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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-03-05, Page 1.g , ela. • . "..";e7 • •••• • • • , re 14. 0 ; 122nd Year Whole No. 5$95 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1981 - 20 PAGES A SECTION 516 a year kt Singk. Copy 40 cents I, Op'grOt.44 y0arty 010# 010 4119re :410' IhlAk•ttt s time we took tt taki said coat tiVettittrls.1M ,the kifillsttY1 of The.' • lbe thins • over:.'! - said -'depuly..reeve. • EttVironutfotN• OperatiOrt -0 the Water 404 *OWN sewer systems in ,Yan.aStti, has'left Tucker- tmvitship, is entimii.'te•toke.:!ttoet tite, • smith coutteir considering whether to take. system after giving the Ministty 42':titorttits . over thev werks theteielves. . • petite. with the only .47ipulatimi Wog at • FOr more than :,two hours Tuesday night, • (an reduce' the Saleries, of the • Current., 60401 grilled 'Merk Bell, budget planner entploye,cs. •Of the atinual•budget, with the ministry; on his 081 'betide] plan is spent on salaries. for the ,utilities. -ancl on his-- budget under.. BIGGEST COST estimates in previons years, "Their biggeS't cost is the salaries, and Mr. Bell's new 1981-82 budget for the there is nothing we can do about that," said works is $99,400, brit when !eat year's deficit councillor Bob Broedfoot. The township's is added, the township will have to pay the only alternative, shoidd it decide 0:Puke over ministry $113,000. the system. would be to "redline" • fix 'The 1980.81 the was estimated at salary at one rate - an employee's wage for '582A0, but the final expenditure is ten. years. Mr. Belt-told council. expected to IN:more than 592,000. It Was the Coimcilior Broadfoot • said he , Omit& third year in a row the Ministry has overrun current salaries were quite high. The . the budget. • I system's superintendent, after projected Council exprdssed concern so much is inereaseS for the current year. will earn an being spent to'keep the systems functioning estimated $23,500.. _."wo are boon4 by the cOptrotk„iitf: aced by our *winooii peOPle.'art th union, eiplained!',Herk the PrOpp§ed 11$1%.*Z budget 010 about 1.2500'has heel) designatedfoi.4graAinithe system while the balance goes .to steep' 'maintenance costs 'for ...a utility which is recording 'a 40 per cent water loss. The, average loss in other municipalities is about 15 percent, Mr. Bell explained. "Why is more money not set aside for upgrading then, especially if the system is as bad as you, say it 'is?". councillor' John Brownridge asked the ministry offieial. "Our concern is with spending such a great amount of money and yet not' upgrading the syStem." Mr. Bell replied overhauling the water systems would ineOlve a major capital expense. "It is not obsolete." he said of the 40-year-old utility built under wartime conditions, '"but eventually we are going:to have to look at replacing the whole system' of water mains." STILL WANT STUDY "We recommende'd last year that a study, be undertaken by a consultant of the eater aysteni. It oas turned down .: by courted. We make the same 'recommeada: tier still." The estimated cost of the study last year was 58,000. After the meeting? .councillor Bross midge, , 'agreed such a study would hate to be done before the council' could consider assuming Alth4orof .,th:,e.systent it IS, 'unlikely 0.0.neil. aces . 'provision of `thy" huftel 4.0.• $74-0.0 for a now instVad;' on The .telmutneadation of Mrs BrpadfoOf.-, a Small, portion of the spin Will' be 'Used improve • Mc sail currently ••being IfSed while -the • , balance will be kneesred in upgrading the stStem: Also of psessing concern to uptmen were the consistent overruns by the ministry on its budgets. explained reeve Bob Bell._ ;The mmistry official Was asked to document. - • 'here the miscalculations 'had occurred list 1980-8I plan. • 'The last three years base been ,,oter budget," said the official.!:'lt's a bad record. there's no doubt about that. It's just too much optimism and the large number of spans in the eater sYstene There• 'have - been above average breakdoe ns in the tt ater sn. stem, ' VANASTRA IS RARE Broadfoot asked Mark Bell is hat -percentage of budgets he prepares fur other municipalities arc over budget.. ''Nanastra is ,quite rare.'' replied the planner: 'If the too nship took user the sy stem , ahat..Would the ministry- do, eOridemn 0'1 .asked deputy reete. hill Rem it. -.Hiatt budget make's inc sliudder.'' • Council e tit consider the proposed budget timber at a closed, sessien 1 uvsda} . . Brotherhood Nig elects women L'a.:*•;fteal; tut---both- ;wish . °' comment further on the mixup. Moira Couper said when, the delegation, approached them. one of the men said, " • afraid we'll bOve to ask you to leave.", The4 meeting ehairman'expliained the banquet .wasn't a political meeting but Mrs. Coulter said she told hint they'd fully understood Mrs. Pemberton couldn't deliver a political speech. • . Both Mrs, Couper.. said. Mrs. Pemberton said a man reeding bar told them "et' like to have .something once in awhile a ithout women (present).''The dineer was catered by membersof the Legion Ladies Aexiliary but they did not sit down tt ith banquet guests-. Pleaserturn to page 3 DINNER GUESTS TURNED AWAY—Moira Couper and NDP candidate Gwen Pemberton, both of Bayfield, look at little disgruntled ThursdaY night. The guests, who aliended Seaforth's annual Brotti&hood Night events-per invitation, yvere asked to leave Without their dinner since organizers told them it was p "men-only" event. (Photo by Ellis) SDHS roses 1 French, 1 History CARGO DAMAGED IN SEAFORTH ACCIDENT—An accident on the outskirts of Seaforth,. on the Harpurhey *hill, early Tuesday morning, destroyed three-quarters of a load of salt being transported in this Lakilaw Transport truck. Driver Reg Chappel of RR2, Statfa was forced off the road into a field when a car pulled into his lane,. Neither Mr. Chappel nor another witness was able to desOfibe the northbound vehicle due to snowAondilionsat the time of the accident. (Photo by Gibb) $0691 board ...cats classes Driver escapes injury when salt truck forced off road that ,of the following year in the elementary schools remain fairly constant. But in 1984, enrollment is eiipected to drop to 6295. Estimates are that by 1986, elementary school enrollment in Huron will be down tit .hl 66 students: In the secondary _panel. total enrollment in 1.4 79 v. as 4475. In l980 it ,ws 4235 and this year it is 4020. , ' Next 'year's secondary school enrollment. however. is expected to drop sharply to . In 1983, predictions arc for an enrollment of 357.1\ Enrollment:" in the secondary schools in 1986 should be about ply sisal edecation cl.isscs, resultieg in a reduetiou of a hall...time teacher's salary . ' At Walton.. teachers e ill bi:.• la:mined to teach their own music. physical educamm, healih and library classeS, resulting in reduction of a half-time teacher's salary. ..Board member R.J. who presented the report. said - enrollment throughout Hinen C-ounty is dropping off. Figures were presented to .tatc• board ehieli showetethat in 19-9. enrollnOit in the - elementary' schools of -the county eitalled .6,538. In 1980 it dropped oft to 6,425. This tray it is h: iii • Nett year's emit/been! predictions and Reg Chappel, 42. of "RR2, Sofia. escaped injury early Tuesday morning e hen the transport truck he was driving was forced off Hwy. #8 on the Harpurhey The transport, owned by Laidlais Transport Ltd. of Exeter, received .up- to 522,000 damage' in *4(6:Went...depending on engne engine damage. The truck, turned oyer,mi one. side, narrowly , missing a ices: Mr. Chappel told Goderfelr OOP he e as forced Off the road When, a westbound vehicle pulled out into his late:. Mr. Chappera report was verified by another motorist who witnessed the accident. Neither man was able to describe the car • which forced the truek off the road. due to the snowy conditions at the time of the accident: My. Chappel Was transporting a load or highway salt. Part of -the cargo spilled out of the, truck; and a spokesnme from Laidlae Transport said only aboutemw-quarter of the loOd could he salvaged, Tratile was .tied 'op on the high" Itiesda- morning about 10 a.m. elide toe trucks used e inches to right the transport. A highway Mgn was' knocked ever at hen the truck left the road and the fropLossenger side of the truck was damaged '-Lodi; the - truck overturned. The strapi Bof E wants opinions BY--AL-ICE GIBB ° . Brotherhood in Seaforth seems to i be a "men cooly" affair-at least the annual Brotherhood Night banquet held last Thurs- day at the Sbafortli Legion turned out that way. , As per , invitation. two, women, DP candidate Gwen Pemberton of Bayfield and her campaign Manager Moira Couper, also of - Bayfield,, 'shooed up at the Seaforth Legion last week to attend the - B'rothcrhotid Night banquet. The hnnual event, this year sponsored by the. Ochlfellotts -Lodge. is attended by members the- Lions club. Masonic Lodge, Knights of ColunthuS. Optimists. Legion, Foresters and . Orange Lodge. who take turns 'with sponsorship. Gordan Pelvic was chairman-of this -scar's event. After the rwo women guests had mingled for a short time, a delegation of men Came te., them and • asked them tors leave since the ,Cs'eut was for men only. Mrs. Pemberton said, "et:. were ejected at about 6:30 p.m." during the social period prior •to dinner. She added, although she's attended many meetings in Huron .County since moving here.a deeade'ogo. "I've meet been treated with steal -inhospitality and discourtesy." ALL THREEt INYITED Invitations to the Brotherhood Night banquet were forwarded _ to the three politic:OP parties in the area. Neither of Mrs. Pemberton's opponents in the Huron-Mid- dlesex riding, Tory Jim ,.Bi•itnell or Liberal Jack Riddell who had a previous Lions club Meeting coMmittment in Goderieh, attended the Brotherhood banquet. • Mrs. Couper said she called lOOF member Ross Ribes. of Seaforth the ddy after' the N-OP nomination meeting to , tell hint Mrs. Pemberton %%Mild aceept the invitation. She said, "I told him quite plainly who the candidate - was." Mrs, Couper said Mr. Ribealid say. ''You know it's an all men's event" but Mrs. Couper told 'him the two woolen didn't mind. She said a hen the delegation apprciached them. prior to the dinner, both -women offered to Irate following the steal. Mr. Ribey corifirmed he did forewarn Mrs. Couper about the inert-only nature of the banquet. but said the events Thursday night were an "unfortunate" \ misunderstanding, . • f---Inside this as1huatbantititt. Pal-Staines of presentations to award winner?', see pg.. . A1.1 .,..„ \ "hat report has-been referrei 'to the April ts 1981 meeting of the beard' d • education. Cechrane is hoping that during the Month of March, atiy• teachers. students; taxpayers or Other interested persons in the county • With an opinion to share will take the opportunity to either speak to they board representatives concerning' the matter . of corporal punishment in the 'schools, or make written submission of their views either through the, county week]; newspapers or directly to the board office: . ' in the meantime. Cochran is getting data . front theeoutity schools to determine to w hat extent corporal punishment is being used in Huron 'County classrooms.. • ' "By physical force, does it mean taking a kid by the elbow and helping him down to the principal's: officer' asked Cochrane. -Or does it peon the strap? And if so, why ,clocsn't it just Say the strap?" By coincidence, an information report was attached to the board's regular meeting agenda concerning nine suspensions of students front across Huron County for a variety of ,niisderneenotits ,at school. Of, the nine students, eight were male. .. Uwe student were front Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton;' two were front tliriloti Public Sated; one from Gixteticti District Collegiate Institute;, and one was 'from South Huron Distridt High Sehoral in Exeter. , BY SHIRLEY .1. kELI,ER When does punishment b.".• a teacher at school become corporal punishment? Should teachers ever be ;Moe tad to use the strap on students oho seriouely misbehave iii class? If so, a hat conditions must pre\ ad? Should students ones- parents hat recourse against a teacher oho uses'phy siva I force to discipline a pupil? • At e hat age is a student capable of waponsible self-discipline? These are some questions the manlier, of the Huron County Beard of Edecatien are asking themselt ea. and ,the ratepayers of Huron County during the month of March. Director of Education Sohn Coehratic at Monday's regular board of education wreeti4 in Clinton referred to a mentoran dum 'from the Ontario Minister of Education Bette Stephenson. In that communique. Ms. Stephenson fore tutted for ."reaction and coniinent" an amendment to the Ontario regulations gm erning 'corporal puniiiiment in schools. That amendment would make it the duty of a teacher, inchiding the principal teacher, to refrain from the use, of physical force in disciplining a pupil except to protect himself or another pupil. An accompanying. report from the 'Mini- stry regarding the legal. `moral and psychological, aspects' of the questions was presented to all board members week - • --Winning Speakers 'Ti's the season to be speak- ing and area public and separate schools have been busy selecting winners to re- present the' schools in zone competitions. This week, we have stories of public speaking ,cornpetitorS front Seaforth to Dublin. Sec pgs.. . .. ... A4, A20 Far Safety's Sake Taking, their lead front the fire last year which destroyed records' at Mckillop • township office. Hitbert council is having a fireProtrEs vault added ,to township''; municipal' building. Some Hibbert records date to 1880. See coencil story. pg. . AS On her way Lynn Russell was one of the first ,to lace up the blades and hit the ice for public skating at Seaforth Arena Saturday. Actually. she had a little help making sure her skates were tight. See pictures, pg. . .8 Centenaire Awards Winning wasn't a word often associated with the Jr. .p. Cemenaires this season, but Friday night 'solid ,per• formattees.by team members were recognized at the" BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER -It was standing room.. only at Monday afternoon's meeting of the Heron C unity Board of Education, but board members stood firm. in their intentioe to hold the line on education expenses. pespite ttie pleas of two delegations nom the Clinton area. .it e as elear nom the teasel the board, would -not 'be stated from as decision to skirt the request for a credit music program' at C moral H m.911 Secondary School, and to . cm the machine ahoy. course lioni the curriculum at the same school beginning in the fall of lose As sell as the machine shoes ...tense at CHSS: shorthand 400 ancLahe tekthentatics 552 was deleted „front the einriculnie at CHSS. At • F.E. • Madill Secondary School In Winghane the course cues included acemmt - Mg 451, drama 301. I:rem:11'141, geography 141, and -151. History 251 and 401, Latin 25J and 351 and office practice 342. SEAFORTH LOSES TWO At Seaforth!Disnais High School History 550 and-..Freneb 550 acre discontinued, ,At South Huron District High School in Exeter. Latin 550 and 450 eve: cut along with computer science 400, evicting 300 'and 400 and electronics 300 end '400, • ' 'No course cuts are proposed for Goderieh District Collegiate %there a arril 01: tint" is now in once. These course 'cuts eat result m a staff reduction of six' teachers in the secondary school panel. • The- elementary panel suffered "staff cuts too..•The board apposed changes (hat it ill eliMinate 4,5 teachers. to Humes County elementary schools for 1981-82. -Hensall Public School will lose one teacher With the effect being a combined Grade - ""and 8 class of 24 'students, Usborne Central eat lose enc'half teacher, half-tim e , t'er. a fulltime librarian becoming Zurich Public School sill lin e one less teacher., with the Grade "7. "and Grade 8 classes split into clan' size not exceeding...28' students. • Colborne Central School st ill lose one teacher through combining a Grade 3 and Grade 4 claSs. and a Grade 4 and Grade 5 class. Class size will not'exceed 28 students. At Vanastra Public School, teachers Will be required to teach their mil music and 01' 4, ,