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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1985-11-13, Page 1Balfour is Clinton has a new mayor, local businessman John Balfour. The political newcomer beat challenger Councillor John Deeves at the polls on November 12 by 854 to 442 votes. Councillor Bee Cooke was elected as the town's new reeve with 766 votes. Her oppo- nent, nine-year council veteran, Deputy Reeve Frank Van Altena finished with 566 votes. In .the deputy -reeve's race, former Clinton councillor Rosemary Armstrong took a win with 576 votes, beating Clarence Neilans who earned 387 votes and Councillor Charles Burgess who tallied 352 votes. In the eight -way race for council, two in- cumbent councillors and four new rookies won the voters' favor. Political newcomer, public school teacher, Bonnie Jewitt topped the polls with 915 votes, followed closely by incumbent councillor Ross Carter with 914 votes. Another newcomer, former Huron County Board of Education director, John Cochrane took third place with 852 votes. Gord Gerrits was elected to council for a second term with 802 votes, along with two newcomers, Ken Holmes, 772 votes and Case.Buffinga with 655 votes. Defeated in `the municipal election was council veteran Jim Hunter and rookie Brad King. Hunter finished with 586 votes and King tallied 529. In the Public Utilities Commission elec- tion, voters went to the polls to elect four commissioners. MAYOR John Balfour PUC chairman Laurie Slade was defeated in the election. His votes totalled 764 com- pared to Don Symons, 885; incumbent com- missioner, Bob Irwin, 870; Al Lobb, 821; Chester Archibald, 812. In the Huron County Board of Education race for Clinton and Tuckersmith Townships Sally Rathwell of Vanastra cleanly defeated five year trustee Frank Bee Cooke Falconer of RR5 Clinton at the polls. Rathwell finished the race with a large lead of 1017 votes, while Falconer had 588. The third candidate, Nico Peters of RR4 Seaforth finished with 530 votes. Voter turnout in the Clinton municipal election was unofficially tallied at 50 per cent, according to Clerk Carn Proctor. Final figures will be recounted today. Electionday upsets and predicted results Erb, 585 votes; Jack Coleman, 468 votes. Edward Harrison finished with 142. In the Bayfield -Stanley Township Board off Education race incumbent trustee Bob Peck was defeated at the polis by newcomer Audry McLennan-Triebner. She finished with a total of 321 votes. Peck had 221. Abby Champ of Bayfield ran a close se- cond behind McLennan-Triebner with 295 votes and William McGregor finished last with 132. :%"1'liNG-") H BIL VTH STANDARD -THE BAYI' ll l I) BUGLE ONO. -46 120TH YEAR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1985 ° 50 CENTS Stricter legislation for teachers' strikes Councils in Clinton, Blyth, Bayfield and Goderich Township have passed motions which are askingfor stricter legislation regarding teachers' strikes. Action was taken at local municipal levels after councils here received a resolution for support from the Town of Durham. The resolution asks the Province of On- tario to amend the School Boards and Teachers Collective Negotiations Act so that in theevent an agreement cannot be negotiated between a bargaining unit of the teachers' federation and a school board, that the matter be resolved by binding ar- bitration. The resolution further requests that it be illegal for teachers to strike or walk out, or for a school board to lock them out. Current legislation makes provisions for strikes by teachers and lock -outs by school No accommodation review School in Minton and F. F Madill Secon- dalry School in Wingham were added to a list of schools operating under their minimum effective enrolment. The Clinton high school has an erolment of 806 students, while the least number of students the school should pave to operate efficienly is 849. The Wingham school, the' largest in the county, has an enrolment of 938 students. The least number of students it should have is 960. The Huron County Board of Education has decided none of the schools in it jurisdiction will come under the close scrutiny of an accommodation review this year. Vanastra Public School, Hensall Public School and. J. A. McCurdy Public School in Huron Park have been reviewed in the past. but the board has made a committ- ment to keep all three open. This year. Central Huron Secondary Hy Hydro rates expected to rise in the new boards.' Durham Council has stated that lengthy teachers' strikes seriously jeopardize children's education. The resolution has, been sent to all municipalities in Ontario , for endorsement, with the request that resolutions of support be sent to Premier David Peterson, the minister of education and,loc a1;MPPs. for schools Both Hensall Public School and Vanastra Public School remain on the list of elementary schools operating below the minimum effective enrolment. At Hen- sall, there are 144 students and the minimum number should be 145. The Vanastra difference is somewhat larger. This school has an enrolment of 83 while the minimum nurnber should be 98. All current enrolment figures are taken from September 30. CLINTON - Residents here can expect a 4.2 per cent increase in their hydro rates in the new year. At their October meeting the Clinton Public Utilities Commission I PUC 1 approv- ed the rate increase. The increase is being made because the cost of power from Ontario Hydro is rising by four per cent, starting January 1, 1986. The PUC said that in Clinton the 4.2 pet cent raise will sufficiently meet the increas- ed cost of transportation, equipment and supplies, as well as the cost of power froth Ontario Hydro. The new rates will be effective January 1, 1986 for all energy used on and after that date. Electrical energy used prior to that date will he billed at current rates and estimated by pro -ration, based on meter reading dates. year Tuckersmith Townshij Robert Bell has been re-elected to serve the township as reeve for another three year term. He won over Bill Brown by 640 to 407 votes. In the close race for deputy -reeve, Bob Broadfoot beat John Brownridge by a nar- row margin of 10 votes. The final tally was Broadfoot, 532 votes, Brownridge, 523. Council rookie Bill Carnochan topped the polls with 711 votes. Council incumbent George Cantelon was re-elected with 666 votes. Kim Hodgin was behind with 262 votes. Goderich Township Councillor Lawrie Cox has been elected deputy -reeve, ousting incumbent Pat Osborn by 273 to 268 votes. In the Huron County Board of Education race, incumbent Joan Van den Broeck beat Alfred Etzler by 568 to 121 votes. She will represent Goderich and Colborne Townships. Stanley Township The three councillors elected for the next term are: Bill Dowsnn, 609 votes: Richard For the average residential customer in Clinton, using 750 kilowatt hours ( kwh) of energy, their bill will rise from $39.50 to $41.13. The new rates will see increases from under a dollar to more than $5. For the customer using 250 kwh the increase will be 63 cents. For the customer; using 2,500 kwh the increase will be $5.13. Bayfield Political newcomer Clifford Freeman top- ped the polls in the village with 262 votes. Veteran councillors Helen Owen and James Quick tied with 234 votes each, and Lloyd Huffman earned 198 votes. Reg Wilson was defeated with 146 votes. Hullett Township Voters here elected rookie Vic Stackhouse to sit on council for the next three years. He won the three-way race with 209 votes. Hugh Flynn was put out with 175 votes and Doug Bell finished with 52 votes. Second look to be • • taken at committies by Stephanie Levesque Huron County will be advertising for can- didates to its library board and will take a second look at who makes up the county's museurn committee. The two issues were brought up at Huron County council's Nov. 7 session. The first recommendation from the county's executive committee suggested that the current library board remain as it is. The board is made up of three members from county council and three appointed by county council from the general public. Bayfield Reeve Dave Johnston questioned the fairness of not going to the public after the executive committee recommended leaving the library board as it is. The nor- mal practice has been to advertise in all county newspapers inviting the public to submit their names for appointment to the board. "We'd be closing the door to openness," said the Bayfield reeve. County administrator Bill Hanly said by defeating the motion', the council would automatically revert to its past practise of advertising for participants. Chief librarian Bill Partridge noted the recommendation didn't come from the library board. County council is represented by Goderich Township Reeve Grant Stirling, Wingham Reeve Joe Kerr and Hensall Reeve Harry Klungel. The appointed members are Janis Bisback of Clinton, R. P. Ritter of Wingham and Martina Schneiker of Goderich. As for the museum committee, the county council decided to send it back to the ex- ecutive committee. The recommendation would leave the for- mation of the museum committee as it is now. This means the chairman of the agriculture and property committee is also chairman of the museum committee. Com- mittee members are not necessarily on both committees, however. Warden Paul Steckle said there was some concern about separating the chair- manship of the two committees because it would increase the executive committee. The executive committee is made up of all committee chairmen. Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham said if the museum committee is going to be one of the most active committees over the next few years, it should be a committee unto itself. • Museum project director Claus Breede 'said he would want the committee to stand alone and not to be part of another Commit- tee. "The museum is property," said Goderich Township Reeve Grant Stirling explaining I why the two committees have the same chairman. The .executive committee will take a se- cond look at the museum committee ques- tion. No beer and wine sales in grocery stores Cheryl Stafford of Wroxeter, the page girl for the November session of council and daughter of Howick Township Reeve Jack Stafford, said alcohol should not be sold in grocery or convenience stores. ' The Grade 13 student was on a year's ex- change in Switzerland where she was im- mersed in the Swiss culture. There is no drinking age in that country, but she said the young people have a different attitude towards drinking. In that European country, students go to school six days a week and there is no time for drinking, she said. . Brian McBurney, acting chairm n of the board of health said the resolution passed at the board level because of the health risks. "It (the decision) was based on the health aspect," agreed Warden Paul Steckle. The chairman of the board of health, Mor - by Stephanie Levesque Huron County council is supporting a resolution from the Huron County Board of Health which, urges the provincial govern- ment to forego the sale of beer and wine in grocery and convenience stores. Several councillors didn'tagree with the resolution presented at the November ses- sion of council, but Hay Reeve Lionel Wilder was the most vocal. He said education is the key to cutting down the number of alcoholics and drunk drivers. "But if a man wants it, he'll get it no mat- ter where it's sold," said the reeve. Paula Pranovi, a counsellor with the alcohol educational and counselling pro- gram in Goderich said education on alcohol has existed for some time. She added alcohol is a drug with health related risks. The counsellor said studies in Finland, where alcohol is more readily accessible, ris Township Reeve Bill Elston, was absent show there are increased health risks. from the county council session. Tyler McGregor of the Clinton Cubs was a flagbearer at the Clinton Remembrance Day services. (Shelley McPhee photo) ni REMEMBERING Legion bers hi Clinton saluted eir lcomrades who died solemn marked h tt by the sounding of the bugler's Last in the wordwars at Remembrance Day service nClinnThe Post. (Shelley McPhee o