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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1974-12-18, Page 7Have We Got A Car r You! You can still buy a brand new DATSUN for less than $ 3,000 Standard Equipment Includes 4 SPEED TRANSMISSION FRONT DISC BRAKES ELECTRIC R. W. DEFROSTER RECLINING FRONT BUCKET SEATS TANDEM MASTER CYLINDER FRONT SWAY BAR FULL CARPETING 50 AMP ALTERNATOR 60 AMP BATTERY WHITEWALL TIRES FULL WHEEL COVERS TINTED GLASS POWER ASSIST BRAKES DATSUN TEST DRIVE A DATSUN AT Gerald's Datsun Ltd. 22 GODERICH STREET 527-1010 SEAFORTH :::*;k*** THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 18, 19/4 Inside Howick Report says Land should be saved for agriculture 164 rth !45 D. kM '11 Aromatic News from Int cresting Places Visions of turkey and gravy, exotic spices and flavours danced in my head as. I walked past the st a ff room at lunch one day last week. But the joke was on me! The cooking elective was making spaghetti. Along with this tasty treat was a loaf of home made bread and to go nicely with it was cranberry punch! Last but not least was the chocolate and cinnamon cake. Who would enjoy this fantastic food. Unfortunately not me.The eachers ate it! Gary Grainer Christmas Concert On Tuesday, December 17, at :00 p.m.. Howick Central School di be holding its annual hristmas Concert. It involves plays, hard work, solos and lots of practice. One of he plays is put on by Mr. and Mrs. Parsons class. It is a musical with several parts. This lay is called "The Drum" and onsists of a boy, peddlar, hepherds, angels and kings. All parents, and friends are velcomed. In the afternoon the students will watch the dress ehearsal, before the final production that evening. We nvite all who ` wish to ome. Barbara Kaufman, Editor Cathy Wallace, Assistant Editor Professional Development Day At Howick Central School November 28, 1974, there was a Professional Development Day. This day is put aside so that the eachers can get together all of he childrens' records from the irst of September. This is to show he parents how the Child is progressing in class. It is also vhen they put the marks on the eport cards and try to set up .a imetable for the parents to see he teacher to discuss the child's rogress at interview time. Mary Lou Clarke Parent — Teacher Interview The first week in December vas designated for the parent- eacher interviews. There was a of of grumbling when students aw their report cards, but on the vhole the teachers, students and arents were quite pleased with he results and efforts showing on he first term report. In the recent The Blooming THING By ED VAN GEEST tie who believes that the past annot be changed has not yet ritten his memoirs. * * * * * * The guy whose troubles are all hind him is probably a school us driver. * * * * * * ople seem to get nostalgic out a lot of things they weren't tzy about the first time around. * * * * * * A road map tells a motorist everything he wants to know except how to fold it up again. * * * * * * Ch ristmas is the season when shoppers wonder which is going (0 give out first -- their money or their feet. * * * * Your money will last longer at Listowel Florist Limited. 198 Main, Photo 2914040 See us for service that will save You money and your feet. We are tiltO. repreaentAti by Max. Wags, Dit§tide Gazette the principal of Howick Central stated that 93% of the parents turned out for parent- teacher interviews, Some parents could notomoke it to the school so the report cards were sent home to them. Mr. Robertson was very pleased with the results of last term report cards and the many pleasing remarks made by happy parents, Ann Gibson Curling Club. On Tuesday, December 10, 197.4 the first curling lesson for the pupils in our school was held in the new Howick Community Centre. There was a turnout of about 41 Gr. 7 and 8 students. 'We would like to thank Mr. Stan Douglas, Mr. Leo Ruttan, Mr. Bob Brown, Mrs. Joan Stewart, Mr. Carter, and Miss McKinnon for teaching us how to play the game and also we would like to thank Mr. Robertson for arranging this for us. We look forward to curling each Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 until 5:00 and feel it's a tremendous opportunity for us to learn this exciting game. Murray Hays Shorts Shots (Continued from Page 1) Thanks to all the organizations involved. Santa had a treat for each of the children who were here to meet him on Saturday. Approximately 650 bags of goodies were distributed to the youngsters following the parade. The comprehensive and some- times controversial UDIRA study. (Urban Development in Rural Areas) continued at Htiron County Council last Thursday as members from all municipalities as well as incoming representa- tives listened to a day-long presentation of Dr, Ted Hadwen's findings after interviewing a sampling of Huron County citizens in various • walks of life and the initial draft of a report compiled. by James F. MacLaren Limited, environmental consul- tants entitled Countryside Planning. The special meeting, held in the basement of the new assess- ment buildinvwas called to hear and discuss some of the material in the UDIRA study which is costing over $100.000 (with 80 per cent of the expenses picked up by the province) and thus far has been underway for a year and a half. Although time for questioning was limited because of the tremendous volume of material to be persued, initial reaction of some county councillors showed disappointment that the study had more emphasis on urban development than on the agricul- tural base of the county. While MacLaren associates and Dr. Hadwen argued otherwise, Don Pullen, Huron County Agri- cultural. Representative for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and .Food, summed it up by saying that planning for agricul- ture consists of "that which is left over"-in the study. as presented. "And apparently that's what society wants," he stated. Gerry Ginn, incoming reeve of Goderich Township, told the meeting of the need to preserve prime agricultural land. "They're just not making it any more," he told council. Mr. Ginn complained about the study's recommendation that more land surrounding the five major growth areas in the county - Exeter, Seaforth. Clinton, Goderich and Wingham - be slated for urban development in the years ahead. "Our planning is still urban oriented," Reeve Ginn insited. "I had hoped the UDIRA study, would be More rural." It was explained to Reeve Ginn that despite what was common opinion, it was not the growth of urban centres .which would eventually take the most agricul- tural land out of production. The problem, according to the experts could be traced to scattered random urban-like developments throughout the rural areas. This was termed "nibbling away at farmland" and is the type of rural land use the UDIRA study seeks to control. According to Steven Janes, study director for MacLaren, there has already been some indication from Toronto that broad land use policies are coming from the provinical level. Pilot Project With the UDRIA study in Huron being the pilot project in the province, Mr. Janes has expressed his hope that the "perspective methodology" developed by the study here will be adopted across the entire province to achieve "a new rationale for rural planning." He has asked county officials and other interested pei-Sons to examine the methodology in the study and to forward all objec- tions and suggestions to the study team by February 28, 1975. This report deals with such things as potential planning per- spective in Huron County; the agricultural perspective; urban perspectives as they relat .e to the fringe areas; recreation perspec- tive and the evaluation of existing policies affecting urban develop- ment in rural areas. By Mr. Janes' own admission, .the document is lengthy and complicated. It will involve some lengthy, intensive study by county councillors and others. The report itself sets out one (Continued on Page 10)