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Board refuses guard request
Huron County Board of Education
turned down a request from Seaforth
town council for support of the town's
crossing guard program.
Adopting a recommendation of
Director of Education Jphn Cochrane
the board , claimed that the primary
responsibility for the safety of pupils
crossing highways rests with the pupils,
their parents and their municipality.
The town made the request for money
at the March , board m.eeting advising
board members that it planned to
initiate crossing guards at the
Board budget
(continued from page 1)
in the last two years' budgets. Dunlop
said in 1975 the committee had,
overestimated grants by $89,088 and in
1976 had overestimated by $3,898 leaving
the board short those amountsd in its
requisition totals. He said the
municipalities would have to pay those
costs this year to enable the board to
clear the books.
The other _major expense faced in 1977
is the purchase of four new school buses
which the board approved at its
February meeting. The buses cost a
total of $98,000 which showed up in an
increase in capital equipment pur-
chases. Dunlop said the committee
decided last year to keep capital costs at
a bare minimum and this year had met
with considerable opposition in that
area. He said teachers were concerned
that equipment in schools was
deteriorating and needed replacement
and that fact combined with an lncreasq
in the grant structure urged the com-
mittee to support the increased capital
costs.
Trustee John Henderson said he felt
the board needed more information on
the budget before it could make a
decision on it. He said the trustees who
sit on the education committee make
decisions regularly with no idea what
those decisions will cost. He said the
board should have all the information
elementary schopls. The assistance was
to offset the costs for the guards,
primarily wages.
Cochrane said the board had adopted a
resolution in August of 1975 that set a
precedent with regard to crossing
guards, He told the board in his
recommendation that prior to that time
. there were three different sittations in
the county regarding the employment of
crossing guards. The three were em-
ployment by the board, employment by
the municipality and a shared cost by
the municipality and the board.
up. . . .
possible claiming in the past they used to
get that material.
Shirley Hazlitt supported Henderson's
claim, adding that the decisions are
made with no idea as to how they will
ultimately affect the budget.
Director of education John Cochrane
said the normal procedure is for
decisions made by the education com-
mittee to be passed on to the
management committee to see if the
funds are available.
"Salaries are the number one cost and
there is nothing can be done about
them," interjected Dunlop.
"Maybe there is," said Henderson.
Ashfield Trustee Eugene Frayne
suggested that the two committee
system may be was inadequate pointing
out that the management committee will
base its decision on dollars and cents
without being aware of the priority in-
volved. He suggested that some im-
portant decision could possibly be
wasted despite its importance simply
because there wasn't enough money on
hand to pay the costs.
Shirley Hazlitt added that the common
answer to this problem is that any
trustee can "go to the meeting of his or"
her choice. She said both committees
meet simultaneously and half the board
sits on education and half sits on
management. The Colborne trustee said
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By Chris Zdeb
There's something about the coming of spring that sets
the soles of your feet to itching. No, it's not the first signs
of athlete's foot, it's the desire to start globe-trotting. _
About four years have passed since the last time I left
home with suitcases packed. Thinking I was finally
moving out of the house, the family had been a little
disappointed that I was only going to be gone for a little
over a week touring the sights of Paris on a school trip.
It was my first time in a plane, and it came complete
with air sickness, one of the memories of the trip I wish I
could forget. Another, is arriving bright and early in
Paris at 9:30 in the morning, with a whole day of ac-
tivities following a six -hour air flight with no food or
sleep. • -
The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the palace of Versailles
and the hunting chateau of Fountainbleu - we toured
them all and then some. What little time was not covered
by planned tours was spent with side tours of your own
choice. While other members of the entourage visited the
Bastille or the Latin Quarter of the Moulin Rouge, I spent
most of my free time getting first hand knowledge of the
city's washroom facilities.
Nature tends to strike at the most inopportune times,
when yo'u are either miles away from the next rest stop
or a few minutes out of the last stop you thought you
could do without.
Hearing about the old plumbing in Paris is one thing,
seeing it first hand is another.
Prepared for old-fashioned facilities, I was rather
taken aback at „just how old-fashioned, old fashioned
really was. •
One of the first stops on the nine -day tour included a
little restaurant outside of the palace of Versailles.
Courtesy demanded that you order something and then
use the washroom facilities after, but nothing adds to
your troubles like having to stare at a glass of coke
knowing you'veno room to store it in.
Walking in the door marked Toilete, I found a man
talking on a telephone. It could have been a scene out of
Candid Camera, but unfortunately it wasn't. A second try
and a little snooping, turned up another door to the right
of the telephone. It was the bathroom all right though it
was kind of hard to tell at first because all it had was a
drain situated in the middle of the floor. Needless to say
it took a little maneuvering to get the job done right but I
was to learn later that things would get better.
How much better? Well, one of the next stops had a
toilet seat minus the chair. Recognizing at least one part
of the traditional North American plumbing was
somewhat comforting even if it was still situated around
the drain sitting in the middle of the floor.
All the rest stops however were not as 'different' as the
examples above, and to be quite honest it was a little
disappointing when you finally did find a traditionally
furnished rest room.
Depending on how you look at it, the side tours, while
being unconventional, were something of an added plus
to stories of my worldly travels. I wouldn't like to make
as an extensive a survey of plumbing in other lands, but
must admit it does have possibilities for the traveller
who has supposedly seen it all.
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the resolution reduced the number of
instances where the board participated
in crossing guard programs to zero.
Since that time Wingham and Goderich
have both initiated crossing guard
programs without the involvement of the
board.
In his recommendation to the board
the director said that along with the
responsibility the municipality has with
regard to pupil safety the board cannot
become financially involved in the
employment of persons who work for the
municipality.
the system broke down due to that
reason.
"That makes my point as to why the
'standing committee system is nq'good,"
said,Cochrane.
Clarence MacDonald said he felt that
the system the board used now was the
best in a long time. He said he had been a
trustee for perhaps as long or longer
than anyone in the room and spoke from
experience. He said 'quite often in the
past meetings would extend until the
wee hours of the morning over petty
issues and those days are gone.
"The committee system stems from a
certain amount of trust and if that trust
is missing the board is in trouble," he
said.
Dunlop said the material the board
members was discussing was always
available to anyone wanting to see it. He
said the committee had been working a
long time on the budget and the trustees
should have known that. He said any
trustee wanting information or material
used to make budget decisions had only
to ask for it and it would be given out.
The budget was presented at Mon-.
day's meeting and required the board's
approval or a penalty would have been
imposed -by the ministry of education.
Mr. Dunlop said the ministry placed a
penalty on -"-the board's grants if the
budget wasn't submitted by March 15.
Full house at meeting
Clinton's five mayoralty candidates field questions from the
audience at last Thursday's "Meet the *Candidates Night"
in the Town Hall. Jim Hunter, left, Harold Lobb, George
Vance, Terry Maguire and Bill Crawford spoke b 'efly for
dive minutes before exchanging comments with the
audience of about 140 people. The hour and a half meeting
was chaired by Clinton News -Record editor Jim Fitzgerald
seated behind the candidates. (N .!ws-Record photo)
ALPHA Huron learns of grants for elevators
ALPHA learned this month
that a 100 percent grant for
elevators, installed in arenas
for the use of the han-
dicapped, has been confirmed
by Queen's Park.
Money is available from the
province for innovations that
exceed the Ontario Building
Code. However, builders,
architects and, even those in
charge of the ministry of
culture and recreation office
at Hanover were unaware of
its existence.
When the Brussels arena
Authoritycuts budgetagain
For the second year in a
row the Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority has
cut its annual budget by
several thousand dollars.
The authority approved a
reduced bpdget of $502,000 at
its annual meeting Friday.
Last year's budget was
$513,932 which was almost
$100,000 less than the year
before.
Despite the 'decrease, the
financial report said the
authority's general' levy to
the municipalities will in-
crease by slightly less than
nine percent to $117,000.
That's about the same in-
crease as last year.
The authority's share of the
budget, including levids and
other revenue, is $170,500,
down slightly from last year.
The over-all decrease in the
budget results from lower
provincial grants, resources
manager Don Pearson said.
The province will pay
$331,500 ' in general and
supplementary grants, about
$4,000 less than in 1976 year.
While the grants are down,
the authority's expenses have
risen mostly because of
higher fuel and material,
secretary -treasurer Lila
Hume said. -
Pearson said that will mean
cutbacks in some programs,
with conservation area
development being the
hardest hit.
The authority had asked for
a $587,760 budget after its
year-end meeting Dec. 10, but
the ministry of natural
resources cut that back.
Pearson said .the revised
budget shows the changing
priorities of the ministry. It is
emphasizing water
management and erosion
control more and
recreational development
,such as conservation areas,
less, he said.
The largest project to be
undertaken by the authority
is setting up erosion control in
Grand Bend where the river
bank is caving in.
The over-all cost is
estimated at $100,000 with the
province paying 75 percent.
The village and other
municipalities in the
authority area will each pay
$2,500. Owners directly af-
fected by the improvements
will pay the remaining
$20,000. Pearson said.
The . water management
budget for the year is
$181,500, compared to $140,500
for recreation and $180,000 for
administration and main-
tenance.
Hume said the authority
will also get extra funds from
the province to finance an
"Experience" summer
employment program for
students.
Last year the authority
hired 24 students and
received a $36,000 grant. But
New director appointed
Hume said there is no way of
telling what this year's grant
will be.
At Friday's meeting the
authority also chose its
executive for the year,
making few changes.
Roy Westcott was ac-
claimed to a second term as
chairman and Ivan Hearn
will stay on as vice-chairman.
He was also unopposed.
Two authority committees
will have new chairmen. John
Duncan takes over as
chairman of the Parkhill
Conservation area com-
mittee. The committee
looking after the other areas
will be headed by Donald
Lithgow.
Remaining at the heads of
their committees are: Robert
Austin, finance; Wilson
Hodgins, flood control;
Joseph Dietrich,
reforestation, wildlife and
land use; Frank McFadden,
education and information,
and Allan Campbell, land
acquisition.
The Honourable Keith
Norton, Minister of Com-
munity and Social Services,
this week announced the
appointment of William
Gregg as Director of
Bluewater Centre at
Goderich.
Mr. Gregg, the , present
director of training at
Bluewater Centre, will
assume his new position
March 18, 1977. He replaces
Ross F. Bryant who has
resigned.
He was appointed director
of training at Bluewater in
April, 1976. Mr. Gregg joined
the Ministry of Community
and Social Services in 1975 as
coordinator, program
development, mental
retardation community
programs.
From 1970-1975 he was
director of Regional
Children's Centre, Windsor
Western Hospital Centre.
Prior to that he was a
regional educational con-
sultant with , the Ontario
Ministry of Education.
Mr. Gregg, 42, received his
Bachelor of Arts degree from
the University of Windsor in
1964 and his Master of
Education (special
education) from Wayne` State
University in 1970.
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Park, they were told theirs
was only the second ap-
plication in the province.
To qualify tor such a grant,
the building must be ac-
cessible to wheelchairs at the
ground level. Washroom
facilities for the han-dicapped
and doors wide enough for the
passage of a wheelchair must
be provided on both levels. In
addition, a heated viewing
area must be available.
The ALPHA members
would also like to bring to the
public's attention the con-
venience of a chair placed in
strategic areas in stores for
handicapped or elderly
shoppers. Even a handy
folding chair would be
welcomed.
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