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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1994-9-14, Page 3INr%' u r JfJ' j 4 jl_ Times -Advocate, September 14, 1994 MIN(' .t School -wide smoking ban concerns board Old problems of littering and loitering may be back, trustees worry By Catherine O'Brien T -A staff CLINTON - Smokers who find themselves on any school property throughout Ontario will have to test their willpower if provincial anti- smoking legislation is passed in the next few weeks. Basically the law would not al- low smoking by any person on any school property at any time. And if the legislation passes it could come into effect as early as mid-October. "It's passed third reading, which virtually assures it will pass through the legislature," said Gino Giannandrea, superintendent of schools. Last Tuesday the issue was dis- cussed briefly by Huron County Board of Education officials arid trustees. They were concerned that the proposed law will lead to in- creased littering and loitering throughout neighbourhoods. "This is really going to create problems in our communities," said trustee Bea Dawson. "Not every- one is going to quit smoking." But for those who want to try, the hoard will be working in co- operation with the Health Unit to set up awareness programs for stu- dents and staff. Right now, Giannandrea said the hoard is waiting for the province to make a final decision on the issue. The board will then have more in- formation on how the law will be enforced. "Our job will be to inform people of the legislature. But fines and en- forcement is something that the government will decide upon and enforce," Giannandrea said. It was just in November 1993, that a fenced -in smoking area was built at South Huron District High School. It was built to curb prob- lems the school was having with vi - One dollar garbage tags not feasible, council told Exeter residents won't get a cheaper garbage tag, but may be able to buy tags at local stores EXETER - A half-price garbage hag tag isn't in Exeter's future, the public works committee said last Tuesday. Councillbr Bob Spears, who had asked for a look at his $I tag for small, or half -full hags, asked why it wasn't feasible. Printing special tags might not be required if the town would allow a $2 tag be torn in half. "How do you determine what is a small bag?" councillor Ben Hoo- genboom asked Spears, who re- plied that some people deserve a break. "The system is working so well," said Spears. "People are par- ticipating so well..." "That's why we didn't want to change it Bob," said Iloogenboom. However, one change that is in the works is the possibility of sell- ing the $2 tags in local stores. "In Goderich you can buy the tags al the hanks, the PUC and hardware stores," said mayor Bruce Shaw. - "Our budget is based on so many tags at two dollars," said Micklc, and noted that if a handling fee was to be deducted from the tag sales for the stores, the waste man- agement budget would be affected. "What we expect to get is the two dollar a tag, regardless of where they're sold," said Hoogenboom, and suggested that it would degend on community businesses wanting to handle the tags, free of charge "as a means of enticing people to their business". Shaw said he would find out un- der what terms the tags are pro- vided to the private businesses in Godcrich. Councillor Ervin Sillery jokingly suggested what the town needed was a vending machine for the tags. olence as non -students would con- gregate in areas where South Huron students went to smoke. School officials, on the rec- ommendation of the police, decided to erect a smoking area on school property. South Huron was the only high school that didn't have a smoking area. At that time, board director Paul Carroll said that although the board doesn't condone smoking among students, "The board has a re- sponsibility to keep the smoking problem in our own back yard," he said. "This will come back to haunt the Ontario government. There will he problems. There's no question of that," Carroll said last Tuesday. In news releases over the past year, the Ministry of Health has said it is intent on setting up the toughest anti-smoking legislation in North America. Call us more often, say OPP Complaints the key to keeping ahead of community concerns, Stephen Township council is told CREDITON - If residents of Crediton are concerned about speeding in their village, they should be complaining to the police more - that was the message presented to Stephen Township council last Tuesday. A delegation from the Exeter OPP re- sponded to council's concerns about a letter from ratepayers in Crediton complaining about speeding motorists. In particular, residents said southbound drivers approaching the vil- lage on Concession 6-7 weren't slowing, or showing regard for the safety of children on the streets. Deputy -reeve Bill Weber said that council was shown a printout of calls to the de- tachment, and relatively few were from Credi- ton. "1 guess the message is 'if you call us, we will come'," said Weber, adding that the OPP said that with enough complaints about speed- ing, patrols could be set up at key tunes of day. "All they have to do is nab a few of them," said Weber, after which he said the message would get out. Council also asked about the amount of use the OPP were making of their Community Oriented Policing office in Huron Park, near the Post Office. The OPP said the office is open two or three hours each day, but has not established regular hours, due to department budget and staff lim- itations. "1 guess they're not there as much as they'd like to be," said Weber. Who will run in Hensall? HENSALL - If you've been wondering who on Hensall council will be running again in the up- coming municipal election on November 14, the majority of council will tell you that they definitely don't know. Reeve Cecil Pepper said he is still weighing the possibility of running. "If someone asked me a few months ago, I would have said I was definitely quit- ting. But now the option is still open," he said. Pepper said he wouldn't be making a firm de- cision.until the nomination period which runs from October 11-14. The same holds true for councillors Dick Pack - ham and Jeff Reaburn. All said there is a lot of unfinished business they would like to see cleared up before stepping down. 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