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whether you like it' pr not, And right here in Seaforth
means it has day to day, we Nta an all candidates'
down to earth influence On us- Meeting Where ratepayers
,
all,
preSent and would-be
1 mean, lookWe ittad cojilell and PUC members.
Jinainy Carter and Ronald The big political issue here,
Reagan' dedding;the fate of • believe it ors no4-appeared t�
the Western VVorld (by be 'Parking meterS.
•-tictension that mean us) on IT'S YOUR FUTURE
one channel. On • other SO, on three fronts, while
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you vvatehed the latest sitcpm
re -run or,went to bed, bliss..
Ily. unaware, politicians
were deciding Your future.
Poltie Is. .like that.
Political decisions sneak up
on yOu, and before you know• .
it, are enshrined in laws that
you, Joe Good -Citizen, must
.obey.
• Optimists to hold patty
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invited to a'liallowezen Porky, which will be Also, children who don't have a ride home
held long before the witelthig heur at.!the toSeaforthlHimo'ndville or Harpurhey after
Seaforth Optimist Park on Friday. • the party also needn't be concerned. If
On Halloween night, the party will start at parents aren't able to pick up their children,
the park at 7 p.m. with contests, judging.for foe Seaforth Optimist Club will see that the
the best costumes, and snacks of hot dogs, children get home safely,
and pep. • • • In case bad weather interferes with the
'Mr* Tfie partygoers will parade to the best laid plans of club metabers, then the
Seaforth Arena in their costumes, and free Halloween party will start at the arena at 8
skating has been provided from 8:45 to 10 p.m.
pm. Children brining their skates with The party and parade will be supervised
them te.the party don't have to worry about by the Optimist CIO and should guarantee a
carrying them in the parade - skates will be safe Halloween for area children.
Taxpayers knock meters
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department and added that because of the
workers' efficiency," the taxpayers' money
has heed well spent."
PREPARED STATMENT ,
Councillor Robert Dinsmore, chairman of
the protectien to persons, and •property
cominittee, was unable to attend the
meeting because Of a previous commi tment.
He left a prepared statement on the
impending investigation of the town's police
by the Ontario Police Commission (OPC),
, which. was read by councillor Irwin
Johnston. 10 it, Mr. Dinsmore said the press
and others had jumped to conclusions _about
the intent. of council's request for the
investigation. He explaioed members of
council were concerned that some matters
concerning the structure and administration
of the department may be preventing it from
operating at 100 per cent efficiency. His'
statement said the committee and the
council were not lookinirto place blame
through the investigation but for ways to
improve efficiency. He concluded the OPC
recommendations would be made public "as
soon as it is practical."
AN EXCELLENT YEAR
The longest report of the evening was
given by Bill Bennett, chairman of the arena
committee. Mr. Bennett, who has been
acclaimed as depuOr reeve on the incoming
council. said 1980 had been an excellent
year for the arena. tic told the
audience ice at the facility ikas installed for
public skating on Sept. 27, 'perhaps the
earliest we've had the ice in 25 years. "
Mr. Bennett said several local groups had
been approached to assist in the purchase of
new chairs, and that their response was
favourable. Relations with neighboring
townships. he said. were good and they
were sharing the arena's deficit. in summing
up, he said: "We're trying to get the kids
involved. and get them off of the streets.".
William Dale. who has been acclaimed
reeve of the new council. reported for the
finance and general government committee.
Noting the crowded roo'rn. he
explained consideration was being given to
enlarging the couricil chambers by removing
the rear wall. "Last year we ended up with a
surplus," he concluded. 'It's very dangerous
to estimate, but it looks like we will have as
decent surplus again this year if we don't
have bad luck."
• Later, Henry Mere gave the report tlif What
he referred toaso.o" often forgotten" re-
creation committee. He said the farmer's
market, because of its success, will be
repeated next year and noted the. Nielsen
Field Classic had attracted top calibre
_athletes frbm across Canada. and the United
States. He added that' recently he had been
showing .many new people ground Seaforth
(Mr. Mer o is a -local real estate agent) and
"They were fascinated 4. the recreation
facilities -available -in. -a town uf this -size."
Gord Pullman, chairman of the Public
Utilities Commission (PUC) reported he was
pleased to see the new well installed, that
the water tank was in good shape and noted
sevecal other new projects that had been
undertaken iricluding the installation of new
lights in town and at the Industrial Park.
• NOT IRREGULAII
Mr. Pullman also challenged suggestions
by the press that the commission held their -
'meetings irregularly, saying meetins were
held every second Wednesday and any
changes, because mem bers of the
committee were unable to attend, were
clarified by PUC manager Tom Philips.
"None of us has been missing our duty,"
Mr. Pullman concluded.
Doug Fryett, Who is seeking re-election to
the commission, said he felt' the utility
department had kept increases under
control, and added he felt he had much to
contribute because of his educational
background.
PUC chairman Gord Pullman said he was
running again because he enjoyed what he
was doing. He said co-operation with
council. unlike in previous years. had been
"great" over the past two years. "I like to
pinch pennies,'" he said. " !think that's the
way a utility has to be run."
Charles Reeves, who worked for the PUC
for 30 years before retiremeht, told the
audi ence that becaus,e of his experience
with the utility, "I think I know something
about it."
Another challenger for a PUC Scat is Jim
Sills. He noted that he had always been
interested in the post, and with a
background as an electrician. he would have
something to offer.
The next candidates to speak were those
vying for the six, open scats on Seaforth
council. Newcomer Gary Boyle spoke first,
noting he had always been active and that "1
spent most of my life complaining. lt,s time I
did something about it." ,
Dave Devries. another newcomer, said he
was running because he would like to do his
part. "1 have no particular beefs with
council," he said. "There are a few projects
started that 1 would like to see completed." , s
Mr. Devries Added the OPC investigation
was an issue he would like to see through.
Please turn to page 14
44C rind that bask issueS
eentintle fret') that •day to
thiOs'ifeie are a few sampte
questionS„ I 11 print 'the'ratngs at the.end t but try to
restrain yourself •front
I was in Boston earlier *his, cheating - (yes, I know,
fall, the city that prides itself •another political decision,),
as the crakile of American .For the following
independence, the'ss„,,place statement, give yourself
threes pOiots' if you Strongly
disagree, WO ifloo disagree
somewhat, one if you agree
soniewhat and ,zero if you
strengly agree: •
1. Greed for riches is •the
primary cause of, petitical
corruption, •
2. We need more constables
to maintain order and•pretect
property. •
3. Clothing irriporled from
London is worth the higher
cost. ,
Quiz. The Quiz is designed 4. A crowd of marching men
as a "stititle-teit-to--artalyze----is-crtlueu peace:- ---
your political inclinations" 5. You can ;tell the true
and answer the question, had worth of a man better by who
you been around to face the his family is than by his
burning issues in colonial , wOrk.
1770 America, which side —
DEAD HISTORY
We tend to think of 1 0 day
would you be on?
political events of 200 •years
ago as dead history, with no
relevance to the way we five
new. I liked this little quiz
because it reminded me that
way back then little people
like me were sitting down,
pondering and deciding how
they watned to be governed.
If we're careful that process
will continue and it's a good
feeling to see a connection
from those men 200 years
ago to , making poltiical
choices now.
The quiz -too ' is terrific
evidence that politics aren't
•
where American patriots met
and said enough of this
taxation without
representation, and bye-bye
to British rule.
And on -the replica ship at
the site of the 1773 blostoa
Tea Party (Um lorry I can't
tell this story with Canadian -
history, but we haven't
developed ours to American
proportions) 1 got a copy of
something called Patriot or
Loyalist? A revolutionary
• There lire just 10 days left
to subscribe to The Huron
Expositor before the price
, increase. If you subscribe
before Saturday, November
8, you can save $2 a year,
and up to $4.80 off the new
newsstand price.
We'll accept any number
of years at 'the old $14 a
year price, for either new or
renewal subscriptions.
Senior citizens' subscriptions
will also be accepted at the
old price. ;$j,3.,
After Saturday, November
4. A representative should
econnSider his own views
before those of his eonstitu-
ts,-
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and find out here you
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Correction
The name of the owner of
A.H TV and Audio was
spelled incorrectly in last
week's Expostior. Harry
Berg is •the owner. - We
apologize for the error.,
Cardno Hall to be designated
It looks like the exterior of Seaforth's
Cardno Block, well known as a fine example
of.Ontario downtown architecture, will be
preserved in its present form.
Council agreed Wednesday night to
consider designating the building-- for
architectural and historical importance at its
November meeting,
The original five store block. and large
second floor concert hall was built in 1877 by '
Alexander Cardno. •
Ken Cardno, great-grandson of the
builder. said ttie family wants to stop
deterioration of the building . and 'may
possibly do some testoration work.
Seaforth's Local Architectural Conservation
Advisory Committee (LACAC) which re- ,
commended the designation. Mr. Cardno
said. is investigaiing the availibility ol
heritage grants to belp the preservation.
For about 80 years Cardno's Hall was the
site of hundreds of local talent and touring
group performances. Its accoustics are said
to be still excellent.
SETTING THE PACE—Mark Underwood placed sixth among more than
100 senior boys runners as he compted at the WOSSA cross country
meet in London last Friday. The first five finishers qualified for the
provincial meet, scheduled for -Saturday On the same course at the
London Ski Club. More photos inside-. , (Photo by Ellis)
HPRCSS board changes police policy
BY ALICE GIBB
Huron Perth Romao Catholic Separate
School Board trustees _altered their board's
policy Monday eight to allow police officers
to interview students without their parent's
consent in -the case of an emergency.
In the past, the board's policy has been to
allow police officers to interview students in
the presence of the principal or a teacher
appointed by the principal in the course of an
investigation. if the police officers have first
reCeived verbal or written consent from the
student's parent or guardian. ,
The officers visiting the school are
preferabl y to be attired in plain clothes and
to have arranged the visit beforehand %oh
the principal by phone.
Patrick King, chief of the Goderich OPP
detachment and the Sebringville OPP both
wrote to the board expressing concern that if
a child were molested or a student was
missing, they would want to be able to get
into the school to question other students
vety quickly.
Also. the Sehringville OPP letter ,point
out. 1n certain cases such as child abuse.
incest or other parent -related crimes. any
kind of parental consent would be out of the
question. -
Under the previous _policy. the last line
stated when a child was being questioned
privately by an officer in the presence of a
parent or tcacher.."The parent (guardian)
may be present if so desired."
Trustee Vincent_ Young pointed out that
wording was misleading and sounded as ff
thc. parent was invited at the principal's
request. He suggested an amendment to
read the parent or guardian may be present
if he or she so desires." Trustees approyed
the amendment.
EXTREME URGENCY
Parental consent still wouldn't be required
in the case of extreme importance or
urgency. Director of education Bill Eckert
said in that case. "the police officer would
have to state it was a case of utmost urgency
and the principal' would have to concur
before the officer talks to the child._"
Trustees also debated the board's policy
in inviting newly -elected trustees to board
meetings before the new trustees offici al Is
take office.
The new tritgfees will be invited to all
remaining board meetings before their term
of office starts..
The debate Monday night anion present
trustees was whether the newly -elected
You call this democracy?
The writer of the letter to the editor
seemed to sum up the confusion about the
whole constitutional debate.
She was disappointed. as were thousand
of others in the province she said. that
premier Davis chose to support Prime
Minister Trudeau on constitutional reform.
Her confusion showed when she said that
the constitution shouldn't be dominated
by any one political party". Yet she was
just complaining because a Conservative
Premier had supported a tiberal Prime
Minister. She then said a Trudeau was a
dictator for his actions in bringing home
the constitution and said the constitution
shou id only b e ammended by a free vote
in the house and by a referendum. Yet it's
the referendum possibility that is the
biggest sticking point in the oppositio'n to
the proPosed constitutional changes.
1 think we're all pretty confused these
days about our whole political sySteni. It
seems ,not only the constitution but the
whole political jargon about democracy
needs reworking.
How about the issue of citizen's rights.
For years people in the media and
politicians have been complaining that we
need more guarantees of civil rights. The
American system of rights has ofter been
herd up as an example we should emulate.
The main target of peole seeking guaran-
tees of rights has often been the man who
Who says?
Behind the scenes
by Keith Roulston
is now Prime Minister. He has been
portrayed as a Machiavellian dictator °
scheming to take away everyone's indivi-
dual rights. So now when this same man
wants to write .individual rights into the
constitution as the Americans have sud-
denly many are saying it is a dangerous
action. hs turning us into a republicthey
say. It's taking our protection away from
the legislators who we elect and putting it
in the hands of judges over whom we have
no moo-cll.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
So where were these people in the last
decade when others were arguing the
needs to guarantee. rights? And where are
the civil rights people who argued -the need
for these changes now that the changes are
being proposed?
All the fuss about polls can be a bit
bewildering too. Both the federal and
provincial governments have been under
tire over taking polis to see how people feel
about situations. Now one thing I can agree
with the critics on is that governments
should notbeable fo fake public money to
- have polls taken then keep the results
secret. That seems to be using our rnoney
t, to give the party in power an advantage
over the opposition parties.
But when people. the press in particular
complain about the growing dependeme
on polls by politicians I can't get N;oriced up
too much. It seems to me that the pollsters
are just doing w hat goad politicians ha % r
always done, Your local politician out
kissing babies and shaking hands as
always been conducting unofficial polls as
he strolls through crowds. It used to he
called keeping his ear to the ground. or
keeping ifl touch with the grass roots as a
politician chatted to people and listened to
their problems at the local fall fair or grand
opening of this or that public building
Now what does the politician 'do with
this information once he's got it from either
Phis own research or some official poll' Well
if he gr es with public opinion and changes
his policies he is often called WiShN ash%
and • with out principles ready to do
anything to get elected. If he ignores public
opinion and sticks to his principles he is.
men labelled arrogant for not listening..to
the wishes of the people.
DISCIPLINE
And how about, the matter of party
discipline? I listened to a cabinet minister
from another province the other night talk.
about how on order to get a sootroyersial
hill thriiiiigb the legislature the pant had to
apply "the %fop" to bring backbenchers
Mto line 1 asked neyself. s the; democra
cy? Just het ause You itappen to belong to a
political party do sou have to throw away
von ossn principles? Parties that haye good
discipline. like the liberals in Ottaw a fartd
the Tories in Ontario) are often ridiculed in
the press as being machines. being not
'quite human Yet the parties that tend to
have'revolts in the ranks. where the batk
benchers refuse to bend their principIes for
the sake of the parts - (such as the federal'
(Tories and the proyincial liberals- are
ridiculed the other '.;a' the press fLor
bring fractious and ineffective. This is
democracy?
And then there is the whole Maffei of
referendums and 'the controversy that
surrounds them. Now I'm the first to admit
that pure democracy is not always best.
Whentlie majority can do whateYer t
wants we can often get had government. in
effect mot) 'rule.
But this paranoia politicians haye about
referendums seems a little strange to me
Referendums. tolisten to many politiciars
are a danger to democracy . How horrible to
actually let people make decisions People.
after all. don't really know enough to
govern themselves1
So pardon the confusion about lust cc hat
democracy is in 'Canada in 1980.
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board members should he allowed to sit in
an. the committee-of•the.w hole or private
sessions before taking Office.
Chairman ilonald Marcy said he under.
stood the intention of the -policy was to
include the gess trusters in comMittee-rif.
the•whole sessions
Trustee Vincent Young disagreed and said
hr didn't feel they had the right to sit in on
the in -camera session "We are sworn in our
first meeting to keep confidential what goes
an at comrnittee-olthe•w hole (sessions)
Bill Kmahan potnted out any member of
the general public can sot in on the general
part of the meeting He added. :• anyone can
mine to the general meeting no one has
ever taken me up on it rthat invitattonJ
though '•
John 0 Drow sick sae1 when the policy was
drawn up. he was certain the intent was for
new trustees to sof in on all the meeting.
including committeeof-the- hole. ,
He added later in the meeting surely the
lxiard Mit d irJos arc to the new trustees that
mnfidential information was being discuss•
in the closed session of the hoard. He told
the other trustees in two or three weeks.
newly•eleteoel -inisteet would he making
decision.e/on information they weren't
allowed to hear comenutee-of-the-whole.
Truster. IY•na:lart said .when he came on
the hoard be salt as a trustee for six months.
before rt•A;x know mg what was going on
Fight triisiees were in favour of new
truster s beiee 'react -I (ink to the open part
of the rneeengs three were opposed
SPEECH PATHOLOGIST •
Board =err -hers 'approved the horong of
Rosemary .1,cy,e Roonei, nf Lucan as a
speesh ceeist Miss Rooney. a graduate
of sommurotatiye languages faculty at
Western "'"n assessing sPeech
problems it tO,ar tNe kindergarten population
m the schools
Trustees also approved a motion increas-
mg their mileage allowance to 25 cents per
mile or in 2 fris per kilometre. the same
fee paid to hoard staff members The new
rate will be effectiye retroactively to Sept. 1,
1980. •
Trustee Vinsent Young said. "1 thmk it
costs 111161 as mut b to drive tt car as it does
anyof our staff •
Trieste(' B11; Kmahan rais his c•oncerns
about letters which appeared tn lbe Catholic
•Reg‘ter expressing doubts about the lack of
moral tone in the Family Life curriculum
taught in Catholic schools.
He said he was bothered that people like
Father Durand "aren't 100 percent behind
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John McCauley. superintendent of educe -
non. assured trustees the curriculum
introduced to jointer students this fall was
carefully drawn up by parents. teachers.
members of the administratton with the
assistance of Father Loebech of St. Mary's
Church. Crodench He said this same process
tfidn't take place in the development of some
other board's curriculums.
Board tsuc chairman Ronald Ildiirray
-asked Trustee Kinahan "Who the ...does he
want us to have. the Pope'" when it came to
curriculum deyelooment.
Trustee Trd Geoffrey asked, Is there s
great depth of discussion on moral values
in the curriculum
Mr. McCauley replied there ts a great deal
limit onto curnculum on -moral. Christian.
Catholic yalues "
- A TEAM -REPORT
Mr Fekert told trustees the curriculum is
"Very much a teani effort." and has been
done with the co-operation of priests who
kelp teachers with the program.
Tim McDonnell. and t-wo other trustees
vet to be appointed. will he attending a
Trustee Professional Development Day
being held m Taranto on Nov. 29. The theme
of the day is "Toclay•s Catholic Trustee and
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ayin Othet.eoChbeurrc3110...• the board's
schools will he closed fora professional
develssprnent • day for teachers tin the
_mathematics program. The program will be
held at St Alivysius School. Stratford.
On Friday. Nov. 28. board members and
their wives will hold a dinner •th honour
retiring trustees. in Stratford. The retiring
trustees are Michael Connolly of Kippen.
John 0•Drowsky of St. Mary s. Mickey
Vere. formerly of Stratford and now of
Clinton and David O'Reilly of Stratford.
Two of four new trustees actlaimed-to the
board - Lorraine Devereaux of Seaforth and
Jannette Eybergen of Stratford, are women.
This is the first time women trustees have
served on the separate school board.
15 days left for teachers
The fact finder's report on negotiations
between the Huron County board of educa-
tion and its teaehers has been submitted.to
the Education Relations Commission by its
author, Malcolm Stockton.
Mr. Stockton was originally appointed by
the commission
According to legislation enacted in 1975.
the teacher's and trustees.have 15 days to
continue their negotiations on the basis of
the report. if both sides agree, and the
Commission approves, and additional five
days of talks can be allowed.
If after the time deadline an agreement is
not reached, the fact finder's report will be
made public.
Peter Grysell of the Huron board office
said the fact finder's report _isn't scheduled
to be released or made public until at least
Nov. 10. Then if the teachers request a
further delay, it might not be made public
until Nov. 17.
Mr. Grysell said the board and teachers
are meeting again next week and will
hopefully have a few more Meetings before
the Nov. 10 date. /
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