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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-12-03, Page 20when enrohnent at a school slips below 60 percent of its rated capacity. Barber explained that the rated capacity is MealUred at 25 pupils per class in grades one to eight, and 40 in kindergarten.. He said that, Lambton County board of education attempts to load -classes_ at an effective capacity which restricts classes to 30 pupils. However, he said that the figure for a school study was set at 60 percent •of the rated capacity, - Grand Bend school has five classrooms and kindergarten room which would bring the rated capacity to 215, Enrolment this September was 122, That means the schoel is only operating at 56.7 per- cent of its rated capacity. Keith Crawford asked Barber why the effective capacity was not used in coming up with the 60 per-- cent figure. Crawford said that the board had already admitted that the' rated capacity:was unrealistic, yet they used it in establishing a cut off point for a study com- mittee. Barber Old him that to change it would only be playing with numbers. During his talk on the problems of declining enrol- ment, Barber stressed that 65 percent- of the taxpayers in Ontario do not have anyone attending school. He said that for that reason, f. w Car it Truck RentalS Low mho by tho day, week month "We've gOt your wheels" Locete4 et theninsOn-Warner Plymouth-Chrysler Open 7 Days Crosby gold' star molusset 05 gr. 881 .1111cCoins subs fi or. 1 .59 Coke 24-10 oz. tins $4,88 Values effective until closing Saturday, December 6, 1980. We reserve the right to limit quantities. frozen deep & delicious ;lay .elected to study eclininq enrol:mint be defined and registered, Council decided to meet with their solicitor Dan Murphy to discuss the problem, as well as meeting with Bosanquet township. Council received a letter from MPP Lorne Henderson concerning sewer installa- tion and zoning along River Road, Henderson said that he had been requested to look into the situation by Joseph Green, Wayne Moody and 'William McNichol. Sharer) explained to the new council members that River Road along the fishing area had been left off the original sewer plan by mis- take. Later the fishermen were asked to sign a petition to make sure they were get- ting sewers. "It's hot that they didn't want sewers, it's just that they didn't want to sign the petition." Crawford said. Shaven said that the area is not slated to get sewers, but he would confirm that at the next sewer liaison Please turn to page 16A We .just love babies. Especially when you can hand them back' to their mother when they start' to cry, or they want their diapers changed. Having kids would giv'e you a good excuse to browse through the toy stores at Christmas time, I am tbId. Kids are great - some of our best friends have kids. `Some of our best friends also have a hard time finding babysitters. Recently the four year old daughter of some friends informed us that her baby brother came from the hospital. "You could go get one, too, you know," she suggested. Sure, there are plenty of reasons to have kids. But I want to get my student loan paid off first - which should be sometime in 1989. So, in the meantime, I'm going to have to continue relying on Victor, Pepper and Hamlet for column material. O1[1i FiEfiEl Grand Rend 238-2388 8 roll , pkg. '14.•UNswzrrei • New co0..601- is invested, told to follow conscience 'MUM= ••••' r Mary's musings BY MARY ALDERSON _ Christmas 4„,frtuf-Aw.-„, Shppping 6 r 1/4 o , a BOOKS!! "n iff . Best Sellers 14 IVA • Hard Covers nr iffiThriggfol.,‘ sli 4:, *Cook Children'soc nooks 800ks 4'" li • GAMES rt, 1.zu11.a ,, 4,- TOYS -.T.,,t‘tarzemiu,' T • Cal ohdars VI "48111660‘00 ra • Christmas Cards gr, Ni • Book Ends s Christmas Spoons5 ri...,..th. ,..u...kii.i...." Nazyz.talai*, Come to the Book Store in Grand Bend and do some THE 8001.< 'STOKE 21 MAIN STREET, GI AND SENO Phone (519) 19e45001 club soda, tonic water or Canada Dry ginger ale " HAYFIELD 565.27111 Mon. & Tues. 9-6 Wed, Thurs, & Fri. 9-9 tat. 9-6 ZURICH butt chops The new Grand Rend Council was warned Monday night that they rnustifolloW their conscience when mak- ing decisions, Rev. Harley Moore spoke to the new council at the investiture eerernooy. He told the coun- cil members that they may have to take a stand that will cause them to lose friends and associates, or even jeopardize their jobs. He stressed that they should do what is best for the village, and not be pressured by the majority for what is popular at the moment, Rev. Moore followed •the swearing in of the council with a brief talk and a prayer, Reeve Robert Sharen told the council that While they may have disagreements in the council chambers, they should not carry their differences out on the street. "It's a different hat we're wearing outside," Sharen said. He said that Council Should not agree all the time, but once the decision is made they must all work together, Sharen listed the hiring of a by-law enforcement of- ficer and establishing a minimum standards by-law as two priorities that the. council must investigate in the new term. Sharen was sworn in as reeve, while Harold Green was sworn in as deputy- reeve. Councillors will be Keith Crawford, Mae Morenz and Dennis Snider. Roy Johnson and Piosper VanBruaene were sworn in as public• utilities com- missioners. Council talked briefly with PUC. members before they left the meeting. The PUC- members expressed the hope that they could solve any differences with council. Doug Barker' of DelCan Engineers was present at the meeting to meet the new council, and discuss the traf- -fic survey-which was recent- ly completed as well as the recreation facility plans which his company is now looking after. Much of the evening was spent discussing council procedure and committees were delegated. Sharen will be on the fire committee, the police liaison committee, the new cemetery com- mittee, the sewer liaison committee and the PUC. Green will be looking after• public works, roads, parks and Green Acres, as well as sitting on the planning board. Crawford will be on planning board as well as looking after finance and ad- minstration. Mrs. Morenz 'will be on the recreation committee, as well as acting as sign inspector, and look- ing after the parking lots and the beach. Snider will be in charge of property, animal control, docks and sanitation as well as sitting on the recreation committee. Green was appointed to OPP Report During the week of November 23 to 29, Ontario Provincial Police at Pinery Park laid four charges under the liquor licence act. Two charges were laid under the highway traffic and one narcotic control act charge was laid. One item of stolen property was recovered, A total of 17 other miscellaneous occurrences. were investigated. There were no accidents to report. vochtetr.c.mhat J, 19110 the AUSable-BaYfleid Conservation Authority and the §arnia-Lambton Tourist Council, Council agreed on an ex pease account of $15 per day for meals, and 15 cents per kilometer for mileage while on (municipal affairs. They agreed to leave payments for copncll Meetings at the same amounts as last year, For a regular meeting the reeve will receive $55, the deputy reeve $52.50 and the coun- cillors $50. For special com- mittee meetings the reeve will get $20, the deputy reeve will get $17.50 and the coun- cillors $15. For an out of town meeting they will be paid $30. During the business por- tion of the meeting, council received a letter from lawyer Peter Raymond say- ing that his clients would like to sever portions of Ar- bor Walk in Southcott Pines. He said that the boundary between Grand Bend and Bosanquet township should 41,,WAWARMS. I finished reading a very good book the other day. It's called "Take My Family - Please" by Gary Lautens. Lauteng is a columnist with the Toronto Star, and .has collected all the stories.he's written about his family for this book. It's hilarious. Lautens describes the antics of his kids from his youngest son's christening to his oldest son's leaving for Europe. By the end of the book you feel as if you've helped raise his family. He covers all the typical family problems, such as toddlers who plug cats' tails into a wall sockets, And teenagers who have telephones growing out of their ears. The book is well put together with lots, of laughs. Yet there's just a touch of. seriousness to make it realistic, For a long time, I wanted to be a Canadian Erma Bombeck. But since reading his book, I've decided to aim towards becoming a female Gary Lauteris, However, I can see one major stumbling block. I'll never match either columnist until I have children. Sure I have my husband, Victor, my crazy dog, Pepper, and even my stupid budgie, Hamlet, to give me plenty to write about. But to really get to the Bombeck-Lautens level, we're gonna have to have kids. Now, I love kids and so does Victor, Why, just this winter he started coaching a hockey team of seven year olds. He went to his first hockey practise full ,of en- thusiasm, ready to impart all kinds of knowledge on puck passing and stick handling technique. And his enthusiasm hardly waned a bit when he came home and announced that he was going to have to teach them how to skate first. DCH, 001;STUDY COMMITTERMEMBERS - Art Read was selected es an alternate, and Robert Clay was voted as the Grand Rend representative on the. school district study com- mittee, The group will be looking at the problem of declining' enrolment in Grand Bend, Bosanquet and •Kinnaird -schools, Staff photo Plans in making for rec property The recreation property committee is going ahead with plans for the 'development of the Pat- terson property adjacent to the Legion Hall, A consultant has come up with several different plans for the committee, which will be discussed with the full rrec committee and the village council. 'Members of the recreation property expressed concern that a grant may not be utilized unless work began soon. Robert Collins of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation will be contacted on the status of 'a grant. The recreation property committee reported their progress to the full rec committee at their meeting Tuesday night. At the same time the rec committee learned that Grand Bend Swim, Program had a balance of $245.96 on hand at the end of the season, Bar- bara Southcott of the swim committee reported that bpnuses were given to the two instructors, Elizabeth Voaden and Janet Allister. Please turn to page 16A SPECIAL LOW GROCERY PRICES , Starkist - flaked i.ks white tuna 1.39 6.5 oz. lin Maxwell House 10 oz. jar instant coffee ....5.1t9, Red Rose tea bags 1.19 orange pekoe pkg. Of 60 Bordens Eagle Brand cond k ensed 300 mi. 1 AO Mil tin frozen Sara Lee Pia* indhtidual 3.99 damsh 7'75pi: 1.29 3 lb, tin 2.75 White Swan Di pka, serviettes go .99 soft B ecel .69 margarine l a 1.29 Maple leaf flakes of ham 6,5 oz. 38 tin 1. chocolate di-ink mix 1 kg soap For dishes Palmolive pew* Florida #1 white pie), US No. 1 Florido, red, ripe grapefruit tomatoes 48, 6/99( ,, 38 Less than Half Price Ontario fancy Red apples Delicious Reg. $1.29 .5 3 bag Dr: Robert Glaskin-Clay was elected as Grand Bend's. representative on the school district study committee recently formed by the Lambton County Board of Education, Coacernod parents voted for Clay at a meeting at the Grand Bend Public chool Wednesday evening.' Dpug Barber .of Sarnia came to the information meeting to explain the procedure on behalf of the board of education. He pass- ed out booklets- entitled "Procedures for adjusting school accommodation to meet conditions of declining enreIment". Barber said that declining enrolment was a "phenomena of the western world". Art Read was selected as an alternate to Clay, in case Clay could not carry out the work. Five others volunteered to work as a back up committee far Clay, They are Gail Lawson, Wes Fetch, Cam Anderson, Roger Yenning and Russ lingard. Keith Crawford was recently appointed by the village council to act as a resource person for the study committee. The consolidated study committee will be looking into enrolment at Grand Bend, Kinnaird and Bosan- quet schools to determine if any of the schools should be closed. The board of educa- tion decides to do a study education 'costs need to be reduced, Harold Green .argued with Barber saying that all people want to provide a good-education for children,. . • Robert Sharen pointed that many.sertior cit4enaget tax rebates, When questioned about the ezcist.ance of Hirinaird school, Barber turned the floor Over to former board member Gerry Edwards. Severy Gravid Bend. residents wondered where. Kinnaird' was • lecated. Edwards said that it was within five or six miles of Bosanquet school, and it' was. built in 1963, when Bow, quet residents couldn't f irsx1N114.- deeicle on one central loca- tion for a school,. So. son.quet school was built at the same 'time, with a. Major addition. put on in ,1969 when Arkona and Medford schools.. were. .closed Many people. expressed the opiniOn that it would be easier for. Kinnaird school to close down than Granpend School. ,It was: stressed that Grand Bend school is a focal point in the community.. Recreation groups and Childrens clubs make use of the school in the ,evenings. Principal Betty Fitchett said that theschool is used l ench night of the week. 4 • Harold Green asked Please turn to page 1.6.A SERVICES INC. Do you know what we do? We do personal tax returns. We do estate tax returns, We will also arrange to do company tax returns. Call and we will come and see you. 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