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The Huron Expositor, 1980-11-06, Page 3A C tUr.".0„ UP FOR' f1 -1E —HORROR HOUSE—These creatures couldn't stop long enough to reveal their true indentities, since they were on their way to the Seaforth Public School horror house on Friday afternoon, but they're all primary students at the school. Can you guess, ---wholurks-tiehind those masks? (Photo -by -G ibb)-- "Next .municipal electien wj hope every sinl one. a OM gets in , by ac- • clainetionl.". That heresy was heard a let around this newspaper office at the first of the week as we struggled to get the views of, candidates for various offices in six or seven separate places to the paper and out to you, the reader and'voter. We hope the views we've printed, as the candidates expressed them on questionnaires, are of interest to you. 'Cause they sure were a heck of a toed work for tia.. . .mostly for news editor Alice Gibb and reporter Herb Shoveller. Back early in October it sounded easy. We ask each area two general and one specific, questions. As soon as nominations close we get names and addresses and THE HYEQN EXPOSIT914, Novgmogn,j, 1980• fire then't tiff in ,the mail, giving eandidates a we to get theinswere back. Then the fun begins. Cells indicate that some people failed to get a questionnaire. We double check. A steady stream of hopefuls come* in to get photoseakeneas we'd asked. A number ,of organized, efficient people get their questionnaires in ahead of deadline. Some /phone calls later, more than •, half the candidates heard from, the election stories get typed up and then typeset for the paper.' Photos are coming down from the dark room at an -alarming rate and I; who don't reaegnize too many, panic at the thought that I'll get them all mixed up when 1 --tar-d-ut pages. 1 mean, the reeveof Goderich's photo over the councillor from Zurich's story could . be You're invited The regular monthly meeting of the Seaforth Hospital Auxiliary will be held in the Board Room of the Hospital, 8 p.m, on November 11. Everyone welcome. Seaforth Horticultural Society cordially invites the public to attend its annual meeting on Wednesday, November 12, 1980 at 8:00 p.m in Seaforth Public School auditorium. The yearly the new executive will be followed by films pertaining to horticulture„ The November meeting of Seaforth W.I. wilLbe held at the home ofMrs: R.. Doig on Tuesday, November I Ith at 8:1S p.m. Roll Call will be "Name your favourite month of the year and tell "why". County Rally and area convention reports will be given. Lunch convenors are Mrs. J. McGregor, Mrs. Christie Turnbull, and Mrs. reports_ancL introduction of Kids take stores' $ --13 of E "A Huron County Board of Education trustee has charged that student councils actively in- volved in soliciting are taking dollars away from businessmen who pay taxes to support the education system. Herb - Turkheim, trustee for the township of tHay..and the villages of Zurich and Hensall, told the hoard Monday that student council fund- raising efforts are often taking business from the community. "South Huron Secon- dary School students are soliciting orders for grapefruits and oriznges and I just can't go along with it," he said. "They are taking money away from the businessman who pays taxes to support education." Turkheim said one of the students Indicated the council could realize a $5,000 profit from the sale of grapefruit and oranges which, he said, was competition. "The business shquld go to the food stores and it is wrong to let students compete with them," he claimed. "They are taking a 'lot of business away from the local businessman and that can hurt the stores." Goderich and Colborne Township trustee, Shirley Hazlitt, asked what the difference was in selling fruit. candy or chocolate bars. "It pat isn't fair," Turkheim retorted. "They are paying for the students through taxes Perth trustee says board Faces complaints Ed Dearing. the trustee who represents Hibbert Township on the Perth County Board of Education, aid trustees face three recurring complaints from ratepayers. Mr. Dearing. acclaimed as trustee, was speaking at the Hibbert Township rate- payers' meeting in Staffa Tuesday night. The complaints are the high casts of education in Perth. criticism of busing arrangements for students and complaints about certain teachers and administrators. The trustee told ratepayers he couldn't promise any reflief from high education costs since inflation and in- creased demands by teachers' unions will keep costs high. He said he thinks the Perth board is providing pretty good trnasportation to students now. Also, he added. union pressure will mean settlements for still higher salaries for staff in the future. Mr. Dearing said he didn't want to sound too pessimistic. The trustee said the board had added a new technical wing to a Stratford secondary school and is placing greater emphasis on the primary and junior curriculums in county elementary schools. Mr. Dearing said trustees must fight "to keep the public control of education' in the county. He told rate- payers "educational freedom must be left in the hands of the people'' despite lobbying from various pressure gropus both within govenrrnent and the adnsinsitration. He said it is up to trustees on the board to find a ' "realistic balance" between the public which demands more financial restraint and the for -es which interfere with restraint. He said declining enrolment will continue to be a problem in Perth, adding trustees must remember there's a con- tinuing need for varied and interesting programs for students despite the deelining enrolment. Other problems facing the board are the lower levels of grant support from the provincial government and increased salary • contract demands by staff. including demands for lighter workloads Expositor asks: Continued from page 2 In fact. one of the reasons I did this anniversary column is because. lately. I've been having trouble getting people to answer the questions and this week was especially rough going. though the question seemed simple enough. The question was. "Do you plan to attend the ratepayers meeting in Seaforth town hall tonight? (Tuesday). Only one person would let me use her nestle in connectionwith the answer and that was Pat Baker who said that she was not going but would be interested in teadini about it in the pap-ernelepending on What it was about. I even had Expositor staffers giving me names of people they thought would be • likely co-operative in answering the question but things didn't turn out that way. Though a lot of these people were quite friendly about it; they just didn't want their names with theit answers in the paper. WHERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE? My editor assures me that this is a popular oellemn and people love to read it. But, where are those people when I need them to answer the questions? If the truth be known though, my own mother wouldn't let me use her name if I enquired abut an Expositor Asks question. Fortunately for both of us. she lives in Milverton. out or the Expositor's average area. Expositor Asks is a question of who dreads iyhat more -me calling the people or the people dreading that fm going to call them. I can almost hear the surprise and fear in their voices as I explain what I'm calling about. In last year's anniversary column. I was optimistic. Things seemed to be getting better and people seemed to be co -operat- ing -Unfortunately. the trend seems to be reversing as lately once again I've had people hanging up and quite a few flat refusals to answer the question. love coming to 'Seafiirth' on Tuesday morning to do my work. but after lunch Fte just as soon not come back, knowing what lies ahead*Expositor Asks in the afternoon. It can get pretty discouraging --sort of like asking to have your teeth kicked io every week. Won't somebody out there please take pity on this poor reporter and let us know you wouldn't mind being called for an Expositor Asks question? Or atleast show is whetheror not you're really interested in flay ing this column continue? and then they get com- petition from the students." Director of Education, John Cochrane, said the board policy dictates that students must give fair value for money received. And in that respect, he said, the sale of grapefruits and oranges is legal. Hazlitt told trustees that curtailing student involvement in fund- raising ventures was not the answer. "We want diem to have initiative but we keep eliminating things for them to do. What's left?" Turkheim said that distributors talk student councils into the proposition and take the money out of the com- munity. He introduced a motion to review the policy of selling but it was defeated by a narrow m argin Board vice-chairman, John Henderson, said that vending machines fall into the same cate ory. Something to say by Susan White enough to throw an eleetien. Since the deadline was last Wednesday, we assume it'll be safe to feature the candidate's vieyas in our second eection, being put together the following Monday. We are v'vrong. As I'm laYing out election pages, Alice is making third and fourth attempts to get hold, of some 'of those on her master list. Other candidates are getting their photos taken as completed pages are going to the dark room. It's a mad house and it's then that heart -felt -wishes -for---- acclatnations-ell round are heard from -every depart- ment. For these special -election round -ups put pressure on everyone from the darkroom people to the typesetters and proofreaders. When we have time, we worry that readers won't be s Day lin jail result of party here Paul P. Ranger, 21, formerly of Toronto, was sentenced to a day in jail when he appeared in provincial court in Goderich Monday after flyingin. from Western Canada to, plead guilty to a charge of possessing a dangerous weapon in Seaforth last summer. . Charges of assault causing bodily harm against Mr. Ranger_ -and - -Toronta residents Frank Studney, 21, and John H.F. Brown, 22, were withdrawn, Huron County Crown Attorney Garry Hunter said Tuesday. Also dropped were dangerous weapons charges against Studney and Brown. The charges followed a fight in mid-July at a party of about 40 young people on Coleman Street in Seaforth. able to understand the stories at all, (Here's„ 4 !ht) read; the aectiOn headlined "The questiorts;" before you read what the • candkrares have to say. It'll. make more sense that way.)f I guess, if the stories help you tis understand the issues and the stands of your area's candidates, the effort was worth R. But we beg your indulgence of any small errors you may find. Every - One here tried their darndest to eliminate them, but as we sai Tuesday night ,aeveral hours after the FAKISitor's copy deitilline vOen election stuff was still trickling in, it's amazing the stories. 10* as .golod AS they do; A big thanks to all the staff here for the .04tra work involved, and te the candidates who got their material in And after two years toavst up, we may even change our minds about wanting blanket acclamations. • Maybe. DAMAGED WINDSHIELDS—Seaforth police are continuing their investigation of an incident three weeks ago in which several vehicle windshields in Seaforth and Egmondville were shot with a .22 gun. Five of the shootings occurred at McLaughlin Chev-Olcis white in Egmondville . the damage was to our private vehicles. (Photo by Shoveller) - < Huron supports market value assessment BY SHARON DIETZ Huron County Council passed a motion at its October 30 meeting supporting the implementation of province - wide market value assess- ments. The motion support - c' a policy statement on SAMPLING THE BIRTHDAY CAKE—Luke MacMillan and tabatha Sinnamon sample the birthday cake served.Sunday in honour of the 200th anniversary of Sunday School classes in the Presbyterian faith. The birthday party was held at First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth (Photo by Ellis) Perth could save by charging more BY COLLEEN MALONEY The Perth County Board of Education could save appibximately $56.000 if it ihereased tuition fees for students from outside of the county taking "high cost" programs in Perth, said a report to Board members by J.L. Anderson. Superinten- dent of Business and Finance A high-cost program is one that includes technological studie:s that qualify in .a school year for three or more credits toward the Secondary School Graduation Diploma. The Perth County Board of Education is currently charg- ing beards from Oxford. Wellington, Huron and • Middlesex counties on the `basis -fif the average cost of operating secondary schools. This does not adequately reimburse the Board for the cost of providing techniol education to non resident pupils, said the report. , Currently the board is being billed 1.4 times the standard fee for the Perth students taking high-cost programs in London • and Seaforth. There are 12 stu- dents in total. As of June 57 students from outside the county were involved in high-cost pro- grams in Perth. Huron Countywhich pro- vides the largest number of students registered in high- cost programs. 30 in total. is charging Perth a.40 per cent premium for the courses. Andel -son was authorized by the Board to approach the counties involved about reaching an agreement for increased tuition fees for students in high-cost pro- grams. market value assessment from the institute of Municipal Assessors of Ontario. Clerk -treasurer Bill Hanly explained to members of county council that the real reason for moving toward market value assessment across the province is to este ish a base for property assess'lnerrrs. tinder the pre- sent system. the assessment has no relation to the value of the property, said Hanly, and it is difficult to understand. The assessment of one property has no relation to' the assessment re another under the present factors and it is difficult to understand how the assessment is de- rived. Market value assess- ment. however., is easier to understand for most people and the assessment would have some relation to the value of tbe property. Mr. Hanly remarked that he doubts market value assessment will be established in the province while there is a minority provincial government. Market value assessment is a poltitical hot potato because while some assessments will come down many assessmentsI particularly on older homes in the city and on farrnsiwill increase if the move is made to market value assessment. --Mtirris reeve Bill Elston commented that he wonders how foreign absentee Interests which' are purchasing county farmland for exorbitant prices. will affect the assessment of farmland in the county if market value is established as the basis for assessment. Won't these prices distort the. assessment? asked Reeve Elston. While he believes market value assessment is the best meth. • od. Mr. Elston thinks the factor of these purchases will affect the assessment of the 100 acre farm where a farmer is trying to make a living. Over 80 questionib ,Hb ert Continued from page I Reeve McPhail said Hibbert Township and the area was ripe for some commis. He said council studied bylaws around the province and were told by counties like Waterloo. "don't let your municipality get in a mess like ours." He added if some controls weren't introduced now. "it would be poor planning fot the generations to come." 'The reeve admitted council had made some mistakes. A few years ago. council passed a regulation asking that hog barns be built 500 feet from the road. Now council has modified this to 2.50 feet from the road. Gary Van Loon. a pork reducer. asked council what discifssion there was with ratepayers before approsing bylaws and ehether it wouldn't be a good idea to have the discussion before regulations were passed. Clerk Charles Friend -explained with the liquid manure tank bylaw. circulates] to ratepayersthey can appeal the regulations before council. If council isn't successful in ehminating their appealsthen the ratepay ers can take complaints to an Ontario Municipal Board hearing_ Incoming , reeve Swart defended the bslaesaying is toile the closed tanks may he an extra cosil think. vou will get more value for Your manure " Fie said nitrogen is lost from manure with open tanks. ' Hugh Score a Crorriarty area farmer. asked whether it vi as true excess Tile Drainage Program funds for Hibbert were returned to the province. He also said he felt Hibbert Township "has been rather stow in applying for some of these (government) programs" mention - mg the Tile Drainage Program and Ontario Home Owners Renewal Plan in particular. Mr. Scott said he felt he was being denied access to programs which his tax dollar was paying for. NOT SENT BACK Clerk Charles Friend said funds weren't sent back under the Tile Drainage Program. He said last yearthe township was given \80.000 for loans,. then applied and were granted an additional 540.000 and later was awarded another 545.000 from the Ontario Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Mr Friend said in 1980. the township was given 591,000 for the tile drainage program. but council has applications for about jr:-.11.7.3:5;-4C3k,rPZ; 52e0.000 in loans Loans are granted in ttie order applications are made. Reeve McPhail. responding to Mr. Scott's second point. admitted council has been from time to time a little regressive in taking advantage of new programs. He pointed out that 1 Hibbert however, was the third municipality in Perth County. following Fullerton and Mornington townships. to come under the Home Renewal Program. He said council hesitated about going into the pmgram due to its tough guidelines. Candidate Leo Kroonen raised an issue about moving fill in Dublin. Clerk Friend reminded the candidate that the matter wasn•t Hibbert council's responsibility. but the responsibilita of trustees of the police village of Dublin Louis Maloney.. one of the trustees. responded to the question. Another ratepayer, admitting he was asking a philosophical question. asked deputy -reeve Don Johns if he had changed seance or "did they change you?" Mr. Jahns said candidates often come to council with a chip on your shoulder" but ftnd once you're elected. "you have to have an open mind. •• He said be ran for council because he felt all the township sideroads should be open. While he said he still thinks more should be open. that's one thing he hasn't changed. The issue of the proposed Glerigowan Dam was raised by anothet ratepayer. Reeve Swart. who serves on the Upper Thames Conservation Authority. said he is in favour of the proposed dam., but "of course a lot of nice country is going t� be flooded." Candidate Ron Christie. who has spoken in opposition to Glengowan, said he believes very active water control programs, soil erosion programs and a different 'approach to flood control would be alternatives to tiqrudidn of the dam. He added, "It's possible the dam will be delayed long enough it will be outmoded." Mr. Chtigtie said only a small portion of Hibbert Township actually drains into the Upper Thames. Clerk Charles Friend agreed, saying more than 85 per cent of the township drains into the Ausable-Bayfield waterway. Cor Vandet Pryt said, "If I ever have anything to do with 'that darn. I'm dead against it."