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'For most domestic cars and light trucks (excludes diesel engines) LIMITED TIME OFFER R. PRODUCT '`OTIVE SALES a BeRVICE News Huron East councillors consider getting out of daycare business By Susan Hundsrtmork Expositor Editor While no final decisions have been made, several Huron East councillors recommended getting out of the municipal daycare business at their June 22 meeting. "I don't think the municipality should be in the business of running a daycare, especially when it's on one end of the municipality and offering services to people who aren't in the municipality," said Grey Coun. Mark Beaven. McKillop Coun. Sharon McClure agreed, adding that the two other daycare centres in Huron East - Walton Little School and the Seaforth Cooperative Children's Centre - "don't come to us for funding." Tuckersmith Coun. Larry McGrath added that since the Tuckersmith daycare is projecting a $40,000 deficit this year, the other two daycare centres have every right to expect the same municipal contribution. "If I was at the Walton Little School or the Seaforth daycare, I'd want my $40,000," he said. Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler expressed concern that closing the Tuckersmith Day •Nursery would create a bigger deficit for the Vanastra Recreation Centre when the $34,000 rent is no longer paid. "It'll make the rec centre budget look bad. Then, are we going to be closing that too?" he asked. Clerk -Administrator Jack McLachlan added that if the daycare were closed, there would not be enough programs from the recreation centre to operate in that part of the building. Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan suggested that the municipality work out a system where $10,000 is contributed to each of the three daycares. Mayor Joe Seili said it might be more fair to ask the people using Tuckersmith Day Nursery to run it. "There's a need for daycare in Vanastra whether we're running it or not," he said. MacLellan said council should consider phasing out of the daycare business by August of 2005. "If council were willing to go down that road, we should give them to the end of the next full school year. That would give them time to see if they want to take it on themselves," he said. Seili pointed out that' since council has been complaining about Tuckersmith Day Nursery's deficit, which used to be as high as $70,000, the levels have been dropping. "In all fairness, the deficit is coming down and the budgets are being managed more," he said. Huron East council asked its municipal daycare centre, the Tuckersmith Day Nursery, to create a report about what sort of benefits the daycare creates in the community. That report was received by council last week and included a list of 11 benefits, including keeping young families in the community, providing a $34,000 rental fee to the Vanastra Recreation Centre and capital dollars for facility improvements. Other benefits included a number of benefits to area children from literacy training to socialization and preparation for elementary school. Seili said council will be revisiting the issue of the daycare and its future at preliminary budget discussions in late September. Beaven challenges local ISP to block kiddie porn From Page 1 But, it needs to happen at a higher level," she said. 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"It's the same old song and dance the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAP) has been giving the federal government for the past year. But, this can be done and will be done," he said Monday. Beaven said CAP realized last week that Huron East is well within its legal rights to implement the bylaw and has been "running around with their heads cut off' since Beaven issued his press release last week about his plans to block child porn locally. Beaven, who was interviewed in the National Post last week about his bylaw and has received media calls from coast to coast all week, said he was disappointed that higher levels of government haven't done anything to stop child pornography so far. "Looking from the outside, it is very disappointing that leadership isn't being shown on this issue by the upper levels of government. Once the municipalities start doing this, maybe the upper levels of government will decide to do the same," he was quoted as saying in the National Post. "This will be nationally historic since we'll be the first jurisdiction in Canada to do this," he told council last week. While the federal government was considering similar legislation, Beaven said Bill C-12 "died on the order paper when (Prime Minister Paul) Martin called the election." He added that Great Britain implemented similar regulations a year ago by creating an ever -evolving list of child pornography websites that are blocked by British Telecom. "There has been resistance (in Canada) by the large internet providers because they think it's a freedom of speech issue but I personally think the rights of the innocent supercede the right of pedophiles to freedom of speech," said Beaven at council last Tuesday. He added Monday that Huron East will be meeting with the Huron OPP next Wednesday with the aim of setting up a local committee to begin creating the "mechanics" to make the bylaw work. He said the Municipal Act can also extend to businesses offering services in Huron East even if they are not located here, which could also be considered in the bylaw. "If Tuckersmith were thinking, it could end up being one of the very few offering internet services in Huron East. If it were to take the moral step to make it (blocking child porn) happen, I know where I'd be getting my internet from," he said. Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan said he would agree with the bylaw as long as i>< didn't start Huron East blocking other things on the internet. "It's a slippery slope," he said. Beaven assured him that child pornography sites are already illegal and he did not intend to block "regular porn if you want to call it that." Beiven predicted that Huron East's bylaw would be copied by others in the future. "Trust me - this will start a wave. I plan to go to other municipalities urging them to do the same." Third reading will occur after the municipality determines if the bylaw is feasible, said Huron East Clerk -Administrator Jack McLachlan. Fundraising versus tax dollars is debated by Huron East councillors From Paso 1 "Volunteerism used to be great in Seaforth. How to keep them is a secret you can tell us," he said. But, McGrath reiterated that "no one fundraises to buy road graders." "If we went broke tomorrow, the people who did all the fundraising can't walk up and get their share back when the for sale sign goes up," he said. Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan said the bottom Municipality of Huron East Interim Taxes Property owners are reminded that the due date for the interim instalment of property taxes is June 30th, 2004 B. Knight Treasurer -Finance Manager West Nile virus: Camping. Wear mosquito netting, long sleeves and long pants in heavily wooded areas. Use bug repellent containing DEET and avoid mosquito areas especially from dusk to dawn when they're most active. 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