HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-06-06, Page 5A NOUNCEMENT
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Klaus Brodthagen, Manager of. the Federal
Business Development Bank in Stratford, is
pleased to announce the appointment of Paul
McCusker as Management Services Officer.
Prior to this position Paul was a Credit Officer
with FBDB.
The Management Services Department of the
Federal Business Development Bank assists
potential and existing small businesses in de-
veloping sound business practices through in-
formation services, counselling and training pro-
grammes.
Mr. McCusker's responsibilities include pre-
senting management seminars to the business
community on a variety of topics such as start-
ing your own business, bookkeeping, financial
analysis and time management, designed to help
the small business owner improve his manage-
ment skills. Paul is looking forward to meeting
members of the business community through-
out Perth and Huron Counties.
For an appointment to see him or team more
about FBDB's services, call 271-5650 collect.
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They're all the same."
He added that the type of
repairs begun here is
becoming the established
procedure for correcting the
problem, except for a couple
tanks which are in such bad
shape they will have to have
a stainless steel liner in-
stalled inside. -
"Your tank is well built
and one of the more straight-
forward ones to repair," he
told the commission. Some
others, including one at
Chesley, are in much worse
shape and will be very
complicated and expensive
to fix, although still cheaper
than building a new one.
"Would we have been
better to have purchased a
steel tank?" Commissioner
Rod Wraith asked.
Mr. Schmitt answered by
pointing out that had the
commission opted for steel,
it would face spending
$30,000 about now to paint it
inside and out, and a similar
amount in another seven to
10 years. "Nothing is
maintenance -free."
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new steel tank wag not
available at the time the
town needed one, back in
1973.
Sincethe Ontario Ministry
of the Environment owin
more than half of the con-
crete tanks which are
causing problems, it has
begun monitoring the
situation closely, and it is
possible there will be a grant
program to help municipal-
ities pay for needed repairs,
Mr. Smith told the conunis-
sioners, though nothinghas
been announced ye.
In most cases the cost of
repairs ranges from $150,000
upwards, so Wingham is
right in the ball park with
what has already been spent
and what is being proposed,
he said.
"The ministry approved
that tank when we built it, so
you'd think some of the
responsibility goes to their
engineer," Mr. Bennett
commented.
The commissioners were
advised there is not much
more they can do until they
get a report from the
ministry, which should be
here any day.. Then they will
have to decide whether to
. proceed with -further repairs
— and how to pay for them.
"It sounds good, so long as
you don't think about the
cost," Mr. Wraith corn,
mented.
"But if you think of it
spread over three paint jobs
for a tank, it's really the
same thing: maintenance,"
Mr. Bennett added.
Heat pump planned
for Wingham arena
Wingham' Town Council
has approved the purchase
of a heat pump in an attempt
to cure humidity problems in
the local arena.
The heat pump is expected
to cost about $13,000, which
will be partially offset by a
$5,000 off -oil grant. Ad-
ditional funds will come
from a $4,500 reserve fund,
$2,000 set aside to insulate
the arena and $1,500 from
town council.
There were some
questions about just how
urgent the purchase of the
heat pump is, as well as
whether it will cure the
moisture problems on the
rafters, identified in an
engineer's inspectum 01 the
building.'
Councillor William Crump
u ge,council to approve the. 7
expenditure, claiming it is a
"real emergency- Something
has to be done."
Councillor James A.
Currie disagreed, saying
that while he agrees there is
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a need he doesn't believe it is
that urgent. However he said
that because grants are
available this year it is good
business to buy it now.
Councillor Bruce Machan,
a plumbing and heating
contractor, said he is not
sure a heat pump will cure
the problems at the arena.
He told council there are
several arenas around the
area with heat pumps, and
they are going back to
dehumidifiers to solve
moisture problems.
A heat pump will help the
problem and will save on
heating costs, but it will not
cure it all, he said,
suggesting the town should
get a company which
manufactures both heat
pumps and dehumidthers to
However council, deo
to go ahead with the pur-
chase. Councillor Tom Miller
said the heat pump probably
will be installed this fall.
Job -finding
service
reports
success
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months of operation, the
Grey -Bruce Youth Employ-
ment Service reports a suc-
cess rate in job placements
that exceeded all its ex-
pectations.
xpectations.
According to Manager
Dave Green, since Feb. 2163
jobs have been found for
youth in the Grey -Bruce
area. The response to the
program has created the
need for an additional staff
member, who began June 6
as an employment coun-
sellor.
Mr. Green attributes the
success of the service to
several factors, among them
the pre-employment training
program, a five-day seminar
which explains in detail not
only how to get a job but how
to keep it. Recently included
in the training is an IAPA-
sanctioned "Safety on the
Job" program.
"I feel we can offer local
businesses a much better
than average employee,"
Mr. Green said. "We ensure
that all our clients are made
aware of the financial
problems facing today's.
businessman and that an
employee is not only hired to
work at a particular job, but
also to contribute in every
way possible to the success
of that operation."
Fire caused
by wiring
Prompt action by a
Wroxeter -area woman pre-
vented serious damage when
electrical wiring in her home
overheated and began to
smolder Tuesday morning.
Wingham firefighters
were called to the home of
Alvin Yoder at RR 1,
Wroxeter, at 10:42 a -m.
Tuesday after Mrs. Yoder
smelled smoke in the house.
Fire Chief Dave Crothers
said the fact that she was at
home and quickly turned off
the hydro probably saved the
house.
Poor connections in some
electrical wiring caused it to
overheat and begin to burn,
but there was no damage to
the rest of the house.
However he said it was the
kind of thing that. had it
happened in the middle of
the night. could have led to a
full-scale house fire.
The Wingham Advance -Times, June 8, 1983—Page 5
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SCHOOL BUS SAFETY is the aim of a program for
preschoolers being offered by the Huron -Perth
separate school board at all its schools. Tykes who will
be entering Kindergarten at Sacred Heart School,
Wingham, this fall were at the school with their
parents Monday afternoon to hear a talk by OPP
safety officers and go for a bus ride. Const. Bob
Morrow from the Kitchener detachment;,watches as
the youngsters climb aboard.
Director has seen many changes
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providing provincial govern-
ments with grants to provide
technical education facili-
ties.
Huron County benefited
from this government
money. F. E. Madill in Wing -
ham and the Clinton high
school expanded 'to include
students wishing to take
technical education.
An off -shoot of the techni-
cal facilities, in Ontario at
least, was the —Roberts'
plan" named for then -educa-
tion minister and former On-
tario Premier John Roberts.
Teclmical education was re-
-organized under the late Mr.
Roberts_
"in my opinion, the best
change was never given a
chance," says Mr. Cochrane,
referring to the Robarts'
plan or the restructuring of
technical education.
"It was just beginning to
get off the ground when they
(Ministry of Education)
brought in the credit sys-
tem."
He sees the educational
system, particularly at the
secondary level, completing
a cycle and reverting to the
Robarts' plan.
When the credit system
was first introduced, it "had
too much of a smorgasbord",
Mr- Cochrane says. The sys-
tem, he says, has settled
down and now the Ministry is
introducing further changes
with more compulsary sub-
jects-
iNSPECTOR
In 1965, Mr_ Cochrane was
called by the Ministry to be
an inspector. He moved to
Woodstock and inspected
secondary schools in Nor-
folk, Brant, Oxford and
Perth counties.
Then in 1969 county school
boards came into effect and
the position of inspector dis-
appeared- Many inspectors
became superintendents or
directors of education- Mr.
Cochrane came back to
Huron County as its first
director of education- He
came back because his pre-
vious working experience in
Huron had been a happy one.
As director of education he
has dealt with book banning,
a mass resignation in 1971 by
secondary school teachers
over salary negotiations and
the secondary school teach-
ers' strike in 1977.
These are still sorliewhat
emotional issues in Huron
and while Mr. Cochrane said
it will take time for both the
board and teachers to heal
their wounds, relations are
better now than immediately
following the strike.
"It's something both
groups will have to work at,"
says Mr. Cochrane.
CHANGES
He has seen many changes
in the educational field since
he started and one of the
most recent is the emphasis
placed on special education.
Mr. Cochrane thinks the con-
cept of Bill 82 is great, but he
does have concerns for
practical areas such as
costs.
The director of education
had originally planned to re-
tire in 1984, 35 years after
entering the teaching profes-
sion. Instead he is retiring a
year early.
The main reason is the re-
organization of the sec-
ondary education system. An
increase in compulsory sub-
jects and changes to the
graduation diploma are two
of the major changes coming
in the next few years.
"With that coming in, it's
not fair to the board, my col-
leagues and the kids for me
to start getting into the
change," says Mr. Cochrane
noting he'd already been
through similar changes in
the 60s.
The end of June looms
closer and when asked if he
has any hobbies, Mr. Coch-
rane responded jokingly that
attending meetings has been
his hobby.
However, he is very proud
of his Scottish-lrish ancestry
and plans to combine his de-
sire to travel with geneology.
research. Recounting his
family history, Mr. Coch-
rane notes his father came to
Canada from Scotland as a
boy of 14 and his mother is of
a third generation Ottawa
Valley Irish family.
He also wants to take the
time to do some of the other
things he hasn't been able to
do because of professional
commitments.
"i owe my wife a tot of
time," says the retiring
director. She stayed at home
and raised their family of
four children. Lina is cur-
rently on the Huron County
Family and Children's Serv-
ices board. the Clinton hos-
pital auxiliary and has done
much volunteer work.
The oldest. Joanne. 25. is a
producer of television and
radio commercials for an
advertising agency in Toron-
to. She produced the Becel
margarine commercial
which features a Rubik's
cube.
The eldest son Mike, 23.
also lives in Toronto, in fact
the two oldest Cochrane chil-
dren share an apartment in
the big city. He works for
Adelaide Personnel Services
as a personnel selection and
placement officer.
The20-year-old twins
Lynne and Ian, are closer to
home. Lynne is employed at
a variety store in Clinton and
Ian is employed at the Bay-
field Boatyard in Vanastra.
After his retirement, it will
be his colleagues that he will.
miss most. They have
worked together to produce
the education system offered
in Huron, of which Mr. Coch-
rane is extremely proud.
"Students in Huron County
don't have to take a back
seat to anyone," says Mr.
Cochrane.
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