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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-09-15, Page 5news iucimow Sentinel, Wednesday, September 15 19$2 ..P ige 5 Guelph program helps farniers ' 'Dig in and tough out' the current economic hard times and let the school of Rural Planning and Development help. That'swhat the Huron Federation of Agriculture was told at its Sept. 2 meeting in Clinton. Dr, Mark Lapping, director of the school located at the University. of Guelph, told the group of farmers to ask what the school could do for them. The school, which was started a.year ago, is an offshoot . of the Rural Development Outreach Project which concentrated its efforts in Huron County, Halton Region and Northern Ontario. . "It seems everyone is caving in," said Dr. Lapping of ' giving into the current economic situation. • He suggested that if people give in now to the idea that the sky is . falling economically, they'll never be able to prove their worth again. "These times test who we are as' people," said the professor. Not only can the . rural planning and development school help, but Dr. Lapping suggested the entire university be utilized by farm people. He has found in his two years at the university, that it's more of a `people school' than moat. universities. He added . the people must tell the university what they need it to do for them. ' RDOP and the university have assisted the Huron Federation previously, particularly in a report on absentee foreign ownership. Dr. Lapping added it has recently : assisted Dufferin County farmers in dealing in planning issues' with the Niagara Escarpment Commission. The school will also be assisting those same farmers, as . it deals with Ontario •- Hydro on a proposed. transmission' line corridor through the area. Dr. Lapping said he. desperately believes in the need for planning. Com- munity involvement is also necessary in the planning process he said. The.school is fortunate to have a lot of fine students emphasized Dr. Lapping. He described them as students who want to live and work in a rural area mid work .with and for rural residents The four faculty members of the school, himself . in- cluded, spend a third of their • time teaching, another third in research andthe remaining timein com- munity outreach. This is where the school can help the people. ggether, the school and the university are currently working on a project in, volving issues related to -an aging society in a rural context. Rural leadership is another area being looked into.. • "These are: some of the • new •• thrusts being taken...and as I pointed out before; you have to ask of us," repeated. Dr. Lapping. Another area in which the farmers could ask for assistance is with technical ,problenn . on the farm. The school's director said it would try its best to aid in any way. He envisions the demands on the school to be such that it won't be able to comply with all requests. For now, he admits, `the plate's not full". Consider trustees' increases By Stephanie Levesque Trustees' allowance may remain at $400 per month for the next three years, if sug- gestions made at the September meeting of the Huron County Board of Education in Clinton are acted on. Recent changes in the Education Act allow present school boards to set the allowance for the incoming: school board. The Huron board has referred the matter to its executive committee which will bring recommendations forward at the October meeting. To guide the executive committee, trustees were asked to give theirthoughts on the. question.. • Trustee ,Bert Morin suggested the board follow the guidelines determined by the federal government, that is, six and five per cent limits for salary increases. Trustee John Elliott disagreed, noting that from 1975 to 1982, trustees' allowance remained at $300 a month. "If we could stand no increase from 1975 to 1982, they (incoming trustees) can stand by the present rate for the next three years," said. Mr. Elliott: 1 agree %, ith Mr. lliott," said Trustee Joan Van den Broeck, "leave it the way it is." Defending board action in February of this year, when allowances were . increased, from $300 to $400 a month, chairman Dorothy Wallace said if the allowance had been increased by six per cent each year, it would amount to over $400. "The $300 vote&on in 1975 is now worth $186," cominented•Mrs. Wallace. She also added that if the $300 increased at a 10 per cent inflation rate annually, • trustees would now be earning $575 a month. Trustee Marion Zinn said she has taken more "flack” over the allowance increase made in February, f `than anything else in my 13 years on the board". She did not vote for the increase, Mrs. Zinn added. One board : member, also a former township reeve, told Mrs. Zinn, that as . a trustee he had half the work and twice the pay as compared to his position as reeve. Admitting he was the former reeve who had made the comment to 11rs. Zinn, Trustee John Jewitt. said he is receiving sufficient remuneration as a trustee. • "I wouldn't sayit's the board of education that is so terribly overpaid as a reeve is underpaid," 1 ir. Jewitt told the board. Mrs. Van den Broeck stated that an escalator clause, which would increase the allowance every year, would be unreasonable to give the incoming trustees. Trustee Clarence McDonald agreed. Trustee Murray Mulvey emphasized the incomingboard may lower the rate even- tually set, but it could not raise it during the three years of its term. He also agreed with leaving the allowance at its present rate. As there appeared to be a consensus of opinion, Mrs. Van den Broeck suggested a vote be taken at the meeting. However, the chairman didn't want a vote to betaken un- til after the executive committee had looked atthe matter. She has a couple of alter- natives to bring to the attention of the com- mittee, such as trustees receiving different pay .depending on the committees which they serve. • "There is no doubt some committee members do more than others,'' com- mented Mrs. Wallace. Appoint hospital board .representative West Wawanosh Town- ship Council met for its regular September session on Tuesday, September 7, 1982, in the Office at the Municipal Building, all mem- bers attended - Reeve »urnin •presided. The minute's of the August meeting were . adopted as printed on :motion of Coun- cillors Cranston and Brin dley.. Payment to the hospital representatives to defray some of their travelling ex- penses was discussed, and it was agreed to pay Ken Scott $50.00 for the six months he, served in 1982 as Goderich Hospital representative, and. Motion by Councillors Durnin and Cranston, That West Wawanosh Township Council hereby appoints Klaus. Seeger as West Wa- wanosh Township's repres- entative to 'the Alexandra Marine and General Hospit- al, Goderich, to replace Ken Scott who retired earlier in the year, Motion • by Councillors Brindley and Seeger, That the Building Inspector is hereby authorized to issue permits to R. Pentland (steel ganary) and R. Tilbrook (barn and house addition). The Clerk was directed to write to the Ministry . of ,,,,„ ,,,,,,,, , A„,,,,,,„ ,,,,, 7 I'/&/4Jk4M/,% "i'0" ..440111111k i/ / / f yam. : / jf/P/r„° ,, ri,,n PURINA CHOWS LUckn�w Farm Supply Friday, September 24 Watch next week's paper for full details it's All in the SSIFIEOS Natural Resources request- ing their personnels'. obser- vations and recommenda- tions in writing, since the work party cleaned up small 'obstructions and beaver dams on the St. Augustine Creek. The Clerk was directed to write. Sales Tax Consultant Hugh LaFay,, requesting his services for the Township. to pay Mrs. Gaunt 5100:00 as ,Wingham Hospital represent tative from June 1981 to June 1982. Road accounts in the am- ount of $29,182:74 were pas- sed for payment on motion of Councilldrs Brindley , and Durnin. Have ci Raymond Contractor install. HITS FLEXDRAJN. • Don't get stuck without it. ' More and more farmers are. discovering that it pays to BUY RIGHT. BUY . WHITE. If you haven't already, look into the many benefits of a Daymond sub -surface drainage system before you buy. Call NOW. SCOTT BROS. Constructon Co. Ltd. RIPLEY, ONTARIO (519) 395-2992