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Times-Advocate, 1985-01-23, Page 2141 Mt. Carmel students make resolutions -Good year or bad year" Rooni - 7 You know 1985 is off to a good start when the principal announces school gets out six months early. You know 1985 is off to a bad start when you spend a year learning French and you get to Quebec and no one speaks French. - Shaun Glavin 1 think 1985 is off to a good start when I realized that the Maple Leafs have no hope this year. I think 1985 is off to a bad start when the Maple Leafs unexpectedly start winning and make the Stanley Cup. - Glenn Ford. You know 1985 is going to be a good year when you find out your mothers been taking gourmet cooking classes. You know 1985 is going to be a bad year when you first bite the food and it bites you back. - Pete Conlin. You know 1985 is off to a good start when the tittle black duck is on the right track for his trip South. You think 1985 is going to be a bad year when your parents buy a can of l dog food for dinner for seven people. Sisamay Sengkhounmany. You know 1985 is off to a good start when you finally find a pair of socks that match. 1985 is going to be a bad year when you buy a talking clock with only one hand, and at every hour it says you're getting older. - Sheri Brennan. You know 1985 is going to be a bad year when you step on the scales. You know 1985 is off to a good start when you inherit $4,000,000.00. - Aimee Glavin. You know 1985 is off to a good start when you break the world record for sleeping in. You know 1985 is off to a bad start when you fail your first Math test of the year. - Nicole Vanneste. New Year's Resolutions Room - 5 1 like to become a better person by /doing my best always in school and by keeping my room clean and tidy. To try and keep my resolutions. I'll make time tables to follow and study, SNOW CLEANING — Clearing away snow with a blower Saturday morning making room for the oncoming storm was Fred Sims of Crediton. T -A photo When you read in the paper about stranded motorists thanking people for welcoming them into their homes during a storm you don't realize how thankful these motorists are for hav- ing a warm place to wait out the storm. Saturday, January 19, our volleyball team played in a tourna- ment in Lucan. After our second last game we came out to find that a bliz- zard had certainly hit us and we would be staying in Lucan for a few days. We just can't fully express our thanks to the people of Lucan for he- ing so friendly and helpful. - - Thankyou to Don and Diane Williams and family in Lucan for tak- ing nine extra people into their home on a moment's notice and making us feel welcome. Your thoughtfulness and warm friendly livipg made our two day stay seem a lot shorter. Diane, your excellent meals. Don. all your help, Craig. Kellie and Marc for all the errand running you did will keep the 1985 volleyball tournament fresh in our minds for a long time. Just the thought of being stranded in the cold makes us realize how lucky we were to be in your home. We would also like to thank Joanne Hardy for looking"after formula for Heidi Muller and Cord Hardy for tak- ing the time to drive us all to the Williams home. Gary McFalls must also be men- tioned. as a stranger who helped us out by finding out where we were staying and telling us we could make it home and then driving us to our vehicles. Lucan, you have a lot going for you which was shown by the friendliness and hospitality that we received. Dick and Debbie Lord Martin and Teresa VanRaay Ron, Jerry Lee and Crystal Ann Davis Wendi Schwindt . Joe Laurie A HIGH SLIDE Paul Martin and Chris and Ron Mosurinjohn are bank on King Street north in Crediton T -A photo ready to slide down a steep Monday morning Cromarty WMS meets By MRS. ROBERT LAING Lila McKaig was the hostess for the January meeting of (l-omarty With eight members present. the new - president. Mrs Charles Douglas led in the worship service The devotions. based on the Golden Rule. were taken by Dorothy Miller During the business. the Stratford - Huron Presbyterial annual meeting which had been postponed. was an nounced for .lanuars 15 in Seaforth Programmes for 1985 will he prepared at the home of the presi(lent on January 16. World Day of ['raver plans were made with the meeting this year to be held in Ilibbert United Church in March Betty Dow spoke on the topic. Peace in the New Year The new study book on Korea was introduced by Muriel Scott and Mrs McKa►g had a Bible quiz on Bread. Boy Monts At the group committee meeting on Wednesday night plans were made for the 1st Cromarty Boy Scout church service which will be held February 17 in St. Patrick's Church. Dublin at 10:30 a.m. The annual ban- quet will also be held February 17 in Staffa Church al 7 p.m Boy Scouts Michael Dow. llugh Norris. John Wilkinson. and Brian Waddell received their B.P. Wood- man Badge at the scout meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Jason \lc('aughey. graduating from Cubs was invested as a Scout Rev James Pattern, of the •Molesworth and Gorrie I reshyterian Churches was guest speaker at Cromarty Church on Sunday, and spoke -on the theme. How Seriously Should i Take (sod' listen and keep my home work up to date. - Ken Lynn Rutten. Quit biting my fingernails. Quit saying evil words. When I'm about to bite my nails, all I have to do is something that busies my hands like riding Buttermilk. When I'm about to swear and I can't stop, all I have to do is say something like "oh bummer" or "shoot." - Leah Hartman. I will not fight with my brother or sister. I'll play the computer instead. I will wear my seat belt. My sister wears hers. - Chris Foran. I will try to keep my room clean. I will hang up my clothes and make my bed in the morning and stack my books. I will try to make my B toanA in school. I will study harder in school and be a lot neater. - Kim Wulterkens. To stop biting my nails. Take good care of our rabbits. I bite my nails when I'm in a car or on the bus so: I can wear gloves or mitts or tape the ends of my fingers. I don't always take good care of the rabbits in the morning because it's too early so: I can do them after school. - Sharon DeBruyn. Quit swearing. Say "Fuzzballs" instead. Don't talk back to my parents. I can just obey what they say and they'd be proud of me and then we won't have to fight. - Sivichay Sengkhounmany. I'll help by carrying things upstairs for my dad. I'll work harder on the ice and the ball diamond. - Chad Arnold. Stop biting my nails by...Bandage my fingers, put bad tasting nail polish on, puf glue on my nails and let it dry. Controlling my languarge by saying "supercalifragalisticexpealidious" or shout. - Jenny Glavin. My New Year's resolutions Room - 4 I promise to wear my seatbelt every time I get into a car. - Jenny Romphf,. I will work more better. - Julie Roche. I promise to clean-up after myself. - Brad Dietrich. I will shape up my attitude. - Mark Glavin. I will try to obey my parents. - Fiona Walker. I will finish all my work on time. - Denis McCann. I will try my best not to complain. - Jim Rutten. I will do 25 sit-ups and 20 push-ups every day. - Ian Jean. Usborne students create mock council If your mailbox is knocked down by a snowplow, does the township have to fix it? That was one of the questions ask- ed by Grade eight students visiting Usborne Township Council on Tues- day. The students were participating in.a council meeting as part of Local Government Week. By the way, the answer to the mailbox question is no - your mailbox is on township proper- ty, and while they turn a blind eye to that, they take no responsibility for its accidental damage. The students had a mock council meeting alongside the adult special meeting. They had a reeve, Geoff Strang; a deputy -reeve, Stephanie Baptist; and councillors Michael Hern, Arleene Hoonaard and Tim McAllister. These positions were fill- ed by a class election. The students also had a clerk, Traci Tryon; a deputy -clerk, Christine Taziar; a road superintendent, Jason McCurdy; a by-law officer, Sherry Kerslake; and a building inspector, Chris Traquair. These . ►. itio + s u en iced" by other students. Teacher Niall Straw said the pur- pose of the council session was to teach the students about local govern- ment. "We teach them about federal and provincial government - we ought to teach them the municipal structure as well". In preparation for the meeting, the real . Clerk, Larry Stuck, and the Building Inspector, Herman Van Wieren, visited the school on Monday. The students also received agendas and discussed the topics prior to the meeting, and wrote their own motions. On some questions the students and 'Osborne call for gravel At the. first meeting of 1985 Usborne council authorized road superintendent John Batten to call tenders for the supply of gravel for 1985. Tenders are to close at noon on February 19 with a completion date of June 15. A penalty clause is to be included in the tender call to the amount of $200 per day if gravelling has not been completed by the stated date. Building inspector Herman Van Wieren presented his report for 1984 showing total permit values at $940,000. In 1983 the figure was $1,203,500 and in 1982 it was $404,500. Council is sending a memorandum to the county of Huron stating that Usborne township is against the ex- penditure of $3,000,000 for renova- tions or relocation of the Huron Coun- ty Museum. Permission was given to Marie Brock on behalf of . the Elimville Women's Institute to hold a final par- ty in the township hall before it is clos- ed for good. This party is to be held before February 1. Road superintendent Batten was in- structed to check into the costs involv- ed in purchasing a portable sander - salter to fit onto the township truck. Councillor Ross Ballantyne was named to represent the township on the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority and Ken Duncanwill be the Usborne representative of the Upper Thames Conservation Authority. A bylaw was passed setting the 1985 interim tax mill rate at 114 mills for public and separate school farm and residential and 134 mills for public and separate school commercial and business. Due dates will be February 28 and May 11 for interim tax payments. A resolution from the township of Adjala was endorsed. The resolution cals for a change in legislation of the Dog Licencing and Livestock and Poultry Protection Act which will en- sure that livestock and poultrypro- ducers are allowed to shoot without harrassment and without being sub- ject to prosecution, cogs wnicn are not under proper control and found upon the premises of the producers. MIDGETS LOSE in their only start of the yveek in the Shamrock hockey league, the Exeter midgets dropped a 5-2 diecision to Strathroy. For the locals Jim Lewis converted a pass from Mark Morrissey -end Terry Zachar registered on an unassisted effort. regular council were in complete agreement. For example, on the sub- ject of drink'ng and driving, student Reeve Geoff Strang said, "•It's just like putting a gun to someone's head and blowing them away." Everyone agreed a second ad should be placed in the local paper seeking volunteers to sit on a committee to control drink- ing drivers. Straw said he wasn't as interested in the students grasping the details of this particular meeting as he was about them understanding the general principles of local govern- ment. "It's really very difficult to get up there and make decisions for peo- ple," Straw said. "No matter what you decide, it's going to be wrong for somebody". Straw also said most students hadn't realized how little financial reward the members of council receive. . After the business of the meeting was over, and donuts and milk were being served to the junior citizens, what they'd thought. The students said they hadn't previously realized the extent of council's duties. One said, "I thought you only maintained thittgs. I didn't realize you built and planned things." Hern replied that she doubted many people realized either "how tied coun- cil is in what we can do by govern- ment regulations". Shuffleboard Muriel Marshall, Bernice Cann and John Eberle were the winners in the three shuffleboard competitions this week. Tuesday a score of 292 allowed Muriel Marshall to win. Helen Wasnidge was second at 284 followed by John Eberle 259 and Maida Baynham 253. Wednesday Bernice Cann was the top competitor at 225. Next came Ray Cottle 185, Leona Hern 149 and John Eberle 134. A score of 266 allowed John Eberle to emerge as Thursday's winner. Next in line came Laverne Stone 250, Marg Cook 230 and Harold Davis 191. Times -Advocate, January By Jack Itiddell MPP Last week I wrote a letter to the Minister of Consumer and Commer- cial Relations insisting that he become involved in the dispute bet- ween the thoroughbred and standard - bred racing groups over the 1985 rac- ing schedule at Ontario Jockey Club tracks. I am most pleased that the Minister quickly responded by appointing the Assistant Deputy Minister in charge of conciliation and mediation ser- vices, Ontario Minister of Labour, to mediate the dispute. It is reported that $300,000 are lost each day that the horses are not rac- ing and 500 people are unemployed. It is important that the differences between the standardbred and the -thoroughbred racing groups be resolved without further delay. More political patronage As I indicated in a previous column alluding to the appointments of Mr. Westcott, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Fer- dinand, political patronage is rife in Ontario and I predicted that we had not seen the last of such appointments by Premier Davis before he leaves of- fice in late January. The Premier announced just this. week that Tom Wells, Minister of In- tergovernmental Affairs, has been appointed Agent General of Ontario in the United Kingdom. effective April 1st, for a five year term. Tom Wells, a member for Scar- borough North since 1963. will collect an annual pension from his Public Service as MPP and Minister of the Crown amounting to $43,000. He will 'receive an indemnity of $68,995 in his new portfolio bringing his annual in- come to $111,995. Besides`the $111,995 he will receive a chauffered driven car and a residence. Margaret Scrivener, Member of the Legislature for St. David since 1971 and former Minister of Government Services and Revenue, has been ap- pointed Chairman of the Criminal In- 'uries Com crivener will receive an annual pen- sion of $17,800 from her Legislative services and her salary as Chairman of the Board amounts to $66,263 per - year. This gives Mrs. Scrivener an annual income of $84,263. David Peterson, Leader of the Of- . ficial Opposition responded to the newsmedia when asked tocomment on these appointments by saying that he was appalled, amazed and angered by the appointments of Wells and Scrivener. He said that Ontario should pass laws to end "double- dipping" - combining a fat salary with a fat pension. The appointments made thus far since Premier Davis' announcement of his resignation. or 'rewards for old friends' as they were referred to by the Toronto Sun newspaper. are as follows: Clare Westcott, Executive Director to Premier. Appointed Chairman of the Police Commission - salary $80,671; pension $55.329 and total $136.000. Ross De Geer. Former Principal Secretary to Premier Davis - ap- pointed to Ontario Highway Transportation Board - salary $61.688. Tom Wells, Minister of the Crown. 23, 1985 Page 21 act1 3 joiiiitiji Mediator appointed appointed - Agent General in the United Kingdom i plus chauffered driven car and residence) - salary $68.995: pension $43,000 and total $111.995. Bill Mcleer - Chief Tory Organizer in Metro - appointed as Chairman of Ontario Place - 8140.00 per day. Ron Shouldice - PC Activist and Senior delegate to Tory Convention - appointed as Vice Chairman of On- tario Place - $120.00 per day. Lynn Hillborn, Former Director of Public Engagements for Davis - Ap- pointed to Urban Transit Develop- ment Corporation. Salary $45.890. Jane Pepino - PC Activist - ap- pointed as Vice -Chairman Police Commission. 87.797 per annum. Margaret Scrivener, Former Minister of the Crown - appointed Chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. Salary $66.263; pension $17,800 and total $84,263. Hugh Segal, Former Principal Secretary to Premier Davis - ap- pointed to the Ottawa University Board of Governors. Ed Stewart, Deputy Minister in the Office of Premier Davis - appointed as Acting Chairman of the Dome Stadium. Donald Hartford, Personal friend of Premier Davis - appointed to the Board of Directors of Ontario Place. $120.00 per day. • Claudio Lewis, President of the Progressive Conservative Associa- tion in Downsview - appointed to the Social Assistance Review Board. $35,000 (approximately). Added payment for 1984 wheat Ontario wheal producers will receive an additional interim pay- ment of $23.88 a tonne ( 65 cents a bushel ) next month for 1984 soft white winter wheat. The Ontario Wheat Board announc- ed in Chatham Wednesday it will make the payment in the second week of February • to producers who have sold the board 1984 crop wheat bet- ween July 1984. and the end of January, 1985. Board chairman Robert Holmes of RR 2. St. Pauls, said the payment is $119.42 a tone i 83.25 a bushel paid to producers when they delivered their wheat to the board. The payment will also he made to producers who deliver their wheat between Feb. 1 and June :tn. 1985. The final crop payment will be made in September -hut the amount is not yet known. Holmes said. Shipka By MRS. HUGH MORENZ Congratulations and best wishes are extended to our former neighbours, Henry and Annie Becker, of Zurich who on January 24 will be observing their 60th _wedding anniversary. Dick Zielman is home again after recently spending a week in Univer- sity Hospital. London. Wray Sweitzer is a patient in St Joseph's lfospital, London where he underwent surgery last week. Denise Dundas of Credent spent the weekend with her grandma. Madeline Sweitzer. Hugh and I visited recently with cousins Albert and Ann Coleman. FUTURE RATEPAYERS Attendance was exceptional at the last Usborne Council meting. Students from Usborne Central school were watching their fellow grade 8 students hold a council meeting together with regular Usborne Councillors. SEEING DOUBLE — There were two sets of councillors in Osborne lost week. Grade 8 students from Usborne Central School held o mock council -alongside the real one to commemorate local Government Week. 1