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The GOdertch lemming Action Committee lute it Wet ;oaf towootap, ditaw(ca;.Kalfato.
melded 10 e!140r0.a county•wIde administrative Tornberry) have 00 Web allimement. The COWRY
pellcy tor senior cillsens' accommodations. residency policy would help clear this Op,
' C910.1113*, member" met +Nit the Harm 31k effect. said Knisley. under the Current
Cothity.Lwasing Authority at a "pedal reeeion tystem the Amason's, aireede adirshelslere senior,
*1(00,00 boiseing in the county, including the 12'
u01101000derklt
• -(hey, hlet municipalities) base to initially put
op lbit, building but once Ws 'We 11,1011
ina sage 11 ;", he eaid.
conmittee Member Dan Wheeler eePrellsFs4
hie Wslog control of senior silicone 0004*
000 Godericb, in particular. the 75 untie for which:,
they hope to obtain. prosinctaf 0319101301 01
unday harness
cmg approved
31 l'IlNluandtli :0:s:::1:0t3
3ia'Goderich in 1971 Thle dealt. wee
id0ed4 by Galeria Town
after representatives of the Godericti
Asseelation .,ked Inc this amendment
el Milt.
Crawford and Larry Jeffrey Of the
Trotting Association said their group
Ived permission for rate dates ort the
0, in May end three Sandler/ in inn*.
y said the revenu* from theth race
Nth will be In addittha to their regUlar
y sight racing dale, few Seely and
will help the GTA offset the Colas for the
edstand which to be bullt In the spring.
GTA. Crawford said, will spearhead the
for the construdiOn of the grandstand
war mode necessary after the former
tad ms demolished when it wall ruled
by the Onterio Racing Commission In
e Is against us," sold Jeffrey. "Other
unthes have found Sunday racing to be
vi and we're hoping for some extra
C
, miSgit .f4•9444dar racing to get (Ise grandstand
•riint
Councillor John Dofierty &gee led there
might be tome conflict With the Industrial
Pastball League, but said *0 00. racing started
early and ended early on a Simday, there could
be a satafactory arrangemeat Made with lite
hesebail
"These people neml to have an answer," said
Doitorth.. 'Venni* foe four Sundays." .
"01 10 a very reaeonable request!' said Reeve
Bill Clifford who made the motion 10amend the
bylaw for Sunday harness racing.
in seconding the motion. Deputy -reeve Eileen
Palmer said, "It 00 00, least we can do. to give
you our support end compere than In this matter."
Councillor Elsa Hayden expressed some
concern about the additional man -bow's which
will be charged 10 0310 parks department b.ause
of the Sunday racing. SbOlp0000rd out this would
be at time and • ball.
Mayor Deb Shewfel said when the former
grandstand was 000010*14*, 000 old agreements
were destroyed witnit. .41
Thetnew facility will be costlier to operate and
there will hove to be a totally .w agreement,"
said Mayor Shewthlt.
ew recreational
ea to be built
00 recreational area at the south-east
af Bennett Stteet and Eldon Street
• the improval of Goderich Town Council.
y evening An agreement between the
ed the owner of the property, the Huron
P,osrd of Education, will be prepared by
n't abeam., Dan Murphy,
cation will be made for 0
ill is due
Mcreatlon grant and a 010,000 Wintarlo grant.,
Gederieb District Collegiate athlete. and im
tereeted persons have already raised 511,400
which IS invested at the present time. The
remaining 16,000 or so is expected to be realised
by GDC1 students in their 1078 walk-a.thon
planned for May.
810.000 "The direct cost W the town is nil," said
Principal John Stringer who appeared before
town council with Lynn Meyers, head of the
physical education department at the high
school. "That's the point that should be stressed
here."
The recreational area will include an asphalt
track, a softball diamond and backstop and a
soccer and football field intide the track area. It
Is hoped that construction can begin in the
tering.
Cmts of upkeep and maintenance will be
shared by the board of education and the town,
Since the fealty will be tallired by both the
schools and the general public. 00 ,0 visualized
that the board and the town will finance any
expenses incurred as a result of their own ac-
tivities.
Meyers told council the recreational area will
be virtually ma intenanCe free, with ' the ex.
ception 03the granu whieh will need to beast. lie
suggested this would be done by the town in is
the practice now.
The schools would have the o,,00 Me facility
from Monday to Friday during school days and
for the occasional special event. The community
would use the facility from Monday to Friday
after 6 p.m, and on holidays and weekender
Councillors John Doherty' and Bob Allen 0(the
Goderich Community Centre and Recreation
Board sake that group had reviewed the plant
and would he in agreement with catmint
docislon to approve the pretest.. • •
God,rjrh Area Planning Board deckled
to recommend to council that an out.
O of Delbar Investments be
over to the town solicitor for action or
ea. The board discovered that the ac -
le 51,057.42 had been overdue since
13, 1075 and had not been paid despite
•treth sent to Delbar reminding the firm
,
sthretary Roy Breckenridge told the
' he wanted to bring the mattexto the
"amnia to clear off the !terns *1, 31.4
'1009 .0. etary. He said he was retking
ante md wanted to explain the matter
himself rather than leave (0 10, the
pew secretary who may not be swam
dge said the account was for Ontario
I, Beard • Costs. printing costs,
Work and postage costs when
:Molted planning board rezone its
ea Highway 50 00 highway commercial.
la which Mayor Deb Sbewleit was a
*sated the propertY Oh 161611t.O. 21
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. TH1URSDAY, DEC MISER 6. 4074
Nalaraijiscon
Teachers settle
The Huron County Board of Edacallon and its
elementary school teethe. agreed to term of a
187748 contract for the teachers Tuesday night
when the teachers voted to accept the latest
board offer. John Cochrane, director of
education, said Wedneeday that the teachers had
agreed to a 5.12 percent ineresie and that the
controversial pupil -teacher ratio had been
dropped from the contract.
Cochrane said that the new pact brings th,.
average earnings of the 380 elementary sehool
teechers. In the county to 817,448. Ha said there
are 380 teachers working in Huron county's
elementary schoolt,but Out some are part time.
Ile eald the full time ecotAaTent 0(the teachers
makes the total fedl time 6.2(362.5.
R. J. Elliott, Blyth achool board trustee and
chairman of the board's elementary school
teacher negotlaUng committee. announced
Monday 0001 01., Board had ratified the teacher
agreement and that the teachers had to vote on
acceptance of the contract Tuesday night. He
10(15 00, contract negotiations, 00,0031 31,4 bogged
down in October and had been turned ever toa
mediator, bad been completed by Monday and
that the teachers' vote to aecept the ratification
would settle the issue. .
The negotiations broke down due to differences
arising from basic pay rates for teachers and the
pupil -teacher ratio. The settlement removed the
pupl(teacher ratio from contract talks and turns
It over to director John Cochrane who has been
elven the authority to determine the ratio (0 00,
future. A committee consisting of Cochrane,
three teachers and three board members will
determine the ratio 10the future.
Cochrane said the Ray rates are established in
seven categories depending on the teacher's
qualificationa and experience. He thid four nf the
categories Involve teachers With degrees eeetee;i
remainder teachert with nodegme,
The new rate for Category D teachere. the
lowest category, is from 83.04010 *I3,140.!0.0010
years experience. Category C range* from
810.415 to S15,a65 after nine years. Category B is
from 110,100 to $1$,490 after 10 years. Category
A-1, teachers holding degrees, Is from 812,04910
$19.540 after 10 years. Category A-1 is from
114590 to $21,090 after 10 years. Category A4 Jo
Zoom 114,170 to 121,570 after 10 yearp and
Category A-4 is from 114.290 to SHAH* after 10
years.
The rate of psy for vicesprinctnals 1. 00. same
as teacbers, except they receive an Vara
allowance for holdlne the position. Principals
are paid at a higher rate and ore .0106.10.04 by
category depending on. malifibation Nand ea-
se:lance. Principals In Category Cr are ,paid
between 513,300 and 415,200 after two years'
experience. Category C receive froni 104.100(0
019,750 after four years. Category 8 receive from
120,500 to $25,400 after four years. Categories .9.1
and A4 receive from $18,250 to $31,050 after four
years and Categories A.3 to 44 receive from
S27,100 to 831,900 after four years.
Cochrane said most .3the county elementary
school mincipals are in the top two pay
categories while the majority 0(teachers are in
Category 13, A...3 and 4-3. The 00000008 0,0 (01 .00
year and is retroactive to the- beginning of
September. Cochrane said the settlement is
within the 'amount the board speculated on when
it struck the costs for teacher salaries in its 1977.
78 budget.
The county secondary school teachers *00still
negotiating their contract with the board. Those
10011. 0,. also being handled by a mediator.
Thanks to Banks
Goderich Town Council received a letter from
Mrs. Joanne E. Muck concerning the town's new
coat of arms. According to Mrs. Muck, the coat
of arms looks as though "it belongs in a Walt
Disney animated flint"
"It suggests to me 00,1the anist is making a
comic gesture and not • serious eitempt at
something that represents The Prettiest Town in
Canada," wrote Mrs. Muck. "Let's ithve a coat
of arms which depicts a little more dignity and
sophistication - please."
Deputy -Reeve Eileen Paltreer told council that
leant
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bowlers proudly' dly medal' premithadon were Roy Mitchell, Diary McNeil.,
ilaallmethentsithdatth' irestaarr mama. ‘16011111 Mane "Plellithric:aerd Withers
MIN smatally Itssdkapped.at' Sfr MItelse6.48 00. 00*, ars volunisers Sheri
. Oa bead far the modal filmaLarea. lam Malls, Kim Smith, Darlene
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Pollock eqd Rebel, carall4Wiih.4.1ohlesed,Renada.,.
picked int sliVit and gag medal. respectively,
in 000*0 Division and Robert wen • bream medal
In the A Division. (staff pineal
despite Mr.. Muck's letter, she 0001town council
should send a letter of thanks to Rick Banks of
Port Credit who led the town through the steps to
0 0004003* coat of arras in ita Sesquicentennial
Deputy -reeve Palmer .aid she had been
uneasy smile- the lost meeting of council because
she felt 0i....n0:1 had boon rade to the man hired
by 00. 0000,
"Rick 13,-*.• was dealt with shabbily," agreed
Councillor Bob .ilen."Thle 00 ,00 usually how we
deal with people here." . •
"There is no excuse for bad manners and
rudeness. especially on the part ot elected
member.," said Palmer.
In a recorded vote requested by Councillor
Hayddn. only Councillor Hayden vetoed the
idea of a letter of thanks le Bunke. C.ouncfilor
Stan Etrofirwas absent from 00.meeUng.
Safety firs t
Ten mer4ante 0 Goderich are sponsoring.
New Year'. Eve taxl aortic, again this year
401(410,4 00 keeping drinking drivers off the road
'alter New Year's E. celebrations. Ron Atha,
promoter of the taxi service in 1977, said recently,
that the project 0111110 operated again UM. year
beginning at 900 p.m. December 31, 1977 and
ending January I, 1978 at 3:00 a.m.
Allin said over 100 people used the free service
last New Year's and not one aceldent was
reported in Goderleh during the entity evening.
The taxi service is free to anyone calling
toBl.uenwilanterit.Tall and le confined to the Goderich
Ten Merchants In town agreed to mons°, the
service. The fees for the rides will be billed tro
Ron ABM and Aysoclates, Garb and Gear, Sports
Shop, FuntltueeWoeld, jeakilmara Pharmacy.
Glenniath Lunther, Irene Hill Led les Wear, trytee
Pinkney !neuron. Adjusters, "demotion -and
Chapman Insimmce, Whalen Insurance and
Nayne and Heather Lyons Imurance Agents.
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last W eday thdiecuse cminty.wide residency
smite. Under the county OVUM, a senior ellisen
Would not have to live *00 certain municipality
la order io get tato senior citizen housing in that
munkballty. Instead, that Meier Otto, .could
be snowed to a vacancy lisanother municipenty
in the manly, .• • • •
Aleo under 04 eakinly system, instead of the
municipalittle paying.the province, 7.5 Per gent of
any operating. deficit from the units. the county
would mahe up that portion. In turn, the
monlcipalltiee would reimburse the county. on a
per capita Weis. 7
Housing Authority mornbers stated their belief
Ufa( with a county -Wide reetderleY Ponca% Poet
delays could 'be. leseened. Harold K melee.
chairman of Mk authority, explained to com,
mitlee members th a the county.wide system
would be much more efficient and would help
clear ups tot of rod jape, As it la now. Knisley
:said, hie *Leff has to do a lot of Nni.ing back anel
forth amOng various councile to see If unite am
filled.
Under the present system, tor a senior citizen
to move from one municipality into subsidized
housing In another, the thuncile 01 menlcipulities
have to agree on who's swing to pay the operating
deficits incurred by the subsidized housing, said
RnIsley.
MUTUAL AGREEMENT .
Most areas have some mutual agreement but
CORRECTION .
There was a 'mix up M dates for the Auburn
Christmas concert. it Will be held Saturday eight
(Christmas '*1,1 00 Op,m. not Sunday noght.
-We've been Smelting on this (75 unit pridieth**
fur Tei year* notelsthink woukl be, crimleal 00
let lt get out 03 001 hands., id Wheeler. 11, 41,43'
said he was werried that under thattnialyzWide,•,•-,
system the 75 00i10 could be filled with nati
residents of Goderich.
However. K rdsley explained that most senior,.
Mittens don't like to move to another,
municipality end will umally only do ro If no
local accommodation is available People M
Huron County don't like to moee. he mid. sod
geographimi preference is always respected. No
one Is toreed to move.
All eppileants. explained Authonty members.
are rated on a point basis with the prtority beine
Placed on the Individual's need foe homing. If a
no* resident and a Godericb resident with the
same needs wanted senior thine!' ac-
commodation in this town. the Goderich- person
wmid always be favored mccordIng to the
Authority.
TABLED RECOMMENDATION
Goderich town council tabled a memo
mendation from county comet1 aeveral wee's
ago to have the 237 senior citizen units In the
county administered on a count ym ide basis.
The motion passed by the Goderich Housing
Tuns to paw 23 •
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70. Ch-rlstniati Mary In living pictures with tight and MUSH Nib, oar- organist as PIersate illatsumaotertaleitio Enka Lep, ats4 itmatem imam
farmed at Kam United Church la Auburn on Saturday evade& Tbe ' David St. Jean. ayes are *a Nag falimart•leallitaa) Mahe Waal
mime pageant has beep performed 10 54032, Trinity Church. Tweet* fee she dawn at Om baby Jesus daring the Nom ntimarall. Lade ft ef0 the Mi.&
past 4$ years end director Ann St. Jess took ber. Auburn east tit me taw circle are/Atka Andrews, Brest Mulrewas Keith Da Maas' lermals
performance a few weeks age. Tbe Auburn pageant le being performed by Sherry Verbesk, Greg Hellaws, Derld Destals, 11.10110 Nancy
the Young People al the elterth supported by the choir. Choir director and Verbeek,S4threnGlesulbers Carol Seers sod Patty MeDoweil. (Man Mwte/
the
Goderich is promised Goderich
nice White Christmas
Graham Campbell, a meteorologist at the
Goderich Weather Station, said Wednesday that
GoderIch will have a White Christmas. Campbell
mid the forecast for weather up to and including
Christmas Day calls for between two to six
centimeters of snow aml temperatures low
enough to guarantee that what does fall won't
melt
Campbell said a etorns front Headed for the
eastern Ontario. Quebec and the maritime, will
result in heavy snowfall in those regions and that
the Goderich area will be affected by the western
extreme of the front. He said today and Friday
will be cloudy with some snow and Saturday it
will be clear and cold veldt the high temperature
of Me day ahOitt minus three Celebes. He added
that Christmas Day•will be cloudy with a chance
for more snow,
"We'll definitely ,*ea whits ,Chitietiwas at this
ares.'''he said. "13*, snowfall could be heavier
• dependeng on how fast the front moves east and
the temperatures we w go' will not melt
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Campbell .id he had no forecast available for VIM:M.4V
Boxing Day, 040 4,4 say that the .now will only
result in a White Christmasnot a Christmas 030 03.310-040 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22,1677
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SIGNAL STAR
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Utility employees to get 4% increase in 78
The Goderich Public Uttlities Commission
agreed to give the utility employees 41 four
percent increase for 1978 accepting a recent.,
mendatian from manager Al Lawson that was
voted on and accepted by the employees. Lawson
said his redommendation bedlam formulated
The old pis In the thee taper. Gila thaeher, Tem
Alien, and atixtent sound' wierapessiasea. Ttha
Doherty, wipe the 010000U 0! bintherrypie tram
thelr faces that brought an sad to • ammutal
abscription drive by the Mph ached Madanas.
The studied who sold the meet 500ee010611.11sPe0
Murphy, was granted the erne of pirearadiag tho
teatthorref, eikeleoles.withrspeo.,The roar
suaselles, lesh Weight, was allowed M make •
ethane chalets Irons the swans mimeo. (mat
photo)
Range from 7.5 % to 14.4 %
County ept• heads get increases
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Huron County's department heads have been
granted salary increases for 1978 which range
anywhere from 7.5 per cent to 14.4 per cent. The
Increases were approved at the October session
cir county council without any question, county
administrator Bill Neely said this week.
For the first time ever, the department heads
negotiated their salary adjustments as other
county employees, Negotiators for the depart-
ment heads were deputy clerktreasurer Bill
Alcock; 'planning director Gary Davidson: and
social services administrator John McKinnon
They met with a special Committee chaired by
Warden Doug McNeil and comprising the
members of the executive c4mmittee and the
chairmen of all other county committees.
According to the printed report of the special
committee, decision ....reached to allow each
department head an increase In salary 01 575
every two weeks or 81.950 per annum.
"This increase represents an average increase
of 3 R per cent for this group of employees." the
special committee report stated.'
The following salaries were approved by
council: clerk treasurer administrator Rill
Hanly, 027,320 representing a 7.5 per Cent in-
crease, deputy clerk -treasurer Bill Alcock.
124.310 or 8.7 per cent; development officer
Spence Cummings. 512,836 or- 12,2 per rent:
planning director Gary Davidson, 023.01200 8.4
per cent: social services administrator John
McKinnon, 018,434 or 11.8 per cent. museum
curator Ray Scolchmer, S15,470 or 144 per cent:
county librarian Bill Partridge, 519.006 or 11.4
per cent: and Huronview administrator Chester
Archibald, (20,24200 10.1 per cent.
In a telephofie interview this week with Healy,
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the administrator said the Increases were within
the Anti -Inflation guidelines -as printed."
"This is what the guidelines say." said Manly
'The rtherall increase of the group is 1 8 per cent
No one has received more than 12.400
Hanly admitted the increases were made
possible since a new medical officer of health
and a new engineer had been hired earlier in 1977
at considerably less money than had been paid to
the former employees, Dr Frank Mills and Jim
Orittleil.
When he left the county's employ, Dr Mills
was being paid 177 02.1 p,cr annum Dr. Brian
Lynch, the new MOH was hired at 532.000 and
when he has completed his public health course
in Toronto later this year, he will be raised to
136X0 per annum.
Jim Brandt, the former county engineer, was
receiving 072,579 per annum when he resigred
Fiis successor BA Dempsey. was hired at 125,000
and will receive an increase of 30.500
1.1978
SHARED
Thinly agreed that In effect, the money saved
On the salaries for the MOH and the County
engineer was divided among the department
heads, holding the overall increase to the county
taxpayers at 18 per cent. The increases are,
however. subiect to stir -atlas( ha the AIB and it is
still not known whether they will be
allowed
By way tif explanation. Manly said that in 1975,
county council had approved similar increases
for thr (aunty department heads for 1976, but the
increases were rolled back by the Alfa. because
(hey din't meet with the criteria set down in the
Turn to page 24 • )
Crbunt4porney11(1.B. Cochran
,
ame new judge
G. Cochrane of Goderich, Crbwn volume of work. and the greater nu ber of
for Huron County since 1082, was op- lawyers' In Cant didn't allow judges to 10400 the
Provincial min judge in the criminal time In a ease that It possibly should get,
30 0011,, Mondly, December 12. The lie said In Huron- County there are oot 24
was announced Priilty by Attar. members 0(the bar aesociatIon and th em -
ROY McMurtry. hers know each other better than iawy rs in
e, a natlth of Exeter, hat been cities. Became of that, farniliarlty, they s ed
In the Huron legal system since 1946 to have more trust foe ene anether. He 001 1(00,1
opened • law oftice In Exeter. He plus the low volume rif came permit jud be to
fr000 the University of Western uthe niore tirne In court and thoroughly I k at a
0053* and ()spode Hall In 1941. Fie case
the Rem, Born 1942-46 In England Cochrane has been Involved In metric! al Ilfe
Wes en Instructor in an tater battle In the county serving In Exeter as 4 town
en he returned to Canada he opened e councillor, a reeve of the town and es in mayor.
Ce In his hometown and In 1961 ere. lie also was chairman of the South Hot.
01000attorney. At that time he moved District Remake' Board and 01the Exeter NAIR
there he hat lived since then. Utilities Commlesion. He Is a past president of
aPPointmmt lakes effect the Et/etre Lions Club and past *001C 00 tbe
s„,,MILetelsined that he cannot act es Masonic Lodge. (le is rn errled and hes three
wee Warn In. He said the tentative daughters.
,theltmony is .1a nue try 11,1974.
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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1977
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Fund,raising committee formed
To finance grandstand
A *0009 03 Goderich citizens will proceed with
fund r01110g activities towards the building of a
new grandstand In Agriculture Park at an isp-
proximate cost of 3300,000
The Goderich Community Grz..dstand
Committee was formed selecting Interested
citizent and major users of the park at a public
meeting held at the arena Tuesday The com.
mitt., headed by Larry Jeffrey, will consist of
approximately 20 members.
The committee .111 hove eapresentation from
' the Goderich Trotting Alt.niation, all levels of
softball, socmr, the recreation board, service
tOwn council, township councils the
businessmen's association and a host of other
Interested citizens
The committee had hoped. to meet tonight
(Thursday) with representatives front all the
groups te establish the needs of those using the
facility and then 10 discuss pledges from the
littera.
Jeffrey indicated that the proposed geand.
stand could contain locker rooms, shower rooms
and recreation and other offices if the interested
groups wanted such facilities andwere willing to
work towards it.
Acting association secretary, Sam Hasmn,
estimated that a new grandstand at .0 cost of
0300,000 would mean the public' must raise ap.
proximately 0100,000 following. grants. The
granting structure was notdef InIte hid ha hoped
thearandstand would be eligible for Community
Centres grants, Ontario Racing commission
grants, WIntarlo Grant, and at the outside a
grant from the Department of Agriculture.
But at Mir point both the granting structure
and the cost of the grandstand are simply
estimate, A Community Centres grant will
hinge on the number of community groups using
Otto grandstand and the recreation hoard has
talked of plans to move the recrenii .n directors
office inin a new grandstand if It was built
Jeffrey said the Trotting aSsoriation wax
brZiscussed by the association at a later
II pledge 125,000 to the project. but that
meeting. The Moirre have already planned a
monster sports ce betty dinner in April 0070,04
will hold a draw far a trip.
Ken Crawford of the Trotting association,
presented some preliminary piens the genies had
drawn up that call. for. grandstand o0123 feet by
150 feet with a seating capacity of 1,200. The
Paramutuel and concession tmoth would take up
16 feet by 75 feet on the ground floor that would
also house washrooms, office space and. club
house rooms. The estimated cost of that project
is 1300.000.
One Major COntentiOus 10000 arose when the
TrottingAseocialion received approvel for four
Sunday race dates from council. Both the
Goderich Industrial Softball ,League and senior
eoccer teams tree Agriculture Park on Sundays.
Doug Fisher thid that soccer. fastball and the
racing association are the three ma/or users of
the park and there 'Should be a way to work out
Otto problem without dissent!, Sle said there
would have 00 0*. another facility. used hy minor
glrls• and boys* baseSall..who normally use
aerial Herat park.
- Jeffrey agreed adding that all the problems
could be worked out:
"There is nothing that can't be warted out
between the groups involved...ha said, "This It a
coin munity effort and if ma rynno comes DUI and
Torn tops, 24 •
Index
Ben Miller . Pg. IA
Sporta , . Pg. 8-13
Council Briefs . Pg 15
My Et ir Lady Pg. 211A
Pa ula Butler Pg. 2A
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It's the law
Holiday with pay! What a
wonderful idea, and- in
Ontario it's the law. Every
worker is entitled to vacation
pay and seven paid public
holidays each year. Here's
how it works.
If you have been working
for an employer for at least
three months you are entitled
to paid public holidays
provided: you worked the day
preceding and the day
following the holiday; did not
have a *ere -arranged
agreement with the employer
to work on the holiday; or, did
not miss 12 consecutive
working days in the four
weeks before the holiday.
Having met these con-
ditions you are entitled to
these seven public holidays
with pay: New Year's Day,
Good Friday, Victoria Day,
Dominion Day, Labour Day,
Thanksgiving Day, Christ-
mas Day.
These holiday benefits
apply to all full-time, part-
time and student employees.
So does vacation pay.
After o'ne year's service,
workers are entitled to two
weeks vacatiojsi with pay.
Vacation pay must be at least
four per cent of total wages
paid in that year. This does
not include travel expenses,
tips, money paid in benefits
(insurance plans, etc.),
bonuses, etc.
The employer can decide
when the vacation is given
but it must be granted within
ten months after the em-
ployee has earned it. If a
person is terminated before
one year's employment, the
employer must still pay four
per cent of the total wages
calculated from the first day
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benefits must be paid one
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through a polling of the employees to determine
what they wanted in their 1979 wage and benefit
settlement.
Lawson said the four percent Increase tn•
eluded wage increases and benefits paid for by
the utility. He said the 15 utility employe. had
submitted requests for the 1978 agreement and
had then voted on what that agreement would
Include
The manager said he had asked the employees
to submit their requests in wetting. He then took
the requests and listed therti costing each out
When the costs were calculated he then
discussed the increases with each employee
individually explaining what each would cost
and .31,0each would do for the employee's pay
cheqUe in the new year
He explained 00the commission that he costed
out the requests of the employees and told them
what percentage of the increase a particular
benefit would cost. Fie used a health care
program as an example pointing out that the
utility paid for a health care package for the
employees that it would repre.tht lane percent
increase and that the employee's wage increase
would them be three percent.
After interviewing each employee and ex.
phoning the alternatives Lass•son Issted the wage
and benefit requests on ballot forms and gave
ane to each employee 00.031 000 asked to select
a hat benefit or wage increase they wanted and
the results were tallied by the manager He took.
the Opl Ions wanted by the majority and prepared
the rerommendation for the commission's api
proval
Lawson said that of the 15 employees 12 voted
for a long terta disability program and nine for a
health care package He said the two benefit., ate
up .me and a half percent of the four percent
increase and that the remainmg two and a half
pet cent would be paid In wages
The manager mid that he had done some
preliminary costing on the requests but would
have to obtain more exact figures before he
could determine what the increase would mean
on the commission's 1970 budget He *14 010
the increase was within the Anti Inflation Board'
o ideltheS.
In other business Lawson •sked the com-
mission to recognise an employee flow cnart for
the utility Ow outlines a chain of command arid
responsibility for the utility employees. Lawson
,o,d that Use system had always been in use and
was accepted by the employees but pointed out
that it Ithd never been on pap,
He toLd the cominission dui the official etc-
cepuence of the admenistrative system would
leave 00 doubt as to an 'employee's poestIon and
responsibility He thid the system would mean
no changes 000*. utility daily operation but may •
prove to be a safeguard in the future
He explained that if the ptility ever became
unionised the flow chart would make matters
much simpler when the change occurred'. He
said when unions come into an operation they set
up systems just like the one he had adding that if
the commission wanted to etuure that employees
retained their areas of responsibility they had to
have the chart on paper
He said that it Yves important that foremen be
narned and that the areas of their jurisdiction *0outlined He said that if a union entered the
operation they would prepare the flow chart and
that it was ImpOrlant that the COMmiSii011 have
one on file
"I'm not afraid of a union nor am I concerned
that one IS coming into the utility but I would like
to be prepared if one ever came in the future," he
said "It's important that the commiasion and
the ernployees know who is management and
ho isn't
Transformer explosion
causes power failure
An explosion that heavily damaged a hydro
transformer in Goderich's Industrial Park
Monday night caused IwO hour p0000 failure in
the o
suthern portions of the tOwn Goderich
Pohl, litilay manager Al Lawson said an ini
ft.!, short in a transformer caused the damage
and that the unit exploded rousing about 110,000
in damages to the transformer and a power
failare lasting from an hour and a half to two and
ahalf hours
Lawson said he Viae able to locate and rent a hvideX Vat‘VAreailksrethiMse‘VAV
mobile transformer from Ontario Hydro in
Landon and has pressed the unit into service
until repairs can be made. He Said he planned to
ship the damaged unit for repairs tate this week
and 31004 00 idea how extensive the damages were
,:r when the unit would be returned.
lIr said port of the eosts estimated as a result
al the ex plasma were far the 875 a day rental fee
nn the mohilt. transformer
m
The manager said that there ay have been a AreAliMICAireesirAMMALV=AV
considerable explosion judging by the damages
/0 0000 transformer. He said the unit is filled with
oil that acts as a cooling agent end that a threethe
inch phad practically disintegrated and oil
covered over half an aCre of land around the unit.
0-0, said that in his 30 years experience in hydro
he has heard of lim liar explosions but this is the
first he has seen
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Evelyn Carroll Pg. 18A
Captain Comet Pg. 17A
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