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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1978-11-08, Page 13a•fele.a. " • 4.. ii. 0 -• • • Settpi The ..IfOrOn.- 'County 'Board of EducatiOn did -not want to take the cligice-Alifitteadering) for in, surance 'onVOrage for board owned and operated equipment RIO leave it with increased pre- , Mitulle or no insurance at. all and decided to continue buying its coverage from the Frank Cowan Company Limited. Colborne Township Trustee Shirley Hazlitt. suggested the board might save some money by - calling for tenders for insurance 'coverage after the board was told its insurance costs would be go- ing up. Mrs. Hazlitt said if those insurance costs are going to keep gong up annually it might be • wine for the board to call tenders. She added the board has not corn.; Gmat rabbit movies yon have known and loved. AND NOW! STARTS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 12th Rick Gibbons "State Farm. has LIFE insurance, too! Call me for details:' Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. 25 Alfred St E. Wing ham 357-3280 ,Stato Farm Life Insurance Comapny Canadian Head Office: Scarborough, Ontario Oaietiivricei thoigb Nader for number of.Ye Board chaithian John Mott the board cidled for tendert, reminded her that the last sreu an insurance consult- ant to determine what insurance was needed. Mr. Elliott said the board would have to he. very specific before it called for tenders for it would get tenders "all over the place" and would have a very difficult time determining which was best. Mrs. Hazlitt argued that super - intendant of business RoyDunlop should be aware of what the board needed after dealing with the board's insurance coverage during his tenure at the board. She said that Mr. Dunlop and the board's auditor should be able to do the job of a consultant. M. Dunlop told the board it is very difficult to determine what insurance tender is hest, adding that he was "not competent enough in insurance to appraise tenders". He told the board that Frank Cowan handles a great deal of the insurance for municipalities in the area. He said the firm has not increased its insurance rates but that replacement costs for board owned material has gone up,. He explained that the insurance coverage is based on replace- ment value and as inflation makes that replacement costlier insurance will go up accordingly. Mrs. Hazlitt pointed out that if the board continues to deal with one firm when purchasing in- surance year after year it is very easy to get into a "state of status quo". MRS. ALLAN GRIFFITH Wroxeter Mrs. Dorothy Greulich, Mrs. Merle Weiss and Miss Nellie Mae Kavelman, all of New Dundee, visited Thursday at the home of the latter's cousin, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Toman. Miss Marcia Gibson of Western University, London, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Art Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Higgins visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Higgins and family, Erin. Jamie Sanderson and his mother, Mrs: James Sanderson, visited with Mr. Old Mrs. David sandersdfrabdf4lyjj1 Windior one day last week. - John Atkin and sister, Della Atkin, of Milverton called on George Lambert Sunday after- noon. Mr. and Mrs. John Sinnamon, Seaforth, were Sunday guests with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith. Jamie Sanderson, who has been vacationing with his mother, Mrs. James Sanderson, has returned to his position in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Elliot spend a day at Amberley last week. George Lambert saw a flock of wild geese and Allan Griffith saw cranes going south on Monday. House Plans Drawn Free estimates. References for all previous work. Schaefer Residential Design Listowel 291-1449 MUNICIPAL ELECTION Township of East Wawanosh MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13th, 1978 NOTICE is hereby given to the Municipal Electors, Town - 'ship of East Wawanosh, County of Huron TO ELECT 1, ONE (1) REPRESENTATIVE TO THE HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION to be elected by Public School Supporters Only POLLS OPEN FROM 11:00 A.M. UNTIL 8:00 P.M. Regular Polls to be held at following places: POLLING SUB DIVISION NO. 1 Snell Feed and Supplies, Ltd. S1/2 Lot 34, Con. 5, (Banquet Hall) POLLING SUB DIVISION NO. 2 East Wawanosh Public Works Garage, Part Lot 37, Con. 9 POLLING SUB DIVISION NO. 3 Philip Dawson's Residence, W1/4 Lot 30, Can. 13 NOTICE is hereby given that November 13th, 1978, at 5:100 p.m. is the last day for making application to the Cktrk for a certificate to vote by Proxy. Winona Thompson, Returning Officer. A dareaudhave iiiouto coverage .., He said O that deal with number ot insurance compni needet,talandle the board's -re ontreMentto.rg limited ow , and ma , not.reSpondto 'a tender call. If said he knew at Cowan'swas. not ttt:respend to tenders.' Mr. Elliott, Who is an ineuranc. broker,Witthe board, he .wanted to be very careful of his input into the discussion because he wanted to avoid any conflict Of interest He explained that to handle the board's .insurance needse broker would have to have dealings with several insurance companies. He saip no one insurance company offered the varied policies" the hoard purchased and a broker had to. be able to assemble the re- quired pelicies for board ae- proval. Tie discussion arose after Mr. Dunlop offered the beard some alternatives to insurance pOliciee to either reduce costs or . add needed covetage.The recom- mendations feeme from Cowan through Mr.'Dunlop and the board dealt with each on an indi- vidual basie. One of the changes was the in- surance coverage on. the North Ashfield School building. The building was heavily insured by the board and, according to Wingham Trustee Jack Alex- ander, the insurance is not neces- sary. Cowan recommended the.. board reduce its coverage, of the school, which is not being used and is probably going to be sold by the board.,The 'present policy insures. the building at a replace- ment value of $216,000 and the contents at $23,000. Cowan sug- gested that be reduced to. $50,000 on the building and $10,000 on the contents. - Mr. • Alexander saidhe had - recently been in the building and told theboard that he "didn't have to be an insurance -pp- praisor to go in there and tell you $10,000 insurance is too much'. He said the cost to carry the in- surance is a waste of taxpayers' dollars. He -recommended in-- �n the property thE ministry education might feel e the. board- was guilty of mis- management. Sear9ilh Tstee tc"thrlginwonderwbtehearae rie'd insurance policies hides the boatildidn't ain1;,7flie poioocoaut:pyht: e -board about $ Mr. Elliott explained the in- surance for ironwood vehicles coVers twee the boardleasea or • hires throwh contract and ve, . hides chive* by trustees on board business. I use my own car and insure it myself," said Mr. Henderson. "Why does the board have to • carryeinsurance for that?" Mr. Elliott pointed out the policy is third party insuranee., He said in case of an accident someone could sue Mr. Hender- son and the bond of education because the trustee was on board business. He said that policy, is primarily to protect the board. Exeter Trustee Clarence Mc- Donald said the consultant the board hired to examine its in- surance had reported' the board was getting a good deal from its insurance brokers. He reminded the board that the recommenda- tion from the consultant was that no changes be made. Mr. Elliott cautioned the board against hiring a consultant, suggesting the costs for the con- sultant may be more than the board would save. He said he felt if the board went shopping for in- surance it wouldn't do better than it is doing now. Town Council Briefs Hanna Road in northeast Wingham will henceforth be known as Remington Drive, council decreed. The change was made following receipt of a petition from Harold Remington, through whose subdivision the road runs. x ; a y Jeff Seddon', .Requests, for 01)1Nrev rater.e0e#Y,Aeld trips spa sozmi.. trustees on th� Huron County Board. of Education to wonder Monday if the hoard wa doing parents any favors b approving such eicursions for .Seaforth Trustee Johnifender son told the hoard he felt the two field trips, one sending 40 Grade and 8 students to Ottawa and the other sending 49 high school stu- d Quebec-'""Wrnter Carnival, were expensive tauter - takings. He said both trips will cost parents and asked if Supported the tripe nr if they telt forced to oblige. The trip by the students from Turnberry Central School to Ottawa will cost $3,468 for two days and Mr. Henderson said it seems like "a lot of money to send kids away for two days". Students at Turnberry have financed the bulk of the 'costs themselves through draws, raffles and sales and, according toeschool Principal Paul Statia, each will have to bring $20 for meals, treats and souvenirs. Mr. Statia said the fundraising by the students will pay for transporta- tion, accommodation and tours. The Turnberry' principal told the board in a letter that the filed raising was a good experience for the students. He said the students learned to handle money and were encouraged to co-operate with one another working toward a common goal. Mr. Henderson wasn't all that ready to buy Mr. Statia's claim that students raise money them- selves and do not involve parents. He pointed out that whether the parent pays the child's way directly or buys raffle tickets and chocolate bars he is still paying the costs. The Seaforth trustee said the trip to Quebec planned by students at F. E. Madill Secon- dary. School in Wingham was a better example of what he was concerned about. He said parents of Turnberry students will pay $20 for their child to go on that trip but the excursion to Quebec will cost parents about $110 a child. He pointed out the Madill students raised no money for the •. • ,„,„ • 414:fi • '; ' • , . • • A STAFF, AWARDS—Greg McPherson, Gordon Alton, Rosemary Collyer and Michael Darling, were among the students receiving F. E. Madill Secondary School staff awards during the commencement exercises. Other staff awards went to Joanne Wood and Danny Landry, ONTARIO SCHOLARS—Janene Purdon, Michael Milosevic, Harry Jaretzke, Jim Black- well and Lorl Moir were presented with their awards as Ontario Scholars dur-ing com- mencement exercises at F. E. Madill Secondary School last Friday night. may also feel some 0. stWetogiendthe, wonders if. 00 -PO* preciated 00104fiviroVarif . , . • • •knowato Wingham Trustee Jack Alex- never • ander asked tilOPoOrd'eadralq. tration if anystudent?:waS• el/1r prov e • • • Int ener RemeJ Co Inse _ MP1400017 AL St"l" an!, AMBEtilEr'!"' fittititifi Can have big send* by. __Ipargdining on interest rates, Bill Benson, second vice president of the Ontario Federation of AgriCtil- hire told a group of area farmers last week. `.• Mr. Benson told the regional meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture many farmers with a good credit rating had recently been able to negotiate a much lower interest rate than was originally quoted. a. The Howick Grapevine Once again this year the stu- dents at Howick Central are sell- ing chocolate bars. There are two kinds of chocolate bars, Crispy and Almond. For every chocolate bar you sell you get a ticket for the draw. There are a number of prizes for the winners from the draw. Each chocolate bar costs $1.00' and the money goes for skating at the Community Centre. We hope we will get enough money so we all can go skating, during the win- ter months. Wendy Langendoen. UNICEF • On Hallowe'en night the stu- dents of Howick Central took part in the UNICEF program collect- ing for needy families. Just 27 cents buys one pound of skim milk powder, eight cents buys penicillin, $1.00 buys vitamin A, $7.80 buys a blackboard for schools. In total our school stu- dents collected $236.03. The money given is gratefully received, and I'm sure whoever receives it will also be very grateful. • • Peggy Lynne Strong. •SOCCER TOURNAMENT On Friday,;October 28, a soccer • tournament was held at Howick Central. Five schools ° partici- pated and the tournament lasted all day. The participating schools were 'Turnberry Central, East Wawanosh Public School, Brus- sels Public, Grey Central and Howick Central. Twelve players from each school were chosen to play in the boys° and girls' games. I hope that good sportsmanship was shown in this tournament and the winners were gracious winners, and the losers, gracious losers. Kendra Robertson. , CONFERENCE M On onday, October 23, Mr. Shaw and Mr. Reid went to a con- ference in the Toronto Downtown Holiday Inn. It was called Sym- posium on Learning Disabilities. The speakers were Dr. William Cruikshank and Dr. Marianne Frostig. They went to see and hear these speakers in the field of de- fining the terms of reference for the "learning disabled". They also learned about different test- ing techniques. We hope they profited from this convention and will be able to use what they learned in order to help students at Howick Central. Wendy Langendoen. CANADIAN TEST OF BASIC SKILLS During the last two weeks, the grades 7 and 8 students were given the Canadian Tests off Basic Skills. These tests help de- termine which grade and month level the student is at in each sub- ject. The tests take approxi- mately a week and a half doing either one or two tests a day. The tests are very helpful in many ways and I think they are worth the time taken. Council briefs Council received and approved four applications for building permits at the meeting, The permits go to Harry Gerrie for a carport, John Malick for an apartment above his new building, Bob Crawford for a 'sign and Western Foundry Co. Ltd. for a shipping room. MRS. JOE WALKER Bluevale Mrs. Beth Johnston spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Barnard,. He added the practice Is not jut confined to the banks, but is general Among financial inetitli- . He UrgediarMeT8 4‘:aggret4:* dons. ' • sive in', their negotiations, savings are there butyea will never get them Until you ask Farmers shOtild Omit for 'Credit just as carefOY..08,thet# f°17 anything Hepointed e else," s e , uhte, iiiitt t tt). , pay- ments have become aneiticrerass ing burden for the, proviOe's: farmers. "Operating Coats Mire skyrocketed and, the price of hew land, equipment and buildings combine beyondethatw r....eyilho vn pyroou7, duct prices of the last few YeOree it means the farmer is how as dee pendant upOn the (Wanda] in- stitutions as any Other -husinets- man." gutinymillieteTar,erhoesbefaentil%::ljoraa:test.ghetmrsertetaes:idnintteni,iongipsesiogre„0,,es"ipsr,ein77 1977 Ontario's farmers paid'$204' debtedness would drive :the ii- comP** ofIth$111t.n0140 e the combination of even; higher Statistics Canada 'Show tht*, He said he hopes for the sake of - the farm community that the re-. cent increases in farm gate prices would continue. 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