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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-06-04, Page 5THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1970 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE FIVE Library Board Reports Increase In Circulation (by Shirley J. Keller) The Huron County Library Board will be purchasing a van - type delivery truck for use in the distribution of books to var- ious outlets. S special meeting was held Saturday, May 30, when the tenders were opened. Library chairman Walter Sheardown, Goderich, told cou- ncil the new librarian will com- mence her duties July 1. He also reported the book circulation totals for the first four months of 1970 were 115, 075 as comp- ared to 110, 480 for the same period last year. Allan Campbell, McKillop, chairman of the property com- mittee, told council his commit- tee would be meeting with God- erich Town Council officials to discuss "certain aspects" of pro- posed improved parking facilities at the Children's Aid Society offices, Council said parking could be arranged on property adjacent to the CAS offices, but noted that this would put an end to the park -like area that is establ- ished there. Campbell also reported that a new agreement has been forw- arded to the Town of Goderich Higher Taxes For Grand Bend Area Ratepayers in the village of Grand Bend will be paying about twenty-three percent more in taxes this year than they did in 1969 according to the mill rate set by council last week. The residential rate has risen from 88 mills to a new high of 108.4 mills and the commercial levy is up from 95 mills to 117 mills. Of the overall increase of 20.4 mills, 14.1 mills is attributed to the public school rate, 1.7 to high school purposes and .7 mills for the County of Lambton. While the municipal rate that obtains monies for use by the village itself was lowered from 32 mills in 1969 to the present rate of 30.4 mills, a water rate of 4.2 mills for fire protection and a levy of 1.3 for Ausable River Conservation Authority purposes have been added. The main reason for the big jump in the public school rate was an underlevy of $10, 763 that remained from 1969. At Wednesday's meeting of council when the rate was ap- proved, clerk Penny Martelle reported that the taxable assess- ment for calculation purposes was $1, 838, 887. While accepting the tax rate council authorized the clerk to send letters to the Lambton County Board of Education and Ontario Premier John P. Robarts protesting the high costs of ed- ucation. The letter to the Premier was actually in answer to one receiv- ed by council a short time ago asking councils to hold the line in spedding. Copies of both let- ters have been forwarded to Lambton MPP Lorne Henderson. GUARANTEED CERTIFICATES and DEBENTURES 81/4 -- 1 Sz 2 Years 83/-3,4,&5Years CONTACT John R. Consitt 2364332 — Zurich council concerning parking priv- ileges relative to the Court House, This matter has been under con- sideration for some time and Campbell promised a further re- port on the matter in June. Donald Lynn has been engaged as a caretaker at a salary of $4, 500 per annum, effective June 1, The roof on the court house has been repaired at an approx- imate cost of $2, 900. The work qualifies for a 50 percent subsidy fromthe province. County Asks For Help With ‘CFB A county development com- mittee recommendation to ask the Ontario Department of Ed- ucation to "give every consider- ation to using the Canadian Force Base, Clinton, for educat- ional purposes" was approved Friday at the May session of council. The committee noted a "cont- inuing need for expansion of educational facilities both at Conestoga College in Kitchener, and Fanshawe College in London. That former base, the committee pointed out, "definitely lends itself to an educational atmos- phere." It is felt that if the base was used for educational purposes, it would stimulate the economy within Huron County as well as save capital cost required" to expand facilities in other areas." Copies of this resolution will go out to the proper government sources, the committee added. As well, the committee gain- ed council's su'pport to send a recommendation to government agencies urging that a policy similar to the one adopted in the United States by the Department of Defence regarding the closing out of military bases, be given serious consideration. A report on the procedure fol- lowed in the USA when a milit- ary base closes was presented to council for study. Your children aren't going to get the education you got. Ontario's way of learning has changed, because our way of life has changed. Children today learn mathe- matics by discovering how numbers behave and what they mean. They don't study grammar for the sake of grammar, nor accept history without examining all view points. And the sciences they are taught are the sciences of the 70's. The things your child learns today, will prepare him for the life style he'll face tomorrow. We'd be short changing our young people and our province if we taught them any- thing less. Today the province has 16 universities. In the last four years alone enrolment has more than doubled, and the total Ontario Government expenditure for student awards, scholarships and fellowships has risen from $5 million to more than $30 million. Other forms of post -secondary education are also growing rapidly. Example: the colleges of applied arts and technology are a new style of Ontario education flourishing from Sarnia to Thunder. Bay. These com- munity colleges offer diploma courses in everything from biochemistry to naval architecture and from air traffic control to advanced . elec- tronics. Starting from zero in 1967 Ontario now has 20 community colleges with 61 locations and some 38,000 full time and 34,000 part time students. If you don't really believe we need advanced education techniques to face an advanced world, we'll give you a selfish reason. Your future. Ontario's econoiny has grown from $14.7 billion in 1960 to some $31.5 billion in 1969. Our incomes have doubled in the same decade. Our increase in exports is the second highest in the world. To maintain this kind of development, we need well developed people. Our investment in education helps bulk! cr better future. But we need a strong economy to support our good intentions. One tray you can help: when price and quality compare, shop Canadian. Ontario's quest for knowledge con- tinues after the sun goes down, with adults doing most of the studying. In Toronto alone evening courses number in the hundreds and thous- ands of adults study subjects ranging from carpentry to civics, pottery to poetry. Ontario Universities now have an estimated 104,000 full time students and 69,000 part time students. Pic- tured above is one of the newest Ontario campuses, Trent university in Peterborough. Ontario's labour force which topped 3 million last year for the first time is becoming increasingly skilled and competitive with other leading in- dustrial nations. Our annual invest- ment in manpower education is designed to continue the upgrading of skills through Ontario'sprogram of in -plant training. Canada's life style of tomorrow presents many challenges. But it's Ontario's style to meet these challenges today. Government of Ontario Department of Trade and Development