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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1978-10-05, Page 17NO. 40 FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1978 Price Per Copy 20 Cents ZPS STUDENT COUNCIL — The 1978-79 student council for Zurich Public' School was elected recently. In the front row are vice president Wendy Oesch, president Wayne Johnson, and secretary. Paul Johnston. The back is composed of class represen- tative Scott Turnbull, treasurer Anita Gingerich, class representatives Sherry Steckle and Lori Turkheim and staff advisor Mr. Reddick. Staff photo Buses worth $1000 Secondary schools to have buses By JEFF SEDDON at GDCI much more ef- The Huron County Board tective. of Education decided The principal told the Monday that rather than sell board the bus "remains a six of its surplus buses it valuable asset to the GDCI would offer them to its students and the elementary secondary schools for in schools that use it". house use. Seaforth trustee John The board hopes to cut Henderson asked the board costs at the secondary school to give Seaforth District level by using board owned Secondary School one of the buses, driven by teachers better buses to permit that from the schools, to tran- school to operate a program sport students on field trips similar to Goderich. Hen - and school teams travelling derson asked that the to other schools for athletic principal of the school be competition. given the chance to have a A year long experiment at bus if he wanted it stressing Goderich District Collegiate that it "be one of the better Institute proved that costs buses". can be cut by locating a bus Exeter trustee Clarence at a secondary school and McDonald told the board making it available to that that when the program was school and elementary first suggested he fought it schools near it. GDCI but said that "if this is the principal John Stringer way we are going to go we asked the board in October of may as well have one at 19'77 to give the school a South Huron in Exeter". surplus bus on a trial basis to McDonald suggested that see if money could be saved each of the secondary from the school's field trip schools be offered a bus and transportation budget. stipulating that if the In a letter to the board principal took the vehicle, Stringer said the bus had costs to maintain and travelled 3,492 miles since it operate it would come out of was delivered to the school the school's field trip budget. and that it had been used by Director of education John Goderich Collegiate, Cochrane suggested that the Colborne Central Public board "put this can of worms School, Exeter Public School to bed once and for all". He and two elementary schools asked if the board intended in Goderich. The principal to make it policy to give each indicated that maintenance school a surplus bus rather costs on the vehicle had been than sell the. vehicles by high for the year but noted tender, that some repairs were "I can't see us keeping a extensive and that the bus whole fleet of surplus should be safe from major buses," commented repairs for the next several Colborne trustee Shirley years. Hazlitt. Despite the unusual costs Board chairman John the board owned bus was Elliott reminded the board of cheaper than the con- the financial problems it is ventional method of hiring a plagued with. Elliott said the bus and driver for field trips board faces restraint in and athletic events. Stringer many areas adding that it pointed out that the already had several availability of the bus has delegations of department enabled elementary schools heads requesting more to retain worthwhile field money for academic areas in trips and has made the schools, Elliott said it was outdoor education program obvious that something had to be sacrificed • to provide funds for board priorities and•asked trustees if surplus buses was a priority the board wanted to establish. "Are we going to expand field trips or back up and use the money elsewhere?" he asked. "Where's our priorities?" Henderson pointed out that the move may be saving money the board is going to have to spend anyway. He said many elementary school students are being bussed to secondary schools for shop and home economics at a cost of 60 cents a mile. He said with a little co-operation and management the surplus buses could be used to gain big savings to the board. "The board provides buses this year and has to make cuts next year and may be forced to cancel field trips," said Elliott. "Are we going to cut academic costs for more recreation?" Separate school trustee Eugene Frayne pointed out that the only costs to the board was for the bus. He said the buses may have brought $700 to $1,000 through a sale but that money would have been used for field trips for Goderich. "It appears Goderich made it work," said Frayne. Board transportation manager R. L. Cunningham pointed out that the main tenance costs were absorbed by the school but that the board maintained fleet in- surance on the bus. He said the insurance cost about $250 a year. Elliott suggested that the bus located at the school didn't save a lot last year when everything is con- sidered. He said the school may save standing time costs for a driver by having a teacher operate the bus but suggested that the board paid a supply teacher to fill in for the one driving the bus. He said the supply teacher costs the board quite a bit more than the four dollars an hour a driver costs. "I'm pretty sure that a principal would not take a teacher out of a classroom when he can get a driver for four dollars an hour," said Henderson. "I'm pretty sure they're broader minded than tha t." It was pointed out to the board that much of the success of the surplus bus program depends on luck. If the buses can be operated without major repairs the board will realize substantial savings. If costly repairs are needed obviously those savings will be reduced. Zurich trustee Herb Turkheim told the board either "all the schools have a bus or none have one". He said it wasn't fair to discriminate and offer Goderich and Seaforth a bus and the remainder nothing. He said the board has to decide to offer a bus to each school or sell the buses and forget the program altogether. Minor damage result in two car crash Only three accidents were investigated by the Exeter OPP this week, with damage being comparatively light in each. On Tuesday, vehicles driven by Carl Whitford, Ashley, Michigan, and Daniel Dalton, RR 2 Grand Bend, collided on Highway 84, west of Hensall. Damage was estimated at $100 by Constable Bill Osterloo. The other two collisions were reported on Friday evening, the first when an Five charged with drugs Five area youths have been charged with possession of drugs following a combined raid on Saturday night and Sunday morning by members of the Stratford RCMP, Exeter OPP and Exeter town police. Scheduled to appear in court on October 24 in Exeter are Alex Burge, RR 3 Zurich; Frederick Denomme, Mark E. Hearn and Edward F. Triebner, all of 378 Main St., Exeter; and Brian M. Taylor, 18, 313 Carling St., Exeter. Stratford RCMP Cpl. A. Stern said the amount of hash oil and marijuana seized in the raids was "not large". Stern commended the Exeter OPP and town police for their efforts in the in- vestigation and subsequent charges. Assisting in the in- vestigation were RCMP Constable M. E. Floyd, Exeter OPP Constables Bill McIntyre and Wally Tomasik and Exeter town Constable Kevin Short. Start canvass for blind The wives of the members of the Zurich Lions club will be conducting their annual canvass for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The canvass which began this week will run until October 20. According to Mrs. Claude Gelinas $1,000 was turned over to the CNIB last year. unknown vehicle struck a mailbox and post owned by Keith Hern, RR 3 Exeter. Damage was listed at $50 by Constable Al Quinn. Constable Larry Christiaen investigated the other, which resulted in $1250 damage to a vehicle driven by Donald Poirier, Exeter, which struck a hydro pole on concession 12-13 of Hay. During the week, the local detachment officers laid six charges under the Highway Traffic Act, five under the Liquor Licence Act and five under the Criminal Code. On Saturday evening, a truck owned by Dennis Carty, Huron Park, was stolen from his laneway. It was recovered Monday afternoon in Stephen Township, Constable Frank Giffin is investigating. Shaws win ball title The season for the Zurich Men's Fastball League has come to an end with Shaws taking the "A" cham- pionship and the Sunsets the consolation championship. In the "A" final, the series went the full seven games with two come from behind victories taking place Sunday. In the first game the Deejays were beating Shaws by a score 5-0 going into the bottom of the sixth inning. This didn't hold up as Shaws scored ten runs and went on to post a 11-5 victory. In the seventh and deciding game which was played immediately after, Shaws walloped the Deejays 25-7 with Richard Schilbe hitting two grand slam home runs. The consolation round also went the full seven games with the Sunsets defeating Patz 3-2. The Sunsets pushed across a run in the final inning to record the victory. While the softball season has just concluded, organizational work on the upcoming season of rec hockey has started. Any players who wish to play but did not play last year are asked to contact either Jim Bedard or Ken Clarke. HOCKEY EXECUTIVE RE-ELECTED --- The executive for the Zurich Minor Hockey Association for the 1978-79 season will be the same as last year. Shown above during Thursday's registra- tion are president Gord Smith, vice-president Paul Morrison and secretary Earl Horner.