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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-02-11, Page 5'The cards are on the table,' says Carroll CONTINUED from Page 1. of that school were in atten- dance. Maureen Agar, chair of the school council in Seaforth, said, "Bigger is not better," explaining the board and the province is telling students and citizens that it is no longer viable to live in rural Ontario towns. Underscoring the idea that Council to give $500 the Avon Maitland board's proposal's to close Seaforth high school and enlarge oth- ers in the system she said that eventually, if bigger is better, then the board could become "The Lesser Toronto School Board." Coun. John Ball of Seaforth, also an employee of the board, summed up the general feeling of the audi- Ice storm relief. Seaforth Council allocated $500 for ice storm relief in eastern Canada last Tuesday night. The notion and motion were spurred by a couple of pieces of correspondence that councillors considered at the meeting - one asking for financial assistance for disas- ter relief from Elizabethtown Township, and the other from Richmond Hill inviting all municipalities not affected by the devastating recent ice storm to join them in helping damaged areas. The ice storm has been termed the worst natural dis- aster in Canadian history. The town has no funds specifically set aside for these things. Helping individual munici- palities was rejected, because many more requests for assis- tance will likely be forward- ed in the next two months, Coun. Michael Hak pointed out, and if you help one - how do. you rationalize not helping them all? Mayor Dave Scott said Seaforth has already helped out with PUC workers -and a truck. Coun. John Ball said what with all the downloading, restructuring and budgetary matters going affecting Seaforth "we may be in line for disaster relief ourselves." "I tend to agree with you," Coun. Lin Stcffler said, "but we would like some help if it. happened to ourselves. She also said the local PUC workers who helped out were being paid. Coun. Heather Robinet sug- gested the town could donate something, and invite the community to chip in as well. Council eventually agreed on the $500 and decided to contact Richmond Hill for suggestions on where to specifically divert it, perhaps an organization like the Red Cross.. Burner baked Seaforth Council approved spending $829.25 for a new burner for the oil boiler at Town Hall on Tuesday night. Works superintendent John Forrest reported it has been acting up and "become very unreliable this winter with numerous parts installed on the burner." He forwarded a quote and said that a service technician for the company that was recently awarded the town's fuel tender along with burner service, Edwards Fuels, "rec- ommended that based on the age of the boiler and burner, a new burner assembly would probably be the only way to cure our problem." LSD letter a hoax says OPP OPP have warned the Avon Maitland District School Board that a letter circulating throughout the area about LSD laced tattoos being sold to children is a hoax and have requested the board inform all its schools about it. ' Goderich OPP Constable John Marshall says versions of the letter have been around since the late 1960s and are circulated every once in awhile. The letters warn parents about a form of tattoo called "Blue Star" which is being sold to young children on the streets and at school. Youths charged with possession of stolen property and other charges Three young offenders, one of them from Seaforth, and all 17 -years -old, were arrest - cd by officers of the Exeter OPP on Jan. 27. The other two are from Markdale. "All have been charged with possession of stolen property, break -and -enters, theft, and possession of break-in tools from occur- rences in Exeter, Seaforth, Mitchell, Harriston and Markdale," according to Monday's OPP press release. "One was released on an undertaking for youth court at Goderich on Apr.9, one was released on a justice of the peace undertaking with conditions to appear in Goderich youth court on Feb. 12. The other was remanded in custody." The police investigation continues. The price included installa- tion. An expert said it would be hard to tell what kind of shape the boiler itself is in without draining it, and this is the wrong time of year to be trying that. "It could be two weeks or 20 years," the works superin- tendent commented. So far this winter, on 'and off flutters have resulted in the unit being down four times this winter, and deputy - reeve BiII Teall said this has cost the town about the same as the quote for the new burner. The new unit would also be more efficient. Forest added. ence as he said: "Keeping schools open is the bottom line. We want our school. We need our schools if we are going to keep rural Ontario alive." Despite the support for Seaforth district high school (SDHS), Carroll said, "I real- ly wish, as a resident of Seaforth, soon to be run out of town, that I could say something different (regard- ing the possibility of closing SDHS). But I'm a profes- sional educator and the cards are on the table." MITCHELL WORRIED Many others in the audi- ence said they were alarmed to learn that closing Mitchell schools to provide office space was a possibility. "I was stunned," said Harold Ledermueller, "and a lot of people I spoke to were stunned." Ledermueller, chair of the Mitchell district high school (MDHS) school council, said he knew the meeting had been scheduled, but it was only last Thursday evening that he Teamed of the options concerning Mitchell schools. The board has several options under consideration to meet the space require- ments of its administration; at this time that has been pegged at 29,000 sq. ft. Mitchell schools figure in three of those proposals. In the first proposal, the entire board offices would be moved to MDHS and stu- dents would be bused to adja- cent secondary schools in St. Marys and Stratford (Northwestern and Central), increasing the occupancy rate at those schools. Under this proposal MDHS buildings could also allow an elemen- tary school, likely Mitchell public, to be housed along with board offices. The second proposal sug- gests relocating the board's offices to Mitchell public, which at 31,000 sq. ft. close- ly matches the administra- tion's requirements. Students at MPS would then be taught in the MDHS building with secondary students displaced to adjacent schools. A third option would sec the board use only 11,000 sq. ft. at MDHS, but still have students sent to adjacent high C b 111Z =RIF= 8 KING ST MC927 CLINTON, ONTNt .t IIA BALANCE DUE orr TAX PREPARATION MADE QUICK AND EASY. WO MATTER WHAT OUR SITUATE*, •Reasonable Rates *Electronic filing for faster refund • 10% Seniors' Discount •No GST on our service *Wheelchair Accessible PHONE (5191482.5927 HAX (519)4824483 CINDY RADFORD MARY COTE REFUND St. Thomas Anglican Church Jarvis St. Seaforth Rev. Robert Hiscox 482-7861 Sunday, February 15th Service of Holy Communion at 9:30 AM First Presbyterian Church Goderich St. W. Seaforth 11:15 AM Sunday School during Church Service Minister: Rev. Nicholas Vandermey WINTHROP CAVAN UNITED CHURCH 9:30 AM NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH Goderich St. W., Saaforth 11:00 AM Rev. 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A member of the audience made the following statement highlighting the feeling that the focus of the board addressed the needs of administrators rather than students: "We have 90 •administrators with drivers licences who can commute to work, yet you are considering busing hundreds of students." West Perth councillor Barb MacLean, noted West Perth's written submission stating the townships willingness to cooperate with the board if it decides to locate in Mitchell, did not hold if the board's decision included closing schools in Mitchell. However, in attempt to lessen the anxiety concerning Mitchell schools, Education director Paul Carroll said, "I don't consider Mitchell [schools] to be on the chop- ping block. I hope that becomes clear in the fullness of time." 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