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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-09-20, Page 21A tt� PAGE 20--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1979 i- • Fire department urges rec. boardto move BY JEFF SEDDON If the Goderich recreation department takes up new quarters in the grandstand at Agriculture Park early in October it will be more the fire department's doing than the rec office. The fire committee urged council Monday night to set a date for the --move- and was told that date would be announced early in October. Councillor Brian Knights, chairman off the fire committee, told council work needed to be done at the fire hall was being delayed until the rec department vacates its space. He said wiring for an alarm, system for the downtown area and wiring to be done for the new com- munications system could not be done until the. fire departm,,ent took over the rec office. Knights told council if the wiring was com- pleted in the space the fire department now occupies it would only have to be moved, at the town's expense,, when the department was expanded. Deputy -reeve Bob Allen, also a member of the fire committee, added that the police department was anxious to take over some of the space now used by the rec office. He said Teachers ... • from page 1 prepared to compare these talks with the 1978 strike. As Cochrane pointed out the teachers could work for years with no contract until some sort of settlement is finally reached. But he added that "doesn't mean they are or aren't" going to work with no agreement. The dispute in 1978 involved secondary school teachers. This fact finder will be dealing with negotiations for both secondary and elemen- tary school teachers. Shirley Weary, spokesman for the secondary school teachers negotiating team, said she was "optimistic" the appointment of a fact finder was hasty. - Weary said there are three clauses in the Education Act which require a fact finder to be appointed. She said one of those is impasse which she adds "gets everyone hung up". She said negotiations are not at an impasse. She said the Act states that if an agreement between a board and its teachers by September 1 a fact finder will be appointed. "If there's a ,problem it's with the Act," she said. Weary conceded that negotiations have been slow but said they have been worthwhile. She said she could not comment .on specific issues but would only say "we're still negotiating". Ask first... • from page 1 with Haydon's comments. She told council that if ."councillor Haydon wants to make a sermon she should join one of the, churches in, Goderich and make her sermon there". Palmer said it was "very clear" why council wanted Davidson removed as a voting member of LACAC adding that council's action was no reflection on Davidson's ability. "Despicable, character , assassination?" Palmer asked. "You've gone off the deep end," she told Haydon. She `added that she has "never doubted council's decision but it sure has taken a hell of a lot to convince LACAC". ' Councillor Stan Profit told council he had no, "discomfort" passing the new bylaw noting that Davidson should have been an advisor to the committee from the beginning. He said he did not know if Davidson would even serve on the committee in an advisory capacity adding it seemed "logical" for council to find out. m 4iCbuncillor Jim Searls told council he could not support the bylaw changing Davidson's status 'noting that the planner held the position for five years and it was "hard to believe that all of a sudden he's been so wrong". Ignore law... • from page I municipality. Councillor Elsa' Haydon compared the Sovies' operation to two other eating establish- ments council had objection with. A waterfront restaurant proposed by Bob Gibbons ran into stiff objections and was eventually scrapped by the developer. An ice . cream stand that was an illegal use was ignored by council and allowed to operate on Stanley Street. Haydon suggested Gibbons was "foolish for going through procedure" with his restaurant. She said had he "just put it up he would have had out (council's) blessing". 1 Council showed no intention of enforcing its bylaw choosing instead to table the matter. Signal -Star adds district feature Beginning this week, a new feature has been added to The Goderich Signal -Star. It is a district news page, with a gleaning of the top news stories from the areas in this part of Southwestern Ontario during the past week. District news is designed to keep Signal -Star readers up-to-date on the major news events, in Huron; Perth and Bruce counties, with par- ticular attention to those stories which have general interest in Goderich and area. Your comments on this new service are in- vited in the next week or so, to help Signal -Star editorial staff assess the 'worth of this newl Venture. the police planned to use some space for a sergeant's office and for administrative work and would like the go ahead to expand. "This keeps going on and on," said Allen. "The fire department is trying to improve fire protection in town and is waiting and being told it can't finish the project until the- move is made. It's only right it gets aclate." Town clerk Larry McCabe told council the move was being delayed .uptil an accounting system can be developed for the rec office. He said the rec office' had accounting problems for years and an auditor doing the town's books suggested the only, way t� clear up those problems fast was to have the town clerk's staff take over those books. McCabe said town hall staff now does ad- ministrative work for the rec office and that a system is being developed the rec department staff can use. He said there are a few problems still to be worked out and suggested that council delay the move until solutions are found. "We're not against the move or the fire department taking over but we are concerned with accounting procedures," said McCabe. Allen reminded council that the entire design of the grandstand was altered to accomodate the rec board. He said the changes delayed that project pointing out that the board is now delaying another project. "All we (town clerk's office) are asking is to get the problems out of the way before the move," said McCabe. Councillor Stan Profit pointed out there was no need for the town hall staff to do all the work for all offices. He pointed out the town has a recreation director and a secretary in the rec office. "Can't they do it? Is that the problem?" asked Profit. "If so let's correct it toute suite," he added. Reeve Eileen Palmer said the fire depart- ment could be given a date once the concerns of the town clerk had been resolved. She said the fire and police departments could be given an awnser in two or three weeks which would allow McCabe to make sure problems that occurred in the past don't happen again. Councillor Elsa Haydon said the rec board had a meeting slated for September 27. She said that board could set a date for the move and have a recommendation back to council for its first meeting in October. Farmers could lose right Unless farmers organize to protect their industry, they will lose their right to farm, Frank Wall, Executive-- Com- mittee Member, Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), told a meeting of area farmers recently. Wall, a Norfolk County fruit and vegetable producer, said the combination of federal and provincial legislation and local by-laws is making farming in- creasingly difficult across Ontario. Part of the problem, said Wall, is due to the increasing number of urb,an people who have moved to the countryside. . These - people are demanding that local farmers change their operations so as not to inconvenience them. "Unfortunately he - k)1 said, "there are a growing number of short- sighted politicians who are listening to them." He pointed to the case of a Huron area farmer. A small hamlet is being rezoned urban to allow more houses in the area. - As ' a result, 50 acres of this farmer's land will fall under new regulation. If the farmer wishes to continue spreading manure on his fields he will be forced to install expensive storage facilities. If these trends, con- tinue, Mr. Wall said, a farmer will have more need of a good lawyer than of a tractor or a barn. Wall concluded by calling upon farmers to organize to meet these threats. He said, the cards are stacked against ONE STOP FOR FLLYOCIR HOME IMPROVEMENT;, NEEDS yiu 1' i� b� lij ' - IF -11— j,Wd' r i'a _. -YOURSELF Plumbing Supplies \' Electrical Supplies Paint Indoor & Outdoor Painting Supplies Tools Humidifiers De -Humidifiers • Your "Do -it -Yourself Store", for 'Do -it -Yourself" People. SERVICE , DOMIIVIONILARD1NARE 30 Victoria St., Goderich. 324-13581 di Aspergum ADORN 369 g. Hair Spray 1A-535 Rub COLGATE 100 ML. Toothpastepaste 12'5 7 1.88 2.29 88� PLAYTEX 30's Maxi Pads •44 MaxiPaas 2.7 9 NAKAMU RA PHARMACY P ' G. 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