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Relation there of PD day
By Shelley McPhee Heist
WINcUTAM - Teachers, bus drivers,
secretaries, custodians, adininistration
. staff, education trustees' -close to 1,000 peo-
ple in total met here on May 4 for a Profess
slope' Development (PD) Day
Huron County Board of Education direc-
tor Bob Allan called the giant meeting a
"Memorial occasion" in the history of
public education in this county.
1+ .E. Madill Secondary School Was the site
for this unique event that saw employees
and others associated with the Huron Board
taking part in a day -long session that focuss-
ed on public relations and communications,
.note..speaker Dick Dodds'•of the East
York Board of Education told the assembled
crowd, "Excellence in communication is
,. necessary to ,proclaim the excellence of
your school system."
"You have to have a good product. Dont
try to sell a poor school," he advised. "Tune
up your services before you try to sell them.
Make your first impre' ion an impressive
one.... if you can't communicate in a quality
• way, don't communicate at all."
Mr. Dodds said that public relations in the •
school system serves purposes including to
help gain and maintain as many students as
possible and to gain public -t -rust, • -
He said that a certain segment of the
population feels that public education is not
doing . its job He noted that, "parents are
shopping for education". They are examin-
ing private school, separate schools and
other learning alternatives for their
'children.
Mr'. Dodds gave examples 9f the
HORSE -SENSE BRIDGE - Ken and.Marjoree Lingelbach captured the local Senlors
*Games bridge event held at the Seaforth Legion April 29, The Lingelbachs defeated
won six games of bridge to win the title, • Blake photo.
Horse -sense .helps winners
Winners of the Senior Gaines bridge .event
. relied on 'horse -sense bridge' to win at the •
Seaforth Legion on April 29. •
Ken and Ma.rjoree•Lingelbach won after
• four hours. of playing bridge with five.other,
' couples. The .Lingelbachs played six times_
before capturing the twin. •
• The Lingelbachs played 'quick' games of
bridge which are played with 13 cards and
• the winners must obtain the highest score.
• The Lingelbachs. began playing bridge in
the . Senior games two years 'ago. Mr.
Lingelbach said he enjoysplaying the card
game because it is different. from playing
rubbers,a-type of bridge. . •
'I just play for fun, I'm not interested in
competition,' said Mr. Lingelbach. •
. . Mr:' Lingelbach said he also enjoys the
company of other bridge •players and
socializing with the people of Seaforth. He'
'said he and his wife haven't met a lot of new
people at the Senior games but they still
manage to seethe Same faces. '
Mr, Lingelbach said he bad played
snooker on April23 and said he hopes to,play
crokinole on Wednesday, May 13...
Mr. and Mrs. Lingelbach 'started playing',
bridge 36 years ago when they lived in Ayr,
a• small town near Galt. The Lingelbachs
.'owned:a jewellery business named after its
owner. K. A. Lingelbach; The couple lived in.
Ayr for 18 years.
The Linglebachs moved to Seaforth 19
years ago .•and started the Seaforth
Jewellers on Main Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Lingelbach met couples in-
terested in bridge and invited them to card
parties at their home in Seaforth: Set up at a
table in the' Lingelbachs recreation room,
the couples would play 'rubbers'. Rubbers
is a bridge game where the couple would get
100 points for one game. . His wife, Mar-
joree, worked at Seaforth Jewellers "for 35
years before -working at home.
Vanastra silo to come down
BY WILMA OKE '" '
For nearly 50 years the old farm silo at
Vanastra has been a landmark in the
hamlet. Now crumbling, it must be levelled
for safety reasons.
When the government bought the Norman
Tyndall farm south of Clinton around 1940 to.
build a communications school for the Air
. Force, the silo was the only structure not
• levelled on the farm. The farm buildings
• were all demolished to make way for the
many houses and dormitories builtto house
the hundreds•of student airmen who trained.
there during World War II. Schools, chur-
ches, a Fnspital, stores and other facilities to
serve t,._ men and their families were built.
The silo was used as a viewing station dur-
ing wartime.
Tuckermsith Township council has
granted the Ranger Engineering firm per-•
mission to demolish the silo, located adja-
` cent to the parade square and partially on
> the road allowance within Vanastra.
' OTHER BUSINESS
Tuckermsith Council has accepted the
• ' tender of DWR Drainage for the construc-
tion of .the Heylnk Drainage Works at a cost
of $10,835. There were no appeals to the
latest assessment' which reduced Harold
• Parker's by $450 gross amount and $100 to
. be added to G. Heyink's assessment and the
balance of $250 to be the outlet assessment
on a. per hecter basis,
Council has amended its dog license by-
law. Every owner of a dog in the township
must annually on or before Fevruary 28 pay
the following license fees: For one neutered
male dog or one spayed female dog (if only
one is.kept on the premises) - $10; for each
additional neutered male dog or spayed
female dog, kept to a maximum of two dogs
at any time in any one household or on any
premises - $30;. for a male or female dog, if
• only one is kept in any one household or on
any premises - $20; for each additional male
or female dog kept to a maximum of two
male or female dogs at any one time in any
one household or on any premises - $40; for
each additional neutered male or spayed
female dog exceeding two dogs, kept at any
. one time in any one household or on any one
premises - $40; for each additional male or
female dog exceeding two males or female
dogs kept at •any one time in any one
household or on any one premises - $65.
Council accepted a tile drainage applica-
tion for $3,500.
Council agreed it had no objections to the
Vanastra Ladies Slow Pitch Team applying
for a liquor licene at the Vanastra Recrea-
tion Centre for their tournament on June 26
and 27.
Council agreed it has no objections to the
severance application of Arthur Varley on
Lot 27, Concession 5, London Road Survey,
provided a condition is imposed on the deci-
sion that the severed parcel' be
amalgamated with this balance df Lot 27 ea'.
one unit.
Council has no objections to the severance
application of Emmerson Coleman, on Lot
23, Concession 2, Huron Road Survey.
Council authorized the Clerk -Treasurer
Jack McLachlan to apply to the MInistry of
Recreation and Tourism for a capital con-
servation program grant for• the Vanastra
Curling Club.
There was one dissenting vote when
Tuckersmith Council granted first priority
to the application of the Vanastra Curling
Club for the Conservation Grant for the in-
stallation of styrofoam below the brine pipes
in the curling club building, and second
priority to the application from the
Vanastra Recreation Centre for siding and
insulation on the pool building. Councillor
Rowena Wallace voted against the motion, •
while Reeve Robert Bell, Deputy Reeve
Robert Broadfoot, and councillors George
Cantelon and Dill Carnochan voted for the
motion.
Passed for payment were the following
accounts; Day Care Centre at Vanastra,
$9,709,83; special Day Care Centre 'at
Vanastra, $7,842.49; Vanastra Recreation
Centre, $14,353.74; roads, $23,044.99; and
general accounts $24,282.67 fora grand
total
PROUD OF THEIR BIKES - Kristen and Amber Halfpenny were two of a number of
youths who participated in a bike decorating contest, sponsored by the BIA'on Satur-
day. Kristen won a knapsack in the Girls Under 5 category. She tied with Rachel
Broome. Other winners included, Dean Wood, Boys Under 5; Jill Wood, Girls Under 10;
Scott Wood, Boys Under 10 and Tamar Farag, Boys Over 10, Mcllwraith photo.
Of $79,233,72.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MAY 13, 1.9.81 '• •,
Subsidy. used
marketing' techniques and newspaper
advertisements used by private schools and
other learning centres.
"I. don't knock the private and separate
schools for getting out and communicating
as much as they can. We can learn from
them," he noted.
He stressed that a marketing program
does not have to be a costly venture, but it
,should be a priority aim within the• school
:system, He further noted that the first rule
in marketing is "do a good job", and the se-
cond rule is "tell .everyone, you're doing a
good. job:"
The PD Day featured more than 50
workshops that focussed on many public
relations aims, from telephone etiquetie to
school grounds landscaping, from working•
with the mediato working with community,
services.
The day concluded with the naming of the
winners of the slogan contest for the Huron
County Board of Education. Entries were.
receiv,ed from more than 300 elementary
and secondary school students. :
Pat Martin of Goderich District Collegiate
Institute was the senior. winner with her
slogan "Blue jeans to life's dreams,"
At the intermediate level, Heather
Jackson of Huron Centennial Public School.
was the top contender with "Enlighten your
child's future," Tyler Papple, also from
Huron Centennial, won at• the junior level
with his slogan "Teaching tomorrow's skills
today."
At the primary division the top prize went
to Margaret Ann Stewart from Blyth Public
School.. Her slogan was • "Aimin. g for
perfection.
M1cKiIIop taxes to go up
SENIORS GAMES WINNERS - R J• and Gladys Doig captured the local Seniors
Games shuffleboard title May 6 at the cbrf_imunity centres. The Dolga overcame stiff
competition to win the event, Blake photo.
Dotgs overcome competition
Gladys and R.J. Wig emergedthe win-
ners May 6 after 28 seniors took to the shuf;
fleboard court to determine a local
representative for the Tri -County Senior
Ganes, to be hosted by .Seaforth in June.
The Doigs said they shouldn't have won
the shuffleboard competition because they
haven't played it much in the past two
years. They added all participants played
very Competitively.
The Doigs first became interested in shut=
Reheard about six years ago when they
played the -sport in Florida. Three years ago
they began playing shuffleboard at the Com- Mrs. • Doig is also involved, with Edna
munity Centres. Asked how they joined Bell, in the organization of the erokitfole
,the snort Mi. Doig said it was bemuse the,.................... _,...... Gaines.
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arena is dose to their home. Mr. and Mrs.
Doig live at 146 Main St., N., which is direct-
ly behind the arena.
As to other hobbies, Mr. Doig said he en-
joys listening to music; caring for flowers,
especially tulips, and playing shuffleboard.
Mrs. Doig enjoys Caring for flowers, knit-
ting and sewing.
Asked if they are involved in any other ac-
tivities the Doigs said, iia.
"We're to old to do anything else," said
Mr. Doig.
McKillop Township council announced at
its May meeting that mill rates will increase
by 4.7 per cent for public school supporters
and 6,1 per cent for separate school sup-
porters. Taxes are determined by multiply-
ing property value and mill rate.
For public school taxpayers the total Mill
rate for residence and farm increased to
270.848 from 258.437 last year. For commer-
cial and business the mill rate increased to
318.876 from 304.043 the previous year.
For separate school taxpayers the mill
rate for residence and farm increased to
275.295 from 259.477 the previous year. For
commercial and business the mill rate is
323.876 from 305,267 last year.
ACCEPT TENDER
• In other business, McKillop council ac-
cepted a tender for the construction of the
Rose branch of the Hoegy municipal drain..
The offer was accepted from Brickman
Drainage Ltd., .R R 1 Sebringville, for
$49,567. The estimated price of the construe-
tion was $55,770.
Three applications for tile -drain construe-
tion loans Obtained from the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food were accepted, totall-
ing $47,000.
McKillop township received a letter
recently from the town of Goderich inviting
the possible conglomeration of Seaforth,
Tuckeramith arid McKillop townships to use
the Holniesville landfill site.
The township of McKillop turned down the
offer because of a study by Huron County in-
to a county -wale landfill system.
LIQUOR PERMITTED
The council also granted permission to the
Winthrop Warriors, a men's slo-pitch team,
to apply for a licence to sell beer for a tour-
nament at the Winthrop ball park. The Win-
throp SIo=Pitch League is holding the tour-
nament en September 4,5 and 6.
The road superintendent voucher of
$9,942.56 was approved for payment. Carol
Axtmann was birettas gravel checker for a
proposed reeonsttiiction work for eences'
sions 10 and 11, Lots 26 to 30 in McKillop
township and sideroad 30' to 31 will also be
under construction.
A general voucher of $34,669.09 which in-
cludes wages and engineering payments for
drains was also paid. •
The Ministry of Agriculture and•Food sent
a notice to the township of McKillop saying
Thomas Kale, drain commissioner, had suc-
cessfully coMpleted a drain superintendents
course at the Conestoga Inn, Kitchener. The
program is sponsored by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food.
. The Qntario Ministry' of Transports
tion, and Comiriunieations.has confirmed
the Province willprovide up to $92,800 in
Supplementary Subsidy to be used.'for the
Engineering design of •• Ball's Bridge
across the Maitland River.
The County has entered'intoan agree-
ment,' with B.M. Ross and, Associates'
Limited of Goderich to complete the
engineering for the bridge and road con-
struction. The County is planning to start
construction in 1988 if the Ministry of .
Transportation and Communications.
provides additional subsidy money for
the project. The bridge and road con-
struction Between County ]toad-8mien the
Colborne Township Road between Lots 10
and 11 was estimated in 1985 to cost ap-
proximately $1,900,0,00.
Walk for' fun
Area senior citizens participated in a
Walk for Fun Monday, organized in con-
junction .with the local Seniors Games.
Sixteen people, including a resident of
the Seaforth Manor, entered the five and a
half kilometre walk which took them from
Victoria Park to Harpurhey. and, back
again, Mary Finlayson convened the
event.
Art Finlayson ,.and John Patterson
recorded the fastest time, completing the
walk in 59 minutes: •
• Hazel McNaughton and Helen Byers
completed the walk in the time closestto
the time they predicted.
One dollar was collected from each par-
ticipant in the walk. That money will go
towards a potluck, supper in the fall, for
• those who participated in the local Seniors
Games. .
Council formed
A Huron County Youth Council was form-
ed at a recent Youth Leaders' meeting.
• The Youth Council will be responsible for
organizing various social activities for your
people and helping with'other 4-H activities
such as' a : regional Reach for the Top
Competition. •
With the enthusiasm that was generated
at the meeting, the Huron County Youth
Council said it should be.off to an excellent
beginning. The executive is as follows:
President - Steven Beane, Vice -President -
Kim Rintoul, Secretary -Treasurer - Lana
Jones, Press Reporter - Audrey Box and
Youth Council Advisor - Barry Cleave.
The first Youth Council meeting will be
held. on May 25, 1987 at 8 p.m. at the Central
Huron Secdndary School in Clinton (Room
117). All senior members welcome.
Finalize contract
The County of Huron has finalized a con-
tract with the Government of Canada for
$90,000 to assist in job development oppor-
tunities for people with long term
unemployment problems.
The program, referred to as a S.E.D.
Project (Severely Employment Disadvan-
taged), began on May 1, 1987 and will
employ five people in a study to identify
groups of individuals in need of special
assistance in finding long term employ-
ment and identify job opportunities in con-
junction with the business community of
Huron County. '
The project is an eight month
cooperative program between the Huron
County Department of Planning and
Development and the Canada Employ
ment Centre in Huron County, Through the
study•phase, an operational project will be
developed to provide training and employ-
ment opportunities to employment disad-
vantaged groups throughout Huron County
on a long term basis.
The • project office will be located in
Seaforth and should be in full operation by
June 1, 1987.
Paving contracted
The Council for the County of Huron
has awarded contracts to ]avis Contrac-
ting Company Limited of Clinton for the
resurfacing of County Road 3 from Varna
to Bayfield, County Road 31 from Hills
Green to Varna, and County Road 8 from
Summerhill to Auburn:r
The paving of County Roads 3 and 31 is
expected to start ht late May and be com-
pleted by the end of July. Total cost of the
work on County .Roads 3 -and 31 is
estimated to be $920,000.
The paving of County Road 8 is ex-
pected to start near the end Of July and
be completed by early September and
will include paving in Auburn. The
estimated total cost of the paving is
$720,000.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the
recreation office at 527.0882 or the Expositor at 527-0240, or mail theinformation to Communi-
ty Calendar; -the Huron Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1WO well in advance df the
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