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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-05-16, Page 1ua ty Carpet at great prices Professional installation can be arranged L Wkitings Phone 235-1964 0�, ..1 7.*,: C�in ministers open A $242,000 agricultural offeringes buildipg facilities for instruction and research was officially opened at Cen- tralia College of Agricultural Technology, Friday. "I am very pleased that funds were made available through the Board of In- dustrial Leadership and Development (BILD) pro- gram so that my Ministry could proceed immediately with this development," said Government Services Minister George Ashe. "I know that the building will be a great asset to the college as it is used year-round by staff, diploma students, and farmers enrolled for continu- ing education programs." In this regard, Government GIVING BLOOD —• Sandra Riddell receives attention at Wednesday's Red Cross blood donor clinic from Marie Brunzlow, organizer for the sponsoring Ausable Nomads. T -A photo Board will undertake diamond maintenance After an in -camera session at their Thursday meeting, the South Huron rec centre board of management agreed to send a letter to local resi- de it Brad Gregus thanking him for -his work on the hard- ball diamond in the past and stating that the board is now equipped to handle lthe maintenance of the diamond. The' discussion was ap- parently sparked by a copy of a tetter Exeter clerk Liz Bell had sent to Gregus following his recent request for a receipt from the town for money -he spent on developing the diamond and its facilities. Gregus asked for a receipt for tax purposes in the amount of $2,858. Mrs. Bell told the ball en- thusiast she was unable to provide such a receipt because there was no•suppor- ting documentation showing that the work actually took place on town property, nor did she have any knowledge that council, the rec board or the Community Park re- development committee had contracted Gregus to do the work. "If you can support your claim with detailed invoices, dates work was carried out and at whose request, set out in an affidavit sworn. before a lawyer, i dill take your re- quest to the finance commit- tee of council for discussion," she advised Gregus. Copies of that response had been sent to the rec board, re- development_ committee chairman Jim Del3lock and Mayor Bruce Shaw. in her report to the board, rec director Lynne Farquhar asked for consideration of a new minor softball diamond to be developed at the north- east portion of the park by the horse ring. Shp said the R.E. Pooley branch Legion would pay for the installation and the board gave the go-ahead to the project. A motion was also passed that. ball grouper using the diamonds would be responsi- ble for providing their own bases this season. it was reported that the rec staff would float and lime the diamonds for the first game of the evening during weekdays, but on the weekends the hall users will be•responsible for this if they want it. In other busin the board: Learned of a meetin f rec hoards to be held in Seaforth to discuss rental rates and WE'LL BE LATE Due to the holiday, Monday, The Exeter Times -Advocate will be published one day later than usual next week. it will be printed Wednesday night for Thursday morning delivery. other- areas of mutual con- cern. Four members of the SH group expressed interest in attending. Agreed to recommend to council the following staff for the swimming pool this sum=- mer: Becky Baker, head supervisor, $180 week; Deb Taylor, assistant, $170; Sharon Rundle and Scott Bat- ten, instructor/guard $165 week; Susan Boyle and Steve Batten, part-time guard $3.00 per hour. Learned from the rec direc- tor that the sports develop- ment program will employ five staff for seven weeks. She was given permission to hire the five and send to a Lake Huron rec zone training course. Lost election gets position ,lames W. Britnell of Goderich has been appointed to a three-year term on the environmental assessment board, Premier William Davis announced Monday. Britnell, an engineer, ,is director of field research at Champion Road Machinery Limited in Goderich. lle is a member of the Goderich com- mittee of adjustment and the airport committee. Britnell unsuccessfully con- tested the election for the Pro- gressive Conservatives in the local riding. Services has played a signifi- cant role in recent years here at Centralia College, in designing and constructing facllities for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. A major project was the Huron Hall Residence, open- ed in 1980 to accommodate some 200 students and staff. A year earlier, we constructed a smaller building which of- fered a number of facilities for technical education. That Riddell gets invite It took a prolonged argu- ment in the legislature Friday morning but Liberal agriculture critic Jack Rid- dell got the Invitation he wanted to Fridayafternoon's opening of a new agricultural engineering facility a Cen- tralia- College in his Huron - Middlesex riding. An outraged Riddell told the legislature that the facili- ty would be opened by Agriculture Minister Dennis Timbrell and Government Services Minister George Ashe, who had failed to invite Riddell to attend in his own back yard. "I did not received an in- vitation," Riddell complained to acting speaker Terry Jones. He asked Timbrell for an invitation a week before, Riddell said. "The minister indicated he would look intoit immediately. That kind of discourtesy is inexcusable," a sign of the "arrogant, pom- pous nature of this government." Timbrell blamed the over- sight on Ashe's staff who had promised him that Riddell would be invited. Riddell was welcome without an invita- . tion, Timbrell offered. Sewer cost is '200, 000 below estimate Tenders for the major por- tion of Exeter's sewer expan- sion project were opened at a special meeting of council, Thursday. Members were pleasantly surprised to find that most of the bids were under the estimate and the winning bid was almost $200,000 under. Stone Town Construction of St. Marys, the firm which earlier had the lowest tender for the pump house expan- sion, had the lowest of six bids for the lagoon work at $847,016.50. The estimate on that portion of the project -had been $848,108. Stone Town's bid was about $90,000 lower than the next highest. High bid on the job was $861,145. The work involved in the latest tender call includes removal of earth to deepen one of the cells, extending the height of the berm around another and providing and in- stalling the aeriation equip- ment and pumps. Reeve Bill Mickle told the T -A on Monday that the bid on the work will ensure that the total project will not reach proportions where Exeter's contribution will exceed the expected $387,000. Tlial amount has already been raised by council through reserve funds and sewer sur- charges and no debenturing will be required for the project. Also at Thursday's meeting, council accepted the tender of Lavis Contracting for the paving of Sherwood Crescent. The firm had the lowest of three bids at $19,999. That was about $900 over estimate. it is expected the work will be undertaken before the end of June. Marlborough and Sherwood will be paved at the same time; as Lavis has won both jobs. Minutes later, Timbrell was back on his feet, taunting Rid- dell that the invitation was sit- ting in his constituency office in Exeter waiting for him. The Tories hooted in deri- sion but Riddell made a phone call and informed the house that the invitation had only arrived in Exeter about 10:30 a.m. Friday, after he had first raised the issue in the house. Riddell later said that he would have crashed the ministers' party even if he had not been invited. structure wall increased in • size and generi lly upgraded with the additien of two new sections. The new "agricultural engineering services building" now being inaugurated, was created through this latest development." Dennis Timbrell, Minister of Agriculture and Food, also said: "Agriculture is moving rapidly into tl1 age of high technology making construc- tion of this building more im-• portant than ever. This new facility will add immensely to the quality and scope of engineering education provid- ed by Centralia College." The building consists of three basic sections, two of which are erected and just completed under Ministry of Government Services super- vision. These sections have a new Centralia facility groes area of 870 -square several years ago. It contains metres (7,200 square feet). They contain offices, classrooms, laboratory space and shops, and equipment and machinery demonstra- tion areas. Space is also pro- vided for agricultural • research and development. The other section was built for $179,000 as a separate Government Services project • OPEN ENGINEERING BUILDING — A new engineering building of Centralia Col- lege of Agricultural Technology was opened Friday afternoon. Above, Government Services Minister George Ashe presents mementoes of the occasion to Centralia village trustee Bill Elliott, Huron warden Tom Cunningham and Stephen township reeve Allan Wolper. T -A' photo :h'x`T-.g•,'�%,',.�...,if:S.>.:v``<'99: r;.t1:......' '.' .% .A-.R.J•w.) Ames voc Serving South Huron, North Middlesex ger One Hundred and Eleventh Year & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, May 16, 1984 additional classroom, laboratory and workshop facilities. Ashe and Timbrell were joined on the platform by Thomas J. Cunningham, warden of Huron County; Alan Wolper, reeve of the township of Stephen; William Elliott, trustee, Centralia; Douglas Jamieson, principal of Centralia College and James Weeden, Head of the college's Agricultural Engineering Services. The dedication was per- formed by Rev. Donald Orth of Centralia College, Director of Student Affairs. Chairman of the ceremony was Dr. -J. Clare Rennie, Assistant Deputy Minister of Technology and Field Ser- vices, Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Price Per Copy 50 Cents HENSALL HISTORY — Jeff Clarke (left), Scott Bell and Terry Thiel re-enacted the arrival of James and George Petty, founders of Hensall, in a Centennial program presented at Hensall Public School. Seek parents for. study on French A 12 -member ad hoc com- mittee on French immersion will be formed by the Huron County Board of Education. At its May 7 meeting, the board set out who would make up the committee. Five parents, one from each of the high school districts - Clinton, Exeter, Goderich, Seaforth and Wingham - will have the largest representation on the committee. Director of Education Bob Allan said advertisements will be placed in local newspapers and notices will be sent home with students asking for parents to submit their names for the committee. OFF TO HOSPITAL Terry Iredale, RR 3 Exeter, is carried to an ambulance by Hoffman's Ambulance personnel following a two -car crash on Sunday. Two hurt in collisio Two people were injured in one of the three collisions in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week. That crash occurred at 7:10 p.m., Sunday, at the intersec- tion of Highway 4 apd the Kirkton Road south of Exeter. Drivers involved were Clara Cooper, RR 2 Kippen, and Terry iredale, RR 3 Exeter. iredale was westbound on County Road 6 and collided with the Cooper vehicle, which had been southbound on Highway 4. The Cooper vehicle was per, Grand Cove Estates, col - spun around in the opposite lided on Pebble Beach direction by the impact, while parkway in Grand Cove Estates at Grand Bend. Iredale's car ended up tNthe south-west corner of the intersection. Both drivers were taken to South Huron Hospital by Hoff- man's Ambulance, with iredale sustainingajor in- juries while the Kipen area lady had only minor injuries. Damage was listed at $2,550. On Friday, vehicles driven by William Pearce, RR 4 'Medford, and Herbert Tup- Damage was estimated at $500. The other mishap was reported on Saturday when an unattended parked vehicle owned by Steven Dinney, RR 1 Crediton, was struck by an unknown vehicle while park- ed at the Club Albross park- ing lot at Huron"ark. Damage to the Dinney vehi• cle was set at $400. But trustee Tony McQuail wondered how the hoard would create a balance bet- ween supporters and non - supporters of French Immersion. The director said the ex- ecutive committee had discussed this question and expressed the hope that the chosen parents would serve with open minds and consider what is best for the students. The committee will also be made up of three trustees, one member of the Elementary Principals' Association, one consultant, one member from the elementary federations and the director_or his designate. The committee will have until .lanuary 1985 to prepare a report for the board. School review date is listed ,..,The school accommodation review committees appointed three months ago will make their oral presentations and written submissions to the ex- ecutive committee of the Huron County Board of Education on May 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the main floor ad- ministration centre at the Board's Clinton headquarters: Members of the public can attend the meeting, which will be chaired by Bob Allan, director of education. Other executive committee members are the board chair- man, vice chairman and past chairman, and the chairmen of the personnel. education and management committees. . Each review committee is allowed 40 minutes. The J.A.D. McCurdy school ac- commodation review com- mittee will lead off, followed by Ilensall and Vanastra. The executive committee's recommendations will then be presented to a meeting of the full board in June. Yalues tog et Respect for people, whether it be their person, property or religious and cultural persua- sions is part of a values education program that will be more conscientiously taught in Huron schools. The Huron County Board of Education, in response to a Ministry of Education report . on values education, endors- ed the concept of values education being part of the existing curriculum. Superintendent of program Bob. McCall said values education has always been a Plant at Park offered grant Protective Plastics Limited of Huron Park, in the riding of Huron -Bruce has been offered a grant of $30,000 under the Industrial and Regional Development Program IRDP) of the Department of Regional industrial Expan- sion (DRIE). The grant was announced this week by Honourable Eugene F. Whelan. Whelan stated that "the grant will allow Plastics Pro- ducts Limited, a fabricant of fibreglass reinforced plastics to conduct a feasibility study to develop blueprint for a more cost efficient manufac- turing plant." The IRDP is the federal government's main instru- ment for providing direct financial assistance for Cana- dian companies. Implement- ed throughout Canada, the IRDP is designed to promote all stages of corporate activi- ty, including preliminary studies, innovation, establish- ment, expansion, marketing, feasibility studies and restructuring. The project is estimated to begin on or before July 15 and to be completed on or before November 15. education- program emphasis in Huron part of the school program. However, approval from the board means there will be a more conscientious effort to reinforce the basic values of society. "The whole foundation of a values education program rests on recognizing the in- trinsic value or worth of per- sons as individuals - people are to be valued - one doesn't put themselves down or others down," says a report from McCall. In his report, McCall outlines five examples of values with a moral leaning -that are to society: respect for oneself, for others, for the religious and cultural com- mittments of others, for pro- perty, and for the democratic system and its institutions. A CARNATIONS FOR MS — Exeter CGIT members Mar- cie Ellison and Kim Murray were selling carnations Saturday for the Multiple Sclerosis fund. Unwelcome gift! Among the gifts presented to area mothers on Sunday was a most unusual one from Mother Nature. A light morning drizzle turned into a heavy snowfall shortly after dinner and covered the ground with white stuff. The London weather office reports that the five cen- timetres (two inches) of snow shower was the product of a rare combination of factors that helped plunge day -time temperatures to five degrees, the lowest since they began keeping records in 1917. The previous lowest high was seven in 1973. What most people don't understand, says the weather office, is that in these latitudes precipitation starts as snow year round and dur- ing the warm months melts into rain as it falls through the atmosphere. On Sunday, the snow in the upper atmosphere was so heavy it drained heat from the air as it fell, coming closer and closer to . the ground before melting. The lack of wind didn't help either because there wasn't enough of it to push in warmer air to help melt the flakes. McCall's report says self- esteem is a factor which in- fluences a person's ability to show concern for others. "Consequently, enhancing self-esteem is the. starting point for a values education program," says the report. McCall said values educa- tion can be taught in other subjects and board staff is starting to put together a resource tool for use by teachers. Board chairman Eugene Frayne commendea McCall's report and noted that society expects too much from the educational system. `Soeiety,biames the school system for everything that goes wrong,"'said Frayne. Sportsfest is. endorsed Backed by the endorsement of council, BIA, most local service and sports groups, Exeter rec director Lynne Farquhar reported this week that an invitation will be ex- tended to hold the 1985 Lake Huron rec zone Sportsfest in Exeter. - Miss Farquhar made the announcement at a meeting, Monday, attended by a hand- ful of representatives from various groups who have en- dorsed the project. The application will he presented in June and an answer should be received later in the summer. Walker- ton is also expected to make application for the annual event which attracts up to 3,000 competitors at all age levels in as many as 20 indoor and outdoor sporting events. All groups have been asked to submit a letter to the rec director by May 25 stating that they endorse the applica- tion. This will be included with the application and is to point out the support that the project has locally. SIDE STREET JUG BAND — Grade seven students from Exeter Public School took part in last week's Celebra- tions in Music as the Side Street jug band. From the left are Rob Clipperton, Jeff Chipchase, Eric Remkes, Chris Eccles, Gary Edwards, Brent MacDonald, Don Perry, Frank Edwards, John Steuer and Brent Bell.