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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-01-19, Page 1IncorpPratlnp Brussels Post 56c per copy he arun x ositor THE HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1983 — 16 PAGES Huron Board of Educqtion increasetax estirnafes17% BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE latest bad news. The federal government has "With fewer students, some inventories There will be a review of secondary Increased costs and a decreased student increased the compulsory employer contribu- . can be reduced, . eg. the number of education due to the report on Renewal of population are the challenges facing the 1983 tions to CPP and UIC by about 40 per cent. typewriters, but a certain complement of Secondary Education in Ontario announced Huron County Board of Education while it This means S260 per employee or a total of equipment must be maintained if the schools , recently by education Minister Dr. Bette maintains -the present level of operations. $200,000 for this board, noted the chair- are to operate. Almost all grants are paid on a Stephenkon. Board chairman Dorothy Wallace outlined man. per student basis while the cost of supplies Changes in course content will have to be these and other items the board will have to On the positive side, Mrs. Wallace stated continue to escalate at an 11 to 13 per cent implemented following board reviews in Core deal with in the coming year in her inaugural that according to Ministry of Education rate. And oatop of that is the seven per cent French-gradeV to 8, English -grades 7 to 10. address at the board's Jan. 10 meeting. statistics, "we have been able to maintain our sales tax," the chairman said. • science -grades 7 to 10,, math -kindergarten to .+ A look at the mill rate shows an estimated buildings at a functional - although not The chairman said night and summer grade 6 and grades 7 to 10 and language 17 per cent increase, whic doesn't include perhaps at as aesthetically pleasing level as school continue to operate in Huron County arts -kindergarten to grade 6. the recent increase of employer contributions they might be - at a cost well below ,that of but at reduced levels. Curriculum reviews in language arts and to the Canada Pension -Plan and Unemploy- many other boards." social studies -es -kindergarten to grade 6 will be ment Insurance of about 40 per cent. Mrs. "O..r schools are the most energy efficient "The remedial "elementary summer school cothis yea. Wallace said personnel relations administra- in Southwestern Ontario. This is due to a is in jeopardy for this summer unless parents lots. Wallace there will be tor Peter Gryseels attempted to project the program of increased insulation. reduced are willing to pay substantially higher fees," works. doW inll the alsoa mentioned technology chanes local education mill rate increase. heat loss and heat conservation," Said the added On enrrolmeentrs. 11ace. M s. Wallace noted that the and the ad hoc committee on technical "To do so he made certain assumptions, chairman.. education will be presenting its findings to that the grant increase (from the Ministry of She did warn trustees to expect increased elementary level "appears to have stabilized, for over the next three years at about 6,70(4 year. the board later this Year. Education) would be five per cent, that the maintenance costs as most of the buildings The continued mentation.of.Bill 82 or secondary enrolment would decline, as were built in the 1960s. Mrs. Wallace also children." anticipated, so that our, total grant revenue pointed out that the cost of energy will rise "The decline continues, however, in the special education will be done under the would increase by only four per cent. and at a rate considerably above the grant secondary panel and we will likely lose 300 direction of special education superintendent "He assumed an inflation rate of 10 per increases. students during that time: It will stabilize D.R. Miller said Mrs. Wallace. cent on our purchases, that the seven per cent "The increased cost of energy is having its in 1985 at about 3,400 students. This estimate The chairman also made mention of sales tax would continue and that there would effect on all boards. In a recent survey of the may be upset in our favor by more students working to improve communications within be a mandatory five per cent increase in 44 boards in Southwestern Ontario, 33 returning to school due to economic condi- the board system. salaries," said Mrs. Wallace. . ,revealed that they were unable to operate tions, as it was this past year," said Mrs. "We shall proceed with probing the "The net effect of those calculations shows below the ministry's transportation ceiling. Wallace. problem of improving communication begun an increase in expenditures approaching nine Huron is still among the 11 which can, but by per cent, of revenue from the province of four very little," noted Mrs. Wallace. l "In spite of gloomy predictions, Mr, in our Novembereerenin ar. Thhe first step will per cent, with the resultant increase in the She went on to say the board has fewer (Robert) McCall (superintendent of program) P P P local- levy of nearly 17 per cent. students to transport, but the same miles to hammers away at improving the state of study their recommendations and bring a "Not contained in that 17. per cent is the cover, at a'n e r increasing cost per chile. program in our system." said Mrs. Wallace. report to the board," said Mrs. Wallace. County co-uncil flip-flops n wages . . .__ increase, salary increases are legislated at__ five per cent, our hands are tied. We should forget about negotiations in 1983," suggest- ed Reeve Mickle. Mr. Hanly said some negotiation meetings have been scheduled and if there were no guidelines there would be no negotiations. The recorded vote, to authorize the clerk -treasurer to have 1983 budgets prepar- ed using the five per cent as a maximum guideline, was as follows: Yeas - Grey Township Reeve Leona Armstrong, Ashfield Township Reeve John Austin, Reeve Bell, BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE we did a few months ago," commented who spoke on behalf of the executive Stanley Township Reeve Paul Steckle. committee, said he personally agrees with Huron County Council, in a recorded 17-13 Reeve Steckle was referring to a decision Reeve. Steckle, but the executive committee vote, narrowly approved having 1983 made by the 1982 county council that was advised by clerk -treasurer ciWilliam budgets prepared using a five per cent employees' salaries not be increased in Hanly that a five per e is increase as a maximum guideline. 1983. mandatory. Approval was given to a recommendation "The private sector is trying to maintain Mr. Hanly noted that all employee salary .from council's executive committee at these goals...it's difficult to say we'll pay schedules go through council for final council's Jan. 6 session. The recommendat- everyone five per Cent. Back home (Stanley approval and decisions may be made at that ion was made in anticipation :of provincial Township) they (employees) say they'll stay time to hold the salaries. He added that legislation being passed stating all employ- where they are if the county does,", added under th ele l egiflat ationer all cunt union employes ees earyfing less than $15,000 a year must Mr. Steckle. teceivcr a minimum increase of $750 and The Stanley reeve suggested council . council has authority over non-union em-, ir erich Deputy Reeve Jim BntneB, Cltntot* employees earning more than $15,000, a five maintain its position of not increasing plovees• UNIONiZEDY .Reeve Earnest Brown, Seaforth Reeve per cent increase. salaries.' iBi,1m Campbell, Myth Reeve Torn Cronin, is Where the. problem,.liee,•' Stated . [feel that we're somewhat undoing what Tuckersmith Township )<teeve Robe;t 13.x11. ' Reeve- Beit "If the unions get five per cent"- lli"TO° ip Reeve Tom Cunningham, and non -unions don't, we'll ave everyone in "Reeve Elston, Colborne Township Reeve charged a r e d the county unionized." rite K erica , Brussels Reeve Calvin Threeyouths Moms Township Reeve arning Elston Newton, Usborn Townshipownsi Reeve WGer ypointed out that employees earning $15;000 Newton, Usborne Township Reeve Gerry or less will actually be re&bciglg more than a - t. Warden Grant Stirling of Goderich 'three Seaforth residents have been hard object from behind. five per cent increase. Rdeve"Steekle added Township, Hay Township Reeve Lionel charged with robbery with violence and He made his way to a neighbour where he that employees earning between$15,000 and Wilder and Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell remanded in custody until Thursday, notified police. $20,000 may receive a $1,000 increase and with two votes. y Saturday increment or merit increases for those Nays - West Wawanosh Township Reeve bJanuary and afterbthey were involved in a The morningtins were arrested eat earning less than $30,000 are excluded from James Aitchison, Hay Township Deputy C a rgeg he nar nMic near Blyth. i in Seaforth and aao scheduled to Reeve Tony Bedard, Exeter Deputy Reeve Charged ini the incident11a are Michael Joseph appear b court i on Thursday. January 20, legislation. Lossy Fuller, McKillop Township Reeve McLaughlin, of 11 ] East William St.,,Robert after a bail hearing nn Tuesday. � The guy making $15,000 may receive Marie Hicknell, Bayfield Reeve David William Engel of 178 Main St. South and Three local youths will appear in juvenile five per cent but he is falling way behind. MariHensall Reeve David Randy. James Buck of R.R. 4, Seaforth. court in Goderich on Wednesday, Jan. 26. That's where the legislation is wrong. We Johnston,nst Township Reeve Harryriyn Mngel, The charges stem from the Friday night after they were charged in connection with a should -treat everyone the same. We are told rry cBur- beating and robbery, of an undisclosed rash of break and enters. which occurred on what we must pay and that goes against ney, Exeter Reeve William Mickle, Reeve amount, from Hulmut Johann Sieber, 29, of Jan. - and 8. The charges range from break what 1 believe is democratic," stated Reeve Steckle, Zurich Reeve Don Van Patter, East Wawanosh Township Reeve Neil Vincent, R.R. 2, Blyth, and Manfred Loseriet, 39 of and enter and arson. to wilful damage of Steckle. Stephen Township Reeve Alan it Vin, en , R.R. 1, Auburn. Both men were admitted to Exeter Reeve William Mickle questioned eP I' the need for negotiations in 1983. Stephen Township Deputy Reeve Ralph Wingham and later Hospital following the p Why do we have to spend money in Weber. incident, and later released. Wingham Reeve Joe Kerr was absent. Provincial police in Wingham report that b " School. KI' negotiations? There will be no benefit g Mr. Sieber was alone in a farmhouse on the N. eighth concession of Morris Township. when Seaforth. A a man carrying a revolver torced his way into the house, at about 9 p.m. Mr. Sieber was forced to lie on the. floor with his hands t behind his back and head covered. while the men robbed the house. He was struck on the head with a hard object. Mr. Loseriet'became suspicious when he drove past the house and observed a strange vehicle and individuals in the driveway. Upon closer investigation. he- became involved in a fight and was struck down by a Please turn to page 3 property. Accordingto a police spokesman, the youths have been connected with break-ins at Seaforth Public inn s Garage, Seaforth Coop and a number of residences and vehicles m An additional charge of arson has been laid after a fire was started in the garage of Steve Lupul of 45 North Main St. There were also several vehicles damaged during the rampage. The youths range in age from 13 to 14. Police report that charges have been laid against Clayton Stirling. 29. of RR2 Bayfield in connection with a disturbance outside of the Queen's Hotel in Seaforth at 11:45 p.m. Debate hotel patio Concerned that council might he seen as endorsing a local hotel's plan to licence an outdoor patio, a couple of councillors changed the wording of a committee recommenda- tion at council last week. Council's finance committee had received notice from the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario (LLBO) that the Queen's Hotel has applied for a 11:. .or licence for an additional patio -dining k. -age. The committee had originally recommended that council "has no objection to" the plans. "We don't have all the facts" said councillor Wayne Ellis. Depending on the reaction of neighbours. the number of seats. and if music will be played outdoors, councillor Henry Mero said "I may have an objection . " Councillor Mero added he was "on this job to protect the ratepayers in this area" and sem it. u nave to nave a counculor attend a hearing "before 1 can say if I have an objection or not." Clerk Jim Crocker suggested the LLBO could specifically be asked to give council notice and the date of any public hearing on the licence application. The recommendation as passed at council was changed to read that the tpwn "has received notice of the hotel's application. Oueen's Hotel manager, Greg O'Reilly, says the application for a dining lounge licence is for a proposed patio to seat 46 people. It will be located at the rear of the hotel. nn the north-east corner of the lot. Railway ties will he used to define the area and flowerbeds will he planted around the perimeter. There'll be no outdoor dance floor or hand playing outside, he added. if all goes well the Queen's hopes to open the patio June 1. ouncil seeks grant After disgussion about grant programs Reeve Bill Campbell called such programs that end up posting more than the money "a complete loss unless they can be received. council on Jaif. 11 authorized the supervised or you get the right kind of clerk to apply for the Federal Municipal people." The town doesn't know if qualified Employment Development Program. people are available, clerk Crocker said "but we won't know unless we get the application in.' It was the decision to move the police station into the soon to he vacated fireball that bothered councillor Paul Ross, who called it a separate issue --from the grant application. The clerk replied "we cath chs a our minds. but we must meet the dead enc." If approval was received. the town could probably substitute another project or The project, which the clerk worked out change this one, he added. with police chief Hal Claus. would employ one carpenter and two helpers for 12 weeks. The police department would move out of present cramped 457 square feet quarters (which have been called inadequate by the Ontario Police Commission and a public inspection panel) into a 1255 square foot area at the rear of the town hall. Seaforth has been allocated 515,000 under the program for a project that would employ people who've exhausted UIC benefits or are receiving social assistance. Clerk Jim Crock- er outlined a proposal to convert the existing fire hall to a police station, at a cost of approximately $7,800 for labour and $12,000 for materials. Seaforth would pay 21 per cent of the cost. Clerk Crocker explained that he'd worked out a detailed proposal because the applica- tion must be in by Jan. 31. While the finance committee had considered work on the third floor of the town hall as well as the police relocation as possible projects. the clerk said the other project would require more structural analysis and more skilled labour. file town could be hard pressed to hire a carpenter at "55 or 56 an hour." said councillor Wayne Ellis. But he added. "1 think we should go ahead and apply in case we can go ahead with it." "Thc recommendation is basically to take part." summed up councillor Bill Martin. "We asked the clerk to investigate (the program). Something has to he on paper. Let's go ahead and apply for the grant." ('ouncil agreed but noted councillor Ross's comment that "I don't want to feel this decision on the police station has been made until it's considered further.' PARENTS, TOTS'? even babies participate in an afternoon of skating every Wednesday at the Seaforth sand District Community Centres. Although too small to skate, eight -Month-old Sarah Agar enjoys her "wheels on ice" as mother Maureen and sister Julie join her. (VVasslnk photo) Big bash June 4 The date for the official opening of the new Seaforth and District Community Cen- tres has been set. it's Saturday, June 4. a little later than was originally planned, but. councillor Irwin Johnston reported at Sea - forth council "the building is booked so solid that all the other dates were filled." Every other Saturday but one over the next five months has been taken, centre board of management chairman Ken Campbell con- firmed. "And another group was anxious for us to set a date so they could have the last Saturday left." Councillor Johnston said a reminder letter has gone out to a few people who have not paid their pledges to the arena fund, but Mr. Campbell said there "won't be hardly anything outstanding" by the end of the month. Some unfilled pledges were for relatively small amounts, he said, while others have simply been forgotten ankt.Jhe reminder letter should bring them in. Ken Coleman, who's 'been named chair- man of the official opening festivities, says two bands have already been booked, one that will appeal to younger people and anothe�r•for their.. elders. Two dances will be (tela on the eVenin of Stine 4: dtie'titt5'the ice surface. the other in the main hall. While plans aren't final yet, Mr. Coleman says an afternoon official opening. followed by a barbeque supper. is proposed. "We're open to ideas," he says, and service clubs will be asked if they are interested in organizing a parade or other celebrations: County ranks second -in farm assistance Huron County, farmers ranked second in the -province for the number of applications filed to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) under the Ontario Farm .Adjustment Assistance Program in 1982. As of January 4, 294 Huron applications had been approved by OMAF. with a possible increase for applications dated December 31. but not yet processed. Under the program (to be extended into 1A983) there are three options available to fasters, who are eligible. Criteria for assistance will be that a producer must have equity in the farm business of between 10 and df per cent. be paying interest and principal on money borrowed for farming purposes in excess of 20 per cent of the operating costs and have produced 512.000 worth of food or tobacco products on the farm 12 months preceeding the application. The first option. Option A. is a deferral of interest by the lender for. a period of six months, backed by a provincial guarantee. During this period the lender would not compound the interest. This option is designed to cover short-term problems where sufficient income is expected at the end of a six-month period. Option B takes the form of interest reduction grants on floating-rate and short- term, fixed-rate loans for operating purposes of 12 months. The maximum interest reduction would be five percentage points, bringing down.the interest rate to as low as 12 per cent. Option B is suitable for situations where a reduction of interest rates would improve cash flow and enhance the viability of the farm operation. Option C involves a guarantee by the pro. ince of a new line of credit, for operating purposes only. for up to 12 months. This new credit would be provided by the lender at the. prince rate. Thjs option would fit those cases where producers need additional credit to put in a crop or buy calves or feed. 'According to Don Pullen. Huron's agricul- tural representative in Clinton. there were 53 applications locally for Option C, with the remaining 241 applying for Option B. Bruce County led the province's 54 counties and district with 326 approved applications. 49 falling under Option C. In Perth county there were a total of 221 applications with 32 applying for Option C. the line of credit guarantee. Carnival events set Thc Sea h Optimist Winter Carnival '83. is set 10 staM'Fridav and carry on until Sunday with a full slate of events scheduled. At the center of events is the Atom hockey tournament with 20teams competing in three divisions.. Thc games will start on Friday evening with, division finals on Saturday and Sunday. Another attraction, for movie huffs. will be the showing of two feature movies in the arena hall, The movies. "Six Pack" with Kenny Kogers and "On 1 h Right Track" starring Gary Coleman will be shown on Friday and possibly Sunday. As a special attraction popcorn will be free of charge. On Saturday there will he snow Sculpturing and a dance. Lunches will he available at the arena. Organi,ers report that the snowmobile races and cross-country ski rally have been cancelled because of lack of snow, Check your schedule for other events. 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