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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-06-17, Page 1Whole No.5652 117th Year Yseat co0y25 cents SEA#ORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1976 — 20 PAGES a. NOW- WHAT'S ALL THIS?— There was one fairly bewildered Holstein cow at the Gerrit Wynja farm south of Seaforth this week. She couldn't understand what the puss was all about and kept a careful eye on her triplet calves, born last Wednesday, as the Wynja ,sirls, Sandra, Corrie and Hilda and their father show them off for " the photographer. The Wynja's, who have had the mother cow for -about five years, weren't expecting triplets. (Staff Photo) Council okays 10.5 police raise the town send a letter of • sympathy to the police committee because "there wasn't a' damn thing you can do about.it." "But we can't afford to 'send one," joked Mayor Cardno, IT'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE — Seaforth firemen check for smoke up on the roof of a large pig barn 'on the farm of Harry A rts, just east of Seaforth Saturday morning. Firemen were called when the barn filled with smoke but couldn't find anything on fire. Mr. A its lost a barn by fire earlier this spring.. (Staff Photo) Council declares Canada Week Seaforth Council declared "And we Tatigh at the the week of June, 25 as Canada Americans for being so Week, but doubted that it would patriotic," said councillor Ellis, • do any real good. "I would like to see someone "1 hate to think this way, but I write a red hot editorial on doubt if Canadians will do patriotism to go with the ad." anything anyway. All it will do is put another ad in the Expositor," Councillor George Hildebrand said councillor Wayne Ellis. agreed that Canadians generally "I agree," said Mayor Betty lacked nationalism, "I bet on July Cardno, "but maybe we 1 you couldn't find 15 flags flying shouldn't be so pessimistic." in this town," he said. lk• Victoria Park in Seaforth will be the site of a mobile home display on June 24 to June 27 sponsored by the Seaforth Planning Board. The board hopes the display will help residents to express their views 'on whether they want, a, mobile 'home park planned for Seaforth or not. "The plannign board feels that most people do not know what accommodtion, and convenience can be -provided by mobile homes," said planning board chairman, Gord Rimmer. "We felt that' if mobile homes were 'displayed in town, area residents could familiarize themselves with them." cleaning expenses, compared to. $100 which they paid previously. The 10,5 per cent increase means a first class constable will now receive $14,365 compared to $13,000 before. A second class constable will' get $13,260, up from $12,000 in 1975;•a third will receive— $12,1555, - eomparedAt.to $11,000; and a fourth will receive $11,050 compared to $10,000.. An officer, probationary step one, will receive $9,945 up from $9,000 paid last year and an officer, probationary step two, will receive $10,497 , up from $9,500. Council also decided to raise the police chief John Cairns' The • board has been considering for the past two years a sitein the south-west end ,of Seaforth fora mobile home park. that would eventually accommodate about 36 single- wide mobile homes. No double wide mobile homes will be allowed in the area. "We don't intend to use double-wide homes. They can be put anywhere in town, so why put them on lots that will be designated for single-wide?" said Mr.. Rimmer. The display at the park, which 'town council has allotted $100 for, will consist of four different style mobile homes - three single-wide salary from $15,500 to $17,127, up 10.5 per Cent. The chief is not part of the police negotiating group and his salary did not fall under the same settlement. Seaforth has one chief, two second class officers and one fourth class officer:- This means the town will pay out $5,197 more • in pollee salaries this year than it would have under the old agreement. Councillors weren't totally. pleased with the settlement. • "The only thing that bites," said councillor John Sinnamon, "is that we had to hold down the town men and 'the arena men. Where is this going to stop?" Councillor Sinnamon suggested and one double-wide. Two companies, • Bell Trailer Sales of Kippen and Morgan Mobile Homes of Clinton, • will be supplying the homes for the display. The planning board plans to ask those attending to complete a btief questionnaire about mobile homes after they see them. "The planning board must have some idea as to the need and interest in such a development," said Mr. Rimmer. "In other words the public must be consulted. This information can be gathered through surveys. Either a general survey, covering (Continued on Page 18) Seaforth council, was swamped Monday night by citizens angered over being billed for sewer frontage and connection fees when they hadn't even had any sewer pipe laid down their street.. "Why do we have to pay for something we haven't got?" asked Dave Tremeer, as he aired the feelings of the eight member group. "We are paying for frontage charges and there isn't even a sewer down the street." Mayor Betty Cardno said that frontage charges for the sewer are paid on the year of instal- lation, according to bylaw number 935 passed in October 1973. "In other words you want $35.00 from citizens 'of Seaforth and provide no services," said Ron MacDonald. Councillor Jim Crocker explained to the group that the town owed the money to Ministry of Environment this year for the sewers and that was why it was•on the 1976 tax bill. "I think you have a valid point," said Mayor Cardno. "I don't think the hookup charge could be charged until the hookup is made," Mayor Cardno said she would check into the matter at the sewer liaison meeting with the Ministry and the construction company this Thursday, but maintained the frontage charge would still have to be paid this year as 'it was the year of installation. She said the payment to the ministry would be made towards the end.of the year when the sewers were turned over to the town. ' "What would the town do with it until then?" asked Mr. Tremeer. "Collect interest on it instead of us collecting it. I don't think we should have to pay until then." "I tend to ag ree with you," said the Mayor. "I think you have a good argument not to pay taxes until the town has to • pay the ministry of the environment." The sewer charges are included in the tax bill due June 30. Mayor Cardno invited the group to show up at, the sewer liaison' meeting Thursday afternoon to voice their opinions. However, members of the group said they could not be available Thursday, and would be satisfied if the Mayor brought the question up and reported back to them. Frontage charges and connection fees weren't the only sewer issues to arise at the meeting. Complaints of the dust from The streets were brought up by councillors. ReeVe John Flannery, chairman of the public works committee, said that calcium chloride should have been applied to the streets by this time. - e company promised me weeks previously to have calcium, applied, but to the best of my ' knowledge no calcium has been applied," he said. • Councillor Wayne Ellis said he had received several complaints on the matter. "There are two people next door to me who suffer from asthma and they were never able to get to sleep until 2 a.m. because cif the dust," he said. Councillor George Hildebrand said that he had seen several people on John Street watering the roads to keep the dust down. "What about people who want to paint their house and can't because of the dust?" asked councillor Bill Bennett. Council decided to bring the dust problem up' at' the sewer. liaison meeting Thursday. Another resolution passesd asks that board policy' require a formal . end-of-the-year. "evaluation of each teacher on a -probationary contract. Evaluation should be based in part on at least one, formal classroom visit per term by the principal and the. superintendent during the first two terms of the school year, the board decided. The next resolution asks the board 'to' require a, formal • evaluation at least once every • three years of all teachers on permananent contract. The final motion asks the director of education to' investigate the feasibility of introducing a performance review system for all employees of the board, Included with taxes Sewer bills bring protests Seaforth policemen have won a 10.5 per cent wage increase . The settlement was agreed on by both sides after a meeting with an arbitrator last, month. The whole council approved the settlement and made it public Monday night. • The , agreement, whiCh is subject to the Anti Inflation Board, also gave the police eleven statutory holidhys, up from 10, and 100 percent payment of OHIP by the town. A member of the force who is assigned to • a superior's duties will receive his ordinary salary plus three dollars per shift after the fourteenth day. The town agreed to pay $150 in Mobile homei display at park sponsored by planning board Huron Board of Education trustees •asked 'the province to startdeciding what's to be taught in the schools again at' their meeting Monday. by presented by education commitee chairman John Elliott said present curriculum guidelines published by the Ontario , Ministry of Education are more .of a philosophical statement than a teacher's guide. The board passed a resolution asking for core curriculum guidelines of a more detailed nature in all areas of study that provide specific direction to teachers on the work to be covered and leave' room for • the inclusion of optional topics at the local level. Decide what's to be taught, Huron Board tells prov. (By John Miner) The • Ausable • Bayfield Conservation Authority opened a new conservation area at Port Blake near Grand Bend and later approved the acquisition of 40 acres of river valley adjacent to the Clinton Conservation Area for $35,000 at a full Authority meeting last Wednesday. About 150 attended the meeting at the Authority's Exeter headquarters. However, they failed to unveil, any future plans for projects in the Seaforth area and Mayor Betty Ca rdno doesn't think Seaforth residients arc getting their due. The ,Clinton' Conservation ./.61 is in Tuckersmith' but no property has been acquired near Seaforth in Tuckersmith. "I don't think we are getting our money4avOrth. -There are no. real projects in the area. They all seem to be .lown around the Parkhill area she said. ' "We've t sed them in the past to look of Victoria Park. Thete isn't a- gr at deal there to do, but they co• id look at it and design it better Wp asked them also to do, tree planting along Silver Creek," Neither of these requests were acted upon by the ABCA, according to Frank Sills, former mayor and former repiesertative from Seaforth to the Conservation Authority. Seaforth paid $2,443 for 1976 to the Authority, $2,197 in 1975 and like amounts since? it joined the Authority in 1972. Fortner chairman of the Authority and reeve of Tuckersmith Township, Elgin Thompson, agrees that the Seaforth area hasn't benefitted much from the Conservation Authority. ' "There doesn't seem to be many openings there. eve walked over that area and hlven't found anything," he said. Mr. Thompson said that part of Seaforth's problem was that it belonged to two separate 'eons, vation authorities. Seaforth is on the boundary/ between the Ausable - Bayfield and Maitland Conservation Authorities and paid $786 to the Maitland Authority in 075. "1 thin't know. We would be glad to do anything in that area," he said. "If there is anything we can do to help, people should let us know. We are always open to suggestions." ' The money has been curtailed somewhat now. We aren't able to spread ourselves out as far as we did before," he added. Roger Martin, who was resources manager for the Authority until recently, agrees with Mr, Thompson that it is difficult to put anything in the Seaforth area. "Maybe something in the future will be done there such as a green, way established along Silver Creek," he said,.."But it is hard as there are no such things as erosion control projects to put in, as there isn't that problem in the area." Mr. Martin said that the question comes up frequently from Seaforth council asking what benefit the area is getting. "1 always ,have asked, have, they requested anything? The Conservation Authority doesn't just go around putting in conservation ' areas without having some sort of a request.- he said. But Mayor Cardno feels that Seaforth is limited in what it can ask for. "We are kind of limited in what we could ask for, The Van Egmond house where work could be, done and the Lions Park are both out of the town. But I still think something should be done in this area," she said. Former mayor Frank Sills is a little more blunt. "We have nothing really to offer them. All we can hope for is, that something will be built in the surrounding area. You 'can't expect to get toe much within a town," he said. "I wouldn't want to say they haven't done anything 'for us, because we have nn authority to ask^ them to do anything in the other areas." But Reeve Th ompson pointed out that Seaforth does receive some benefit from the Ausable; Bayfield Conservation Authority. "We do send SWEEP boys and' girls up there to clean up the arca", he said, Say not much needed here Ausable-Bayfield has no plans in Seaforth SWIM. TIME AGAIN !--.For the.fIrst time since it was built 21 years ago the interior of the Lions Park Pool is being cleaned of layers of,paint that have built up through the .years. Here,o1::erators of a sand blasting • rig work at removing the accumulatron. At the same time to eliminate possible leaks caulking and expansion joints are being replaced in readine i for 4„ new paint. The work is expected to be' completed next week so that the pool will' be ready Ur- swimming by the end of the month. Meanwhile applications for' swimming lessons are being distributed to area Schools this week and a' prelintinary registration.will take place at the park next Wednesday evening. (Staff Photo)