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The Brussels Post, 1978-01-18, Page 8Recreation Dance Friday, Jan. 27 Dance to CHAPPARALS 9-1 "P• RESTAURANT WALTON POKER RALLY Sunday, Feb. 5 Registration 11-2 Admission $3.00 each' $150.00 in cash prizes plus numerous other prizes. Sponsored by Walton Area Sports Club Recommended of ADULT ENTERTAINMENT SAP1Tbk THEATRE LISTOWEL, ONTARIO 291-3070 Wed. 18 Thurs. 19 Fri. 20 Sat. 21 POTTIER COTBY JONES El n1 01 MI A PIECE OF THE ACTION SHOWTIME-7:00 and 9:00 111e a El twf Sunday Matinee-2:00 p.m.-$1.49 A delightfully delitiOus diletruna! • In Sun. 22 Mon. 23 Tue. 24 SHOWTIME-7:00 p.m. OF A SUMMER CAM COUNELLOR , alk cawgki PLUS AS AN ADDED TREAT CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOTISt ALSE, SATURDAY MATINEE special double bill " &ice of wonderland in paris and 2:00 Om- white Mane ALL SEATS $1.00 al .rn 8—THE BRUSSELS POST, JANUARY 18, 1978 Portables fire hazard: .B, of. E hears The Huron County Board of clucatitfin was told. Wednesday that several of its portable classrooms are considered to be fire problems by the Ontario. Fire Marshal's office, John Cochrane, director, of education, told the board that some of the 12 p. 'ortables in use in the county do not meet some fire regulations li sted in the Ontario Building Code. He said the portables cannot be considered fire hazards but that the fire marshal's office is concerned about the location of some of the units. Mr. Cochrane said that the list of requirements the fire marshal requested to gain approval for continued use of the portables ranged from writing up fire alarms to moving the classrooms. He said the matter should be dealt with the by the budget committee which should consider projected use of the portables compared with costs to meet fire marshal recommendations. Mr. Cochrane said the report from the fire marshal was insti- gated by the Goderich fire department.. He said that department expressed concern over the location of the three portables in use at Goderich District Collegiate Institute. He said the questions raised by the Goderich departmeht prompted the fire marshal to examine all portables in the county. The director explained to the , board that the costs for moving' some of the portables may be 'premature if taken on now. He said that by dragging its heels until the end of the school year the board may save money because the portables may be moved anyway due to projected enrolments at schools where ' portables are Jocated. He added toot he assumed by- the report that the board had until the end of the school year to make its decision. Using Goderich as an example the director pointed out that the use of the portable classrooms for a short period was decided on rather than the trauma caused by changing school boundaries. 'He said the portables were pressed into service rather than telling people whose children would normally attend Goderich secondary school that they would now be attending Clinton seco 'clan, school. . - "I guess it's partly due to tradition or pride," reasoned the director. "People have been sc.-tiding their children to Goderich for years and object to being. told they now must send the children to Clinton." Mr. Cochrane said the projected enrolment for Goderich may permit the board to remove the portables at that school at the end of this school year. He added that enrolment speculations for the county may mean the removal of all portables in four years. He explained that the portables were located under the auspices Of the Ontario Building Code and that a building code had Collisions $14,550 in darnages Winghairi . OPP report that during the week of January 9 , there Were. six motor vehicle col lisions which caused an. estimated -$14,556 in property damage anti illjUtieS to six petsOliS. Three charges were lard tinder the. Highway Traffic. Act . and 16 warnings were. issued. Two charges, were laid tinder the. liquor licence control acts marshal's office would permit no covered walkways between the portables and the main school building so the portables, were placed as close to the building as possible. He said that elementary schools using portables usually had no class rotation and the students were in the rooms all day. ,He added -that in the case of secondary schools the students are in and out of the portables ********************** Entertainment at * THE QUEEN'S HOTEL B.RUSSELS Friday and Saturday Night Dan Mero Show 4-************-1-**4- *4.4* Brussels, Morris & Grey Community Centre Tickets available at Murray'sr Barbei Shop, Olympia. Restaurant and' from members of the Recreation" Committee. *5." per couple. Sunday B EEF S.HISH—KA-BOB PORK • rice or pototoet sou 'vic e every teaching period. "If a student has to go to the washroom 'he either puts on his hat and coat to go or opens the door and runs", he said. He added that when he was teaching . he was assigned to a portable for a year and had a head cold "the entire year". He explained that the portables, are leased by the board and u n der the terms of the lease the board is entitled to one free move of each unit. He said that if the mvoe isn't free the board has to pay $430 if the unit is moved less than 60 feet. He said the three page document from the fire marshal's office listed the requirements for each unit considered to be a problem and asks the board to let the fire marshal know what it is prepared to do to alter the situation. recently been changed. He said the portables' met the requirements of the old code but not the new, He added that under the new code the portables can be no closer to. a 'school wall than 40 feet and must be at least 20 feet apart from one another. "A . portable at Brookside Public School is 20 feet from a. blank wall," he said. The director said the fire - Vi 'et it'.