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BY JEFF SEDDON
Incidents of vandalism
at county schools has got
the Huron County board
of education scratching
heads with one hand and
writing cheques with the
other. The"board receiyed
several reports Monday
from schools in the
county that received
property damages as a
result of vandalism.
Board chairman John
Elliott told the board he
was concerned about the
costs and frequency of
vandalism and warned
that if the board did not
come up with some sort of
preventive schemes the
costs would become a
real burden on the
board's budget.
"In all my years ex-
perience on the school
board I have never seen
anything as serious,"
said Elliott.
30. In memoriam
WHITMORE
A tribute of Love and
Remembrance to Ralph E.
Whitmore who passed away
suddenly seven years ago
March 13, 1972:
There must be a reason we
can't see,
There must be a reason why,
A reason that we must take
"on faith"
As we do the sun on high -
There must be an answer
why it is,
Someone who enjoyed life so
Someone who was so dear to
us,
Suddenly had to go.
Life is a journey, so we are
told,
For some, long - for others
brief,
A journey on which we all
find joy,
Mingled with sadness and
grief.
Try to remember the joy
today,
However hard it may be
And trust we'll find comfort
when we know,
The reason we now can't see.
Lovingly remembered and
sadly missed by Mother, Dad
and Karen. -10x
31. Card of thanks
BUTLER
I wish to thank my friends,
neighbourg and relatives for
cards, flowers, treats and
visits while I was a patient in
Victoria Hospital. Special
thanks to Dr. MacFarlane
and his staff, nurses on 4th
floor C wing of Victoria
Westminster Campus. Lloyd
Butler. -10
BARTLIFF
We would like to thank
everyone for their lovely
gifts and beautiful floral
arrangements. Also thanks
to everyone who came to
visit us. A special thanks to
Dr. Baker, Dr. Street and the
nurses on second floor of
Clinton Public Hospital 'for
their excellent care. Sharee
and Darren Bartliff.-10x
A THANK YOU
FROM
BILLY T
TO THE STAFF
AT S.S.P.
When your chassis squeaks
and rattles,
And you're running kinda
slow,
Itis nice to be remembered,
By the ones you like and
know.
So "thank you" for the birth-
day cake,
And the Ode to Billy T
My 65th was really "made,"
By that great staff at S.S.P.
Bill
HART
I wish to thank relatives,
friends and neighbours for
the many cards, flowers' and
visits and my roommates for
kindnesses during my stay in
hospital. Special thanks to
Dr. Baker arid nurses on first
floor. Joe Hart. -10
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Exeter area schools
were hardest hit ac-
cording to reports given
the board by principals.
Vandals at Exeter Public
School slashed 100 win-
dow screens, bent and
slashed five other screens
and smashed two storm
windows and the window
of the principal's office.
Jim Chapman, prin-
cipal of the school, said in
his report that damages
to the screens were
estimated at between
$450. and $500, the cost of
the glass was about $70
and that custodians spent
about six hours repairing
the damages. .
South Huron District
High School did not
escape vandalism.
During January and
February the school was
hit with over half a dozen
incidents of wilful
damage costing an
31. Card of thanks
JOHNSTON
I would like to take this
opportunity to thank all my
relatives and friends for
flowers, cards, candy and
visits while a patient in
Clinton Hospital. Special
thanks to Dr. Flowers,
nurses on 1st and 2nd floors,
Rev. Pick, UCW, Senior
Citizens and the kitchen staff
for all the kindnesses.
Everything was deeply
appreciated. Rachel
Johnston. -10x
HARRISON
I would like to thank
everyone for their kindness,
flowers, cards, gifts and
visits during my stay in
Victoria Hospital,-• London,
both in December 1978 and
January of this year. Special
thanks to Dr. Lambert, Dr.
Newland, and to the staff of
Clinton Public Hospital.
Peter Harrison. -10x
DOHERTY
We are sincerely gratefu,1 for
the honor bestowed on us, by
the attendance, the cards
and the gifts on the occasion
of our twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary. Special thanks
to our family for putting on
the dance, and their friends
who helped them in any way.
Thanks to each and 'every
one of you; it was an evening
we will always remember
and cherish. Isabelle and
Frank. -10
estimated $1,300. The
'damages range from
broken windows and
damaged equipment to
plugged urinals in a
washroom after someone
poured quick drying
cement into the fixtures
plugging the pipes.
Bob McVean, plant
superintendant for the
county schools, said
Tuesday the theory of
quick drying cement was
only a guess pointing out
that something is in the
plumbing that won't
budge. McVean said
some type of material has
got three of four urinals
in one washroom at the
school plugged solid and
not even power augers
can break up whatever it
is. He said attempts are
being made to free the
drains using pneumatic
hammers and if that fails
there will be no recourse
but to break up the
washroom floor and
remove the pipes.
He said the floor of the
washroom was terrazo
and was very costly. He
added that the washroom
is in the old portion of the
building and the
blueprints available on
the structure are rather
vague. He' said he only
has drawings of the
building and not exact
blueprints which show
how it was built.
"We don't know the
depth of the pipes or how"
far we have to dig to find
the traps," he said. "We
may get lucky and fix the
plug for less than the
$1,000 or we may have to
go deeper than we think
and it could cost more
than that. There's a lot
unforseen."
South Huron principal
J.L. Wooden said in his
school vandalism report
that in January two
windows in the school
were smashed. One was
broken by snowballs and
another was shattered
when a beer bottle was
thrown through it. In
February a hole was
punched in a plaster wall,
an outside light was
broken, an outside fire
hose ' connection cover
was removed and thrown
through a plate glass
window costing about $40
plus labor, and an outside
drinking fountain and two
windows • were broken
costing about $200.
In other schools
reporting to the board
damages were con-
siderably less. Goderich
District Collegiate
Institute was broken into
but damages were few. A
door panel was broken, a
window was removed to
gain entrance to an of-
fice, a cupboard door was
removed and paper
scattered on the floor. In
another incident a' beer
bottle was thrown
through a window. Total
damages for the two are
$50 plusoustodial time.
At Robertson Memorial
Public School in Goderich
signs were removed from
two washtoom doors and
a window broken. No
costs were listed.
At Central Huron
Secondary School a pane
of glass in a, door was
broken and ,1the school
entered illegally. Two
office filing cabinets were
badly bent, two interior
door glass panels were
broken, a cash register
was damaged and rifled
of ten dollars and several
cupboards were'
damaged. No estimates
of damage were reported.
John Cochrane told the
board the reports
received from the
principals do not include
the daily pranks students
pull such as throwing
pails of water • and
plugging toilets. The
director said the pranks
are not necessarily ex-
pensive to repair but they
do take custodial time.
McVean said custodial
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time does not always get
charged against the acts
of vandalism because in
some cases the custodian
can repair damages
during his normal eight
hour shift. He said the
average costs for
custodians is slightly less
than six dollars an hour.
He said in some cases
overtime is required to
repair damages but in
many only normal
housekeeping matters
are decayed because of
the nuisance.
Cochrane said the
board's administration
planned to document all
cases of vandalism to
keep a record of the costs.
He said principals were
being asked to report all
damages tnd costs to the
board offices and a
seperate ledger will be
kept on them to give the
board a good idea of what
vandals cost.
Wingham trustee Bert
Morin said he wondered if
parents and students
"had any idea what it
costs". He said it may
help if they knew what
the board spends
repairing damages from
vandalism pointing out
that the money could be
spent on school books.
Board chairman John
Elliott told trustees that
most of the expenses
from vandalism were not
covered by insurance. He
said the board's policies
carried $5,000 deductible
meaning most of the
repairs were below the
minimum.
Elliott said it appeared
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the only way to curb the
damages was to
inaugurate some sort of
preventitive programs.
He laid the costs of
vandalism were
"drastic" and asked that
trustees give some
thought to what can be
done to stop the damage.
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"How someone can get
quick drying cement into
a school and dump it into
a urinal shows that
something is fairly lax
someplace," he said.
Cochrane pointed out
that the vandalism is not
necessarily the act of
students of the school.
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AFTERNOON
4:00 MOVIE FIVE: "THE
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A former gunslinger is un-
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to life hours later as a
mystical and mysterious
avenger fighting for justice
in the Old West
5:30 THE NEWLYWED
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EVENING
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7:30 BEST OF GILLIGAN'S
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8:00 LITTLE WOMEN
9:00 QUINCY
10:00 MRS. COLUMBO
11:00 NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT SHOW
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New Orleans gentleman, a
former slave runner, and a
beautiful aristocrat who
learns upon her father's
death that her mother was a
slave.
3:30 MOVIE: "THE
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William Holden -Nancy
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beautiful Yum Yum girl.
With their conflicting
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FRIDAY, MARCH 9
AFTERNOON • -
4:00 MOVIE FIVE:
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mart who taught him the
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5:30 THE NEWLYWED
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6:00 NEWS
6:30 N.B.C. NEWS
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Rainey. Jaime and
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8:00 DIFF'RENT
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8:30 HELLO, LARRY
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9:30 TURNABOUT
10:00 SWEEPSTAKES
11:00 NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT SHOW
1:00 TOMORROW
2:30A MOVIE: "THE
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Peter Cushing -Christopher
Lee. Police inspector, in-
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four tales about an old
Gothic country house which
supposedly influences the
behaviour of its inhabitants.
4:30A MOVIE: "ASTRO
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Human transplants go
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safety of a city.
5:30A MOVIE: "ATTACK
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Yvette Vickers. Weird ,and
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SATURDAY, MARCH 10
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5:30 THE NEWLYWED
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