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NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING
The 126th Annual Meeting of the Members
will be held in the
OFFICE BUILDING
of
McKillop Mutual
Insurance Company
91 Main Street South, SEAFORTH, Ontario
on
Wed., February 27, 2002
at 1:30 p.m.
• To receive and dispose of the 2001 financial
statement and auditor's report:
• To appoint auditors;
• To consider and enact proposed amendments
to By -Law No. 33 (remuneration)
• To transact any other business that may
properly come before the meeting;
• To elect a qualified Director to fill the vacancy
of the position held by Alex Townsend;
• To elect three qualified Directors;
• The retiring Directors are Eric Anderson,
Stuart Wilson and Jeff Campbell. Eric
Anderson and Jeff Campbell are eligible for
re-election. Stuart Wilson has chosen not to
seek re-election.
• Any person wishing to seek election or re-
election as a Director must file his intention to
stand for election in writing with the Secretary
of the Company at least seven days in
advance of the Annual Meeting
(By -Law No. 21 (d) ).
Ken Jones
Secretary -Treasurer -Manager
The Huron Expositor and
These Seaforth & Area
Businesses are
pleased to
announce these
Valentine's
Day
Draw
Cduncil
to pay part
of arson
reward
Crimestoppers is
recommending a reward
of $150 be paid to
someone in Huron East
who helped confirm
inforation during the
investigation of the
arsons in Seaforth last
spring and summer.
Council agreed with
Huron East Mayor Lin
Steffler's idea to pay $75
of the reward and to
approach the Seaforth
BIA (Business
Improvement Area) to
pay the other half.
"That costs less than
one fire call," said
Deputy -Mayor Bernie
MacLellan.
Steffler also suggested
that the approximately
$75 donated last year by
three or four local
citizens towards a
reward be donated back
to Crimestoppers for the
role it played during the
investigation. She said
she would first consult
with those who made the
donations.
"We can return it to
them if they're not in
agreement," she said.
Steffler said the
identity of the person
receiving the $150
reward will remain a
secret.
"We will have no idea
of who the recipient is
and we shouldn't know,"
she said.
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Thank You to all the participants in our Valentine's Day Promotion.
Congratulations to all 26 Winners.
Scott Hilgendorff photo
Heart attack causes crash...
William Pepper, 87, of Hensall died after a heart attack while driving north on Highway 4 at
Kippen, sending his car in a ditch. Pepper and his wife were taken to South Huron Hospital.
Pepper's wife was not injured. The accident took place at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 7.
Board decides high school's fate Feb. 26
From Page 1
present.
"It may be more prudent at
this time to play wait and see
and not close Victoria,"
Wendler suggested.
Huron East Mayor Lin
Steffler and tireless SDHS
supporter Maureen Agar both
provided data which they
suggested runs contrary to
information already put
forward by the board.
•Steffler, who delivered a
report in support of SDHS to
trustees on behalf of the
municipality's council, said
recent analysis of board data
reveals an approximate
$50,000 error.
The board's plan is to send
SDHS students to Central
Huron Secondary School in
'Clinton, making room for
students from Seaforth Public
School and allowing for the
closure of that building.
Steffler suggested the board
failed to acknowledge, while
calculating projected cost
savings from such a plan, that
Seaforth Public would remain
open and SDHS remain
largely empty for one year
during renovations.
Agar estimated the board
could save over $120,000 --
compared to its own closure
plan -- by keeping SDHS
open, as well as by relocating
Seaforth Public's Grades 7
and 8 students to fill up an
empty wing at SDHS.
Reasons for the savings
included the elimination of a
need for renovations and extra
transportation under the
board's plan, the retention of
provincial "top -up" funding
given to schools operating at
less than 80 per cent capacity,
the elimination of a portable
classroom at Seaforth Public,
and the sharing of a principal.
Also on her list of savings
was "potential court costs," a
reference to her group's
successful campaign of 2000
to have a previous SDHS
closure vote legally
overturned.
Both Agar and Steffler
maintained legal action
remains a viable alternative
this time around, as well.
Steffler, who stated her
municipality has, retained
legal counsel regarding
school closure, argued that the
board's revised closure policy
still fails to address two key
issues: addressing the effects
of closures on communities;
and identifying Seaforth
Public School as a school
slated for closure.
"When you close a
building, you close a school,"
Steffler said, adding that the
board had voted down
motions to rectify both areas
of concern brought forward
by area trustee Charles Smith.
Smith was elected
following his leadership of
the 2000 campaign to save
SDHS and has consistently
voted against the completion
of any step leading towards
potential closures.
Trustees, given the
opportunity to ask "questions
of clarification" regarding the
delegations, largely chose
only to listen. Smith made
several requests for suggested
timelines for deferrals,
usually garnering the
response of "after 2003."
South Huron trustee Randy
Wagler also had a few
questions. Most notably, he
wondered if Agar had
calculated the 'estimated
savings the board would
accrue through what she
predicted would be a loss of
37 students to the Huron -
Perth Catholic District School
Board.
Agar countered that there
would be negligible savings,
but then had to admit she
hadn't calculated the savings,
after Wagler successfully
pointed out that, averaged
over the entire board, the loss
of 37 students could lead to
the elimination of more than
one teaching salary, as well as
other savings.
Stratford trustee Rod
Brown also challenged Agar
over the predicted loss of
students to the Catholic
board, suggesting Clinton's
St. Anne's secondary school
could be hard-pressed to
make room for that many new
students. Agar countered that,
at the high school level, the
school must take children
who wish to attend. Brown,
however, responded that's not
true if a school is above
capacity.
At this point, Arts rushed to
the microphone in Agar's
defence, listing four families
which have contacted St.
Anne's with the intent of
transferring, should SDHS
close.
Johns says democratic process
keeps her out of school issue
People had an opportunity to
change the board," she said.
Because she wouldn't want
Huron -Brice federal MP Paul
Steckle getting involved in
provincial issues, Johns said
she should not be telling
municipal or school board
representatives what to do.
"I have to respect that these
people were elected as was I,"
she said.
MacLellan said that while
he wants Johns' support, he
agrees with her argument that
the Avon. Maitland trustees
were elected to make the
decision about school
closures.
"We vote for the trustees we
think are going to make the
best decisions. Are we going
to ask another level of
government to fix what we
goofed up?" he said.
"If we ask her to do it, are
we asking for a special set of
rules for Huron -Perth?" asked
MacLellan.
MacLellan said he's not
sure he understands the
provincial funding formula
enough to be able to blame it
for the need for school`
closures.
"The biggest frustration is
we're not convinced we're
getting accurate figures from
the school board. The
perception out there is we're
not getting the whole picture.
If Helen can help anywhere, it
might be to confirm or deny if
we're getting the right
information," he said.
While local trustee Charlie
Smith is asking for a
moratorium on school
closures until the next
provincial election and
Bluewater education director
David Armstrong blames the
"flawed funding formula" for
the need for a deficit budget
for the school board in Bruce
and Grey Counties, Johns
maintained that provincial
funding is not to blame for
school closures.
"It's still not true that
there's not enough funding,"
she said.
From Page 1
meetings, she said people
report to her regularly about
what happens at them.
"I am hearing.they have
more money. (Central Huron
trustee) Charlie Smith tells me
the board has mote funding. I
would like any trustee to say
out loud, they have not
received more money," she
said.
Johns also .said that her
strong belief in the democratic
process stops her from
becoming involved in the
school closure process in
Huron County.
"The board of education has
had an election Since the last
closure process and people
had a chance to change their
vete. People had an
opportunity to elect a trustee
that represented their view.
Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Notice of
ANNUAL MEETING
Tire 126th Annual Meeting of the Usborne &
Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company will be
held at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre
at 2 p.m. on Monday, February 18, 2002 for pre-
sentation of the Annual Report far 2001, to elect
Directors and to transact any business that may
rightly come before the meeting. Nominations will
be received for the election of two Directors for a
three year term. The Directors whose term of office
expires are Ron Feeney and Michael O'Shea, both of
whom are eligible for re-election.
Notice is hereby given that motions will be present-
ed at our Annual Meeting amending the by-laws of
the Company as follows:
Article 83 - Remuneration
Article 44 - Investments
Article 21 - Any person wishing to seek election or
re-election as a Director must file his intention to
stand for election in writing with the Secretary
Manager of the Corporation at least ten days in
advance of an Annual Meeting or Special General
Meeting called for the purpose of electing Directors.
President - Jack Hodgert
Secretary Manager - Sharon Doxtator
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