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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-05-06, Page 1INCORPORATING -THE Bit TH STANDARD -THF: B:11 FIELD Bl 6I.F. NO. 1$ WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1987 50 CENTS CENTRAL HUR SECONDARY The second annual Excellence in Education Awards Banquet, spon- sored by the Huron County Board of Education and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation was held at Holmesville, April 29. Recipients from Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton, were, from left: front, students Gwen Holland and Tracy Potter, and teacher Stephen Oliver; back, student Shawn Lester, teacher Doug Ludwick and students Chris Buurs and Carole Roorda. Ab- sent are community representatives, Mrs. and Mrs. Ralph Holland. (photo by Patrick Raftis ) Five students, two teachers and two community reps win awards By Anne Narejko HOLMESVILLE - For the second year, the Huron County Board of Education has honored students, teachers and community representatives from the county high schools. This year's Excellence in Educa- • tion Awards Banquet was held on April 19 in the Goderich Township Hall. Gwen Holland, Carole Roorda, Chris Buurs, Shawn Lester and Tracy Potter were the Central Huron Secondary School ( CHSS) student winners. Teachers Stephen Oliver and Doug Ludwig received awards and com- munity recipients were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Holland. Stude Recipients Gwen Holland as honored at the 1987 Ex- cellence In F cation Awar nq eta for her contributi to the sc of and the com- munity. She has 'be ry active in the areas of the choir and band. She has been a member of the choir for five years, the ensemble for three years, the girls' chorus for three years, the school hand for four years and the marching hand for three years. Gwen has also been active on the school newspaper, The Chronicle, for four years and has acted as the photo editor and the co- editor of the paper. Gwen has also been involved with the Yearbook Club for the past two years and is currently the photo editor. She is presently the president of the Photography Club, an organization she has been involved with for the last three years. For the past four years, Gwen has been a part of the students' council and has been on numerous committees, including the assembly committee, the special events committee and has acted as a prefect for the last two years. Gwen is currently squad leader and president of the formal decorating committee. As well as her work at the high school, Gwen is involved in church work, Guides, tutoring and music. Carole Roorda has been a member of the senior basketball and volleyball teams as well as a two year member of the spirit committee. Her main contribution to CHSS has been her work with the school newspaper and the yearbook. This year she is the yearbook editor and was a sectional editor last year. On the paper, which she has worked on for the past two years, she is presently the layout assistant. As well, Carole has been involved in a number of school clubs. Chris Buurs has been active in the drama area as a member and president of the stage crew for the last three years. He has been a member of many clubs, in- cluding the Drama Club for four years, the Art Club for three years, Special Events Club for four years, Assembly Club for three years and the Music Club for two years. As well as being a prefect squad leader, Chris has been a member of the Students' Council for three years and very active in fund raising. Shawn Lester won his award for his in- volvement in athletics and clubs. Shawn has been a member of the school basketball teams for five years, acting as captain on two occasions, and was an all- star the last two years. He has also played volleyball for the last two years and has taken part in track and field for the past five years, football for two years, badminton for four years. As well, Shawn as coached the midget girls team for one year, refereed boys' and girls' basketball at the midget level and assisted with the CHSS intramural program. Shawn has been active in various clubs in- cluding the special events club and various math clubs. He has been a member of the CHSS Students' Council and the athletic association where he was president last year. When he was in Grade 11, Shawn attended the Ontario Student Leadership Centre as the school's representative. Tracy Potter's main contribution have been in the sporting area an the CHSS Students' Council. Tracy has been a member o the basket- ball team and the badminton team for four years. She was the WOSSA badminton champion in Grade 10 and has been involved in the athletic association for three years, acting as president in Grade 11. This year Tracy is CHSS Student Council President and has been a member of the council for four years. Teachers Stephen Oliver has been active in the extra -curricular area. He has been in charge of the drama productions at CHSS and has continually produced high calibre performances. to end each year, Mr. Oliver has organiz- ed unique dinner theatres and arts banquets which have proved to be quite successful. Outside of school, Mr. Oliver has organiz- ed a drama festival 44r Al 'area schools which is held at the B1ythtMemorial Hall an- nually. Recently, he has organized a local amateur community threatre group in Clinton. Mr. Oliver has served on the Clinton Recreation Committee and is presently the chairman of the Clinton Arts Committee. Also receiving an award of excellence was teacher Doug Ludwig. Mr. Ludwig has been active in the coaching area at CHSS. For eight years he has coached the cross country team and for six years he has coached the junior girls' basketball team. For the past 14 years he has been head coach of the track and field team. Helping out in the intramural area, Mr. Ludwig has co-ordinated the girls' basket- ball for two years. In the academic area, he has coached math clubs over the years, and recently, the Euclid Math Club and the Fermat Math Club. Mr. Ludwig served at the federation level as a member of the collective bargaining committee from 1976-78. At the community level, Mr. Ludwig has been a member of the Mitchell Jaycees for 10 years and has served in all the executive positions. He is also a member of the Mit- chell Tennis Club and is the tournament con- venor. He is also a tyke soccer coach. On the professional level, Mr. Ludwig at- tends the GVMA and OAME conferences annually. Community Recipients Mr. and Mrs. Holland are the 1987 com- munity award of excellence recipients for Clinton. Mrs. Holland is in charge of the uniforms for the CHSS choir and band. This includes fitting, tailoring, cleaning and repairing ap- proximately 75 uniforms. She is also respon- sible for all concert advertising and oranganizing refreshments for concert intermissions. Mr. Holland assists his wife and also tapes all concerts at CHSS. The couple are also ac- tive in the fund raising end for the choir and band. Mr. and Mrs. Holland are active members at Wesley -Willis Church. Those who have worked with the pair find them dependable, organized, enthusiastic and say they work well with students and parents. Deputy Reeve resigns CLINTON - It was with much regret that council here accepted the resignation of their Deputy Reeve, Rosemary Arm- strong, at their May 4 meeting. In her letter to council, Deputy Reeve Armstrong said she and her husband were moving to Goderich and she felt she should resign her position. However, regulations state that she could hold her position if she so desired. "I have told Rosemary that she can finish out her term but she has elected not to," said Mayor John Balfour. Explaining her decision, Deputy Reeve Armstrong said, "When I first heard that, I was excited. But then when I thought about it I decided not to. "I don't want the winter driving and I don't think it would be fair to the people of Clinton to have a councillor who is not liv- ing in town." In her letter, Ilep'ity Reeve Armstrong made the resignation effective on June 30. The Municipal Act states that if a seat of a deputy reeve is vacated, it must be filled by a council member. Therefore, Mayor Balfour suggested nominations for the position be heard on June 15 and at that time set the procedure for finding a new councillor. (Council seat must be physical- ly empty before the process to fill it can start.) However, some councillors felt that it would be difficult to get people interested in politics during the summer months and felt the dates should be changed. Deputy Reeve Armstrong said, "I'm willing to go along with anything that is in the best interest of the town." No decision was made at the meeting but councillors were asked to think about it the date and nominations for the position of deputy reeve for their May 19 meeting. Reeve Johnston claims 44 good mileage budget" By Shelley McPhee Haist BAYFIELD - Reeve Dave Johnston con- gratulated council members for setting the 1987 budget for the village. The reeve stress- ed that the $680,920 budget would "give the taxpayer a tremendous amount of mileage for a reasonable increase." The 1987 budget is up over $198,021 from the actual costs spent the year previous which amounted to $482,899. For the average taxpayer in Bayfield the 1987 budget means increased ranging from seven to eight per cent. In dollars and cents it means that taxpayers will have to dig a lit- tle deeper into their pocket this year. Based on a $2,000 property assessment the public residential supporter will pay out $852.80 in taxes in 1987, compared to $791.26 in 1986 for an increase of $61.54 or 7.7 per cent. The same commercial and business sup- porter will pay $1,002.30 in taxes in 1987 bas- ed on a $2,000 assessment. The residential separate school supporter will see a tax increase of 8.42 per cent this year. That ratepayer will pay out $851.86 in taxes in 1987 (based on a $2,000 assessment). The same commercial supporter will pay out $1,002.20. A detailed look at the budget shows that on the expenditure side of the page, the village has put money into reserve funds for upcom- ing projects as well as included financing for new capital expenditures. The 1987 budget includes $14,100 for the new truck for the works department as well as the mower, sander and sweeper. Another new expenditure in 1987 is $65,000 which has been set aside for the works building which the village hopes to com- mence building in the upcoming year. The Long Hill Road costs continue to ap- pear on the costs column, with $241,000 be- ing set aside for the erosion repairs done this past year. A similar figure also appears on the revenues Column as the village hopes to receive funding from the Ministry of Mun- cipal Affairs to foot the bill. Costs for using the Holmesville Landfill site this year are also up as the village has put an additional $3,000 in reserves. This will pay for the anticipated costly studies to be undertaken by the Ministry of the En- vironment. Councillor Cliff Freeman sug- gested that this work may cost well over $50,000 with the bill to be paid by the municipalities that share in the use of the landfill site. A $2,500 figure appears on the expenditure list to help pay for a new feasibility study of the old town hall's future use. A $1,000 figure is added to this year's budget to help pay the wages of a planning student who will be working for Bayfield this summer, to prepare detailed maps of the village. Council has alloted extra money to the arena this year, $26,717 in 1987 compared to the 1986 budget figure of $22,100. As well, an additional $7,000 will go towards the recrea- tion committee in 1987 to help pay for the costs of completing the new lighted ball dia- mond. The 1987 figure of $14,000 compares to $7,680 in 1986. It was noted however that the extra $7,000 being awarded to the recreation committee is given in the form of a loan, to be repaid to the village coffers. A noted decrease in the 1987 expenditures comes under the legal fees heading. In 1986 the village budgeted $10,000 to pay for legal fees. Of that, $3,644 was spent last year. In 1987 the legal fees budget has been set at $3,500. While the village does not anticipate entering into any costly court battles in the coming year, there is a reserve fund available to cover any unexpected legal bills. Some $16,000 has been put towards this in 1987. On the revenue side of the page, the village expects to collect more funding from provincial grants in 1987. This year's figures (with 1986 numbers in brackets) include, Ministry of Transportation and Com- munication road subsidy - $74,600 ($77,900) ; unconditional general support grant - $45,614 ($40,957) . Reeve Johnston said that he will be presenting a complete explanation of the 1987 budget and allocation of monies at the Bayfield Ratepayers spring meeting. The public meeting will be held on the morning of Saturday, May 16. CLINTON PUBLIC HOSPITAL BUILDING FUND Paul Klopp to lead 1DP campaign CLINTON When the election call comes to Ontario, Paul Klopp will be carrying the NDP banner in the Huron riding. Klopp, a Zurich area farmer was nominated as the NDP candidate in the yet unannounced but expected election. The nomination meeting was held in Clinton on May 3. This will be Klopp's second running in a provincial election. He also was the NDP candidate in the last election round. Klopp told NDP supporters that he will campaign for. changes in the government's position of agricultural concerns. Of the pre- sent Liberal government he said, "The things that were needed in agriculture have not come forth." He said that the Liberals used a "lot of big terminologies, but like a 222 pill, these plans only ease the pain, they don't cure the problem." Klopp said that the present liberal agriculture minister Jack Riddell has let the farmers down, "He's a fence sitter on agricultural financing issues. He passes the buck to the federals (government)." He further noted that not only the farmers are facing tough economic times, but urban municipalities, particularly small towns and villages in Huron County are also feel- ing the negative effects. "Small towns are realizing that if agriculture continues to be treated by ban- dage remedies they will continue to suffer. lore farmers will leave the land, more kids will be heading for the city to find jobs. Vet, towns are trying to bring in new industries, but if the farmers can't afford to buy the products, what's the point in bringing in- dustry here? Towns can hardly support the industries they have now." NDP agriculture critic Patrick Hayes continued to echo Klopp's thoughts when he spoke to the NDP supporters in Clinton. The Eslex North MPP said, "The bottom line is that prices are the big problem. The Turn to page 2 e No grants for summer help CLINTON - Council received bad news from government offices recently when letters arrived at the town hall stating the town would not received any funding for summer help. The Ministry of Employment and Im- migration turned down all applications for summer help, and SWOTA (South Western Ontario Tourist Association) refused to grant the town money to hire students for the tourist booth. "The days of getting summer help grants are over," said Mayor .John Balfour at council's May 4 meeting. "There just isn't any more money." Centering their discussion on the tourist booth, Councillor John Cochrane asked how much benefit the booth was to the town. "A fair bit. It's being used more and more each year," answered Mayor Balfour. The tourist booth has employed two students in the past, having them divide the work load which is eight hours per day, five days a week. Mayor Balfour said the Town of Clinton may be able to share the cost of manning the booth with a neighboring town. "Seaforth's mayor has expressed a desire to share the costs as they don't have a booth," he said. Councillor Case Buffinga thought this was a good suggestion, saying, "Clinton could staff one person and Seaforth could staff one person." Before this could be done, Seaforth would have to be approached for a definite commitment. Mayor Balfour hopes to have an answer for council's next meeting. The next area of discussion on the tourist booth was its hours. The booth is open Monday to Friday, but not "on Saturday and Sunday, or even Fri- day night, when it is the heaviest traffic hours," said Councillor Buffinga. He then suggested it be closed Monday and Tuesday. The location of the booth was also discussed with the "ideal" location of where the radar screen is sitting mentioned. No firm decisions were made on employ- ment, times or location of the tourist booth so the matter will be discussed at the May 19 meeting. z 4 0 0 4 400, 000 375, 000 11) w 150, 13. 350, 000 325, 000 300, 000 275. 000 250, 000 225, 000 200, 000 175, 000 000 100, 000 1