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Times-Advocate, 1983-09-07, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, September 7, 1983 PUC gets good news, $89,000 credit PUC manager Hugh Davis had good news when the com- r mission met for its regular August meeting. Because of changes in the funding of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System the Exeter office has been credited with $89,000. Davis explained the money could be left in the fund to earn 12.3 interest, and part could later be withdrawn if desired. If all the money was withdrawn now, the commis - son would be responsible for providing pensions for any permanently partially disabl- ed employees. The commis- sioners decided to leave the money in the fund. Davis spent some time reviewing the PUC's in- surance coverage with com- mission chairman Murray Greene and commissioner Harry DeVries. (Mayor Bruce Shaw was not able to attend because of other commitments.) As the total premium has been reduced due to a drop in the property insurance, the insuring company suggested boosting coverage in other areas. After careful examina- tion of each case, the commis- sion decided to increase coverage for an inside or out- side robbery or burglary from $2,000 to $5,000, '•triple the coverage on all who drive their own vehicles for PUC business, and the liability for errors and omissions (cases where injury or damage results from the mistakes of Do You Play? Do You Want to Learn? Come out and join the Exeter Backgammon Club. Thurs. night Sept. 15, 1983 at 7:45 p.m. Meeting place - Good Times Main St. Exeter For more information call Poul at 482-3533 days or 235-2502 evenings 4i*';******** QUEEN'S * HOTEL * SEAFORTH * * * * Entertainment * * Wed. -Sat. * * THIS END * * UP * * DAILY * * LUNCHEON * * SPECIALS * * from $2.50 * * Happy Hour * 4:30-6:00 * * No Cover * * * * * * * * * * * Yard & Bake Sale Sept. 10 10 - 4 p.m. Wonderful baked goods and articles too numerous to mention. Come see us - rain or shine Bethel Reformed Church Huron St. E. Exeter PUC employees) from one million to three in both categories. A clause insuring the com- mission against staff dishonesty to a total of $25,000 will be included in the new policy. Boiler insurance for the utility's one furnace and two water heaters was increased. Davis assured the commis- sion the appliances were in- spected each year and meet all requirements, but "all it would take would be for something to stick." Davis announced that con- version bonds purchased dur- ing the last war and locked in at 4.5 percent interest had finally matured. The Bank of Nova Scotia offered the best terms for reinvestment at 8.25 semi-annually. This was accepted. Davis said PUC employees had been busy with many ser- vice changes and upgradings. The new IGA store means ex- tensive new installations of transformers and metering equipment, and the moving of other equipment. A bank of transformers at the rear of the Canadian Tire GB public school enrolment steady Enrolment at Grand Bend Public School is holdng its own this year, according to principal Sid Fletcher. Par- ticularily encouraging is a class of 13 kindergarten children this year. Grand Bend children returned to school Tuesday to find some changes. Doris Elliot has moved from the junior grade room to teach grades seven and eight. Brian Morrice, who taught those grades last year will be with the grades three and four children. Carol Armbruster, who was resource teacher last year will teach grades one and two instead of three and four and Tom Hales will be in the classroom for grades five and six. Trish Murdock will teach kindergarten. Principal Flet- cher will be handling resource, remedial and enrichment programs for groups of three children at a session. This year a speach teacher will be in attendance once a week and a junior consultant will be available on request. Shop and Home Economics classes will be held for a full day every two weeks instead of a half day every week to cutdown on transit time and give more time for projects. The Grand Bend Optimists Club are planning on install- ing additional playground equipment behind the school. Town to replace works employee Exeter's works department will get a replacement for an employee who retired last month, but the department's budget will be reviewed prior to the 1984 budget in an effort to effect some economies. The report of an ad hoc committee which had been named to consider the current staffing levels, said that they couldn't see fit at this time to reduce any services and therefore the employee was required. The planned expan- sion of the sewer lagoon was another reason cited for replacing Milt Taylor, who Mair hurt in London A former Hensall man, Tyler Goudie, suffered major injuries when the car he was driving collided with a Lon- don police department cruiser Wednesday morning. The mishap occured at 12:30 a.m. at the intersection of Queens Avenue and English St. Goudie. 19, of 225 Wharn- cliffe Rd. N., was southbound on English when his carcollid- ed with a cruiser travelling west on Queens driven by 28 -year old Const. Grant Far- quhar. Sgt. llarold Pym of the police traffic department said the intersection is controlled by a stop sign on English Street. There is no indication, he said. of any excessive speed on the part of either driver. Farquhar was treated at hospital and released while Goudie was treated in the in- tensive ca, unit at Victoria Hospital. Goudie's car ended up on the lawn of 44 English at the northwest corner of the in- tersection. The cruiser was resting against a signpost at the same corner. Firefighters helped remove Goudie from his car while police and am- bulance officials ad- ministered cardio -pulmonary resuscitation. has been named as attendant at the waste disposal site. The works committee had recommended that a replace- ment be hired a month ago, but council decided to study the situation more closely. - In making the report, chair- man Gaylan Josephson said the ad hoc committee or another similar committee, should consider economies within the department prior to the next budget. He said one such area of economizing could be in alteration of gar- bage routes, although he did not elaborate. Council, in approving the committee recommendation, also sanctioned an automatic council review of any town position at any time when that position becomes vacant. store will have to be relocated, and a resident on WQ iam Street is switching to electric heat, which means heavier secondary wiring. None of these projects had been included in the 1983 budget. Davis warned that the oil in the transformers at the substation behind the library had been tested and found to be unsatisfactory. Changing the oil may have to be includ- ed in next year's budget, and is an expensive proposition as each transformer holds hun- dreds of gallons of very ex- pensive oil. Davis had climbed up to the PUC roof after hearing of a roof collapsing in London recently. A local roofing com- pany said the roof would be all right until next year, when another coat of hot asphalt should be applied. That cost will also be in next year's budget. Davis reported the hydrant colour-coding was finished, and a complete set of records sent to the Exeter Fire department. Fire chief Gary Middleton has requested that Davis ac- company him on an inspec- tion of the fire hydrants serv- icing the commercial establishments on Highway 83 between Highway 4 and the town limits. Now that more development has taken place, the original distance averag- ing up to 800 feet between hydrants may no longer be adequate, and three new hydrants may have to be in- stalled. Davis will report his findings and recommenda- tions to the next meeting. Despite a 10 percent in- crease in 1983's water rate, the commercial revenue is down. This is due primarily to Canadian Canners, the PUC's best customer for water, hav- ing a poor pea pack this year. Corn has been brought in for processing from as far away as Quebec, but the cannery is not using as much water as in previous years. Davis said domestic water useage revenue was up 10.9 percent. The next regular meeting will be September 29 at 9:00 a.m. Rabies clinic In response to a prolifera- tion of positive rabies in -Huron county, Dr. Harry Cieslar, Medical Officer of Health, has set up a series of free rabies vaccination clinics in municipalities across the county. Established in co-operation with the Health of Animals Branch, Seaforth, the Huron County Health Unit assisted in obtaining locations for the clinics in 13 municipalities. Times and dates of (he clinics have been published in coun- ty newspapers and further in- formation is available from the Huron County Health Unit. Three skunks, two bovines, one groundhog and one bat tested have been found to be rabid. To date rabies vaccines have been administered to 15 county residents. Health committee chair- man, T. W. Cronin, praised Pr Cieslar for establishing the county -wide clinics. "I;would like to compliment the doctor on his work in set- ting up these clinics," he said. "It is very important to have them." OFF TO SCHOOL - Hazel Snedden, a grade four stu- dent at Exeter Public School chaperones brother An- drew off to Exeter Public School Tuesday morning. An- drew is starting in grade one. T -A photo CNIB to display aids, appliances The Bluewater Blind Club is sponsoring a CNIB display and demonstration of visual aids and appliances in the Wesley Willis United Church auditorium, Clinton on Tues- day, September 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. This display and demonstration will feature such items as talking clocks, talking weigh scales, talking calculators, telescope lenses, etc. Gwen Watson of Clinton, president of the Bluewater Club, says there are a lot of new items for blind people on A RAINY RIDE - A rain shower Tuesday morning didn't stop Tammy Raymond from attending first day classes at Exeter Public School. T -A photo r 1 LetQurBank answeryour questios. (I) CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE We're for students! Contact: CAROLE PREECE Box 119 Exeter • Ontano (519) 235 1050 Terry Fox run set Sept. 18 Area residents will have an opportunity again this year to support the Terry F'ox Run. Local organizer Doug Ellison reported this week that the event will be staged on Sunday. September Itt to coincide with the runs being held in centres across the nation. The local event will be held from the South Huron rec cen- tre with the starting time bet- ween 10:00 a.in. and 2:00 p.m. The event is designed to raise funds for Cancer research and people of all ages are asked to join in, whether they plan to run, walk or jog the 10 kilometer course. Area students can get pledge sheets at area schools, while adults may pick up a sheet at Ellison Travel. Last year about 100 people participated and raised $2,300. the market since the club held its last display in 1978. Tea will be served to those attending and a silver collec- tion will be taken up. This money will be sent overseas to help a group of blind peo- ple in India sponsored by the Bluewater Club. Besides sponsoring this group, the Club also supplies talking books free of charge to blind persons in area nursing homes. But mainly it serves as a social organization open to the 108 blind persons in Huron County. "We play games, listen to music and have special guests speakers," explains Mrs. Watson. "But mostly we offer moral support to one another. Many people who are just losing their sight, are afraid to go anywhere and this gives them the opportuni- ty to get out." The Club meets once a month and has between 18 and 20 members who attend with their escorts. Anyone with less than 10 percent sight is welcome to join and may phone Mrs. Watson at 482-7406 for further information. At Ecole Ste. Marie French school interest up Interest in a French im- mersion or French language school at Ecole Ste. Marie in St. Josephs is higher than he thought, Zurich area trustee Dave Durand told fellow members of the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board August 29. Trustees voted in July to keep the three room school open, and to investigate either type of facility there by September 1, 1984. Stratford trustee Ron Marcy wanted to know who was doing the investigating. Parents like the idea of par- tial French immersion, with all subjects taught in French at least 50 percent of the day, Durand said. While a French immersion school is open to any children, a French language school where all in- struction is in French must be established in an area if at least 25 families with French backgrounds want it. French immersion is fine if everyone in the Ecole Ste. Marie community, plus others, want it, director of education Bill Eckert says. "But it's difficult to establish French immersion just for List fields crop results Gordon Jones and Allan Powe of the Exeter Agricultural Society report the following scores in the Field Crop Competition for 1983. The wheat and barley crops were judged on freedom from disease, insects etc. weeds and stand of crop. Hay crops were judged on thickness of sward, balance, yield, freedom from weeds and quality of crop. The competitors are re- quired to exhibit at the Exeter Fall Fair Sept. 23, and Sept. 24 or 15 points will be deducted.from score. Wheat: Elmer Powe 90, Miller Farms 89, Bruce Shap - ton 88, Tom Triebner 84, Stan Hicks 84, Gerald Deraing 84, Hern Farms 81, Passmore Farms 81, Allan Rundle 81, Tuckey Farms 80, Jack Stewart 79, Lorne Vern 78, Don Dearing 77, Tom I tern Jr. 75, Bob Down 73, Murray Dawson 69, 'Hugh Rundle 63. Barley: Rene Van Bru- waene 89, Kerslake Farms 89, Wayne Hern 86, Bruce Shap - ton 85, Jack Stewart 84, Passmore Farms 84, Bob Down 83, Allan Rundle 83, Howard Pym 80, Miller Farms 78, Ken Oke 77, Elmer Powe 75. Hay: Alan Hern 82, Tom Triebner 80, Hern Farms 80, Lorne Hern 76, Wayne Hern 75, Don Dearing 74, Tom Hern Jr. 72, Pete Sereda 69, Bob Down 68. one area in the two counties." Parents from Stratford to Goderich might want similar access to a French education for their children. A French language school at Ecole Ste. Marie, on the other hand, would be "legitimate" because of the long establish- ed Frencn community there. The administrat,.,n will have to investigate the issue, said board chairman Rot, Murray. Ecole Ste. Marie currently has 75 minutes a day of instruction in French, which hasn't been opposed by anyone and "I don't see a pro- blem with people from Goderich or Stratford wan- ting to bus their children to Ecole Ste. Marie." The problem the chairman sees with either French im- mersion or a French language school is that there is no French high school in either county for children to continue their progress. While Ecole Ste. Marie grads are currently "marginally more skilled" in French than average, that margin disap- pears after a couple of years of high school, Eckert said, "because the extra French is not .there." Surely the extra French isn't lost, trustee Vincent McInnes said. It's the same as religion, which HPRCSS students study for eight years and then go on to a public high school "They don't lose it. It's there." Trustee John Devlin. an ex - teacher, agreed. "They wouldn't lose their facility. Give them a couple of months at university (in French) and it would come back." Students would need to get grade 9 and 10 high school French credits, if they were educated to that point in HPRCSS grade 8 classes, the director, Eckert said. In other business the board : discussed in committee -of - the -whole rejection of its ap- plication for a $700,000 COED grant to do about $1.5 million in capital improvements to a number of schools in the system. Received copies of a booklet on bus safety developed by Lin Steffler for distribution to every family in the HPRCSS system (part of the board's first in the pro- vince bus safety program, the booklet costs about 50 cents per copy). Learned that the cooperative evaluation team for the ministry study of the school system has been selected. Supported a resolution from the Lincoln County Roman Catholic Separate School Board asking for additional funding and recognition for students() who are severely retarded and developmental- ly handicapped. The cost per student will be three times the allowable expenditure for the trainable retarded, the board says. Approved the appointment of Don Farwell as principal at Immaculate Conception School in Stratford effective this month. Farwell, who was principal at St. Joseph's, Clin- ton, requested the move. Jim McDade, of St. Mary's, Goderich, will be acting prin- cipal until December 31. The opening at St. Joseph's will be advertised inside and out of the system. LADES DIVISION EXITIR AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Mon., Sept. 12 7:45 p.m. Rec Centre Ayditorium All members welcome Stephen Township Hall Huron Park Annex Anyone wishing to Rent Call 228-6425 Ice available WeicIincy Jfowers )'Ou don't f)ay any more or the atisfac-- (ion of knowing they'll be hrc-pored with the care and ( nuern for detail that hay built our reputation. Cotottpy Flowers EXETER 235-2350 Ifit's from Anstett's it says, `you're special' II Albert Street. Clinton 26 Main Street South, Seaforth 264 Main Street, Exeter 203 Durham Street East, Walkerton 13S Queen Street East, St. Marys DJSPL4Y YOUR LOJ E ON HER FINGER The diamond engagement ring you select for your bride will be a doily reminder of your deep love. 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