HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-08-21, Page 9Getting ready to leave the harbor at Goderieh for Goderich Power Squadron's Sunday cruise to
Bayfield, Ken S. Wood, Clinton chiropractor, skippers a boat crewed by his son, John, and
brother-in-law, Stewart McBride of Toronto.—Staff Photo
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"S AfetY efficiency and
economy are considered to be
the prereqnisites of a good
school transportation system,"
said Mr, Maloney as he gave the
report which he termed only a
start,
"We want the pupil per-mile
costs," said Mr, Davis as he
appointed the special
committee, "— both for the
board-owned buses and those
supplied by contractors. This is
one of the most important
things in the entire picture."
Robert M. Elliott of RR 3,
Clinton, in Goderieh Township,
said, "Our board-owned buses
are going to give us the costs. We
must have the facts if we are
going to negotiate with proper
background knowledge."
Among • the facts which
emerged in Mr. Maloney's
report:
— 8,600 elementary and
secondary school pupils are
being transported to and from
schools in the county.
— There are 39 board-owned
buses (six for Stephen Township
and J.A.D. McCurdy School at
CFB Clinton; seven for
Brookside and N. Ashfield; three
for McKillop; five for Turnberry;
six for grey; 11 for Howick and
one for Zurich). Total cost for
board-owned buses last year has
not been determined.
— There are 29 contractors
responsible for 157 routes
totalling 978 miles per day.
These buses cost $662,392 last
year.
— Average cost per mile last
year for the 120 contractor-
owned buses ranged from a low
of 28 cents for one to 48 cents
for another.
— Drivers of board-owned
buses were paid from $100 to
$200 monthly last year.
— The names of all full and
part-time bus drivers and data on
each one's age, date of last
physical exam and TB test or
chest• X-ray are being obtained.
The dates of the last mechanical
fitness certificate for all buses
are being obtained also.
The report contained the
following recommendations —
none of which have been
adopted yet by the board:
— That a competent mechanic
be hired on a part-tinie basis to
check buses and be sure that
drivers carry out required daily
maintenance.
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— That consideration be given
to the feasibility of selling the.
hoard-owned bus fleet by
Auction or tender no later than
July Si., 1970, The bus
debenture situation is being
checked, .but it appears most .are
paid for,
— That arrangements he made
with the Dept. of Trapsport to
check on bus loads periodically
(some board members said this is
being done already by the
department on its own),
That during inclement
weather, the bus contractor or
senior driver-decided on whether
buses will run,
— That principals report all
bus accidents to the beard
headquarters directly.
— That ,discipline be the
responsibility of the drivers,
with the school principals'
support, and that no student be
put off a bus except at the
school or his home.
— That CFI3 Clinton be asked
to make its own arrangements
for pupil •• transportation in
accord with Dept, of Education
suggestions.
— That no person other than a
pupil be allowed to travel on a
school bus engaged in regular
student transportation to and
from schools and that both
elementary and secondary
school students be allowed on
the same buses.
Board acts on
BY RICHMOND ATKEY
The effective date of the
commencement of "fringe
benefits" for administrative staff
and non-teaching employees of
the Huron County Board of
Education poses a touchy
problem, it was revealed at
Monday evening's board meeting
in Central Huron Secondary
School, Clinton.
A motion went through
making Aug. 1 the effective date
but it was soon rescinded when
members urged further
consideration of the matter.
Then it was decided to
request D. J. Cochrane, director
of education, to submit a
written report and
recommendation Sept. 2.
A special committee on
"fringe benefit" insurance was
requested by the employees and
set up by Chairman John Lavis,
Its members are Clarente
McDonald of Exeter, chairman;
Johri,Broadfoot, Brucefield; Mrs.,
Marilyn Kunder, Seaforth; Mrs.
J. W. Wallace, Goderich and
James Taylor of Hensel!.
Mrs. J. W. Wallace, before
election to the Huron County
Board of Education was active in
the Ontario Public School
Trustees' Association. She was
appointed by motion of the
Huron County Board to
represent it on the board of
directors of OPSTA.
Lincoln County Council
submitted a questionnaire on
board finances, stating that it
was collecting basic information
about the 1969 estimated
expenditures of various boards
of education and would
summarize and present this
information with
recommendations to the
province.
In refusing to take any action,
Huron's board members said
"fringes"
they did not consider it part of
the function of Lincoln County
council or any other county
council to seek such information
from elected county boards of
education, whose members are
all elected by the ratepayers in
the same way that county
council members are elected.
The Huron County Board of
Education decided Monday
evening to participate in the
Ontario Municipal Employees'
Retirement System.
All eligible employees who
were contributors to other
recognized pension plans before
employment with the new,
school board will be permitted
to transfer their contributions
retroactive to the date of
employment with the county
school board.
A sick leave credit plan was
instituted for administrative'
staff and non-teaching
employees. Each worker will be
allowed 24 days sick leave per
year (two per month) with a
maximum accumulation of 240
days permitted.
Members of the administrative
staff and other non-teaching
employees will be allowed up to
three days' leave of absence with
pay each year, at the discretion
of the director of education, but
such leave will be deducted from
sick leave credits,
Compensation for automobile
use on board business will be 12
cents per mile. The actual
amount spent for meals and
accommodation will be
reimbursed.
The board will pay half of the
hospital and medical insurance
plan premiums for . all
administrative and non-teaching
staff, plus half of a term life
insurance policy for the six chief
administrators.
DEAR SIR:
Can I be charged ,if I put my
trailer hitch in front of my rear
licence plate?
ANSWER: Yes. Section 10 (3)
states, "The number plates shall
be kept free from dirt and
obstruction and shall be so
affixed that the numbers
thereon may be plainly visible at
all times, and the view thereof
shall not be obscured or
obstructed by spare tires,
bumper bars, or by any part of
the vehicle or any attachments
thereto, or by the load carried."
DEAR SIR:
I am thinking about 'selling
my car to a friend, and I
understand I must give him a
mechanical fitness certificate
signed by a Class A mechanic. I
feel my car is in excellent shape
except for a few stone chips in
the windshield. Do I need to
replace the yindshjeld?„....
ANSWER: The answer could be
yes and it could be no. It just
depends where the stone chips
are. The Vehicle Inspection
Manual used by the mechanic
states that the vehicle may be
rejected if:
(a) Any opaque material
(wood, cardboard, etc.) is fitted
in place of glazing in the
windshield or in either front side
window at the driver's left and
right,
(b) Any glazing material
(including the rear window) is
crazed or discoloured, or has any
exposed sharp edge, or has part
missing.
(c) The windshield has any
star, or crack running from edge
to edge, in the area swept by the
driver's wiper blade.
Scientists and favneis have
done some dranlatic things with
poultry in the past 40 years,
In fact, poultry have changed
So much in the past four decades
that any similarities between
1925 and 1968 models are
almost incidental,. They're as
different as the Model T Ford
and the Mustang.
For example, broiler chickens
are now 3.5 pounds when they
Are eight weeks old compared to
the 1928 average of 1,1 pounds,
They convert 2.2 pounds of feed
or less into a pound of meat
compared to 4.2 pounds of feed
in 1928,
* Old-fashioned hens used to
lay 142 eggs a year in 1928.
Now they lay 280 eggs a year.
They used to eat 7.3 pounds of
feed to produce a dozen eggs;
now they eat 3.5 pounds of feed
per dozen,
In 1930, the average male
turkey weighed 19 pounds at 24
weeks of age. Today some
strains average 31.5 pounds at
the same age. This trend has also
occurred with turkey females.
In addition, death rates have ,
been reduced and the fertility
and. hatchability of eggs ila§
.incrps.90. greatly,
Pr, E, E, Gardiner, a poultry
nutritionist at the. CHA's
Lethbridge (Aita) Research
,Station, says various branches of
research have contributed to
these improvements,
Genetics have been used in.
the selection programs for
410'040 performance and for
the utilization of hybrid vigor,
Nutritional .and physiological
studies have led to the discovery
of essential nutrients and have
established equirements for
vitamins, amino acids And
minerals,
High energy diets and
energy-nutrient relationships
have been used for more
efficient production, that is, to
reduce the amount of feed
needed to produce eggs or meat,
veterinary medicine has
discovered the causes of many
diseases, and the use of vaccines
and chemical control for diseases
and parasites. Pullorum, once a
major problem, has been
essentially eradicated.
4.
Dr. Gardiner says it IS
impossible to Say which hranell,
of *research has contributed most
to poultry improvement.
"However, one thing is
certain. Research as a whole has
changed the poultry industry.
It's, changed, from the times
when most farms maintained
only a few hundred chickens to
the modern scene that features
farmers and, companies handling
millions of birds.annually.
"Consumers have also
changed their diets, foultry
meat used to be a rare Sunday
treat. Now the high protein
content of poultry meat is
within the budget of almost
every Canadian every day of the
week. In fact, poultry is now
one of the cheapest meats in
Canada. "It's also impossible to
measure the vast contribution
that poultry research has made
in providing more plentiful food
for humans throughout the
world," says Dr. Gardiner.
What's in store for the next
40 years?
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DEAR SIR:
I was reading in an American
paper that a truck carrying
gravel was travelling on and
spilling the gravel on a four lane
highway and tied up traffic for
four (4) miles. Could he be
charged with an offence?
ANSWER: I am not that well
versed with the United States
laws, but Section 56 (2) of the
Highway Traffic Act, which
governs the operation of vehicles
on the Ontario Highways states,
"No person shall operate or
permit to be operated upon a
highway any commercial motor
vehicle or trailer unless the load
that such vehicle or trailer is
carrying is firmly bound,
sufficiently covered, or
otherwise secured or loaded, in
such manner that no portion of
the load may become dislodged
or fall from the commercial
vehicle or trailer." So, he could
be charged if this took place in
Ontario.
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