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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-10-14, Page 21i od.Twp. wants Goderich-Township Council wants to meet with . Clinton Town Council to discuss a recent surcharge the _town *placed on non -taxpayers or non-residents • of the town using Clinton's recreational facilities. The 'surcharge is $15 a head and is designed to give out-of-towners the right to,use Clinton's facilities on "a year•round basis. The. Clinton recreation board recommended the use of the rink or ball parks surcharge ; in a special.. meeting on September 21 and. `backed it up with a system that offers proof of payment for users of the -facilities. The committee suggested that the manager of .a team making collect the money . ftam players from out-of-town and that 'when 'the money Is paid the persott is issued a card that allows: therm to continue using the facilities in the future. >. The Knights of Columbus held an Okfoberfest dance Saturday night and were graced with the presence of the, Past 2 Grand Knights of the Father Nagle Council 54 0. The t g g * grand knights are (frgm left) Vic Walden, Tony . Wisser, • • • • Helmut K•rohiner, Pat Osborne, Kax Brudnicki, Ray Ducharme, Paul Dalton, who represented the elate Mark Dalton, and GerrPetrie, Absent from the photo was Pete y McCauley. (staff -photo) • cilary increaseapprove • ,,By Wilma•Oke Salary rates for the Huron= Perth Co-nnty • Roman' Catholic Separate School • Board office staff are to be. increased. $13.65 per week. eachfor- the calendar, year 1977. The board inerea"sed the hourly— rate for school secretaries from $3.63 to $3.94 per hour for the school year. 1976-77. DonaldCrowleyof Gadshill reported that arrangements for the official opening of -the school addition at St. •: Patrick's'. at Kinkora have' been completed.. He : said • Auxiliary. Bishop John M. Sherlock. of London will dedicate, ,the addition at 2 p.m. on.October 31.. •• In other business at the board meting in 'Dublin Tuesday night, approval was given to donate $125 to the Kiwanis Music 'Festival in . Stratford., an increase • of $25 over last year; • John Vintar, director of education, in his remarks to the board, said that there • does notappear to be any capital monies available for building ,additions or doing extensive..: alterations to schools in 1977: He . said the board's 1976 priorities hold liftle chance of receiving • ministry approval for at least ane - ter year. Jack Lane, Superintendent. of, 13iisiiiess, ••presented.. a summary, of the - an, nouncereent of the minister,of education in'•a memorandum., to school boards on Octeber 1 regarding the 1977 general legi� slatyve_ grants. Mr. Lane evealed that the • board's expenditure per pupil• wieuld increase' `from $1,197.54 to $1,2•54.22 or ,13.24 •percent in 1977. Translated, he said, this means . the total 'ordinary expenditure ~for grant pur- poses may increase by.. '1303,800 .or 9.7 percent. He. explained the difference between the . per • pupil in- crease arid the total; yield in dollars is -•lite to. a 'projected decline in enrolment. The following resolution to the Minister of Education was approved bya.narrow margin (6 to 5).: -"Whereas the :determination of the nti nber of trustees and • the . distribution, of those deter- mined for .separate ,s.;bool board is set out in Section 110 of• thea Education 'Act, 1974; and for ....purposes of the distribution, the ,equalized assessment of resident'lal aid-, farm properties only is to be, used, and in the proposal for the . Reform of Property. Taxation in Ontario, . farm land and farm buildings are to be 'assessed at 100 percent of market value with the waxes paid -by -the :Pro'v'ince; •and if the proposal in it"s present-' form . •should ,pass' final. reading • in the Legislature, ,.a • question arises; 'Will farm land and form buildings be deemed to be: .(a) business and corn- ,mercial assessment, or (b) residential and farm • assessment. • " "Therefore be it resolved that attention, bedrawn to the•,; '. Ministry of Education ex pressing' concern that—unless farm land and farm buildings have a category of distinction other than ."Residential and Farm", the assessment' so created by 100 percent -of market value wi11 weight the rural versus urban trustees to be 'elhctecl ;to a . separate school board following im plementation Of .the Tax Reform Plan, and be it .fur- ther' resolved , that .. the ministry ` of education be requested to monitor the proposal. for Property'' Tax ..Reform` with a view to amending. the Education Act 1974 to meet the intent of the. existing.Section•110:"• Copies: will be sent to the Commission - on Property Taxation Reform; : ,the Ontario Separate' School Trustees Association;, and all separate schoolboards ex, cept Toronto, Windsor arid Ot>:avva (not to them because they are, completely urban). • When lists -of the teach staff for 1976-77 were handed • out to the -trustee's;- Francis• Hicknell ' of - Seaforth questioned why a:-rni ied over ' A group of Goderich Township'. ladies met with their council to enquire into the 'townsliip's .position , or attitude to the . move by Clinton: The ladies said they preferred to remain anonymous claiming they had children involved in Clinton programs and didn't want the children to be centered out. The ladies proposed several suggestions to the township council that would provide a possible alternative to the 0, surcharge. They suggested that perhaps if a levy was necessary, the town. may. consider setting a charge up on a use basis rather than a flat rate of $15. They felt that if a person from the township" was making use of several facilities throughout the year that $15 may not be_steep but if. the person was using only one then it was a bit costly. members embers couldn't ;,I. •GODE RICH SIGN -STAR.THURSDAY,OCTOB R14R111;7 comment on the situation since they, like the ladies, were not aware ' of the reasoning behind the costs. Their only source of' in- formation on the issue had been taken front a story on the matter carried by the Clinton News -Record. The story merely outlined the proposal and did not delve into the reasoning. The township •cotinci.l'•said ' they did not want to develop any ,hard feelings with the, town of Clinton but. agreed that some sort of explanation' or discussion amongst the two groups would have been appreciated. The township. does offer some recreational programs and according to one spokesman, many of those participating are from Clinton and Goderich. The township council wrote Clinton Town. Council a letter •requesting that a meeting of the two or their represen- tatives be set up-. They Would GDCI:itudent:s visit Waterloo Senior students and some of . their teachers from some Ontario high schools will be. visiting the University of Waterloo :• on- SaturdAy, October 16. Some Goderich District,. Collegiate Institute, students - are among 132 students involved. The students will spend the day learning about coni= - puters. They - will .attend" lectures duringthe morning and in the, afternoon will use one of the multi-million dollar computers on the UW Grampus , to find their own solutions to problems. .Those with suf. ficient computer knowledge may spend the eritire day working with . computers. .;Consultants will be available toassist them. Students° with no previous computer science:experience w:i11 receiv-e. lectures problem solving and actual - use of the computer .using a FORTRAN. -like language 'eaalled TUTOR. Instruction in. • FORTRAN and APL languages will be available to those _students having some computer background. UW has been offering these "computer,.scieni;e' days": to high school students for more than 12 years. Last year'8,500 students from 227 Ontario schools visited the campus. UW feelsit is important to inform young people " about computers o m s ,. since in P creasinglye-society is. looking to the computing profession to solve its ' information- processing problems.' ' Waterloo also permits high school. • students who have completed grade 12 and who have a working knowledge,of FORTRAN. to enrol in one of its courses (carrying one-half credit towards -a mathematics degree). Students wishing to par- - ticipate . in this course must have the consent of their high school -i-mathematics teacher and principal. . like to discuss a possible levy whereby the, township could pay an, amount of money that would perrtiit their residents to use Clinton's facilities at the same cost as .residents of town. They also Would like to discuss a possible breakdown of costs to give people using only one facility a cost break. The town of GoderiCh haa. two levies for. out-of-town, residents but' they are. on specific facilities. Out-of- town residents pay one dollar more th�an..Godprich residents. to take part' in programs at Judith Gooderhain poet in the town and out-of-town. organizations pay two dollars more an hour for rental of ice..... at the arena. The levy. isnot charged fora non-residents, or non taxpayersr playing hockey in the Goderich Minor Hockey program_ and" there is no charge for any other facilities. • • . • In other business, township ., council . heard a presentation by Ron Sarrfways req`liesting that part of Lot 40 on Con - •cession .Two, be designated urban for the purpose of establishing a mobile home' park on the •land presently being"used for a trailer camp site. The request was tabled Pending a special meeting • council• has planned. for October 14 when they • Will - meet with the county planner.. A.requ:est by Cale.Doucette for. '•-a building permit was denied by council but Mr,. d. Doucette agree • to wait 10 days before starting legal action that may force the •Permit to : be issue. The. . council want the 10 days to • lapse to a o ll w:them to. meet with ; the county planner. to. make 'absolutely sure they are within ` their rights • denying the permit Radford's Construction wa"s awarded' ' the` tender .for loading and 'hauling -pit run . gravel to the townshipon'the strength of a 59 cents per yard bid._ The only other bid on the lob was put' in by 1Vlerner's and it was for one dollar a.' yard. The Johnston requested council to 'issue a•_ building permit for an addition to a driveshed, David Dalzell:.one; teacher is permitted to ase • her maiden name on the staff list wh n her husband is afro on the teaching staff. He was assured this was perfectly legal if she wished to use her maiden name: and he was referred to Maureen McTeer '(who refuses to be called Mrs. Joe Clark). • • Mr. Vintar presented • a letter .. from . the Auxiliary Bishop of London,: John M. Sherlock, requesting the board members as in- dividuals and as an important • diocesan .Organization to undertake a year long crusade' for the" 'success of Renewal 77, •and to strongly encourage the members to. participate in the special :deanery masses.which will be held throughout the coming year to encourage the entire local church to assist our Priests at Prayer. The trustees were invited to attend the sessions of :the Professional Developm.ent, Day for the teachers . to be 1 held et St. Patrick's School, Dublin, on October -18, when the special speaker at the day -long event will be Rev. Michael .Prieur-of St.' Peter's Seminary,, London, ,who will speak on The. CaII of the the—teaching . Christian in 15376--a d Living "(continued on page 22 %t.11ibe t 1., ....et 1 .ta4 Aceivadiariser 1976 DEMONSTRAT 1976.OLDSMOBILE ROYAeLE-• • 2 door hardtop, power steering, 'power'brakes, radio, sports mirror, deluxe bumper and bumper guard, side moulding, whitewall radials. 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