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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 11, 1987
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Posit offke seeks 'sucker'
•• The people in:Brucefield got a 'chance to
let Canada. Post know . exactly what they
think on Monday night. at a Meeting held in
- that community. The meeting concerned
the changes Canada -Post has in store for the
•
Brucefield Post Office. Two representatives
" • ' from Canada- Post were in attendance to
present their side of, the story, and to
answer questions pbeed by the villagers.
Chuck Talbot and Dave Munn were the
Canada Post representatives and informed
the gathering their aim is to Maintain. the
•• same level of service in Brucefield that has.
• been there in the past. They said they do nqt
• . want to get rid of the post office, merely to •
change the employer-employee relationship
that exists now to a business partnership
between a local business and Canada Post.
' What this means is Canada Post will be .
looking tot a businessman/woman in
,Brucefield to take over the post office
duties. He/she will sell post office materials
as a retail postal outlet and will be given .
. . commissions based on *hat is sold. There
• will be some flat fees paid for doing•things
• like handling general delivery mail.
• Mr. Talbot said this system will bring in
$250 to $300 for a successful operator each
month. While this isn't a lot, it is intended.
this system will be run in conjunction witha
business and therefore generate more traf-
fic and more. customers. Mr. ;Munn added
because this is a comrnission systerh, the
local people can help the operator of the
post office to support his/her system by tak- •
mg all their mail business there.
Actions to convert the postal system have
come because Canada Post has been given a
mandate to break even, and to attempt to
reduce the huge deficit it operates under.
Canada Post is reviewingall post officesto
• see if they are being run efficiently. Lt does
not plan to lay off any employees, but said
when a post office is 'sold, as it was in
Brucefield, or when a postmaster retires,
the office is reviewed and is then converted
to the private sector. This conversion is a
way for Canada Post to reduce its costs and
maintain its level of service. •
Canada Post revealed the Brucefield Post
Office Was costing it $13,234 to have in
operation. The actual. operating cost was
•
$23,633 with a realized profit of $10,399,
Canada Post said it also found that business
was worsening and the amount of money
• spent in 1986-87 was dawn 6 per cent from
1985-86. The cost to operate rose 13 per cent
in the same period.
But people in Brucefield have a very low
opinion of running a post office for tbe low
pay Canada Post is offering, and ar&bitter
they may be losing services they have
always had.
They don't think anyone in their village
will take on the post office for what is being
offered, and feelthey will end up travelling
to Clinton to buy stamps, get parcels, or
take care of any other mail business that re-
quires a signature. They would receive their
mail from green route boxes or super boxes.
The people of Brucefield claim Canada
.Post is "looking for a sucker" to take the
post office for them in Brucefield.
One member of the audience suggested
the post office is "not treating all Canada
the same, and aren't treating toWns and
Turn to page 5 •
County approves waste plan guidelines
Huron County -Council has given its ap- Goderich Deputy Reeve J.P. Doherty and reasonable Waste management technologies
proval to draft terms -of reference for a ;Warden Brian McBurney, Turnberry and processes, and their relevance to waste
county -wide waste management master • Township Reeve. Also on the committee are management in the county; An examination
plan.Planning and Development Director Gary of source separation as a waste manage -
At its regular November session, council Davidson, County Engineer Dennis Merrell, ment system component; Effective and
approved the draft terms of reference based Clerk -Administrator Bill Hanly, along with meaningful public and review agency con-
,
. on a reconunendatiori by its waste manage- Willard Page and J. Burnham. saltation throughout the study process;
ment steering corrunittee. Purpose of the terms of reference is to Recommendation of a preferred waste
The committee was appointed earlier this provide a guideline for consultants wishing management system which is the best alter -
year to consider the waste management to prepare a proposal to develop a master native to broad definitions set out in the En-
-problems faced by the county and -its plan aimedat-providing a -comprehensive, vironmental Assessmed Act • -
member minficipalities. Members of the, long-term waste management strategy for The terms of referende call for the waste
committee are Grey Township Reeve Leona Huron County. The guidelines define the management -master plan to address the
Armstrong; Tuckersmith Reeve Bob Bell, study goal of developing a plan which in- county's needs for a minimum period -of 20
Stephen Township Reeve T.J. Tomes, eludes: A comprehensive review of all , Turn to page 7 •
Co-operative education expands opportunities
Some expanded opportunities are
available at Seaforth District High School
this year, for students who qualify for a
"World of Work" package.
This co-operative education package will
be available to students who have been in-
volved in other courses at the basic level
and who are in their fourth or fifth year of
high school. It will begin -in February and
will constitute the entire second semester.
Students will spend one-third of the time in
the classroom learning career exploration
and planning and job related writing skills.
The remaining two-thirds of the time will be
spent in the working world, where students
will be permitted to investigate particular •
careers, including their training and skill
development.. •
Although cooperative education has been more comfortable and worthwhile learning
around for a number of years, this is the environment for students who have found
first time it has ever been tried on a full school to be quite challenging.. Students
time basis in Seaforth. Three years ago, in enrolled in this program can now get'their
an effort to stop declining enrolment, SDHS. Grade 12 diploma.
supplemented its programs by adding a "There appears to be a growing need for
basic level of learning program for students this kind of program," said Mr. Ritchie.
not necessarily interested in achieving their "What it does is motivate kids who are not
Grade 12 or 13 diploma. really academic oriented and who are hav-
"We've been in the basic education ing trouble achieving the academic credit
business for three years and we want to of- and who might otherwise drop out before
fer credits at the Grade 11 and 12 levet. Co- they achieve their Grade 12 diploma."
operative education seemed the obvious • Operated under the guise of a guidance
way to go," said Ron Ritchie, Seaforth's Co- program, the Cooperative program enables
operative Education teacher. full-tirne students to obtain up to three
Introduction of the co-operative program credits towards an Ontario Secondary
is an attempt by the school to make school a School Diploma (Grade 12) for learning ex-
periences that foster social tlevelopment,
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SETTING UP FOR TESTING - Testing of potential employees of the Seaforth Manufac-
turing Company is taking place this week at the Seaforth and District Community Ceti -
tree. While a lease between the pants manufacturing company and Genesco, who own
the property, has still not been finalized and signed; plans for the establishment of the
edriMany in Seaforth are still going forward. Here Meg Lee Sets up sewing machines to
be used in the testing of job applicants. Mcllwraith photo.
prep& ation for employment and career ex-
ploration. In order that the cooperative
•edueatiOa course is -eligible for credit, the
.out-of-school experience must be closely
related to the in -school experience and must
reflect cooperative planning between out-
side instructors and in -school staff.
For this reason the program and the
students in it; will be closed monitored by
Mr. Ritchie. He will make regular visits to
the work place and assist the training Sta-
tion supervisor with program development,
student progress and evaluation.
".`It's a very structured program. It's just
a case of us sending out kids. We develop a
program about what the kids are to learn on
the job and I monitor their progress on a
regular basis;" said Mr. Ritchie,
.The student is evaluated by employer
and the teacher cooperatively. Ari evalua-
tion forrn is completed regularly by the
eMployer, and the teacher will achninister
various tasks and assignments. The
teacher, in consultation with the employer,
is responsible for the final grade. The
employer and the teacherare encouraged to
discuss arty evaluation with the student and
to suggest improvement strategies which
poWitllenatiSsar.t the student readh mmdmurn
Obviously the prograrri capitalises on the
Willingness of the business community to
assist directly in the education of young
people.
Already seven or eight local businesses
have offered to take On students, but Mr.
Ritchie will be soliciting the help of another
seven or eight in the next week or so.
Employers are not expected to previde
financial remuneration to students, for
Work done while participating in the
Cooperative Education pre -grain. According
to Mr. Ritchie "the payment for the kids is
rine.civteheeexperience and in the credits they
"I'M really quite excited about it and
really looking fatted to it," said Mr. Rit-
chie, adding it IS anticipated that Co-
operative education will be expanded in the
next few years to encompass other groups
of students who would benefit froth ex-
posure to the world of work.
"The possibilities are unlimited."
Anyone interested in becoming involved
in the Co -Operative education program is
asked to call Ron Ritchie at the high school,
527-0380.
MOVING ON - Jim and Ellen Gould will soon be.saying good-bye to Seaforth, as they
take up residence in Park Hill. Mr. Gould, now manager of the Seaforth branch of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce,has been offered a promotion. Corbett photo..
Seaforth bank manager
moving at month's end
•
Seaforth will soon be losing two people
who have made significant contibutions to
this community over the past 13 years. Jim
and Ellen Gould will be leaving Seaforth at
the end of this month to make a new home
for themselves in Park Will.
Many people from the Seaforth area will
know Mr. Gould from the Bank of Com-
merce where he is the manager. As a bank
manager me Gould does a lot of travelling
and relocating, and this will be his tenth
Move to a different town in the fast 25 years.
But what makes Seaforth more like home to
the Gould fandly is they have spent the last
13 years here. In all the other places they
were never in one town for longer than fou'r
years.
Part of the reason for the long stay in
Seaforth is the Goulds simply wanted to re-
main and provide a stable environment in
which to raise their children.
"At one point I made it known that I
wanted to stayhere until my kids were out
°school," says .
of Gould.
And that's just the stage his kids are at
now. His daughter Terry is in her fourth
year at the University of Guelph where she
studying for her Bachelor of Science and is
majoring in Child Studies. His son John is in
Hamilton taking his first year in Law and
Security.
Seaforth has been home for Mr. Gould and
his wife for half of his banking career, but
his children grew up here for most of their
lifetimes and have a lot of friends here, so
for them it is even more a home. •
Mr. Gould's Move came as a result of a
promotion given to him by the bank, as his
superiors have provided him with a position
at a larger branch. The reason he was able
to stay so long in Seaforth is the bank was
upgraded twice while he was here, and he
was therefore promoted twice,
"It's not a case of 1 decided to pick up and
leave, I was altered a position at'a larger
branch which I took."
Mr. Gould made a contribution to the
Seaforth municipality by his 'personal in-
volvement with the Planning Board, and
with the Conunittee of Adjustment. This is
.something he has enjoyed and is going to
miss, and he hopes to get involved in similar
committees in his new home.
Mr. Gould is optimistic about his new
home and his new job and says: "It's time
for a new challenge and I'm looking forward
to it."
While he is looking forward to a new
challenge in another town, Mr. Gould says
he is not bored with Seaforth.
"I work closely with people and watch
them progress in businesses and lifestyles
and that has been rewarding, and that didn't
wear off."
Ellen Gould has been active in Seaforth as
a palliative care volunteer with the Seaforth •
Community Hospital. She has put a lot of her
time into this volunteer service and says she
is going to miss the , program when they
move.
Aside front his work for the municipality,
Mr. Gould has been a member of the Lions
Club, has been in the Thursday night bowl-
ing league, arid is "something of an avid
fishernman although not necessarily a good
one."
This Move is going to be a real pull on the
Goulds and they plan on keeping in touch
with their friends and Making a number of
trips back to Sesforth. They are net going to
•change doctors, and Mrs. Gould is not going
to change her hairdteSSer.
As for Park Hill, Mrs. Gould says the
eotintyside is beautiful, and she likes the
hills and dales. "Now if we could just take
Seaforth and move it."
Blazer damaged by deer in flight
The drivet of a Vehicle that collided with a
deer of highWay 8 Wednesday aftettrocin,
Was uninjured but the Seine Carina be said
abed the deer:
Linda M. Neeb-Vedgel of RR 1 Dublin was
eastbound on Highway 8 and about 2 miles ,
west of Seaforth when her Vehicle collided
Witir a deer toiling -from the north diteh: It
is expected the deer was frightened out of
the bush by banters. Approximately $1,500
damageresulted to.Mrs. Neeb-Vodgel's 1985
Chevrolet Maier.
° Aotordhig to regulations einifige-d last •
year the driver has the Option of keeping the
deer tams's. In this caSe the carcass was
given to the men who were hunting the deer.
To date no accidents involving deer halm
been repotted in the area, although the On-
tario Provincial Pblite say they expect
there Will be more now that deer season has
opened, and deer are Scared and easily
chased out of the bush.
Wednesday's accident Occurred at ap-
prcodmately 4:30 p.m. and Was investigated
by Constable Paul Hobbes of the Goderich
Ontario Provincial Police detaehment