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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-07-06, Page 4Ashfield townships. He :said etWeen 'the, two to the school Whete the bus •:• IS: • a C900•':iPs balanced irked and use the vphiele for any •° 'Pr'noPtai ; both 4gre4ds:that:,;,the against the cost okeeping':.:t. see the logic in treating 411:..404 i5Y.: tlhe trine they "•.the decision oiled down tci was;. of the county but 914;4, the board planned ':its bras .:1100•#:t4ice it 0.4 they ace farther dge Ike said the b4:ard tia.ci set purchases it could provid buses ahead rust calling: a contractor. aside tnslney foir field trips but e bases. She said i this year it:: May. son 414i.lj‘P:'1::/044, 04001 Make • •:the'hiie ,•;: • ••,.• • Mrs. Wallace lost her bid fu have some of the vehicles rents' in the central area of the .. but by delaying the decisio said she'hoped tOprovide oit pogd with' more figures to .tt.qig-Ocia .: her argument and have :the' board reconsider, 4.1dianed to pay InOre attention to what the principals say abou .us ng the surplus buses We now have,'' she said, locations allow any teacher.'to.gi, meet g, an elementary school su +estions unless ttie casts :for field • " • mrs. Wallace take advarEtage of the ;cheaper on an annual or semi-0444 ;aat'P 11.4John<Hender money to .repair nights allowing members to attend both; that chairmen of all committees giv e oral progress reports of ' their committee's activities; that the practice of having a motion to be moved, and seconded b efore any debate' take place be, strictly adhered to; that more alternatives be offered the trustees, in: back7 up material rather than poSitiV'e recommen dations; that •a iliore- definitive: policy regarding attendance of board Meinbers at, expenses for and reports from conventions be developed; that standing committees give year end reports and suggest, business for the coming year for new committed members and that the board deal more with first time business and refer less to committees. • A committee was set up to augment the changes and Consists of trustees Charles Rau, Shirley Hazlitt, Dorothy Wallace, Jack Alexander and Clarence McDonald. 4—THE BRUSSELS POST, JULY 6, 1977 Board of Ed. • The Huron County Board of I Education will decide at its August meeting if it wants to stand by a decision to sell six surplus school buses the board owns. The buses were sold , according to a board decision reached at the monthly meeting Thursday but GoderiCh Trustee Dorothy Wallace asked that the , matter be given a second look at the next board meeting which is in August. Jack Alexander, Wingham trustee and management committee chairman, told the board that it would be better business to sell the six buses, two of which are 1967 models and four 1970. He said the•buses were in serious disrepair and would take more money to keep them road worthy than they were worth to the board. The sale was to give the board' some return on a 98,000 invest- ment it made earlier this year when it approved the purchase of six 'new buses. In 1976 the board approved the sale of eight surplus buses that netted $7,965. Trustee Wallace did not dispute the fact that the two 1967 buses should be sold but took exception to the fact that the management committee apparently failed to consider practical use of some of the 1970' buses. The management committee pointed out that the buses could be used for field trips but that the board already had four buses across the county that were used primarily as backup vehicles in case of breakdown and could also be used for field trips. Mr. Alexander said the committee looked at leaving some of the buses posted around the county but said there weren't enough to go around so it was decided to sell them all. He said the four back up buses are in Stephen, Turnberry, Grey and choose to keep two buses and add another • .•,. another two next year. "We can't afford to just o th0 rl them away," said Mr. Alexander. ~p#s changes' "We have to keep them in Semi shape." Mrs. Wallace suggested that the central area of the county The Huron County Board of lacked spare buses at its disposal Education Thursday adopted pointing out that by forcing seven procedural changes in teachers from the central area to meeting formats that will be put drive 35 miles for a bus for a field into practice at the board's fall trip was an injustice considering meeting. The changes will have: teachers in the outer areas of the the greatest impact at the county have them much closer. committee level and, are designed She said that field trips cost the to permit trustees not sitting on a board for bus time and for stand committee• to be present at the over time for the driver while Abe coniinittee meeting if they wish. students do what they set out to do. She said the costs would 'be less if the teacher could go get the bus and drive it himself adding that the central area needed that. service. She also said that• a Goderich teacher had summarized the costs of leaving :a bus at the Goderich .District :nieet on the same night' at the Mr. Alexander-said he had only • • • • ,same time.. . used the costs the board may fade • . : : " .°" The changes were prompted by to keep the buses on the road" adding that not all.school's . take • til;q. •130 0:4'$ reiji0gefit41011 the same number of field' trips seminar in the with administering edutatiOnall:••'' at dealt and the board couldn't just, them wholesale use of the: Matters at the board reVei. As a vehicles. He said ' the. board result of ;the meeting eight recommendationsivere brought.' should give each sehbol a field to the board and all but one trip budget and tell them to accepted. The one that didn't get confine any and all field trips to that budget. approval was one that would change the seating arrangement . of du ecai Brussels Stockyard Report co trustees. Now the committee sits. on One side of ton the room and the management on the The market at BrusS-els high of 33.00.40 to 50-lb. pigs to a other. Stockyards, on Friday, was active high of 39.25. 50 to 60-lb pigs to a The changes on a good supply of steers trading high of 44.00. 60 to 70-lb. pigs to education and $1.00 higher. There were 755 a high of 52.00. committees meet cattle and 1150 pigs on offer. Choice Steers - 42.50 to 44.50. Good Steers - 40.00 to 42.00. Seven steers consigned by Henry Farms of Blyth averaging 1091 lbs. sold for 44.40 with his lot of 34 steers averaging 1100 lbs. selling for 43.95. Ten steers consigned by George Adams of Wroxeter averaging 1107 lbs. sold for 43.70. Sixteen steers consigned by Ian Wilbee of Walton averaging 1236 lbs. sold for 43.20. Five steers consigned by George Nickel of Mildmay averaging 1166 lbs. sold for 43.50. Twelve steers consigned by Andy McMichael of Wroxeter averaging 1046 lbs. sold for 43.30. Twenty steers consigned by Murray Bray of Wroxeter averaging 1120 lbs. sold for 43.00. Seven steers consigned by Underwood Farms of Wingham averaging 1438 lbs. sold for:42.50 with their offering of 53 steers averaging 1253 lbs, selling for 42,85. There Were no choice heifers on offer. Good heifers traded for 37.00 to 39.00. Choice Cows = 26.00 to 28.00 , with sales to 20,60, Good Cows 24.00 to 26.00. Bulls traded to 32.00. 800 to 950 lbs. feeders sold to 43.50, 30 to 40-1b, pigs traded to a The board functions,now with two committees hanling most • business. The education committee handles most material pertaining, to class_ room functions and problerns while the management committee deals with administration and financial .matter. 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