HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-11-15, Page 1Obituaries — A4, 85
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Serving the communities
and areas of Seaforth.
Brussels, Dublin. Hensall
and Walton
1
Seaforth, Ontario
HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15, 1989
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BY NEIL CORBE'iT.
Huron County educators gave their pro-
vincial Member of Parliament Jack Rid-
dell an earful of education issues in what
Riddell called a "hard hitting session" at
the education centre in Clinton Wednes-
day, November 8.
The Huron branch of the Ontario Public
Education Network (OPEN) has been
meeting with Riddell annually for three
years to vent frustrations with the
• Ministry of Education's policies, and to
create a better working relationship bet-
ween the- ministry and local educators.
OPEN is an organization created for this
purpose, and represents the Huron public
school system. Among its members are
representatives of the teacher federations,
members of the school board, and the
director of education.
BOARD ISSUES
Joan Van Den Broeck, vice chair of the
Huron County Board of Education, open-
ed the discussion with the general con-
cern that the ministry of education is
placing new -responsibilities on the local
board such as pre-school and adult pro-
grams, adding that "decisions have been
based on political expediency rather than
development through a shared partner-.
ship.'•
Van Den Broeck listed the addition of
mandatory junior kindergarten, the pro-
vision of al day kindergarten, the de -
streaming of Grade 9, reductions in class
sizes in grades one and two, and the pro -
'visions of day care spaces in new schools
as programs which are publicly popular,
but "most of them do 'not call for the
elimination of existing programs and
therefore require extensive financing for
additional classroom space, equipment
and program resources, teachers and
paraprofessionals, and training."
Raising expectations for new pro-
grams without providing new resources is
treating the board side of the partnership
with disdain."
BUILDINGS
Trustee Don McDonald spoke to the
board's difficulty in trying to provide
adequate school buildings with a general
lack of provincial funding.
"We want to say again that it is unfair
- to Huron County that the government
provides new and elaborate facilities to
growth areas of the province but does not
provide for the rebuilding of Huron Coun-
ty facilities." .•
McDonald said portable classrooms do
not provide a satisfactory school environ-
ment, and as an alternative the board
has constructed permanent .additions to
seven schools in Huron this year using
money the ministry provides to supple-
mentthe purchase of portable
classrooms• This was done at 65 per cent
local cost, and McDonald said that "if
the Ministry of Education were fulfilling
its usual role, Huron County ratepayers'
share would have been approximately
thirty percent of the building costs."
DECLINE IN FUNDING
As in previous presentations Riddell
50 cents a copy
was apprised of the decline in the pro'rm-
cial share of education funding. The
decline was illustrated to have begun in
1975 when provincial support to Huron
County stood at 72.8 per cent of the total
budget, and has proceeded to where the
province contributed only 56 per cent in
1989. "The transfer of costs to the local
ratepayer has become intolerable," said
McDonald.
OPEN apprised Riddell of its
dissatisfaction with the pooling of in-
dustrial and commercialiassessments and
the loss of revenue in the public school
system.
"We were already one of the poorer
public school boards in Ontario in terms
of commercial and residential assess-
ment. We received .no sharing of the in-
dustrial and commerciallassessanent with
richer areas, but we are:now required to
share ort modest assessment base with
the cots -nanous separate school board.
Financially, the future looks very bleak
for the Huron Public School System."
Nancy•McLay, president of the Ontario
Secondary School Teachers Federation.
.told Riddell it would •have been wise for
the government to consult with the
teaching profession before deciding to
unstream Grade 9 programs. The pro-,
vince has announced that in September
1992 Grade nine will consist of one pro-
gram, like elementary grades, rather
than students being divided into basic.
general and advanced academic levels.
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HOUSE OF CARDS - This building on the McLaughlin Chev-Olds lot at the cor-
ner of Main and Goderich ,Street was quite a spectacle on Thursday morning, It
was torn down to make room on the lot for display. Elliott photo.
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Water tower
repti rscomplete
The.Seaforth Public Utilities Commision
held its monthly meeting on Novernber 8.
Manager Tom Philips reported that the
leaking rivets on the town water tower
were repaired on October 31 at a cost of
-$4000. This was considerably below the
;$3;500 and ,$5;1100 estimates that were
presented ,to ;inc. Comtnission previously.
The -exterior sealing work on the rivets
was done with .an .epoxy steel substance,
and will hold up for at least another year,
possibly .five years if conditions are good.
Interior. inspection of the tower revealed no
other -structural flaws. It was suggested
that;the.,epoxy steel be applied to all of the
rivets at some point during the year to .en-
sure the :seals.
Seaforth-residents may have noticed that
there was no .water ,pressure for approx-
imately .an hour a few weeks ago. The
PUC,dropped .the water level and switch-
ed off ,the. lead pump to allow for inspec-
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1 HOPE AND GLORY - The ,skirl of the bagpipesVictoria
Park on
Saturday mornieg during the Remembrane Day rangservices over Seaforth Piper G
McPherson played the Lament for Canada's fallen soldiers. Elliott photo
Analysis being done on wormer
A post-mortem is currently being per-
formed at Centralia College on an aborted
foal to determine if effects of wormer on
the mare was the cause of the
miscarriage.
The mare, belonging to Vicki Tremeer,
miscarried the foal shortly after being ad-
RLZONING .APPROVED
A public meeting ,took place during the
regular gathering of Tuckersmith Council
on Tuesday night, November 7, concerning
a proposed zoning by-law amendment in
the Town of Vanastra A. representative ap-
peared ,before council ,on ,behalf of John
Tate, .outlining his client's request to
change „the ;zoning of ,two ;,parcels of land
bounded.:by 51h,Avenue,,and Toronto ;Blvd.
from ,Developmental zoning (D) to
Vanastt-a,,Mediom Density (VR6), The,zon-
ing change �would;,permit ,the building of
,multi-rc identialest tctures•,on;the.,two,plots
of iand,,.�which;Measure .9 .acres .and .75
acres.
This , by-law„amigktlrnent ,wasipaieed tby
Council. 3No mimic-'rame ,was fgaten,,as ,to
when: Mr. T'atagwill:,begin vele ment.,On
the Tpr,00perty, las it •,was,goced'. at;;he Ais
'also (the. owner -af: lh riots 3drr�i .-across
from they;land-An s;4uestion t�,Iwlrl.;maore
than' p1relyadevelop£themtfirst.�It.aa!as sug
Rested�tllatsmulindetuclied�rasidencesninay
go -,on ,t{l a property,:) Ut:n4 firmaproposals
.:have.abeen d
GRADER NEEDS' REPAIRS
Doug Poulton, Superintendent. of Roads
reported that the Township's ,grader is in
need of repairs. Estimated cost of service
to the grader, which is ,scheduled for
replacement in 1992, could run .anywhere
from .27;500 to $12;000. A new :engine.,,was
dropped into the grader a year.ago,,and
Mr..Poulton pointed out:that it is•still,more
frugal • to .repair the nmachine .than 3to ,look
at replacing 11 pretnaturely, The >wark,,wfl]
involve removing the transmission.and.{wil]
take about ,three;,days.
The Sfiperintendant ,unformed Council
that .one .complaint ,had leen .;resew
'about dust, from,the.rpadsF gurillgib, t ae-
It Ras ggestedithatipn to u13I I#cY4_ to
.drafted ,eor4lnerifiang dust Ifpr'oblems, hut
Connell'felt t it; isnot a.�serl,9us.,i Sue.
1eium,is. ;that
alewn , on.the, ads, iwrthe
sir ng .to avert -dust .rpr�o, bleems ,r f1Jte
'. "+er.
,i,tG` 4 eUy frgm•;the.en Being{ 1 -ref
e y Full 1p'•'ar ore, lltRci1rat
their eetling, - ovemberl 1, ,to. pire.
Rant ] e .' . @ WJ,ch was
ff.
prepared. for inc township. Clarification of
, th..- sl uty,is,:rleeded,as it contains no men-
tionsof -storm ,drainage in Huron County,
although ;flus ..was 'discussed before the
report was cotnlnissioned.
ROAD ,ALLOWANCE ;SEEDING
,ALLOWED
A: request, from a Tuckersmith Township
resident at Lot 6, Concession 2 ,was ad-
.dressedaby !Council concerning the .g fir
etion,.and;reseeding id:Lithe -strip of,land 4
tween.,,the oatd andxljs,diteh, 'lherlfppliea-
tion sparked a considerable .aplount .,of
E tra lly ,r po 'g1 hat dieTownshipcl ...is
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on . p Pa ges. s 4rgigatkked Ftiat „it
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annoy . fidowners go •ahead And
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ministered powder ,wormer. A pony also
belonging to Vicki suffered an attack of
colic an hour and a half after being dos-
ed with the same wormer. However, a fil-
ly who was treated with the same wormer
has not been adversely affected by the
dosage. Turn to page 15 •
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Council -is .also requesting ,that the ,work
be left ,until the spring, as any cultivation
done .et this ,poir<.would cause ,severe .ero-
sign problems ,in the winter ;and :spring.
VANASTRA.P001, TO CLOSE
Work .on ,the filtration ,;system of the
V.anastra recreation Centre;pool will com-
wence on•i' uveollber 19. Council ,is ,00long
into cost • 'estunates for' sthe file
removed ,and; a pool pain As-thhe,same
time ...as the filter And ;deck ,work, is ,being
.done. The cost of -the f}ltrattion yrtem
'reParrs will be covered ,by thre s udget,
While ,an Qatari° ibleigbhoprhood.Improve-
i t%Progrown,igrAntawoul cov�er,. °% sof
tuig'.cts.,A..quote sof „$18ri00o fondle
,refpoyal d�� wivtd{ but.,no
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The issue of the Township flags for the
Seaforth and District Arena is still a topic
of debate • Persuant to a special Recreation
Committee meeting held on October 24, a
report read by Councillor harry McGrath
stated that Tuckersmith is the sole coun-
cil not in favour of erecting Muncipal
Flags in the arena, and that the issue has
been put ,on hold until all of the councils
are in agreement. Councillor McGrath ask-
ed if Tuckersmith would reconsider its
stance, but as not . all members were pre-
sent, .the topic will be brought up at the
next meeting t. on ,blovernher 21.
Tuckterslrrl�Itb ,council originally denied
the October 24>algojion to purchase a $150
fag, as .the .are..na-3is eady operating over
,budget.
'W18ILIC -MEEMG DATE
A peetuig will be held at the
TAM_hnpo.�cgs n r%1oveinber 28, The
aryl. s (pa�,rio 110
nt) rig gib arcus d, Prove-
Vp t fie Ao ., • d, along
y�v , nes ra co'�!'N�►itY and
;,uork.to,,be rte�n uct48ra.¢u under the
,sljapices Miner $ pro - ram.