HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-02-15, Page 11.19tit Year.
'Whole No. 5881
SEAFORTH ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1979 20 PAGES
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THE COMMUNITY'GATHERING -Some of the crowd of Varna and area
residents who celebrated the 'annual Varna Winter" Carnival on Sunday.
gathered around the. stove in the LOL hall afterwards. The carnival
Councillo-r's ,allowances same
Tuckersmith
Tuckersmith Township Council agreedon
a new salary sehedule for townshiP
em-
ployees at a meeting Wednesday, amecting
delayed because Reeve Ervin Sillcr .: and
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Deputy Reeve Robert' Bell er'e at a
convention of,Rural Ontario Municipal
`Associations thP
first of the week.
The salary for the clerk -treasurer. John
McLachlan'; was raised to 519,000 from last
year's salary of $18,810, plus a car allowance
of 51,500. His assistant will continue to be
paid at the rate of 53.50: ' ur but
pet ho thi • �, . is
under review.
Road Su crintendeet. Allan Nicholson,
will receive 515,000, up from 513,405. Road
grader operators will get $6.00 per flour,
g g up
from "$5.48; mower employes will be paid
55,00 'and' l abourcrs,: 54.00. •
,female employees of the township were
awarded increases amounting to eight per
cent--Vanastra Day. 'Cake Centre Director,
Karen McEwing, 511,051 up front 510.233
her assistant Debbie Dcnomme, 58,640 up
from 58,000 and Beatrice Thomson, 57;674
up from 57,106,
Vanastra Recreation manager. Diane
Durninwill be paid 512,960 up from $12.000
paid last year. Her part-time assistant
manager, June Tomkins will receive $4,()80
up from $3,760 an increase of 24 per cent
because of ;more hours put in at the.
recreation centre. "
While the three .councillors held their
allowances to 540 per council meeting the
same as last year, Reeve Ervin Sitter will
receive 555 up from the 550 per council
• meeting last year and Deputy Reeve Robert
Bell will get 545 a meeting, up from 542:50.
The rate for the non -council meetings, s Itch;
as Fire Board Meetings, has not been set
vet,
• Council turned down a request from the
Vanastra recreation centre for authority to
add 5200 to the annual rent which the
Vanastra day care centre' pays for use of
rooms in the recreation building.
(An explanation of: the recreation and the
day care Centres: Several years: ago a
--committee of Vanastra business men and
residents bought a former church located on
the .site° and turned it into a community
centre auditorium and added an additidti for
a. covered swimming pool, ' dressing rooms
and washrooms with the help of several
community Centre grants and covered :poet
grants, Debentures for 5130,000 were issued
to be paid' by the residents of Vanastra only,.
to covet Costs not covered by grants. A
curling rink was alsepaft of the purchase: to
form the Recreation 'e0ft'tplex. At:. the
present time the debenture debt is down to
5119,0()0 with a paynient.of 514,602 this year
being paid 'by Vanastra residents. through
• their taxes toward paying off the debenture.
The Vanastra Recreation complex is thus
owned by the residentsofVanastra who are
responsible for the Si19,1100 debt against it.
However, .the full Ttiekermsith council acts
• •as a committee to manage it along with the
management of the Vanastra Day Care
Centre where two council niietnbers and
three total women form a comtitttt;e tinder'
Council authority'to supervise it.
The Vanastra Hay Care Centre was started
by the same Vati'astiia ctiiimntittee. The east
end of the church' was rentodclled,_aid a new
addition was built to house the day Care
centre -411 paid 100 per cent by provinctatl •
. day are grants, Marr paid in full by the day
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features broonball games, skating, hockey and some good old fashioned
neighbourliness.' More photos and story on the Hensall page.
(By Joe McLean)
care grants were the changes to the
recreation centre heating system stem to accom-
modate the day care area the!lihtin
1; g
system •stem for the day care; a new ;kitchen in the
y.
day. care with stove 'refrigerator and other
furnishings; play equipment and toys: and all'.
other furniture and Y in
equipment necessar •
xt daycentre, including such things as soap
anda per towels. The; Vanastra Da Care is
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reported to be one of the 'last such centres
constructed and to be funded 100 per cent by
P government overnment (grants).
'In 1978e' day care centre paid rent of
th y
5700 per month fora total of 58;400 per year
t.o the recreation centre for the caretaking
heat, )ight, water and insurance provided,
which actually amounted to about a: total of
58,000 lase :year. The recreation manager
uses, two or three areas of the day' care for.'
groups using the complex, 'such as the
Vanastra Lions dub tot meetings, youth
groups for meetings for which no charge is
• .:made. However, she charges rent of 525
each for • two of the day care rooms, the :.
kitchen and also the large room immediately
behind the auditorium _used to enlarge the
dance area, for large groups renting the
auditorium. The recreation centre keeps the
rent from the kitchen but the rent for the
large :back roost is deducted from the 5700
rent paid by the day care to the recreation
centre, according to the rental agreement
last year with the back room rented 40 ttimes,
this, helped cut' the rent tor th. da care
centre by 51,000. Even with' thil help; the
day care centre ended the year with a deficit'
,of about 56,000.
For 1979, recreation manager. Mrs.
Durnin had asked for an additional rent of
5200 raising the rent to 58,600 a year, and
she asked that the recreation centre keep the
525 rental fee paid by a group for the day
care room, as well as tocontinue to keep the
• 525 rental fee for the use of . the day rare
centre kitchen,
..
At.a day care board meeting January 30,
it was agreed' that the rent remain the same
as 1978When presented for final consider-:
ation by •Tuckersmith Council Wed. night,..
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W irelit; increase . "ar, s e au C ncil or.
Cauncilkir , rlham Brown' made a motions . ., o tr c s�, ou 1. ,.
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'that the rent remain the same as in 1ti78' '4' Brown was unhappy that the ratepayers of'.
which was by
seconded. Councillor Frank. Tuckermith had to pay the day care.deficit of
Falconer. Deputy Reeve :Robert: Bell and 56.000 for 1978 -and he is trying to make sure
Councillor Robert Fotheringham (Who: is also the deficit is not :increased, in 1979' bur:
the day: care centre board chairman) refused decreased or eliminated; .
to go along 'with themotion; resulting in a Mr. Brown assured council he was not in
tie, which called far .the reeve to de ride the favour of closing down the Day Care Centre
result. He voted for the motion to held the but' -it should pay its ownwtay..1 know itis a.
rent the same after statin "You're'puttinggood school but 1 know •ttva children going'
a lot of weight on my shoulders." To which there free- he said. referring to ,two children -
Falconer replied -Well, 'you're going to of a single parent in attendance atthe school
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earn that cxtra five dollars," 'referrin - to the from, a community outside f ickersmith.-,"
ra .,
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.increase -in allowanceIr'ss u•'service" to the Community stated
e , pproved earlier inthc
meeting. for the reeve; Reeve Sillery.
The controversover the request for. the One ,councillor• suggested that no
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OUR TURN'S COMING UP—Brian Little, Angie Roth and Christie Nobel
take -a breather before it's their turf} at trying some five pinn bowling. . The •
three children all attend Seaforth Co -Operative Nursery.
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(Expositor Photo) • .
Hensall youn tl staff get6•,
• Hcnsall councilapproved a Six pet cent Elizabeth Oke. •the villaga cic k
•treasw
Salary raise for themselves and village -tlrert tax collector and licencing officer will
employees at their councd 'meeting last receive a salary of 514,110 plus , an
Thursday. hotiarium not to exceed $20 for each special
Under the new bylaws,, Reeve Harold meeting of council she attends.
Knight will receive 5675 per annum and The salary increases tonic• .into effect
:council mdtnbers will receive 5540 for their Jan: 1, 1979'.
year's work, • In oilu.r business, . council• members
In addition to this, council members will risked the 'clerk tri"Zentaet,, Fanshawve
receive $20'' for each special' meeting they College and the University of'Waterloo to
attend, 530 if it's a half clay meeting and: see if arty public administration :students,
548 for attending a special meeting which would like to apply to work for the Village;
lasts a full day: •• this summer:
Members of village committees will Last year Susan Thompson,. of Exeter
teceivtt SP ':for cath rdgulat or spectat assisted• in the Clerk's office for 18 weeks
meeting they attend on behalf of the village during the summer and council members
and conimittec chairmen will receive $20' Said, Slit was worth twice her salary"
per meeting that they ;chair. The village will receive .•i'provincial grant.
The village works superintdnddnt. Garry which reimburses council for 80 per cent of
, Maxwell, will receivd a Salary of 512,418 in; the student's weekly .wage,
19/94 paid ,lin a bt'wcekly basis.. ' i. Council members also disettssed the
Herman Van Wietert, the •chief building street light situation in l•lensalt
erneta' for the 'village, will be., tittid.5•j37t0'. 'There are ,presently 42 fluorescent' street.
for contract of scrvieds provided• ;inti til �. lights, remaining in the village, many of
nee far Mileage, these on 1-Iwy. #4. Other: lights in the
�alld�+a
2 s,--• jFw•.NWIb'Yk U, {pti' %DMS iu.Sn1�-
,
The ,question of who " pays for the .
maintenance off Seafprth's fire hydrants
hasn't been solved yet but Seaforth cannel'
decided Monday. night 'to have the matter
settled in the courts. '
At the Jan, 23 meeting of the Fire Area
Board (FAB), a motion was passed that the
board carry on paying 51,000 per year to the
town of Seaforth for fire hydrant rental.
'Seaforth Council has argued: for some time
that the FAB should pay the entire $5,400
cost of fire hydrant maintenance annually,
Council threatened to withold• their 1978
payment to: the FAB if the question couldn't
be resolved, but relented in December and.
paid their FAB costs.
` Both the Seaforth council and the FAB has
have sought legal, opinions on the matter.
The legal opinion council received was that
the FAB should pay the entire costs of fire
vertime only 7 hours
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rd
hydrant maintenance. .iCouncillor . Ger'ald
Groothuis said the FAB legal opinion was
the same as the town's.
Mayor John Sinnamon. said Seaforth
Council will ask for a copy of the ;legal
oinion obtained by the FAB,
Councit'members passed a motion stating
the question of the 1979 fire hydrant
payment will have to be resolved in the
courts.
The fire hydrant issue, has been' under
debate since 'May, 1977.when Seaforth,
council first protested to the board about the
fire hydrant costs.
The new chairman. of the FAB for 1979 is
Irwin Johnston, one`. of the two re-
presentatives of Seaforth, council who sits on
the board; The board has also hired a new
secretary, Mrs- Edgar Elligsen , of the:
Walton area. •
Mayor commends police
off
After a meeting with Chief John Cairns,
Seaford' Mayer Johii Sinnamon and council-
lor'Bruce Hoelscher both hive said the chief
is doing a good job keeping police overtime
to a minimum,
According -toga report of - ;special police
'committee meeting presented. at council
Monday night, the • chief explained
Seaforth's; total police overtime hours ` in
1978 were:approximately'',half those of other
Huron Muncipalities and that more than half
of r for
the overtime hours were spent;in court
Police overtinte last month was only seven �'firea�l sit.e
plaints ;and abusive" phone cant, The
committee recommended that no action be
taken on complaints"unless they are written;
and signed.
� own reiec
hours and the chief should be commended,
the mayor told council.
At the same• meeting :Constables Dave
Dale and John Burgess told police commit-
tee members that the Ontario . , Police
Association says s: policemen, B
Y P
as.a agents of the
n
crown, are not subject to municipal'
re-
sidencyrales. Mayor Sinnamon tolthe men
that statements on police matters at the last
council meetingwere blown out of P
ro-
•
" portion.
Wage negotiations with police havestarted and two meetings have been held:.
Monday night counc►t spent over two
half hours in committee of the whole giving
direction to its negotiating o
go g committee.
Also reported on
out of the long p 1 g private
session, which ended at 1:05 a:m.. was that
the development committee will be asked to
negotiate a90'day optionbuy
to;Crombie St"
•' property owned.' by Harold Taylor.
The
The. mayor and other police :committee
members reported receiving general coin -
ercent
village are the• moretttodern i'[iercury
:vapour street lights. -
• Reeve Harold Knight suggested Chang,,
ing over to the newer lightsat the rate of
about 10 lights per year. over the next four
or five year period. The old fluorescent
lights which are retnoved can then be used
for,parts to service the retnai•ningfluore-
Scent lights until the changeover is
complete. .
He Said the fluorescent lights are
starting to need repairs, He said the life M
a fluorescent street light is said to be .half
that of a inereury vapour light. -
NEW LIOHTS
ight.NEW'LIGHTS
Count:illor Klass Vain. Wicren said ire
was in favor of new lights, "-'but don't get
those funny lights they have in Goderich."
Conseil asked the clerk to get quotations
Mi light prices fer.the neateouncil meeting..
Clerk Betty Oke reeported, to mitten that
there will be a surplus of ,appttsttiniattly
530,000 IP the 1976budget for the village,
Mrs, Oke said Rents Weed budgeted for
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Council has reserved . a decision
Seaforth won't sell the property it owns on e
Main St., proposed for a fire .hall," until a site
for the building is definitely settled.
Councilaccepted' its sfinance committee
recommendation which turned down offer
o
to purchase the site for 521,000 from.
Herman Lansinksubject to it beingzoned'
communey commercial. Council bought the
ro crt1 for a ro osed fire a, . hall site. in
P p P P t
1.977 for 520.000,
'Cous chlor Bruce e i
s
o said there thcrr was
noindication ofwhatthe pro erf} would be
ud for' and
e the land itri..sale
'sBeen tse . v<'e leant to olves t ol esfor ' othe
s h e
issues (were toP uta new fire hall) "first.''
Council agreed to" ask realtor Vic Fox of
-Clifford tf r�
fo d Rea l 1Mst(tto` to do an' appraisal. .. •.
Councillors . d
agreed k contact volukrtecr
firemen for input before any decision on, a
site is made.
Donald
McKerch�:r new
McKillop president
Gains in the amount of insurance at risk
were reported to the annual meeting of the.
McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance on Friday '•
afternoon :in the Town Hall. At the sametime
reserves have grown in proportion to
increased insurance in force At the sametime
the . companies surplus increased from
S790,554.00 to 5946,311.00.
President Ken Carnochan reviewed high-
lights of the Annual report with policy-
holders. He warned thatincreased uses of
woodstoves could contribute to increased
risks unless special care taken.
During the• year losses paid totalled'
Cattlemen
5162,318.00 of which 549,695.00 was re-
covered through reinsurance.
The meeting reelected. Donald McKercher,
Lavern Godkin. Ross Leonhardt. and John.
Taylor' to theboard and at a subsequent
meeting of , the : hoard named' . Donald
MCKercher, R,R.1,•Dublin as President and
John H. McEwing, R.R.1', Blyth as vice -Pre.
sident.• Other directors of the 103 year old.
company are, Ken G. Carnochan, Ross
Leonhardt, Stanley Meliwain, John A.
Taylor, J. N. Trewartha and Stuart Wilson,
Mrs. Margaret Sharp is
secretary -treasurer.
want M s•s pport
BY ALICE GUM •
Art Bolton of McKilloppresident of e
p h
Huron Cattlemen's'• Association, asked
Huson County's, three members of . parltaw
nient for their support in preventing
consumer over -reaction to the high price of
beef' at theannual members of parliante,nt
meeting cin Saturday, •
Mr, Bolton and representatives from other
Huron:
County ,oontmoditYy gtouPs.?rese
t
ed
brief to MPPs lack Riddell and Murray
Gaunt and MP Robert McKinley at the
dinner held in Clinton,,,
Mr, Bolton said the -beef price increase
results from the decline itt the number of
beef cattle and the decline in value of the
Canadian dollar. He said.' it's, expected the
number of cows will continue to decline until'
_. 1980 and relatively high prices:for beef will
pre'un'ttl1952.
Frankvail Wall, an OFA. director from the
Niagara region,- asked Mr. Bolton if cattle
producers couldn't maintain their production.
at a steady rate. He said there was again talk
byome �'� sonsumY. gers about bo eotting beef
due to the high prices.
,,, Mr. Bolton said cattlemen are g
trying to get
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Oublin' Lions host sons.;
Kids, Seniors bowl .
Moving in 1$90: ..
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