hydro faces
numerous problems In Increasing their
generoong capacity over the next ten •
year., the minor one being money fie
said the provincial government had
altered the prmruy of government
spending so that Hydro now expands its
eemac ity
demand money
oney.alrlow rather than as
Metcalfe added
that the policy 0utnmetically put Hydro
behind the eight ball due to the lend ume
they require to build and phase in new
generating units
"If we were the Hydro hoard of
directors and derided today to construct
generating
10 years
t ll would be at
least
before thatstation tion p rod uced
any power at all." he said
The conservationent Hydro
plans will be put ontomove
effect by utility
ars andse employees nag p d - according to
'
Mr Metcalfe He said the alocal people
will be
responsible eHa a re0de i
dos tr y, commerce and the rev n coal
and agricultural community on can
servation and will have the full staff and
equipment backing of Hydro to du 11 if
they wish
The program basically amounts to a
utility employee doing a "walk through"
rvey of the factory. store or home and
painting out to the staff or owner areas
where riled and areas
where It can energybeingw
be saved
Hydro will train utility people in The next largest offender is business,
programs to show managers and owners
hosthey will save money hycon
servation
x -
FULL SUPPORT
NEEDED
The need for the full support of the
utility 10 vital to the success of the
program. according to Mr Metcalfe He
0.04 the future was very sobering dune
looked at the statistics adding the
seriousness of the situation cannal he
veyedto the public simply
there rr nu shortage of electricity now
' (0 we want to give our kids the chance
to love u we did we've got In conserve
' as
said
energy The biggest user
of
power in. the
commercial market oshopping centre
s
according
to Hydro statistics Food
stores and large chain stores located in
shr„pepIng malls use
vast amounts of
p fur lighting and n the case of food
stores for refrigeration units
He said that Hydrohad already
started to meet with management in the
head offices
of the larger forms and had
putseveral snservation programs into
effe
primarily large office buildings. He said
the buildings are lit round the clock and
up until now very little has changed in
that regard despite lights
s night
requests to shut the 0ghts off at night
Mr Metcalfe pointed out that Ontario
sister of energy Dennis Timbrell had
rued a group of businessmen recently
that hew sick and tired" of asking
them to shut off lights and If they weren't
going tilde it he was
Educational focllities are
e third i
powuse u e and Hydro hasalready 1n
slructrd hssards of education in the
provmee to take every step possible to
conserve energy The boards are also
nsliurted to detail energy uses and
report them to the province to allow the
ministry to determine what can be done
to rut down energy use
Small retail outlets, automotive
centres, hotels, motels, restaurants and
recreational facilities come next on the
Ilse and Mr Metcalfe said they were the
concerns of the local utilities He sold
that in the next year Hydro panned to
have every one of the businesses au
veyed and this would be carried out by
the local utilities
Along wllh the .small retail outlets,
mall industry will be surveyed by the
utilities in the next two years Mr
Metcalfe sod most large industries had.
already developed energy conservation'
proerums that are working but the
provmee'1 11,000 plus small factories
and plants would be the responsibsllty of
the utilities
Stan Stewart, a conservation officer
specialising in agricultural and
residential fields, outlined the con
s
vation program for the private
sector Mr. Stewart told the utility of-
ficlal that Hydro had made upgrading
of building standards and standards for
home appliances and efficiency and
economy of electrical space and water
healers a priority for the next two years.
He said Hydro had dropped the
practice Of Inspecting new homes for
insulation but planned In the very near
future to go back to trying to ensure that
theits
un areproperlyineu
,0 octad. 01 said
Hydro had' hoped that le in building
'nspeeton could handle the inspections
but the inspectors were either too busy
or were not qualified to do theI oh or in
many cases were non -ex intone
NEW LIFESTYLE
NECESSARY
He pointed out however that the
biggest hurdle Hydro faced was con-
t in the public to alter their lifestyle
to conserve energy He said the current
peak period of power consumption Is
from four o'clock in the afternoon until
seven in the evening but that could he
altered if changes were made In some
people's lifestyle.
'11 we could convince people to
operate their dishwasher once a day
instead of three times, if we could get
people to their laundry once a week'
instead of three times, or if we could
even get people to shut off their
televisions when they're not w^taching
them we could save enormous
an mounrmous ats
of power,' he claimed.
Hesatd there ere many flagrant cases
of electrical waste In the average home.
Instant- on televisions waste energy,
keeping refrigerators at Just above
freezing when 40 degrees will do,
keeping hot water temperatures in
water heaters unnecessarily high and
leaving televisions on for hours when no
one Is watching, art obvious wastes that
happen regularly in nearly ev8ry home
"Hydro has never told people they
can't do things but has suggested that IJ
they don't need electrical applocances n
or Itghts on get them off." said Mr.
Stewart. "We need to get conservation
off the ground now to ensure that we cut
dow : our one percent in the nen three
atalogue home buying now possible in Huron
ospective real estate
rs in Huron County can
shop for that dream
e without leaving the
128 fort of their living room
s to the efforts of the
Real Estate Board,
board introduced a
puterized catalogue of
houses, farms and
esses for sale in the
ty listed under Multiple
ngService.
rt Alexander, chairman
he Huron Real Estate
d, announced recently
the catalogue had been
ared for Huron and was
in use by r
ers of the board He aid
introduction of the
logue was "big news" in
Huron real estate field
) week
pointing out that the Huron
board has shown more
progressive . thinking than
most boards in Ontario and
Canada.
Alexander said the MLS
catalogue had been in-
trdduced to Canadian real
estate boards just a short
time ago and only about a
dozen boards in the country
had adopted the idea. He said
the Huron Board was one and
now can offer the public `tan
excellent cross section of
properties and businesses for
sale in the county at a
glance". Alexander said the
MLS catalogue is another
step towards organized well
informed sales staff in the
board's 15 member,
brokerages.
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The catalogue contains
pictures, prices and
descriptions of properties
listed under MLS as well as
proximity to schools, values
of properties around the area,
if any have recently been
sold. The catalogue contains
information about the
property including taxes,
type of heating, mortgages on
the property and also con-
tains information vital to the
prospective buyer. It lists
going rates for mortgages
and costs a buyer will face if
he takes the plunge and buys
the house he likes.
Board executive officer
Lynda Smith said the
catalogue removes the error
prone system previously used
by MLS brokers. She said in
the past when property was
listed under MLS the in-
formation was put on a
special form and one copy
was photocopied for each,
member broker. She said that
copy was then sent to each
broker and the broker
distributed the information to
sales staff. The time con-
suming effort sometimes
resulted in incorrect in-
formation and quite often if a
change was made on the
property listing it was several
days getting to all the
brokers.
When the board elected to
go to the computerized
system it divided the county
into districts and the listings
were summarized in the
same way. The districts are
based on geography and
include the five county towns
and a group of townships.
Only member brokers are
entitled to the Huron Board's
MLS service and can make
use of the catalogue. To
become a member the
broker's staff must agree to
abide by a code of ethics and
standards set by the
Canadian Real Estate
Association, Enrolment in the
Huron Board automatically
enrolls brokers in the Ontario
Real Estate Association and
the Canadian Association,
The provincial and national
organizations each hold a
conference annually enabling
member sales staff to update
themselves on pending or new
legislation, motivational
theories, improved office
management and suggested
consumer concepts'.
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abide by a code of ethics and
standards set by the
Canadian Real Estate
Association, Enrolment in the
Huron Board automatically
enrolls brokers in the Ontario
Real Estate Association and
the Canadian Association,
The provincial and national
organizations each hold a
conference annually enabling
member sales staff to update
themselves on pending or new
legislation, motivational
theories, improved office
management and suggested
consumer concepts'.
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FOR ORDERS OF '7.00 OR MORE
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524-4222
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A Special Message from Rollie
Since our opening just 3 months ago, we have had the
pleasure of serving many, many people and making
just as many friends. We would like to take this op-
portunity to thank you all for your kind patronage and
to pledge our best in service throughout 1978.
We wish everyone a very, very
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See you in 1978. Thanks.