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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-04-29, Page 13PEAR EDITOR • ■ PSSO hike; .modest (continued from page 4) in this province where no one Increase ov bumper -sticker campaign to has 'enough ablljty to choose ' keep the mandatory seat belt except some governmen issue before She pubic eye bureaucr who can't even ,The :Huron_Perth.. Count prion to and during the next park a bicycle straight. Roman Catholic Separat provincial_ election and to The -mandatory seat belt .School •Board taas.sed• a 197.6 show our , politicians . law is •clearly an in-. bjidget of $3;910,340 that wil fringement on ••-the in:, meian an increase of 0464,089 • er 76.1..dget y school year calendar for 1976- e:. 77, • , calling •• for n-ine'. professional'aetivity days, Mr. Shantz stated that he , does " nat find professional_ ii • activity days for teachers too Worthwhile, and •sought to d reduce the number from nixie to .'six, : but: no one Would s`econd his motion, The calendar. approved has 187 instruptional days plus the nine professional' days, which include four. ' school' curriculum days = September • 13., December 10, January 21 and June 30, and five county curriculumdays-September. M4, October 18„N.ovember.26, arch 7 and. June'29.. David Zyluck,:a .grade 7 and 8 teacher of `Precious Blood School, Exeter, was ap- pointed , principal of St. Joseph's School in Kingsbridge. Joseph Tokar, Stratford; superintendent of special services„ had his resignation accepted effective the end of July. Mr. Tokar has been named director of education for the Elgin County separate school board•and•will assume his new position August 1. Mr. Tokar has been with the board for the last' six years - and has been responsible for, curriculum p•rogram,_ professional. --development and special education. The Ontario :English Catholic Teachers' Association will underwrite the `expense for the ' next professio.nal development • day up to the amount.oL $500 as.' outlined in a letter from Terry Craig, president of the association. The board will send $100 •to the Catholic Parents Action _:Group of , Ontario to assist that' group in its fight ,for .secondary ,school grants for Catholic 'schools. •It was suggested that as the "Huron-.• Perth board did rrotbeve a--. -- secondary school under its jurisdiction, the request for •money did not affect the board and. only verbal. en- couragement should be sent. At this point St, Marys board• member John through, the • 'use of the divlcjual s right to choose and ., or 13.4 per .cent over its -19,7 Bumper -stickers that the , vast majority of the people in that's : why the ; following expenditu're; • this' provinye, oppose the $logan was selected, for our Stratford' trustee;, Ronal • atoryseat belt law• bumper -sticker; i'SE-AT Marcy,.a. 'member of the The most eat belt thing BELTS SHOULD BE YOUR finance committee, said: at this” time, • however; is to CHOICE "Since We started"working on organize and gather as many We. firmly believe that the the -budget three` Weeks ago provincial . government is. 'we have decrea•se4 the mill petition as possible one „. using the. mand'atory.Seat belt rate by 1:94 mills over what • mandatory seat o belt laes " .the law as an alternative to doing • we had originally expected." r,We Hat belt law. ss some real -and positive things He said salaries and far, we„ estimate that across �,tr-'nge Ontario about 250,000 people that should have'been done a benefits account fpr 95.74 per .have already signed .such a long - time ago. We cite the cent of the increase. and 68.72 petition. Anyone d'esirin to following: The government, per cent of the total ,budget could have acted against the for 1976, - • • organize a petition in their • area may obtain •a petition drunk drivers who cause : Mr. Marcy said a. break- forrnarea to get them started mole' than half of the auto down'o.f expenditures reveals -(havingspace for 32 .�arr.e fatalities.; or the government- increases of 19.97 per cent in p ). could have acted agairist'the. instruction, 3.7• per cent in free of charge by contacting PAMUS headquarters. in •St. people with extremely bad plant operation • and, main - Thomas. • driving . records (about 10 tenance,; 14.74 per cent in Anyone having already sent -• percent of the drivers) who transportation: while capital petition" signatures to . the .cause.about 90 percent of the expenditure has been provincial government accidents; ar_She government decreased by 52.21'per .cent. should advise PAMUS of the could have forced the in- Mr. Marcy pointed out that exact number of signatures sub,s.e. rance companies ..to . 'this year the trarfsportation obtained. Future their rates entirely on• one's grant has been reduced by petitions pre'vlous' driving record in. eight per cent which may may be sent to PAMUS order to motivate bad drivers mean reductions .in tran- headquarters or direct to the to improve themselves. sportaion in September.. He provincial government — it' But • instead ofacting deplored the fact that, in 1969, doesn't matter.- •The- im- • portant thing is that the . against the above mentioned the.. ministry of education number.., of signatures ..ob- minorities, the government. encouraged the county to' chose to do`the one thing.that boards of education, tained be reported •• PAMUS. • • • -maximized the government's necessitating extra trap - •When we approach 1,000,000 control over` the people. ,and sportation, resulting `in• high signatures,. PAMUS will call minimized individual liberty transportation 'expenditures: , confer ll nd • and freedom in this province. on the part of county boards; a major press following this, we will seek an, Through the the :seat all in the -name' of equality of , audience -with. the key_ belt law,, • the government educatiofi: lie said itaw.this members of Parliament: who ; blamed ,the people for the year with the. cut back in the were responsible • for • evils the government chose to' transportation grant,. this will initiating the mandatory seat ignore.• mean an• increase in costto.. • belt law. When:we'meet wjth.. The• mandatory. seat belt..., the local taxpayer of $44,000:. `these officials; we will law affects every driver and He regretted that the cut was passenger in this' rovince all in one year, not a, raduaI • petition. them . to •'repeal the • (with a few special Iex- reduction.• g. ma outline or e po belt law and ce tiohs and — r Marc said the board outline _some•posjtive steps to p ) Yet; the law Y. reduce traffic accidents that • does,. absolutely nothing to wont replace.three of the fill. we will want the government reduce:' accidents• or : make . -time •.teachers .who Have anyone' a better driver. In . already resigned,' nor does ..it to_act:on_which • are discussed •_fact,-- .0 e, the_-..manej'atory,_. plan.to;replace one.consultant further on in this•newsletser; . seat •belt law. came into effect .who resigned recently; Two If: ;these key members of . (January 1; 1976 to March. 31, portable'' classrooms will be •. Parliament .should refuse •to vacated, one at Seaforth-due act: on the petition, we will. 1976} ; the accident :rate in• Ontario has actually risen by. ' to declining, enrolment. and have no•choice but to inform: • . them that when the next 7' percent (reference The' one at Kingsbridge, where the ejection' occurs, PAMUS will London Free • Press, April 2, •• mew Brifce-Grey County do ever th 19,76, page 1). `, separate_school will absorb ,Y mg possible to ' u • its defeat them in:• their owxr • -- neere.y,:: p�-p Robert Ward, Trustee Francis:Hicknell of -• ridings. WS: Unfortunate:that Seaforth, a member.: of the such a lever might have to be' Treasurer^and. Public Relations, finance committee, reported ..used. to instill.some common- • that provincial grants and ' sense in our government but other, revenue will • provide. history has shown that some85,25 per cent of the 1976 politicians only react when Gtt off budget, compared-t087:65per faced with certain'•defeat.• • cent in. 1975. Local taxpayers We want to emphasize at j, t will be required to:contribute • this point that we. are not your chest. 14.72 per .cent to -this year's denouncing the use of the seat budget. - - belt, as a:. means. of saving • Jaek Lane, superintendent • • lives and reducing injury.,% of business and finance; Seat. belts are highly !� rl'te Dur`. y presented the '1976 mill rate • protective to the individual n ` for 0 the supporting _ many scrash are bullet opinion municipalities . as , follows: proof -vests, helmets, Ashfield Township, 36.72 suits -of -armor, bullet-proof- Colborne Township, : 36.17; to name a few such items. But t glass and armor plate - just G trice Township, • 33,.75; 'today Grey Township, . 30.61; Hay when has' it got to .be the place,, Township, .39.66;• Howick Civic Cornea �°` Announcements of a civic nature are printed free of charge in this space in the --hope that increased public awareness and participation will be the result. ' Today, Arbor. Day. If the weather is bad, Arbor Day will berescheduled for Tuesday; May 4: Today, 10` aim., Court House, Council-- Chambers (second floor) Huron County Council April session. Monday, May 3, 7:30 p..tn., Town Council meeting, council chambers, town hall. Township, 30.80; Hallett Township, • 30.43; McKillop Township, 31.57; Morris. Township, • 28.24; Stanley Township, 33.49; Stephen. Township 36.44; Tuckersthith Township, 34.25; Turnberry Township 30.88; Usborne Township, ' 30.13; . East. Wawanosh Tdwnship, 32.'59; West Wawanosh, 28..46; Clinton, 35:17; Exeter, 34.34; Goderich, 38.82; Seafoirth, - 31.39; Wingham, 37.20; Bayfield, -41.00; B:lyth•, 33.45.; Brussels, 33:54; • Hensel],, 31.80; Zurich, 36.54. ... In other business during the meeting, which was not adjourned until 1 -. a.m. - Tuesday, in a recorded' vote with Stratford trustees Howard Shantz and David - Teahen' against, approval was ,,,given • to , the proposed rowsky siiap'ped: ,'I•f-we can support the : cows surely we can support .the catholic secondary schools." He was referring to a decision in March to give $100 to. the Perth Milk ' Board for- its educational program'' for young people. Tourists are big business A meeting of the Huro County Travel Associatio was held Monday evenin April 26 at Hully . Guily i Varna. The meeting • wa chaired by Presiderit'.Rand 'Collins, .with'.. members 'present from around the county teli;ing part in the various discussions .on tourism the meeting proved to be timely and enlightening. A cominittee was formed to draw up and cost an ad- vertising program for. the '76 tourist season, .a program in which all tourist and related establishments will be asked to participate. Present at the meeting was Bill Morgan, • general manager of - the South Western Ontario -Travel Association whpbrought the •membership up to date on its activities and how the Huron Association :can .fit in . to the overall Tourist promotion program, takingadvantage • of local and provincial funds. Mr. Morgan stated that all business'• people- . and politicians alike .should realize how important the tourist dollar is to Huron County. Although direct statistics for H'tiron are not available it is estimated that tourism ,in Ontario is a $2,6 billion business. Mr. Morgan also cited some of the advantages ofthe local travelassociation such as co- operative " advertising; up- datt,d information, effective distribution and solving of mutual problems. • '•'Allof these will not only help us to bring the tourist here but ,beep _them here and bring Ahern bank again," he said. - The next 'meeting will be held in May the specific date and location to be announced. • BUTT SHOULDER • ONLY Pork ChopsLB ' 1,1 FRESH DAILY" - Sausages EXTRA LEAN GROUND CHUCK LF3. 79c 10L,B. V LB. COHOE Salmon (2-3 L.B.) (SAVE 81..0.0 18.) 1.8. $1 59 para Ribs 1 .. SAVE 20c L8. LB. , • - LIMITED CALL 524-8551 ode Dressed Inspected Meats at`Wholesale Prices OCEAN PERCH FILLETS L.i; 95t' g n s. y The Screwballs, playoff winners in the Friday night mixed Stokes, •Barry Bogie, *Willa Bogie. and Art T o 1 bowling league, gathered for a `team picture with their available forphotographa chahoro by trophy. The Screwballs are (from left) Joe Stokes,Peggy was Donna �olehard. (photo b`y • ' Jason Ainslie) The Friday night bowling league champs received trophies- "' Atfield, DorothyAtfield 4• •for their efforts this season at a banquet Saturday night, Not `available ' , aphMarg- were Carrick and Donh Carrick. The winning team, the Pilo , we�_ _e_ tl ft to ri' g b for photograph. Lee and truth t,areau, ght-L-L)_a�vd-____(.hA(1. 'y -atm, Ainslie). .: The Tuesday night mixed bowling leagtie,wrapped up their season•, with an awards night at whichthese ladies were honored for their bowling ability. The winners are (from left)' Jean MacInne single; and Peg Stok Ainslie) high. triple;. Ruth Fougei•e, high high average: (photo by Jason - Individual men's winners in the Fridaynight mixed bowlln «. league were (front left) Joe Stokes ., a 312 high average; Russ +iJenumill,-a 791 high triple; Gord Ferguson, a 315 high single; 'and, Art 1'01ehat'd who Jumped his average 26 points to 130 to been ne the most linpro�+ed'bowler. (photo by Jastlti Ainslie) ' O• r•