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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-01-24, Page 3• Although ;it looks like a mess now, the contractor, XDG of Kitchener, has promised that the pupils at • Clinton Christian Sthopl will be able to use their • new addition in two weeks. Here vice-principal Lawrence Uyl, left and principal Ralph Schuurman survey the 48 la 98 Not gym-a:uditoriurn inat is part of the $155,000 addition which also includes a new kitchen, dressing rooms, and equipment storage room. (News -Record photo) Hearing set on super market.. • from page 1 The Tetter did not state any specific objections. The fourth objection came from Corrie's Red and White food store in Clinton. Mr. Corrie- said that 4.a new food outlet would weaken existing stores and he noted that the new Business. Improvement Area group -stuck in tIe middle was striving to control stores to the' - core area. Mayor Harold Lobb was par- ticularly' upset over the objections saying, ''•I'm disappointed. ' Some of the letters say that they want that part of town cleaned up..I think that developing it is an excellent way to clean it. There's a new subdivision up Well, at last my dream has finally been fullfilled. After years of scheming, planning and plotting, I have been placed at an equal level with Bo Derek, Raquel Welch, Loni Anderson and Farrah Fawcett. IamaSEXSYMBOL!!! No, this is not a dumb joke. This once fat and frumpy columnist has been placed on the pedestal. respite years of dieting, hair styling and make-iup experiments, stardom came easily to me. One morning when I stumbled in to work, with my hair at ends, my eyes still swollen from sleep and my day's outfit -thrown together in a last minute rush, I suddenly blossomed into, the most beautiful woman at the Dews -Record office after reading a newspaper article which stated that a U.S. company, Crosswinds Corp., had named journalists as the sex symbols of the and '80s. For a moment of disbelief, I questionned this Crosswinds Corp., but who they are, I don't care. I like this company and their ideas. To start' - off their plan, Crosswinds have a Chicago Tribune columnist posing for a sex symbol poster. Just think, today the Tribune, tomorrow the News - Record.. The idea of being a sex symbol has a lot of interesting possibilities: Once my poster hits the streets, I may just get a nice raise in pay. Bouquets of roses and bottles of wine will grace my desk and I'll be lavished with free lunches and suppers and a lovely Wardrpbe from local businessmen. I'll no longer have to worry about putting my money in the parking meters in town, the police will dothat for me. The fire trucks will no longer take off on me, but will wiit until I arrive at the station and then let me go-ahead of them, just so I • won't get lost on the way to the fire. I won't have to wait until the end.of the meeting before I can take photographs. Council will no longer ask me to leave the room when they go into a closed session, and no one will refuse me an interview for a story once they 'see my beautiful body and hear my sultry voice. 'No questions will be asked and no critisicm given when I make a -mistake in the paper. They'll be understanding. when I say that the typographical error was caused when I got my long, lovely fingernals caught in the typewriter keys. Factual errors will be excused as well. Readers will know that I have so many others things on my mind, Tike what to wear to work the next day and how my hair should be styled. Some may say that I'll be corrupted by all the fame and fortune of being a sex symbol, but I promise I won't be, just let me be lovely. While ally. these' wonderful : 'thoughts of being Clinton's beauty' for the '80s goes through my head, I still have one unsettling thought. Will the sex symbol award be given to only some journalists or all. If everyone qualifies for the title, that means my competition may be Editor Jim! (Editor's note: can ,you see me in a full-sized poster, vi,th my paunch hanging out?) _ • 0 there and those streets and sidewalks will be redone in The mayor was referring to the ' proposed 145 -unit subdivision that Deb Shewfelt is presently working -on. - Council hopes to sign an agreement . with Mr. Shewfelt to go ahead with the subdivision in April. "I think we should be going ahead, but I think 'we're going backwards right now," _ Mayor Lobb said in reference to the objections and the halt in the' supermarket's develop-. ment. "I don't know where free en- terprise has. gone to." Councillor Chester Archibald suggested,:. "It'''s a fairly common thing to have other • businesses ob- jecting, but I don't understand in- dividuals objecting." Clerk Cam Proctor also -noted that one of the objectors, Gordon John- ston, said he wouldn't be able to at- tend the OMB hearing. "The OMB frowns upon this after they've -bothered to set up a hearing and the objectors don't appear," Clerk Proctor. told council. _ Clerk Proctor explained that normally it takes anywhere from six to eight months ..to have an OMB hearing, but OMB. officials agreed to schedule Clinton's hearing as soon as possible, so the developers of the proposed store wouldnot have wait months for a final decision. "The quickest way to resolve the problem would be ,if the objections weretithdrawn,'I' Clerk Proctor said. He added, "We're not afraid of a hearing, but we really want to get the • thing going. We're (council) are ' absolutely frustrated especially since this has bearing on two subdivisions". A second 128 unit, subdivision is in " the planning stages for the area near King .Street and the Bay€ield. Rodd._ -Council .noted that withsuch services as a grocery' store. available in the area, development of these sub- divisions would be made much easier. Tu L$ 'ON NEWS-RE4oRD, THURSDAY„ JANU'AR'X 2"4,11 kersmith raises salaries By Wilma Qke It was '`salary -raising' time at Tuckersmith ;Township council Tuesday night' as increases were given by council members to em • pioyees, nd themselves. Reeve Ervin Sillery will get $500. - more in 1980 than last year when he received $55 per meeting only for the two regular .council a meetings held each -Month. He will continue to receive 'this and the extra $500 to cover all other special meetings �_ aped by- council --or other-rn-eetings-he-... attendsrepresenting., council.. Deputy reeve Robert Bell will again: receive $45 for two regular meetings • and . Councillors William Brown, • Frank Falconer and " Robert • Fotheringhani will again receive $42.50 per regular meeting and ah_•of them an extra $300• for the year to cover the special meetings of council -or-other-meetings they must attend while on council business. Diane Durnin, manager of the Vanastra recreation centre, received a 10 percent increase in c-alary raising ners to $14,256 from $.12,960. Other staff at the' centre will•• have their salaries reviewed and set under the direction of Mrs. Durnin at the next council session. Along with the delay in time in- volved in having an OMB hearing, council is also concerned over the cost of holding it. Clerk Proctor explained -..that the judge in charge of the hearing will determine whether the cost of the hearing. will be billed to the town or the objectors themselves. - There is still a chance that the hearing can be cancelled, if the ob- jectors withdraw their complaints. If not, the public hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 4 at the Clinton town hall., beginning at ll.am. Council justifies • from page 1 The bylaw for dog control, passed by council,. states that for each ad- ditional male or spayed female dog, the tag fee is $15 and the fee for each additional female dog is $30. Those operating kennels within town limits will be required;to pay an annual fee of $50 to the town in 1980. Any dog owner who doesn't use the tag purchased, can face an additional penalty of $15, while dog owners • whose animal is found running at large can4ace a charge of up to $100. The bylaw also states that female dogs in heat must be . confine to a building isolated from other gs and. must remain there until such time as the heat has ended. The bylaw also allows the mayor of Clinton at any time to direct that a dog be destroyed if such a dog is found running at large. and cannot be caught by the animal control officer. A section under rabies control states that when a dog is known to have bitten a person, the • medical - officer of health may order that the dog be kept, under > supdrvised quarantine for 14 -days and the owner, if known, will be held responsible for the cost of quarantine • Karen Mewing, director o -f Vanastra 'day: Bare centre, -was given a 10 percent increase, bringing her salary up from $11,051 to $12,:156.1 .Debbie; Denomme, assistant director,' from ° '$8, 640 to .S0,504; teacher Beatrice Thomson, from $7,674,48 to $8,441.93; assistant teacher, Virginia Gill, will receive 40 cents increase in wages -per hour, bringing her wage to $3,90; and. cook, June Tomkins' wage Was increased from $2.50 per hour to' $2.75. :.Road super-intendent- Allan` Nicholson had his salary raised from -- $15,000 to $'16,500 and wages for road • staff set as' follows: grader operator • $6.60 per our, up from $6.00; mower Operator $5,60 per hour, up from $5.; and labour, $4,60 per hour up from $4. Clerk -treasurer Jack McLachlan ' had his salary increased from $19,000 to $23,000 which includes $1,500 for car allowance. 'His . office assistant had her wages raised from $3.50 per hour to $3.85 per hour. Mark Bell, London, of ministry of environment, presented the operating budget for the water -and=• sewage works at Vanastra. The ministry manages the system for the. township Viral will review the budget and approve it or reject it at the next council session on February 5. The water budget was $41,800 aid sewage, $40,200 for a total of $82,000, "which may be a little on the lean side" remarked Mr. Bell. The township has a reserve account amounting to $76,000 for the system, which, was established when Vanastra was taken over by the township from the developer. Mr. Bell proposed, taking $18,000 out of reserve account . as follows: Sewer infiltration repairs estimated to cost $5,000; relocating three. hydrants in the water . distribution, estimated to cost $5,1000, and authorizing the preparing of a design report on the work and upgrading it at a cost of $8,000. The budget is -up 10 percent on the average over last year --18 percent in thej...water system, but three _percent for sewage. Salary increases of eight percent, and hydro increase of 15 percent help to bring about the in- creased budget. Included in the in- crease to the water system is $4,000 allotted for valve ''replacement and packing of old lead joints, services, supplies and equipment. In discussions on the general operations of the plant, Mr. Bell said he understood that some people are - not Happy about how the plant is operated. Reeve Ervin Sillery . replied, "Maybe not too happy, but concerned that it could be operated on a cheaper basis" - Mr. Bell _.outlined how the township benefits from having the ministry of the environment run it. He said the ministry pays a higher salary' than most in the area, and administration and engineering services are PAGE provided by the ministry. NIOnitoring of the system is :done by the ministry which also provide Many other services. • Council will investigate, other'� avenues open to them such as. ,drilling theft own ' welly.. ,asking another • municipality such' A as Clinton to, manage the 'system along with ,its own. .. .._ Council approvedanapplication for , "a file drainage loan for $45,000. in his report the road' 'superin- - Y __-°tendert- -reported-:18 r-si;gns- had:, :been broken over the weekend. - A cement fireproof vault will be built -at the township office 101 feet x " 10%"feet. . Students in the- carpel -My class at - - Conestoga College . at Vanastra will start some renovating work at the office of Wednesday(Jan. 23). They will work for the practical experience h -they will- receive., -with rrrateriais supplied by the township. Councillor Robert Fotheringham will represent the township on the Court of Revision for the Richmand Street drain in Hensail at 7:30 p.m. February 28. ' A grant of $150 was approved for the 15 students from Tuclsersmith who will go to Florida next month with the Seaforth District High School Girl's band to play in the Edison Pageant of Light. The ministry of transportation and communications has announced the 1980 road subsidy allocation for Tuckersm ith will be $61,500 for construction and $94,500 for main- tenance which is up slightly over last year. The-rsaderswrite Dear Editor: w , Council's reaction to -wage negotiations in a recent News -Record was rather amusing. - - ' _ I didn't think members of -council who are involved with the education system would find fault with council's way 'of negotiating contracts for employers. After all, they (in the education field) have peculiar ways of negotiating too. A former long-time member of council Do you have all opinion? ir'hy not write us a letter to the editor, and let everyone know. All letters are published, providing they'can be ' authenticated, and pseudonyms L` are allowed. All letters, however, are subject to editing for length or.libel. r- SWEATERS WINTER JACKETS SPECIAL GROUP -complete stock Reg. to $90. 1PRICE! further - % /2 . O. _,A, reduce dto... 20,50 OFF; on our complete stock 01 fashion clothing such -as .... - DRE.,SSES sizes 7 to 20 SKIRTS b SLACKS sizes. 10 to 20 ' SUITS sties 10 to 20 BLOUSES sizes 8 to 44 SWEATERS sizes S -M -L 1. CURRENTC'Y PAYING 12'4 % A' DEADLIN•-FGR 1979 TAX ' YEAR IS. FEBRUARY 29, 1980 See your Credit Union % D I SC6t N T _continues on *DRESS SHIRTS • *SWEATERS !SLACKS •PYJAMAS OLD TOWN HALL BUILDING •" EXETER -� 235.0640 l»7�L:::�R-.lval'4.�),iYS�! .4 .1tl1'4....1'a. 1.�..,�„1 \. .lv.��l.-��°K. �... •�.--f.� .. '!S We will be closing Saturday afternoons at 5:30 p.m. beginning January 19 --- until further notice •ALL SALES CASH AND FINAL •ALTERATIONS At COST ON ALL SALE CLOTHING 8 HURON ST. — CLINTON A13EN� 6 dtrys a weak. Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m:, two Friday nights *119:00 p.m. y:b J vr �sb