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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-11-09, Page 31Stays with present company Board renews insurance By JEFF SEDDON The Huron County Board of Education did not want to take the chance that tender­ ing for insurance coverage for board owned and operated equipment may leave it with increased premiums or no insurance at all and decided to continue buying its coverage from the Frank Cowan Company Limited. Colborne township trustee Shirley Hazlitt suggested that the board may save some money by calling for tenders for insurance coverage after the board Was told its insurance costs would be going up. Hazlitt said that if those insurance costs were going to keep go­ ing up annually it may be wise for the board to call for tenders. She added that the board has not compared prices through tender in a number of years. Board chairman John Elliott reminded Hazlitt that the last time the board called for tenders it «had previously hired an in­ surance consultant to deter­ mine what insurance was needed. Elliott said the board would have to be very specific before it called for tenders or it would get tenders “all over the place” and would have a very dif­ ficult time determining which was best. Hazlitt argued that superintendent of business Roy Dunlop should be aware of what the board needed after dealing with the board’s insurance coverage Fitness test Continued from page 17 acceptable to complete the full nine minutes. The strength test followed and here our young assistant knew he was in trouble when the hand grip measured something in the 50 range. Realizing how, badly he would be over-shadowed he managed to break the testing machine, by strip­ ping the threads on the han­ dle. The final test was for flex­ ibility. This is measured through a series of sit-ups and by pushing a gauge along a ruler while in a sit­ ting position on the floor. '"Creech entered a protest when he noticed the lithe body of the editor moving the gauge along with his slim fingers and decided he would have to come up with a super effort in the sit-ups to regain his falling com- •posure. The test was to see how many he could do in one minute. He started out like a house on fire and was up to 28 in the first 45 seconds and then he literally collapsed, managing to force his body into four more in the last 15 seconds. However, he was obvious­ ly still certain he could win that one and he was gloating noticeably when the editor hit the floor to proceed. We followed his example and started out at a steady pace, but managed to main­ tain it to post three more on our score card than he had. All that remained was for the evaluation, the real key being the resting rate of the heart. The chart indicated a figure of under 70 indicated a good physical condition. The writer’s was listed at 62! • We won’t say what Tom’s was, but it is interesting to note that he now hesitates to write the customary “30” at the end of his news stories. Perhaps that number reminds him of how far above the editor’s he was? Oh well, looks can be deceiving! LAY WREATHS —» Reg McDonald, left, who helps organize Exeter's annual Remembrance Day activities, is flanked by some of the people who placed wreaths at the event. photo sBErbp during his tenure at the board. She said that Dunlop and the board’s auditor should be able to do the job of a consultant. Dunlop told the board it was very difficult to deter­ mine what insurance tender was best adding that he was “not competent enough in insurance to appraise tenders”. Dunlop told the board that Frank Cowan handles a great deal of the insurance for municipalities in the area. He said the firm has not increased its insurance rates but that replacement costs for board owned material has gone up. He ex­ plained that the insurance coverage is based on replacement value and as in­ flation makes that replace­ ment costlier then insurance will go up accordingly. Hazlitt pointed out that if the board continued to deal with one firm when purchas­ ing insurance year after year it was very easy to get into a “state of status quo”. Dunlop said many boards had tried to cut insurance costs by calling for tenders and have ended up with no coverage at all. He said firms that deal with the number of insurance com­ panies needed to handle the board’s requirements are limited and may not respond to a tender call. He said he knew that Cowan’s policy was not to respond to tenders. Elliott, who is an in­ surance broker, told the board he wanted to be very careful of his input into the discussion because he wanted to avoid any conflict of interest. He explained that to handle 'the board’s in­ surance needs a broker would have to have dealings with several insurance com­ panies. He said no one in­ surance company offered the varied policies the board purchased and a broker had to be able to assemble the required policies for board approval. The discussion arose after Dunlop offered the board some alternatives to in­ surance policies to either reduce cpsts or add needed coverage. The recommen­ dations came from Cowan through Dunlop and the board dealt with each on an individual basis.. One of the changes was the insurance coverage on the North Ashfield School building. The building was heavily insured by the board and according to Wingham trustee Jack Alexander the insurance is not necessary. Cowan recommended that the board reduce its coverage of the school which is not being used and is probably going to be sold by the board. The present policy insured the building at a replacement value of $216,000 and the contents at $23,000. Cowan suggested that it be reduced to $50,000 on the building and $10,000 on the contents. Alexander said he had recently been in the building and told the board that he “didn’t have to be an in­ surance appraisor to go in there and tell you $10,000 in­ surance is too much”. Alex­ ander said the cost to carry the insurance is a waste of taxpayer’s dollars. He recommended insurance of the contents be dropped en­ tirely. Elliott told the board that it must consider what has gone into the school. He said the property is now valued at about $40,000 but the board had to keep in mind the tax money that was used to put the school there. He suggested that if the board carried no insurance on the property the ministry of education may feel the board was guilty of mis­ management. Seaforth trustee John Henderson wondered why the board carried insurance policies for vehicles the board didn’t own. The policy costs the board about $1,700' annually. Elliott explained that the insurance for non-owned vehicles covered buses the board leased or hired through contract and vehicles driven ,by trustees on board business. “I use my own car and in­ sure it myself,” said Henderson. “Why does the board have to carry in­ surance for that.” Elliott pointed out that the policy was third party in­ surance. He said in case of an accident someone could sue Henderson and the board of education because the trustee was on board business. He said that policy was primarily to protect the board. Exeter trustee Clarence McDonald said the consul­ tant the board hired to ex­ amine its insurance had reported that the board was getting a good deal from its insurance brokers. He reminded the board that the recommendation from consultant was that changes be made. Elliott cautioned board against hiring a con­ sultant suggesting that the costs for the consultant may be more than the board would save. He said he felt that if the board went shop­ ping for insurance wouldn’t do better than was doing now. the no the it it the Fifty at rec event About 50 attended Lake Huron Zone of O.M.R.A. annual conference held October 28, in Goderich. The Conference was chaired by President, Jack Bird of Owen Sound. Jack Riddell, Provincial member of parliament brought greetings from the Ontario government and Mayor Shewfelt welcomed delegates to Goderich. Jim Chalmers of Welland spoke 1 on behalf .of O.M.R.A. K.W. Robinson R.D..M.R. (F) of Peterborough presented the keynote ad­ dress on “Who Does What” in recreation stressing that bigger is not always better and the need for factual in­ formation and well organiz­ ed business procedures. The success of a recreation com­ mittee, he said, is dependent on the decisions made by that committee and how they are carried out. Four participant workshops covered topics of (1) Who Does What in the Directed Community, (2) The Real Role of the Non- Directed Recreation Com­ mittee, (3) Municipal Recreation and the Arts and (4) Sharing the Cost - the Government and You. Resource people for the workshops included Dave Wenger and Elmer Wick of Mount Forest, Gord McGarvey of Kincardine, Mike Dymond of Goderich, Clair Fowler and Bill Coulter of Port Elgin, Clare Christie of Owen Sound. Marg Gaviller and Marilyn Struthers of Grey-Bruce Arts Council, Ruth Wolfe of Clifford, Jim Zettel, Hanover and Bud Bitton, Al Sinclair, McLaughlin, Ministry of Recreation. Attending were Kirk Armstrong and Kenley Campbell. Melanie Consultants, Culture and from Exeter REMEMBER WAR DEAD — Master of ceremonies Andy Bierling salutes during the Remembrance Day service at the Exeter cenotaph, Sunday. Behind him is Legion padre the Rev. George Anderson and lined up are some of those who laid wreaths on behalf of government, educational, service and commercial organizations. Staff photo Large crowd remembers War dead not just statistics i brother, i husband, i father, son,” com- Rev. George his address at Remembrance “Millions were slain in the wars, but it’s real cost can only come home to us when we remember that each one slain was not just a regimen­ tal number, a cypher in a column of statistics, but someone’s someone’s someone's someone’s mented the Anderson in : the annual Day service held this year at Trivitt Memorial Church. The unseasonably warm Area churches plan to conduct mission The Reverend Brother Jay Launt, O.H.C., will conduct a five day Mission in November, sponsored by three area Churches — Grace Church, Greenway; St. Paul’s, Thedford; and St. Anne’s, Port Franks. The Mission commences Wednesday, November 15, and concludes Sunday, November 19. Brother Jay is a life professed member of the Order of the Holy Cross, a religious (monastic) order for men in the Anglican Communion. Holy Cross operates houses in Canada, the United States, West Africa and the Bahamas. A companion order for women, the Order of St. Helena, operates in the United States and the Bahamas. A monk for nine years, Brother Jay at age 31 is the prior (appointed head) of Holy Cross Priory in Toron­ to. The Toronto priory, es­ tablished in 1973, is the only Canadian-based foundation of the Order. Brother Jay has been in charge of the Order’s Canadian operations since November of 1976. A native of southern California, Brother Jay served as a medic in the U.S. Air Force in the Philip­ pines and in Texas. His work as a medic in the mid to late 1906’s ranged from intensive care on Vietnam wounded to pediatric care of military dependents. He attended Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, and the University of Texas at Austin. Brother Jay specializes in weather attracted one of the largest parades in recent years and the church service was followed by the wreath laying service at the cenotaph. “War cut down the flower of the nation’s youth in both wars,” Rev. Anderson noted. “The leaders we so sorely need today were slain. A terrible waste, and yet these young men were bound to be the first to res­ pond to the call of duty and sacrifice.” The R.E. Pooley branch Christian education and liturgical studies. His in- tersts also include racquet­ ball, squash and cooking. (He reportedly cooks “a mean Chili” based on an Air Force recipe, jwhich feeds three hundred. Scaling the recipe down to smaller gatherings requires con­ siderable care, especially with the seasoning.) Brother Jay has just returned from a two-week visit to Israel. From his work experience and his nine years as a monk in the Order of the Holy Cross, Brother Jay brings to his ministry a wide and enthusiastic grasp of parish and diocesan life in the Christian Church. Readers who are familiar with Missions to foreign countries may find the idea of a Mission in Southwestern Ontario rather curious. Mis­ sion organizers report that the purpose of MISSION ‘78 is to share and spread the Christian faith through building a sense of Christian Community. By sharing our faith and our thoughts, we strengthen our own faith, and we get to know the other participants in a new and closer way. MISSION ‘78 promises to be a truly rewarding ex­ perience for all who take part in it. Good profit from sales A homemakers’ service raised more than $1,000 Saturday by selling old household trappings and home baking in Wingham. Organizers said more than 500 persons rummaged through piles of clothes, books, housewares and toys, as well as carrying off tasty treats from the sale, held to raise money for the Huron County Town and Country Homemakers. Ruperta Milligan, the group’s treasurer, said the rummage sale was a greater success than expected. Some of the items were leftovers brought in from bazaars in Kitchener and Toronto, said administrator Jean Young. The homemakers received “tremendous response” when the group advertised for donations of unwanted possessions, she said. Organizers said the money will be used to offset rates charged for the group’s ser­ vices. It employs 71 persons as cleaners, babysitters, live-in homemakers or com­ panions. Legion Padre explained that people often compare the casualties suffered in various wars and tend to im­ ply there is nothing to com­ plain about when fewer are killed in one battle than another. “If your husband or your son is killed in action, does it really lessen the blow to know that only 20,000 others were killed instead of 40,000?” he questioned. “I am not attacking the use of statistics, that would be foolishness, but I am at­ tacking the kind of mentali­ ty that seeks to play the numbers game and yet forgets to see the impor­ tance of the individual.” “We must see the cost of war in personal terms, in the individual lives of peo­ ple. Each casualty is not just a statistic, not just someone’s brother, but your brother, my brother, everyone’s brother.” He said Remembrance Day was a time to stop and ask why, but added that “we must continually, ask why they died lest we forget the reason for their sacrifice”. NEW TEACHERS IN HURON — A number of new teachers attended the fall banquet of the Huron Unit of the Federated Women Teachers Association of Ontario held recently. Above, director of region 1 Mrs. Nessie Moore of London talks with Darlene Templeman, Exeter; Barbara Lade, Goderich Victoria; Barbara Roser, Wingham; Janet Fillingham, Student Services; Debbie Down, Holmesville and Mary Lou Atthill, JAD McCurdy. T-A photo Tiernan. INTENT ON LEARNING Members of the Saturday morning gymnastic class appear to be listening carefully to their instruc­ tor. From the left are Cindy Moore, Marcia Ellison, Ronalynn Bell, Pamela Zantn, Karen Wells, Michelle Ellison and Susan T!-------- T-A photo * “J Rev. Anderson told his congregation they must seek to understand the purpose that called forth the courage of those who fought and died. “Was that purpose to make us rich and comfor­ table? Did they die for the kind of world in which we now live?” He concluded by saying the greatest act of remem­ brance must not be a form of nostalgia, but rather a desire to live for God and your fellow men, a marching forth into the future, hand in hand with our Saviour, with the pur­ pose of ensuring that the sacrifice and courage of our fallen comrades may live on, in your life, my life, in all our lives. Joining in the parade were members of the Legion, Legion Auxiliary, Huron- Middlesex Cadet Corps, Cubs, Scouts, Brownies and Guides. Wreaths were laid by provincial and civic representatives as well as members of .several local and area organizations and businesses. Times-Advpcqte, November 9, 1978 Page 31 ■MFour in Fleck incidents Four guilty pleas were entered and several charges dropped in provincial court in Exeter Tuesday as Judge Fred Olmstead began hear* ing cases stemming from the strike at the Fleck Manufacturing plant in Huron Park. The Fleck workers voted Aug. 15 to accept a two-year contract, ending a bitter 162- day strike. It was the first contract for the newly- formed United Auto Workers union local at the auto parts firm. Daniel Wilkinson of 470 Wellington St., Kitchener, was fined $300 after he ad­ mitted breaking windows in the plant March 30. Pompeo Marchelletta of 162 Cameron St., Windsor, pleaded guilty to breaking a car window during an inci­ dent at the plant May 18 and was fined $300. John Edward Coleman of 18 Stanley St., Kitchener, pleaded guilty to a charge of wilful damage stemming from a May 18 incident in which the windshield of Fleck vice-president rrant Turner’s car was br^en. He was fined $300. Wayne Randolph of 510 Randolph St., Windsor, was finded $400 when he pleased guilty to assaulting a plant security guard May 18. Olmstead also ordered Wilkinson, Marchelletta and Coleman to make restitution for damage. Charges of wilful damage Admission tests Individuals without the high school credits normally required for university ad­ mission, who are over 21 years of age, and who have spent at least two years in the work force may still be able to enrol for university studies as mature students. The University of Guelph enrols a number of such students each January, May, and September in its freshman classes, and many of them do extremely well in their university studies. a An admission test is nor­ mally required prior to enrolment in the B.A. program in order to gauge the prospective student’s likelyhood of success. This is an aptitude test and is not a "knowledge test” based on against Janet Towle, 123 Empress Ave., Huron Park; Christiane Somann, 135 St. Lawrence Ave., Huron Park: James Colins, 10 Noel St., London; and Paul Emile Beauline, 76 Braubacker St- Kitchener, were dropped. Joint charges of possess­ ing a dangerous weapon against Tim Earhart, 215 Erie St., St. Thomas; Joseph Doherty, of Augusta Cres­ cent, London; and Richard Bartrant, RR 3, Delaware, were also dropped. Charges of blocking a highway and obstructing police against Rene Mon­ tague, UAW plant chairman at Northern Telecom in Lon­ don. were dropped last month. About 17 persons still face charges, including UAW in­ ternational representative Al Seymour. Those cases have been adjourned until Nov. 23. ARBITRATION Compulsory and binding arbitration should be used in all public and essential ser­ vice disputes in Canada, says the Rev. A.C. Forrest, editor of The United Church Observer. Strikes and lockouts “seem more and more to hurt the people they are meant to help”, the editor says in the magazine’s November issue - which can­ not be delivered until the present postal strike has been cleared up. prior schooling, and a stu­ dent cannot prepare for the test by means of advance studying. The test is not designed to intimidate can­ didates. Admission tests are held throughout the year at the University of Guelph for mature students. The next tests will be held on Satur­ day, October 21 and on Saturday, November 18. Anyone interested in enroll­ ing as a mature student at the University of Guelph should contact Penny Dukelow in the Admissions section of the Office of the Registrar. Penny’s telephone number is 824- 4120. extension 8714, or you may write to her at the University of Guelph, Guelph. Ont..NlG2Wl.