HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-10-09, Page 1Ot. ".AEN"�niPx
By W meek*
the councils of'"I ckersmith and Sia loy
T hips will aSk the ministry of corn,
maty d :s to conduct n
Or a MOW cions'
itta ao�th ps,
r smut rit of Stanley Township,
in a letTuesday night asked the
"ckersmith Council if it was intereSted in
the survey, Mr. Grp reported that
Stanley has had correspondefICP with the
Ministry It was suggested that several
ottmlOipailties might Wider the con-
struction of a 35 -,apartment unit.
Bracefield was considered as a possible
sight as it is situated on the boundary line
of the' toweships.
The government pays all the building
cats send 92.5 percent of the deficit of
operating costs plus a grant in lieu oftaxes
for this type of housing.
Tuckersmith Clerk James McIntosh
reported there are 12 children registered at
the Vanastra Day Care Centre. Two of
them are from Seaforth and some from
another municipality, which one he was not
sure, but thought it might be Goderich
Township.
Mr. McIntosh was instructed to write to
the neighbouring. municipalities--Seaforth;
Clinton and the townships of Stanley,
Goderich. Hullo,. and McKillop to ask
them to assume 20 percentof the deficit for
any child from the 1 municipality. The
. government pays 80 -percent of the deficit.
At the previous meeting of council, Robin
Gates, a member of ihe'Day Care Board.
had the would be a deficit
unto were 43 childre.n. registered.
errs +fid are hopeful more
chime will be registered soon.
Mass Karen McEwing, the director of the
Care Centre, which Opened on Sep-
tember 27, asked Council to set her salary
and benefit,program, and the same for her
staff.
Members of Council were annoyed that
her salary had not been set when she was
hired by the Day Care Board.
"This should have an been done before
she was hired" deputy Reeve Irvin Siilery
said.
Councillors Bert Branderhorst and
'Cleave Coombs, ,council members on the
Day Care Board, said they were not
notified of the meeting when Miss
MeEstlin was hired.
miss cEwing asked for $3,900 to start;
$k500 at the end of three months. and $8.990
at the end of (he first gear.
For her staff member, she asked
starting salary of $.5140 and earn
creases for her and also for any additional
staff members in the future, as well as
support staff.salarles which she suggest
start at $2.40 per hour. She asked ter n
salary review every six months and a coat
of living clause and Sick -benefits.
A final saw agreement is expect to
be signed at the next meeting of the Day
Care ward when details will be worked.
out.
Huron County board of education
members Monday rejected a request from
the Huron County Singles Club to rent the
auditorium at Seaforth District High
School for a New Years Eve dance.
The- club request asked that permission
be given to serve alcoholic beverages at
in Clinton crash
One person is dead and three others were
injured as a result of a three car collision
last Sunday, October 5 at 10:50 p.m., on
Highway 4, one half mile south of Clinton.
Dead is Calvin Pressey, I7c of RR. 2,
Kippen. Injured is Marsha Elizabeth
Pressey, 13, sister of the deceased, Mrs.
Hazel Weber, 52, of RR 3, W"ingham and
her husband, Irwin Keith Weber, 53.
!Pass Pressey and Mrs. Weber are in the
Clinton Public Hospital with possible
concussions. Mr. Weber is in University
Hospital in London with a broken neck and
back injuries.
Mr. Weber, towing a house trailer behind
his vehicle, and a vehicle- driven by
Michael A. Redmond, 22, of RR 5, Goderich
were heading northbound on Highway 4.
The vehicle driven by Calvin Pressey
was heading southbound when a nor-
thbound vehicle collided with the Pressey
vehicle.
OPParestill investigating the accident.
the proposed function.
In au oxtin�e request, Seaforth
trustee Molly ex said other county
boards permitted alcoholic beverages in
schools for special ,occasions,
She added that the Leeds and Grenvtlle
County boaids of education have a policy
statement allowing this type of activity for
special occasions only. The Eastern
Ontario group said they do not approve of
alcoholic consumption on school premises
but do make special exceptions for service
clubs and community organizations.
The Singes cjub letter suggested that
revenue from the dance and bar, after
expenses, could be given to a local service
club or for arena renovations in Seaforih.
The group in the past has made donations
.to the Victorian Order of Nurses and
bought equipment for the kitchen at
Vansastra.
Board vice-chairman, Herb Turkheim,
said an Ontario Select Committee on the
utilization (if educational facilities has
recommended that sale of alcohol be
perknittedin schools. •
Turlheim added that a specjal Huron
Board committee in examining the use of
school facilities had rejected the alcohol
Propasai-
The request with alcohol privileges was
defeated in a board vote with Mrs. Kunder
the only one approving the move. It was
agreed the school couldbe used for the
dance but the alcohol ban would stay in
effect,
A pile of rubble isall that's left on Hlgh r 4 on Monday morning
.following a three car crash late Sunday night -that claimed the life
of a Klppen youth and lured three others. Provincial police are
still inveatigatittg the ate d t bat wrecked a trailer towed by one
d the cars. It occurred one-half mile south of Clinton. (News -
Record photo)
Council may pick-up leaves
Falling leaves blew into the Clinton
council meeting again last Monday night
and council may enforce an anti -burning
By Jim Fitzgerald
• .The perfect fall weather of the last week
has the local farmers jumping for joy as
they can at last get their corn and bean
crops off and even bale some late hay. We
are more fortunate, around`here than many
farms we saw around Elmira on a drive
last Sunday. They have had their grain cut
for a month and much of it was still not
combined.
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Many are hoping the fine weather 'con-
tinues through the Thanksgiving weekend,
with Monday a holiday. but with our luck it
twill likely snow. + # f
That annual burning question has sur
faced in Clinton again with everybody
taking sides on whether to burn leaves,
mulch them or rake them up and send
theirs to the dump. Town council expressed
interest in having a leaf collection, but with
a heavy pall of acrid,idack smoke hanging
over the town atready.the leaves will have
all been burned by the time council takes
anyaction.
Quote of the week: "When a man says he
bas a clear conscience, it often means he
'whoa r+�s
a bad memory."
'ttJ!e'r'e glad to report we a still have
wrt on hand and with the strike
t set in British Columbia, the
senit look so gloomy. 8t t likely
sooner have the Ontario paper
k in operation when a postai
I prevent the papers from ming
bylaw and pick-up the leaves instead.
That was the concensus council came to,
but no definite course of action was taken:.
Councillor James Hunter said that if
burning leaves was banned, council was
obligated to provide a special pick-up day
for bagged leaves.
In other business connected with gar-
bage. council decided that it won't accept
anymore verbal complaints on garbage
pick-up unless they are in writ ng and are
sent to the clerk or Reeve Harold Lobb,
who is chairman of she sanitation and
waste committee.
Public Works- dhairman Ernie Brown
told counct% `that some sidewalk may be
laid this falirf the.weather stays nice.
Mr.. Brown informed council that an
agreement has been worked out with
contractor Bud Kuehl on a storm sewer in
Wintercourt, and he and Deputy -Reeve
Cook were not satisfied with the drainage
situation at the new senior citizens'
apartments on Ring Street and wanted the
council going down on record as being
unhappy with it.
Industrial chairman Burt Lobb told
council that it , could cost the town nearly
510.000 an acre to set up an industrial park
in tpvvn. ,
Councillor Lobb leaned those facts at an
urban development meeting sponsored by
the County. Frank Cook is on the com-
mittee. which is seeking to attract more
industry to Huron.
Mr. Lobb said discussion also centred
around Clinton annexing part of the
surrounding townships and Vanastra.
In another move, cou cil refused, en the
prodding of Councillor Hunter, to 'pay a
52,500 bill from the PUC because the hill
had no itemized account.
Another request by Mr. Hunter to have
an agenda for all council meetings met
with mi3ed reaction, and further study will
be radgpn the matter.
An application for severance was
granted tato K. W. Colquhoun for a duplex on
Huron Street, and building permits were
granted to William Falconer, addition.
56,000; Wayne rupee, addition, 5400; and
Torn Coiquhounn, addition, 55.000.
Brian Cook, chairman of Conestoga
Colge, Clinton Centre. announced Friday
to members of Huron County Council that
the facilities at Vanastra will not be closed
as *as feared.
"There is no doubt the coil'ege will
continue in operation in Huron County."
Mr. Cook said. "We are not as seriously off
as we originall=y thoght and I don't expect
a change in geographical location or
operattaa ' •
Rumor of the college fecilitie s Locating
elsewhere in the county were not untrue in
the past. Mr. Cook suggested alternative
,facilities had been seught, but were
unavailable either in Clinton or t ioderich.
The ' college is providing a valuable
educational role its the county. Mr. Cook
told council. He said in the past year"
Clinton Centre had graduated 10 from
secretarial programs: 10 from cashier -
teller courses: 12 certified visiting
homemakers: 50 from 40 -week courses in
academic upgrading and commercial ; and
103 others in continual education courses
such as accounting. real estate. interior
design etc.
Looking to the future. Conestoga Clinton
campus hopes to offer machine shop and
weld me ,.ssr.ies next year.'
A new cover on the county's official plan.
That was the opinion of Huron County
Councillor Bill Elston when council
members discussed the culmination of two
years of study into the ramification of
urban development in rural areas
(UDIRA). Similar opinions were ex-
pressed by other mernbers of council
concerning the report entitled Countryside
Planning.
The $110,000 report was presented to
county council Friday for "discussion only
'to enable planning , board to make
recommendations", County Planning
Director Gary Davidson told members.
Prepared by J.F. Maclaren Consultants
Ltd. of Lydon, the report concentrated on
the three main land uses in the county -
agriculture. urban, and recreation,
The study was financed through 80
percent •provincial government money and
2) percent Huron County funds. It is , the
first time that land use planning from an
agricultural perspective has been studied
in the province. Huron was chosen as a
pilot study area because it was the first
rural county to adopt an official county
plan.
Goderich Township Reeve Gerry Ginn.
however, didn't feel there was much new
or helpful in the study. In fact, according to
Reeve Ginn, the study only confused him
more than ever concerning land use
planning for Huron.
"I thought this study would look at
planning from a rural point of view." Ginn
told council. " don't think this does."
Reeve Ginn had plenty of questions to
ask concerning what
fs contained in the
report. Most important, he wanted to
know how the planners proposed to restrict
growth in villages and harntets while
allowing towns to grow as quickly and as
large as necessary.
Gary Davidson told him that villages and
hamlets would expand with their abilities
to provide services. He said that growth ire
the village would come from the area's
around them and it would not be "ex-
ceedingly fast", while growth in the towns
would be encouraged,
Reeve Fred Haberer of Zurich called
villages an "important arm" in the county
cmunity. He charged that the
Maclaren study was a "rural report and a
big town report', but had nothing of value
Clinton's newest councillor. Helen Tench. right. was sworn into office by Clerk Cam
Proctor last Tuesday morning, after she was elected to the post Monday night by council.
She replaces Don Hall who reiigned in June to move to Chatham, Mrs. Tench said she
was surprised at council's move to elect her. (News -Record photo)
Women named to council
In a surprise move last Monday night,
Clinton council elected Helen Tench to fill a
vacancy on council.
Mrs. Tench, 52. was chosen from four
candidates nominated to the post to fill a
vacancy left when Don Hall resigned in
June and moved to Chatham.
A public accountant, Mrs. Tench won the
seat on the third open ballot, defeating
former councillors Ab Shaddick, Russ
Archer, and Bill Crawford.
Mrs. Tench had finished eighth in a ten
man race for the six council seats last
December, and had asked for and received
a recount in hopes of moving into seventh
position behind Bill Stauttener,.but the five
vote difference stood. Mr. Stauttener was
approached but refused the position.
Mrs. Tench, who has attended many of
the council meetings in the past two years
and was at one time a thorn in council's
to offer the villages and hamlets of the
' county.
The study Makes two major recom-
mendation.s. One is that urban develop-
ment should be onto poor quality farmland
when it is necessary to expand; the second
is that it provides the five county towns
with room to grow in a specific radius
around them and that .within this circle. thew
growth should be orderly and predictable.
Farmers with property within the
growth area of one of the five towns would
have 10, 20 and 30 year assurances, the
report suggests. with the farmers on the
outer perimeter of the growth circle having
the 30 -year assurance and the permission
to remain on their farms for the remainder
of their lives if that were their wish.
Reeve Warren Ztnn of Ashfield was
concerned about the "old . surveys" scat-
tered throughout the county.
"Building is going on but it doesn't seem
to be going on correctly," Reeve Zinn
observed. "How does this plan control
that?"
Planning director Davidson said the
initial step would be to determine boun-
daries and then control development.
Bayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson argued
there was "nothing in the report about
specific areas for development". He was
particularly concerned about recreational
land use along the lakefront. He learned
that for the present at least. agricultural
land was considered more important than
recreational land
side, was very surprised to find herself now
on council.
She was sworn into her new post on
Tuesday morning by Clerk Cam Proctor.
In other business, council is having
engineering studies done on the recon-
struction and ;having of four, one;biock
streets in town. Depending on money
availability, one block of Rattenbury,
Joseph. John and Wellington could be
paved next year.
Council was also in full agreement about
putting two street lights on two poles, on
John Street next to the hospital to light up a
nighttime parking area that is subject . to
vandalism.
Two • tenders for police uniforms s were
accepted. Campbell's Men's Wear will
supply shirts, gloves etc. for 51.452.20. and
Aikens will supply boots and rubbers for
5247.54. Chief Westlake was also given
another $54-45 for his petty cash fund.
One specific area of development in-
terested Reeve Ginn. He wanted to know
what "scenic easement development" was
and he learned that where scenic easement
development was in effect, there was a fee
paid to the landowner to permit public
access to -a particularly scenic or natural
beauty spot.
As Warden Anson McKinley curtailed
discussion on the report, he reminded
council this was only the first of 'many
opportunities to debate this document, It
now goes back to the planning board for
study and recommendation before coming
Wel to the council chambers at a later
date.
At the Hull tt ownship Council meeting
held Monday e t ming, October 6. a motion
was passed close up and sell. a portion of
an unopened road allowance in Auburn.
In other business. the council will comply
with the ..request of three petitioners to
clean out the Pollard Municipal drain.
A motion, was passed to apply for a
government subsidy on the sidewalk the
council laid in Londesboro.
It was also decided to advertise for
tenders for snowplowing in the Township. -
Council is also going to advertise for a
tractor and mower to cut the grass on
W Winship property
CHS els u o✓shop
A maintenance • workshop at Central
Huron Secondary School in Clinton Is ex-
pected to be belt within the next two
weeks.
At Monday's regular meeting: the board
acted a bide from Cale Doucette of
Clinton to construct a 24 feet by 36 feet
block construction building with a heighth
of 10 feet.
Doucette's bid of $5,745 was the lowest of
two received. The Clinton contractor in-
dicated he was prepar'eMd^ to start int -
mediately + rs tlreproject