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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-05-18, Page 14PAGE 14--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 Goderich council topics show. variety BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Phil Young from MacGillivray and Company, was present at town council Monday evening to present the audited financial statement. One of the more interesting aspects of the report was the accumulated net revenue surplus which amounted to $292,464 in 1977. The surplus in the general account was $132,844. The Jubilee Three revenue and expenses were audited as well. Revenue in 1977 was $211,934 including grants from the town totalling $15,000. Expenditures amounted to $204,662 leaving a net income of $7,272 thus far. However, Clerk Larry McCabe told council there are "still a few bills around" for Jubilee Three, and predicted that the town would need about $1,000 to clean up these "odds and sods". + + + Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer reported briefly to town council about the civic reception for the visiting French- speaking students from Montreal who were recently in Goderich. Deputy -reeve Palmer, who is fluently bilingual, said the students must have thought half the town of Goderich could speak French. She said Lion Roger Turcotte spoke .to the group in perfect French during one special event. "That's okay," quipped , Mayor Deb Sbewfelt. "Levesque has them fooled too." + ++ As an extra bit of interest, Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer told council there had been an excellent article in the Signal -Star recently about making a compost heap. Palmer said that in view of T.M. Melady's letter, as well as the comments of other citizens regarding garden refuse pickup, she felt there might be some ideal materials for a compost heap just being wasted on a garbage truck. + +M+ Reeve Bill Clifford and Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer, Goderich's two representatives at Huron County Council, seemed agreed Monday evening that the "historical courtesy" of entertaining county councillors following the June session of county council, could be discontinued. Reeve Clifford said after a long meeting in June's warm weather, most members are anxious to get home. Deputy -reeve Palmer concurred, saying it is a busy time for farmers and that most of county council's rural dwellers "eat and run out of necessity". Most years we are lucky if one-third of the council is present," said Palmer. But when the matter was put to a vote, only Reeve Clifford opposed the motion to hold the annual dinner for county council on June 30. "Why not have it at noon hour?" asked Councillor Dave Gower. "Why have it at the peak time of year?" asked Councillor Don Wheeler. "Let's keep . involved with county council," said Councillor Stan Profit. "I would be reluctant to do away with it," said Coun- cillor Elsa Haydon. "That, is the only contact we have. with county council." The county councillors will be entertained by the town of Goderich June 30. + ++ Councillor Stan Profit urged "freedom of religion" when town council was dealing on Monday evening with a piece of correspondence from ISKON, International Society for KrishnaConsciousness Inc. The letter, signed by Gabor Fisher and dated May 2 in Toronto, asked permission to distribute religious literature on the streets of Goderich. "Our aim is to ,provide people in society with knowledge on an alternative means to derive pleasure, satisfaction and peace of mindby supplying information regarding the development of their dormant love of God," the letter stated. ISKON - or Hare Krishna as the group is more widely known, is a federally registered religious charitable organization, established in Canada for the past 11 years. Councillor Don Wheeler said the Hare Krishna missionaries will "not merely be handing out pam- phlets". Wheeler suggested they would be "soliciting funds" and said there had been "a lot of problems in the past with this particular movement" in western Canada. "It is not the soliciting of money that bothers me," said Councillor Elsa Haydon. "But the soliciting of young people does bother me. How far does free society go towards those who want to destroy it?" Haydon said that even if one young person was alienated from his or her home and parents, she would be hesitant to approve the visit of the missionaries. She called the group "dangerous". Councillor Dave Gower said a letter, should go out to the' principals, advising them the movement was not welcome in Goderich. "I don't think we can stop them from coming here," Said Mayor Deb Shewfelt. Councillor Stan Profit claimed he was "not a religious man" but paid he would defend the rights of anyone to worship as he wished. "There's no use sending a letter to say they can't come here when everybody knows they can," reasoned Profit. The letter was received and filed. + ++ Hill and Borgal received approval Monday evening from town council to make a study of the future use of the town hall, the police station and the fire station. The cost will be $3,750 and should provide some ideas about the best use of space for the years ahead. • + ++ Dirk Wolterbeek has been granted permission to operate a concession booth for ball games at Agricultural Park until the new facilities in the proposed grandstand are ready., "He better have permission," said Councillor, John Doherty. "He started down there last night." +++ A letter was received by Goderich Town Council this week from Jean -Jacques Blais, Solicitor General of Canada, thanking Goderich town council for its support of the Ministry's efforts in the rehabilitation and resocialization of Canada's inmate population. "With regard to the suggestion that capital punishment be reinstated in Canada, the government believes that the only rational justification for capital punishment would be its proven effectiveness as a deterrent to violent crimes, such as murder," the solicitor general wrote. "However, evidence documented thus far indicates that this is not the case," he continued. "Furthermore, through execution of the death penalty, we would only be contributing to the very violence which, by all other acts of law and civility, our society seeks to prevent." "In accordance with this position," the solicitor general concluded, "the government introduced the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1976 which abolished capital punishment. At its passage, the legislation drew support from both sides of the House of Commons, in- cluding the leaders of the three major political parties represented in Parliament." Blais also informed council that beginning January I, 1979, anyone intending to buy, borrow or otherwise acquire a firearm must obtain a Firearms Acquisition Certificate. "This certificate will only be issued after the ap- propriate firearms officer is convinced that there is nothing in an applicant's history that might indicate him to be a dangerous user of firearms," Blais said. + ++ Councillor Stan Profit of the fire committee, said a proposal from Ashfield Township was "entirely ac- ceptable" and that fire protection would be continued there until the end of the year - or until- a- formal agreement is made. The agreement now is a retainer fee of $350 plus the sure of $250 for each fire attended by the Goderich volunteer fire brigade in the south west part of .the township. + ++ A copy of a letter from Earl A. Cherniak, of Lerner and Associates in London to town solicitor Dan Murphy requests a "copy of the report of the airport committee to the council as soon as the same is made public". Cherniak said he needs it so he may consider it with his clients, the Menesetung Park Property Owners. "I would also appreciate the 'clerk keeping me in- formed of the progress in this matter to council, and when it will be discussed by the council," Cherniak wrote. The' Menesetung Park Property Owners are seeking compensation for the trees that were cut on their land by the town of Goderich two years ago. The trees were cut to provide safer access to Goderich airport according to all reports. + + + The Robert MacKay Estate Trust fund is to be distributed immediately, and the town of Goderich should receive about $5,000 as a result. The money was originally set aside for the maintenance of MacKay Hall on North Street. Council agreed Monday evening to put the money into a special fund under the control of council, which will be utilized for maintenance of MacKay Hall in future years. + ++ Bruce Mansz attended town council Monday evening to ask that special plans be made to meet and greet Scouts from Bay City, Michigan, when they visit Goderich this fall. Mansz is taking the Third Goderich Venturer Company to Bay City this weekend for a camp out. He said the city has laid on some special events for the Goderich boys, and he would like to see a similar courtesy when the Bay City boys come here. + ++ Town council has authorized the public works com- mittee to engage an engineer or architect to prepare plans, specifications and cost estimates ,for tendering purposes, for an addition to the public works building. There is also a tender out tb repair the town hall and library roof. A special meeting will he held Wednesday, May 24 at 4:30 p.m. in the council chambers to open tenders. + + + Town council will seek a legal opinion on whether a storm sewer can be placed in the 50 foot easement which is located south of the Delbar subdivision and runs to Bayfield Road. Also, a cost estimate will be prepared to place a storm sewer from the Delbar storm sewer to the Bayfield Road. Due to excess cost of approximately $12„000, the tem- porary open ditch from Delbar subdivision to Bayfield road will not be considered. + + + A request from Edna `Overholt to buy a piece of land from the former McArthur property now owned by ,the town was set aside for the time being. No further action can be taken, the town council believes, until the reconstruction of Highway 21 is completed or until the engineering plans indicate that such a sale would be feasible for the town. + ++ The town has agreed to the sale of land to Ben Graham in Industrial Park (just behind the Texaco station on Highway 8) at a cost of $5,000 per acre plus any servicing costs which are to be considered and determined by the public works committee. However, no building permit is to be issued until a development agreement is made between the town and Graham. As well, the land in question is subject to the proper zoning. The town engineer Burris Ross, the works commission Ken Hunter and Nick Hill, architect for Ben Graham, will prepare a report for council relating to the services, cost sharing on the storm sewer outlet and the financial impact on the town to supply the services for the one acre lot that Graham wishes to buy. Robertson Memorial School held a spring assembly on Tuesday afternoon at which time the Grade 4 class put on the play, The Adventures of Peter Rabbit. Here, the stars of the show, line up for a picture. Left to right are Flopsy (Louise Baechler), Cotton Tail (Cindy Sully), Peter Rabbit (Jody Carter), mother rabbit (Stephanie King) and Mopsy (Heather Murray). The primary choir sang the songs for the play. Kelly Allen played the role of Farmer McGregor, Mike Howe was the cat and Allan Gingrich was the mouse. (Photo by Joanne Walters) Police need co-operation "Working Together to Prevent Crime." That's the national theme for Police Week held May 14 to May 20 this year. H.H. Graham, Com- missioner of the Ontario Provincial Police says there are three major objectives shared by all law en- forcement agencies and they are: to keep the peace; the prevention of crime; and the detection and -apprehension of criminals. Each is an integral part of the law enforcement. objective, requiring a delicate balance acceptable to the social climate, says Commissioner Graham. Any imbalance in these goals has an immediate effect on the concerns of the police and the public. "It is imperative that the citizens we serve have a greater understanding of our role and their share of the responsibility for 'Main- taining a safe and healthy community in which we live," says Commissioner Graham. "To further this goal, I extend a personal invitation to everyone to visit any of our 189 detachments during Police Week. Members of the Force will be on hand to discuss these matters in an informal atmosphere." In Goderich, at the Sun - coast shopping mall, last Thursday, • Friday and Saturday, a police d'i'splay was set up in recognition of Police Week. Various methods of police tran- sportation, such as cruisers, motorcycles and even snowmobiles, were highlighted. On Thursday only, a police dog and its handler from the Mount Forest Canine Unit, were also featured at the .display. Police personnel were on hand to answer questions from those who dropped by the display. Although Police Week ends on Saturday, the respect and co-operation of the public is required by police forces all year long. As Commissioner Graham says, only by working together, can a safe and healthy community be maintained. 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