HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-12-16, Page 1I
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s to stay put
The Ad Hoc Boundary Commit-
tee of the Huron County Board of
Education brought in a '
recommendation at the regular
meeting on Monday afternoon ;
that the Board enter into an
agreement with , Conestoga
. College to lease a part of their
building in Vanastra for the„,
purpose of establishing .an
elementary school.
In a report accompanying the
recommendation the committee
noted, that it realized the
overcrowded conditions at Clinton
Public School caused by the ,
number of pupils attending from
Vanastra and , was aware of the
faCt that Hensall and 'Zurich
schools had some extra space for
pupils.
Because of this fact, the report
explained that a community.'
meeting had been held in Huron
Centennial School on October 6.
"As a result of that meeting;"
the report explained, "it was
agreed that the committee would
meet with three members of the
community to discuss further the
problems in that area of the
county."
'Representatives elected by
those present at the meeting were
Paul Steckle of Stanley Township,
Hank Binnendyk of Tuckersmith
Township and Ben Bridges of
Vanastra.
That enlarged committee met
with officials from Conestoga
College for the purpose of
discussing the possible use of
part of the former elementary
school in Vanastra, now owned
and operated by Conestoga
College.
As a result the Board of
Governors of Conestoga College
has approved' a plan whereby the
' Huron County Board of Education
may lease the South Wing of the
building for the purpose of
operating an elementary school.
A list of general terms were
provided to the Board by Kenneth
Hunter, president of Conestoga
College.
The cost. of rental would be
$2.215 per square foot for 9078
square feet and a total of
$20,107.77 per year. This cost
includes all utilities, janitorial
services and janitorial supplies.
Cost --ef rental, it was
suggested, would increase, or
decrease, each year according to
the inflation factor per the
consumer index of Canada. Cost
of snow removal would be paid on
a shared basis.
Mr. Hunter suggested that the
lease would be effective
September 1, 1977„ and would be
for a period of three years with
annual cancellation option. The
Huron County Board of Education
would have the first right of
purchase if -the building were
offered for..sal%.
The part of the building which
would be made available to the
Huron County Board of Education
would be the South Wing. The
Playroom would be made
available on a shared basis with
the college.
, The division would be made
where there are existing doors
between the two wings of the
building. The total 'considered
area of 9078 square feet includes
one half of each the playroom and
the• boiler room.
The committee's report noted
that in order to make this space
available to the Huron County
Board, certain tenovations would
be necessary such as the making
available of space for storage and
the removal of counters.
These renovations, it was
suggested, would be completed
by Conestoga personnel and PillY
the actual cost borne by.the Roard
of Education. These costs are ,
estimated at $4,000.
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o hearing for
former constable
ivy
Retiring council KoRoses
GIVING AT CHRISTMAS The junior class at Northside United Church all
brought gifts to Sunday School on Sunday. The presents will be donated to the
Huron Children's Aid and they'll be distributed in the Seaforth area. Admiring the
gifts are students Randy Freethy, Brian Underwood,, Lisa Savauge, Carol Anne
Glanville and Debbie Carter and Sunday School teacher Lori Savauge.
(Expositor Photo)
Pay per meeting
year but it should be better now,"
he said.. ,
The present council proposes
that the mayor be paid $1800 a
year, up from $1600, on the basis
of $75 per council meeting, $ 75
per regular committee meeting; -
$15 per special council meeting
and $10 per special committee
meeting.
Clerk Crocker said council's
finance• and general government
committee, which made the
recommendation, felt that
councillors with the heaviest
workloads should be rewarded
and all councillors appointed to
outside committees should be
paid, not it3st some as is now the
case. Presently the reps to the
Seaforth Fire Area Board are
paid, while the rep to the
recreation committee is not, for
example.. CouncillorS -won't be
paid twice, by the town and by the
MEXICAN PINATA — Paz Rivera of Mexico City, Joanne•Rimmer and Lynda
Vincent stand beneath the colorful Pinata made by Miss River° that was a highlight
of the Lions Club Christmas. Party on Sunday. The Pinata, a Mexican Christmas
custom( Is fun of candy. Children are blindfolded and play a game trying to break
open the swinging ornament and share in the candles. The Pinata took a week to
make. (Photo by Oke)
asked to resign or face "several"
charges under the Police Act,
arising from different incidents.
There had been rumours that a
delegation would appear at
Monday night's council meeting .
to- ask for a hearing for Mr.
1,auzon, but no one appeared, the
councillor Said-
NItettincilloFtllis said he eouldfrt
understand why none of the
people , who it's rumoured are
circulating a petition asking for a
hearing, had talked to the police
committee, the council or the
chief of police to get their side of
Once again, Seaforth has two'
mayors.
Most people know that Mayor
Betty .Cardno was re-elected last
week. But the other mayor, who's
We have 2 mayors
the story.
Council hired Angus
' Macdonald, a native of Scotland
who has police experience in that
country, to replace Mr. Lauzon.
He will starf as a third class
constable on December 20 at a
salary of $12,555 and will move
his family to Seaforth, soon..
Because of 'Mr. Macdonald's -
experience, he will not have to
attend the Ontario Police College
for 16 weeks, Mayor Betty Cardno
commented. There were eight
applicants for the job and two
were interviewed.
Huron County Board of Educa-
tion heard a delegation on
Monday seeking admittance to
Kindergarten of a four year old,
Steve Martene. His mother, Mrs.
June Martene of R.R. 4, Seaforth,
and day care teacher Karen
McEwing, both told the meeting
that they felt the Board's reluct-
ance to admit the youngstef due
to his age was unjustified.
In a letter read into the minutes•
of the meeting. Mrs. Martene
, said„ she was appealing to the
`Board to "consider Steve's readi-
ness for admission to kindergar-
ten on a par with the Child
attending kindergarten at Clinton
Public School now.”
' "I am under the impression
that his admission was considered
because he had attended a junior
kindergarten in Woodstock last
year and he will not be five until
March of 1977," she said.
Steve will nut turn five until
February of 1977.
"As Steve's mother I see him
indicating great interest in what
his sister in Grade One is
learning," she. told the meeting.
"and he has absorbed consider-
ably what she has taught him4'
Karen McEwing of the Tucker-
smith Day Care Centre told the
Board that it was her feeling that
Steve was ready to start kinder-
garten last September, even
though he will not be five until
It s a deer, dear
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN — These' are actually
pennies from Seaforth.that young Adam Davies was
playing in for a short time last week. The pennies,
thousands of them, are on display in the window of
the Toronto Dominion sank in Seaforth. They are
the proceeds so' far of the Seaforth Lions Club
campaign to raise one million pennies, or $10,000 for
the arena renovation fund. So far they have 129,495
pennies, or nearly $1300, (Expositor Photo)
The old Seaforth council has
recommended that the new one
set pay schedules for council
members for each meeting that
they attend, rather than a straight
yearly salary.
Payment of $45 regular council-
meetings, $45 for regular
committee meetings, $15 for
special meetings and regular
meetings, of boards to which
councillors are appointed and $10
for special committee meetings
would raise cnuncillor'g salaries
to $1080 a year from $1000 a year.
Members would not be paid for
meetings they do not attend and
the'') total pay would vary,
accofding to the number of
special meetings held.
"This may cut down on special
meetings as council will have an
amount budgetted and will have
to try and stay within it," clerk
Jim Crocker said. "Special
meetings have been a strain this
Seaforth council accepted a
recommendation of its police
committee that school cesging,
guards be hired to help students
at Seaforth Public School and S.
James schools across Goderich
St. and ,wilkadvertise, for guards,
but it'll be up to the new council
whether or not to proceed with
the program.
Police Chief John Cairns
estimated that the cost of guards
outside both schools at 8:30, noon
and 3:30 would be about $3500 a
year. Each guard would work
about three hours a day. "It's a
reasonable request," said Wayne
Ellis, chairman of the police
committee, "espeCially now'when
the snow banks are so high."
The road is busier and busier
and big trucks and little kids are
not a good combination,
councillor Bill Bennett said.
"We're one of the few towns
without them," councillor John
Sinnamon said, since the board of
education dropped their crossing
guard program.
Reeve John Flannery wondered
if the police couldn't cover one
school and a guard be hired, for
the other. With calf outsgsl court
the police couldn't guarantee to
be at a school every morning; Mr.
Elis replied.
Councillors agreed that the cost
is relatively small. By advertising
now, applications will be in so
that the new council can decide on
the program in Janaury, not
February, councillor Ellis said, in
reply to councillor George
Hildebrand who suggested
leaving the whole decision to the
new council,
"There's no harm in
advertising. Let the 1977 council '
decide whether to hire or not,'4
Mayor Betty Cardno said.
"Put it in the Coming Events,"
joked Councillor Bennett.
Hydro
goes up
(By Wilma Oke)
A hydro increase that will" add
an additional $5 to $7 to the
average Seaforth homeowner's
monthly bill has been approved
by Ontario Hydro the PVC
learned at ;meeting Wednesday
afternoon. Tht increase results
from province wide increase in
the wholesale rate which the
H.E.P.C. has introduced.
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Some startled homeowners in
the neighbourhood of Kilbarchan
Nursing Home may have thought
that Christmas. Eve had come a
little early, late one night last
week.
Police constable Dave Dale was
called to the area because some-
one saw a small deer running
February.
"He has been enrolled at our
Day Care Centre since October of
1975," she explained. "During
that time, he has shown that he is
very mature, physically,
mentally, socially, emotionally
and Creatively."
She 'said Steve knows the
alphabet, how to write and spell
his name, the basic shapes,
colors, counting and number
concepts. "His attention span is
quite long compared to others of
this age," she said.
Trustee Dorothy Wallace asked
Mts. Martene if she had
considered the age at which Steve
would' be trying to enter
University if he were accepted
into kindergarten now. ,
' Director of Education D.J.
Cochrane pointed out that while
there was no minimum. age limit
set for admission to University or
College. Steve's ability to get
along 'there • socially because he
would be younger than his peers
might prove a problem.
Referring to the case of the
child of five enrolled at Clinton,
Mr. Cochrane explained that he
had been a student in junior-
kindergarten at Woodstock and
once enrolled was subject to the
compulsory attendance rules of
the Ministry of Education.
Others had been admitted at an
early an he noted, but those had
through. back yardS and along the
street in the Centre and Church
St. areas of town.
The deer, who appeared to be
about two years old was easily
jumping over fences as he ran
through back yards. The chase
ended when the deer ran off into
Munn's Bush, north of the
nursing home.
been cases considered on medical
grounds or recommendations
from the Robarts School in
London.
On a motion by Molly Kunder
the matter was finally referred
back to the Education Committee
for study at its January meeting..
The motion stipulated "that
consideration would be given to
changing the age for kindergarten
admissions.
Snow
causes
headaches
Snow removal is causing
headaches for Seaforth's town
employees. Councillor Wayne
Ellis told fellow councillors at
Monday night's meeting that he's
had complaints about garages in
,town removing snow from their
lots and leaving -it nn the roads
where town men have to pick it
up.
Last winter the snow was
plowed back on the offenders'
properties; a few times, Reeve
John Flannery said. it's against
the Highway Traffic Act to put
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particular board or committee, he
added.
The 1977 council cah approve
the recommendations or set out
its own salary schedule, at its first
meeting, on January 3.
Three councillors-elect
attended as observers. They were
Jim Sills, Ken Roth and Irwin
Johnston.
Seaforth council hired a new
police constable Monday night
and acting on advice of the
Ontario Police Commission
decided that former constable
Ron Lauzon, who resigned for
"personal reasons" in November
would not be given a hearing, if
he formally requests one.
Councillor Wayne Ellis,
chairman of the police committee
said the. Ontario Police
Commission (OPC) had advised
the town not to give M. Lauzbn a
hearing before council, .because
he had resigned "and Was no
longer a constable."
The OPC said that police Chief
John Cairns could not be present
if council did decide on a hearing
or he could be charged' under the
Police Act, Councillor Ellis told
the Expositor.
Councillor Ellis confirmed th at
former constable Lauzon was
only in town on week days, in
Mayor Bruce Shaw of Exeter, who
was re-elected in that town with a
vote of 852 over challenger Reeve
Derry Boyle, who polled S35
votes.
Mayor Shaw is principal of
Seaforth District. High School and
was first elected mayor in Exeter
two years ago. The fact, that he
works outside of Exeter was
mentioned in the campaign there.
The Exeter mayor, assured the
Expositor when he , was named
principal that his two "jobs"
wouldn't interfere with each
other, Exeter voters apparently
agreed with him.
Schools may get
crossing guards
Board hears plea for
kindergarten for boy, 4