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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-02-01, Page 1OUALITY N , ITYItE i HY PAY MORE? Whitlngs Phone 235.1964 To review er�saPubIic School tunny to attain their fupeet in- maiion Services employee Tinney said tater "We are tellectual, physical, emo- and Hensel! history book very concerned about the ac- tions! and social pottittial. committee member Sharon commodation review.There's The procedure will recognize Wurm. retired businessman quite a bit of information to be and be based on three key Doug Cook, and former Hen- gathered, and we intend to considerations: the needs of sail reeve and present thoroughly investigate ever the children, the needs of the Centennial amabassador possibility." y community, and cost. Harold Knight. Tinney thought the public The committee's report is Other members, appointed meeting had "gone very to be sumbitted to the Huron by the chairman of the Huron well". Operations superinten- County board of education, board of education, are dent Miller agreed. Miller which will carefully consider trustees Dr. John Goddard said he was glad to see the it when preparing its final representing the area elec- number of people in atten- report on the tate of the tors, and John Jewitt from dance, telling the accom school. Any closure date McKillop -Hallett, • modation review committee would not be sooner than the Superintendent •of opera- what they wanted, and he ex - end of one full school year tions Don Miller will act as pected many creative pro - following the datgof decision. executive secretary and be posals from the community. In reply to a number of present at all meetings. Miller said before a change issues raised by concerned The school principal or his in policy in 1981 allowing citizens, Clark reiterated the designate, a teacher elected pubic input, local boards purpose of the meeting was to by the staff, a member of the alone made the decisions on elect four members to the Hensall council and a whether or not to close school accommodation member of the Huron County schools under their jurisdic- review committee. Once the industrial training committee tion. This is the first time ac - committee was formed, quer- are to be considered resource commodation review coin - lions and suggestions would personnel available to the mittees have been formed in be directed to them during the committee. Huron County, and he hopes next five months. The newly formed'commit- the review of the three schools Elected to represent the tee met for their fist session t Hensall, Vanastra and parents and the community immediately following .the J.A.D. McCurdy► will help were Jack Tinney, former public meeting. The first streamline the evaluation Hay township reeve and Doan- order of business was to elect process and make it more ap- ty warden, Agricultural Infor- Jack Tinney aS jchairman. plicable to the community. Approximately 250 Hensel! student body numbered 127 in residents filled the 1981-82, rose by one to 128 the auditorium of the village's following year, and dropped public school to show by their back to 127 for the current presence their fervent desire term. This is calculated as to keep their school open. 119.5 full-time equivalents, with each kindergarten child counted as one -hal( student. Tuesday evening's public meeting was called by the ex- ecutive committee of the Huron County Board of Education, and chaired by Art Clark, board trustee for the Hullet-Turnberry- Wingham district (and head oaf the executive cothmittee.) Clark explained the meeting's purpose was to elect four members to a school accom- modation review committee which will have five months to identify the needs and pro- blems related specificaily to the Hensall school. - The committee is to review and report on such factors as the advantages and/or disad- vantages of the educational experience of the students, the school's social Influence on the community and the ef- fect withdrawal of the facili- ty would have, statistics and future development plans for the school district, present state of repair of the building and facilities, financial and logistical constraints on the board including building, bus- ing, mill rates and provincial support, an analysis of the school program and related advantages of schools con- sidered as reasonable alter- natives, and alternative uses of the school building. The school accommodation review committee is to solicit input from the school com- munity through public meetings and/or question- naires. Its report should recommend that the school either continue to operate in its present format, under a revised format. or close. The public meeting had been called by the Huron County Board of Education as the first step in the school's accommodation review which was set in motion when enrol- ment dropped below ministry -set standards. According to the guidelines, llensall's student population is below the maximum effec- tive enrolhient for that school of 242. the optimum effective enrolment 180 percent of ef- fective capacity t of 194, and minimum effective enrol- ment t 60 percent 1 or 145. The DOG POWER FOR SKIING -- Kathy Kirby prepares to be pulled on a skiing trip through Hay Swamp Satur- day morning by a pair of Siberian Huskies. Plans ready for Lucan scout hall. Final plans for the Lucan Scout -Guide hall to be built this year in the Market Street Park will be submitted to the village of Lucan this weak. Chairman of the building committee, Dave Barr. reported to a committee meeting that a set of firm plans was very near comple- tion including input from pro- fessionals in plumbing, heating and electrical design which had been volunteer. Mr: Barr extended thanks to Jim Jackson, Paul Malone and Tom Dyer for their help and advice. The meeting also discussed a few minor changes to the building's original concept in- cluding addition of a foul weather vestibule, skylights. one window in the kitchen area and a slight modification to the basement layout, all of which will improve the ver- satility of the building. Also presented at the meeting were plans for a "Name the Building contest" to be conducted among the nearly 250 children and youth enrolled in the Scout -Guide program. Leaders will ex- plain the contest at meetings this week and the winner will be announced at the upcom- ing ecumenical Scout -Guide Church Service. February 26 at Lucan Arena. The winning entry will earn a prize related to group ac- tivities as well as the invita- tion to participate in upcom ing ceremonies associated • With the project, such as sod turning. corner stone laying and official opening. In order to give special in in Biddulph vited guests time to plan, the official opening has been ten- tatively slated for Saturday September 15. Construction will begin as soon as is prac- tical in the spring. To date, fundraising for the project has been primarily aimea at various levels of government and at area ser- vice clubs. along with the Scout -Guide efforts at events such as the International Plowing Match and Lucan Fair. The committee has decided that the fundraising effort should now be expand- ed to the general public. Starting immediately, a "Buy a Block" campaign will begin. For each 5E donated the donor will be credited with- contributing ithcontributing one of the estimated 7,500 cement blocks to be used in construction. Donors can buy as many blocks as they wish! All gifts will be tax deduc- tible as donations to Boy Scouts of C:abada, a registered charity. As soon as unique ri w temporary receipts have been printed, donations may be made to any Scouter, Guider, member of the building committee or al the Lucan Branch of The Toronto -Dominion Bank. In fact. the hank will accept donations immediately. The Scout -Guide Hall will be the culmination of several years of planning and hard work by members of the groups in Lucan. It will be a real asset to Lucan and area b) providing ideal meeting facihti's for youth andelhers and by improving public con- venience in the Market Street park If a revised format is pro- posed, specific recommenda- tions are to be included. If closure is suggested, the report should contain a recommended date, alter- native accommodation at other schools, transportation arrangements and proposed other use of the building and facilities. The primary consideration in the development of this procedure is the provision to all students of equal oppor- Stanley gets planning grant A community planning study grant of $13,500 has been awarded to the Countyof Huron on behalf of the Township of Stanley, Claude Bennett, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Hous- ing, announced this week. The grant will be used to prepare a new comprehen- sive zoning bylaw for the township. - Community planning study grants are designed to en- courage municipalities to resolve land use planning issues to reflect municipal and economic priorities. They may also be used for special studies to develop community improvement policies, to determine the feasibility of using data pro- cessing technology in the local planning process and to assist in implementing the Planning Act. Plan nse in dog offence fines e ce at the January 17 meeting of (1110'11 hanimal control of firer Howard r'urrie who ex- pressed xpresse•e1 contr.! ns about the pr'ohuenls u1 .murals running al large The quote rout The June lion 111 Exile( to suppl} and install 14 yerlu•a1 blinds tit the new township office %5 aS ae (Tiled iii the amount 01 $2.220 64 Road Super inte•neiert! 1lugh Davis has bei•fl dig horrzed to Biddulph township clerk treasurer Ray Hands has been instructed by council to prepare a bylaw concerning the increasing of fines fol• dogs running at large to tie considered at the February meeting. The new bylaw would reflect fines of $25 for the first offence and $40 for each sue ceeding offence if a dog 15 1111 pounded for running at large The subject was brought up call tenders for the supply and spreading on township roads of 11,000 cubic yards of 3-4 inch crushed gravel. Spreading to be under the supervision of the road superintendent and is to be completed on or before June 15. 1984. • As the result of the resigna- tion of R.G. Foster as the secretary -treasurer of the Granton and area fire board, Please turn to page 2 HEART FUND EXECUTIVE The annual canvass for the Heart Fund will be held shortly. Area officials met in Dashwood, Thursday night. Back, left, Anne Cottel, Crediton and Ellen Brown, Diane Andrews, Marg Cook and Lois Wilson, Centralia. Front, co-ordinator Joan Von den Broeck, area chairman Aleda Struyke and Huron campaign chairman Put Whelan. T -A photo 1' • Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex SCHOOL REVIEW — Four people to represent the parents and the community were elected to the school accommodation review committee at o public meeting in Hen- sall. Other members are appointed. Shown are trustee John Jewitt (back left) and elected members Sharon Wurm, Harold Knight, Jack Tinney (front) and Doug Cook. Missing: Hensall trustee Dr. John Goddard. • dvoc & North Lambton Since 1873 One Hundred and Eleventh Year EXETER, ONTARIO, February 1, 1984 Tickets still available Price Per Copy 50 Cents Sandra Post to attend Sportsmen's Some tickets are still available for the llth annual Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner which goes next Tues- day, February 7 at the South Huron Rec Centre. One of the celebrities atten- ding will be one of Canada's best known golfers Sandra Post of Oakville. In a career that lasted 16 years she won eight official LPGA championships and nearly $750,000. In 1979 she won $178,75010:finish second on the money list behind Nan- cy Lopez and was .awarded the Lou Marsh trophy as Canada's athlete of the year. No Canadian professional golfer, male or female has had a better year than the one Sandra Post had in 1979. No Canadian has won more money as a professional golfer. Fire hall for Craig Ralph Ferguson, MP for Lambton-Middlesex, today announced the approval of a Canada Works project for the village of Ailsa Craig. The project involves the construc- tion of a new fire hall in Ailsa Craig to service the village and surrounding area. The federal government will pro vide funding of $22.429 which represents approximately 50 percent of the cost, and the municipality • will pay the remainder. Mr. Ferguson stated, "i am very pleased to be able to assist such a worthwhile pro- ject. The new fire hall is urgently needed and should greatly improve the level of service the fire department can provide the residents of Ailsa Craig." The project includes the construction of a brick fire hall 72 feet by 40 feet to house the three village fire trucks. As well, the interior will be completely finished and will include an office, mapping room and washrooms. The project is scheduled to commence shortly, and will provide 68 weeks of employ- ment for four individuals. Leg broken in -accident A London man suffered a broken leg in one of two ac- cidents investigated this week by officers of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. Richard Scott received the injury Saturday when the snowmobile he was operating went out of control on Conces sion 4-5 at sideroad 15-16 in Hay township and struck a stopped snowmobile operat- ed by Russell Zellas of St. Thomas. Damages were set at $250. In the other mishap, a vehi- cle driven by Warren Davison, Exeter went out of control on a slushy section of Highway 4, about three kilometres north of Hensall and hit the ditch, Saturday. Damages totalled $500. In semi -retirement she has umpire Marty Springstead. chosen to stay away from golf In addition to Sandra Post, since June of 1983 acid though the female aspect of sports she anticipates playing the will be represented by two odd event such as the LPGA other champions. They are championship or the du Linda Findley of London who Maurier Classic she says her recently won a couple of cross days of playing the tour week country events at the World in and week out are over. Games and Susan Scherer, a The two headline speakers member of the 1983 Canadian will be Bob O'Billovich who ladies fastball championship. guided the Toronto Argonauts Added to Springstead from to the 1983 Grey Cup cham- the world of baseball come pianshtp and cetttroversial Detroit Tigers pitcher Milt American I e:seball Wilcox and Jim Gott one of the up and coming pitching stars of the Toronto Blue Jays. Professional football will be represented by linebacker Gary Cobb of the Detroit Lions and former University of Western Ontario linebacker Jeff Arp, now a member of the Hamilton Tiger Cats. Attending from the sport of auto racing will be Jacques Villenueve who drove a Cana- dian Tire sponsored vehicle to the Can -am championship in - I983. From another kind of rac- ing comes recently retired London Free Press sport- swriter Harry Eisen. He spent more than 40 years with the. London daily mostly in the coverage of thoroughbred and standardbred racing and in late December received the first media award ever presented by the Canadian Trotting Association. It has taken 11 years, but, the committee in charge of ASPIRING CARPENTERS — Harry Stuart of ARC Industries in Dashwood assist Zurich Cubs Johnny Deblieck, Donny Thiel, Derick McGee and Chris Ducharme in their woodworking badge project. T -A photo Water budget for 1984 approved PUC manager Hugh Davis summed up 198:3 as a go of year when he niet with the commission for its regular January meeting. "Ninety-five percent of that is good management,-" PUC chairman Murray Greene added departments like the arena board can plan ahead, but a PUC manager almost needs ESP powers to foresee situations like business expansion a year in advance. For this reason, ex- tra funds are allocated, especially in the hydro department. Last year the Exeter utility picked up six high -consumption customers. in 1983 $97,094 was budgeted for capital expenses, and 5103,743 actually spent. The budget allowed for $195,069 in controllable expenses, of which $181,349 was spent dur- ing the year. Capital expenditures in the water department amounted to $61,944.35, lower than the ,budgeted *65,166. The water department shows a profit at year's end of $19,090.30, and the hydro department's book figure is $167,726.05. However, in the latter case, the power hill for December consumption has not yet been received from Ontario Hydro, and the November hill was 8115,885. December's bill will be even higher. ' The proposed waterworks budget for 1984 was discussed and approved. Davis is budgeting for estimated ex- penses of S288.621 and revenue of *294,089 for a hot - tom line of $.5,468 profit. Capital expenses will clude a new one -ton service truck. installation of a main on William Street between Church and Alexander to complete the,loop feed in Ex- eter north al an estimated cost of $5t.661.or slightly less if the weather cooperates, and two additional fire hydrants on Thames Road between An- drew St. and Rosemount Drive for another *6,000. The commission voted to in- crease the connection charge for 3, inch copper service on new homes from the $275 established in May 1979 to $300 this year, and an addi- tional $25 in 1985. Material and labour costs have risen more than 40 percent in the interim. • There was only one main break, on Edward Street. in the past month. The thawing device has been built and is ready in case of need. it was not completed in time to thaw pipes at the abattoir Davis said his men had been busy- last week relocating water lines at Canadian ('anners, which bodes well for the future. The next meeting will be February 29 at 9:00 LIONESS DONATE -- The Exeter Lioness club has donated $100 to the Thames Valley Crippled Children's Treatment Centre. Above lioness president Sue Pearson and Lions president John Norris present the cheque to Troy Whyte who will be Timmy at Tuesday's Sportsmen's Dinner. Dinner the local dinner has finally come up with a ringer. Elmer Hohl of Wellesley, winner of at least five Canadian and world horse shoe pitching championships will be one of the head table guests. The master of ceremonies will be Cliff "Hoss" Maxwell of St. Thomas and he can be counted on to keep the pro- gram moving with his snappy introductions. Tickets selling at $35 for _adults and $20 for public and high school students are still available at the Bank of Nova Scotia and any member of the Exeter Lions Club. Receipts for allowable portions for in- come tax purposes will be issued. All proceeds will go to the - Ontario Crippled Children's Association and the Thames Valley Treatment Centre in London. Local crippled children will be represented at the dinner by Troy Whyte of Huron Park. Don Mousseau is the Lions 'sinner committee chairman. Pooley boys in sports magazine Sales of (be January 30 issue of Sports' Illustrated should be considerable in Ex- eter and area. Included in the latest publication is a two page story on the Ohio State Buckeyes hockey team in- cluding Paul and Perry Pooley. Margaret Sieck, Sports II- lustrated's hockey editor said the story focuses on Buckeye hockey's relative obscurity outside the collegiate hockey realm and the oddity of hav- ing identical twins as standouts. PACER DIES The fears of Kirkton area veterinarian Dr. Norm Amos before the fifth race at Western Fair Raceway Fri- day night turned out. to be worse than he expected. Amos was afraid his seven year-old pacing mare Nor Lea Penn would be claimed. Racing in the two -hole at the three-quarter mile mark. Nor Lea Penn began to drift back and slowed to a crawl and toppled to the ground in front of the toe board. She died of an apparent heart attack. Driver Bob Taylor said, "1 had a ton of horse at the three- quarter pole. She just let up and her head dropped. I don't know how, she lasted that long. 1 guess her heart just went on her." Dr. Amos added, "I was afraid she was going to be claimed, but, that would have been better than this." Nor Lea Penn who was bred and raised by Amos had won three races in a row at Western Raceway and five of ' her last six. She raced her best mile of 2.02 as a four year-old and had earned • $25,303 during her racing career.