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Times-Advocate, 1982-04-21, Page 3Want more township tanCe assts . Continued from front page Exeter. board as pawns in the matter and expenditures, but said Again noting the rec and suggested the matter of that because neighboring board's budget was municipal assistance to the munlcipalities (Usborne and reasonable, Shaw succeeded board had been handled im- Hay) had reduced their grant in having it reduced in two properly when the rec centre this year should not mean areas to "make the pant that was built. that Exeter should the facilities and programs Shaw replied that the deci- automatically pick up the will suffer under what Exeter sion regarding the operating balance. is prepared to give the costs had been right for the "It's unfair to shift it (the board." time the building was erected, board's increase) to the tax- Josephson, noting it was a but it was nowtimeto-affect a payers of Exeter," he matter of establishing a prin- change. remarked, noting the board ciple as to who is going to pay Shaw was authorized to had a responsibility to ttur for recreation costs, charged write letters to the neighbor - municipalities and not just • that council were using the ing townships of Hay, Stephen and Usborne as well as to rec centre board chairman John Pym outlining Exeter's stance on the situation. paving question and said In his letter to Pym, Shaw Shaw had "misread some of said that the board had sub= our minds." milted a realistic budget, but He explained that he council believes that an ex - couldn't accept the amination should be under - railroading of the position taken to consider the methods from the mayor's chair on of municipal funding to pro - the matter as Shaw had said vide an equitable balance that the tenders could be among the four accepted and the budget municipalities. altered accordingly, with "Your budget, then, will be cuts being made in other the 'tool' with which we will areas if necessary. work to arrive at a reasonable Mickle said the budget solution." should be considered in total, Addressing the reeves of noting he was in favor of the three townships, Shaw's consideringsome cutback in letter said that perhaps the the paving projects. time has come for the Chapman said she, was municipal representatives to also of the opinion Shaw had sit down with one another and ruled it was "all or nothing" consider possible solutions to for the paving jobs and both the problem. members indicated they He said that there was were only interested in growing pressure to imple- considering cuts In some of menta scheme of "user fees" ' the paving and• not so that Exeter taxpayers will I eliminating it in total. bear a fairer proportion of Josephson, who didn't costs, but noted council is vote, said he didn't realize resisting this proposal the defeat of the motion because the users would be would result in no paving divided into two classes, and being undertaken. discrimination might be im- The procedural matter plied at some stage. was checked at this point and "Most of us believe that Shaw had to back -track after some arrangement similar to finding out that he should our area fire board might be have ruled Josephson's the answer," he told the abstention as an affirmative reeves, adding that vote under the town's something should be done procedural policy. within the next few weeks. Josephson then moved that The rec board budget call - the matter be reconsidered, , ed for an operating grant and with the necessary two- from Exeter of 872,019 and a thirds majority, this was capital grant of 816,350. done. After further debate. Council moved to reduce the paving tender was ac- the operating grant by 82,000 cepted in whole by council and restrict the capital to and included in the budget. 88,000. Riverside Construction Grants outlined in the was the lowest bidder at budget showed Usborne con - 851,816.95. tributing 86,000 this year in Ken Gerber Construction comparison to last year's of Stratford was the low 89,000 and the Stephen share 1 bidder on the reconstruction being the same at 81,200. Hay of Marlborough and contributed 8800 in 1981 and Waterloo St. The firm's price this year have indicated they was 5196,168.85 with all nine will reduce that to 8440. Ex - bids being close. eter's share has been increas- Exeter and Stephen will ed from last year's actual of will share the cost of the 861,855 to this year's 872,000. Waterloo St. project. The capital projects envi- Stephen's portion will be sioned by the board included 844,128.60. $450 for an outside window Rocky road debate Continued from front page struction and the paving be approved and the budget adjusted accordingly. However, " the motion was supported by only MacGregor, Hall and Humphreys. A subsequent motion to approve only the tender for the Waterloo and Marlborough St. projects was passed with MacGregor and •Humphreys voting in opposition. Then a motion was presented to approved the tender for the paving and this resulted in a tie with MacGregor, Hall and Humphreys in support and Mickle, Chapman and Fuller in opposition. Josephson abstained. Shaw, noting that the procedural policy dictated that he vote in the negative to defeat the motion, in the tie situation said he was doing so "with regret." That left the paving contract virtually in limbo and as council concluded the works committee report without arty further action, Shaw told his cohorts that in effect they had deleted paving for this year and he ' termed R "one of the stupidest things" they had done. He said the proposed budget increase of two percent was reasonable, but so was five percent, which would have been the in- crease with the paving in- cluded. He opined it was cutting out a "paltry sum of money" and told members it was "reactionary thinking" and not demonstrating the policy of progress that the town had demonstrated in the past. His final comment was that it was a "retrograde step." When the discussion got back to the budget after further committee reports, Mickle said he had heard the Mayor "pop off" . on the TOGETHER z t& IXC Monday, 2:30 - 5 p.m. 7 - 10 p.m. South Moron District Nigh School . Education Week Programme for Parents and other interested Persons April 26 - 29 April 26 General Open House - Art display in Library, displays in Science, Family Studies, Technical, Commercial, Physical Education, and other departments. Parents may meet with teachers either at prearranged times or at any time during the afternoon or evening. Parents may wish to discuss this year's progress or next year's course selection, DISCUSSION SESSIONS Tuesday, April 27 1 . Substance Abuse - drugs, alcohol, tobacco. The ex - 7 p.m. tent, school programmes on these topics, possible directions for parents etc. 8:10 p.m. 2. Bill 82 - The Legislation concerning provision for exceptional pupils - i.e, - pupils with learning difficulties, emotional pro- blems, developmental handicaps, physical handicaps, gifted pupils, physicaly handicapped pupils,- etc. 9:20 p.m. 3. Sex Education - school programmes, health unit birth control programmes, etc. Wednesday, April 28 1. Food and Human Behaviour, nutrition for 7 p.m. healthful life - Ms. Elaine Gottscholl. 8:10 p.m. 2. Patterns of School Organization - period lengths, subject scheduling, course hours, attendance, behaviour, school year calendar changes, proposed changes in SERP, extra -curricular programmes, etc. 9:20 p.m. 3, Apprenticeship programmes and college programmes leading to skilled trades, etc. Thursday, April 29 1. Career Development - employment directions, post 7 p.m. secondary education, costs of college, university secondary school's role in career development. 8:10 p.rn. 2. Implications of the computer for schools, employment, etc. 9:20 p.m. 3. Study Skills, home work, Is there a role for parents? How much home work, effects of television etc. Each evening members of the staff will be available to discuss concerns or matters of interest to parents. Guidance and administrative staff will be available each evening. Other staff will be available as indicated. Monday All Staff Tuesday Languages Physical Education Mathematics Wednesday Thursday English History Geography Family Studies Technical Commercial Science Art' Parents are asked to indicate which sessions that we can plan appropriate rooms. Please tend ony or all sessions; one form only should Tuesday, April 27 - Session 1 2 Wednesday, April 28 • Session 1 2 Thursday, April 29 - Session 1 2 are likely to be attended so circle choices. You may at - be returned by each family. 3 Clip and return 3 this portion 3 to the school. 7 ■........................................................ from the concession to serve activities at the playing field, 81,100 for a concrete garbage bin, 82,000 for a skate sharpener, 83,800 for a new double entrance that would reduce heat loss, 84,000 for a parking lot at the new agricultural building and 85,000 for a reserve fund for swim pool and ice plant repairs. The board had already deleted several other capital project ideas including an electrical distribution panel, converting the stand heaters in the arena to infra -red, a new air conditioner for the • hall, broomball nets and a floor covering so activities could be held on the ice sur- face when the ice was installed. The board's operating budget was for 8255,755, with 8118,000 of that being, for wages and benefits. THE BEST IN ONTARIO -- Lucan Irish captain Paul Wraith and receive the OHA Junior "D" championship trophy Wednesday vener Don Yeck of Belmont. The Irish won the title by edging citing bottle. goal tender Dan Sceli night from OHA con - Langton 4-3 in an ex - T -A photo Times -Advocate, April 21, 1,982 11/41110 3 Area libraries hold contests for children Come celebrate! National Book Festival is a week of events planned to promote Canadian writing and publishing. This year, ac- tivities are planned from April 26 to May 2. The Huron County Public Library is celebrating the National Book Festival with two contests for the children in this area. The children in the six village Branch Libraries: Bayfield, Blyth, Brussels, Hensall, Kirkton and Zurich, can participate in the second annual drawing contest. For the five town libraries, the children aged 7 to 9 can enter the drawing contest while children aged 10 to 12 can answer some questions on Canadian authors and Canadian books. Clinton, Exeter, Goderich, Seaforth and Wingham Branch Libraries are spon- soring these two different events. Contest rules can be ob- tained at these libraries. Prizes will be awarded. Also scheduled for this week are a display at the Suncoast Mall in Goderich and a visit by Canadian author, Lyn Cook, to the Seaforth Branch Library on Tuesday. April 27 at 1:30 p.m. There is free admission to this program. Join in the fun and bring a friend along! If you're not afraid to face the music you may some day lead the band. !!U1!DAY !IIDAY II SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2 4 EXTRA SHOPPING HOURS Thursday & Friday 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday - 8 a.m.-4 p.m. • INuSTORE DEMONSTRATIONS. 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