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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2002-12-18, Page 22—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, DECEMBER 18, 2002 Municipality of Huron East NOTICE The Municipal Office WILL BE CLOSED December 23, 24, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, December 27 & New Year's Day Council and Staff hope you enjoy the Festive Season and wish everyone a Healthy & Prosperous New Year! We ire your Holiday Headquarters Entertaining? Why not try Tuckers Seafood Treats! Lobster tails, Escargot, Bacon wrapped scallops, Snow crab legs, Crab au gratin, Coquette St. Jacque, Jumbo shrimp, Popcorn shrimp, Shrimp rings, Stuffed salmon royale, Stuffed orange roughy supreme. Or Everyone's Favourites... Cocktail meatballs, wings, jalapeno pepper poppers & sausage rolls. Gift giving is a pleasure with... •Gift baskets - cheese, crackers and treats •Send a tray - cheese & crackers, vegetables or fruit and dip, hat loaf, dainties •Gift Certificates - the practical solution •Stocking Stuffers (cider mixes, teas, coffees, hot chocolate, cappuccino) TUCKER'S MEAT SHOP 27 Main St., Seaforth 527-0036 News Smith's amendment takes space from board if enrolment increases From Pogo 1 offices, but still making the necessary changes to allow for the relocation of students. 'The perception will be that we're spending $125,000 on ourselves," Brown said. But education superintendent Bill Gerth, who authored a staff report about the plan, reminded Brown that this would force many administrative staff to cross through part of the elementary school to use the washroom. According to Gerth, that's a scenario which has been rejected by members of the Seaforth Public School community, and it was rejected again at the Dec. 10 meeting, in a public delegation from school council chair Kim Hill. Gerth added that constructing new washrooms within the existing administrative space would be impossible, without incurring significant added costs. "If you look at our offices, every time you walk through the hallway, another bookshelf has sprouted up on one wall," Gerth told Brown. "Because we have no administrative space left." Northwest Huron trustee Butch Desjardine wondered about Williamson's contention that the board has rented meeting space in the past in community centres in Seaforth and Mitchell. Williamson suggested the board could continue to do so, and let the childcare group have the excess space. Education director Lorne Rachlis responded by saying that practice has ceased in the months since space within the building was made available by the closure of SDH& He suggested hosting meetings in other locations was an act of necessity, rather than preference. And he adde=d that granting space to the daycare centre could actually set an unwelcome precedent for the board, since it already has more equitable cost-sharing agreements with on-site daycare facilitie?, in Mitchell and at Anne Hathaway Public School in Stratford. East Perth trustee Wendy Anderson, who was with the board when amalgamation brought the board's offices to Seaforth, came down firmly on the side of allowing for administrative expansion. "For me, this is an opportunity to correct some of the errors of the past," Anderson said. "I admit I was a part of some those errors, but it was certainly a false economy to make such a spartan work space for our staff at the time we moved into this facility." Prior to the vote, trustees accepted a minor amendment from Seaforth-area trustee Charles Smith. Smith, who expressed general support for the plan, asked that the space taken over by administration be provided back to the elementary school if enrolment increased at some point in the future. General support on behalf of the school community was also expressed by Hill. Her public delegation consisted mainly of requests that the board keep in mind such considerations as improved safety in the gymnasium balcony, limitation of non -school personnel within the school portion of the building, alteration of washrooms to accommodate smaller students, tighter controls on parking and on-site traffic, fencing off of the p:ayground, and assurances that all renovations will be completed by the time students arrive in September, 2003. In an interview following the meeting, Gerth said he now expects the childcare group will give serious consideration to moving the three portable structures to the tennis courts site, and launch a fundraising campaign to finance the move. He suggested avenues of funding may be the public, provincial government initiatives like the Trillium Foundation, the municipality of Huron East, and possibly an appeal to the school board to help relocate the structures. Daycare disappointed board turned down request for space inside school From Pogo 1 The daycare centre has so far been offered two sites on school property - one directly behind the school's tennis courts and another further back behind the tennis courts in the northeast field. Kevin Williamson, chair of the daycare's accommodation committee, said he hopes to negotiate for a "more feasible and cost-effective location" on 1st PLACE - Tim & Meribeth Vlemmix, 71 East William St. 2nd PLACE - Dan & Maxine McClory, 20 St. Patrick St (Kippen Road) 3rd PLACE - Maxine Marks, 116 Main St North HONOURABLE MENTION Frank & Debbie Vincent - 85 High St. Carmen & Annette S6arrow - 109 Market St. Wayne & Joyce Hugill - 95 West William St. Frank & Betty Hulley - 49 Church St. Dave & Andrea McGregor - 54 George St Paul & Joanne Mathews - 111 Kippen Road Rick & Bonnie Fortune - 69 Market St Randy & Anne Dayman - 189 Main St. S Seaforth BIA Turkey Draw Winners Dec.2 Draw Helen Kennedy, Seaforth Dilys Finnigan, Egmondville Wallace Bell, Brussels Dec. 16 Draw Ken Nesbitt, Mitchell Angie Gomy, Seaforth Kim Chambers, Seaforth The Seaforth BIA would like to thank everyone for their support & patronage in 2002 and wish you Season's Greetings and Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year! school property and to continue exploring the possibility of locating at the Seaforth arena. "We're not shutting any doors on any possibilities right now," he said. Williamson said he was also disappointed that the daycare's first choice of locating in the former high school was turned down. "We see the daycare as being an asset to the board to round out their educational opportunities with our early literacy program and daycare for board and school staff since we hope to be an infant to preschool facility soon," he said. While the Seaforth Cooperative Children's Centre only offers childcare from 18 months and up at present, Brooker said the centre has been exploring the possibility of offering childcare for infants, a change that would require one room more than the current facility offers. "We still have to get approval from the province but we can't get that until we have the space," she said. Williamson pointed to daycare in permanent structures at schools in both Clinton and Mitchell as examples where daycare has been incorporated as part of school buildings in the Avon • Maitland system. He said that while both of those daycare centres were built with provincial funding that is no longer available, the Seaforth daycare was not expecting the school board to pay renovation costs if the daycare was given permission to move into the school building. "We were looking for space and going to cost out the price of renovation," he said. Williamson said the daycare is still gathering information about the costs of moving and servicing a new location. He said once the costs are known, a fundraising campaign will be necessary. "We're exploring foundations and we might be able to approach two different school communities for help," he said. Policing costs down for Huron East By Jennifer Jackson Expositor Staff Recent changes to policing cost calculations will allow Huron East to budget more accurately in 2003. A letter presented to council during its Dec. 10 meeting quoted 2003 Ontario Provipcial Police policing costs for the municipality at $976, 219. Seaforth Coun. Dick Burgess told council last Tuesday that the letter from the OPP Business and Financial Services Bureau was "a good news item." "Normally at the end of the year we would get a credit for when officers get called to duties outside of the Becky Campbell Registered Massage Therapist MON. TO THURS. 9a toIIpm; Fridays 9 am to 5 pm NEW LOCATION! 137 Market St., Seaforth 527-2058 it only hurts, if you don't call!" municipality," Burgess explained during a telephone interview Monday. "And that could amount to nearly 10 per cent of the total wages we pay for the year." Burgess, a member of the local Police Services Board, said that in previous years, the municipality had to budget for the percentage, not knowing what percentage of a credit they would actually get. Now a partial credit has been deducted from the total policing costs for 2003, reducing monthly and quarterly billings throughout the year. "So overall our policing costs will be less than they would have been without this new procedure in place. ESTHETICS BY BONNIE Bonnie Johnston May your home be filled with the warmth and love of the holiday season. 92 West William St Seaforth ON NO IWO a 4. IH�� ( from T� i ,! �I�ly 1 Vr��VIE and ,Sul�%TRl%li C4i(Uirn's'Wear & Toys We thank you for your businesship & hope you have a Very Merry Christmas! Sec h ends Sumtf ing Specialwiii be Closed December 25 - January 6th 100 Main;St. tiN 50ze 1P.1CM'1 Dec.1 z -617-2435 Murray shocked by trade from New York From Pogo 1 always a responsibility to play well both ends of the rink," he said. Ron said Rem told him the Predators's were "looking for an expanded role for him." Along with New York's defenseman Tomas Kloucek and the rights to defenseman Marek Zidlicky, Murray was traded for Predator goalie Mike Dunham. While Murray was expected to join the Predators Friday, Kloucek joined Nashville's farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals. Murray, 30, has scored 79 goals and 98 assists in 459 NHL games over the last seven seasons with Edmonton and New York. During 32 games with the Rangers, he scored six goals and six assists this season.