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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2009-03-18, Page 50'•• pinion Starting school before Labour Day will cost mi11i�n In.. lost revenue o the tourism industry, says reader The Huron fxposila •march 18, 2009 Pow 5 To the Editor, The following is an open letter to Monique Smith, Ontario Minister of Tourism. Dear Madam Minister, I writing to you regarding what I believe to be a growing trend among school boards across Ontario for the upcoming school year. I live in Huron County. The Avon Maitland District School Board as well as the Huron Perth Catholic School Board .have both decided that the return to school date will be Sept. 1, 2009 instead of the normal Tuesday after Labour Day, which would be Sept. 8, 2009. I have corresponded with the lo- cal school board .as well as the local school trustee. 'lb date, I have re- ceived little if any response. Their decision was announced this week. This decision will impact the holi- day plans for many families who book holidays many months or even a year in advance. It will also have a tremendous impact on the tour- ism industry, due to reduced visits to cottages, campgrounds, . motels, hotels and resort areas all across Ontario. It could result in many millions of lost revenue for the tour- ism industry, at a tinge when it..can least afford it. I would think that in this econom- ic climate that the Ministry of Edu- cation, together with school boards, �pi ni�n? letter would consider the impacts on the broader public. I realize they are required to have a certain number of instructional days per year, but I believe there were other solutions to that problem, other than the course of action chosen. I would think there is very little economic impact on the school boards of Ontario as a result of these decisions. The same can't be said about the impact on other peo-, ple` and industries. Thank you for your time and at- tention to this matter. Sincerely, Brian Wightman Seaforth, :t.- resictents chase; al across the Mi • March 7, 1884 Miss Hattie Patterson of Detroit, the champion . lady skater of Amer- ica will give an exhibition of her skill in the rink this evening. Alex McCartney of- -Mill Road, Tuckersmith has just returned from a trip to Dickinson County, Kansas and he was so well pleased with the country that he intends selling his farm -here and : remov- ing thither this spring. Mr. Hinchley of Kinburn is bus- ily engaged making preparations for the erection of a new residence to take the place o f the one lately destroyed by fire. A football match is to be played at Kinburn on Saturday between the home team and a team for Harlock.' 4'x :- z f _� The second entertainment given in the Temperance Hall here by members of the Seafol'th Temper- ance Lodge on Tuesday evening last was a complete success, the hall being crowded and the re- ceipts amounting to $26. March 5, 1909 The Robert Bell Engine and Thresher Company have pur- chased from the liquidator of the Clinton Thresher CO. the bulk of that company's stock on hand, in- cluding boiler plate, castings, re-, pairs, etc. and are prepared to fur- nish repairs to Monarch boilers. Clinton and Seaforth played off their long deferred game on the k t. • rink here. on Tuesday night. The. game resulted in a victory for Clin- ton by three goals to one. Owing to the soft weather the ice was in poor condition and made good, hockey next to impossible. The ,Clinton band was in attendance and fur- nished music both during the ga i. and for skating afterwards. There_ was a good attendance. Mr. R. Crone, harnessmaker of Brussels proposes leaving in a couple of weeks for Pincher Creek, Alberta, where. ,he will reside ,in the hope of benefitting his health which has been anything but good for some time. . March 9, 1934 . Mr.. W.E. Hinchley, 31 years, agent for the McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance 'Company has resigned. At a meeting of the Directors of the company, Finlay McKercher was appointed to fill his place. Several neighbours of Mrs. H., Grieve, Egmondville, assembled at her home on Saturday afternoon to celebrate her 82nd birthday. A very enjoyable time was spent and a nice tea served by the hostess. A lovely cake was served with good wishes to the honored lady. On Friday evening, March 9, there is to be a dance in the town hall in Bayfield, both old time and modern. During lunch time a sing- er will entertain with comic and western songs playing his accom- paniment on guitar. A good five linali oad in 1959 piece orchestra- will provide music for dancing. Lunch will be supplied and all this for 25 cents. • March 6, .1959 - A fox which two .Tuckersmith residents chased for some distance and finally shot was rabid accord- ing to advice received from gov- ernment laboratories. The fox was first seen near -the kitchen door of the Mill l Road residence . of John Broadfoot 'early in the morning and appeared to be acting queerly. Mr. Broadfoot's son Bob and W.D. Wilson chased the animal finally shooting it across the Mill- Road at the farm of teorge Mccartriey. The roof of -a large- barn at the residence of John C. - Crich, Worth Main Street caved in Sunday af- ternoon. Mr. Crich had removed snow from a leanto of the buillding where the now seemed. danger- ously heavy and this action saved a large boat stored in the building from being crushed. Harold Maloney, town foreman; lost his wrist watch .last week and like so many other people in the district immediately put an ad in the Huron Expositor lost sand found column. Within minutes af- ter the paper was on the street, he had a call from Archie Smith, who presented him with his watch. March 7, 1984 At. least one teen dance should be held every month to help with fundraising and to keep teens off the streets at night, the Seaforth and District Community !Centres Booster - Club decided at its March 1 meeting. Home economics and shop ,class- es are nothing new at Seaforth Public School but for the past three years, both boys and girls have been switching classes for two months to get a -taste of non- traditional skills. Illegally parked cars on Main Street, Seaforth was a concern of councillor Hazel Hildebrand at the Feb. 14 meeting of Seaforth coun- cil. • - Repeated calls from Huron County's road committee for addi- tional tax dollars to maintain the roads iii the county were answered when an additional $300,000 was approved- at the March 1 meeting of county council. Council approved the road de- partment's $5 million plus bud get which has the County paying $1,862,000(a five per cent increase) • plus the additional $300,000. A 2.2 per cent. increase has been approved for Huron County's share of the Health Unit's plumbing and environment department's 1984 budget. The total plumbing and envi- ronmental budget is $112,690, up from $94,544 last year. The coun- ty's share increases from $40,544 to $41,440. �.a i% A 1 b 1 l 1 44 a i