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The Huron Expositor, 1990-02-14, Page 1HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14 1990 50 cents a copy Obituaries — A5, St, Oolumban — A7 Sports— A9-Al2 Mensal) Alp Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Seaforth, Ontario McKillop considers $100K In repairs An engineer... was in attendance at the last meeting of the Mckillop Township council on Wednesday, February 7 to con- sider reports on two municipal drains. Reports were adopted by council and a Court of Revision has been scheduled for March 6, when the work on the drains will be reviewed. Work on the Kennedy Branch of the Downey Municipal Drain, which also involves a section of Hibbert Township, will cost $78,900 while repairs to the Johnson Irvine Municipal Drain will run to 439,100. NEW GRADER CONSIDERED The proposed 1990 road budget for the Township was reviewed by Council and ap- proved in the amount of $651,200. This in- cludes the estimated cost of $72,800 for repairs on the bridge at Lot 20, Concession 6-7. The department is also considering the purchase of a new grader, costing $155,000, subject to supplementary subsidy' alloca- tions from the Ministry of Transportation. McKillop will be approaching the Ministry for an additional grant to cover the cost of the machinery and the bridge repairs. At present, a roads grant of $266,590 has been approved for the township, or 62.9% of an estimated $423,409 total roads expenditure for 1990. Additional monies will be needed to cover the approved 1990 amount of $651,200. PENNIES FOR GRAVEL The Ministry of Natural Resources has informed McKillop Township that they will pay the municipality four cents for every tonne of gravel hauled out of the township to defray road deterioration costs. The payments, in' accordance with the Ag- gregate Resources Act, will see the Ministry paying out four cents per tonne to every municipality that gravel is removed from, with an additional -line -half cent+ q- ing to the County, one-half cent • gorp,g towards rehabilitation of the gravel site, and one cent being paid out to the pro- vince of Ontario. These payments will be retroactive to January 1,.1990. APPOINTMENTS McKillop Reeve Marie Telma)) has been appointed to the Central Huron Develop- ment steering committee. The committee, which includes representatives from Clin- ton, Seaforth, Blyth, Tuckersmith, Hullett and McKillop, has been established to ex- amine the feasibility of co-operative economic development in the Central Huron area in 1990. Their last meeting took place on January 11. Joe Gibson has been chosen as joint representative for Seaforth McKillop and Hullett townships to serve on the Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority Board. EXPENDITURES PASSED The Roads Superintendent's voucher for the month of January was approved in the amount of #4,201.99. Ontario Hydro informed the township that the rates' for the Walton street lights will be upped from 442L16 to $446.24 per annum, a hike, of 5.9%, effective from January 1, 1990, This fee covers all energy and maintenance costs for the lights. The Blyth District Fire Area department budget for 1990 was approved at $55,480. The budget total remains unchanged from 1989. A tile drainage loan application was ap- proved in the amount of $18,700. Payment of the general account for Mekillop for the month of January was passed in the amount of $57,170.18. BUILDING PERMITS HIKED The base building permit fee for McKillop Township has been raised from $25 to 1;.with the additional fee of $4 per $1 ,1 in building costs remaining the same. Council endorsed a resolution from the City of Stratford, petitioning the Province to implement a deposit and return system for all coloured glass recyclable items similar to the one no in place for soft drink and beer bottles All McKillop Council eeting tunes have been changed to 7 p: on the first Tues- day of the month. 9'I Far- ers, to get to insura gather wers ce. WELCOMES NEW MINISTER - After a year of searching, First Presbyterian Church in Seaforth, and St. Andrew's Church in Clinton, inducted a new minister Sunday evening in Seaforth. The Reverend James Sloan, right, is seen here with his family, son Jeffrey, wife Tamara, and sleepy daughter Rebecca. Robinet photo. , Church welcomes new minister First Presbyterian Church in Seaforth and St. Andrew's Church in Clinton have a new minister. An induction service was held Sunday night at First Presbyterian Church for the Reverend James Sloan who takes over the Seaforth-Clinton charge vacated by the Reverend William Barber in January 1989. Reverend Sloan is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982, and Knox College, where he receiv- ed his Masters of Divinity in 1986. From graduation until his call to Seaforth and Clinton, he has served the three-point Uptergrove pastoral charge in Barrie Presbytery. Prior to his call to begin studies for the ministry Mr. Sloan was employed by Union Gas and Imperial Oil in Sarnia, and then by Ontario Hydro in Douglas Point. Reverend Sloan is married, and his wife Tamara is a Registered Nurse. She is currently pursuing studies leading to a Bachelor of Nursing Science degree. They have two children, Jeffrey who is in the third year of his studies at the University of Windsor, and Rebecca, who will be four years of age in March. Since graduating, Mr. Sloan has mulch- ed his ministry by taking courses at Iona, Scotland ("the work of the Spirit in the World") and in Barrie and Orillia (pastoral visitation and hospital work). Both Reverend Sloan and his wife are avid conoeists, and have a deep interest in conservation and environmental issues. They, and their family, have recently taken up residence in Seaforth. BY MELODY FALCONER CLINTON - Approximately 80 dissatisfied farmers gathered in the Cen- tral Huron Secondary School cafeteria on January 31 to try and get some answers from experts regarding the problems with the current Hay/Pasture Crop Insurance Program. At the meeting's conclusion the farmers passed a resolution stating that the com- mittee governing the current program should work toward developing a better system by looking at implementing two programs; one for hay and a separate one for pasture. As a basis for determin- ing payouts, individual yield, production and quality should be examined. "The committee isn't at all happy with the forage program," commented Gordon Hill, chairperson of the Crop Insurance Commission. "People who have insurance and don't get a crop, get a low payout or no payout. People who have insurance and get a crop, also get a payout. How can we improve it? Perhaps by keeping an individual history on a reasonable basis, practical as far as the farmers are concerned; measuring bales, big, little etc., or maybe by separating pasture and hay into two different programs. I am quite prepared to go back to the commis- sion and suggest it. I sort of felt that there was a lot of dissatisfied farmers regarding this program and you have certainly done nothing here tonight to defer me on that." Turn to page 14 • NEVER TOO YOUNG TO CHECK - Erica Murray, 4, of RR 5 Seaforth, lets Valerie Poisson check her blood pressure during an Open House hosted by the local Heart and Stroke Foundation• at the Seaforth Community Hospital last Tuesday. February is Heart Month. Robinet photo. Heart Mor th ope A crowd of about 50 interested citizens made it out to the Heart Month presenta- tion at the Seaforth Community Hospital last Tuesday evening. Held in conjunction with Heart Month, the open house was aimed at giving members of the general public a look at some of the 'heart saving' methods in the medical field and a chance to talk with some experts about heart disease and prevention. "This has to be termed a success," remarked Nico Peters, Chairman of the Huron County Heart Fund campaign. The fund-raising drive kicked off at the begin- ning of February, and the association plans events every year to keep interest in the cause on the rise. According to Mr. Peters, this is the first year that the Heart Fund has initiated open houses at the area hospitals. "This is an excellent opportunity - a real i ands -on display," he explained, pointing gut areas of the presentation where par- icipants could have their blood -pressure house o success checked, learn basic cardio -pulmonary resuscitation steps and touch an actual pacemaker. Pamphlets and literature on proper diet and exercise for a healthy heart were also handed out to visitors. The Huron County Heart Fund, encom passing an area which includes Goderich Township, Bayfield, Stanley an Tuckersmith Townships and the town o Seaforth, has upwards of 800 volunteers ou canvassing for the cause. "Very few doors in the townships are missed," Mr. Peters notes, adding that the County's Heart Fund goal this year is $80,000. This, coincidentally, is equal to the number of deaths that occur in Canada every year as the result of coronary disease or heart attacks. Other Heart Fund open houses are planned for the County, and will take place in Wingham on the 21st, in Exeter on the 22nd and in Goderich on the 27th of February. JUNIOR CURLEH5 BEN FIT - Junior curlers at the Seaforth rocks, and thus encourage youth curling. Seen hero with their Curling Club, benefitted recently when the club was given 50 new rocks, are the Seaforth and area junior curlers. Robinet per cent funding by the province to purchase junior curling photo. Tradition of academic excellence continues at local high school First semester final reports were distributed to students at the Seaforth and District High School last week and the outstanding success of the students insured that most parents saw happy and relieved faces corning home with reports in hand. SDHS has enjoyed an enviable academic reputation virtually since it opened in 1878. Students of the past would be proud of to- day's students. Of the 312 credits tried by the Grade 9s, 303 were successfully com- pleted. Grade lOs were successful in 340 of 344 credits. The Grade Its achieved suc- cess in 232 of 244 credits, and in Grade 12, 257 of 266 credits were passed. The Grade 13/OAC students were successful on 166 of 168 credits. But pass rates alone are not the only measure of academic success. The range of works within courses demonstrate the fine achievement of many students. Jim Empringham, principal at SHDS, says he thinks the recent results are reflective of several factors. "The single most important factor in stu- dent success is attendance. Our attendance record at SDHS rivals any in the province. Skipping is almost non-existent and full day absences are usually three to five per cent," he said, adding that most full day absences could be attributed to illness and medical appointments. "I believe our attendance is good because .students find our school a 4 reasonably pleasant place to be, because our students want to be successful and because we have an effective system for attendance management," he said. He quoted motivation of the student as the second important factor in student suc- cess at SDHS, and said students are generally self -motivated which leads to their success and feeds this motivation. A third important factor, he said, is the quality of instruction received. "I firmly believe that classroom strategies and environment are at least as important as the academic material taught. As a staff it is a goal to create an invitational learning environment in our classes. We are human and occasionally miss the mark, but in most situations are successful in achieving our goal," he said. A fourth important factor is the support parents give to their children. Student who are encouraged to have a schedule for school work and whose succcesses are con. gratulated are more motivated to succeed. "The support we see for our students by their parents is exceptional," said Mr. Empringham. "All of these factors are obviously inter- related. Excellence would be difficult to achieve without them." It seems the SDHS tradition is in good hands as the school enters the 90s and heads towards the 21st century.