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News and Views
Students live dreams
by not smoking
BY TIM CUMMING
Expositor Editor
Grade eight students at Seaforth
Public School may be buying
lawnmowers, snowmobiles and
sailboats or travelling around the
world...all with the money they save
from not smoking.
"In the year 2,001, if I still
haven't chosen to smoke it will be
me in Switzerland spending the
money I've saved," said student
Brent Ribey.
"If I choose not to fill my lungs
with smoke I will have my sailboat
in the year 1999," said student Amy
Hamon.
The students in Bill Millson's
grade eight class have been dis-
covering the benefits of not smok-
ing in anticipation of Non -Smoking
Week from Jan. 17-21.
Apart from the health benefits,
refraining from smoking can be a
real money -saver.
Here are what some students will
be doing with their savings:
•If Samantha Lansink refrains from
smoking she will be able to use the
money she saves to shop around the
world.
•Jon Bjerg can buy an Arctic Cat
Thundercat by the year 2,000 on the
money he saves by not smoking.
• Craig Somerville could buy a new
lawnmower by January, 1995 with
the money saved by not smoking.
• By January, 2002 Jasen Wood will
own a Pontiac Firebird with his
savings.
"If I'm not smoking I'll
be smokin' down the
road..."
• "In 2002, if I'm not smoking I'll
be smokin' down the road injty
new car," said Chad Hoegy.
•Josh Hunt will opt for two wheels,
not four...he will buy a Harley
Davidson motorcycle with his sav-
ings.
•Lori Horst will head to Jamaica by
2002.
•Derek Dayman will be
snowboarding in the Alpines with
the money he saves.
•By January, 2005 April Dalton will
own a Jeep.
•Jason Hayes will have a stereo by
1997 with his savings.
•Janelle Gowan will have a motor-
bike by 1998.
• "If I choose not to smoke I will
have a lot of expensive jewellery by
January, 1995," said Tama Smith.
•Tanner Banks will be off to
Hawaii by 1997.
•By the year 1999 Barb Kenney
will have a $4,099 Pioneer stereo
system with her savings.
•"In the year 1995 if I choose not
to smoke I will have a computer,"
said Michelle Cook.
«««
Grade eight students at Seaforth
Public School will be having a
Toboggan Party at 'Ernie Brown's
Hill' close to Clinton on Tuesday,
January 25.
O.P.P.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, January 19, 1994-5
service praised
BY TIM CUMMING
Expositor Editor'
The O.P.P. is O.K. with three
municipalities which responded to a
request for information by the
Seaforth Police Seryices Board.
The Town of Wiarton, the Village
of Milverton and the town of
Mount Forest all said they were
pleased with Ontario Provincial
Police service since switching from
town police forces.
"The half-dozen downtown objec-
tors who demand five-minute ser-
vice are still complaining, but they
were before too," said Arthur
Brubacher, Clerk -Treasurer of the
Village of Milverton. "In general
we are very satisfied."
The Village of Milverton said it
still receives a per capita police
grant even though it disbanded its
town force.
The Clerk of the Town of
Wiarton noted the O.P.P. detach-
ment office is located in Wiarton.
"Several officers live in the Town
of Wiarton so the response time is
good and residents of the munici-
pality feel the O.P.P. is their police
force," said Ruthann Carson,
Wiarton Clerk. "The change to
O.P.P. has been very positive both
in level of service provided and
financially."
The Town of Mount Forest also
noticed savings for officer training,
employee negotiations and having
officers available for duty on holi-
days.
Hibbert book gets world response
Dear Editor:
Thank you for the generous treat-
ment you have afforded 1993 com-
munications from the Hibbert His-
tory Committee.
As we enter 1994, we are con-
tinuing our search for information
from all who have been connected,
in any way, with this favored
municipality 'Hibbert.'
Already, we have communications
from Birmingham, England;
Fenelon Falls and London, Those
who are now living outside
Hibbert's boundaries have such a
worthwhile contribution to make.
Do not lose this opportunity to have
your place in this book. Our dead-
line is March 31, 1994. The days
are flying by.
Hibbert's Levee was a splendid
presentation dealing with 13 schools
of the township, past and present. If
you have anything related to
Schools of Hibbert, do consider
sharing it with us.
Some of the old minute books
and school registers are still miss-
ing. We would like to have these
along with pictures of classes or
buildings. Mark boldly with your
Cuts at board
continued from front page .
An additional duty that will have
to be dealt with is the evaluation
of the Lcaming Resource Centre
staff. Carroll said that this job
would become the responsibility
of thc HCBE superintendents. He
said the reduction of this position
will save the board roughly
575,000 per year.
There will be a reduction of four
arca resource teachers' positions.
These positions arc mainly con-
cerned with special needs
students. To make up for thc loss,
the board will hire a
psychometrist. A psychometrist is
someone who specializes in
special education testing. "The
cost of that kind of person is
about half of what it costs for a
teacher," Carroll explained.
The Transition Years Coor-
dinator's position is also slated to
be eliminated. This is the person
who oversees the Transition Years
program which began this year
with the de -streaming of Grade 9
students.
The board passcd motions to
have the above ,•sitions vacated
no later than ptember, 1994.
Carroll stimatcd the total
savings rom these changes will
ad p to roughly $500,000 per
year.
Another arca the board is
looking at is the hiring of non -
teacher support staff. "What we're
beginning to do is changing the
way we staff certain positions. We
think we can reduce the adult -
child ratio by changing the type of
staffing and save money. We're
also going to look at whether we
shouldn't be adding non -teacher
support staff into our libraries. I
believe that even though there will
be fewer teachers, classroom
teachers and students will be
better served," Carroll said.
He said that the board has its
hands tied with the Social
Contract and a large standard mill
rate from the province. Large
amounts of cutbacks have already
taken place and the board has few
options except looking at salaries
as a source of savings.
Letters to
the Editor
name and address -.-A -committee is"
going over these Jan. 25, at the
Hibbert Township office. At that
time, they plan to select from the
supply what they can use for our
book.
A brochure has been printed and
is available. It tries to state briefly
what is being done by this volun-
teer group.
Jot down your musings. Send
them to us through Hibbert Town-
ship office, Dublin, or to our secre-
tary, Dorothy Delaney, RR 1
Dublin, NOK 1E0. If you will give
us just a thread of the story or the
bare facts, we will write it up.
We ask you to share these inti -
Tender
chosen for
Mid -Huron
Landfill
BY DON JACKSON
The Mid -Huron Landfill Site
(MHLS) Board has tentatively
chosen a tender for the hauling of
Ieachite from the site.
John Lyons submitted a tender
which offered to haul the liquid
waste away at a cost of 8 ccnts
per imperial gallon. Lavis Contac-
ting Co. Ltd. submitted a tender of
4 cents per imperial gallon.
Bayfield Sanitation Service of-
fered to haul the waste away at a
cost of 3.75 cents plus applicable
taxes per imperial gallon. J & k
Trucking of Ailsa Craig submitted
the lowest tender, which was 3
cents per imperial gallon.
A motion was put forward that
J & R Trucking's tender be ac-
cepted, on the condition that the
company has the proper licenses
and certificates and is equipped to
do the job.
The landfill site is coming into
some money from the Workman's
Compensation Board. According
to landfill site Scale Master Ben
Munnings the MHLS board has
been trying to get its compen-
sation status changed from heavy
civic to municipal. The heavy
civic fee is 13 per cent and
municipal is three or four per
cent, said Munnings. The dif-
ference is about $10,000 per year.
The compensation board has
accepted the landfill as municipal.
The board is receiving roughly
$47,000 in retroactive payment for
the last five years that the MHLS
has paid the heavy civic fees.
Ross Lawson, representing
Bayfield and Bill Carnochan
representing Tuckersmith, wanted
the money to go back to the
municipalities. Clinton represen-
tative Ross Carter asked the
board, "Do we want to be sitting
in a position when, if we have to
pay for a capital expense, we have
to go back to the municipality?
You could be sitting fairly tight,
especially if' you have a major
equipment breakdown." Carter
suggested the board put the money
in the landfill's capital budget.
mate, stressful, amusing or histori-
cal anecdotes so tliat we may pre-
serve them for future readers.
We need badly to hear about the
social life from pioneer days to the
present. You are our source.
Tell us about social activities of
the '90s, '20s, etc. We would glad-
ly visit each of you, but that is
physically impossible. Do your part,
we are trying to do ours. Do not
miss your place in history.
Thank you for allowing me this
space in your paper which is always
welcome in our mail box.
Sincerely,
Margaret Kemp,
RR 2 Staffa
"These problems are no longer a
factor," said E. C. Brubacher,
Administrator for the Town of
Mount Forest. In the letter to the
Seaforth Police Services the Admin-
istrator admitted there was initial
negative feedback but said now
there are no concerns.
"Council has on numerous occa-
sions indicated complete satisfaction
with the service being provided,"
said Brubacher.
The O.P.P, contract policing
division is preparing a cost proposal
for Seaforth.
« ««
Lin Steffler was re-elected Chair
of the Seaforth Police Services
Board on Wednesday, January 12.
« ««
Although Seaforth is considering
a switch to provincial policing the
Police Services Board must send its
four police officers to training this
February and March.
As part of their three-day training
the officers will be trained in fire-
arms use, use of force rules, self-
defence, radar and fust aid. The
board's expenses will be restricted
to $10 per day for meals, firearms
ammunition and the use of a police
vehicle.
« ««
In the December report of
Seaforth's Police Chief Hal Claus,
he said the month was light on
crime.
He said police were called to
investigate a break, enter and theft
at a Jarvis Street residence and the
incident remained unsolved (as of
the time of the report Dec. 10).
Other crimes reported were minor
thefts of Christmas Light Bulbs and
a shoplifting incident on Christmas
Eve in which a potential young
offender was charged.
« ««
Seaforth Police Services Board
passed a bylaw on Jan. 12 to sign
an agreement with Goderich and
Clinton to continue the police com-
munication and dispatch system.
Under the agreement all three
Police Boards could decide to ter-
minate the system together, for
instance, if they all opt for O.P.P.
policing.
HENSALL
SHUFFLEBOARD
January 11, 1994
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McEwan (563); Hugh McKay
(522); Ethel McMurtrie (423);
John Pepper (366); Russell
Ferguson (363); Jim Davis (348);
and Dave Kyle (271).
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