HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-06-10, Page 3CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1987—Page 3
Mws and featares
HCBE okays several roofing jobs
Mike Falconer elected
director of Western Ontario
funeral Service Association
CLINTON - Mike Falconer, owner of Ball
and Falconer Funeral Home, was voted in
as a director in the Western Ontario Funeral
Service on May 6.
The Association takes in approximately
100 members and stretches from Windsor to
Woodstock, including London to Goderich.
Mr. Falconer, who was elected by the
general membership, will hold the position
for a two year term.
This announcement reached Mr. Falconer
one month prior to his 16 year anniversary
of being in the funeral home business.
When asked why he chose this profession,
Mr. Falconer said, "Curiosity. I went to a
great uncle's funeral and found it
fascinating. I was 13 years old at the time."
Four years later, when he was 17 years of
age, Mr. Falconer landed a job with Turner -
Porter Funeral Home in Toronto. In June of
1975 he had the opportunity to work at Ball
Funeral Home in Clinton and took the job.
Explaining why he decided to pursue his
career in Clinton, Mr. Falconer said, "My
family was from Goderich Township but we
moved to Mississauga where we lived for 14
years...I moved back because I liked the
area."
On June 15, 1978, Mr. Falconer bought the
funeral home and in 1980 the name was
changed to the Ball and Falconer Funeral
Home.
Sitting on committees, boards and
associations will not be something new to
Mr. Falconer has he has been extremely ac -
More than $805,000 in government funds
will help to foot the bills to replace roofs and
heating systems in four area schools.
The Huron County Board of Education
(HCBE) trustees learned at their June
meeting that the Ministry of Education will
provide funding for four capital projects.
They include: Central Huron Secondary
School, Clinton, roofing $204,140; F.E.
Madill Secondary School, Wingham, roof-
ing, $330,900; Huron Centennial Public
School, Brucefield, roofing $237,000; Zurich
Public School, heating $33,500.
While approval has been received, actual
monies will not be made available until 1988.
The ministry directed the HCBE that con-
struction on the projects could begin in the
fall this year, but grants will not be paid out
until April 1. 1988.
Bob Allan, Director of Education for the
HCBE, noted that interim financing will
have to be provided until the grant money is
forwarded from the government. He
estimated that interim financing could
amount to $35,000.
In the director's report to the HCBE
trustees, he noted, "It is our view that it
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would be in the best interest of the HCBE to
proceed with these projects in the shortest
possible timeline whether or not the
Ministry can be convinced its timeline on
the cash payment."
In further discussion trustees,agreed that
making temporary repairs to the roofing
and heating systems would be both costly
and a bandage approach. It was felt that
money could be better spent by proceeding
with the replacement project, even if it
meant that interim financing would be
required.
Mr. Allan noted, "The approval process is
slow and exacting. To short change this
could 'mean no government funding. We
would prefer to do the work in the summer
months, but it often leads into the fall."
In other business, the HCBE management
committee discussed school tours that had
been made to Victoria Public School in
Goderich and Goderich District Collegiate
Institute.
Committee chairman Tony McQuail
reported that the group made a detailed
building tour at Victoria. Points of interest
centered on modifications for the handicap-
ped, window conversions, interior pain-
ting, and industrial arts and family studies
facilities. Safety measures for playground
equipment were also viewed.
Mr. McQuail said that at the GDCI tour,
particular attention was given to computer
facilities, the art rooms, department head
office space, special education facilities,
technological studies space, and accomoda-
tions to senior students with challenging
learning needs.
Mr. McQuail noted, "The principal outlin-
ed concerns related to the use of space in the
school and alluded to apparent restrictions
in re -allocating room assignment on the
basic of the large proportion of special pur-
pose rooms in the school as well as the re-
quirement to expand the program in recent
years.
" ( Committee) members expressed a
desire that the HCBE policy of full program-
rning in the home school as well as the provi-
sion of full special education services in-
cluding facilities for adolescent mentally
handicapped students continue to be provid-
ed in the same enthusiastic fashion as seen
at F.E. Madill (Wingham) and South Huron
District High School ( Exeter )."
MIKE FALCONER
tive in Clinton. With these duties, his
business and his family life, Mr. Falconer is
looking forward to a busy couple of years.
Apartment issues dealt with at council
CLINTON - Details to allow two appart-
ment buildings to be established were dealt
with at council's June 1 meeting.
The first was a request from Mason
Bailey to have a curb cut, eliminating a
parking spot, so he could have access to land
off Albert Street (behind Reflections by
Design) where he proposes to erect an
apartment building.
Council concurred with the request.
The second item dealing with apartments
was the passing of a bylaw to allow Dave
Mustard to use a Victoria Street building for
apartments.
Mr. Mustard is planning on turning the
home formerly owned by Dr. Brian Baker
into four one bedroom apartments.
Since there were no public objections to
the proposed bylaw, council passed it
unanimously.
Party - 1950s style
CLINTON - Canada's largest Graffiti
Show will be coming to town this Saturday,
June 13 when the Kinsmen an Kinette
Clubs host their annual event.
A car show, barbecue and evening dance
will be the highlights at this 1950s styled
party.
Organizer Wayne Hodges says he expects
the event to be a repeat of the 1984 sell-out.
To be held at the Clinton Arena, the Graf-
fiti Show will feature Rich Greven, radio an-
nouncer with CKSL. The event will also
feature many old cars and costumes from
the 1950s, along with the classic music from
the decade, to be performed by Gerry Arpa
and the Flashbacks at an evening dance.
The dance will be held at the Community
Centre from 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. It follows a
beef barbecue meal served by the Kinsmen
and Kinettes from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Some 1,000 people are expected to attend
the Graffiti Show.
Bobby socks and pony tails, hot rods and
saddle shoes, rock and roll and fun will be
the main highlights of this event. Many
prizes will be awarded.
Gordon Hill is first
farmer to head crop
• . .
insurance commission
A series of changes to improve Ontario's
crop insurance program was announced
recently by Agriculture and Food Minister
Jack Riddell. His announcement follows the
.June 1 release of the Canada -Ontario Crop
Insurance Review committee report which
recommended changes to the crop in-
surance program.
Mr. Riddell said he is referring 14 specific
crop recommendations from the report to
the Ontario Crop Insurance Commission for
action.
"I expect that most of the specific
changes can be acted on over the summer
and fall and built into the 1988 insurance
plan."
in addition, Mr. Riddell announced that
Varna cash cropper Gordon Hill will be ap-
pointed chairman of the Ontario Crop In-
surance Commission, the first farmer to
hold the position. In the past, the chairman
has been a civil servant — the director of the
ministry's crop insurance and stabilization
branch.
"I feel that a farmer chairman will make
the commission more sensitive to the needs
of the farm community," he said. "This.
chairman can play an important role in en-
suring that the changes recommended by
the review committee are implemented in a
way that is both practical and fair to the
farmer."
Mr. Hill is a past -president of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture and past -
chairman of the Ontario Bean Producers'
Marketing Board.
In addition, two members of the review
committee, Ralph Beamer, a fruit farmer
from Ridgeville and Ruth Tobler, a dairy
farmer from New Liskeard, will be ap-
pointed to the commission. The review
report proposed that more members be ap-
pointed to the Crop Insurance Commission
to ensure representation from all parts of
the province and all major crops.
Copies of the review committee report are
being sent to farm organizations and those
who made submissions. The deadline for
comments is July 31.
The report was based on information
gathered during extensive public consulta-
tion. The committee held 15 public hearings,
received 275 submissions, examined federal
and provincial legislation and studies pro-
grams in other jurisdictions.
Recommendations in the review commit-
tee report fall into two categories: the first
group can be implemented by the provincial
government through the crop insurance
commission; the second group requires
federal government approval before they
can be implemented.
Two of the major recommendations -- a
10 per cent increase in coverage and
changes to the funding agreement so that
farmers will pay less of the premiums — re-
quire agreement from the federal
government.
"My staff will be meeting with federal of-
ficials on these issues as soon as possible."
said Mr. Riddell.
"The changes that I announced today
show just how serious I am about making
the crop insurance program work better in
Ontario."
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Crafts and goodies
at Huronview
HURONVIEW - The annual spring bazaar
here was held on Wednesday afternoon.
Along with the usual craft display, there
was a large variety of home baking to tempt
those in attendance.
On Thursday afternoon, A. Andrus, M.
Cornish, M. Herdman, C. Robinson, M. Van
Camp, and H. Westcott were invited to Ex-
eter church where they were guests of honor
at a tea.
spring bazaar
Work party involving the residents was
held on Thursday and Friday to make name
tags and stuff grab bags for Senior Citizen
days. They say "many hands make light
work", and this was the case at Huronview
as the auditorium was filled with many will-
ing workers and the task was soon
completed.
Sympathy is expressed to the family of
Mice McPherson, who died this past week.
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