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:
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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.