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payfpr. crossing guard
(by Wilma Oke)
-The• -Huron-Perth County
" Roman Catholic Separate. School
Board turned doWn 'a --request`
from Seaforth that the board help
to pay the costs of a crossing
guard on No. 8 HighWay at St. -
James Separate School. • The
Board decided it is not prepared
to pay sin.ce crossing guards fall
Under the jurisdiction ,of . the
municipality.
Carol Hubert was hired by
Seaforth council as a guard at St.
James on February 14, and
. Stanley Bray as .'-a guard at
Seaforth Public School also on No.,
8 Highway ai the request of the
• principal -at ••the Seaforth • Public
School who was concerned for the
safety othiSS-ttidetits crossing the-
buss, highway.
The crossing guard . program
will - start in Seaforth - in
September after the proper
highway signs are' up.
County pays half
Health bOard to hire ..nutritionW
Eleven of the fourteen trustees
will -attend the 47th annual representing each school Meeting adjourned at 10:50
attending in an attempt, to get 'p.m. Next meeting .April 12.
personnel committee„ reported
negotiations with the teachers
-4 'are-goitig-er_y_well_and should
be coinpleted within a Short
period of time."
conference of Ontario Separate
School Trustees' AssoCiation to
be' held in Toronto at Royal York
Hotel on March 30, 31 and April
1. Not attending are Vincent
Young, Coderich; Ronald
Murray Dublin; and DaVid •
Teahen, Stratford.
Sister Elaine Dunn, Resource
Co-ordinator. and Chris Asseff,.
Executive DirectOr of Ontario
Separate • Schools' Trustees
Association, attended the
meeting to present Fo-cus on Faith
and ontlitre-the -progress of -the
program which was begun id' 974
and • originally designed ., fer„
trustees to spend a day in
reflection. The second phase was
held in 1975 with, trustees and
their spouses and parent couples
Vincent Young, chairman of parents involved in the religious
Sister Elaine said the third
phase', will" be held during the
next schopt.tertmand will be. at
the local school board level -
incorporating trustees and
spouses, administrati% .staff 'and
spouses. principals and spouses
and parents representing each
school in the •Huron-Perth
district. This phase will be held
on November 20 providing Bishop
"Emmett Carter is able to attend or
.auxiliary Bishop John SherloCk.
Three board members, Arthur
HMO Listewel; 'Ronald Maray
and board • chairinan, Mickey
Vere, both 'Of .Stratford, along
with three teachers, and
superintendent Joseph Mills will .......
form the trusted-teacher liaison
committee to prepare the FocuS"
on Faith program on November
20. •
training of -their children,
• Former SetifOrth Paha
constable ROn Lauzon. and his-
lawyer Don Kilpatrick will
"definitely be asking for a
. heating" before . the Ontatio' •
Ilene& 'Corninksion, Mt. Lanitin '
told the EXpoSitor;:tnesday.1 He
Said'firi date for the hearing has
yet,„heett Set: '
Mr. •LatttOo atabialaiVer toltt
cotineit Of their Intention ids their .0**6titikelt,tiottoleg:
nieetfng, two Weds ago, In
• committee of the Whole,.
•
Huron County Council agreed
to a number of. new policies with
regard to applications for sever.
Inces when it met for its March
session in Goderich last Friday.
Clause one provides that Wills
of Agreements signed priOr to the
passing of the County Official
Plan should take precedence.
Wills of Agreement dated after
that passing should not • be
considered , in arriving at- 'a
decision, it was decided.
In futtire, the applicable section
of the Official Plan or Secondary
Plan is to be stated in the
approval or denial of any
severance. Decisions will be
made under the Secondary Plan
of the"Municipality after the Plan
haS had first reading.
In notifying an applicant of the
date of hearing of a severance, ,a
form must now accompany the
notice informing the applicant of
the agencies or persons objecting
to the severance, to enable the
applieant to prepare an apprez
priate defence and save time in
dealing with the severance. A
copy of the objecting agency's
report is also to be fotivarded to
' the applicant.
Where there is a conflict
between the Planning pepart-
rnent's Report on a severance and
the possible decision of the Land
Division Committee, it was
agreed the policy be continued
whereby' the severance is to be
referred to the Planning 'Board •for
comment prior to a decision being
made and a' member of the Land
Division .Committee is to attend
the Planning 'Board meetings to
explain differences of opinion and
the reason for the, referral. • •
In addition, the Planning Staff
is to advise, 'if requested, in
connection with a proposed
Public -School -in Goderich in
September and Mr. Phillips will
take over as 'principal of Central
, Huron Secondary School in
Clinton. The moves were made in
conjunction with the, retirements
of the two principals now at the.
schools, Garnet 'Harland• of
Robertson and Robert Homuth of
Clinton.
The director said he had' no way
of predicting what the move
would do to the wages of the two
men. He said Mr, Smith now
earns 'about $39,000 and Mr.
.-Phillips about $33.000. Mr. Smith
would be guaranteed his present
wage for another year ' before
being adjusted to an elementary
- school principal's wage, now
- about $29,000. Mr. Phillips now
makes the same as •a secondary
school principal. He said Mr.
Smith would receive whatever a
superintendant received- as a
result of this year's negotiations
and in September of 1978 would
be paid an elementary school
priecipars wage.
The Move was made to, cut
spending in education in Huron
and to bring personnel numbers
in line with declining enrolment
in the county schools and- is
viewed as necessity 'by the board.
Mr. Cochrane said enrolment in
elementary sch9ols has ,been
declining in the past few years
and the Hula board has had its
funds from the province cut. The
ministry of education offers
grants' to boards in the province
based on a per capita' ratio and
the declining number of school
' children reduces that figure
'annually.
".'The board does not look on
the change as a demotion but as a
fact made necessary by a tight
budget," said Cochrane.
Mr. Cochrane said ,he. felt the
move was: perhaps indicative of
situation boards will face in the
future but added that was his
opinion only. He said the shuffle
will save the board about $60,000
annually based on current
salaries by not -having to appoint
Fri:v*0M et ro if ''
Town hires- Policeman
Seaforth Council approved the
hiring of William Charles Streaks
as police constable 4th class, at a
salary of $11;050, at "a special
meeting Monday night. Mr„,
Streaks, who is 28 years old, and
a resident of Lon on, will begin
his duties April 4
Police cotnirti ee . chairman
Wayne Ellis told council 12
applications were received and
three men interviewed for the job.
, Mt. Streaks Wired for two
years in Vietnam and received his
polite training with the Detroit
t,.PoliCe Department, Mr. Elly
said.
' In other pollee business, Mt.
Ellis told council the force need's
a new police cruiser. Seaforth
currently has a 1971 Dodge and a
1975 Chevrolet cruiser. Mr. Ellis
told council "any police ,cruiser
'should be replaced every- two
years." Council decided to seek
,tenders for a new,truiser, and to •
advertise the old cruiser for sale
t..) the public, •
Also at the Monday' meeting,
Council approved the histaligifen
of a new parquet floor far the
-arena, its be installed by Van
Bussel Construction, of Lucan, at
a cost of $3,400, 'Clerk Jim
.etteket ,Said the ttioneyJorthe_
floor would conic out the $6,1100
Contingency fund ,the arena
' renovation budget, •
118th Year
$11.00 a Year-In Advance
Whole #5690
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County and stibsequently Made .,.....,County Councillors supported ,assess overall nutrition needs in
• application for provincial funds in , both recommendations
the community and noted that
Many public health problems are
4. Lauzon, lam. err p •
Huron ' County Connell has
agreed to provide $4,225 to the
Board of Health for the hiring of a
nutritionist in the county and
establishment . of a nutrition
program. \
Council agreed, to go ahead
, with their 50 per cent Share of the
funding even though it has not
been established whether or not
. the Provincial Government will
come up with their share. •
The Board determined in 1974
that• the services of a nutritionist
c would be advantageoug in, the
1 1.o C appeal •
Huron changes severances
1974 and again in 1975. In both
cases the applications were not
\approved due to a lack of funds.
In its report to Council last
Friday the Board recommended
that an application be made to..the
Ministry of Health for $8,450 to
fund the services of a part time
-nutritionist for Huron County.
It also recommended that the
County of Huron contribute its
share of the project, that is
$4,225', whether or npt the
program was approved by the
province.
actually related to nutrition.
After such' an assessment, she
said, the.• ntitritiOniSt would
initiate and develop nutrition
programs. This would- include
work in the "school, the .nleals on
wheels program, the elderly -and
weight watching groups.
It toOlt,a clause by erauSe vote
on the Boitid of Health report to
pass the recommendation but it
was approved with only Sbefortft
Reeve John • Flannery and Allan
Campbell, Reeve of Meltillep
TowfiShip. Oppoting the tnotfon.
Althottghlthe leases on the
pregent Health Link vehicles.. dO
not expire Unfit July .31 this yea& #
council., agreed, to adveitise for
new leases' now in &act tb ensure
availability of vehicle's by August
Bayfield Reevg..,Ed Oddleifson
asked if the County share would
help at all if-the province did not
come through with its share.
"Wilt it get junk food out of our
schools," he asked.
Medical Officer of Health Dr.'
Frank Mills assured him it would
help.
Nutritionist. Consultant Helen
Brown was on hand to answer
questions and explain the
proposed duties of a nutritionist
employed by the Board of Health.
She said ' that perSon would
night. The girls are Julie Merner, Darlene Hulley,
Mary Lou Anderson and Sandy Merner. A, family
dance followed the supper. More photbs inside the
Expositor. (Expositor photo)
There are residences on either
side of that property and
objections have been 'edged.•with
severance, whether in the Opinion the Township and the Township
of the staff, the proposed applica- had asked for the Department's
tion 'for severance' would be in comments. .
'
conformity with the Official Plan
or Secondary Plan. The applicant
may then choose whether or' not
he or she wishes to proceed with
the application since the ,Land
Division Committee actually
makes the decision..
In other matters relating to
severances a resolution from the
County of Kent. presented to
council through the Executive
Committee report, calling on the
Province to amend-legislation
whereby the fee charged for
applicatiOrik' made for land
severance be increased from the'
.present maximum for $50 per
application to a maximum of $100'
was supportesti;„, • -
''Exe'eutive Committee Chair-
man William Morley told the
meeting that at present the
average• cost of a '.severance
proceeding was about $115. _
e just feel that p'eople -who
apply for severances should be•
the Ones to bear the lion's share
of the cost," he explained.__
In other Planning Board busi-
ness, council . denied a tecjriest
from Salford Valley Hal! Incor-
porated to use a lot they recently
purchaSed across the road frdm
the Hall for parking. ..•
each municipality bears to the
total equalized assessment of all
municipalities within the County.
In former years, the percentage
paid by each municipality for
Health, HuronView, Children's-
Aid, Social' Services and Library
has been based on population
rather than assessment.
Provision is made that' the
County may, if it feels the by-law
passed under the first regulations
is not just and equitable, amend it
to make apportionment more`
equitable. _
As a result, such an amend-
ment was passed at the same
In general apportionment the
rates range from $27,644 for the
village of Blyth to $395,002 for the-
Town of Goderich. Clinton will
pay $122,892, Exeter 5170,308,
Seaforth $73,845 and Wingham
$141,163.
Under the amendment Blyth
pays $31,821, Goderich $378,815,
Clinton $131,332, Exeter
$168,800, Sit-forth $81,803 and
-Wingham $138,965.
In the townships ;the gdneral
apportionment rangeg froM• West
`Wawanbsb * with $46,335 to
Stephen with $218,403. en-clet-the
amendment those high and low
rates change to $51 45 in West ,
Waivanosh and $209,725 in
Stephen.,
In other Biecutive Committee
,busingsk County ,• Coutieillott
supplied a retoirintelidatibit
from the committee that a grant
of $S00 be paid to both the Huron ,
by-law laSt -ThuisdaY establishing
the apportionment for 1977 to be
paid by each municipality toward
County spending.
As required under the
Municipal Act the County deter-
Huron County COuncil passed a--,-Conntry-Playtibute and the Blyth
Center, for the Arts.
Committee Chaim-tam-Witham'
Morley explained that the repre-
sentatives of 'the Playhouse and
Blyth Centre for the Arts'. had
appeared before the committee to
The '-Huron. County Board of
Education has taken the unprece-
dented step of cfeetaring two
major administrative : positions
redundant - and----.moving the
personnel back into the schools.
Director of edueatien John .
Cochrane and ,board' chairman
Herb Turkheim announced
Monday that one superinten-
dant's-job and the assistant to the
administrator's-job were being
dropped and the men, Ralph
Smith and Cord Phillips, would
be taking over positions as
principals.
• Mr, Smith .will take over .,as
principal of Robertson Memorial
(By. Wilma Oke)
At a meeting of the Seaforth
Community . Hospital -Board
Tuesday night the purchase was
approved 'of a ZF blood counter
from Coulter Electronics of
Mississauga costing $5,400.
Also approved was the
purchase of a defibrillator and
oscilloscope fdr, the treatment of
heart patients at a cost of $3,800
and a blood pressure monitoring
device costing $160.
Mrs, Ruth Pkkard, Hospital "
Auxiliary President and board
member, informed the board the
Auxiliary .would provide two
PIG TAILS WERE POPULAR —.A large crowd-Wertt to Brddhagen Saturday night
for barb,..cued pigtails and spare ribs at -a supper sponsored by the Brodhagen
Chamber of CoMmerce. Here ,Ken Smith, Left, served the,meat' to Mrs7Willar'd
(Expositor Photo) Bennewie's.
two principals to fill the
vacancies.
• The board had four principal-
ships open in September due to
three retirements and the
opening of Vanastra Public-
School. John Talbot is retiring as
principal of Seaforth'',
School and vice principal' Paul
Carroll was named his replace
ment. John Ross, now the vice
principal of • Wingham Public
.School, will take, over as head of
the new Vanastra school. The
board will appoint the new vice
principals later in the year.
Under, board policy any
personnel who have their
positions declared redundant
automatically take the next
position available which in this
case is a principalship.
The move was a combination of
good luck and good timing
according to Mr. Cochrane who
said he couldn't'foresee any
openings at the principal leyel for
another eight to ten years if
present staff stay with the board. „
He said he took the proposal for
the shuffle to the board and told
trustees-they must act now or live
with present staff for at least that
long.
The removal of one superinten,
• dint's job will mean a change of
geographical boundaries for the
remaining three superintendents
• to pick up the schools now under
Smith's jurisdiction. 'He • 'is
-- responsible for the Seaforth.'
Clint& area and•has five elemen- '
tary schools' and two secondary
• schools in Itis,area. The bOard will,
haVe to break the area up
amongst the remaining superin-
tendants and will have to return
"some administrative duties , now
handled' by •Mr. Phillips back -to
Mr. Cochrane.
' The. move returns both. men _to
areas they once worked in. Mr.
Smith was a supervisory principal
when Goderich had. three elemen-
tary schools and moved to
Robertson as principal when the'
supervisory" job was eliminated '
with the closing of Victor Lauris-
fon School.
Mr. Phillips was vice principal
of CHHS for four years before
moving to be principal 'of .P.E.
Wingham when. Frank
Madill became superintendent' of
education. Mr. Phillips came to
the board offide two years ago as
assistant to Mr. Cochrane.
seek the grant.
The 1977 budget for the
Playhouse is $175,000 with $5,000
expected from municipal bodies.
The Ontario Arts Council may
- base their grant according to local
,participation, he• said'. '
gastric suction pumps at a cost of
$520.
Gordon McKenzie, -business-
administrator brought up the,
need for side rails in the patient
corridor's as recommended by the
physiotherapist, John Westcott.
.This was referred to the-property
committee which will confer with
Mr. Westcott to decide on the
most suitable type to meet the
needs of patients.,
According to the , statement
covering the first two months of
1977 the hospital is operating
under budget by $13,006, .Mr.
McKenzie said it should be noted
..... '
that no salary increases' have
been paid to date for 1977.
He - said the average length of
stay„,of a patient in hospital is 8 * 5
days at the present time.,
• There is an roectipart,cy rate at
the end of February of 74.4 per
cent an increase of 4 percent
over budget and this is up, 9 per
cent over last year at this time,
Mr. McKenzie said.
The budget amounting to
$1,508,000 has been submitted to
the' Ministry of Health for
approval. This will cover a period
from January 1977 to, March 1978
clue to the change in the financial
year-being set at March 31 rather
than year end,
Board member Gordon Rimmer
asked that the annual meeting of
the board in•May take the form of
opinion of the cominittee that the_..
• two operation , served about
equal numbers , of Huron
residents so• had recommended
the same grant for each,'" -
a dinner meeting in order to
attract more of the public to
attend.
Mr. McKenzie was to look into,
securing the Community Centre
and a caterer. Tickets will be sold
to members and to interested
citizens.
County weifare is
under , budget
Huron - County Council got
some good news from Social
Services administrator J.A.
McKinnon last Thursday. Mr.
McKinnon reported that' his •
department had estimated ---
expenditures for 1976 at $378,200
but only spent $341,804 When the
final accounts were balanced.
(Continued-on Pagb 20
PANCAKES FOR SUPPER — These four young
ladies had a Idvely time with all the pancakes they
could- eat at a pancake supper sponsored by
Foresters and their families in Constance Friday
More info for applicants
excluding' the press, COuncil
reviewed the allegalias against,
Mr. Lauzon for the benefit of the
new Council members. Council
voted to take no action on the
Matter of heating pending
further action, from. Mr. Lauzon
and his lawyer.
Mr. Lauzon saiddetaila on the
re(pfer tot. a heating 'e4Ula
obtained from his lawyer',, but; the
Expositor Was unable to contact
Mr. Kilpatrick Oft ttiotday, and
Up to press time Wednesday.
eafort s count
The 1977 Iputiget for the Blyth
Centre is $61,000 with $3,000
expected • from 'municipal
government. Vyintario grants are
available if matched by local
contributions. .-
Mr. Morley said it had been the
budget, buys machines
mined the percentage share that
each municipality was to contri- s H
bute according to 'the proportion
that the equalized assessment of below
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