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The committee appy to
reyiew accommodation at
J.A.D. McCurdy Public
School has plenty of questions
to discuss as the result of an
open public meeting.
Tuesday's public meeting
was called by the Huron
County Board of Education as
the first step in a review of the
school when enrolment drop-
ped below standards set by
the Ontario Ministry of
Education.
According to provincial
guidetineir, the enrolment at
J.A.D. McCurdy has dropped
to just above 200, which is
below the minimum effective
enrolment of 208
With close to 100 interested
parents and ratepayers in at-
tendance, Don MacDonald,
chairman for the evening said
the purpose of the meeting
was to elect four members to
$ school accommodation
review committee which will
have five months to Identify
the needs and problems
related specifically to the
Huron Park school.
Named by the open meeting
to represent parents were in- •
suranoe salesman Ian Russell
who was later named chair-
man of the new group and
Norm Hyde, chief of the
Stephen township fire depart-
ment at Huron Park. •
The other two positions -of
the committee were to be fill-
ed by citizens of the com-
munity who may or may not
have children attending the
school. Appointed in this
category were Harold Sissons
and Jim Parker.
Completing the committee
will be trustee Harry Hayter
who represents Stephen
township on the Huron Board
iLkacadon and trustee John
from Blyth.
Added and considered as
resagrce personnel available
to the committee are J.A.D.
McCurdy principal John
Biertsema, teacher Harry
Brooks and a representative
from Stephen township coun-
cil. Superintendent of opera-
tions for the Huron board Don
Miller is secretary.
The committee is to review
and report on such factors as
the advantages and/or disad-
vantages of the educe
experience of the student.,
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,
busing, mill rates and provin-
cial support, an analysis of
the school program and
Fire destroys barn
structure. Fortunately, the
northerly direction of the
wind saved a nearby, fully
stocked pig barn.
The destroyed bap did not
house any cattle at this time
of year, but a windrower
spreader, elevator, smaller
items of equipment and grain,
oats, hay and straw were also
lost in the blaze.
The barn was insured for
$45,000, hut Morlock
estimates replacement costs
would be almost double that
amount
An early Monday morning
fire completely destroyed a
large barn on the farm of Jim
Morlock, RR 2, Crediton The
fire was already well under
way when the Morlock s were
roused from sleep by :t
• neighbour at 12:15 a.m.
The Crediton fire depart-
ment responded quickly, but
were unable to control the fire
after the end of the barn drop-
ped away and the sudden in-
creased draft swept the
flames through the entire
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related advantags4 at schools
considered as rtawnable
alternatives, and alternative
uses of the school building.
The school accommodation
review committee is to solicit
input from the school coin-.
munity through , public
meetings and/or queition-
naires. Its report should
recommend that the School
either continue to operate in
its present format, under a
- revised format, or close.
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
al! students of equal oppor-
tunity to attain their fullest in-
tellectual, physical, emo-
tional and social potential.
The procedure will recognize
and be based on three key
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McCURDY SCHOOL REVIEW COMMITTEE — A committee has been named to han-
dle the accommodation review at J.A.D. McCurdy Public School at Huron Park.
Back, left are local committee members Harold Sissons and Jim Parker and Huron
Board of Education trustee Harry Hayter. Front, Norm Hyde and Ian Russell
representing parents and Blyth area trustee John Elliott. T -A photo.
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FIRE DESTROYS STEPHEN TOWNSHIP BARN -- A barn on the Concession 8 of
Stephen township farm owned by Jim Morlock was destroyed by fire early Monday
morning. Firemen were able to keep flames from spreading to a nearby barn.
Stephen approves buildup
of road on second concession
Stephen township council
has approved plans for a
number of road department
projects for 1984
• Road superintendent Enc
Finkbeiner was instructed to
call tenders for the supply of
30.000 tons of gravel for the
summer gravelling program
and 1::, flaked tons of liquin
calcium
At the same time Fink
beiner was given the okay for
the build-up of Concession
road 2.3 from Lot 21 to
Highway 83. included will be
the supply of A and B gravel
and clay for this project
Finkbeiner and water in-
spector (ecil Lovie were in-
structed to clear now from
and check water hydrants in
the township."
Council has approved the
placing ot $3,000 in a water
reserve• fund and $2 ii rn in a
reserve al a yearly
basis for future repairs to the
systems at Huron Park which
are now owned by the
township.
Huron caseload
lower than expected
Huron Count set-
vices
ervices started nut to Stmt
the highest caseload in its
history, but ended the yea r
Inver than t'\ ',Pried
John MacKinnon, the conn
•ty's social services ad
ministralor. presented his an
nual report al Hui o0 county
council's Fehruary 2 meeting.
Statistics show that in
.January of 1983. there were
347 welfare cases in Huron.
That number continued to
decline until ugust a hen the
number started to climb
again By December there
were 240 welt ar e cases in the
county.
The less than expected
numbers ended in financial
savings for the county.
Hurons share of the 1983
social =e.t , ries budget of $1.1
million was underspent by
$48,777 The county's initial
share of the budget was
$284.941 but in the end paid on-
ly $236.164.
However. Mr. MacKinnon
did point out that although the
actual costs came in under
who! .. is anticipated, the 1983
lntai ,,t $940 833 -is a 7.62 per-
cent increase over the 1982
total ot $874.191.
"the lower than an-
ticipated costs and caseload
rn 1983 can he attributed to
several factors," said the ad-
ministi ator. "improved job
opportunities especially in the
souther n part of the county,
govt.' nment work projects,
fewet than expected `Ul' ex
hau-tees' applying for
assistance and with the addi-
tion of a third fieldworker,
greater scrutiny and follow-
up of our employable cases,"
said Mr. MacKinnon.
A country -wide problem is
also being felt here in Huron
the administrator noted. The
problem - half the people on
welfare are single, between
the ages of 16 to 30. This in-
cludes childless married
couples.
MacKinnon commented
that a few years ago there
may have only been 10 or so
such cases compared to the
present number.
Water rates in the police
village of Dashwood will be
increased by 10 percent bas-
ed on estimated charges from
the province. The new
domestic annual rate will be
$11 1 and the minimum annual
rate for meters is up from
_$120 to $132
Council reserved decision
on an application from .Jeff
Sherintot of St Thomas to
establish a car a Oce track and
grandstand on the former
Grand Bend airport property
now owned by John
Twynstra.
Council approved a plan
ting strip on the south side of
the Miller Auto Wreckers pro-
perty at Lot 10, Concession 8
according to the zoning bylaw
and will ask Glanville Auto
Wreckers to bring an adja-
cent fence up to
specifications.
Hubert Miller has been
named building inspector for
the police village of
Dashwood.
Council offered no objection
to a zoning bylaw change for
the property of Ross Turnbull
at Lot 36, South Boundary
Concession in Hay township.
A resolution from shy
Ausable-Bayfield Conserva-
tion Authority concerning
floodline mapping in the
'1'hedford-Klondyke marsh
area was approved.
The final bylaw concerning
four collections of taxes for
1984 was approved. Due dates
for taxes in Stephen in
Stephen will he March 15,
June 15, September 14 and
November 30.
A meeting to hear the
engineering report on the
Ryan municipal drain will he
held February 14.
The next regular council
meetings are scheduled for
Fehruary 14 and March 6.
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POSTAL EMPLOYEE HONOURED - Kathleen McClInchey was honoured recently
as a Hensall post office employee for 33 years. Prom the left are area postmaster
Ken Dobney of Exeter Kcrthlncm McClinrhey and Hensall Postmaster Cecil Kipfer.
GET DEBENTURE FOR USBORNE BUILDING- Morris
Peever, secretary -manager of the West Wawanosh
Mutual Insurance Company presents a debenture che-
que for $80,000 to Usborne township reeve Gerald Pro-
ut. This represents the townships shore of the new
building at Morrison Dam being shared with the
Ausabie-Bayfield Consetvatiot, Ai,tt or,ty i A photo.
Four tax payments
for Osborne residents
The township of tlsixrrne
will be starling a tuiir tines a
year tax collection system for
the year 1984.
The interim taxes will
become due- and payable on
March 23 and lune 22 and the
two final instalment dates will
be decided when the 19131
budget is finalized
The tender 05 .1ennison (on
struction of Grand Bend for
the 1984 gravelling program
was accepted
i'he Grand Bend firm's i,id
of $46,95(1 was the lowest of
three received.
Road superintendent .John
Batten was instructed to in-
vestigate the price ot land fm
a new road maintenance
building, being a minimum of
three acres. Batten also
presented the 1983 road ex
penditures and informed
council that road subsidy
should he received on total ex-
penditure of $216.761.9'2
Norris Peever, secretary
Manager and Don McKenzie,
president of West Wawanosh
Mutual Insurance company
attended Tuesday s regular
meetingto present a cheque
for $80,000, being a debenture
to cover the township's por
tion of the new building
Clerk Larry Stuck was in
structed to investigate the
status of the Szabo municipal
drain with the township
engineers and report hack to
council
Council authorized the
members of the building coni
LOST DENTURES
Taking care of lost and
found articles is a normal pro-
cedure in the front office at
the Times Advocate, but, (his
week's find has c reated a lit
tle extra interest
Someone may have had a
little trouble chewing their
food on the weekend. Turned
in Friday afternoon was a
lower set of dentures. They
may be picked up at the T -A
office.
mittee. all recreation boards
and liar ry Strang to calculate
the ani ant of monies needed
by tht ;owftship to complete
Bi-('entewtial projects.
Council approved sharing
the cost of advertising with
the town of Exeter to
acknrwlenw r'ebruary as
Heart Month
1'he Huron ( runty planning
department will t)e asked to
adverb:* in the F,eeter'1'i:nes
Advocate for the public
meeting intxheld March ti at
4p.m
Reece Gerald Proul and
clerk Larry Stuck were
authorized to sign an 'agree
ment with the village of Hen-
sall relating to the joint use of
the waste disposal site. A
copy of ttie agreement is to be
cent to r.x,k's Division of
Gerhro.
Deputy reeve Margaret
iiern reported the township's
share of the total cost of the
kitchen it the new building
would be 20 percent amoun-
ting to $4.470
On the suggestion of Mrs.
Herm. e•lerk Larry Stuck was
instructed to investigate the
pi ice of obtaining a new
township flag
Council gave approval to
the Ilurondale Women's in-
stitute Bi Centennial project.
The WI plans to erect road
markers throughout the
township In mark points of
hist°, real interest
Couneilinrs Donald
Kerslake and Brian
Hardman will represent
Osborne al the next Stephen
township landfill site meeting
scheduled for February 15.
Usborne and Blanshard
councils will meet Tuesday,
March 13 at 2:30 p.m to
discuss matters of joint
concern.
Council rescinded part of a
January 4. 1984 motion con-
cerning rezoning of property
at part of 1.ot 30, Concession
2 and has returned the subject
property to the original zon-
ing of M: 1
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• EXETER, ONTARIO, February 8, 1984
Price Pe- Copy 50 Cents
Town police force described
as healthy and competent
Exeter Council learned
Monday night that not only
does it have a healthy police
force, it also has a pretty
competent one, as well.
Councillor Bill Rose, chair-
man of the Police Committee,
submitted his 1983 report and
pointed out that Exeter police
officers had very few off -sick
days. Chief Ted Day, fighting
a bout of inononucleosis, was
the only member of the force
who had to take off any
significant time, 56 days.
Two officers, Sergeant
Kevin Short and P.C. Dan
Kierstead took no time off for
illness, while P.C: Brad
Sadler had only two days sick
leave. P.C. George Robertson
and P.C. Jim Barnes were off
only three days each.
Rose also pointed out the
successful record of the force
in solving Break and Entry
charges, which increased
slightly in 1983. He said 78 per-
cent of the investigations
were solved, in comparison to
34 percent in London and 16.9
percent in Hamilton.
There was more good
news: liquor charges were
down considerably from 1982,
especially in the underage
bracket which dropped from
32 to 24.
In an effort to show support
for the local police force,
council passed a motion to
pay all legal fees and costs
should an officer be charged
following an occurrence
where the officer had
discharged his firearm in the
Andy McLean
Atlas editor
A former Huron County
publisher was named editor
of the 1984 Huron County
Atlas.
Andrew Y. MacLean of
Seaforth has accepted the
short term position to compile
the atlas under the direction
of Huron County Council.
MacLean is the former
publisher of the Huron Ex-
positor and other weekly
newspapers in fhe0county.
In other business regarding
the atlas, guidelines have
been established by the steer-
ing committee.
The guidelines set out how
municipalities, businesses
and families and farms
should submit articles for
publication in the atlas. Space
in the atlas has been limited
to two pages for each of the
municipalities in the county.
McKillop Reeve Marie
Hicknell encouraged her col-
league to go out and inform
various groups, such as
women's institutes and ser-
vice clubs, about the atlas.
"We as reeves have to do a
selling job", said the reeve.
Ads have already appeared
in county newspapers and
more are expected to tell the
public about the atlas.which
is the county's bi-centennial
project.
course of duty.
The Mayor was emphatic in
pointing out that this move
was in no way disregarding
the value of people's lives, but
a way to dramatize that
"we're supporting the police
officers in an unpleasant en-
vironment". He said the
police have to take a great
deal of abuse, and that this
New, old
on rec board
South Huron Recreation
Board has some new
members and some old,
Councillor Glaylan Josephson
told Exeter Council, Monday
night.
Representing Exeter is
Carolyn Merner, vice chair-
man, Cathy Whiteford, and
Jim Workman.
The chairman John Pym.
and Brian Hardeman are the
respresentatives from
Usborne township, while Tom
Tomes is the member from
Stephen Township.
Josephson and Tom Hum-
phreys represent Exeter
Council on the board.
David Atthill has been hired
through the Career Access
program at $5.00 per hour.
The federal government pays
50 percerit,of his salary for six
months.
Plan updating
sewage works
Exeter Council moved to
accept the recommendation
of the Public Works commit-
tee to make a substantial in-
vestment in new equipment at
the town's sewage facilities.
Two new pumps, at a cost of
$19,586 each, a Diesel
Generator at $24,272, and an
Alum Storage Tank at $19,108
were ordered on a motion
from Public Works chairman,
Tom Humphreys.
Consultation with B. M.
Ross and Associates Limited
of Goderich led to ttie
preselection of this particular
equipment over others on the
market.
This will facilitate the next
phase of tendering for the
pumping station which will be
undergoing major changes in
the future to control added
capacity.
Humphreys also inform
council that the Ministry of
Transportation and Com-
munications subsidy alloca-
tion for road construction in
1984 is $54,000 for construc-
tion, and $57,000 for
maintenance.
HE'LL BE BACK
T -A editor Bill Batten is
making satisfactory progress
following surgery in Univer-
sity Hospital in London.
He underwent„ a heart
bypass operation Tuesday,
January„ 91 and is expected to
be discharged within a few
days. ,
reactionary move by the
council was to show it will not
tolerate 'any nonsense" from
the undesirable element of
society
Chairman Rose also told
the council that 14 parking
tickets had been issued by the
force in January. He said the
Police Committee is behind
issuing tickets "where they
are warranted".
A five percent increase in
w:eges for police officers was
accepted by council.
Mayor Bruce Shaw an-
nounced, Monday night, that
three committees, made up of
private and interested
citizens, will be appointed at
the next council meeting,
February 20.
Five members are needed
for the Exeter Senior Citizens
Advisory Group which has
been restructured to.create a
more community wide con
sensus of ideas among Exeter
seniors. .
Anyone interested in help
ing to prepare the two pages
Exeter will have in the pro-
posed Bicentennial Atlas for
Huron County, either by sub-
mitting pictures or written
material, is also needed for
that committee.
Persons to act on a Drin--
ing and Driving Committee
are also being sought.
Anyone interested in serv-
ing on any of these commit-
tees Should leave their name
with the town clerk, Mrs.
Elizabeth Bell.
One accident
in OPP area
Only one accident was in-
vestigated this week by of-
ficers of the Exeter detach-
ment of the Ontario Provin-
cial Police.
it occurred Tuesday on
sideroad 5-6 at Concession 3-4
in Hay township. A
snowmobile operated by
David Webber, RR 1 Exeter
struck a snowbank. He suf-
fered minor injuries and
damages were set at $1,000.
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FOOD FOR SHOW - - Dorothy Long and Rita Winters
are busy in the kitchen at Huron Tractor Monday get-
ting beef on a bun ready for the many visitors atten-
ding the ninth annual farm and industrial show.
Agriculture budgets
approved by county
Agriculture and property
budgets have a less than five
percent increase except for
the Huron County Pioneer
Museum which is undergoing
several changes.
Huron County Council ap
proved four budgets
presented by the agriculture
and property committee at its
Feb. 2 meeting.
A $153,720 budget was ap-
'proved for the museum This
is up from the 1983 budget of
$110.400.
The increase is made up in
part by the museum feasibili-
ty study budgeted at 127.050
and $5,400 for a part lime
custodian.
The county's share of the
study is $13,525.
The county's share of the
total museum budget is
$91,295, up from $70,160 Other
money will come from admis-
sions, 114,000; the province,
09,900; resale items, $5,000
and a Wintario grant of
$13,525.
Salaries for museum staff
are budgeted at $85,000. and
employee benefits are
budgeted at 116,800.
The general maintenance
budget for the county increas-
ed by 2.9 percent from
$251,117 last year to 1258,409
for 1984.
Salaries and benefits, fuel
and utiltities take the largest
portion of the maintenance
budget at the court house,
registry office, assessment
building, library, Huron
Historic Gaol, and the health
building.
The 1984 agriculture and
reforestation budget in-
creases by 3.2 percent from
35,530 to $36,660 in 1964. In-
cluded in this budget is the
tree inspector's salary of
$12,420.
Agriculture grants for 1964
remain the same as last year
with a total of 111,500 in
grants to be distributed to
various county commodity
groups and spring and fall -
fair hoards.
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