HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-02-25, Page 3THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 25, 1987.— A3
CHECKING THINGS OUT Employees'of-the Seaforth Manor were lnattendance at an.
Open House Saturday, which -detailed plans for renovation 'of the home. Shown here are
Jannette Stoll, left, and Rutti Nolan, right, both' health care'aldes.'With'them are Janice
and Chrlsta Leonhardt. (Mcllwraith photo)
• PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE = Clare Reith,, a former administrator of the Seaforth.
• Manor, and his wife Gladys, g.o.over the plans for renovation of the home during' an Open
House held Saturday at'therTown Hall, Looking on•asowell Isarchitect Joseph P. Toth. The
Open House drew a steady, crowd between the hoes of- 2 and .5 p. m. Saturday, and
brought a bevy of suggestions from those who attended. Owners Ed and Carolyn Osimek
'said They appreciated the public response and hope to incorporate all the suggestions In
.therenovations: (Mcllwraith photo)
Board of education
approves Jo variety
BYSIIELLMI'Mcl'IIEF`I1'AIST
Providing diversification and•occupational
variety for.women in the education system in
Huron County has againbeen supported by
trustees here. •
.'At their February meeting the Huron
County Board of Education (FICHE) trustees
approved a motion that calls for applicatioh to
the Ministry' of Education's Affirmative
Action grant program. The board has
received funding from this program for the.
part two years. •
The Affirmative'Action.program in Huron
County was first established in 1985. At that
time the board of trustees adopted a policy
statement that read, "In demonstrating its
commitment to achieving employment oppor-
tunity, the ,.board hereby undertakes a
program of Affirrnative Action for its women
employees in order to diversify their
occupational distribution within the system
andto eliminate any identified barriers to
their employment opportunity.
As part of the establishment of the•
program, a -hall'-time Affirmative Action
Co-ordinator was employed,
FICHE director Bob Allan said that since
. the program • was initiated in Huron, "The
Huron County Board of Education has taken a
very positive approach to employee affirma-
tive action. We have made steady progress
and avoided controversy."
At the board's February meeting, Mr.
Allan presented a report from the minister of
-education ' for the province, Sean Conway.
• Mr, Conway reported. "The government is
HPRCSSB to
The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic
Separate School Board will study an offer
made by Legion m embers•Robert Chapman
and Howard Carroll. both of Goderich,
Monday to carry out a child video identifica-
tion program for the Catholic school children
in Huron County.
Mr. Chapman. Leadership Chairman of
District C., Royal Canadian Legion, told the
trustees that the Legion is offering to go to the
nine elementary separate schools in Huron
County to make a short video tapeof eae
.child in Kindergarten to Grade 6.
Along with the photos of each child, there
will be voice identification •byhaving the child
• answer questions verbally. the height noted
and all repeated every three years.
Mr, Chapman said if the board decides to
go for the program, it will be necessary to get
parental consent. He noted the tapes should
be stored safely at the board office or with the
principals in the schools.
William Eckert, Director of Education,
reported that to date 101 'students are
registered for the new Grade nine class to
start at SL Michael School in Stratford next
September. He said there will be 85 from
Perth County, 11 from Huron County four
from Oxford County and one from Middlesex
County.
committed to the principle of employment
equity. Nowhere is it more important that this
principle be observed than in the province's
education systen. The role of education and
the values it reflects in both human .resource
deployment and curriculdm is critical. Mini-
stry of Education . policy requires that
students have the opportunity to see men and
women in a variety of roles. The school
system must be at the forefront in reflecting
the changing roles of women and men by
providing an environment that exemplifies
sex equity, both in the role models it provides
and' the teaching materials it uses.'
Since Affirrnative Action funding was first
provided in 1985 grant monies have gone to'
79 school boards -in the province. Mr. Conway
said that in order. to sustain the existing
program, and,to expand it, the ministry will
continue to offer finartcial support until 1989.
The minister of education reported that by
the end of 1989. "school boards should plan
to • demonstrate evidence of ' significant
progress towards the achievement of an
environment that exemplifies sex equity..l'
am therefore requesting. school boards to
adopt this objective, at. all levels of the
educational system. with the aim of raising
the number and diversifying the -occupational
distribution of women to a minimum of 30per
centin all occupational categories by the year
201)0."
•"!'his aim will require ongong comtnit-
ment and study." Mr. Allan remarked to`
11CBE trustees.
HERE'S WHAT IS'PLANNED -- Seaforth Manor•owner Carolyn Oslmek detail plans of
the home's renovations to Kathleen Cuthill and Mary •Broadfoot. The two ladies attended
an Open House on Saturday:. (Mcllwraith photo)
Tuckersmith employees to
get three percent increase
BYWILMA:OKE
Tuckersmith Township•employees will get
a three percent wage increase this year.
approved at. the council session Tuesday
night. .
The increase, retroactive to January 1,
affects about 20 employees who work in the .
township's clerical, roads, recreation and day
care departments..
Under the new salary and benefit schedule
the annual salary for the clerk -treasurer will
be $32.425 plus $2,500 car allowance; the
road superintendent. $29,993.60: supervisor
'of the day care centres at Vanastra,
$20,625,52: and the director of the Vanastra
Recreation Centre, $21,608.86.
Other salaries: municipal office secretary,
815.596.67: aquatics» -director, $15,809.18:
.,secretary and special needs • director.
$14.610Q.75; assistant day care supervisor,
$147/05.44',' -day care teacher„ •$13.591.39;
part-time day care teacher, $6.32 per hour:
part-time assistant special day care Super-
visor, $8.03 per hour; day care cook, $7.75 per
hour: road grader operator -mechanic, $10.11
per hour; junior grader operator; $9.37 per
hour: mower operator, • $8.82 per hour. and
labourer, •$7.05 per hour; and building•
inspector. $4.737.49 per year.
Employees travelling on township busi-
ness will be allowed 35 cent per mile or 22
cents per kilometre.
A request for a tile drainage loan for
820,000 was approved.
A request by Douglas Smith to operate an
automotive dealership on Lot 43 at Vanastra
was granted.
Clerk-treasurerJack McLachlan and mem-
bers of 'council accepted an invitation from
Huron County council to attend its council
session in Goderich March 5.
The roast sigps in Vanastra, .which have
been unders''ttldy, are being changed to meet
present travel needs.
study offer of identification program
On February etter went 'out to the
parents of students.at St. Patrick's School,
Dublin and St. Columban' School advising
them that reorganization of the two schools
continues with St. Columban being made a
Primary School for Kindergarten to Grade 3
students and Dublin will be a• Junior -Inter-
mediate 'school with one classroom turned
into a library resource centre, and a teacher
librarian added to the staff.
it is expected St. Columban will have about teachers presently employed by the •Perth
125 students (now 671 and St. Patrick's in County Board of Education who have the
Dublin will have about 125 (currently 1691 potential of being' declared redundant.
and each will have between six and seven Appreciation is expressed to the Perth
teachers. •County Board for their assistance in this
To meet its additional staffing require- matter.
meats next year at St. Michael Secondary it is expected that teachers will be required
School in Stratford the Huron -Perth Catholic who are qualified in' English, French,
School Board is inviting voluntary teacher Science. Business Studies. Religion, Mathe-
transfer applications from secondary school matics, History.
Hullet# council
requests no
parking
Ata special meeting of .council Hullett
•Township passed a motion requesting the
county to pass a by-law installing fio parking
'signs op the north and south side ,of County
Road -15, from the east side of the horseshoe
at,theHullett Public School to the east corner
of the school:property.
Council also requested permission from
Che county faclose C WtYfitiad-TSfronrNo-4-
Highway to Victoria Street on'Saturday, July.
11 from 9 am. to 11 p.m. for Hullett Days.
—Motions=were-also-passed-to-give-the-
Hullett Fed'eration.uf Agriculturea grant of
;$800; to give the. drainage superintendent
authorization to call on-site meetings for
maintenance work done on municipal sIrains;
to give the road superintendent authorization
to purchase, and have installed, a chain hoist
by Casey Verwey and to purchase five town
:Chain falls from Blake's Welding; to pass the
tile drain, loan application en Lot 19,
Concession 11, subject to township by-laws
and•availability, of funds;, to approve the
non -wage portign of . the budget of the
Seaforth and District Community Centres; to
pay deficit to Tuckersmith Day Care Centre
for 1986; to -instruct the engineer to call for
tenders on the Plant Drainage Works; to
request the Bank of Montreal to collect the
service charge from the customer.on Hullett
Township taxes 'paid at the bank, and• to
instruct the clerk to- charge $10 per tax
certificate.. • .
New transform.er
coming soon
The The Seaforth Publie Utilities Commission
report plans to install a new transformer at its
Chalk Street Power Station are progressing
favorably. The new transformer should be in
place by the middle of April. It will replace
the currenttransformerwhich does not meet
Seaforth PUC specifications.
Omission made
in hospital • story
In a story whichapeared on page one of
last week's issue of The Huron, Expositor,
concerning discussions which area reeves
had held with the Seaforth Community
Hospital Building /committee, the name of
Marie Hicknell, reeve of• McKillop
Township, was inadvertently omitted from
the list of reeves who attended. The Ex-
positor regrets the omission and apologizes
for any embarrassment that may have
resulted. '
SEAFORTH HARMONY KINGS Barber-
shop of • the Year Award was, presented
recently to Goss Kahle, left of Mllchd1i:
Making the presentation is.19116 President
• Dave Campbell. (Photo submitted)
atholic high school could, open in Clinton
A Rpman Catholic high school for Grade si
students in Huron County could open fn
September, 1988.. in a vacant wing of the
public high school in Clinton,
, About 150 Homan Catholic ratepayers
attended an information meeting Tuesday
,night to discuss the Huron -Perth Separate
school board's plan to start its second high
school. The first opened, in September at St.
Michael school h Stratford.
Superintendent of education John Me,
Cauley said at least 60 of 135 pupils in Grade 7
in I luron separate schools must register now
for the proposal to go ahead. He said
classrooms are available in an empty wing at
Central Huron Secondary School. The school
SA Y'000019YE Seaforth area youths took advantage of the mild weather
Sunday to get up a game df "road"' h'oekey In the Lyons parking lo't,'Here, barrel Eckert
tries10'put aback band MON/eon t'Oaftefider Rob Van Loot), (M, cll'wraith Miele)
has an enrolment of about 800. hut a capacity
for about 1,500 students.
Mr. McCauley said students would be
bused. as at St. Michael School, where some
travel as far as 25 miles. For after school
programs, there is a special bus provided to
deliver the students to theirhomes.
tie explained some of the Catholic
secondary school teachers with the Perth
County Board of Education' volunteered to
transfer to the staff of St. M ichael school. "it
was a trade off," he said. "as we would hope
would happen in Huron." •
Ile said the principal would be hired to
start in January. 1 988. to prepare the school
to be fully operational by September: 1988,
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be near the Michigan utilites. Should
agricultural land have to pay the cost to
have Americans get cheap, subsidized
power that hydro has in surplus? I don't
think it's fair," he said, adding that the
line from Landon to Nanticoke' will disrupt
farmland in Kent and Essex Counties.
However, he''said the Foodland Hydro
Corninittee may be down, but its certainly
not out. He said the tomtit -tee will meet
shottly to•"`pick up the pieces and find out
where we're going•from.here."
Tony McQuaii; the Chairman of the
Foodland Hydro Corrunittee, could hot be
reached for comment:
According to Donna Prtiut, ai a,aislairt
corporate relations offieer with Ontario
Hydro, the corridor through the area ryas
necessary to fully incorporate the
generating Fapacrty from the BNPD into
the electrical system sefwing Ontario t'on-
agners. The liiie frOiti the BNPD would
also permit the "interchange of electrical
power" between Ontario Hydro and the
Michigan Electrical Coordinated Systern.
Snowmobile
YCoiitinr3e`d frroris Pageilll —
he hopes to take the seasons title. He will
also be competing in the Ontario' champioft
Ships later this Winter, .
"I have a good time: It is Mt. Aid what l
like most about it is that the racers,
chiding by toughest competitors, can sit in
a restaurant and have coffee together.
We're the best of frrerlds. Sriowrrtobilers are
pretty, easygoing peoples always willing to
help one another out. It someone needs 'a
Part l'lend it to them, and if I need a part
they lend it to me. It's nice."
Parents were asked to return surveys to the
school by Monday, February 9. so the board
can decide whether the proposal has enough
support. Ile said the board would report to
the ministry of education in March. with a
reply expected in May.
'Mr. McCauley said. "We have a successful
track record in Perth and we will have tate
same in Huron 16 provide It schoolwith a
difference."
Parents also watched two videos, one
depicting school life at St. Michael Schottl in
in 1988
Stratford and the other showing activity at a
shared school in Cornwall, Similar to the
Huron plan.
Mr. Mc('auley said committeos from the
separate and public boards have bort
meeting, regularly to discuss the proposal in
Clinton.
William E:ekert, Directorof Education. said
later he was pleased with the turnout at the
meeting and encouraged there were no
negative questions asked regarding a new
high school.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents,
phone the recreation office at 5270882 or the Expositor' at 527.0240, or trail the
information to Come -amity 'Calendar, The Huron Expositor; Box 69. Seaforth,
Ontario, NOK IWO welt id advance of the scheduled date, Space for the Community
Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor.
Wednesday, February 25
9:30-10:30 a.m. lithess is Pun
1-3 p.m. Moms arid -Tett Skating
1:30-4 p.m. Senior Shuffleboard and
Carpet Bowling
4:30-5:30 p.an. Tween Ringette Practice
5:30-6:30 p.m. Atom Practice
6:30-7:30 p.m. Centenaires Practice
8-10 p.hi Volleyball at High School
7:30-9 p.nl. Minor Broomball
9-11:30 p.m. Ladies Broomball
Thursday, February 26
4:15-5:15 p.m. Atoni practice
5:15,6:15 p.m, Bantam practice
6.30.7:30 p.rrt. Minor Broomball.
7:30-9 p m: Ballroom Dancing
7:30-12:30 a.m. Mens Brbornball
Note: Badminton is caneelled for tonight
but will resume on March 5,
Friday, February 2
'9:30.10:30 a.m. Fitness .is Fun.
4-6 p.tii Senior Houseleague '
5'6 p Junior Houseledgue
6-7 p.m Novice Practice '
7-8 p:m. Jr. Belle Ringette Practice
8` 9 p. til. Tween Ringette Practice
Saturday; February 28
7:30-8'30 am, North Stars vs Oilers
8:30-9:30 a.m. Ca>,nadians vs Bruins
9:30-10:30 a.m. Wllalers vs Pengu'in's
10:30 - 11:30 aril. Leafs. vs Jets
11,30.12:30 a. m: Flyers vs Flames
12:30-1:30 p.m: Mites practice
ractice
1.30 2:30 p.m. Petites Ringette Prattite.
•
Saturday cont'd
tin -2:3n Sthry flour at the IJbrary
2:30=4 p.m. Broomball
4-5 p.m. Novice practice
5-6:15 p.m. Atom Practice or game
6:15-8 p.m. Pee Wee practiee or game
Sunday_, March 1
8 a. in: to 11 p.rn. Interclub Figure skating
Corrtpetition
Monday March 2
4:30-8:30 0.111. Figute Skating.
Tuesday, March 3
5:30-5:30 p m. Pee Wee
6:30.8'•Bantam p m.teams trhliiiown
8-11 Olt Centenaires vs Exeter playoff
game no 4._ •
7:30 n. Hiil'gette Meeting, committee
7 30 p.ni: Public Meeting about a Junior
and Senior beteb41 team, upstairs hall,.
arena._ - •
Wednesday, March 4
9:30-10:M1 a.nr. Fitness is'Am
1-3 p.m Morns and Tots
1:30-4 p rn,, Senior ShufffeboSrd and
4:30-5: Bowling,
Carpet
30 p.n. Tween Ringette Practice
. 6:30-630 p tn. Atom Ringette Practice
6:16-1 :10 p.m. Centenaires Practice
8.10; p,in. Volleyball at High, School
7,:30-9' p,m, Minor Broomball
9.11:30 p.m. Ladies B Oomball