The Huron Expositor, 1982-09-22, Page 20A16 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEPTEMBER 22, 1982
Grey
names
official
In special session on Sept.
Grey Township council
accepted the resignation of
Gerald Exel as building in-
spector w ith regrets.
Eugene
McAdam of Clinton w as hired
as chief building official and
bylaw enforcement officer.
effective immediately,
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THE SEAFORTH and area Sportsmans Club
has, donated $1,000 to the new Seaforth and
district community centres. Larry Dolmage,
right, secretary treasurer of theclub m ade the
donation to David Tremeer, of the fundraising
committee. (Wassink photo)
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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 expensive technological equipment
needed. also deters the cable companies
fri.m 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,
secretary, 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 like to... added Jack Ward of
Seaforth•Milchell Cable TV.
Rural 'residents in Huron and Perth
counties now reccivc. depending on their
location. channel 13 Kitchener. channel 10
London. channel 8 Wingham and Global on
channel h.
The cable companies do serve the urban
centres with 12 channels. The;;e 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) front the United States because they
aren't licensed for it.
Reception on the American stasions 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•
shell Cable, the local channels are used by
individuals and service organizations. Mu•
sisals. 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 yet. 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
(CRTC) for Pay TV.
While none of the company spokesmen
arc sure of what wilt be happening with Pay
TV. they expect there will he three
networks: national. regional and cultural.
Create Conservation jobs
Two , local conservation
authorities have received a
total of S191.452 in federal
and provincial grants under a
new federal -provincial job
creation program to aid
laid -off workers. Under the
new program the Ausablc-
Hayfield 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 5131,607 to create a
total of 26 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 U1
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 sa.ings
The integration of the two departments
has reduced two full-time positions to one
half -tine position, county council learned at
a special meeting ori Sept. 8.
Where there were once seven full-time.
twit parttime and one contract employee,
there arc nos; five full-time. two part-time
and one contract employees. A salary of
530.000 had been allowed for in develop-
ment's Icut2 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 development officer. The
former development officer, Spence Cum•
mings, resigned last fall to take a position
elsewhere.
The other full-time position for the
development department, a secretarial post,
has been absorbed by planning and reduced
to part•ume.
Development concerns inself with promos
ing the county for industrial and tourism
purposes and enforcing the Trees Act.
Attendance up at
BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE
Attcndanr di Huron County schools is
doe. n 1 s per ,int from last scar, trustees
w ere told at the Sept. - meeting of the Huron
t aunts Board of Education in Clinton.
The .actual attendance figures were pre
ntcd at the afternoon meeting. after the
numbers had been gathered from schools in
in, morning.
1 ,rolnient at -elementary schools is down
I I tit r c ear from a year ago. Despite the
dot re•asc there were attendance
m r' , ,, . at Fast Wawanosh. Exeter, Grey
r
r0...l tt,•nsall. Huron Centennial, Robert
• r .'rtl, Seaforth. Stephen ( cntral.
• t'"'a puhlie schools with the largest
p' r, Neu nr rc•asc at Vanastra.
S. h ., '• t r rhe• trainable mentally retarded
Hensall PS
ha.c an enrolment dot rease of four per cent
nv c•ra11
,Al the seconder. level, there is a 2 2 per
cent decline with only Sea forth District High
School increasing hi. 2( students
In other business, the hoard:
Approvrd the use of the follow tog honks in •
Huron County schools. The Black Cauldron
by 1.. Alexander. Wiiard of Farthsea by ILIA
-
Gum, A Taste of Blackberries by D B. Smith
and Sounder hs W.H. Armstrong
Approved a pamphlet. You're Quitting
Sc hoof What tiesi. for Ilse in the secondary
schools.
•Referred to the executive 'committee for
recommendations changes which ntav he
made to the hoard's closed session policy. in
light of recent changes made to the Education
Act.
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