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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-03-30, Page 3THIS LITTLE PIGGY GOT OUT — Eight other sows, with two litters, and a boar weren't so lucky when Clarence White's barn, west of Brussels, burned down on Friday. A lawn mower and a mini bike were also lost in the blaze. (Photo by Langlois) MVCA gets grant for flood plain Ian ?4' • • 4,.r •• - • THE BRUSSELS POST, MARCH_ 3Q, 1977 HPRCSSB won't pay for crossing guards Maitland Valley Conservation Authority has received approVal from the Ontario Government :to. carry out demolition . and l a ndscaping of dwelling sites. acquired in. the Turnberry floodplain. An Ontario grant of $54,000 over a four-year period will, according to Natural Resources Minister Frank S. Miller. permit the Authority to proceed vv.ith the Turnberry floodplain project which includes long-term acquisition to floodplain properties. The project' area is situated along the Maitland. • River, immediately west of Wingham. :and coMpriSes some • 100 acres inchiding a number of dwellings. As,these dwellings arc acquired, they will be demolished and the sites landscaped. , The area has a long history of flooding and the most recent floods in April and August 1975, and in March of last year, .caused substantial damage. (by Wilma Oke) The Huron.Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board turned down a request from Seaforth that the board help to pay the costs of a crossing guard on No. Highway at St. James Separate School. The Board decided it is not prepared, to pay since crossing guards fall under the jurisdiction of the municipality. Carol Hubert was hired by Seaforth council as a guard at St. James on February 14, and Stanley* Bray as a guard at Seaforth Public School also on No. 8 Highway at the request of the principal at the Seaforth Public School who was concerned for the safety of his students crossing the busy highway., Vincent Young. chairman of personnel committee, reported, negotiations with the teachers "are going very well and should be completed within .a short period of time." Eleven of the fourteen trustees will attend the 47th annual conference of Ontario, Separate School. Trustees' Association to be held in Toronto at Royal York Hotel on March 30, 31 and April 1. Not attending are' Vincent Young. Goderich; Ronald Murray , Dublin; and David Teahen, Stratford. Sister Elaine Dunn, Resource Co-ordinator, and Chris Asseff, Executive Director of Ontario Separate Schools' Trustees Association, attended the meeting to present Focus on Faith and outline the progress of the program which was begun in 1974 and originally designed for trustees to spend a day, in reflection. The second phase was held in 1975 with trustees and their spouses and parent couples representing each school attending in an attempt to get parents involved in the religious training of their children. Sister Elaine said. the third phase. will be held during the next school term and will be at the local school board level - incorporating trustees and spouses, administrative staffand spouses. principals and spouses' and parents representing each school in the Huron-Perth district. This phase will be held on November 20 providing Bishop Emmett Carter is able to attend or auxiliary Bishop John Sherlock. Three board members, Arthur Haid, Listowel; Ronald Maray and board chairman, Mickey Vere, both of Stratford, along, with three teachers, and superintendent Joseph Mills will form the trustee-teacher liaisolt committee to prepare the Focus on Faith program on November 20. Meeting adjourned at 10:50 p.m. Next meeting April 12. Every week more and more people discoVer what mighty jobs are accomplished by low cost Post Want Ads. Dial Brussels 887-6641. PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY Weddings - Anniversaries Portraits - Industrial Team & Group Pictures 527-0064. Dave Robb Protect your children against disease through immunization. This is what Ontario is doing to help you. Immunization protects against polio, diphtheria, measles'; rubella (German measles), whooping cough. mumps and tetanus. Although often considered to be "childhood diseases," they are anything but minor — measles, for instance, can lead to encephalitis (brain disease). a cause of retardation. 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