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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-05-31, Page 21MONTH 6a END Clearance SALE of NURSERY STOCK . ONE ONLY MOTOMOWER 4 H.P. TILLER $18600 REG. $232.95 DENOMME 77 HAMIt TON ST GODERICH ES TRi D 0 :as CLi K [Via rce what res, )Sita L iCE rOn Wilma Oke Hayter of Dashwood in as the member of n County Board of to represent the of Usborne and and the Town 4 en the Board held its serrat •from page 4A) huge blisters and of - through Shock. cowing its a good ' rn to identify the. tree d and give it wide tion to the hiking alid climbing the easier 'recreational tours by be just as interesting. re countless unused oughout the island, to overgrown plan - to be explored and s out of the way • visit. nday the Montserrat orce take out their at for,the benefit of A, limited number of e invited to go along afternoon voyage to us Bay. ous Bay, inaccessible .provides some of the ming on the island tserrats only white h (the others are all d), lice Launch provides view of the island, Caribbean side, and for several hours of at the bay. It's a trip h taking but in order oard it is most ad - register one's inten- y as there is a long t. I Your ler & Building Needs NN JEFFERY S Phone 524-8171 Bd psychologist not -repla(ed May meeting in Clinton last week. He replaces Jack Riddell who was elected on March 15 as the Liberal member in the Ontario Legislature for the , riding of Huron. Clarence McDonald icaf—Exeter is the other representative for this area. 4044- - In other business, the Board approved the working drawings for the alterations to two classrooms in the Wingham Public School to a workshop area for retarded students. The drawings presented by Brian Garratt of Stratford of the ar- chitect firm of Kyles. Kyles and Garratt has been approved by the Ministry'of Education. Mr. Garratt stated completion of the alterations should be carried out by the end of August in time for ttie next school term. The Board endorsed the resolution from the Grey County Board of Education against the additional two per- cent sales tax that has been im- posed by the Ontario Govern- ment and that the Ministry of Education consult with the Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovern- mental Affairs with a view to maintaining the current level of taxation on taxable materials, (Taxable materials would in- clude such things as cleaning supplies, office supplies, fur- niture, etc.) A number of recommen- dations from the Education Committee of the Board were approved. The Board gave ap- proval to the recommendation that the proposed trip to Spain by the Geography Club of the Seaforth District High School be confined to the period of the mid -winter break in March, 1974. An amendment to the above proposal that the students be allowed to take an extra week was voted down 12 to 4. Mrs. Mollie Kunder of Seaforth, who made,the amendment said she felt the students should have the extra week as it would only cost $99 more for a total of about $400 for the two weeks, Custom Form Work Anhydrous Ammonia Applying MING ATING h 4 SPRAYING HARVESTING CROP DRYING 5 29-7 56 1 LAKE RANGE ACRES TIMOTHY J. HUNTER plus another $71 extra fot side trips. Mrs. Kunder said other students in other schools were being allowed time off from school to take field trips, and she felt the Seaforth students should too. Mrs. Zinn, chair- man of the Education Commit- tee, said that it was not, a question of students being out of school but one of discipline as some of the Grade 12 students would be over 18 years of age, adults, over whom the teacher would have no authority. John Broadfoot -of RR 1, Brucefield, qbestioned the discipline on a 'recent bus trip to Ottawa by Grade 13 students at the Seaforth High School. Mrs. D. Wallace of Goderich said she felt by restricting them to the ten days of Easter break the students would be in the heavy Easter traffic and this was her reason for favouring the two-week John Henderson of R.R. 5, Seaforth, asked the members of the Board if they realized that the students paid the teachers' fare through the charter organization. Other recommendations en- dorsed included: that the Home Economics/Industrial Arts program offered at the Seaforth Public School be extended to include Grade 7 and Grade 8 classes (two in total) from Hen- salt Public School; that the vacancy created by the resignation of the Psychologist, W.E. Carter not be filled at this time; that, the developmental reading teacher assume the role of a specific learning disabilities teacher; that a co- ordinator of student services be appointed to supervise and be responsible for the day -to -day activities of the student services personnel attached to the Board office; that the resolution from Essex County Board of Education be suppbr ted in principle --it concerns establishing' a school leaving committee to make possible the excusing of students, of com- pulsory school age frorn'.atten- dance or employment after a hearing 'before such , commit- tee; --that th. position and financial, allowance for Depart- ment Head,,be,continued for th,e school year during which the number of - periods has decreased below the minimum number to qualify for Depart- ment Head appointment, the position and that if the number of periods during the ensuing year is still fewer than 'the minimum number to kbalify for Department Head i,appoint- ment, the position and finan- EW ELECTRICAL RATES est of how the ye dollar will ent in 1973 ... contlpus 10 Increase. Your cOm- was able to absorb these in- durIni 1971 and 1972, but cannot to do so and therefore must he rates for electricity. f, ven wlth anncrease DRO RATES E STILL RY Low FOR EVERY s1.00 RECEIVED 76c Power Cost A2P pG op, GO THE FOLLOWING NET RATES WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR All BILLS ISSUED ON OR AFTER AUGUST 1, 1973 ESIDENTIAL RATES My Consumption Cost of VI, Hours K.W.H. SO -------- 4.0c 2.0c 500 ----- 0.9c Norm 1.2c ELECTRIC 50 K.W. _ ------- - 3.2c 41041-- ------- 1.2c um Monthly Big GENERAL SERVICE RATES DEMAND CHARGE First 50 Kilowatts of monthly billing demand Balanced billing demand $2.10 per kilowatt ENERGY CHARGES Monthly consumption In cents per Kilowatt Hours (K.W.H.) K.W.H. First SO K.W.H. - 4.5c Nast 200 KI,W.H. Nast 9,750 K.W.H. Ovar 10,000 K.W.H. n11 2.5c 1.9c 0.8c Minimum Monthly Bill .---- $3.00 It, Payment charge of 5% will apply to all bills notk'paid on or before due date. GODERICH PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION • tial allowance for that par- ticular subject area be re- classified as subject chairman. Ogler recommendations by the 'Education Committee that were endorsed are: that per- misaion be granted for a course in consumer education to be in- troduced at F.E. Madill Secon- dary School and that per- mission be granted to extend the course in Horne Economics to year 5 at Central Huron Secondary School. The following Field Trips were approved: from South Huron District High School, senior science students, on June 4, to Detroit Zoo; from South Huron District High, 'School, junior outers, on May 16 to 20 to Wildwood Lake area at St. Marys: from Clinton Public School, 60 grade 8 students, on June 20 to 22 to the Family Paradise campground in the Walton area; from Seaforth District High School, girls' trumpet band, May 27-28 to Inkster, Michigan; from Zurich Public School, Grades 7 and 8 students, on May 30, 31 and June 1 to Camp Sylvan, Parkhill; from Grey Central Public School, 33 grade 8 pupils, on May 17-18 to Toronto. The Board endorsed the recommendation that the mat- ter of age for admission to Kin- dergarten be referred to the Director of Education, D.J. Cochrane, to bring a recom- mendation to the Board. Recommendations from the Management Committee were approved by the Board as follows: With regard to driver education --that there should be no change in. the method of ()perking the system until the school year 1973-74; that classroom instruction will be for a minimum of 25 hours per student; in car instruction shall include an average of 8 hours per student behind the wheel; that classroom instruction will be paid at a rate of $8.Q0 per student; that student fees stay the same at $20.00 per student; that in car instructors will, be paid at a rate of $44 per student. The Board also endorsed the recommendation that the board permit the Gocierich District Collegiate 'Instittrte tb.rdevelop the board -owned property on the south side of Bennett Street into a track complex, and to provide additional tennis facilities for use of elementary and secondary students, the community and Huron County, and to be built with the assistance of the community and the secondary school students of Goderich District Collegiate Institute. Mr. J. Stringer, of Goderith, principal at the Collegiate, who was an observer at the meeting said that he envisions the property for track field use and a tennis courtand Mtlithe ap- proval of the Board of the use of the property that service clubs in Goderich will be ap- proached, to. assist with the costs of establishing 'them. Also endorsed was the recommendation that the Board appoint a committee to handle a dinner for retiring em- ployees in 1973 and that the week of June 18 be considered for it and that this become an annual function. Before the Board could vote on the recommendation that the Board defer any action on assisting the Township of McKillop in installing blacktop behind the McKillop Township garage, John Henderson moved an amendment to it that was I approved. The amendment calls for R. Ctinningham-and McVeen on the administrative staff view the roadway around the McKillop Office building used by 8 school uses for a turn area - and exchange of pupils to various schools for the past two years. The roadway is deteriorating with the heavy rains. Mr. Henderson suggested that when the firm of John Levis of Clinton is paving County Road 12 which passes the building that a reasonable price probably could be secured for paving the turnabout area. Mr. Henderson also moved that the question of a lease be ex- plored with the McKillop Council by the Management Committee also 'and this report brought before the Board. The Board 'endorsed the Management Committee recommendation that a letter be sent to the Town of Wingham Stating that it is the responsibility of the contractors to secure their own parking for achool buses. The Board approved a field trip fiom Usborne Central School for 60 students, boys and girls, members of the Usborne Senior Choir to Toronto for two days, June 6 and 7 at a cost to the Board of $100 for two occasional teachers for two days. The cost: of the trip: $900 transportation and accommodation will be borne by the students through funds raise() by school projects and individual assessment. The choir will perform at three ,.,schools in the Toronto area. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1973—PAGili , Also approved was a field triptl, from the Hensall Public School to Camp Sylvan for 40 grade 7 and 8 students on May 28, 29 and 30 on a three-day excursion on May 28, 29 and 30. Cost to the Board will be $250 --the other $250 of the total cost will be borne by the students. OAMR convention Concept of normalization was keynote subject Over 500 peopleilittended the 20th Annual Conference of the Ontario Association . for the Mentally Retarded which was held this year on the University of Waterloo campus from May 9 to 13,' Voting delegates from the Wingham and District Association were W. Stephen- son 00(1 Mrs, J. Langridge. The -program structure provided the delegates with a variety of topical information as well as the opportunity to participate in a maximum num- ler of special-interest sessions of their choice. The plenary sessions were emphatic, relevant and informative in a non-technical way. The con- current participatory sessions utilized the resources of display?: materials, audio -visual -demon- strations and knowledgeable people in the field. Miss Ann Shearer of the Campaign for the Mentally Handicapped London, England gave the keynote presentation with her - concept of Nor- malization. With her advice and the assistance of many pf the industriousmembers of YACMR (Youth „Across Canada for the Mentally Retar- ded) the first conference for mentally retarded.. people, was held concurrently with the Friday and Saturday sessions of the OAMR con- ference. The delegates to ()AMR were restricted -from. at- tending and observing. A report from "US" will be sent to all local associations in due time. Some of the highlights of the conference were the response of the Ontario Association to the., statement .by the Hon. Robert Welch, Provincial Secretary for Social Development, entitled Community Living for the Men- tally Retarded in Ontario "A New Policy Focus". This progressive government white paper, in simple terms, cOn- cerns the feasibility of keeping retarded citizens in their own communities, where they can experience life in a more nor- mal environment instead of the confines of institutions. Recom- mendations by OMAR will he forwarded to Mr. Welch. Extensive arrangements were made for the enjoyment of the - delegates. A "German Beer Garden" was enjoyed at the Hospitality Evening at the Concordia Club in Kitchener. Conducted tours were offered in the Kitchener -Waterloo ,area, and the annual banquet on Saturday climaxed a mosf inspiring four ,days. The newpresident-of OAMR is Mrs. Margot Scott frnin the London and District Association. She will succeed Angus Robertson from Toronto. Next year's conference will be held at Trent University in Peterbbrough. FESTIVAL '73 STARTS TONIGHT 4, -ANTIQUES ond,GIFTS lehkinsoeispoow-conmar, Gordon Fraser Cards & T Gift Wrapping Bowe THE Curiosity Sirup. (THE GREEN DOOR) 79 HAMILTON ST. K. 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