Times-Advocate, 1986-12-10, Page 4Board bids
a farewell
M'tinday was a time of tribute and
farewell as directors and staff of the
Huron County Board of Education at-
tended the final meeting of school
trustees Dennis Rau and Eugene
Frayne.
Although both men were elected in
1985 to represent separate school sup-
porters on the Huron County board,
neither will have a mandate to serve
their electors after January 1, 1987,
when a controversial provincial bill
comes into effect.
Bill 30 transfers all authority for the
education of the children of separate
school supporters at the secondary
school level to separate school
boards, even though the students con-
tinue to attend a public high school.
In Huron County, this means that the
authority for these students is
transferred to the Huron/Perth
Separate School Board, leaving the
two Catholic trustees without a voice
on the Huron County board.
Despite attempts by the Huron
board to seek exemption for the coun-
ty from this ruling, education
minister Sean Conway has remained
adamant that no special provision can
be made short of an amendment to
the Education Act.
Board chairman Art Clark read a
letter from the minister, dated
November 20, in which the provincial
position is made clear, stating that
"(after January 1) no member
elected by separate school electors is
eligible to be a member of a public
board."
In paying tribute to the retiring
trustees, chairman Clark said that the
board'is now left with the same task
to do, but with the loss "of two very
valuable members of the team." He
added that it had been a privilege to
have worked with Mr. Frayne and
Mr. Rau, and it was with a great deal
of regret that the time had come to
say good-bye.
In answering the accolade, Rau
said that the trustees on the Huron
board are second to none, and will
have no trouble handling the tasks
before them, even with the loss of two
of their number.
Frank Falconer of RR 5, Clinton, a
past school board trustee, also spoke
highly of the retiring men, but added
a little humour to a solemn occasion
by observing that although this board
had tried to reverse the ministry's
decision, it had been to no avail.
"It's like watching snow slide off a
tin roof," he said. "You might as
well just stand hack and let it go."
Mayor's session
Continued from front page
noting that improvements are.
necessary to make the area more at-
tractive to prospective industries.
"It is not our place or intention to
tell county council what to.do," Shaw
explained, "but we would like to draw
a few concerns to their attention."
Ile said such a move would add too
greatly to the time commitment now
required for the job and he would give
up his mayor's position if the change
was approved.
Shaw also suggested the mayors
would lose some of their in-
dependence by being on county
council.
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Crashes, car fire
leave heavy damage
Damage amounted to over $16,000
in three collisions and one car fire in
the area this week. Exeter OPP
report that three people sustained
minor injuries.
Robert Stuckless, RR 1 Woodham,
was one of those injured when the
vehicle he was driving left the
Usborne-Biddulph townline on Sun-
day and struck a hydro pole.
Di' mage in that collision was set at
$3,500.
The other two injuries resulted
from a single -vehicle mishap on
Thursday, when a vehicle driven by
Victoria Reynolds, Exeter, skidded
off Huron St. W. and struck a
telephone pole. She and her
passenger, Wanda Reynolds, Exeter,
were treated at South Huron Hospital.
Damage was estimated at $2,500.
The other collision was on Friday
at 9:20 a.m., involving vehicles
operated by Arthur Chambers, RR 1
Dashwood, and Julia Twynstra,
Grand Bend. They collifled on
Highway 83 west of Hay Township
road 12-13. Damage was set at $3,500.
The car fire was reported on Mon-
day at 11:40 p.m. Elmer D. Bell, Ex-
eter, was driving south on Huron
County road 31 when a small fire
started En the ashtray of his vehicle
.and then quickly spread to the
interior. -
The 1981 Chev was totally burned
and damage was listed $7,000.
The OPP conducted several. spot
checks during the week in their bat-
tle against drinking drivers. That
resulted in two people being charged
with impaired driving.
The spot checks will continue
through the festive season in a
province -wide campaign to minimize
the death statistics caused by im-
paired drivers.
During the week, thettocal detach-
ment officers also laid 20 charges
under the Highway Traffic Act and
six under the Liquor Licence Act.
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Near about trench death
A labor ministry construction safe-
ty officer told a coroner's jury in
Goderich, Thursday, that the walls
should have been shored up on an
Egmoedville watermainniltrtrie�ngch that
hccione itivcd September 8, Ralph
, 26, of'rhedfotrd and injuring
a co-worker.
Arthur Goddard of the ministry's
London office said the walls of
a trench that's more than 1.2 metres
(four feet) deep should either be prop-
ped or should slope at an angle to pre-
vent collapse.
When he inspected the site the day
after the fatality, he testified, he
found the walls of the trench, which
was about 1.8 metres (six feet) deep,
had been vertical and unshored.
He said he couldn't be sure if some
of the earth around the trench had
been previously undermined, but "for
whatever reason, that site was not
safe".
Coroner Kenneth Rodney of
Seaforth said Melville died instantly
of massive head injuries when the
trench at William and Victoria streets,
collapsed.
"He would not have known what hit
him and he did not suffer."
Besides the skull fractures that kill-
ed him, Melville sustained severe
chest injuries in the cave-in, Rodney
said.
Melville was buried to his neck and
co-workerTerry Hodgins. 21,of RR 3,
Parkhill, to his chest in the trench col-
lapse, the five -member jury was told.
Both were employees of Lavis Con-
stracting Co. Ltd. of Clinton.
Lavis construction supervisor Ken
Eagleson of RR 3, Parkhill, said he
drove Hodgins and Melville to
Egmondville on -September 8 and
dropped them at the job site. Melville
was in charge of the trench work that
day, he said.
Eagleson testified the trench walls
didn't need to be shored and the
ground was firm.
He and Gordon Lewis of Clinton,
general manager of the family run
business, testified that on-site safety
discussions have been heldwith
workers.
Lavis said safety regulations are
also posted at locations where
employees punch in their time clocks
and that the company has a safety
committee to discuss and deal with
safety-related issues.
Since the fatal accident, he said, the
companyhas distributed safety rules
and regulations with employees' pay
elegised -
Hot, who was treated for chest
injuries after the cave-in, said he and
Melville were smoothing a shallow
layer of sand at the bottom of the
trench in preparation for laying the
waterpipe when he heard another
employee shouting. He was able to
turn slightly, he said, but Melville
didn't have time to move.
The jury's recommendations
focussed on more training and in-
struction for construction workers on
safety regulations, with verbal
reminders about specific job site
potential hazards and formal, annual
safety education meetings.
Safety conunittees with worker and
Management members should meet
regularly to discuss regulations and
possible hazards and all workers
should have copies of construction
regulations in the Occupational
Health and Safety Act, the jury said.
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