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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-05-04, Page 24PAGE 24—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978 No decision... • from page 1 like the "logical spot"afor the dispatch centre. She felt she had not heard all the pros and cons of 'the situation yet and couldn't make a decision. While the short term cost off starting up the system would be the same in either Goderich or Clinton, she said she wasn't convinced that there wouldn't be a long term savings cost by having the centre located in Clinton. She was mainly concerned with the cost or on-going rental fee of telephone lines for civilians to call into the dispatch centre. "It's a political decision, there's no doubt .,about it,'.. she said and added that it was not just the politicians 'who were involved in the dispute. Lobb said he planned to get an estimate from Bell Canada on how much it will cost to rent lines connecting the five commupities with the communications centre tO see whether Clinton or Goderich would be more economical. He later said if the on-going cost of the lines is the same for both Clinton and Goderich, he doesn't care if the centre is located in Goderich but if there is a cost difference which will mean a savings to all the municipalities by having it in Clinton, he wants it there. At press time, the estimate had 'not been received from Bell. Canada. , Dirty books to be reviewed BY JEFF SEDDON The Huron County Board of Education sent its dirty book problem to a committee Monday to .decide if three English literature texts contain material "objectionable" for teaching county secondary school students. The board voted to give the problem to the School programs policy committee which decides what textbooks to recommend to the board for use in the classroom. The move was made to avoid another confrontation between teachers and students who feel the books are worthwhile and parentswho. feel they should be banned from school use. The three books — The Diviners by,Margaret Laurence, Catcher _in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck — became the centre of attention for a third time recently when the St. Joseph's Catholic Women's League from Kingsbridge began a letter writing campaign to have them taken off the list of books used in the secondary school English literature curriculum in Huron. The CWL cited about half a dozen excerpts from each novel, in a campaign involving board trustees, parents, members of 'parliament, the minister of education, tovwnship'councils in the county and other Catholic Women's Leagues. The campaigns asked that the groups and in- dividuals contact the board requesting the three novels be banned in Huron high schools. Seaforth trustee John Henderson said at Monday's board meeting"that he would like more positive action taken by the board. He said the board had "wrestled with the problem" fbefore and still faced the same controversy. Henderson said once it went to the education committee, once, to the executive committee and now the school programs committee. He said he would like the motion sending the three novels to the committee amended to have The Diviners taken off the list. Director of education John Cochrane told the Dear Editor...... • from page 4 and also thanking you for help which I have received from the Signal -Star issues of long by -gone years on articles which I have done a little research work on myself on a couple occasions. It has helped me a lot on my projects.' Yours sincerely, Ronald Pennington board that by doing that the board would probably face another parent -teacher -student confrontation. He said that move was suggested before and one board meeting brought the groups together in an emotional display that solved nothing. Cochrane suggested that by sending the matter to the committee the problem could be resolved between the principals of the schools, English department heads and trustees. He said the books would probably not be on the list of , texts for next year if the board took that route. "It would be a fair bet, if I were a betting man, that the books won't appear on the list next year," he said. "That's the reason they were sent to the committee." The director told the board that recent board policy required the board to allow one month for groups affected by a board decision to come to the board to appeal the decision. He said by removing the texts from the list the board was inviting opli'onents of that move to make their case known to the trustees, something that was done last year over the same issue. Henderson asked board chairman John Elliott why the matter was dealt with by the executive' committee. He said he felt that if there were a lot of letters sent to the board the matter should have been dealt with by the board. He said he was not aware of the number of letters received on the issue. Elliott said the letters were sent to individuals on the board and riot to the board. itself. He said the executive committee dealt with the issue for public relations, wanting to show good faith in dealing with the requests of the opponents of the books. Cochrane said the board office had received many letters on the issue that had been for- warded to the executive committee. "I don't know how ,close, to a bushel basket we ' have now," he said. "A sample of the letters was put on each one of your (the trustees ) desks.'" Editor's Note: Signal -Star old newspaper files are no longer open to the public as in the past. We realize many people have used these old issues to complete research projects, but since the files are becoming brittle with age, it is necessary to reduce han- dling to a minimum. Micro- filmed copies are available for research at GDCI and at the library. Dear Readers...... • from page 4 television at home. I can be discerning. I can shut it off if it doesn't suit me. But' when it comes to theatre -going movies, Disney is my speed. And somehow I find that a little upsetting because I figure I'm just a little more mature than Pete's Dragon or Snow White. But what else does one go to see at the local movie house? There's really nothing that's grown-up that fits between Disney and The Creature. To tell the truth, I'm out of the habit of movie going, and I suspect a good many other people are the same. Even if people aren't repulsed by the sex . _and • violence and blasphemy and perversion on the screen these days, they just aren't prepared to spend good money to see things like The$wedish Fly Girls. It's not Bruce Lyndon's fault. He is in a money- making business .... and if family movies aren't good business he's foolish to run them. But as far as I'm con- cerned, the wholes movie industry will have to do a turn around before I'll patronize the theatres on a regular basis again. I'm not so naive as to expect that handholding will replace bed scenes overnight, but I would like a little of the imagination and the fantasy put back in movies. I. want to be en- tertained ... not embarrassed or nauseated or, frightened to death. For my money they can take the realism out!! ! What do you think? Due to large volume of news this week, some stories were held until next week. Lights....• • from page 1 looking orange?" he asked. The Crouse -Hinds representative said the specific lighting proposed for The Square "brings out the green in the trees". It is "pleasant in appearance" and leaves everything "a good color". He also added there was no problem with vandalism because the poly- carbonate globes on the fixtures are almost indestructible. Some members of council took exception to Al Lawson's. complaint that "your friendly PUC" had been bypassed when the decision making regarding the lighting on The Square was going on. "We did not ignore the PUC," insisted Councillor Bob Allen. "The manager was present at at least three of our meetings, but he has raised much more here and now than at those meetings." "The PUC was totally involved," concurred Councillor Dave Gower "The previous manager, Dave Roulston, was heavily involved. Not once did the PUC raise any objections. 'I resent that. If they had that kind of information, why did they wait until we were at this stage to present it?" Councillor Elsa Haydon said she questioned the PUC's function and ethics. "Why was this information not supplied at the committee meeting?" she asked. Haydon referred to her recent report on the project which was fully outlined in the Signal - Star as follows: "She (Haydon) said she ex- pressly asked the PUC representative as well as the representative from Crouse -Hinds if this (a straight exchange, lights on The Square to be moved to Highway 21 South, new decorative lighting installed on The Square for the money already in the budget for lighting) was a reasonable assumption and she was assured it was." "I want to know what the PUC's function is as a competitor to private enterprise," stated Haydon. Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer took exception to Haydon's remarks, saying they were "out of line". "Mr. Lawson doesn't come to us from outer New meetingplan for council BY SHIRLEY J. HELLER Goderich town council is moving to a new meeting schedule beginning this month. Council members call it the two committee system. Regular council meetings will be held on the first and third Mondays of each month. On the second Monday of each month, the ad- ministrative committee meets and on the second Tuesday of each month, the public works committee meets. Only the designated members of these respective committees and the mayor as ex - officio are to be voting members on issues which are forwarded to either the administrative committee or the works committee for recom- mendation back to council. No report was made concerning which councillors would serve on each of the two committees, but from the minutes of an Organizational Review Committee meeting it was clear that due to the previous structure of chairmen and the eight standing committees, crossover and interaction may occur for the duration of -1978. "However in 1979 such interaction would decrease greatly," the report said. All meetings are public and questions are invited at the close of all meetings. Seniors' project still go - Dzus BY JOANNE WALTERS Plans for a 53 -unit senior citizens' housing development in Goderich are proceeding as normal and Housing Action Committee chair- man Roman Dzus says the committee has no reason to believe that the project will be scrapped because of an $8 million reduction in the Ontario Housing Corporation (OHC)`budget, announced by Ontario Treasurer Darcy McKeough last Tuesday. "We have been advised through inquiries that we are not affected.... and we are proceeding as expeditiously as possible to get the project un- •derway," says Dzus. The OHC budget was one of the areas to which cuts were made following McKeough's decision to chop his 37.5 percent health care premium increase in half under opposition pressure. The Town of Goderich has an agreement in which the Ministry of Housing would pay $155,000 for the West Street block where the development is to be located. This would include the costs of FHP SHEAVES - WITH SPLIT TAPER BUSHINGS - EASY TO MOUNT AND REMOVE FAB DETERGENT ;2.39 clearance of the site for building. Without this' money, the project could not he continued. Dzus says he is still waiting for a call to be returned to him by Roy Holmes, director of the community homes branch of the OI1C. Holmes has told other sources that he doesn't think the Goderich project is in jeopardy because of the budget cuts. He is quoted as saying, "I have no real concerns about Goderich. I'd be ex- tremely surprised if there had to be any cuts in the development project." Meanwhile Dzus says most of the background work on the project is coming together. Those involved are working to finalize all the preliminary steps such as making the offical plan change for the site from the commercial to residential land use category; completing a topographic survey of the site, doing soil tests on the site and working on the rezoning bylaw. "As soon as the preparatory plans are com- pleted, arrangements can be made for clearance and construction," says Dzus. Space," Palmer said. "The money all comes from the -same pocket." "I take full responsibility for inviting Mr. Lawson here tonight," continued Palmer. "We both attended a meeting in Port Elgin where. economy in street lighting was the topic." Palmer, opposed to the street lighting proposal on The Square from the beginning, said it ap- peslrs the town intends to complete the lighting project and suggested a "compromise" that would be "more palatable to present council and the taxpayer". Councillor Don Wheeler also insisted,he was "not in favor" of the new street lighting proposed for The Square. "The whole project tied up in asthetics at too much cost to the taxpayer." said Wheeler. Wheeler also agreed with Lawson that the town should have relied more heavily on PUC opinions. "Too often this council goes to outside people and does not use our own resources. I think that's where we're at fault," said Wheeler. John Schaefer of the BIA and his committee had been in contact with the PUC from the beginning and had been led to believe its lighting choices would meet PUC approval. Schaefer said the committee wasn't happy with the "highway lighting" on The Square, but admitted that conservation and cost was a most important factor. "We're into technicalities now," said Schaefer. RECORDED VOTE By a recorded vote 6-3, a motion was approved that sidewalks be installed for the four blocks on The Square composed of the blocks north from West Street and north' from East Street in- clusive; that the necessary conduit be laid with the PUC to do the installation; that the PUC submit a quote on the cost of such installation; that the town engineer acquire quotes for materials and poles necessary to complete The Square area; and that Crouse -Hinds forward directly to the PUC, the town engineer, the commissioner of works and Clerk Larry McCabe a schematic plan of the lighting project. By the exact same margin, 6-3 council also voted to authorize the PUC to carry out the necessary and preliminary underground work along Highway 21 that would most effectively and efficiently facilitate the relocating of existing poles on The Square area to Highway 21 .when necessary. Those in favor were Reeve Bill Clifford, Councillors Bob Allen, Dave Gower, John Doherty, and Elsa Haydon and Mayor Deb Shewfelt. Opposed were Deputy -reeve .Eileen Palmer and Councillors Stan, Profit and Don Wheeler. A third motion, introduced by Councillor Haydon and seconded by Gower was approved by council and instigated on investigation into the advisability of removing every second high powered sodium light on Highway 8 and relocating these lights on Highway 21 south. "In the interest of conservation and ef- ficiency," Haydon noted. /FLEX E/El CIPAIm "ESE; UTOPIA CHOICE 28 FL. OZ. CANNED TOMATOES 59° MR. PURE FROM CONCENTRATE ORANGE JUICE 1 64 FL. OZ. .39 BILLY BEE .1.1.13. HONEY 99C FRAY BENTOS 12 OZ. TIN CORNED BEEF 1.09 RED ROSE ECONOMY 100s TEA BAGS 1.89 LUX 3 BARS 10 OZ. SIZE SOAP g94 STOKELY'S HONEY POD 14 FL. OZ. FANCY PEAS 2 R 694 THOROFED 15 OZ. TIN DOG FOOD 5 a $1.00 KRAFT SINGLES 1 LB. PKG. CHEESE SLICES $1. ) 9 PALMOLIVE 24 FL. OZ. LIQUID DETERGENT 994 OXYDOL 6 L. BOX POWDER DETERGENT .F2.59 MONARCH 1 LB. PRINT MARGARINE 2x89° 12 L. SIZE SUNLIGHT POWDERED DETERGENT $4.59 TREESWEET RECON. 48 FL. OZ. ORANGE JUICE .894 WHITE SWAN PAPER TOWELS 2i3R994 S LIBBY'S FANCY 48 FL. OZ. TOMATO T� 694 TETLEY ORANGE PEKOE 72's TEA BAGS COMPLETE RANGE OF SIZES oh'.. DOMINION NARLIfANE 30 VICTORIA ST. NORTH ALL PURPOSE CLEANER 32 FL. OZ. MR. CLEAN $1.19 SWAN$ DOWN BATHROOM 4, a 9 9 TISSUE s 4 HOLIDAY 12 dZ. TIN LUNCHEON 694 TREESWEET 48 FL. OZ. JUICE EFRUIT 89a AYLMER 14 OZ. .BEANS 269R 4 with pork BORDEN'S 16 OZ. JAR CREMELLE COFFEE CREAMER $ NESCAFE 10 OZ. JAR .69 INSTANT COFFEE SUNKIST VALENCIA ORANGES DOZ. $1.29oR5.494 PRODUCE OF U.S.A. NO..1 GRADE 2 LB. PRODUCE OF U.S.A. NO. 1 GRADE COOKING ONIONS- 22:594 $1.19 '4.99, PRODUCE .\ WASHED CARROTS F PRODUCE OF CHILE CANADA NO. 1 GRADE CHILE SPANISH ONIONS 2 a 994 ROASTED COFFEE 1LII. VAC. PACK $2 99 PRODUCE OF U.S.A. CANADA NO. 1 GR TOMATOESADE 694 J.M. CUTT Limited RED & WHITE FOODMASTER 91 VICTORIA ST., GODERICH PRICES IN EFFECT TILL CLOSING TIME 10 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1978 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES OPEN NITELY TILL 10 P.M. ...AT BEST BUY PRICES MAPLE LEAF EUROPEAN FRESH KOLBOSSA PORK LIVER Ib. 2. 0 9 lb. 4 9 DEVON RINDLESS BACON CAMPFIRE BY THE PIECE BOLOGNA Ib. 79c BURN 5 FROZEN 2 LB. SIZE TURKEY ROLL $3.69... SMALL LINK OR LARGE SAUSAGE. 99� PRIDE OF CANADA 'SWEET PICKLED' COTTAGE ROLL Ib.$1.29 PRIDE OF CANADA BONELESS 2 LB. AVG. SIZE DINNER PORK SHOULDER $1.89 ICING7/OR OUCH PAK CAKE MIX ALL PURPOSE CLEANER SPIC 'N SPAN MELLOW ROAST 8 OZ. JAR INSTANT COFFEE 3 F R $1.00 $1.19 $3.69. McCONNELL'S ORANGE PEKOE PKG. OF 100 WITH 50 MORE FREE TEA BAGS $2.9. 9 FROZEN FOOD— 1 SUNSPUN PINK OR WHITE 121/2 FL. OZ. LEMONADE 279c MRS. COOPS 24 OZ. FISH'NN CHIPS GREEN GIANT FANCY FROZEN 35 OZ. BAG NIBLET CORN OR PEAS ' 99c 4