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From Johnston, Charterways executive The Huron County Board of Education agreed to support two resolutions, one dealing with Hydro rates and another dealing with school insurance, when it Most of the school bus drivers participated in the first school bus the left are, third place finisher.lan vice-president Geoff Davies, OPP met on Monday afternoon, The Elgin County Board of Education resolution noted that, "Whereas the insurance premiums payable by Boards of Education throughout the Province of Ontario have es- calated drastically within the past two years, be it resolved that the Ontario Trustee Council in- vestiga te the pcissibility of Ontario School Boards starting an Insurance Fund with the view to making the Ontario School Boards self-insuring," A second resolution, from the same source, urged that a letter be forwarded to the Minister of Energy expressing opposition to the proposed increase in hydro rates. It was the position of the. Elgin Board that the continual "high increases in hydro rates, 30.5 per cent in 1977, as compared to an increase of 10.8 per cent in the maximum ordinary expenditure per pupil which will be recognized for grant purposes over the 1976 maximum, only leads to a further erosion of the monies available to the Board to spend on actual class-room in- struction of its students." "Each passing year brings about an increase in hydro rates that far exceeds the increase allowable by the Ministry of Education in the expenditure ceilings and is now reaching a point of major concern," it said. The Huron cow* Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association held its regular monthly meeting on October 19 at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture board room in Clinton. The main topic of the evening centred around the Secretary's,, report of the regular fall show held in Woodstock. The secretary reported that 81 exhibitors, of which 23 were Juniors, exhibited 962 entries which included large fowl, bantams, pigeons, ducks, rabbits and cavies. They were competing for three Trophies, 30 rosettes, $230.00 cash, $1Q0.00 merchandise and vouchers and 1150 pounds of feed. Winners of major prizes were, champion large fowl by Doug Butchart of Meaford, reserve to Geo. Tiernan of Dashwood Champ. Bantam won by John •::*; ''''' An Ad Hock Committee which was charged with reviewing the present policy and practice of the Huron County. Board of Education brought in its report at the regular Board meeting on Monday making a number of wide ranging recommendations, The committee recommended that, in an election year, the December board meeting be held on the second Monday of the Okay more street lights Exeter council this week ap- proved a street light budget of about $9,000 for next year, although there was some debate about whether they had the authority to do so. The street light project suggested by the PUC was for the completion of Riverside Drive to the curling rink, as well as some improvements on William Street between Waterloo and Victoria and for several areas north of the bridge. In addition, some work will be done to improve the street lighting in the vicinity of the new South Huron Recreation Centre. There was no debate about the work itself, only whether council could in fact commit next year's council to such an expenditure. "It's been done in the past," Clerk Eric Carscadden advised. In his letter, PUC manager Hugh Davis explained that it was necessary to order the materials ahead of time and most members appeared to be of the opinion it was a rea'sonable request. No crashes for Pinery policemen Pinery OPP report no ac- cidents in their district this week. There were four charges laid under the Highway Traffic Act, six under the Liquor Licence Act, seven under the Criminal Code and 'one under the Narcotic Control Act. House of Plattsville, reserve to Bert Mills of Goderich, champion duck to Mike Gavan of Wyoming, reserve to Terry Meyers of St. Marys. Champion Pigeon to Jas. DeCap of Courtland, reserve by J. Koops of Hamilton. Champion Rabbit won by Ross Cudmore Clinton, reserve by Sandra MacLeod of Scarborough, champion and reserve Cavie won by Lisa Hewitt of Scarborough. Champion and Reserve win- ners in Junior classes were David and Chris Brown of Kerwood, Tim Mayhew of Clinton, Eleanor and David House of Plattsville, Robt. and John Hoekstra of Wyoming and Scott and Lisa Hewitt from Scarborough. Juniors showed 200 entries. Some changes were suggested for next years show. Winner of attendance draw was Leeland Desjardine of Grand Bend. month. The Director of Education is to contact all non- incumbent candidates before that meeting and invite them, if elected, to attend the December board meeting as observers. All sitting members are also to be given the opportunity to declare their candidacy for office, but no time • is to be provided for, "electioneering speeches." In the alternate, no election year, the meeting will be held on the regular day, the first Mon- day, as in other months, All board members will at that time be given an opportunity to declare their candidacy for,,office on the next year's board but again no time is to be granted for elec- tioneering.. December meetings of com- mittees (Education and Management) will be held, if necessarS, on the usual day with committee reports to be sub- mitted to the new board in January, The Inaugural Meeting of the new Board, following an election, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on the day school reopens following the Christmas break. Procedures of that meeting will be for the past chairman to call the meeting to order and follow with the past chairman's remarks. The past chairman will then declare the chair vacant and call upon the Secretary of the Board to preside over the meeting. The secretary will at that time conduct the swearing in ceremony (omitted in off years). For nominations and elections it was recommended that the secretary of the Board preside over all nominations and elec- tions and that they all be held by a secret ballot. Three nominating ballots would be required for eligibility to run for office. The offices of chairman, vice chairman, chairman. of the Education Committee and Chairman of the Management Committee are to be elected in that order. Nominated can- didates will be listed alphabetically and allowed to speak in order before the election is held. Each candidate will act as his or her own scrutineer and the secretary of the Board will call for a motion to have all ballots_ destroyed when the election is complete. For installation of the chair- man it was recommended that a Judge, or other invited dignitary, conduct the installation, that such person be allowed to ad- dress the Board. Once the Chairman assumes the chair he or she would then give the Inaugural Address. The Striking Committee is to be composed of •the Board Chair- man, the Board Vice Chairman, the Chairman of the Education Committee, Chairman of the -Management Committee and the Post Chairman of the Board. This committee is to meet immediately following ad- journment of the Inaugural Meeting to assign board mem- bers to the Education and Management Committees. In doing so the Ad Hoc Committee recommended that the Striking Committee take into account each board member's "personal preference as expressed on preference sheets at the Inaugural Meeting but shall not necessarily be bound by such preferences." The January business meeting of the Board would be held on the next, following the Inaugural Meeting. Under the heading of "Old Business" the Board would deal with any recommendations from the previous Board and committees. The regular • meetings, beginning in January following the Inaugural Meeting, .of the Education and Management Committees will be held on the third Monday of the month. Board picks plan members At its regular November meeting the Huron County Board of Education named its representatives to the Staff Improvement Plan Committees, Appointments are subject to finalization of salary negotiations. On the Secondary level the appointments were Clarence McDonald, Charles Rau, Dorothy Wallace and Marion Zinn, The Director of Education's ap- pointment was J.W, Coulter who will serve as secretary, ' Appointed to the Elementary Committee were Jack Alexander, Harry Hayter, R,K. Peck and Wilfred ShOrtreed. The Directors appointee, to serve as secretary, will be R.B. Allan. The appointments were brought in by the Chairman's Advisory Committee which had been authorized at the October meeting to appoint the Board's representatives. In other business the Board accepted the resignation of Assistant Accountant L.J. McCabe who was accepted a new position as Assistant Deputy Clerk with the Town of Goderich. In his letter of resignation Mr. McCabe said that his decision to leave the Boards was "in no way determined by either dissatisfaction of job or co- workers, but rather a personal desire to accept a job opportunity at hand." Committee provides many suggestions Constable John Wray, the rodeo winner Andy Anderson, Exeter police chief Ted Day, runner-up Jack Cockwill, Local Charterways manager Lloyd Hewitt, Charterways branch manager Gary Wilson and traffic and safety manager Murray McAlpine. T-A photo Consider self-insuring plan Educators oppose hydro increase District breeders win fowl awards Conference: an organized way of postponing a decision. Page 6 Times-Advocate, November 4, 1976 This is Energy Conservation Week. Here is what you can do to help Ontario conserve ene y Energy. It will cost us $7.5 billion province-wide this year. To help cut that cost, your Ontario Government established the Energy Management Program. The goal is to save $1 billion a year on energy bills throughout Ontario by 1980. Ninety-five energy management research and demonstration projects are underway to help you use less energy at home and at work. You too can conserve energy and save money by: • Insulating and caulking your home • Lowering daytime temperatures to 68°F (20 -C) and nighttime temperatures to 63°F (17°C) • Closing drapes on all windows on winter nights • Replacing air filters on warm air heating systems once a month • Using 40 watt instead of 60 or 100 watt bulbs where practical • Keeping the damper closed when the fireplace is not in use • Installing storm windows and doors • Turning off lights and TV when not being used • Warming up your car's engine gradually • Avoiding idling the engine while waiting For more ways to save energy and money, send for the free booklet "Energy Conservation..,The Choice is Yours". Write to: Ontario Energy Management Program Ministry of Energy 56 Wellesley Street West 12th floor Toronto, Ontario M7A 2B7 Ministry of Energy Dennis R. Timbrell, Minister Province of Ontario William G. 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