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The Huron Expositor, 1981-04-09, Page 3pr. e of a nd BY DAVE SYKES Board of Education trust- ee, Prank Falconer believes the board is being led astray by the press consenting to change the monthly meeting to a Thursday from Monday. Subsequent to a nieeting with editors of. the counfrs. weekly newspapers ' in March, the board endorsed a motion changing the monthly meeting to the first Thursday of the month from the tradi- tional Monday meetings. The press submitted that cover- age of Monday meetings was surface reporting due to time' limitations and deadlines. The meeting day virtually ruled out the possibility of exploring background in. plant and equipment while $41,967 was See lit "on the transmission and distribution system. Mr. Atkinson said the $18,004 working capital de- crease was anticipated be- cause-, of major fixed asset purchases last vear. The decrease is covered by a difference of $14,583 in working capital o hich was established after 1979 along with accounts owing the util- ity in early, 1981. Tom Phillips. Seuforth PUC manager. said the major purchases in 1980 were line transformers. up- grading of lines on Spading St., the addition of meters and rebuilding on a section on Chalk St. The PUC's total current equity is $959343 an in- crease of $57.857 over the 1979 figure. You're invited program. $3d0,; Seaforth Community Hosp- ital. a grant of $3 per . patient front Tuckersmith in the hospital in 1981; Huron Plowmen's Association, $50;• Hensall Recre- ation Board $1.000; Seaforth Recreation Board $1,500 and Clinton Recreation Board $500: Huron County Junior Extension Fund (4-H ,agriculture program) $136; Van Eg- mond Founda tiont $1,000 as requested for building jii•Ogram; and-$200- to the Seaford) Pre-Schodl Learning Centre which requested the money to help purchase a portable classroom at the public school as' they must- move out of the Seaforth Library. Adjourned at 12:30 a.m. Wed. Police costs n we help you? To get your , news and advertise- ments• in the paper • correctly and quickly, FIRM DEADLINES have been established to help our cus- tomers and our staff. News, Claisified and Display Ads. L CLIP & am gift aim mai sia--oup -at simile.' mil •PLEASE CLIP THIS AD AND. SAVE IT FOR REFERENCE ef-1) THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIlf -9 1901 The audit for the electric utility section of the Seaforth PUC for 1980 shows an excess in revenue over ex- penditures of $34,461. The 1980 excess is an increase of $4,146 over the 1979 figure. "It was a good year with the increase in 'revenue over expenses, and the PUC still ended up in a. solid position with tie upgrading that was done.(' explained David At- kinson. of the firm Atkinson. Innes, Leach and Neill, who completed the audit in late February. The total revenue for the PUC in 1980 was $588,331. an increase of S92.731 over 1979. PUC expenditures last Two county bean growers meet The 1981 marketing out- look was one of the topics discussed at a farm meeting held at the Sea-forth, Arena Tuesday, Over 70 farmers from Huron and Perth count- ies, attended the meeting. sponsored by the Ontario Bean Growers' Co-op. In_ _the. morning, speaker Pay Lynch. OMAF . crops specialist, chSeussed Chemic- ''al accuracy and outlined several corn production tips. Areither speaker. Fred Evans of the Merrill. Lynch and AssOciates brokerage firm of London 'discussed marketing commodities and the outlook for 1981. Brenda Ward, of the Bean Growers' Co,,-op staff, said the afternoon 'session was a discussion of forward con- tracting. and how it affects corn and soybean producers. Also, Mrs. Ward and Pat Lynch devised a number of metric conversion problems. which farmers were asked to solve. • Invitations to the Farmers' Day session were issued to anyone buying seed at the co-op or to customers selling commodities at the elevator, Mrs. Ward said the co-op is experimenting this year with a bean plot on the on the with a bean plot on the Jim Devereaux farm. on Hwy. 8. In addition to all varieties of •white beans, the plot will also demonstrate kidney. cranberry (speckled) and black turtle beans which can be grown in the area. Also. Hibbert Township coun- cil met with several township residents on the issue of severances at its meeting on April 6. Much of the council meeting was devoted to plan- ning disces-SibiiVincluding requests for incorporated severances, diseussion on "conditional" severances and applications for non- farming residential sever- ances. Council• turned down an application for a zoning change, to permit an on- farming residential unit of lesS than 50 acres in an A2 zoned area. Council pointed out to the applicants the Official Plan regulations re- garding non-farming sever- ances. Council agreed to accept and process a re-zoning app- lication for a barn and liquid manure tank. where the house had a "conditional" severance. On the advice of the township's council, since this severance was a fait accompli. there would be no advantage gained in making the zoning change difficult. Frank Campbell and Sohn fvfaartrey of Frank Cowan Post office gets Safety award Seaforth -Postmaster Stewart Whitmore was ,pre- sented with a safety award plaque by Waype Wigles- worth of Clinton. recently. Former postmaster Orville Oke also attended the pre- sentation. The plaque is awarded in recognition of 10 years without a time lost injury at the •-Sedforth Post Office. Insurance gave a detailed report on the township's insurance coverage. It was agreed to raise the personal 4-bond on the treasurer and staff to 550.000. This was in line with recommendations by Togn Wells. Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs. Tenders for a new % ton - pickup truck were opened. but a decision was delayed until the April 15 council meeting. The clerk will clari- fy tax, deduction status on the tenders in the interim. A bylaw was approved for a zoning amendment on the William Feeney property, Street, Dublin. to permit the extension of an Chief suggests drug abuse program Morin said. "But there. are a few who have abused the Alcohol • and. Drug ton- •privilege and so we need '....,cerns Inc. present a seminar for school teachers under the auspices of the local board of educatiep. The'seminar leads to the iMplementatiOn of -the program and Chief King intimated that the cost was reasonable, .1-) • ..• Chief King said he would be interested in meeting with the board to discuss the impleMentation of a dreg abuse prevention ; program. The education committee will review the matter and report back to the board. ' Trustee. Falconer' Falcohe agreed with .King's assess- ment of the drug' problem,. Board of Education will ex- tiating a drug abuse preventl, amine the ,feasibility of nil- ion program in count schools. ; • • The matter ails- referred following a letter from. God- erich Police Chief Pat King who said a drug prevention program was available frOm Alcohol -and Drug 'Concerns Inc. of Toronto. King said drug abuse w as a problem in schools and that the drug 'the power to lay .charges abuse committee of the Oin- agriavaee instgthsei .few, who abused ario Association of chiefs of' p Police had examined the' "We -don't want people to , program offered by the -non stop using school grounds." profit group. Falconer criticize B of E meeting change If you and your children wander over to the schoo 'grounds for a game of catch football or just a bit of Niel' 'charge of trespassing can be laid. • Well, technically anyway. The Huron Board of Edu- cation will now enforce the Trespass to Property Act and - has authorized all board em- ployees to act as enforcers of the act. Under the new policy. teachers. janitors and secretaries can legally: lay a trespassing charge. Several trustees attacked the policy insisting it would take school 'property away from the public and deter its use. - • But education -committee chairman. Bert Morin. cx plained the policy was no designed to deter -use o school property but rathe was to give board employees • industrial' building and lot coverage. Hibbert -council passed a bylaw, after two readings. on "The Parsons• • . North Branch Municipal Drain., for repair and maintenance, at ' the request of Fullerton Accounts were approved for roads at 510.815: which• included the installation of a "turbo" air cleaner .on the D760 grader and for general accounts in the sum of $11,438. Council adjourned at 12:30 a:m. At, the next meeting. the advisability of passing a 'curfew hour for termination of council meetings will be discussed. from disposal of fixed assets (the majOr part of which was the sale,' of a truek) and contributions from the aid of construction of $1,424. Working'Capital source for the 14.1Cie 1979 was S50.722. Mk' expenditures during the year resulted in a de- crease in. working capital. of 518.004, which represents the' difference between the working , capital figure of $72,354 and expenditures of $90,362. Expenditures in 1979 amounted to $36,139. Of the expendititre total: $48.395 went into buildings.- formation and left little time to seek opinions from edtita- tors on board decisions. The press intimated that more in-depth reporting would assist both the publie and the- board. Falconer opposed the Motion claiming the board was being led astray by the press. The Nature of Things. called an attitude of romatieizing or otherwise enshrinieg the .old. Thingslike saving -isn't she marvelloW She stilt knits. writes, reads at961." Making a big OS:, taiga; The .cIttetry jusi because they're .610 is .4$ harmful as the other most c4811MPil thent,,thisi tlo4Or, sa,y8-.00 4. f' ''AC;l0kiTs11:146 AGE Getting old is just anOther, stage•in life, and as the good doctor said, wine '-of our faculties actually improve with age. Findv,elat hard to believe? Aren't you more tolerant , patient. relaxed. now than too 15 or 20 ' To the Seaforth Hospital Auxilary's in the Board room of the Hospital .at-8:00 p.m. April 14. Members are re- 'minded of the bakeless bake sale., The April- meeting of Sea- forth Womens Institute will be held at the nome of Mrs. Earl Papple, Tuesday April 14 at 8:15 p.m. Roll Call to be "A True Story with' a Pro; blem Ending," and the pay- ment of fees. ANnual reports of all committees are to be given. li.unch committee: Mrs. Al Carter, Mrs. H. Klaver, Mrs. Doris Hugill. ° 05 a. i 1 rn 03 0. years,' ago? (Welt., there are exceptiens to every rule.) Recently a letter from a friend. writer and educator, W.G. Sem of Ottawa, let me in -dh a program that helps young and old get to -know and be of service to each other/ Mr. Strong. who writes the popular ' 'genteel- jhering featnms,..,occa0ouallY fOrlhe,.EX.PesitaiSaltriliat gets *14.real le#V,Of satiffac:- tiogi.frOm '11.4010g.,.some ele- Mentaiy , ruffle, 'citizen .t Ogre' !to. `Or-. Lniord' Ar 'all • • goi10arted.. • Mr. Strong NO.s asked to . take part in Christmas Concert in an Ottawa school. and tell children 'and their parents '•aboui "suet!. an event in a rural school when I was the age of many parti- cipants." During the trip to and from the scheej, , Mt: Strong and the school's vice- principal talked about teach- •, ing and its problems and the retired tteu•h••••• stieeested he and other se r inf" rs might be willing to volunteer regular- ity at the school. THE RESULT The result? Eight retired teachers and school nurses from the Glebe Centro go once .a week in a van to the WE 'holm coaching school where ,each volunteer is assigned one pupil for a Tltp.4akiet$ 0)(00 include ,Pkpnics- Icatling, Igroimxpar. "1 have Prado bOY far half'at' hour`4144 1'0(10; of 440C' Gr400 2- boys, h*VIng, ?fiffittotl*,01 and ' number faCts Mr Sitting Writes, "I. find the experi ence very rewanding,ias the others. Our services are deeply appreciated by the staff who remark on the pupils' reaction to the ven- ture." Seaforth Public School has an active volunteer program and I've spoken to parti- cipants oh the adult side who say It's a great thing. I don't know about what happens at other local schools, REPS. But it seems to me that the Ottawa experience is ore worth repeating here„,pep haps th7e are prospective volunteers at. Pluronviaw or local nursing homes- Per- haps there are Inds who could henefit from their •at, :50004 ; W jr. tentiOn and 47,rigic* .in local we 00 Ining.togeiher, tWo.Of , ttiO.e0Mtnnnityls tor resoutee.k `e off, the youn g, let,thetil le Fitt the last *941** 4o• W.G. Big Strong 7<whhuo Matted; all. this: l'PLaSt week one dear child-about eight wars old interruPtex! my tutoring to Say "You remind me very much of my grand- father." • I smiled and truly considered it a compliment as .I approached my 87th birthday March 15, 1, ,cele- brated the, occasion by lead- ing the residents- here in singing Irish songs at 6:45" Something to say by Susan White THOSE FALLING LEAVES, Ski_ MONTHS' LATER -,- Bill ark"}-iiiiir Solithgate: were busy ralting,,up autumn's leaves on Saturday, a spring chore that many Seaforth and area residents worked at last weekend. (Photo by Hook) like it or' ump it At the other lad of the spectrum. older people have a great deal to teach these who'll listen, Relnoe it or not, ,they,'ve seen 11' all ;nil civilizution s trappings have ch4O0-4'14,47cat' 0411 theY'Ve faced. learned Row' universalditenonati.: .444040Y0f them are happy. utvliwrip. 'that le,traing of a lifetime with tbosv of NOR:. paintolh. groping Atli similar situations. But there's ,t pitfall here that I hope I'm ak °Wing. It's' an attitude that doesn't do the elderly or us any good. It's what a geriatrics special- ist on my favourite TV show . an experiment will be con- ducted with solid and row seeding -of-the four soybean varieties grown locally- and a plot of. Seafarer beans, will be used to test a variety of herbicides. • Later in the year. the co-op will sponsor a bus tour of, the test plot, and to another plot between Monk- ton and Walton, where corn varieties will be tested. That location has about 500 heat . . , units, less than farms in the inimediate Seaforth area.. An Expositor Classified will pay you dividends. Have you tried one? Dial 527-0240. Correction - A story in last week's Expositor on Seaforth's fi- nancial statement gave the impression that the towvas Over budget.last year by a net figure of about $50.000. In fact revenue too was consid- erably higher than was esti:: Mated when the budget was set, higher by about $34.000. leaving a net deficit of $16,000. The over-budget figure also included, a $36,000 sur- plus the town put aside in 1980. Reducing the over- budget figure by the extra revenue and by the surplus actually leaves the town with a surplus of about 520.000. The ExpoSitor regrets the fact that the finaecial state- ment information was not more clearly explained. Vice-chairman Bert Morin argued that a change would facilitate a more complete reporting job and chairman Donald MacDonald said it would help the board to maintain a high profile with the ratepayers. Beginning in May the board will meet on the first Thursday of the- month. I. 4 P. year totalled $553,870. about $1500 over budget. in in- crease in expenditures over 1979 of $88,585. Mr. Atkinson explained the major portion of the increase in expenditures arose through hydro cost increases of $72,672 in 1980. The • working capital sources- for the PUC in 1984 totalled $72,345. The figure includescrne revenue -excess. depredation (not a cost item) of $32,725 and a gain of $8,311 in- disposal of fixed 'assets. Also included in the total is $12,059 in proceeds In the schools • The education commit- tee of the Huron Coon' v • 1 • _Hibbert hears residents Sometimes those of its in the4o-called prime of life ignore-two of the most inter- esting groups in the com- munity... the young and the old. We're so busy moving and shaking. running around talking up various bright ideas and schemes for get- ting along in the world that W44vieeIgn'at,torde illt:ticir4ilottnaitctat4.1, available -for the asking from,, troth age,,gron Ps. , • Consider kid*, 'o6i.ttY parent. '09'''§ 'Vent irelatiYe4 Wel of tiled: Couple of hours,;with a five year old can' learn a.whOle new and yaluti= ble way of, looking .at the `uj -.‘becot"els"'imtaipoirit9alifi;i4idarain4. • Kids teach us to think about what might or could be instead of along the lines of "that's the way it is buddy. B to enforce trespass law legislation." Anyone wishing to use school" property fin• leisure , activity actually requires the permission "ofthat school's principal. Trustee Jean Admits asked board mem- bers , "why are playgrounds So sacred?", , Trustee Frank Falconer dictated the policy was to , prevent damage and vandal- ism at the schools. t "This is for the drop outs ft who come during school hours and people who do damage." he offered. PUC reports ' Trustee' Joan Van Den " Broeck .argued that such I have heard -a lot of policy would take community rumors and I hope they _aren't half .is bad as the schools film the :online and -soggested----thal—eoree-----Prbblesaid-=t---i-e-ti employees could abuse the real problem." power to 'lay trespass' charges. The Trespass Act has been in place since 1980 and trustee John Elliott said the new policy simply authorizes employees to enforce it if necessary. Director of Education John Cochrane said playgrounds are 'the target of akese for young people in cars. "Cars canting on to the playgrounds have been a problem and if no trespass signs arc posted we can't lay charges." he 'said. "We had to call police to Colborne ,„ School recently because of that.- CLIP & SAVE. 111111111 1111111 Captioned -from page 1 governments in conjunction with the Natural Gas Distribution Companies be encouraged to Work-together to expand and extend natural gas transmission lines into rural and small urban areas.' • , , Clerk Jack McLachlan was authoriied to attend the clerks and treasurer's -seminar on Friday. April 10 at Clinton and a meeting of . the Industrial and, Economic Development-. Committees in the county for a general discussion on the industrial development programs of the county on April 14 in Clinton. Reeve, Robert Bell will attend the Huron County 'municipal officers' association meet- ing to be held in the Lucknow Legion Hall,,, April 16. • The township gave permission to the Van Egmond Foundation to have a liquor and beer tent at the 7th annual Ciderfest . On September 26 and 27. • The fent:swing grants were made by council: Vanaqra Recreation' Centre $1.000; Hensall Agricultural Society, -$150.00; Sea 7 forth Agricultural Society and Huron Central Agricultural Society at Clinton ,each the same as Hensall; The Ttickersmith Federa- don of Agriculttire tvas'given a grant of $700; Seaforth Lions Club for its pool and park Tuckersmith building ermits cost more 4 Continued from page 1 the only time there are policing manpower difficulties in Seaforth, is when officers are attending courses or on, vacation. Until last spring there were fiVc officers in Seaforth, but the vacancy created by the departure of Constable John Burgess last . year has not been filled, although the police department has asked fora 'replacement. IIICLIP & SAVE . CLASSIFIED ADS • • • NOON; TIMSDAY • NEWS, DISPLAY ADS' :2 P.M.,. TUESDAY • expositof 52740240 • • rz,ri • • , .