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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-09-22, Page 1a a �a© NO. 38—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1976 20C PER COPY Secondary teachers ratify contract District 45 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation voted last Thursday evening to ratify a contract agreement with the Huron County Board of Education with 80 per cent of the teachers at- tending and voting in support. The settlement is still subject to approval by the Anti -Inflation Board. Terms of the agreement in- clude an eight per cent increase in salaries with maintenance of an existing cost of living allowance at 1.7 per cent. This allowance is paid out in two in- stallments throughout the year. A press release signed by S. M. Weary of the Teachers Federation and D. J. Cochrane, Director of Education, notes that "because of other factors, such as a reduction in the professional development fund and changes in staff, the increased cost to the Huron County ratepayer will be 7.7 per cent. The new agreement includes the necessary clauses to conform with recent provincial legislation Community centre funds to be raised The committee to raise funds for repairs to the Zurich com- munity centre is fully organ- ized. .The Chairman of the com- mittee, Bob Redick, says if the committee can raise $35,000, all the safety regulations plus all the regulations from the board of health will be met. In addition, any money remaining would be used to spruce up the interior of the centre, particularly the auditorium. The money will not be used for operating costs of the centre, that is an entirely separate area. According to Mr. Redick, some people have the idea the community centre is used only for minor athlet- ics, but this is not so. "The community centre in Zurich is used by a great variety of people, not just for minor athletics. There's adult badminton, bingo, and wedding banquets and receptions to name a few." The committee so far has planned three separate can- vass'. First, the businesses and organizations will be canvass- ed and Doug O'Brien is in charge of this. Secondly there will be a rural canvass in the surrounding townships. Mr. Redick is not certain exactly which townships will be includ- ed in the canvass, Ian McAllis- ter is in charge of this. The town itself has not been forgotten as there will definitely be a canvass in town as well as in Grand Bend. No definite date for the beginning of these canvass' has been set, but Mr. Redick hopes to have them underway by the middle of October. According to Mr. Redick, "We want to make sure this time we meet all the 1975 safety regulations plus new regulationsfrom the Board of Health which must be met. That way there will be no need to turn around next year or the year after and have to start collecting all over because the community centre needs something else. We'll get it all done at once." The other members of the committee to raise funds be- sides Chairman Redick are Robert Westlake, vice- chairman; Ian McAllister, trea- surer; Heather Redick, publicity secretary; Ray McKinnon, cou- ncil representative; Doug O'Bri- en and Jerry Rader. Harvest good The white bean harvest is off to a good start according to Mike Miller of the agriculture office in Clinton. However, how much is har- vested varies greatly through- out the county, anywhere from 75 percent of the crop along the lakefront to 40 percent in other areas. The quality of the beans so far has been good and while the overalll yield may be down a little, it will not be a drastic drop. Any beans still in the fields will not be deteriorating in the present damp weather, in fact it will help eliminate some of the splitting from dryness which was occurring earlier last week. Mr. Petch at Cooks Mill in Hensall agreed the yield varies greatly as did a representative of Thompsons Mill in Hensall and Earl Wagner from the Hensall Co-op, adding the quality so far is good. The most serious thing the wet weather seems to be doing (continued on page 6) Six Wintario grants Grants totalling $20,042 for six projects in Huron County have been approved from the proceeds of the Ontario Lottery. Amounts range from $11,666 to $317. The Village of Bayfield is eligibile for a grant of $11,666 to relocate and build an addition to its library. The Exeter Lions Club is eligible for a grant of $4,750 to upgrade a tennis court. The Goderich Township Re- creation Board will receive soft- ball equipment valued at $1,206 from the Wintario office, and the Ashfield Township Recrea- tion Committee will receive softball equipment valued at $1,178. The Howick Township Muni- cipal Recreation Committee will receive $925 to buy uniforms for hockey and softball teams. The Wingham Ringettes will receive hockey equipment valu- ed at $317. Culture and Recreation Mini- ster Robert Welch said today's grants are part of the ongoing Share Wintario program for the support of cultural and recreational activities. To date, the ministry has allocated $57.0 million to more than 3,735 groups and projects across the province. and spans one year, from Sep- tember 1, 1976 to August 1, 1977. The final vote was 164 to 41 of the teachers in favor of the agreement with about 70 teachers not attending the meeting. The Board had ratified the proposed settlement on September 7 subject to the teachers' final approval. Under the new contract the salaries will range from a minimum of $10,400 in category one to a maximum of of $23,800 in category four. Under last year's agreement the maximum was $21,900., District 45 O.S.S.T.F. president Shirley Weary pointed out that while the agreement represents increases in the maximum salaries in each category the minimums will remain the same as in last year's contract. Although money was the major topic for negotiation much time was spent incorporating working conditions into a written 1 agreement which had been past practice but which must now be recorded in the agreement under recent education legislation. Both the teachers and the board representatives termed the new agreement -reasonable". Mr. Cochrane said the 7.7 per cent increase to the ratepayer will, for the most part, be covered in next year's budget. Negotiations had been un- derway since last April. FIRST SEWER CONNECTION IN HENSALL—The PUC building was the first one to connect the newly completed Hensall sewer system on Monday. Lorne Archer of the Hensall PUC con- nected the pipes as Gerald Reed of C. Reed and Sons used the backhoe to•dig his way to the PUC's septic tank. C. Reed and Sons will be making several of the sewer hookups around town. Photo by McKinley Sewer connections begin into The village of Hensall has received the go-ahead from the Ministry of Environment to begin connecting to the sewers system according to a letter received by the village clerk's office. All the sewer construction has been deemed in working order and adequate under the standards set out by the Minis- try of the Environment. The clerk has sent register- ed letters to all the ratepayers advising them the sewers are ready for connection. Ratepay- ers have nine months from the receiving date of their register- ed letter to have their systems connected to the sewer. Hensall had been informed earlier this summer by the Ministry of the Environment that the town would have to make payment for the sewers by the end of 1976. Invoices were sent out in August to the ratepayers and residents were asked then to prepay the entire bill at a substantial saving or pay the first installment. Council has already passed a by-law that no outside water, eavestrough water or ground water can be allowed to drain into the sewer system.