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Tim Huron County 'Board.
of gduegion may attempt to
squeeze a few more miles out
of board owned shcool busei
to alleviate -financial pres-
sures that are cramping the
board's. capital expenditures
and equipment replacement
programs.
Board chairman John •
Elliott told the hdartl 'at its
final session Monday night
the practice" of automatically
renewing six board (*lied
buses every year may be
unnecessary pointing out
that,some of the money spent
on new vehicles could be
funneled into other' areas.
The suggestion was made
when the bbard was asked by
John Cochrane, director of
education, to approve a five
year capital expense forecast
Mr. Cochrane explained to
the boardt that the live year
program is required by the'
ministry of education for
Ontario to permit the pro-
vince to set down a provincial
mdi etetetthore sraeiclq the province has
spending forecast. The,
pirments of the
Huron board with-the excep-
tion of one major • area,
additional home, economies
and industrial arts fadities in
elementary schools
. Mr. Cochrane told the
board that considering the
minstry's record of ignoring
Huron County's request for
funds to establish industrial
Arts and Home Ec. centres at
TuriTherry, Hullett and
Exeter Public Schools the'
bGard could consider not
asking any mere. Cochrane
said the futility of the requesti4
indicated that- perhaps tRr
board should just • ask ` for
money for the ,continuance of
replacing six board • owned
• buses each' year. The bus
„ replacing practice is done
due to ministry guidelines
°that totally,depriciate school
buses aye/ seven year.
Mr. gitliott suggested, that ,
the board'stabit of replacing
-six buses a. year may not be
necessary. :The chairman
said • some of ihe . buses
replaced may be worthy of
more mileage and that the -
board could attempt to keep
the vehicles on the road
using the money saved to
establish the Herne
Economic-Industrial Arts
slassrooms. .
BrUssels trustee Dovnald
McDonald noted that it may
"Pot be possible for,the board
to transfer that capital as
easily as that. He said the
ministry • might simply keep
the money itself and give the'
Huron board only enough for
the bused,
Wingham trustee Jack
Alexander sai it appeared
the six buses e for replace-
ment were " t go" by the
boarfs transportation de-
partment so that by the time
they are due to be taken off
the road they are ':shot".
Mr. Alexander suggested
that by taking better care of
the vehicles the board may
get more mileage from them.
Mr. Elliott Said that some
df the buses may indeed be
scrap but felt 'sure some
should not be replaced. He
said there maybe four buses
due for replacement and.two
that could be kept on the
saving *1140 the cost of
'two now vehicles. He said in
the past two .years three e
the buses the 'board has
replaced have beep put back
into service by bus. con-
tractors, The board -tenders .
for the sale of the vehicles,A.
contractor buy them and .
keeps 'them on t.,.h0 road- to
transport .students under a
contract with the board." ` •
The • chairman ' 'Sato two
years ago two of the six.
buses the board . sold were
put back • on the road by"\-
conteactors and this year one
of the buses was put back in
service. He suggested that
the board consider the.policy
before • it• automatically •
Agrees to it. " -
Seaforth trustee John
Henderson felt: that a delay
could'. put the boar• in..4
financial dilmena it aces in
other areas, Mr, enders.on
said . if the board 'lays off a
year or two it ay be facing
the same pro m it' is. in
replacing yea 'oment lb
technical classrooms in the
county high schools". He
said L the board could .not
afford to "keep up to the
situation .to avoid 'facing a
large expenditure it can't
handle."
.Wingham trustee Murray
Mulvey suggested under-
coating the new buses to get.
more mileage out of their.
He said rust seems to be a
problem the bUses are
victimized by pointing .out
that in meal cases the
vehicles '.'rust out *Ore
they. wear out''. Mr. /*Ivey
'said the boarircould consider
getting the buses rust
proofed when they are new.
The board agreed to drop
the provision of industrial
ArtS-Homne Econmics class-
rooms from its five year.
capital expense forecast and
make provision for the re-
placement of six board
owned buses. The budget
committee hopes to sit down
with transportation manager
to review the'
practice of automatically re-
placing six buses a year.
KILBARCHAN CRAFTS .---Gladys Brightrall manned one of the
° craft booths at the ladt Friday afternoon. Some of the crafts on the
Kilbarchan Nursing Home's Chrlistenas bazaar table included bouquets
of knitted flowers, satin_roses and ..,Christmas felt. banners,
(Expositor photo)
night,
The,. .occasion was
meat cutting when. TV • Temple, London a
personality and, teacher dinner featured
Arthur Buck demonstrated Red coat pork
on a pig at a meeting of t s • ecialty of
club in Brussels Wednesday Le
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Members, of the Bluewater visit of Potentatelack
Shrine Club learned all about H. • Marshall ' of -Mocha
d the
anadian
hops, a
e Brussels
uxiliary who
catered. Wm. Turnbull of
Brussels is president of the
the Bluewater Club, •
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Cancer Society
to, pick 1979 reps.
Want a snowmobile
-that's small enough for
- easy handling but
quick-enough to blur
. the-trees? Try the
Enticer 250. -• The Huron County Unit of
the Canadian Cancer Society
- held its fall meeting on
Monday, November 20 at the
Wesley Willis Church in
Clinton. •
There were 22 memberg
and friends in attendance
representing ,, Seaforth,
Exeter, Goderich and the
Clinton Branch. , The
Wingham ,branch hadno one
esent.
President Helen Davies
chaired the evening which
opened with two vocal solos
given by Wyn Homuth,
accompanied by Mrs.
Radford- at the piano.
The upcoming campaign
conference to be held in.
Toronto in January was
discussed and each branch is
to send a delegate.,--
Each branch wishing to
participate in a Daffodil Day
. start the 1979 campaign in.
April is asked to have their
repreSenfatives in to the
campaign chairman by the
end of November.
Reports were given as
follows: education, Mrs.
Freda Slade; service to
patients, Mrs. Shirley Mills;
Publicity, Howard Aitken;
campaigns, Ross McDaniel.
John McKibbog attended
the education conference in
Toronto in October and gave
'a report on it.
Workshops were formed
for • Specialized discussions
and each' group, reported
back to the meeting as a
whole.
Following adjournment
coffee and doughnuts were
enjoyed. The next meeting
will be held sometime• in
February.
A THE SHRINERS MEET—Bill Turnbull (left) of brussels president, of the
Bluewater Shriner's Club posed for a picture with Jack H. Marshall,
Potentate from London and Arthur Buck, an instructor'at George Brown
College in Toronto, when the Club held its November meeting in Beussels
(Photo by Lang loid) orfWednesday night.
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