HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-04-10, Page 7Maitland Valley
'top heavy,' says
town council
The Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority is top
-heavy with management and
should cut down from 33
directors on its board "to a
size that is more economical
and more manageable," from
Seaforth's point -of -view.
Council has. agreed to'
maintain Maitland -authority
funding this year at the 1995 -
level, a $3,044,91 levy for
1996.
In council's letter to the
conservation authority con-
firming its continued support,
Seaforth_ noted "we cannot
guarantee that we will be able
to continue funding. the'
authority in future years.
"Seaforth is certain that
many othcr.municipalitics
share -our views, and will
welcome any cost-saving ini-
tiatives that will maintain
necessary services in an eco-
nomical "manner," the letter
states; -
"In Seaforth's opinion,
changes in the size of the
MVCA"hoard should not he
done on a voluntary basis,
that is, by requesting individ-
ual municipalities to share a
director, as this -will lead to.
inequalities in representation.
"The Ward itself, should ,
he investigating optimum)
.representation by population,
or arca served. The hoard
should be superimposing'new
houndarics, strictly. for
MVCA board representation,
atop existingmunicipal
boundaries, and then seeking.
municipal support and autho-
rization for the new hoard
structure."
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, April 10, 1996-7
The Paris Lip: You too can have it
You've seen them - luscious,
lovely lips. And we had them
when we were
young.
Michel'Ie
Plieffer; Meg
Ryan and
C•i-n d y
Crawford all
urrltc - have them.
And • you
don't have to
go to New
York City or. Paris. [=ranee to
get them because this can he
done at the Loramar ('entre for
Cosmetic Medicine. Itoth'Dr.
Mario Cauchl and Lorraine
catch' are. collagen specialists
PHOTOS BY DAVID SCOTT
HOME & GARDEN SHOW -
(Above) Tony Moffatt- of
Exeter Tool and. Rental
demonstrates some .wood-
working on -a jigsaw. At right,
Brian Unich, of Seaforth
Bike Shop, talks to a visitor
about biking accessories.
•
and arc trained in collagen
therapy.
As we age, the border of the
lip shrinks and the lips become
thinner. Sometimes we get
Jines around our mouths known
as. "lipstick lines" With .
collagen therapy a simply
injection of collagen under
local anesthetic puffs' up the
lips and gives a new- firm
border - eliminating the lines
and creating youthful lips. This
Is; collagen therapy which -is
purely, 'cosmetic and only for
Are adventurous.
For consultation call the
Luramar Centre 519.524-4430
or I -X00-896-4430,
%I \I KINI%II 51
'Four full-time arena employees too
many,' says 'ickersmith representative
The management commit-
tee has asked Seaforth arena
and community centres man-
ager Graham Nrhitl. to
"address the issue of- slat* -
hours and count -Ali that a
fourth full-time position "is
not being created".
At, the Committee's March
2l meeting, according to the
minutes: Tuckcrsntit)i rrprc
sentativc Doug. Vock -said be
is concerned "about -a part-,
tithe employer. gaining full-
time status and -becoming ell= .
gihlc for benefits. as this will
increase hoard costs.
"He felt that tour. full-time
employers was too many for
the arena.'
His comments came after. ,
Nesbitt circulated revised fig-
ures incoirporating a one per
cent Wage increase approved
by the hoard the month
before. with the proviso -"any
amount above one per cent
.would -he.in the form of a
Manus based on staff changes
or operational efficiencies."
The hoard also questioned -
why the manager's_rcvised
figures indicated an inercase
of $2.0(K) in benefits:
Last year thc arena spent
$129;29.1 -on wages for full,
part -tints, bar and booth per-
sonel, based on the' hoard's
1995 "actual ' hudget figures.
According to the minutes.
Nesbitt noted at the March 21
meeting: "that in the fall.
they are suggesting having a
weekend employee instead of
it part -titre employee. Full-
time salaries have increased
by $720 while part-time
salaries have been reduced by
$140., A $0.20 per hour
increase for one employee is
a reflection of a course that
was completed. Another
employee received -a $0.10
per hour increase. -
Chair -Dennis O'Conner
said $1,000 - was "hoard
approved to balance the bud-
. get, then "this amount was -
Iumped into the 'benefits'
line which- may he used as a
bonus, if warranted.
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-"Tax on life insurance.
compensmion, etc., are also
reflected in the increase," the
Chair said, according to the
minutes .of the meeting. "He
further indicated that there
arc several weeks of holidays-
that
olidaysthat have to be used up from
last year."
Internet report
,Schools on
CONTINUED from page 6
• several times before reaching
a trunk line, of the Internet.
-Most' high -schools in the
ctiunfy, except Seaforth's, are
using this'high-speed tele-
: -phone line system now [age!
,on the -Internet. Seaforth
can't because Bell Canada's
switching system here can't
'handle the new -high-speed
stuff..
There arc. in. ain.computcr
servers ,in schools 'inT
Goderich, Wingham, Clinton,
E.xetcr and. -Zurich: Because
of
the ncw partnership,
HOMEtown members will
soon he able to 'use their
computers and modems to
.call one of these local schools
to hook into the network.
GLITZY GRAPHICS
HOMEtown is also now in
the testing phase of providing
full graphical interface,
which will cost members
more because it takes up
more- space on the network,,
but may entice more mem-
hers,.
So ,far. HOMEtown has
supplied only low-cost, text -
based Internet access, which
it plans to continue. provid-
ing. But this justdoesn't have
the pizzazz for technological-
ly sophisticated users who
want pictures, graphs. maps
games and graphics with
popular programs such as
Nctscapc. •
These potential users arc
' :now- snore likely to subscribe
. to one of th'c few commercial
'Internet access providers that
have emerged in this arca in
the last :couple of years.
Some of them run by inter-
, esting young arca entrepre-
neurs, such as Mark Steffen
of Wingham, who sense the
potential of the new tech-
nologies and seem to know
what they arc doing.
Rates and scrviccs vary and
consumers arc wise to he
wary, to- shop around and
Compare. •
However, none of these
providers offer Seaforth
access to thc Internet, other
than by using an out-of-town
"local" number.
, Bell Canada's switching
system in Seaforth is a
dinosaur ("Your number
please"), and despite profits
expected to rise 36 per cent
this year, has told council it
• would cost $900,000 for an
upgrade today's Bell hcan
counters don't view as cost -
.1
high -speed line, except Seaforth
effective,. 'For them 'it is a.
"back-buner" priority.
Dillon sees the: company's
• point. to 'a point- He says the.,
cost of providing the Netter
and faster Modern 'services
Bell' (logs on -,television. -,such
as -Internet access and new- '
wrinkles like call waiting or
• forwarding. would: he I0 w .
•20 times - as cotic h:-for;.the,
•rural arras in which we live:
thanthey are in the urban
areas and big. cities. such its
Toronto. Hain i Icon ' aril
London. --
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- A LOCAL IRONY
StiU1,.1101VIEtown's cxccu-
tive'director secs irony in
,,orpt)ratc excuses.,however
l)igical, hascd on fiscal reali-
ty. „
He lives 300 lee from.
Seaforth in Tuckcrsmith
Township: where dinosaurs
long since, ceased to roam
and many of these much-
toutcd tnodcrn services are
available. or very soon •will
he. including Jnternct access.
This tiny local rural telt-
phone -co-operative seems to
he meeting tomorrow's spe-
cific rural needs far better,
-than big old Bell, one'u1'
'Canada's' largest, Companies.
with all. manner of resources
for such things as research
and ' development and
ecopo,njcs of scale al its dis-
posal.
The Huron board of educa-
tion is considering technolo-,
gids that might bypass Bell,
confirms Van i)cr Ley: who
adds it would enable' Seaforth
schools to take advantage of
advanced technology already
being used or introduced by
the other schools in the couh-
ly, such as in' the hoard's
accounting and in the class-
room.
Van Der 1.ey says two years
ago Seaforth wasn't as tech-
nologically -isolated as it is
fast becoming. He says the
hoard's high-speed frame
relay hardware enables more
efficient accounting. doing
away with most manucl req-
uisitions.
The purchasing manager
adds information liar students
on the Internet can he hater
from his point of view for
su'eh things as text hooks and
encyclopedias. which cost a
lot and are often almost "out
dated as soon as they are
printed."
He adds an alliance with
HOMEtown also helps the
school system "he partners
'Farmers have been
riding information
highway for some
time in Huron.
with the community.'
Why not walk to the library '
and read a hook.or buy a
'newspaper for a buck for
your all your information. In
other words,' who needs. it
and .who cares?
WHO CARES? -
Morc and more of Our chil-
dren. apparently.
HOMEtown's executive
director says if you have
teenagers in the'house, statis-
tics say you are two times as
likely to also have a comput-
er and a modem, so that's
where ' demand for the
Internet is now strongest. •
He also says farmers arc
riding the information high -
:way in Huron in significant
proportion. and have heen.for
some time.
A market analysis by
HOMEtown live months ago
showed 7:836 computers in
the 26,120 households in
Huron (population 59,068),
3.134 of these with modems.
In. Perth County there were
8,006 computers in 26,685
houscholds(p0pu1a1ion
26:685). and 3,200 moderns
as of November I. 1995.
But the overall potential
reach shows more clout in
HOMEtown's five -counties
where there were a total of
334263 modems and 83,157
computers in 277,191 house-
holds, with a population of
679.227. -
Last November, thc net-
work had 526 members and
an 'overall .penetration lathe
five counties in its markct
was a miniscule 1.58 per
cent. highest in Oxford (3.46
per cent), Huron (3.45) and
Perth (3.03) and very tow in
Elgin (0.56) and London
(0.63).
Everybody is welcome at
HOMEtown's first general
meeting tomorrow night.
April 11. starling at 7 at the
Kirkton-Woodham
Community Centre.
HYPE AND GARBAGE
The ground rules change
quickly these days in the ncw
technologies of multi -media.
Cable television companies
arc getting the fibre-optic
potential to provide some of
these scrviccs, which rela-
tively soon we may take for
granted. .
• The Toronto Star and The
Olohe and Mail have
announced major. new
Internet divisions 'and part-
nerships in.the last fortnight.
Dillon says a lot of the
new-fangled technology
hccomes -obsolete in two
years-, making large invest-
ments in small markets -such
as Seaforth all that much
More risky. .
There is a lot of hype and
garbage to he sifted through
on the information highway,
he says. it takes time and you
have to know what you want.
.how to access it and what to
do with it.
Technology -has shaped us
in ways we often don't at
first perceive, since monks
left their cloisters way hack
in the. middle ages with their
ornate tomes. ,
HOMEtown's executive
director sees instantaneous
information as the biggest
threat ever to organized gov-
ernment. ' -
"It's like having a tiger by
the tail," Dillon says. "No
one knows where all this is
going."
"Who would have predicted
thc automobile would have
eventually Icd to empty
stores on Main Street," he
asks. .
"And who is to say if gas
goes up to $10 a gallon the
people won't he hack again:"
Rates
from
$10.00 per
month
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