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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-07-05, Page 2Pate 2—Lucknow Sendnel, Wednesday, July 5, 1970 Will take legal action against Kincardine Legal action will be taken against the town of Kincar- dine by the Bruce County Board of Education if Kincar- dine council carries out its threat to disconnect services to Huron Heights Public School now under construc- tion on Russell Street. The board passed a motion at its meeting Tuesday instructing the board's solic- itor to commence legal action against the town if council carries out this threat. The problem began Nov- ember, 1977, when the board was informed that on March 22, 1976, the town entered into an agreement with South Bruce Development Corp., Kincardine, for provision for. a 12 inch water main and an eight inch sanitary sewer, stating in the agreement the town would collect $52 per foot frontage from the board and give the money to South Bruce Development Corp. By November 1, the plans for the school had been completed and tenders had been called for construction. This agreement was exe- cuted without knowledge and without consultation with the board, according to the Huron Heights Building Committee of which Kincar- dine Trustee Tom Lambert is chairman. The buidling committee' for the school then met and discussed the matter. Noting the board was being charged for 12 inch water mains across the entire frontage of the school site, the commit- tee 'decided to get advice from competent firms of engineers to determine whe- ther or not the charge to the board of $20,426.64 was fair and reasonable. Subsequently the board received reports from two engineering firms indicating the charge was not fair and reasonable and stating the charge should be as follJws: Group Eight Engineering Ltd., $6,830.01 and from A. J. Clarke and Associates, $7,914.61. The board agreed with the A. J. Clarke figures. 4 On June 8, 1978, the board building committee met in Kincardine with members of the council and requested it reconsider the matter in view of the reports fiom the engineers. . It was pointed out ` by representatives of the board, the board was prepared to pay a fair and reasonable charge for municipal services but that other Bruce County municipalities should not have to contribute through educational taxes to costs of municipal services that are not fair and reasonable. 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A further step was taken by the building committee to assist the trustees in consid- ering this 'matter. Expert legal opinion has been obtained regarding the disagreement between the town and the board. The legal advice given to the committee is that (1) the agreement between the town _r. of Kincardine and South Bruce Development Associa- tion is out of the town's jurisdiction; (2) there is an obligation on the town to allow the board to connect its services and the court will enforce such obligations by way of a court order. Trustee Lambert said after the meeting June 8 with town council he was "embarras- sed and very disappointed with the reception the build- ing committee received from council. "Council did not even look at any of the reports we had prepared and they did not look at any of the engineers' reports." "We should pay our fair share but• the 12 inch water main is a trunk main for a much larger area. The town is talking about a new water tower in that part of town," Chesley Trustee George Loucks said. "The town should pick up the difference between a six inch main which is all we need and a 12 inch main which is what the town wants and charge it to the subdivid- er," he added. Huron Board to preview rape film BY JEFF SEDDON Trustees of the Huron County Board of Education plan to go to the movies June 12 to decide if two films dealing with rape are fit for use in county high schools. The films, How to Say No to a Rapist and Survive and All About Rape, are suggest- ed viewing for secondary school students to help them deal with a rapist if they an ever confronted by one. Ont film, How to Say No to a Rapist and Survive, is cur- rently in the board's film library and the other has just been released. Dorothy Wallace, chair- man of the board's school program policy committee, told the board that the board owned film has been shown once in 1977-78 to a Grade 12 law class. The film recently came under some criticism after a University of Western Ontario student employed the advice offered in the film and was brutally raped on the London campus last year. The victim claimed the advice given in the film was wrong and that the film should be banned from use in schools and universities. The board was asked by the Kinsmen Club, of Bel - grave to make use of the film in its secondary schools. The Club sent a letter to board saying its members had seen the film and a recommenda- tion was made to encourage the board to make use of the "excellent". film. Separate school trustee Eugene Frayne pointed out to the board that ' the recent controversy over question- able material in English" literature textbooks in use in county classrooms may be stirred by a board decision over use of -the films. He said the board may be opening the door for more citicism from parents. "It seems like board, members have received a lot of criticism over books we haven't read. The people putting out these films have no experience in rape, who are they to talk," he said. "It's just a comment." Wallace suggested that the board invite some of its teachers or interested par- ents . to attend the viewing. She said the board could meet at 8.00 p.m. and advise any one wanting to attend of the time. "If it's a double feature maybe we should meet at 7.00," quipped Exeter trus- tee, Clarence McDonald. "I hope you learn some- thing at the viewing Mr. McDonald but not too much," replied board chair- man John Elliott. Bruce Board approves controversial books Books banned and under threat of ban in other Ontario school jurisdictions were ap- proved with little comment Tuesday by Bruce County Board of Education for study in its secondary schools. Among the books the board approved were Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger and Butterfly Revolution by Wil- liam Butler. Butterfly Revolution has been banned by the Grey County Board of Education and a committee of the Huron County Board is studying a ban -on the other two. Bruce trustee George Loucks said after Tuesday's meeting that he "doesn't know why" other boards are concerned about the books. "What's objectionable to one person isn't objection- able to another." He admitted the Bruce Lynn's Hobbies & Textiles Pattons Wool, Material and Patterns, Macrame, Tapestry and Other Crafts Main Corner of Ripley Phone 395-5902 Saturday, July 8 Knits for $2e69 ya. 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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Hamilton said at the January meeting the council had voted the village employees and thevillage clerk an increase of 3 per cent and had agreed to negotiate again in June ..for another increase. He said that he believed that the councillors and "everyone who attended the June 13 meeting understood that the motion was to be effective June 1 not retroactive to January." Councillor Ab Murray said that an effective date should have been mentioned in Hamilton's motion and moved that council make an amendment, that the motion read a 3 per cent increase effective June 1, 1978. The amendment to the motion was seconded by Councillor Tom Andrew. UPSETTING Councillor Bill Crump 'said that he was "upset" when he read in the copy of the minutes, that he received following the June 13 meeting, that the motion read 6 per cent retroactive to January. "I think everyone understood what council meant and the motion was changed, as far as I'm concerned." "The motion was not changed," answered Herbert. "It's upsetting when you read something like that. It makes you wonder what's going on," said ,Crump. Hamilton then asked Reeve George Joynt what his position was on the discussion. The reeve said that he had nothing to say because the motion was passed and it was a matter of how council understood that motion. • "The interpretation of the motion seems to be the whole thing," said Joynt.: CONCERNED Councillor Murray said he was concerned when he read the minutes. "It's not a lot of money when you figure it out," said Murray, "It's not the money I'm concerned about. It was never my intention to vote for a motion where the village employees and the village clerk would get back pay." "I think everybody understood the intent of the motion," said Crump. Councillor Andrew observed that he remembered the motion as being made to be a 3 per cent increase. "But the date was not set, so 'I thought the increase was effective June," said Andrew:, "Maybe Alf thought it was January 1." Councillor Crump asked clerk Herbert what Cliff Crawford, town foreman, and assistant foreman`, Gary Austin thought of the pay increase being clarified to 3 per cent effective June 1. "Cliff will probably have to cancel his holiday next week, because he was banking on this money (the back pay to January) to go on his trip;"'° said Herbert. Crump answered that he did not think anyone should have to cancel a holiday because the increase was not retroactive.