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• Agriculturalists start to
convert to metric system
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Farmers boon won't have to worry
about how many pounds per acre of
er•tilizer they should apply - it will he
kilograms per hectare.
Fertilizer Companies will begin
switching over to the metric system this
summer and fertilizer application
recommendations will be given in
metric F•'c1 Brulhaker of the University
of Guelph told members of the Huron
Federation of Agriculture Thursday
night.
Three of the nut.lor, farm machinery
companies - Massey Ferguson, John
Deere and International - are designing
almost entirely in metric now. Mr.
Brulhaker said.
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salvag able wood. (News -Record photo)
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"It is an emotional thing. None of us
like to change, hut in many ways we are
going from a complex sy1tem to a simple
system," he said.
Mr. Brulhaker said the easiest way to
learn the metric system was to start to
use it without referring hack to the old
system.
"The hest thing for us to do would he to
throw our Fahrenheit thermometers
away,' he said.
Bev. Brown questioned the advantage
of 'switching temperature scales when
the variation of one degree Celsius was
less accurate and could he critical in a
pig operation.
"The best thing would he 10 get i
thermometer measured in half
degrees," Mr. Brulhaker told her.
Farm deeds which are presently based
on the English measurement system
would not have to he resurveyed, Mr.
Brulhaker said. But anything that is
resurveyed will he done in metric..
The 11)0 pound concentrate bags will be
changed .to 40 kilogram hags which is
about tiff pounds. Fertilizer will he
paclkaged in :'5 kilogram bags or about 55
pounds.
"The problem, is that they are
dragging out the change. If Monday
they said we are going completely
metric, we'd struggle for a week., but
we'd soon know what it meant," Mr.
Brulhaker said.
"No we wouldn't," quipped one far-
mer. "We'd take up arms and over-
throw the government."
Stanley split...
(continued from page 1)
legislation or the county official plan,
hut the secondary plan could set up new
regulations,
Hill said thyro should he a policy
forcing owners to reclaim the landscape
in the case of new pits, but existing pits
present more of a problem.
He said it might cost as much to cover
one up as was earned by the pit itself.
Other residents suggested the quarries
be used as landfill sites to allow them to
he eventually utilized as arable land
again.',
Varna hearing...
(continued from page 1 )
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Testimony *as given all day Tuesday
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It is expected the decision will 'he
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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1977. -PAGE a.
Justice swift for Goderich yegg
Fast work on the part of
Clinton Police resulted in a
Goderich youth pleading
guilty to two charges of
break, enter and theft in
Clinton court last Wednesday
morning.
The two incidents occurred
late Monday, April 4 or early
Tuesday, April 5 and R
McCreight, 1, Goddrich, was
apprehended Tuesday
morning in his Clinton
apartment. Most of the stolen
goods were recovered.
McCreight apparently
broke into the Counter Cash
and Carry Building Supplies
office on Princess Street and`
stole a crowbar and some
metal cutters. He then went
to McPherson's Garage on
Albert and forced entry.
"I'her•e he stole some
cigarettes, chocolate bars,
soft drinks and a small
amount of cash.
McCreight pleaded guilty to
the two charges in front of
Separate
The Huron -Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate
School Board will sponsor up
to 30 teachers to the-"Fc'mily
Life course at St. Jerome's
College. Waterloo, in the
sum mer of 1977 at a
maximum cost of 53000.00.
The tuition fee for each
teacher is $120, which the
hoard will pay, hut each
teacher must assume any
travel or hoarding costs.
Before .each teacher takes
the course, he or she must he
approved by the hoard.
Trustee Michael Connolly
said, "Paying ~ 120 per course
we want to he sure the
teacher will continue with our
system. The taxpayers are
paying."
Mr. Connolly expressed his
concern that all schools
should have teachers taking
the course, and that some
schools should not have a
percentage than
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others.
The, boa memhers
decided at the meeting in
Dublin Tuesday night that -
they want a cheque disbur-
sement summary mailed to
them with the agenda when.
available. Time will he set
r
i
.fudge Glen Hayes, and he
was sentenced to four months
definite and eight months
indefinite on each count to be
served concurrently.
The youth, who is only 17
years old, has a history of
breaking into premises. Last
September he was returned to
training • school in Goderich
after being charged with two
counts, of break, enter and
theft. In October he was
convicted on six coupts of
theft under $200. He was
sentenced to X34 days in jail on
the 10 counts. '
Deputy Counsel, P.L. Ross,
argued on behalf of .the ac-
cused, that according to 'a
pre sentence report issued
prior to 4ithe October sen-
tencing, "the report states
that the accused should he put
in a group home to take him
out of the institutional en-
vironment.
"He tells me that instead
they put him in an apartment
in Clinton by himself without
supervision.
"From this we can see what
the outcome would be. He
needs some supervision and
an opportunity to live with
other people but not in an
institution.
don't think he was given
a proper chance when they
put him on his own."
Judge Hays said he could
understand the argument of
counsel hut, "I think society
should be protected from this
young man's instability,"
Michael P. Byrne, Yukon
Territories; pleaded guilty to
a charge of impaired driving
and was fined by Judge.Hays,
'00 and had his license
suspended for three months.
Randolph Pear, Clinton,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
stealing a car from Lloyd
Brown Motors on April 4. He
was remanded until May 4 for
pre -sentence report.
Stephen E. Carman,
Clinton, pleaded guilty to a
charge of willful damage and
was remanded until May 4.
He was given two weeks to
pay for the damage caused
when windows were broken at
Central Huron Secondary
School.
When Manuel Martinho
pleaded not guilty to a charge
of unlawfully entering
Canada following a depor-
tation order, he was
remanded to May 4 for setting
of trial date. He was charged
with illegally entering
Canada without the consent of
the Ministry.
After being charged under
the Unemployment Insurance
Act for making . false
statements, Ronald Crich,
Goderich pleaded guilty and
Judge Hays imposed a fine of
$400 on each of two counts.
Crich was given three
months to pay the $800 in
fines He also -agreed to pay
hack the `395 in over-
payments by the UIC.
board to spbnsor course
aside at the following hoard
meeting for trustees to direct
questions, if any, to the
finance committee for
elaboration.
The clergy -board liaison
committee will meet April 14
or 21, or as soon as a meeting
can be set up with the clergy.
This will discuss the problem
of the spring break period in
1978 being the same time as
'Holy Week. On the committee
representing the board will be
Mickey Vere, board chair-
man, Michael Connolly and
Donald Crowley.
If the committee r-ecom-
roends that the spring break
week be changed to another
week, and the board ap-
proved, then the board will
make a submission to the
Ministry' of Education for
final approval of a modified
- school year calendar for
Huron -Perth area.
Phase 2B, Focus on Faith,
will be held November 20, at a
location not yet determined in
Huron or Perth. Bishop
Emmett Carter of London has
agreed tentatively to attend.
This meeting will be attended
by trustees and their spouses,
principals and their spouses
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proudly presents
and parents representing
each school in Huron and
Perth counties.
John Vintar, Director of
Education reported that five
applications, have been
received for the two French
teaching positions to he
started on the first of Sep-
tember with the teaching of
French to he started in
Grades 7 in the schools.
Interviews will he held as
soon as a committee can he
set up.
Mr. Vintar and Superin-
tendent Joseph Mills will
attend a meeting in Toronto
at the Ministry of Education
where the Hon. Thomas L.
Wells will he explaining the
program to improve and
expand -the teaching of
French as a second language
throughout Ontario. It is
hoped there is a plan to im-
plement additional financial
assistance to the hoard for
this program.
Superintendent William
Mills said that each of the 19
separate schools in Huron
and Perth will he holding
special programs to mark
Education Week being held
across Ontario April 17' to'
April 23. The theme this year
is "Growing with Dignity"
and will focus attention on
education and make it'visible
to the community. Mr. Mills
said the importance of the
week is that we must enable
children to learn without fear
of -ridicule or destructive
criticism and to recognize
that all people are entitled to
have a mind, a heart and a
life of their own.
Twelve of the trustees who,
_attended the annual con-
ference of the Ontario
Separate School Trustees in
"Toronto the first of the month,
along with Mr. Vintar and
Mr, l•:ckert, gave reports on
the meetings they attended at
the conference.
;1 letter of appreciation will
be sent to Bruce R. Heath,
Director of Children's Aid
Society of Huror County. He
served since late .1975 as a
member of the Early School
I caving Committee of the
Board His pending ap-
pointment to the Children's
Services Branch of the
provincial ministry of
community and social ser-
vices branch and his change
'of residence in to Toronto
makes him resign.
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