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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-10-19, Page 15'., �u, n•+,. :rig;.-,9..�., Despite the dry summer, Charles and Viola Nelson of Clinton had an excellent garden this year, and one of the highlights was six-foot huckleberry plants, loaded down with the purple fruits. Here Charlie holds one of the plants, which are usually only three feet high. (News -Record photo) Weather 1978 1977 N1 l4 N1 t. OCT. C C F 10 20.5 3 • 66 4 11 19.5 7 54 39 12 18:5 12.5 .49 38 13 13 5.5 48 35 ,14 9 0 54 29 15 9 -2 . 52 35 16 8.5 0 41 .34 Rain 2.4 Rain .84 ttI 113th year—No. 42 Thursday, October 19, 1978 35 cents Ice rental rates raised $4 in Clinton by Shelley McPhee In an attempt to help the deficit on the Clinton Community Arena and keep in close competition with the ,surrounding arenas, the Clinton recreation committee agreed to raise the prices for ice and hall rental at the arena. At their meeting on Thursday evening Clarence Neilans reported on the prices set by the Seaforth arena and also gave comparitive prices from other arenas. • Ron McKay warned, "We can't raise the prices too much at one time." "Last year Exeter charged $18 an' hour for minor hockey and figure skating," commented Neilans. In 1977 Clinton charged $12 for the minor hockey and figure skating, but this year raised the rate to $15. Last year, local hockey teams were charged $20 an hour for ice time and out of town teams were charged $24. This year the local teams will be charged $24 and out of town teams will be charged $28. It was agreed that the local hall rental remain at $100,. or $75 cleaned - up. It will still cost $150 to rent the arena floor, and $175 if there is no cleanup. Elementary teachers settle for 9% The Huron County Board of Education ratified a one-year contract Monday night awarding its 365 elementary teachers and principals a total wage increase for 1978-79 of 8.97 percent including increments for ex= per.ience and qualifications. Under the new pact, teachers will now earn a minimum of $10,504 to a maximum of $26,730. An average teacher's salary will be $20,811, up from $19,178 in the previous contract that expired Aug. 31. ,...1,4 44 The:2 p roc ttaltTece vtrd_a t raise of $1,385,' which is a five percent in- crease. The highest wage for a prin- cipal in Huron is now $32,435. Vice -principals are paid on the teachers grid plus a responsibility allowance which remains the same as last year from $2,800 to $3,400. The total wage package will cost the Huron County board of education $7,600,131 compared with $7,003,748 last year, a 8.52 percent increase. The teachers, members of the Huron branch of the Ontario Public School Men Teachers Federation and the Federation of Women Teachers As gOciagen of On ta,.rio, r itif ,d the pact last week. Ron'R itchie'; dh f fgot ator for the teachers said earlier the con- tract is "fair". Other changes in the contract the Few candidates yet A check by the News-Repord early Wednesday morning has shown that only two area politicians had let their names stand for the nearly 60 posts open in municipalities served by the News -Record. Nominations, which opened at 9 a.m. on Monday, October 16, close on Monday afternoon, October 25 at 5 p.m., and unless there is a last minute rush, there will likely be a large number of acclamations. As of Wednesday noon, only Hal Hartley had filed his papers as can- didate in the Clinton PUC race, and Michael Connolly of Kippen had let his name stand for the separate school board for Tuckersmith; Hensall, Zurich, and Stanley Township. The News -Record will ' carry the complete nomination list next week. The candidates, once qualified, have until Tuesday afternoon at 5 p.m., on October 24 to withdraw their names, and in the event that there aren't enough candidates to fill all the posts, the local clerks will accept more nominations on October 25. Voters too should remember to check the voters lists posted at various spots throughout the town and townships to see if they are on it. If your name is missing, you have until Friday, October. 27 to appeal to the, clerk of your municipality and get on it. For those who can't vote on the regular voting day on November 13, an advanced poll will be held on Saturday, November 4 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. As of Wednesday morning when this was being written (October 25, 1978 in case your paper is late arriving) the post office was dark, with no one working except for supervisory staff. • Although the workers have been ordered back to work by the federal parliament, it was unsure at press time just exactly when they wpuld be returning, or how many of them would defy the law and pay $100 a day fines. So as detailed in last week's paper, our alternate distribution plan is now in effect until the strike is over. Firstly, all subscribers in Clinton can pick their paper up at the News - Record office here on Albert Street in 'Clinton, while all those who live on a rural route out of Clinton will get their paper normally, as we have hired the regular drivers to deliver them on Thursday. For other subscribers in small centres like Bayfield, Brucefield, Varna, Hensall, Londesboro etc, you can get your paper at your regular post office, as the smaller offices are no/Unionized. unionized. Fpr the rest of you poor devils out 11 , Io Mans land who depend on er'vice out of London, Kitchener, Stratford or Toronto, we will hold your papers until the strike is over. + Well,. .: . Sack p'rost went on strike the ether night for higher temperatures, and except for a, few hardy flowers and vegetable "lant •the gardening season gis over in the area. The temperature di opped to minus five early Tuesday morning, setting a new record for the date. Predictions are now flying around as to what kind of winter we're having, and the signs for a terrible winter outnumber the signs for a good one by a two to one margin. Long-time observers in these parts say they have never seen the hickory trees more heavily laden with nuts than' they have this year, while the hard maples dropped more "keys" this fall than in some 20 years. However, the woolly caterpillars have no stripes on them this year, so who knows? The Clinton fire department, responded to a car fire last Wed- nesday, October 11 at the Don Bell residence on Maple Street, but no major damage was caused. ++-I- For all those wo are,in excellent physical condition, or wish they were, there are a couple of ways to test yourself in the next week. First of all there's the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority'shike this , Sunday through the beautiful Bannockburn Conservation area, starting at 2.p.m. Also you can (est your fitness at the Fitness Van, at the Vanastra Recreation Centre next Wednesday and Thursday, October 25 and 26. Sponsored by the ministry of culture and recreation, the fitness test, at a cost of $12 is an'ailWinelusive test on how well your body is, given your- age. our•age. teachers were granted include an in- crease in mileage allowance from 19c to 21.7c per mile, which is equivalent to the school board's rate. Another change is V. = improved monetary reimbursement for leaves of absence from $33,000 to $34,000, a maximum yearly rate. Shirley Hazlitt, trustee for Colborne and Goderich townships and chairman of the board's negotiating team, said the board is "pleased" with the con- tract. M w� x.... , "To be Iibnest it is more than we had hoped to settle for ... but because of the arbitration ruling we felt we had to be fair with the other panels," she said. A provincial arbitrator awarded the secondary teachers in the county a 6.75 percent increase for 1978-79. In other business, Mrs. Hazlitt suggested a letter from Education Minister Bette Stephenson, outlining the government anti-inflation program Turn to page 3 • Don Wright suggested, "You should take a long hard look at this next year and set your rates early. That will give the minor hockey a chance , to look things over before registration." As it stands, the minor hockey organization has already held its registration. Lowell Barnes, who was attending a minor hockey meeting in the next room of the town hall explained to the rec. committee, "We really didn't raise our fees this year. We had a lot of com- plaints that they were too high. 1 looKea at -the prices of Aylmer, Mitchell, Goderich and London and we're lower. Let's face it, hockeyhere's a bonus. A novice can play the season for less than $1 an hour. t• McKay added, "In the city, registration for a novice is $50. We have things rosy here and we don't realize it. It kind of bugs me." "We are doing things backwards though. We should have had the rates before registration," he noted. Barnes and other executive mem- bers of the minor hockey cited ad- ditional problems that the organization is facing, like participation and financial difficulties. "We do have a problem in this town, we don't have a co-ordinated recreation ~program," Dean Reid suggested. "We don't have the money," Dennis Jewitt added. Reid ,went on, "If the minor hockey Block Parents coming Vanastra and Clinton have taken the initial steps in the formation of the Block Parent Program. Two weeks ago a group of Vanastra people set up an executive to organize' the project and on Monday night, the group of Clinton people set up their executive. Basically, a Block Parent offers his home, through an identification sign, for children who need protection. or help; when an accident happens and a child is hurt; when a child playing with friends on -the lawn and is accosted by a bully; when a child is approached by an unfriendly stranger. A Block Parent does not necessarily have to have children of his or her own. Being a Block Parent takes little in- volvement, other than putting an identifying sign in the front window of the house. Each Block Parent ap- plicant will be properly screened by the organization and the police. The Block Parent only provides a place where a child in need can turn to. They do not offer a place where a youngster can use the washroom or have a snack. Presently over a dozen people in Vanastra have shown some interest in becoming Block Parents. An open house and information session for the program will be held at the Vanastra Public School on Thursday evening (tonight) starting at 7 p.m. A special film will be shown and application forms for Block Parents will be Turn to page 2 • parents came out then that would help., It's not the job of the minor hockey' executive to always have to raise money. Are the executive supposed to be social or welfare workers too?" Mary Gibbings, from the minor hockey executive said, "Last year at minor hockey day, the atom parents refused /to pay to get in the door because they'd never paid before:" The executive further explained that only 13 members turned out to the general meeting and there weren't enough people to elect a new executive to serve the one year term. The previous slate served again. Reid replied, "We (the rec com- mittee) have the same problem that you have. We have a committee of 10 with a 60 per cent turn out. There's a lot of work and a lot of it comes down to passing the bucks." The minor hockey organization has a budget somewhere between $8,000 and $10,000. They have collected $3,300 in registration fees so far. They also hope to obtain some donations this year from the town's service clubs in- cluding the Kinsmen, the Legion and the Fish and Game Club. The organization also raised $3,500 on their own last year, but they're afraid that people won't sponsor them this year. Jerry Hiltz, from minor hockey. commented, "The parent has to pay one way or another, either through registration fees or through fund raising. Most parents won't come out and help though." Reid said, "There's no way we can decide whether it should be a user or a taxpayer fee. It should go on the election ballot." Canvass, arena floor both stalled Both the canvass for funds for the new arena floor at the Clinton Com - muni.., .ty._entre, and the work on the 'floor itself slowed this week. The total raised for the arena floor climbed only $3,000 this week from last week,' for a total of $29,603, while construction on the floor hit a snag as well. Contrary to reports in last week's News -Record, work has not started on installation of the two brine systems, as contractor C.A. McDowell is waiting on the sub -contractors who specialize in such work. Dry, but cold weather has nlded'area farmerer l h'fretting the area's grain corn crop, tvhlch is now In full Bring. Des.plto tie dry summer, yields will be about average inHuron 'with a' fere excellent tlelds sand a few poor ones. Here Frank Yeo _ left , chats with Ral ' h�' Feltz as 'di*ii r .. ►. �► . , . ank s ,ands Is dtlmp+ed at tion Ings Feed Mill last Saturday. (Mews-Reed'td'pf oto) The rest of the: construction of the new tractor room is ;proceeding,, but when the floor reconstruction " will resume was riot known at press time. Here are the list of donations for the past week: David Hanley $50 Janet & Larry McClinchey & family 50 Clinton News Record Rene Brochu G.W. McGee Mrs. Ada Schellenberger Clinton Electric Shop Dave Pugh Bob Fotheringham H.F. Wettlaufer John Meade Cecil Elliott Kinette Club of Clinton Bill Flynn Earl Nott Edwin Cooper Charles Johnston Ken Daer Annette Gilbert Dorothy Crozier Sarah L. Bartliff John & Margaret Robinson Len Theedom K decorating Ltd. Shirley Kay Patti Kay Scott Kay Clinton Body Shop Beecher Menzies Jim & Anne Cunningham & family Hongfonged Nip Mhaymee Dearken Nip Mhaymee The Dutch Store Clinton Home Hardware Brownie's Drive -In Ltd Total to date 250 50 50 25 100 40 50 75 100 50 100 25 10 20 5 50 5 75 25 100 50 50 100 20 25 100 300 100 10 10 75 50 100 $29,603 Names only: Workman Real Estate, Bob Wilson, Huron Laundry, Tony Stauttener, Stewart Dale, Hugh Cook, Vera Bennett, Laura Emmerson, Mrs. Barbara Guse. Mrs. Beatrice Groves, R.E. Sem- ple,Danny & Vicki Colquhoun, Maynard Corrie, Karen Lippincott, Howard Currie, Neil Elliott; Roy Green, John L. Johnston, Bill Makins. Kippen barn fire levels large barn By Wilma Oke A barn in Tuckersmith Township awned by David Tremeer of Seaforth, was destroyed by fire early Friday. A neighbour who noticed the flames called the Hensall fire department about 4:25 a.m. The fire was too ad- vanced to save the 36 by 74 foot barn located on Lot 10, concession 11 of Tuckersmith, about three kilometres east of Kippen. Hensall fire chief Jim Hyde said a tractor, a wagon loaded with beans, bean planter and a bean windrower and other machinery and tools were lost as well as a full barn of hay and straw. Carse of' the blaze is not known and there is no estimate of the loss. Mr. Tremeer, called to the scene by a nei ,hbour, said he was relieved to find „ g his children's riding horse outside when he arrived, it had been free to go in and out of the barn to pasture. r Arena floor , canvass