The Citizen, 2005-10-20, Page 32PAGE 32. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2005.
Tank inspections an issue
New tower
Workers from Tower One Construction from Kitchener were
busy at work last week setting up a cell phone tower for
Rogers Communications in Brussels. The tower is
expected to be completed this week. (Heather Crawford photo)
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standards.
Residents expressed concern with
septic tank inspections. “They must
have a reason to believe your septic
tank isn't working before
inspecting," Beaven said.
Several residents said that there
shouldn't be any reason to have
someone look at a septic tank and
tell the property owner to upgrade
because, “if something’s wrong with
your tank, common sense says to fix
it," one resident said.
Also the question of who is liable
if the inspector was hurt on the
property while inspecting was
raised. The majority appeared to
be against tank inspection on
demand.
The Vanastra day care had a loss
of approximately $50,000 this year
Beaven said. The day care pays
Huron East rent of $36,000 each
year which they are responsible for.
If they go over this money in debt
then taxpayers subsidize the rest of
the money. Halt of the children at
the day care, councillors said, are
from outside of Huron East.
There is a problem with Seaforth
Community Centre meeting their
budget. McLellan said. “The fund-
raising doesn't seem to be there."
Beaven said that arenas don't
break even. The taxpayers and
fundraisers keep it going. Council
would like to get both Seaforth and
toBrussels-Morris-Grey arenas up
par, then treat them equally.
There are not any plans to pave
the parking lot at the BMG arena,
McLellan confirmed, however they
would like to get a streetlight in the
parking lot due to vandalism.
The issue of Brussels doing much
more fundraising then Seaforth was
mentioned. “Seaforth councillors
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don’t want to fundraise,” McLellan
said, stating that that is not saying
anything negative about them but
they have made it clear.
One resident expressed concern
that the pool of volunteers in
Brussels are also getting older and
smaller and “in 10 or so years, we
may not be able to do as well,” she
said.
Blyth Festival in 1981. It is the
story of the Amish in southern
Ontario in 1917 and tells of the
challenges facing their lifestyle and
their faith during the First World
War.
The play won the Chalmers award
in 1982 and the Governor-General's
award in 1983.
Classes split between Gr. 1, 2
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transportation and space-related
consequences of placing a program
in particular locations, and finally
return to trustees with further
recommendations on Feb. 14.
Registration would be sought for
students entering either Grade 1 or 2
in September. It's expected ^ny new
program would begin operation with
one classroom split between those
two grades. ’
Transportation from surrounding
areas would be considered,
potentially using buses bringing
older .students to the town’s
secondary school.
“The recommendation states that,
should we get 25 (students registered
in a split classroom), we'll analyze
the costs of doing (French
immersion) in that region,”
explained education director Geoff
Williams, at the Oct. 11 meeting.
Several trustees expressed concern
that parents might be misled by the
approach. Perth East representative
Tina Traschel wondered about even
hosting a registration in Listowel,
where space limitations would seem
to make it nearly impossible to
accommodate a new French
immersion classroom.
And North Perth trustee Jenny
Versteeg emphasized the importance
of informing the parents of
prospective registrants about various
complicating factors, including
transporting young students on a bus
full of high school students, which
arrives al the secondary facility in
lime for an earlier start time than
would be expected at the French
Immersion location.
“Will parents register and then
choose not to send their kids?”
wondered Huron East/CentraXHuron
trustee Shelley Kaastra. Her concern
was echoed by Stratford counterpart
Doug Prallcy, who expressed
concern about particularly
enthusiastic parents “drumming up
24 other parents (to register) just to
gel a program in a site.”
Williams admitted “that's always a
possibility." He also made it obvious
the recommendation, as it stands.
isn't set in stone leading into the Oct.
25 meeting; as trustees made
comments, he busily scribbled notes.
After the meeting, he told reporters
those suggestions will be
considered.
Even based on the preliminary
report delivered at the Oct. 11
meeting, board chair Meg Westley
praised administrative staff for
delivering the straight goods on the
possible financial implications of
expanding French immersion.
She noted Stratford’s large urban
setting is unique in the board; it
allowed for redistribution of school
boundaries after the implementation
of Bedford’s program, thereby
keeping all elementary schools at or
near capacity without going too far
over. Such adjustments won’t be
possible in other centres.
An example given in the
preliminary report reads as follows:
“establishing a program in Listowel
would require the hiring of a French
immersion teacher.
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However, it is very unlikely that
the drop in registration at the schools
sending children to the program
(possibly ■ including schools in
Listowel, Atwood, Gowanstown and
Milverton) would result in the need
for fewer teachers in those schools.
“Thus, the board would have to
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Westley used numerous adjectives
to describe her reaction to these and
similar considerations; they included
“uncomfortable”, “bewildered”,
“anxious”, “nervous” and
“concerned”.
Still, she described the decisions
facing the board as an attempt to
achieve balance between
“educational versus financial
aspects,” and welcomed
administrative staff’s plan to again
assess interest in expanded French
immersion.
MW
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