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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1987-04-08, Page 3With society changing quickly, the school systems are finding they too have to change. To help the Huron County Board of Education come to grips with changes in society, the family unit and community issues and show how these changes affect education, Bill Banach, an American educator and co-ordinator of public relations for a school district, spoke to teachers, board members and custodians on April 3 at the Education Centre in Clinton. (Anne Narejko photo) Advisory committee Municipal Affairs Minister Bernard Grandmaitre recently named the members of his Advisory Committee on County Government and announced the terms of reference under which the committee will operate. The advisory committee will undertake a comprehensive review of representation and accountability in county councils, and of what responsibilities those councils should have in the future to meet new demands for municipal services. The county council system has served Ontario well," Mr. Grandmaitre said. "But it is now time to look at ways of improving and strengthening it." In February, the minister appointed his parliamentary assistant, Ray Haggerty, the MPP for Erie, as chairman of the commit- tee. The other three members are Albert Bouwers, Mayor of Osgoode Township and a member of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario ( AMO) board of directors; Doris Brick, Reeve of Ennismore Township and a member of the AMO board of directors; Ron Eddy, Reeve of South Dumphries Township, and a former president of AMO and AMO's county and region section. The minister has directed the committee to look at such questions as whether wardens should be elected annually, how big a county council should be, and whether town mayors should continue to be excluded from county councils. Premier to tour county Ontario Premier David Peterson will meet business and municipal leaders and tour an internationally successful industry during a visit to Huron County on April 16. In announcing the visit, Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell said it will provide an ex- cellent opportunity for county residents to meet with the premier. The premier will also speak at a luncheon hosted by the Seaforth Business Improve- ment Association ( BIA ). Tickets can be at- tained from Tom Lemon of the BIA. He can be reached at 527-0160. In addition Mr. Peterson will help celebrate the 100 anniversary of Cham- pion Road Machi ry in Goderich and meet with local mayo s : nd reeves in Clinton. "This visit 11 a •w David Peterson to tour Champio Road Machinery, one of the counties .p •. t innovative and successful husine: `•a, which is showing the way for the future ural Ontario," Mr. Riddell said. "At the s. pie time, it will give him the op- portunity to meet many people in the county." Correction CLINTON - Public viewing hours for the upcoming Huron County Regional Science Fair were incorrectly stated in a previous article. The correct public viewing hours are April 10 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Tlie fair is still being held April 10 and 11 at the Clinton Public School in Clinton. OPENING MAY 4th Dee'sT Ceramic Shoppe Classes Evenings: 7 to 10 p.m. Tues. thru Fri. Afternoons: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday thru Thursday Mornings: can be arranged. *OPENING SPECIALS* May Only *First Lesson Free next four half price? Greenware and. 150/ % Ceramics OFF *Sign up before May 4th and enter Draw for $20.00 of FREE Greenware or Brush Set. for information call Donalda at 482-7812 8 Quebec Rd., Vanastra to look : into council system The committee has also been directed to look at the division of responsibility for ser- vices — including solid waste disposal — between the county and the municipalities within it. Mr. Grandmaitre has sent the terms of reference to all county councils and all local municipal councils in counties, with a re- quest for their comments. The committee is to begin its work in April, and plans to meet with municipal councils and interested groups in the com- ing months. Recommendations on represen- tation and solid waste disposal are to be sub- mitted to the minister by September 30. Recommendations on the other respon- sibilites of county councils are due by December 31. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, .APRIL 8, 1987 --Page :3 Tuckersmith telephone to get digital equipment, STANLEY TWP. — The Tuckersmith Municipal Telephone System is going high- tech. A motion to borrow $1,1 -million to pur- chase digital switching equipment to replace the older Bayfield office was ap- proved at the annual meeting held in the Stanley Complex on March 24. An additional $200,000 will be spent to set up remote fully automatic substations in Clinton, Hensall and Seaforth and connect all by cable. Once the equipment is installed, the local telephone company will be able to offer its customers fast touch tone, call forwarding (transferring a call to another location when you know you are not going to be home), call waiting, wake-up service, three-way con- ference calling, revert ringing (calling bet- ween the house and the driving shed, for ex- ample) and a "do not disturb" feature which is an alternative to taking the phone off the hook. The electronic system will provide automatic identification on long distance calls on all lines, and make private lines available to all who want them. The current calling areas will remain unchanged. Secretary -treasurer Mel Graham said the $1.1 -million loan will be on a lease agree- ment whereby monthly payments are made for five years, and a final payment of 10 per cent of the loan value ($110,000) is made at the end of the term. By owning their own equipment the Tuckersmith system will save the annual switching fee previously paid to Bell Telephone and other systems. This amounted to $46,148 last year. Mr. Graham also expects the increased commission from 25 to 65 per cent on long distance tolls to br- ing in an additional $150,000 to $175,000 annually. The new equipment will replace what is now in the Bayfield office. Negotiations are now under way for sites for the substations. Linesman Ken Steckle is in Orlando, Florida taking a seven -week course to learn how to maintain and. service the new equipment. Mr. Graham said a tentative timetable would see the conversion of the Bayfield of- fice by August, with the Clinton substation in operation in November, Hensall hooked in by January 1988 and Seaforth completing the T -carrier system by next March. The 78th annual report presented to subscribers showed a drop in earnings from $207,482 in 1985 to $187,135 last year. Mr. Graham attributed part df this to a decrease in interest on investments of $1'5,000, and in- creased depreciation of $20,000. Emerson Coleman and Don Campbell were reappointed to second three-year terms. 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