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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS,
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1975
Help
airport
(by Shirley J. Keller)
A reminder that the County
of Huron has an obligation until
1985 to see that Sky Harbour
Airport continues to operate as
an airport, clinched a request
from the Town of Goderich for
support to help maintain the
premises.
The Town of Goderich purch-
ased the airport last year and in
addition to capital costs, has
budgeted $30, 000 for mainten-
ance of the property. County
councillor Bill Clifford said
that maintenance bills include
hydro, snow removal, runway
repair and the salary for a part-
time manager at $150 per
month.
The town asked the county for,
50 per cent for the mainten-
ance budget up to a maximum
of $15, 000 this year. This was
approved.
Reeve Derry Boyle, of Exeter
wondered if an "epidemic" of
similar requests might not flood
county council from airports in
Grand Bend and Huron Park.
However, Deputy -clerk Bill
Hanley reminded council that
due to an old agreement, the
county must maintain at least
one runway at Sky Harbour until
1985. If the facility was allowed
to deteriorate, the cost to the
county could be considerable
Hanley suggested. He also said
the county has contributed
nothing to Sky Harbour to date.
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Cotton Jennies
(by Lynda Rawlings)
On February 26, thirteen
4-H girls met at the Town Hall,
We had none missing and one
new girl. We started out with
the 4-H pledge and then Deryl
Rawlings read the minutes.
The roll call was "Show your
pattern and material, " and tell
why you picked it. Most of the
answers were, "because I like
it."
After roll call we discussed
what we should wear on differ-
ent occasions. We filled out a
chart at the back of our book.
Everyone is to make a cover
for the front of their book.
We discussed a name and we
are called, " The Cotton Jen-
nies." Lyn Schwartzentruber
suggested it.
After discussion we pinned
our patterns on our top.
School insurance costs increase
The Huron -Perth Roman
Catholic' Separate School Board
approved payment of insurance
premiums for 1975 which will
cost 34.6 per cern more than
last year, at their meeting last
Monday night in Seaforth.
The Board learned from Fin-
ance and Insurance Committee
chairman Ron Marcy of Strat-
ford that increases in Workmen's
Compensation (up 68 per cent
from last year) and property
insurance premiums (up 38.9
per cent) account for most of
the increase.
The Board's total annual
insurance premium is $16, 591.
68 up more than $4, 000 from
1974. The coverage, for veh-
icle, property, liability, accid-
ent and workmen's compensat-
ion insurance was renewed
through Leeson -Killer Insurance
Ltd. Stratford.
Dublin trustee Francis Hick-
nell commented that he had
thought the total insurance costs
might have dropped, since the
board last year had insurance
on an old house in Stratford
which has since been torn down.
Agricultural
tidbits
While the snow was flying I
was in the unfortunate position
that I had quite a bit of travell-
ing to do in my car. Quite
frankly I would much have
preferred to stay home, for
often the driving conditions
were dangerous with heavy
drifting and icy roads.
All this leads me to a salute
'for the rural school bus drivers.
While I was afraid driving on
the Kings Highways, they
bravely defied snowdrifts on
the backroads to bring forty or
fifty children safely home.
My hat's off to you women and
men.
I read in the paper that a
scientist proposes huge domes
to grow food year round. It
would be expensive food, but
that's better than starving. I
have a much simpler solution.
Pay the producer of food, the
farmer, a decent return for his
efforts and investments, and
reasonable priced food will be
available for everyone for a
long time to come.
Keep on resisting the produc-
ers fair return and shortages
will stay with us./
HENSALL. DISTRICT
CO-OPERATIVE.
Brvnlirld Hensel' Zurich
"The price of lumber is down
from last year too, " he said.
HPRCSS Business Administ-
rator, Jack Lane said that the
property insurance provides for
full replacement value of most
of the buildings, no matter
what the cost. The building
would not necessarily have to
be replaced in its same locat-
ion, he said.
Mr. Lane pointed out that
tie board again has $2 million
in school liability insurance and
said that this coverage was wide
considering that a board in BC
which had only $1 million in
liability insurance was sued
successfully recently for $1.5
million, the highest sward ever
in Canada.
The board, also on the rec-
ommendation of its insurance
and finance committee, agreed
to pay a premium of $93.94
for additional insurance to covei
paying auditors' fees should a
bond loss occur. The motion
passed 8-3 with one abstention.
The Catholic Parent Teacher
Association at Mount Carmel
School were given permission
to install and maintain play-
ground equipment in the school
yard, at no cost to the board.
The equipment, shown to trust-
ees in detailed sketches which
accompanied the CPTA's
request, will include a balance
log and beam, two chin bars,
a stepping post, a log ladder,
a cement pipe and a tire swing.
The board's bylaw commit-
tee will report at the next meet•
ing on a number of revised pol-
icies and on how the board will
meet the Department of Educ-
ation's new requirements for
open school, board meetings.
Howard Shantz of the board's
negotiating committee said
that teacher negotiations have
started with the next meeting
set for March 5. Mr. Shantz
who attended the recent Ontario
School Trustees conference in
Toronto said he felt that the
majority of the trustees who
attended supported the OSTC's
stand on salary negotiations to
the extent of holding up negot-
iations if OSTC were to agree
to do so.
He said he did not quite agree
with Huron Board of Education
negotiating chairman, Cayley
Hill's assessment of the conf-
erence. Mr. Hill and fellow
trustee Herb Turkheim said
at the Huron Board meeting last
week that they disliked the
attitude of the OSTC.
Mr. Shantz said that policy
questions would be coming to
the local board from OSTC
before any resolutions were
formulated.
The board will wait until
the next meeting to consider a
bill from the Town of Goderich
for storm sewer charges there
of $1, 349.34, pending the
results of an appeal by a prop-
erty owner in the area.
Brick between the new addit-
ion and the old school at St.
Patrick's. Kinkora, will be
closely matched as a result
of the board's decision to issue
a work order to architects
Kyles, Kyles and Garratt for
$479. Existing brick will be
removed back to a window in
the old building and brick
closely matching the new add-
ition will be put in.
Ennis Murphy, principal of
Kinkora school, attended the
meeting as an observer.
Ted Blowes of Stratford North
Western School will be author-
ized to contact Stratford Sep-
arate school principals to arr-
ange the participation of stud-
ents in an Arbor Week Tree
planting and clean up on April
25.
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