Times-Advocate, 1980-01-16, Page 1STEPHEN LANE
Authority adds new staff members
Tike Ausahle-Bayfield
Conservation Authority have
two additions to their staff,
Stephen. Lane joined the
Drivers get
suspensions
Autherity an conununity v,,aninvolvedinsimilatworit
relations co-ordinator in with the Lower- Thames.
October replacing Susan. River ,Conservation
McOregor who accepted a Authority at. Chatham f9r-
POsition with the. Ontario the past 20 months and ilea a
Cant* Association. Prior -to Bachelor of Science: in
coming to, Authority, Lane wildlife.. biology• from the.
was. employed by the St, University,of',Guellt.. -
Thomas Times-JoVnal and' Schwindt and his wife have
by Pinery Provincial Park taken up residence in
as -4 naturalist. . Exeter.
Lana who is- residing. in 'Ana's assiignment is. to,
Grand Bend,. Send,. has a B,*. in, provide a publicinferrnatien
Canadian studies from the program and to deAlt4o.p
University of Guelph, maintain. conservation.
John: Sehwindt joined the education in,-cOncEvt with
authority Monday as area hoards 4f education.
resource. -planner, a positioit "I'd like. to pOsh: con-
'that had been vacant for nervation as a.theme in the
several moths. Schwindt sehools", he said.
More emphasis on cone
nervation ethics along
"Ministry • of Natural
Resources themes" is a goal
for Parkhill Conservation
Area t Mr, Lane said. More
emPbasis will be placed on
nature hikes during the
summer program for
campers at the Parkhill
Water quality is to be
improved through increased
water sampling, Lane stated.
Erosion control is also being
promoted.
The authority helps school
groups at Camp Sylvan with
tree identification, nature
interpretation and insect and
bird Identification.
Schwindrs speciality will
be development of master
plans and conservation
services, A tree planting
assistance. program and
minor erosion control plan
.are included in his respon-
sibility.
Watershed planner John
Small has been carrying the
workload now assumed by
Schwindt. Small is author of
the new master plan for
future development of
Parkhill Conservation Area,
Which has. received approval
in principle from the
provincial natural resources:
Ministry -and the Authority.
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• • Elementary staff
get 7.3 percent
A YOUNG SHOOTER — Denton Hackney tries a slap shot during Tuesday's moms and tots skating session at the Lucan
arena. T-A photo
Usborne permits
down 10 percent
everything finalized."
Only about half the school
boards in Ontario have
agreed upon teacher con-
tracts for the 1979-80 school
year, Schedler said, and the
new salaries for the Huron
County teachers puts them
somewhere in the bottom
half of the province-wide
salary range.
Under the contract,
negotiations for the 1980-81
school year must be initiated
by the end of January.
The board and its 258
secondary school teachers
ratified a one-year contract
in December providing a
seven-per-cent salary in-
crease for the 1979-80 school
year. Salaries range from
$13,135 to $29,184.
Usborne building inspector
Herman Van Wieren told
township councillors at the
first meeting for 1980 that
building permits issued in
1979 totalled $908,000. This is
a decrease of about 10
percent from the, previous
year.
Subscription
price lump KEEPING AN EYE OUT ,the of Ethel area farmer Murray Cardiff at the Progressive Conservative
nomination meeting Tuesday in Brussels, Carditt was congratulated on his win by riding present Marjorie Benne& of
Wingham. Appearing to have an eye on the bussing couple is a poster of Prime Minister Joe Clark, Staff photo
Beats Shaw and two others
Cardiff chosen by PCs
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Huron County board of
education has ratified a one-
year contract giving its
elementary school teachers
a 7.3 per-cent salary in-
crease for 1979-80.
Under the contract,
ratified by the teachers
Thursday night, salaries of
the 341 teachers will range
from $11,210 to $29,000. The
average is $20,762. Salaries
for the 24 principals range
from $17,438 to $35,555 and
average $34,460.
The contract, which ex-
pires Aug. 31, will cost the
board almost $7.9 million,
The teachers have been
without a contract since
Sept, 1.
In November a provincial-
ly appointed fact-finder,
called in to assist the con-
tract dispute, recommended
a pay raise of 6.5 to seven
per cent. In his report,
Toronto lawyer David Moore
said an "artificial deadlock"
hatl been .created in
negotiations because of a
failure to communicate.
The fact-finder reported
that the teachers were seek-
ing increases of nine to 10
per cent and the board was
offering3.5 to four per cent.
Brenda Schedler,
negotiator for the elemen-
tary teachers, said Friday
"we feel that it was not until
after the fact-finder's report
that negotiations became
serious."
Board negotiator Shirley
Hazlitt said several things
had slowed negotiations, in-
cluding failure to agree on
salaries, suspension of talks
during the summer and the
two-month wait for the fact-
finder's report.
"We were so close (to
agreement) but you really
can't go to a ratification
meeting until you have
Shaw drew a roar of ap-
proval from the crowd when
he said "He (Trudeau) said
he wasn't the man to lead us
into the `80's...let's prove
him right".
When Kleinstiver in-
dicated to Shaw that his ad-
dress time was up, the
former English teacher
turned to the crowd and ask-
ed for another 30 seconds to
finish his speech. When the
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An Ethel area farmer and
current chairman of the On-
tario Bean Producers
Marketing Board will lead
the Progressive Conser-
vatives in the riding of
Huron Bruce into the
February 18 election.
Murray Cardiff. 45 out-
distanced three other can-
didates in the conservative
nomination meeting held
Tuesday in Brussels.
The farmer and
businessman polled 331 votes
compared to a total of 219
votes cast in favour of Blyth
real estate agent Mason
Bailey, Reeve Barry John-
son of Kinloss township and
former Exeter Mayor Bruce
Shaw in the first round of
balloting.
Closest to Cardiff in the
voting was Shaw with 142
votes followed by Johnson
with 75 and Bailey with 17.
, Following his nomination,
An Exeter man, John
David McNair, was sentenc-
ed to six months In jail after
pleading milltY 011ie theft of
over $1,200 from an area
firm in June of last year.
McNair was sentenced by
Judge W.G. Cochrane when
he appeared in court, lines,
day, on the charge of break,
enter and theft at Club.
Albatross in lihron Park on
June 9,
None of the money taken
in the theft has been
recovered, the court learn-
ed. '
Fines ranging from $300 to
$400 were levied against four
drivers for drinking and
driving offences under the
Criminal Code.
George Arnold Maxwell,
Exeter, was fined $400 or 40
days for driving with a blood
alcohol content of. over 80
mgs. on September 18, His
license Was suspended for
three months and he was
given 90 days in which to pay
the fine.
A breathalizer test showed
a reading of 260 mgs.
Fines of $350 were levied
against two London drivers,
David Michael Arnold and
Robert Lorenza Stouffer,
and a fine of $300 against
David James Clarke, R,R, 2
Zurich, who were all charg-
ed with driving while over 80
mgs.
All three had their licenses
suspended for three months
and each Was' given varying
times by Judge Cochrane to
pay the fines.
Stamen George Harris,
London, formerly of Exeter,
was fined $250 or"25 days on
a charge of possession of
narcotics for the purpose of
trafficing.
He was charged on August
18 after police found him
with about nine. ounces of
marijuana, which had a
value of approximately $200.
He was given 60 days to pay.
Another London driver,
Randal Wayne Parker, was
fined $250 ,or 25 days after
pleading guilty to a charge
of failing to stop after an ac-
cident. The court learned he
hit a parked cat in thedot at.
OW) Melrose, Hurtas Park
on November 24. The parked ,
vehicle sustained damage
listed at $250.
Guy Andrew Lee, Hensall,
was fined $100 or 10 days on
a charge of driving while dis-
qualified. He had lost his
driving privileges for failure
to pay fines, He received a
further license suspension at
Tuesday's court session.
Given Discharges
Two Usborne township
youths involved in a spray
painting spree of several
vehicles in Exeter on
Hallowe'en were given dis-
charges 'of 14 counts of mis-
chief, while an Exeter youth
was given a discharge on
four charges of taking motor
vehicles without the owners'
consent.
Dale R. Conlon and James
Bradley Conlon, of R.R. 1
Woodham, were given ab-
solute discharges on all but
one of the mischief charges.
On that one, they were given
conditional discharge and
placed on probation.
The court was told that
restitution had been made to
the owners of all but one of
the vehicles, and that one.
had not been settled because
an estimate of damage had
not yet been completed. In
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During the month of
December two permits for
building valued at $47,000
were issued and 18 in-
spections made.
An application for a
building permit at Win-
chelsea on part of Lot 10,
Concession 9 for a residential
unit was not approved.
Clerk-treasurer Harry
Strang reported that only
three percent of 1979
`property , taxes were unpaid
as of December 31, 1979.
Council passed a motion
s authorizing. road superin-
tendent John Batten to
charge work on drainage
outlets back to the owners If
it is found that roads are not
responsible for the blockage.
Administrator John Carter
and Homer McKay of the St.
Marys Hospital board asked
council for assistance from
the County of Huron for the
board's building program on
an usage basis.
Clerk Strang reported that
no word of supplementary
funding for 1979 tile draiiiage
loans had yet been received
from the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food.
Reeve Bill Morley in-
formed that he had attended
the court of revision of the
McBride municipal drain in
Stephen township.. It was
adjourned to allow for fur-
ther consultation with the
engineer.
An application for a land
severance from Cleve
Pullman for part of Lot 10,
SWB Concession was ap-
proved with no consideration
required,
Capital borrowing for
construction of the Branch
"C" of the Sereda municipal
drain was passed as
provided for in the bylaw.
Tile drain loan ap-
plications in the amount of
$31,500 were approved.
Crash total
stays low
Aided by unusually good
winter road eenditione, area
drivers continue to keep the
accident total down .in the
new year.
There were only two
collisions this week, bringing
the total for 1980 to date to
only four.
The most serious of the two
this week was on Wed-
nesday, when a vehicle
driven by Bryan Hicks, RR 8
Parkhill, struck a sign post
and went in to a farm field on
concession 18.19 at the
junction of the Gore road in
Stephen Township.
Hicks sustained minor
injuries and damage was
estimated at $1,525 by
Exeter OPP Constable Al
Quinn.
The other crash was on
Friday when a vehicle owned
by Ben Vandenakker,
Seaforth, was struck by an
unknown vehicle while
parked on the main street in
Zurich. Damage was
estimated at $150 by Con-
stable Ed Wilcox.
The Exeter OPP in-
vestigated one stolen vehicle
incident. A 1980 Mercury was
taken from Hensall Motors
on Friday evening, It was
recovered on Saturday at the
corner of Simcoe and Albert
Street in Exeter.
Constable LarryChristiaen
is investigating.
The victory by Cardiff set
back the political plans of
Shaw who since his exit from
municipal politics in 1978 has
been rumoured to be seeking
a seat in either the House of
Commons or provincial
legislature.
The 37 year old principal
of Seaforth District High
School had the distinction of
having the best received
speech which unfortunately
for Shaw was ,about 30
seconds too long for the
crowd and for time-keeper
Lorne Kleinstiver.
Shaw who was nominated
by former Goderich mayor
Deb Shewfelt and seconded
by former Huron Warden
Jack Tinney said it was not
necessary for an MP from
Huron-Bruce to have farm
background to adequately
represent the riding. He said
it was the individual who
was important and not what
his Iine of employment was.
The riding is undergoing
several changes among
those being a declining pop-
ulation, a shift towards ur-
banization and a population
which was growing
progressively older.
The MP from Huron-
Bruce must establish a
partnership between the ur-
ban and rural areas, Shaw
stated.
the father of two boys and a
girl said to the 565 delegates
and 600 on-lookers "Thank
you from the bottom of my
heart". He said the party
faithful in the riding of
Huron Bruce will have to
work together.
Just prior to receiving a
standing ovation Cardiff said
"I hope...I will reward you
on the 18th".
In an address earlier in the
evening which fell far short
of the seven minute time
limit set for candidate's ad-
dress Cardiff asked for a
first ballot win and said he
felt his combination as a
farmer, businessman and
chairman of the bean board
gave him the necessary
background to represent the
people of this riding.
If elected to fill the seat
vacated by the retirement of
veteran MP Bob McKinley,
Cardiff would become the se-
cond MP with the Cardiff
surname to represent a
federal riding in the area.
Cardiff is a distant relative
of Elston Cardiff who
represented the former
Huron riding in the House of
Commons from 1943 to 1965.
Goderich lawyer Jim
Donnelly placed Cardiff's
name in nomination with
Kee Campbell acting as
seconder.
EQUALIZED ASSESSMENT EXPLAINED — Taxpayers of Usborne township and Exeter
hod the opportunity to learn about the effect that equalized assessment has on their taxes
at an open house held by the regional assessment office of the ministry of revenue at the
South Huron Rec Centre Monday. Ken Fagan of the assessment office said 60 people had
made inquiries, Explaining the changes to Bob and Trudy Simpson of R.R. 1, Centralia was
Clare Lawrence. T-A photo
Area hopeful doesn't get nominated
NDP pick Lucknow farmer
"When I said originally I
would stand I wanted to be
sure that there would be at
least one candidate. My
enthusiam is still as strong
as ever, but the flesh is
beginning to get a little
weaker."
Another prospective
candidate, Philip Walker
formerly of the Oakwood
Inn at Grand Bend was not
nominated.
After the meeting Walker
told the T-A, "My nominator
failed to show up, I expect
there Will be a provincial
election in the very near
future and I will gear up for
that."
At the beginning of the
,frotosi
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Tony McQuail a 27 year old
Lucknow •area farmer will
represent the New
Democratic Party in the
Huron-Bruce riding in the
February 18 federal election.
McQuail who is very active
in Federation of Agriculture
activities and in alternate
heating projects defeated
Osborne Fansher of Bayfield
on the first ballot by a count
of 19-3.
Veteran NDP campaigner
Carl Hemingway was
nominated but declined to
stand when the other two
were nominated,
Hemingway who
represented the party in two
elections in the 1960'e said,
NDP CANDIDATE — Tony MeQuoil, R.R. 1 Lutknow was named NOP candidate in the Huron-Rruce riding at a Monday
nomination in Clinton. Above, MrQuail second from the left is being congratulated by the other nominee Osborne Fausher of
Hayfield, Hamilton Centre MP Michael Davison and meeting chairman Pouf Carroll. '1-A photo
current prices. / can heat my
house with renewables fat
more economically,"
About Petrocan, McQuail
said, "We would expand it to
provide real competition
with the multinationals and
make government to
government agreements
regarding Canadian oil
imports to ensure that they
won't be diverted and would
encourage conservation with
an improved insulation
program and a new building
code dealing with energy
saving practices and
design."
In his nomination address,
Osborne Fansher said an
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fuel."
He continued, "From this
a real price for petroleum
would be set and a fair
return allotted to the
petroleum industry for the
costs of extraction,
processing and distribution.
The balance would be placed
in a joint federal-provincial
energy security fund and
used to develop replacement
energy supplies."
The ND? candidate has his
own personal energy saving
program. He commented,.
already consider heating oil
over priced. With my energy
efficient solar and wood
heated home I wouldn't
consider buying oil at
meeting held at the Clinton
Public School chairman Paul
Carroll said he was pleased
with the attendance of about
50. He added, "I'm in good
spirits tonight, our at-
tendance for a meeting like
this is usually about 17."
McQuail emphasized the
NDP enet'gy policies. He
said, "We have an alter-
native to the Liberal-
Conservative energy fiasco.
If elected we would im-
mediately appoint a Corn-
mission of Petroleum
Pricing to report by Jute of
this year on the actual costs
of the petroleum industry
and the anticipated
replacement cost of today's