HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-06-15, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, June 19, 1994
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DAVID SCOTT PHOTO
FIRST TICKET SOLD - Deputy -Reeve Garry Osbom, left, sells
Seaforth Mayor Hazel Hildebrand the first Travel the World lottery
ticket to raise money for Seaforth's Homecoming '95.
Record number of tickets
issued by Seaforth police
More parking tickets were issued Before April the highest number
of tickets issued in a month since
January of 1988 was 70 tickets
issued in March of 1989. Since
January of 1988 there have been
five times that 50 or more tickets
were issued in a single month.
Although less than half of the cur-
rent year has passed Seaforth Police
have issued almost as many tickets
as last year. From January to May
there were 138 parking tickets
issued in Seaforth. In 1993 there
was a total of 150 parking tickets
issued.
In the first five months of 1994
more parking tickets were issued
than the entire year of 1991. The
statistics vary widely, however,
with 116 parking tickets issued in
1991 and 271 tickets issued the
next year. The highest number of
tickets given in the past six years
was 341 in 1989.
by Seaforth Police in the month of
April than any single month in the
past six years. Seventy-nine parking
tickets were issued in April and 40
tickets in May according to statis-
tics submitted to the Police Services
Board on Wednesday.
The Seaforth Police Services have
no quota for parking tickets but the
police department has been encour-
aged to pursue obvious violations,
said Lin Sterner, chairperson of the
Police Services Board.
"There's been a bit of a decline in
the number of tickets issued," she
said. "We're saying if there are
parking infractions, do something
about them."
The last time more than 50
parking tickets were issued in a
single month was December of
1990 when 64 tickets were issued.
McKillop debates library future
Should McKillop Township have
to support the Huron County library
system?, a councillor asked at the
June 7 meeting.
"Why do we have a library
board?" asked Deputy -Reeve
William Siemon. "How much is it
costing us to subsidize people who
want to borrow books instead of
buying them?"
Siemon said money could be
saved by amalgamating school and
public libraries.
"Why do we need a library in
each school and every town to
boot?"
A draft plan by the Huron County
Library Board proposes closing
Walton's library (designated as a
'Branch III' library) due to lack of
useage and high costs. Under the
"Isn't that stifling the economy?"
Ontario Library Act the library
can't be closed without the approval
of the township council and the
county council. The protection
exists because Walton joined the
library board at the time of its
formation about 1966-'67.
Every time a book goes out of the
Walton library the cost to the
library system is more than $36 in
staff, rent and book costs. The
figure doesn't even include other
costs such as book drop-offs and
county administration. Only
Bluevale had a higher cost per
circulation, according to the draft
plan.
In 1993 there were 467 visits to
the Walton library with a circula-
tion of 1,348. Statistics for the
library don't record any reference
requests.
Over the course of the year there
were 2,325 books available at one
time or another.
The draft strategic plan is current-
ly being circulated to municipalities
for feedback, according to Sharon
Cox, deputy county librarian.
"Planning is ongoing, nothing
immediate is going to happen," she
said. The plan doesn't target Branch
III libraries in particular, said Cox,
but is a "rationalization of the over-
all library system."
Crossing guard
The Seaforth Police Services
Board will be purchasing better
rain wear for crossing guards.
The board was informed at its
June 8 meeting that the current
vests aren't suitable in wet
weather.
The quoted price is $35 for
rain coats with reflective mark -
The board will hold two public
meetings in the fall after municipal
input has been received.
Deputy -Reeve Siemon said at last
Tuesday's McKillop council meet-
ing that he doesn't make use of the
library and that if people bought
books instead of borrowing them it
would create jobs.
"Isn't that stifling the economy,
people borrowing books instead of
buying them?", he asked.
Reeve Marie Hicknell said she
didn't see why there couldn't be
user fees at the library.
Coun. Ron Murray said his
children used libraries and they
were important.
"There's knowledge in libraries,"
he said. "It's important to have
knowledge."
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There will be a new auxiliary
police officer joining the
Seaforth Police Services. Mark
Beaven, who lives just outside of
Seaforth, was recommended in
the Police Chief's report of June
2.
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DAVID SCOTT PHOTO
CO-OP AWARD WINNER - Seaforth District High School co-op
student Kim Baan, left, was presented with an achievement award
from co-op coordinator Ron Ritchie. Kim had her co-op placement
at the Seaforth Co-operative Children's Centre in 1994.
Real-life learning
BY DAVID SCOTT
Expositor Staff
The co-op program at Seaforth
high school is a chance for students
to experience careers in a real-life
setting.
Ron Ritchie, coordinator of the
co-op program at SDHS (Seaforth
District High School), welcomed
representatives from 44 Seaforth
arca businesses, the Huron County
Board of Education and teachers
and students to a luncheon held at
the Seaforth Legion on Thursday in
recognition and appreciation of
participants.
The high school co-op program is
in its seventh year now and since
1987, 96 different local businesses
have participated in the program.
Sixty SDHS students were in the
co-op placement for 1993-94. They
are among the 65,000 students in
Ontario participating in similar co-
op programs.
Three local businesses have been
involved since the program's incep-
tion: Maplewood Manor, Seaforth
Public School and the Seaforth
Community Hospital.
This year, 12 new employers
joined the high school co-op pro-
gram.
Paul Carroll, Director of Educa-
tion for Huron County, addressed
the audience. "With the co-op pro-
gram we can take down one wall in
the four -wall classroom to reach out
to the real world," said Carroll. On
behalf of the trustees and adminis-
tration he thanked the community
and the various employers for their
participation in the co-op program.
Maureen Agar, president of the
Parents' Council, encouraged a
career fair in the future at Seaforth
high school. "It's important for
young people to know the options
for careers," said Agar. She realizes
that although colleges and univer-
sities are located in urban centres
students should "get their education
but come home to Huron."
Ron Ritchie read a list of
students' humourous suggestions on
how to improve the co-op course at
their various employers' locations.
Some of these included:
• Change the leaf on the ice (of
the arena) to a Senator.
• Get an answering machine.
• Fix the loose floor boards.
• 'I'd like to change the attitudes
of some of our customers,' wrote
one student.
TTM C1JMMINO PHOTO
NEW STUDENT'S COUNCIL - Seaforth District High School has
a new Student's Council for the 1994-'95 school year. The council
is (front row) Erin Horbanuik, treasurer; Nancy Stewart, second
vice president; (second row) Carrie McLtwain, social convenor;
Shannon Craig, secretary; (back row) Brad Moore, president; Tem
Brintnell, staff advisor; Luke McMillan, vice-president.
Mobility bus provides dignity: group
continued from front page
Committee member Cindy
DeGroof, of Seaforth Manor Retire-
ment Home, said an elderly
person's dignity can be thrown right
out of the window by being. Potted
into an inaccessible -car. -
"With a mobility bus she still has
a feeling of independence," she
said.
Coon. Ron Murray said he would
consider supporting the service if it
could be shown enough people
would use it. He said he had once
spent three months in a wheelchair "If you can't get into a nursing
himself. home what arc you going to do?"
"It's a bad place to be," he said, he asked. "I believe McKillop
noting most places aren't built for township should stand up and
wheelchairs. approve this with the Support of
Mete m±e existing transit services service clubs?' _.-__...
for the physically -challenged in Alluding to the threat of the
Wingham, St. Marys and Mitchell. province's restructuring of munici-
"Wheels Away in Wingham have palities Graeme Craig said
increased their usage 65 per cent,,• McKillor could show itself as a
said Yvonne Kitchen. progressive leader in the commun-
More people will be staying in
their home in the future, said
Marlen Vincent.
ity.
The delegation to council said the
service would eventually eliminate
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the duplication which occurs with
the use of different buses in the
county.
As we all get older we could use
a system like this, said Vincent. He
toki McKillop councillors "you
might need a ride one of these
days."
Although concerned with the
funding of the program Coun. Ryan
acknowledged that "if they can
keep the Seniors mobile it will keep
them out of the hospital."
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