The Brussels Post, 1974-01-23, Page 7Grant reduced
'The Huron County Board of
ducation was informed Monday
a board meeting in Clinton that
e approved cost, on which the
inistry of Education pays. grant,
as reduced by $14,000 for the
277,435 addition to the Exeter
ublic School.
D. J. Cochrane, Director of
ducation, said the $14,000 will
ave to be picked up in operating
udget or deleted from the
ontract.
Refflinghaus Construction of
oderich was awarded the tender
or the addition at the end of
ecember. In order to have the
ork included in the 1973
(location the tender price was
iscussed by telephone with
inistry officials and given
pproval.
Mr. Cochrane said when the
eduction was made in written
onfirmation from the Ministry,
e had asked for an explanation,
nd was told it was made when it
cached an official "higher up".
E. Cayley Hill, Board
Chairman, said: "Unless there is
very good reason fdr doing this,
don't think it's right., It is an
infair exhibition of poor businesg
to be led to the trough, then cut
ff."
Mr. Hill was directed to write
he Ministry asking :that the cut
e reconsidered.
The report, on the school
isitations made by Mr: Hill and
r. Cochrane in the fall will be
discussed at a special meeting at
lie end of February or early in
arch after Mr. Cochrane and his
staff' have completed a study on
he ten proposals in the report
and decide which item has
priority over another.
The report concerns class size,
eacher-pupil' ratio, opportunity
lasses, special education,
urriculum development,
budgetry matters, professional
development, organization,
evaluation and accountability;
programs and facilities;
personnel and the public image of
education.
The Board will pay
membership fees totalling
$3,539.71 -- Ontario School
Trustees' council fee, $2,024 and
Ontario Public School Trusfees'
Association $1,515.71.
Approval was .,given by-laws
dealing with rules -of order and
motions at board meetings.
The vice-chairmen of the
standing committees,. Clarence
McDonald, Exeter, management
committee, ,and Mrs. Mollie
Kunder, Seaforth, education
committee, were appointed board
representatives to the Trustee-
Teacher Administration Liaison
• Committee.
Mr. Cochrane; R.B.Dunlop,
Business Administrator; and vice-
chairman, of the board, Wilfred
Shortreed, will attend the
provincial salary conference held
by the Ontario School Trustees'
Council in Toronto on. February 1
and 2.
Two field trips were approved
-- 10' students from the -Cross
Country Ski Club at South Huron
-District High School on a two-day
excursion to Grayenhurst on
February 9 - 10 at hO cost to tit:.
Board. The purpose of the trip is
to improve the skiing skills of the
students for the up-corning
competition which is on terrain
similar to the Muskoka area.
30 Senior students from Gracie
11, 12 and 13 of the Prefect
organization at. Central Huron
Secondary School, Clinton, on an
overnight excursion to Toronto in
the near future as a reward for the
excellent supervision which the
prefects carry out at school
dances, during regular school
hours, ,and at other evening
activities. There is no cost to the
Board.
Ivan Carter, custodian at
Seaforth-District High School, will
be placed on the permanent Staff -
as of February S.
The resignation of Orville
Welsh, custodian at F.E.Madill
Secondary School, Wingham was
received due to his retirement at
the age .of 65.
The Board'will sign a Contract •
with the Turnbull Elevator.
Division for the maintenance and
inspection of the F. E. Madill
Secondary School elevator at a
monthly fee of $28.
The Board will re-tender the
weekend transportation of five
students to and from their homes
and the Regional Centre of
Hearing Handicapped in London
due to the sizable increase
requested by Brooke .Trailways in
Owen Sound.
The Board set due dates for
education tax. installments 72 50
per cent on June 30 and
remaining 50 per cent on.
December 15 for 1974..
-The Teachef Salary
Negotiations will be conducted
this year as they were last year
with Mr. •Hill and four trustees
chosen 'by him.
Blend fertilizers can
be stored in bulk
One reason traditional
fertilizers will be hard to find this
winter is that farmers bought
hree times as much last fall as in
the previous year. Farmers who
are successful in locating supplies
of high analysis fertilizers, such
as 15-15-15, with either urea or
ammonium nitrate as the nitrogen
source, should not store it in bulk
over the winter because Of its
tendency to cake or harden.
To combat the problem of
fertilizer hardening,Professor
Tom Lane, soil scientist at the
Ontario Agricultural College,
University ofGuelph, suggests
bulk blend combinations.
I Diammonium phosphate and
I muriate of potash fertilizers can
be mixed and held in bulk over
the winter without hardening if
stored hi a dry area on the farhi.
"You can't get the really high
nitrogen analysis fertilizers with
these materials that you can with
urea and ahlitionium nitrate, bet
for all practical purposes yeti cati
cover a wide range of fertilizer
grades," says Professor Lane.
The 1-2-3, 1-4-2 and 1-4-4
combinations, for • affiliple, are
possible using the ammonium
phosphate and muriate of potash
materials.'
Professor Lane emphasizes that
he is not recommending farniers
do •their own fertilizer mixing.
"Farmers should be
encouraged to take their 1974
bulk fertilizer requirements as
early as possible, where materials
Such as diamnionium phosphate,
muriate of potash or triple,
superphosphate are available;
bulk , blending plants should be
able to meet most of the
individual farmer 'fertilizer grade'
requirements satisfactorily.'
tvety week more and mote
people d iscover what mighty jobs
are accomplished by :lbw • east
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