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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-10-09, Page 1VVea t . 19$0 '! flat co �. n SEPTEMBER 30 24, 10 24 12 OCTOBER. 1 25 12 23 0, 2 16 7 10 12 3 - 15 6 16 14 4 8 3 15 8 5 7 3 14 5 10 2,0 13 6 Rainfall 43,7 mm Main 60,9` Unlike a t adltional bea ty contest, -the candidat s for Queen of the Furrow must prove they can plow as well; Janet Shapton of Exeter demonstrated her shills last'week at the International Plowing Match at Woodstock, and finished third for Huron. (James Fitzgerald photo) BY SHARON DIETZ The recent designation. of Hurorl County townships under the Pits and Quarries Control Act was bitterly opposed by Huron County Council at its -September -2' : t Morris reeve Bill Elston raised the subject at the session'of Huron County, Council earlier in the month telling the county engineer he had learned most townships in they Wingham area. were to be designated. County engineer Bob Dempsey told Elstorxat, that time he was not aware any "'townships in the county were tox be designated. He said he was certain the:- .county had made their feelingsclear'last year when they rreplied ,to..,, an. aggregated discussion paper telling the provincial government they were not enthused about Huron townships being designated. Dempsey said he had not been contacted • concerning the designation of Huron county but- t wpuld find out \ and report to c uncil: Apress release from Queen's Park the following day informed the public that all of Huron County woUld be designated under .the Pits and Quarries Control Act. of 19 71 . Elston commented at Elementary teachers get 9.6% The Huron County . Board of Education and its elementary school teachers have ratified a one year collective agreement effective September 1, 1980. • It represents a cost increase of 9.6 per cent including increment and 7.9 per cent excluding increment. The average salary, for a teacher over the : ote year period will be $23,600. This represents an eight per cent increase over the average salary Y of $21,853 which would have existed if no negotiations had taken place. The new grid in place for Sep- tember to December represents a five per cent increase with the maximum salary of a fully qualified teacher with ten years experience being $30,450. The January to June grid represents a ten per cent increase with a maximum rate payable of $31,900. Huron County employs 362 in- dividuals within the bargaining unit; 14 teachers are at the maximum salary rate and they will earn $31,320 over the life of,the contract, Principals and vice -principals will receive an eight per cent increase. The average salary paid to principals - will be$37,842, and t e.mamum will �.h �i be $39,457. Other highlights of the agreement provide for the board to pay 100 per cent of a drug plan. The board presently pays 85 per cent. Monies for Staff Improvement Plan .have been increased from $45,000 to to Incredible as it may seem, we have a paper ;out on .the street, despite the dust, dirt, banging, lost desks, frayed tempers and general pandemonium that has prevailed at this fine establishement for the past couple of weeks. Confusion reigned especially supreme for the past several days, as the office was ' completely disassembled around us and only now is slowly being put back together again, with more banging, dust and now paint. In fact, I think the/ News -Record staff should ' be eligible to go on the television show, "That's Incredible," because of their resiliency in the' face of the pandemonium. Especially one Peggy Gibb. Actually, thaxiks to all the tables will groan under platters of turkey, stuffing, turnip, squa h, cranberries and pumkin ftes:" 4 According to all the grocery ads, turkey is as cheap as :it_ wag last year, and at 88 cents foil. utility grades, that's -mighty cheap eating in this days of $1.26 gas and 12 per cent inflation. -� + The Main Street Wit says that there is also a surplus of turkeys around in Ottawa and Toronto this week, what with the recall of both the federal and provincial parliaments. + ++ Because it is Thanksgiving and Monday is a holiday, most ex- businesses will be closed on the 13th to observe "the day to give thanks," including the post office, banks and liquor stores. Most, except the banks, will be open oil Saturday, however, so you can stock up in letters and liquor. + ++ Although this year fall is still a far cry from the swampy record set in 1978, September just past will go down as slightly cooler and wetter than normal. According to Graham Campbell, keeper of the records, we had an average mean temperature of 15.2 C (59.36 F) slightly below the long term average of 15.4 C ( 59.72 F), while the rainfall measured at Goderich totalled 108 mm (4.25 inches) far above. the average of 75.9 nim (2.98 inches). + ++ And of course, the middle of October also heralds another tradition here in Ontario, the falling of the leaves and here in Clinton, the burning of them as well. Although personally I'm against burning them, most people still do, so I'll just remind you that the. town council frowns on burning them on pavement. + ++ This week we welcome Helen Owen to the Bayfield Bugle pages to replace Gwen Pemberton, who is going into retirement. Helen has been writing softie news already, including that .of council, so the we're sure Bayfield readers will be well informed. cellent co-operation help of Bob, Dave and George from Fishers and Glen and aid from Three Phase, things have gone a lot better than expected. In a couple of weeks, everyone should be moved into their new quarters and we'll find all our lost files, coffee pots and cameras. + + _. The whole renovation thing sort of reminds me of Murphy's Law, which states 'what can go wrong, will and at the worst possible moment: There are also a .few corollaries to Murphy's Law that are as equally applicable to anyone who's found themselves in the same situation : 1 - Nothing is as easy as it looks. 2 - Everything takes longer than you expect. 3 - If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will go wrong first will be the one that will do the most damage. 4 - Left to themselves, all things go from bad to worse. 5 - If you work on a thing long enough to improve it, it will break. 6 - If you think everything will be OK, you have surely overlooked something. 7 - Mother Nature always sides with the hidden flaw. 8 -Mother Nature is a witch. -4- + + Well, hard as it is to believe, this is the Thanksgiving weekend corning up already, when many act opposed by county council. council's September 9 meeting that. "We won't be able to get gravel," he the province's minority Conservative explained. government feared they would create The Act regulates the operation and too Much cgntroversy if they included rehabilitation of sand and gravel pits the undesignpted townships under the and stone quarries in designated new Aggregates., Act which is. to' be counties in the province. The operator • d -in -the gistature-this-yearr — nu: t --pay twe cents ---a ton to the "So they brought it in through' the treasury of Ontario for rehabilitation back door by an order in council in- of the site. If he does the necessary eluding these designations with the old bill. of 1971," remarked Elston. "1 want people to realize what is happening," added Elston. Howick reeve Harold Robinson rehabilitation when he closes the pit, the rehabilitation security is returned to the operator. Beginning in January 1981, this rehabilitation security will rise to pointed out some farmers are not 'tt cents per . metric torte of going to get their pits surveyed if they aggregate taken from the pit or are brought under the act and they, _-, quarry. will just close their pits. County Clerk -treasurer Bill Hanly explained to county council that most municipalities had, requested e11 counties be designated to treat, all gravel production areas the same, "These pits and quarries, were a ghastly sight on the landscape and' every provincia.l_association. wanted. -- them cleaned'up," Manly stated. The new bill, The Aggregates Act, still under consideration ' by the government will provide' for management of aggregates, control of pits and quarries, provide for rehabilitation and will maintain _the environment.. All counties designated under the previous bill, The Pits and Quarries Control Act of 1971, will fall under the new legislation when: it is gassed. $60,000 as a result of the deletion of an extra curricular allowance.' ' Chief negotiator for the elementary teachers has been Mike Soldan of Exeter. Board negotiator •is per''onnel relations administrator P. Gryseels, and chairman of the board personnel committee is Herb Turkheirn, The secondary teachers and the board have not yet readhed an agreement, although . they are meeting re ularly A fade;»fla n . r meeting isg scheduled for today, Although the, number : of donors was down in the af- ternoon, the evei n esslon a qtr � g cte s t a dxnany' more at the semi-annual Blood Donors Clinic held on Tuesday at Central Huron Secondary School. Final figures were not available at presstlme. Here.CaseBrand of RR 3 Clinton ves.''hi s. pint while Red; Cross worker 'Ann Pelesh o f London loos on. (James Fitzgerald photo) Asbestos found in some schools BY CATH WOODEN Work will be done this weekend at Robertson Memorial Public School to replace ceiling tiles loaded with amp,hibole asbestos discovered in studies initiated by Huron County Board of Education -hired architects Kyles, Kyles & Garratt. Certain amounts of asbestos were found in several other county schools and will also be eliminated in due time; Brian Garratt reported to the board at its regular monthly meeting October 6. Robertson was termed ;the most serious case of all the schools -because its corridor ceiling tiles contain the most dangerous asbestos particles, called amphibole. Amphibole fibres are the smallest of all asbestos fibres, about five one -thousands of a millimetre in size. If a celing tile which . contains asbestos is broken, it explodes with these tiny particles. A single fibre, upon entering the lungs, may cause cancer, Smith Construction in Seaforth has been contracted to do the work this weekend at- Robertson at an ap- proximate cost of $10,000. Victoria Public, also in Goderich, is . another school with asbestos content. It contains the less dangerous transite asbestos fibres in • cqrridor, classroom, and gymnasium cdilings. The tiles will not . have to be replaced, but simply encapsulated with a sealing. ,1 Bi"oiiside,. Blyth, and Stephen Central schools all have small amounts of transite fibres within them, which will mean replacing or sealing certain tiles. Health building funding queried BY SHARON DIETZ The executive, committee of Huron , County Council reported at the September 29 meeting that funding of the Huron County health building, to be cgjistructed at the Huronview Home for the Aged in Clinton, will be possible through a transfer of funds from the Employee Benefit Reserve Fund. An auditor's report, completed for the year ending in December 1979, indicates $380,000 can be transferred from the fund to the Capital Works Building Reserve Fund and still leave —a -Balance wis wiewe in excess of the total liabilities of the Employee Benefit Fund. County Council approved the recommendation to transfer the funds which will finance the new health building. The new building is required because the county health unit staff4.n.. the Clinton office is working in cramped quarters now and the staff will likely triple when the additional home care programs are added to the country program in the next year. Clinton Public School and Exeter Public School will both require major jobs sealing accoustic plaster which contains transite asbestos in corridors and washr,oms. Clinton is estimated to cost $14,500 and Exeter $18,000. On the high school scene, Goderich District Collegiate Institute was the only building found to be free of asbestos. Central Huron in Clinton will prove to be the biggest job at $77,000 to completely replace certain ceilings on the second floor. South Huron in Exeter is going to require a similar job to Clinton's with a combination of sealer spray and ceiling replacement at a cost of $58,000. In Seaforth, the gymnasium. ceiling will have to have a sealer over the accoustic plaster at .a cost of $7,500. F.E. Madill in Wingham also needs Association may fold By Jim Fitzgerald Members of the Clinton Business Association must get behind the Association and attend the next meeting, or the whole organization might fold and die. That's the conclusion of a letter sent by Business Association secretary Bob Campbell to the members last week. "Unless there is a strong showing at this meeting. (today, Thiir- sday,October 9 at 7:30 pm in the town hall) of support for the Association and the business community as a whole, the whole organization might fold and die," Mr.Campbeil wrote. Mr. Campbell said' the Association is without a chairman since Noah Zeeman moved away and since Mr. Campbell has been named chairman ,of the Klompen Feest Festival, he will not be doing the secretary's job anymore. Mr. Campbell also said that with Christmas - just around the corner, planning must begin now. "Out of our membership of 60 or 70 persons, the majority have not held office. Some new faces have to come forward, or the Association will -become dormant and defunct," he stressed. He said it is even more important now than ever to have a strong business association with the new businesses that have started along with the new banks and the additions to a few of the bigger stores. He said he was also disappointed in the backing the business commuity has given the Klompen iN eest. "Thirty-five merchants voted for this event and we have only six at the meeting," he said. By Shelley McPhee Someone said she should be shot, another person suggested taking her to the humane society in Stratford, some sealing spray on its gymnasium ceiling. Incidentally, the sealer needed on the accoustic plaster makes accoustics even worse. The entire cost of the asbestos elimination will be approximately $293,000. This cost has been submitted , to ,the Ministry of Education for ac- ceptance, since ministry grants may cover .90 per cent of the bill. Garratt stated that Huron County's asbestos • problems are minimal compared to those of other areas. The common denominator in the Huron schools' which contain asbestos is the fact that all of those schools were built between 1950 and 1955. Asbestos has not been an ingredient `in the tile or plaster of new buildings for several years now, although a small amount of transite asbestos is still used in pipes. still another suggested that she should just be :left and sooner or later the winter cold would finish her. But there had to be more of a future for Orphan Annie. ,Perhaps the old saying that felines have nine lives is true, for despite negative suggestions for her future, Annie now has a warm and loving home. The big black and white cat, who sent out a plea for a loving master in last week's News -Record has had her prayers answered. Little'did Annie know that no sooner had she had related her true life drama story to News -Record reporter Shelley MbPhee and willingly let her photograph be published in the paper that her life would take such a pleasant turn. Almost immediately after the October 2 edition of the paper hit the streets, concerned people began calling. By October 3, the News - Record office had taken . over 30 telephone requests, offering a home for Annie. Annie purringly left for her new home with a mother and her teenage daughter last Friday afternoon. Although people are still inquiring about her, Annie told the News - Record reporter that she is over- whelmed by the response her received and said. that her faith in humans has been restored. Annie also noted that now she's happier than a pig in