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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2002-06-05, Page 6WINGHAM AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL CORPORATION Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Wingham and District Hospital Corporation will be held at the Wingham & District Hospital Cafeteria, Wingham, Ontario on Thursday, June 13, 2002 at the hour of seven thirty p.m. (7:30 p.m.) for the election of Directors; for the appointment of Auditors; and for the transaction of other such things as may properly come before the meeting. Elections will be held for one Director in the Central Zone — V. Steffler eligible for re-election, one Director in the South Eastern Zone — M. Stapleton eligible for re-election, one Director in the North Eastern Zone, one Director in the Western Zone — H. Rintoul eligible for re-election, and two Directors at Large — J. Stafford eligible for re-election. Copies of the Annual Report and Hospital Financial statements may be obtained at the front desk of the Wingham and District Hospital, effective June 6, 2002 and at the Annual Meeting. Membership granting voting privileges may be purchased at the front desk of the hospital for five dollars ($5.00) prior to five o'clock p.m., Wednesday, May 29, 2002. No membership sold after that time will entitle the purchaser to vote. Dated at Wingham, Ontario this 2nd day of May, 2002 By order of the Board of Directors. Subject Road Mammon The Corporation of the Municipality of Huron East Notice of the proposed stopping up, closing and selling of municipal road allowances, being Charlotte Street, West of Henfryn Line, between Lot 34 Concession 9 and Lot 56 and 57 Plan 261 in the hamlet of Henfryn, Grey Ward and a diverted road allowance on Lot 26 Concession 8 described as Part 3 on 22R4709, Grey Ward. NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 300 (1) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M45, that the Municipality of Huron East, in the County of Huron, proposes to pass a by-law to stop up, close and sell a road allowance in the Municipality of Huron East, being Charlotte Street, West of Henfryn Line, between Lot 34 Concession 9 and Lot 56 and 57 Plan 261 in the hamlet of Henfryn, Grey Ward and the diverted road allowance on Lot 26 Concession 8 as Part 3 on 22R4709, Grey Ward. On Tuesday, June 11th, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Municipal Building, 72 Main Street South, Seaforth, Ontario, the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Huron East will consider the by-law for closure and sale of the aforementioned road allowances. Any person wishing to be heard on this matter who claims that his or her land will be prejudicially affected by the said by-law may apply to be heard to: HENFRYN AG4-3 VR1711 2 10 a Lot 311 Lai 314\ Con. I C.131 Lot 26, Con. 8 - Grey Ward 11 11 1 (1114) 5.• L 0 T 2 6 173. 71,34. (113014AL ROAC 424.50 \--I PART 3 Moe •• 0.19 N. 41353 - 0004 okl John R. McLachlan, Clerk-Administrator, Municipality of Huron East, 72 Main Street, South PO Box 610, Seaforth, Ontario. NOK 519-527-0160 37 CHAILOITI 1R 34 32 40 14 23 zo R. P• 201 11 12 i17 14 vki-11 PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2002. New resource kit covers climate issues The fight to inform people about the negative effects of climate change is being taken to the children of Huron County. The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation has produced a resource kit for area schools which was unveiled May 22 at the offices of the Avon Maitland District School Board in Seaforth. The program detailed in the climate change kit is designed to be integrated into the Grade 7 and 8 curriculum in geography, science and technology, and language subject areas. It covers topics like the greenhouse effect, the human influence on climate change and implications to local communities. Geoff Peach, a coastal resource manager with the Lake Huron Centre said the effects and causes of climate change are global in nature. "The kit", he said, "relates these factors to the Lake Huron shoreline from Sarnia to Tobermory." According to Peach the effort to "take climate change from a global perspective to a Great Lakes context," was carried throughout the material. Three field trips are suggested in the areas of wind turbine and solar generated power and the use of geothermal heating. All the proposed destinations are located near the Huron shore. "The workshops are all locally derived," said Peach. "The kids can relate to local circumstances." In detailing the economic costs of climate change the authors also used locally derived examples. They produced a climate change scenario tjetailing the effects by 2050 and 2090 of the current temperature increases. The increases would change weather patterns causing drier summers and winters and increases in precipitation in spring and fall. This would tend to increase the rate of erosion. Farmer's fields would suffer damage from erosion and Ideal rivers would see an increase in soil washed into the water courses and the silting of local harbours. Students are provided, with suggestions about what they could do to help. Actions such as tree planting, the promotion of car pooling and energy efficiency are suggested. The kit also suggests various alternate environmentally friendly methods of producing energy. This is the second teaching resource the centre has put together and was funded by the Climate Change Action Fund and Ontario Power Generation. Books and more books The Blyth Festival book sale was a success as usual with a huge selection to choose from. There was lots of time to browse and several hundred people took a leisurely look to find that right piece of summer reading. (David Blaney photo) AMDSB looks at bus trend By Stew Slater Special to The Citizen On one hand, trustees of the Avon Maitland District School Board conceded they can't control the Obvious trend of school bus companies becoming larger and fewer in number. On the other, however, they registered what will most likely be a symbolic gesture in opposition to the trend. At a regular meeting Tuesday, May 28, trustees voted unanimously in favour of allowing Arva-based J. & T. Murphy Limited to purchase the "routes, vehicles and property" of North Huron's Hullett Bus Lines, "With the purchase of the 33 routes . . . J. & T. Murphy would operate 126 of a possible .295 routes," within the board, states a report delivered to trustees at the meeting. "Basically, what we're seeing is the continuation of the trend of operators choosing to get out of the business because the economies of scale don't allow them to make it profitable at a smaller size," said Business Superintendent Janet Baird-Jackson. Before passing the approval, however, trustees were forced to alter a long-standing board policy which prevented any one school bus operator from controlling more than one-third of the routes within the board. The policy change was necessary because the purchase of Hullett Bus Lines would bring J. & T. Murphy, with facilities in Clinton, Lucan, Arva, St. Marys, Seaforth and Stratford, into control of 42.7 per cent of Avon Maitland routes. According to Baird-Jackson, the one-third policy ignores the reality of consolidation, and also sets the board apart from various surrounding boards without such policies. In her report, she recommended changing the policy to prevent any one operator from controlling more than 49 per cent of the routes. Director of Education Lorne Rachlis noted this would ensure at least three companies operate bus routes within the board. North Perth Trustee Don Brillinger, however, wasn't willing to accept those arguments, and urged trustees to move cautiously even if they had to do something to allow J. & T. Murphy to take over the Hullett lines when no other potential operators stepped forward. Brillinger argued the one-third policy protects the board from finding itself at the mercy of further changes in the school bus industry. "I think there's a very real danger of getting into a monopoly situation here, especially if the operator has unionized drivers . . . who decide they want to pull a strike on us," he said. South Huron trustee Randy Wagler argued the board must accept the reality of consolidation, including the possibility that they could really do nothing if further corporate changes lead to only one school bus operator wanting access to Avon Maitland routes. "We may not want one (school bus operator) but how can we make the choice if that's where the market is going?" Wagler asked. In the end, Brillinger settled on a compromise figure of a maximum of 45 per cent route control, which allows for the Murphy/Hullett purchase but will force further discussion if consolidation continues.