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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-01-19, Page 5GGiaGOGGGGiJGDGO6-iiiGGGGG616V Huron County's Complete o g VEHICLE g 1 RENTAL .1 1 Headquarters 0 O Small & Mid-sized Cars 13 aO Passenger & Cargo Vans, F v Pickup Trucks la O Daily, Weekly, Monthly 13 O Insurance Rentals & More c 0 O Free Delivery c °aOAsk about our full °o • transportation service c o g it Levee rise neeeeeeeeeeee tnE C C oiCAR & TRUCK RENTALS 1 11Division of Suncoast Ford lk a 500 Huron Rd., Goderich € ii CALL COLLECT Ask for Helen r 13 524-8347 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 High six game winners: Hazel McEwan (563); Hugh McKay (522); Ethel McMurtrie (423); John Pepper (366); Russell Ferguson (363); Jim Davis (348); and Dave Kyle (271). Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company Exeter, Ontario NOM 151 (Established in 1876) Provides Full Insurance Coverage for Farm Properties New ApJtlons Are Welcomed DIRECTORS & ADJUSTORS terry Gardiner, R.R. 2 Staffs 3452678 Uoyd Monson, R.R. 1 St. Marys 229-8277 Lome Feeney. 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