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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1982-09-22, Page 18A16 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEPTEMBER 22, 1982 THE SEAFORTH and area Sportsmans Club • has donated $1,000 to the new Seaforth and district community centres. Larry Dolmage, right, secretary treasurer of the club m ade the donation to David Tremeer, of the fundraising committee. (Wassink photo) i Grey names official In special session on Sept, 15. Grey Township council accepted the resignation of Gerald Pixel as building in. specter ss ith regrets. Eugene MsAdain.ofClinton was hired as chief building official and hs •Ls enforcement officer, effecti‘c immediately. Fs erweek more and more people d1se0ner what mighty jobs are accom- plished by low cost Huron Expositor Want Ads. Dial 527-0240 le? e Not likely BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE Rural residents in• Huron and Perth counties will have to continue to do without the benefits of cable television for now and the foreseeable future. Spokesmen from the five. cable compa• nies in the two counties say expanding into the rural areas is loo expensive at this time. They indicate the number of potential 'customers is not great enough to justify incurring expansion expenses.. The current economic climate, along with the expansive technological equipment needed. also deters the cable companies fry tit expanding into the rural areas. "At the present time there is no economically viable way of doing it. although technology down the road may • make it possible." said Robert Wenger. secretay of Country Cable Limited which serves Listowel and Wingham in Huron and Perth counties. "Not with today's technology, it's too expensive,'• says Don Stinson, general manager of both the Bluewater TV Cable Company Limited and Ex-Cen Cablevision Company Limited. "We would Eike to," added Jack Ward of Seaforth-Mitchell Cable TV. Rural residents in Huron and Perth counties now receive, depending on their location. channel 13 Kitchener. channel 10 London, channel 8 Wingham and Global on channel n, The cable companies do serve the urban centres with 12 channels. These channels provide customers access to CBC. CTV, Global, TV Ontario and several American stations, Depending on the location of the cable company. the American stations are from Buffalo, N.Y.; Erie, Penn. or Detroit. Mich. No cable company in the counties is able to. transmit the Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) from the United States because they aren't licensed for it. Reception on the American stations is pretty good in this area, although Mr. Stinson said the reception in south Huron is subject to atmospheric conditions, The community program channel, is just that—an outlet providing the public with the opportunity of having access to local broadcasting. In the towns served by the Bluewater company. Country Cable and Seaforth•Mit- ehell Cable, the local channels are used by individuals and service organizations. Mu• sicals. children's programs, talk shows and religious programs and highlights of local events such as parades can be viewed on the local channels. In St. Marys and Exeter the local channel 'are used as a bulletin board with weather reports and the time featured. The manager of St, Marys TV Cable Service, Harold Tipping, said the local channel isn't used by the community anymore. Pay TV is not in Canada vet. but the local cable companies hope to offer the service to their customers once it starts in February of next year. Most have applications in to the Canadian Radio and Television Commission ICRTCI for Pay TV. While none of the coinpany spokesmen arc sure of what will be happening with Pay fv, they expect there will he three networks: national. regional and cultural. Create Conservation fobs Two local conservation authorities have received a total of 5191,452 in federal and provincial grants under a new federal -provincial job' creation program to aid laid -off workers. Under,jhe new program the Ausable• Bayfield Conservation Authority will receive $59.845 to create a total of 125 weeks of work for eight laid -off workers and the Maitland Valley Conserva- tion Authority will receive a total of $131,607 to create a total of 261 weeks of work to 29 laid -off workers. The program was first created to help laid -off workers in forestry and mining industries but has since been expanded to offer short-term job opportunities but has since been expanded in fisheries, conservation authorities and parks pro. jects. Funding for the program is divided between both levels of government through 1.11 benefits plus 'supplements coupled with funds available through the Board of Indu• stria) Leadership and Devel- opment (BILD) program administered by the province. Integration saves money BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE Integrating the planning and development departments of Huron County has resulted in salary sastngs The integration of the two departments has reduced two full-time positions to one halftime position, county council learned at a special meeting on Sept. 8. Where there were once seven full-time, two parttime and one contract employee. there arc now fisc full-time, two part-time and one contract employees. A salary of 530,000 had been allowed for in develop. merit's 1,182 budget A report prepared by the .planning department shows the work formerly done by development has been absorbed by planning. Complete integration of all office work will be done when council reviews the situation after a trial period. The decision to integrate the two departments was made earlier this year after county council was left with the task of filling the position of dcsel'npotent officer. The Rsrmer development officer, Spence Cum• mines, resigned last fall to lake a position elsewhere, The other full-time position for the development department, a secretarial post. has been absorbed by planning and reduced to part-time. Development concerns inself with prnmot ing the county for industrial and tourism purposes and enforcing the Trees Act. Attendance up at BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE Attend,tm r ,it Huron ( ount schools is dins n 1 per , Int from last scar. trustees ere told at the Sept. - meeting of the Huron ( aunt Board of Education in Clinton The actual attendance figures were pre• tired at the afternoon meeting, after the nnmhcrs had horn gathered from schools in 'i,,. morn)Ap I • r' Intci,t at cicmentary schoo)s Is down I h. r , r'nt from a year ago. Despite the os. ,'! clod rr ase there were attendance n- r „ii F•.ast Wawanosh, Exeter. Grey o H •nsall. Huron centennial. Robert s'' '•t' r, 'owl. Seaforth, Stephen ( cntral. and ° .i,••,1 nuhlu schools with the largest nttease at Vanastra. S ' • t •r thr trainahle mentally retarded k• Hensall PS base• anenrolment decrease of four per cent oscrall At the sccondars level. there is a 2.2 per ent'des line wnh only Scaforth District High School increasing hs 2b students. In other business. the hoard: s Approved the use of the following hooks in Huron ( aunts sc hats. The Black cauldron by I Alexander. Wi,ard of Earthsr•a by U.Le Gum, A Taste of Filackherncs by D R. Smith and Sounder hs W H Armstrong Apprmcd a pamphlet. You're Quitting Sc hoot What Next. for use in the secondary sc honk, Referred to the executive committee for recommendations changes which may he made to the board's closed session policy, in light of recent changes made to the Education Act. r cRennounet iThe sitar° FILL OUT TI-OIS SURVEY, SENO IT TO 70-9E E>:IPOSOTti*, AT BOX 89, SEAFORTI N®K 1W® OR OR*P IT IN AT OUR BOOTH AT BRUSSELS OR SEAFORTI 1 FALL FAIRS. 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