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Conestoga willing to share base
The dangerousness of driving this time of year was illustrated
Thursday night when this'car came into collision with the back of
a truck on Victoria Street. No injuries were reported. Streets have
been partieularly slippery recently and caution should be taken
by all holiday drivers.
J. Howard Aitken, manager of the Clinton News-Record presents
cheques to the first and second place artists in the annual'
News-Record colouring contest. Winner of the top prize was Peter
Beukema (right), son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Beukema, Clinton and
second was 10-year-old Margaret Haak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Haak, RR 2, Clinton. — staff photo
Jacqueline (left) and Jeanette Johntton of Londesbaro show the
concentration that helped them turn in third place entries in the
News,Record colouring toitteSt. the five-year-old twins
were tied for the third place poSition necessitating an extra five
dollar prize. 'staff photo.
Chief gives Murphy atvard
At Ch ris mos
First a friend ...then a host
Professor J. W. Church of
Conestoga College told members
of Huron County Council
meeting in Goderich Thursday
that CF13 Clinton was much too
large to be fully utilized by the
College but indicated that the
College would participate with
the federal and provincial
governments in any plan to use
the former base as an
educational complex.
Professor Church noted that
' Conestoga College would be
introducing four courses here
after the new year for the
benefit of interested Huron
County citizens and claimed that
the college's foremost concern
was to serve the needs of this
county.
Church claimed that students
presently in school would
probably have to go through a
relearning or ungrading program
a minimum of five times during
their life span. In the year 2000,
young people will have to be
prepared to change jobs and
learn new skills a minimum of
10 times in one lifetime.
"Our college is at a
cross-roads in education," stated
Church.
R. S. Cummings, the
co-ordinator retained by Huron
County Council to promote CFB
Clinton expressed his hope that
the federal government will take
over the major portion of the
base.
"Everything is up in the air
until the federal government
makes up its mind," Cummings
said.
Merry Christmas,
In journalism, when words
are used too frequently they
become hackneyed and
untouchable to the good writer.
In terms of the number of times
used around this time of the
year, those two words should
have become hackneyed long
ago.
But they haven't, and
probably never will be. The
reason is that probably no two
other words say so much.
Maybe we're just over
romantic in this department, but
somehow the simple use of those
two words accompanied by a
smile have always added a lot of
joy to the Christmas spirit.
We've heard it a lot in the last
few days around town and we
can only reply, "Merry
Christmas."
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The mantle on that famous
old fireplace in out office is
brimming these days with
Christmas cards.
Thanks to all those who sent
them, and also to those who so
kindly sent cards to the editor
and his family.
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The holidays will mean a
shuffling of the regular hours
and schedules at the
News-Record. This week's paper
is of course a day early, The
office will be closed on
Thursday, December 24 but will
reopen on Monday. Neat week's
paper will have regular deadlines
and will come out on Thursday,
but in order to give our
employees preparation time for
New Year's Eve, the office will
close at noon on Thursday,
December 31. •A
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Merry Christmas to whoever
was responsible for patching
those treacherous holes on
Albert. Street recently,
Weather
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Council approved a proposal
by the County Development
Committee chaired by Girvin
Reed, Reeve of Ashfield, to
purchase a package of reforested
land in East Wawanosh. The
1.50-acre property presently
owned by Raymond Redmond,
will cost $10,500 and will
become known as the Redmond
Reforestation Area.
The County has a written
agreement with Redmond that a
half-acre of land at the North
West corner of the property
reserved for the use of *Mr.
Redmond and his wife, will
revert back to the county at no
additional cost upon the death
of the couple.
Another parcel of land, about
165 acres in Goderich Township
owned by Kenneth Tyndall and
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
There has been some backlash
from the policy adopted at
recent meetings by the Huron
County Board of Education
concerning on campus
questioning of students by
police.
Director of Education John
Cochrane felt it necessary to
send a letter to all municipal
chiefs of police in Huron
offered for sale at $50,000 is
"more in line for the
Conservation Authorities •or
private enterprises."
The property is considered
ideal for ski and snowmobile
facilities and winter recreation.
Construction Safety
Inspector Everett Smith made
his annual report to council
during the session and told
council he was responsible for
new construction and
demolition work in the county.
He did not, he said, have any
authority over the buildings in
Huron which were in a state of
disrepair and perhaps even
unsafe.
Reeve Jack Alexander of
Wingham suggested that Huron
County Council make some
move to draw up a bylaw to
County, officers in charge of
OPP detachments in Huron
County and • to the Crown
Attorney to clarify the reasons
behind the policy.
Cochrane and some board
,.members had some
communication with law
endorcement officers who were
puzzled by the policy which
some thought hindered them in
their duties.
cover such buildings.
"It has been kicked around
for years," said Alexander.
"Maybe it is time we passed a
county bylaw with some teeth in
it"
Alexander felt that a county
bylaw would bring uniformity in
such cases and prevent as many
different regulations as there are
municipalities in Huron.
Reeve Charles Thomas of
Grey Township concurred,
stating that it would not be
economical for each
municipality to retain an
enforcement officer for such
bylaws.
Smith again urged municipal
officers to notify hint when new
construction was going on
locally so that safety checks
could be made by him on these
sites.
"I had misgivings about the
policy from the start," stated
Gordon Moir, Wingham.
"Society is so busy protecting
the rights of criminals we are
hampering people who are not.
If I was going to be on this
board in 1971, I would move to
have this question re-opened."
"Would you not object to
your child being questioned by
the police while at school?"
Clinton Police Chief Lloyd
Westlake last week praised Dan
Murphy, a Goderich lawyer and
member of the Huron County
Board of Education for his
insight into police feelings but
added that he didn't use his
Cochrane asked Moir.
Moir stated that of course, he
would like to know, but he
insisted that the policy was
"Leaving the impression we're
hampering the police".
"I really can't see anything in
the policy to hamper police,"
said Dan Murphy, Goderich.
"Children should not be
questioned in the absence of
their parents."
knowledge of the law on the
board.
Mr. Murphy said last week
that the Clinton chief was
frustrated because one time he
was criticized for not solving a
bombing at the Clinton High
School and the • next time he
picked up the paper he read that
the board had banned police
from school campuses unless
they had permission from school
principals.
The chief had been critical of
the recently passed guidelines
from the board about
questioning of students by
police, when he met last week
with Clinton town council.
Reports of this in newspapers
had brought on the comment by
Mr. Murphy.
"Mr. Murphy deserves an
award for his expression of my
feelings," Chief Westlake said
Friday, "but as a solicitor he did
not tell the board whether they
could or could not enforce their
police."
One of the chief criticisms of
the policy expressed by the chief
and Clinton council had been
the legality of such a policy.
"I am frustrated," the chief
went on, "frustrated that police
are hindered in the
administration of justice by lack
of funds and facilities while the
board of education has whatever
it needs.
"Over the last 10 years" he
went on, "between the laxity of
the schools and laxity of parents
have combined to create some
students that take up a big part
of police time. They have to be
watched all the time they are on
the streets or they get into
trouble."
Mr. Lavis suggested reopening
the subject and I agree but this is
what should have been done
before the policy was adopted in
the first place.
Holiday parties can be fun •
and still ensure that guests get
home safely advises the Ontario
Motor League who, again this
year, are sponsoring the "First a
Friend . . Then a Host"
campaign.
If you are hosting a party,
encourage car pools. Usually
there is one abstainer in every
group and make sure he or she
does the driving. Otherwise,
suggest your guests travel by
taxi.
For guests who will be driving
home; be considerate. Don't
press drinks on them; instead,
have a selection of non-alcoholic
beverages on hand. Show your
There may be some "financial
repercussions" from the
resignation of Dr. G.P:A. Evans,
Huron County Medical Officer
of Health, warned Everett
Mcllwain, chairman of the
Health committee when he
reported to Huron County
Council last Friday.
"Nobody knows what we will
have to pay to get a new man,"
said Mcllwain. "Our experience,
you know, has been that we
usually pay more to 'get a
replacement."
Dr. Evans is leaving the
Huron post at the end of
February to take up his new
position as MOH with the cities
of Kitchener and Waterloo and
the County of Waterloo.
The Huron MOH was paid a
salary of $23,000 last year and
will receive a $1,000 per annum
hike in salary as the result of the
with a half hour for lunch).
"This work week reduction
coupled with the recommended
increases in salary," said
Britnell,"will mean that the
hourly paid employees will
receive only a slight increase in
total pay for 1971 but they will
work a shorter week."
Pay increase for all hourly
rated road employees was 23
cents per hour. Salaries now
range from $2.51 for a laborer
to a maximum of @.76 per hour
for a' maintenance sub-foreman.
Salaried road employees also
received raises ranging from
$650 per annum to $73,500 for
a shop foreman to $1,500 per
annum to $20,500 for county
engineer Britnell.
All Huron County hourly
paid road employees below •the
rank of foreman will be paid for.
all hours worked beyond 55
hours in any week at one and
one half times their hourly rate.
"Since the Employment
Standards Act was passed several
years ago," said Britnell, "it
became . mandatory to pay
employees at one and one half
their normal rate for any hours
worked in eXcest- of 110 in any
two Week period. The
recommended policy Will allow
us to simplify our reeotd
keeping and to 'pay the
employee for any overtime work
in the same period as it is
earned. Our overtime hours are
nominal and 99 percent Of them
occur during the snow *Wing
seasen.b
hospitality by offering a tasty
variety of foods. Starchy foods
and rich desserts are best.
Keep the party active. When
your guests are dancing, they are
not drinking. After four drinks,
the average person is not fit to
drive and risks arrest under our
breathalyzer law. Remember, it
takes about three hour4 for the
body to oxidize one ounce of
alcohol. Food and coffee have
no sobering power; only time
will accomplish that.
Prove yourself a good host by
sending your guests home sober
— they'll have many happy
returns and thank you for it
later.
new salary schedule approved
Friday by'county council.
Anson McKinley,
deputy-reeve of Stanley
Township, wondered if the
health committee intended to
negotiate on the basis of the
$24,000 per annum salary for
the MOH. Mcllwain told him
they would have to leave this
particular 'part of the budget
open until applications begin to
come in and the committee gets
some idea of the salary expected
by the prospective employees.
"It may run higher than
$24,000," Mcllwain said. "Then
you have to decide, are we going
to have a MOH or aren't we?"
Other salaries for 1971 for
non-union personnel in the
Health Unit were agreed upon: a
six percent increase each for
Miss Sandra Malabar, supervisor
of nursing to $9,800 per annum
and for William Empey, Chief
Sanitary Inspector to $9,100.
"Union negotiations for
Health Unit personnel are now
underway for contract year
1971," said McIlwain. "Council
will be advised in due course of
the results of the negotiations."
County con ei 1
h,ea rs report's
Wilmer Hardy, outgoing reeve
of Colborne Township,
welcomed the students of
Colborne Central School to the
opening day of the December
session of Huron County
Council Thursday.
He took the opportunity to
explain the workings of council
to 'the students and expresSed
the hope that the visit would
"kindle a desire" in some
students present to participate in
government at some future date.
The reports of the five
hospitals in the county were
heard. Two hospital
representatives, John Schaefer of
Goderich Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital and Whi Fisher
of Wingham Hospital, were on
hand to give their reports
personally.
A review of the year's
agricultural activities in Huron
County as well as a loOk to the
future was given by D. S. Pullen,
agricultural representative, and
two members of his staff,
Leonard G. MaeGregor,
extension assistant and Miss
Catherine Hunt, home
economist.
Pullen explained how and
why the staff at the Clinton
office Was departmentalized;
MacGregor outlined the 4-H
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Trustees have second thoughts on policy
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
The, long awaited Road Needs
Study for the County of Huron
1960-1979 was presented to
Huron County Council Thursday
afternoon in Goderich at the
December session.
County engineer Jim Britnell
said it is understood that 75
percent of the cost of the study
will be borne by the Ontario
Department of Highways. He
said that the implementation of
the study will "mean a reduction
for Huron County in total
subsidy dollars but I don't think
it will affect us that Much".
The impressive booklet
containing a multitude of facts
and figures was studied only
briefly by members of Huron
County Council due to shortage
of time in the lengthy session.
Members.were urged to do their
homework and take plenty of
time to study the report ih
detail.
During the presentation of
the regular road report, Britnell
predicted a slight surplus in
funds at the end of the year.
Preliminary estimates for the
1971 program, he said, indicate
that total by-law expenditures
.will be $1,556,000 or about
$27,000 mere than 1970:
Britnell advised council that
the work Week for all "out of
Court House" employees will be
reduced from 50 hours per week
to 45 hours per week Le, five
9-hour days front 7:80 to 5:00
Road needs study
presented to council
Could be 'repercussions'
from Evans resign(tlion