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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-02-24, Page 1PANCAKES AND SAUSAGES — A large crowd attended Tuesday's pancake supper at Trivitt Anglican Church. Above, Kathy Hayter offers a second helping of sausages to Roy and Ruth Stover. T-A photo PANCAKES AT McCURDY — Students at J.A.D. McCurdy school at Huron Park enjoyed pancakes for lunch, Tuesday. Shown in cooking action are Gary Spurn, vice-principal Pat Soldan, Benjie Hillman, Jeanette Smith and Kim Kennedy. T-A photo Appoint centre board, set terms of reference TRYING OUT THE FIRE TRUCK — Students of the Exeter Sunshine Kids nursery school visited the Exeter fire hall recently. Above, four of the youngsters climbed into the fite truck cab and listen to fireman Norm Tait. From the left are Barbara Morley, Jason Hem, Jeff Kadechuk and Lisa Hodoins. T-A photo *Area schools chosen for evaluation, EPS principal named as co-ordinator completed by the end of the school year, The board decided at its last meeting to get involved in the evaluation and set up the special meeting to decide what geographic area it would con- centrate on. The evaluation would normally be done on a county wide basis but Pat Fleck, the ministry regional director of education for Western Ontario, explained to the board that there was not enough time to do a county wide study. He said the board could have a county evaluation done but it would have to wait until the school year 1977-78. "In order to conduct the program now we have to con- centrate on a family of schools,"he said. "Normally an evaluation of the county schools would take from the beginning of September until until the end of May." The board selected the area to be concentrated on and turned the matter over to the education committee for implementation. The committee was charged with the task'of naming a co-ordinator for the study and overseeing the project. The committee heard a recommendation from director of Education John Cochrane to name Mr. Chapman as the co- ordinator. Mr, Cochrane said the Exeter principal was fully qualified to handle the task and could easily be freed from his duties at the school for the next few months. He said Mr. Chapman was well oriented at both elementary and secondary school level, was well known in the Exeter community and was knowledgable in the teaching profession, being a former master at teacher's college. The director said the vice principal of the Exeter school could fill in for Mr. Chapman over the few months needed for the study and the board could hire a supply teacher to handle the vice principal's duties. He said Mr. Chapman could set up an office in South Huron Secondary School and the board could hire a secretary for him for the duration of the study. Mr. Fleck explained to the board that the province supplies the material and questionnaires used in the evaluation, provides staff to assist committee members in their work, does all the analysis of the material gathered , is responsible for publishing the reports of the committees and funds the ex- ternal committee which is the second phase of the program, He said the board faces costs for secretarial help, telephone and The Huron County Board of Education chose the Exeter family of schools for its evaluation program over the next few months and appointed Exeter Public School principal Jim Chapman as the program co- ordinater. In a special meeting Monday night the board chose the Exeter school area because of its close Reeve Si Simmons is of the opinion that council and the PUC should share the costs involved in a local tree planting project, and his fellow council members agreed with that contention this week. Simmons said that if council purchased the tree, the > UC hould supply the manpower to lent them. He estimated council's cost for 60 trees would be $597 and the cost to the PUC for planting them would be $460, "I think that's fair enough," he said, although he indicated that PUC manager Hugh Davis did not share that opinion when the two discussed the matter recently. At any rate, council passed a motion calling for the town to buy the trees and the PUC to plant them, That suggestion will now knit pattern and its proximity to the London office of the ministry of education. The program, set up by the ministry, is aimed at taking a thorough look at the Huron County program from all angles. Ratepayers, students, teachers, trustees, parents and ad- ministrators are all involved in the program which is to be be presented to the PUC for their approval. Simmons also suggested that the press emphasize the fact that any residents wanting trees planted on their properties should contact the clerk's office. Councillor Barb Bell felt that if people wanted trees on their own property, they should purchase their own and plant them. However, she was advised the town preferred to plant trees on private property so they wouldn't interfere with snowplowing and with the installation of services. Reeve Si Simmons said the trees to be ordered were German or Norway Maples. "There isn't a Canadian among them," he said. Mayor Shaw chided him for such a lack of nationalism in view of the fact the council meeting was being held on Heritage Day. He too was stopped after police spotted his erratic driving on July 25. His licence was suspend- ed for three months. Boyco was also fined $100 for possession of marijuana on the same date. Police reported he had approximately four grams of the drug with him. The marijuana was discovered by police when they were prepar- ing to give the Toronto man a breathalizer test at the Goderich OPP office on the alcohol charge. Steven Robert Elson, Parkhill, appeared for sentencing on a false pretences, charge. He was ordered to reside in Hope Manor until such time as officials at that residence felt he was able to be responsible. Elson was also orderd to make restitution for the $105.69 involved in the case. Although found guilty, he was not convicted on the charge. outline of operations, (c) recommendation for the length of terms of the board's members. Mayor Bruce Shaw advised the T-A after the meeting that the new board have visited other recreation centres and found that most operate on a budget of approximately $120,000 per an- num and end up with deficits of approximately $7,000 which are apportioned to the member municipalities. He said the board would be meeting with a representative of Cambrian Facilities on Monday in an effort to establish a budget for the balance of this year. Members will also be deciding what personnel to hire and es- tablishing rental fees for the It is expected that the board will have a report for, the four area councils for their March meetings. Reeve Si Simmons asked the Mayor if the swimming pool would be included in the facilities to be operated by the board. Shaw replied that the matter was still under consideration and explained that in their in- vestigations, the board found, that in communities where facilities came under separate management there were real problems, while where they were combined under one board (such as in St. Marys) they ran very smoothly. The board will also be con- sidering the operation of recrea- tion programs in the area and determining whether they, or some other group, will be respon- sible. At Monday's meeting, Mayor Shaw announced that a resources committee has been named to help the board and provide con- tinuity with those people who in- vestigated and subsequently got the project off the ground. They include John Stephens, Ron Bogart and King MacDonald. There had been some criticism in the community that none of the people involved in the project had been included on the board of management. Exeter council this week ter- minated the services of recreation director Jim McKinlay—basically by default. McKinlay had been given a temporary layoff on November 19 when the RAP committee ran out of funds. The 13-week time period allowed by the ministory of labor for "temporary layoffs" elapsed on Friday .of last week and House numbering action promised Dennis Hockey, chairman of a special citizen's committee named by Mayor Bruce Shaw in 1975 to investigate house num- bering in the community, ap- peared before council this week to issue a plea for council to take some action. He noted that his committee had made their report to council in September of 1975 and to date no decision has been made on it, Councillor Ted Wright, one of two members named as a council committee to study the report, said there was too much snow to consider any work on a street numbering project at this time. However Hockey noted he was merely interested in seeing council make a decision on what action they were going to take, "Action will be taken at the next meeting," Wright said. The other member of the council committee, Councillor Harold Patterson, is presently on holiday in the south, Damage is light in district fire The Exeter and area fire brigade extinguished a small chimney fire at the home of John McElrea east of Winchelsea around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Fire chief Gary Middleton said damage was about $200, con- sisting of Smoke damage and some cracks in the chimney. ministry but pointed out that it was the first time such a study had been undertaken in Western Ontario and the first time only a section of a county had been done. It could cost Exeter ratepayers $115,000 to provide police protection this year. That was the amount of the budget which committee chairman Ken Ottewell presented to council this week. It was subsequently turned over to the finance committee for their consideration, Last year, the budget was $110,000. Major item in this year's budget is 'salaries, of course. They were budgeted at $91,802. McKinlay's serviceswerethereby terminated. He appeared before council this week and in a letter addressed to them, advised that under the statutes they were now required to pay him a separation equal to two weeks' wages, including vacation pay at four percent for those two weeks. McKinlay pointed out that his gross pay for a two-week period was $519.23 and the holiday pay was an additional $10.38. When Mayor Bruce Shaw in- dicated there was no report from council's committee regarding McKinley's future status, council agreed to follow the regulations and make the payment of $529.61, "If it's in the act, there's no Grant okayed by Wintario Minister of culture and recreation, Robert Welch, for- mally advised Exeter council this week they would be eligible for a Wintario grant of $512,650 for the construction of the South Huron Recreation Centre. The minister advised that a progress payment of $127,368 would soon be sent by his ministry. The announcement of the sum provided to the project was made during the latest Wintario draw on TV, Thursday. A progress payment of $21,845 was made to the contractor this week, despite some concern expressed by Reeve Si Simmons. He noted that almost one-quarter of the contract price has now been paid, but said he doubted that one-quarter of the project has been completed. Liz Bell said payments were made only on the approval of the SHRCC building committee. Mayor Shaw said that the engineer would be in Exeter this week if council members had any questions for him. "Before we involve staff and tie them down to the project I would rather see the board take a small bite and see if it likes it," he said. Colborne trustee Shirley Please turn to page 20 Other expenses outlined by Ottewell were as follows: $3,200 for a new cruiser, $1,500 uniforms, $300 radios, $3,500 gas and oil for the cruisers, $500 cruiser repairs, $500 conferences and association memberships, $6,000 for the police dispatcher, $1,200 phone, $4,000 office rental, $1,200 cleaning and $1,500 in- surance. No mention was made of the proposed lease for office facilities with the Heritage Foundation at Monday's council session, question that we have to act accordingly," commented councillor Ken Ottewell in presenting the motion to pay the recreation director. "That ceases your employment with the town," Mayor Shaw noted. McKinlay replied that his termination became automatic when the 13-week period elapsed without council taking any action on his position. Mayor Shaw said that the new South Huron Recreation Centre board of management may be in a position to seek personnel in the future and McKinlay said he would consider that matter when the time came, A Hensall man, whose blood alcohol content was, tripile that of the legal limit, was fined $300 or 30 days when he appeared in Ex- eter court Tuesday on a charge of impaired driving. Benjamine Carlile, 42, pleaded guilty to the charge and in addi- tion to the fine, had his licence suspended for six months. It was his second conviction for im- paired driving. He had been charged after police spotted his car proceeding north on Highway 4 on November 25. The accused was driving on *the wrong side of the road and showed substantial signs of im- pairment. A breathalizer test gave a reading of 240 mgs. A Toronto man, Steve Walter Boyco, was fined $200 or 20 days on a charge of driving while his blood alcohol content exceeded the limit of 80 mgs. Eight area men have been for- mally appointed as the South Huron Recreation Centre board of management and are now in the process of complying with the terms of reference establish- ed by a special committee of Ex- eter council. Named to the board of management to represent Ex- eter are John Burke, Kim McLean, Jerry MacLean and Mayor Bruce Shaw. Represen- tatives from the three townships include: Bob Down and Howard Pym, Usborne; Don Finkbeiner, Stephen; Reeve Jack Tinney, Hay. The group have named Mayor Shaw as chairman and Don Finkbeiner as secretary. Their terms of reference are : 1 — to look after the operation and management of the new facility, 2 — to look after the promotion oaf the facility, 3 — to hire the necessary per- sonnel to operate the centre, 4 — to submit to the four councils (a) a budget, (b) recommen- dations of job descriptions and Reeve suggests PUC share in tree costs Hensall driver fined $300 for impairment mileage expenses, pro rating staff time and other similar add . on charges that should total between $2,000 to $3,000. McKillop trustee John Hen- derson suggested that the board make the effort to have the entire county evaluated rather than one specific area. He said he felt that by limiting the study to one area the board will end up with resolutions that may be peculiar to that area and non applicable to the county system, Director of education John Cochrane said he felt he would rather see what goals the study achieved before the board un- dertook a county wide study, He said it may be his Scottish blood combined with his farming background but he was "leery of buying a pig in a poke for the county". He said he did not want to be antagonistic towards the Police budget $1 5 f 000 Service of recreation director terminated by local council PANCAKE FLIPPERS — The chief chefs at Sunday's Crippled Kids breakfast at the Pineridge Chalet were Bill Brady and Ralph Duffus. Above, Doreen Tieman watches as Duffus and Brady try flipping pancakes. Weather improves, so does crash total The area experienced its first "storm-free" week in some time and the improved driving con- ditions were reflected in the accident statistics released by the Exeter OPP. Only three crashes were in- vestigated and there were no injuries reported, One of the crashes involved two snow vehicles at the Pineridge Chalet during the annual Crip- pled Kids' weekend. The machines were driven by Donald Says penalty is extreme A suggestion made two weeks ago that Exeter residents in the core area may face fines of up to $75 for failing to shovel snow from their sidewalks is causing some members of council to have second thoughts on the matter. Councillor Barb Bell indicated she was prepared to present such a bylaw to council at their next meeting, but noted she was now questioning the penalty. She termed the $75 "extreme", indicating $25 would perhaps be more reasonable. In addition it was noted that there is already a bylaw on the books making it mandatory for people on Main Street from Sanders Street south to clear their walks of snow. However, the bylaw does not contain any penalty clause, although it does give council the power to have the snow removed and the costs billed to the property owner. Mrs. Bell said she was also wondering who would shovel the snow from in front of the local bowling greens if council ex- tended the area in which sidewalks had to be cleared, The town owns the property. "You're opening a real keg of nails," Councillor Ted Wright commented, Mayor Bruce Shaw suggested Mrs. Bell prepare a bylaw without getting any further com- ments at this time "before you get shot down." Mousseau, RR 2 Hensall, and Richard Mattucci, RR 1 Hay. Damage was listed at $500 by Constable Wally Tomasik in the Saturday crash. Vehicles driven by Wayne Butt, Seaforth, and Brian Meriam, Hensall, were involved in a Friday accident on Highway 84. Damage in that was set at $900 by Constable Al Quinn. The other crash was reported on Sunday when vehicles operated by James Rolph, RR 3 Exeter, and Durk Bakker, RR 3 Exeter, collided on concession 4 of Usborne. Constable Frank Giffin estimated total damage at $325. During the week the local detachment officers laid 15 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, six under the Nar- cotics Control Act, four under the Criminal Code and two under the Liquor Licence Act. Other occurrences and in- vestigations included: three mobile home escorts, two domestic complaints, one assault, one disturbance, two dog bites, one dangerous driving complaint, two thefts, one stolen vehicle, two impaired drivers and one suspended driver. Heritage speaker in Exeter tonight Richard Rodgers of the Ontario Heritage Foundation will be guest speaker in the second of a series of four lectures being sponsored by the Huron branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. The lecture will be held at Exeter Public School tonight (Thursday) at 8:00 p,m, Rodgers will be speaking about the Foundation's work in restoring historical buildings in the province. One of their major projects in this area has been in providing a grant of almost $50,000 for the restoration of the Exeter town hall, There will be illustrated talks about other similar projects in Ontario at tonight's session, which is open to the public. xeferZniessaboocate One Hundred and Fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 24, 1977 Price Per Copy 25 Cents