Times-Advocate, 1981-04-08, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, April 8, 1981
Wants lights put
at rail crossings
Noting that an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound
of cure. Waterloo St. resi-
dent S Chappel this week
urged i:xeter council to con-
sider warning lights at the
CNR crossings on Huron and
Waterloo Streets and also
the erection of a fence
around Vicoria Park.
Mrs. Chappel said the
frequency of trains through
Exeter has increased con-
siderably and now operates
two or three times a day,
with specials at anytime
during the day or night.
She reported that she and
a neighbor held their breath
in fear recently as.a car fill-
ed with people crossed over
the tracks only a few
seconds before the train
arrived at the crossing.
Her suggestion was that a
flashing amber light be in-
stalled to warn motorists of
the crossings.
In reference to the fence
around Victoria Park, Mrs.
Chappel said most of the
children who use the facili-
ty are little ones and it only
takes a second for one of
them to wander out on to the
road.
She said that westbound
motorists have the sun in
their eyes during the after-
noon and this increases the
chances of them not seeing
youngsters even when they
( motorists 1 are travelling at
the allowed speed.
It was suggested that signs
may help. but a fence would
be better.
"Let's not wait for
someone to be killed and
then think we should have
done something," Mrs.
Chappel concluded, in urging
consideration for her
suggestions.
Her letter was turned over
to the general government
committee for considera-
tion.
Reeve Don MacGregor,
however. said that
automatic signals at the
railway crossings were out
of the question due to their
high cost He said the county
paid $6.000 to have railway
employees hang a sign on a
bridge.
'It's terrible," he said in
reference to the cost of
signals for railway
crossings.
Councillor Tom
Humphries reported that the
Exeter Kinettes had con-
sidered erecting a fence at
Victoria Park some years
ago. but ran out of funds. He
said he would check with
club members to see if they
would be interested in par-
ticipating in such a project
at the present.
BLOOMS FORCANCER — The three sororities in Exeter were
in charge of the sale of daffodils for cancer, Friday. Shown in
front of the Exeter Post Office are Donna Jones and Elaine
Bogart. T -A photo
New industry
Coutinued from front page
meeting for April 14 and the
local group will have a
delegation attend this
workshop.
Mayor Bruce Shaw
lamented the fact the'com-
mittee members have been
having some difficulty in
getting the cooperation of
land owners to secure infor-
mation required for prospec-
tive industries.
He hinted that this was
odd in -view of the fact the
committee were actually in
the position of promoting
land for local developers.
Trustees want strap retained
If Huron county School
Board trustees get their
way, the strap will remain in
the school system.
At it's regular monthly
meeting Monday, the board
endorsed a motion stating its
opposition to the general
abolition of corporal punish-
ment in schools. A second,
qualifying point, to the mo-
tion insists the use of cor-
poral punishment should be
left to the discretion of each
board.
A revision of the use of
corporal punishment was
prompted by a memoran-
dum from Minister of
Education Bette Stephenson,
who proposed an ammend-
ment to the Education Act
asking teachers and prin-
cipals to refrain from the
use of physical force in dis-
ciplining a pupil, except to
protect himself or another
pupil.
But the ammendment, ac-
cording to Huron officials,
wreaked of ambiguity and
was prone to interpretation.
The key words in the
ammendment were
'physical force' a term
which Director of Education
John Cochrane said was am-
biguous, adding that simply
grabbing a child by the arm
and leading him to the office
could be considered physical
force.
To properly evaluate the
situation, Cochrane asked all
county principals and
teachers to submit opinions
on corporal punishment. The
response from schools was
disappointing, (11 out of 27
schools responded) but the
general theme of the
responses indicated a
willingness to retain the
strap in the system.
In the submissions from
the county teachers and
principals, Cochrane read
pertinent quotes that said
the strap "should be kept as
a last resort,"• another said
it "should be retained and
used with discretion," one
submission siad "it is a sym-
bol of authority that deters
deviant behaviour."
Cochrane pointed out that
a major point for considera-
tion came from the principal
of a trainable retarded
school who said, "there is a
time and need in a trainable
retarded school to protect
the pupil from harming him
or herself."
Secondary school prin-
cipals suggested that use of
the strap was not a signifi-
cant issue in high school and
that it has not been used for
many years. The use of
force, a report said, is
sometimes necessary but in-
frequent.
The elementary school
principal's association said
the strap should be main-
tained only as a last resort
adding that there were
CORRECTION
The Interest rates on
Exeter PUC's current hydro
accounts were incorrectly
reported last week.
The interest rates on
current accounts are: prime
rate less three per cent on
balances under 8100,000 and
prime rate less two and a
half per cent on balances
over 8100,000.
The rates were not the
flat two and a half and three
per cent reported.
several alternate methods
for controling students.
In the county's elementary
schools the strap has been
used 14 times in the last 6'
months and the principals in-
sist its use should be the
perogative of the school
board and not a unilateral
decision of the Ministry. The
report said the public views
discipline as one of the most
pressing problems in the
system along with increases
in vandalism.
Despite a direct plea to the
public to offer submissions
on the use of corporal
punishment, Cochrane only
received one letter from a
Goderich ratepayer who op-
posed the abolition of cor-
poral punishment and
suggested it be left for in-
dividual boards of education
to make the decision.
The motion passed by the
board also requested the
education committee to
develop a draft policy and
adequate set of guidelines on
the useof corporal punish-
ment in the. schools which
will reflect the concerns of
the board, the staff and the
public.
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