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Times-Advocate, 1988-03-30, Page 3kIELP AT HOME - A local example -of how Easter -Seal money is spent. is tiie wheelchair ramp constructed at Josh Watson's new Mill Street home. As well as the ramp, -the- home features several other.design innovations to make getting around easier for Josh. Shown with Josh is Gib Dow,'chaii- man of the Lions Easter Seal campaign. Try new approach Presentation of a relatively new - approach to learning and language was made last night to the 1-{uron- Perlh Roman Catholic Separate School Board by its .Speech and Language department. . The report made by three Speech and Language system resource teachers explained _to the board .the progress they've made -over the years while introducing the newest method of teaching being used to children with language problems. It is presently being experimented with in. St. Joseph's- school in Clinton and St. Michael's' school in Stratford. - "Language comes before the abil- ity to read," said Shirley Lacey, a - resource teacher, while explaining the. use .of toy models of real set- - tings. • Using the model of a farm as an example she explained how vocab- ulary is acted out as a methoa. of .teaching. She said the student is visually presented with language. She demonstrated by moving a fig- ure of a farmer toward the barn and • saying, "The farmer moves toward thc barn." "This method allows the teacher and student to work through each sentence without being bombarded by a whole new vocabulary," La- cey said. - After -the teacher models the sto- ry, the student will repeat it and later on, she said, students will reach the point where they make up their own stories. This method works well with the majority of children, even those who cannot read, Lacey said, be- cause of being involved. She ex- plained that months after a. child was taught a particular story he/she can refer back and still remember it. Lacey attributes -this to the in- volvement factor. The whole thing is a very com- fortable, very simple method, La-. Two accidents for town police • Only two accidLnts wereb- gated this week by officers of the Exeter town police department. Vehicles operated by Kevin Rog- ers and Richard Webber of I lensall collided Tuesday, March 22 at the intersection of Gilley and Main StrCCIS. Friday, a vehicle driven by Traci Tryon, Exeter while -reversing at. the Burklcy Restaurant- struck a parked vehicle owned by Harold Row.c, also -of Exeter. coy said. It's an extension of -fun yet it's still learning, she said in reference to the toy models. They are kept just for the language pro- gram and are only used ata certain time of the day. - "Language is thinking," said Anne Murray; a resource teacher v ho -spoke on classroom language' programming. - Students receiving special in-, - siruction for language problems will, in the classroom. work on vocabulary building; relationships in words and sentences; and learn- inti rules and using them. - firnea-Advocate, Mardi 30, 1988 Pape 3 OMB hearing on Exeter -hay dispute delayed An Ontario Municipal Board hear- ing to rule on the dispute between Hay Township and Exeter over the Iluron Farms agri-park proposal has been postponed to July 18. Exet- er's solicitor is- recuperating from cyc surgery and their planner was attending another OMB hearing in Aylmer. Consequently, the hearing scheduled for last Wednesday and Thursday could not go ahead as planned. However, testimony was present- ed to the OMB hearing in the Hay Township Hall Wednesday morning and afternoon concerning the Bay- view subdivision neur Si. Joseph. The subdivision is- designated as seasonal -residential, to be com- prised of vacationers' summer cot- tages, but some permanent residents within the subdivision arc seeking redesignation of the area to urban io avoid future planning and develop- ment problems. - County council turned down the rezoning application on the recom- mendation of its planning depart- ment.. OMB chairmen Hobart and Vin - dart heard testimony from concerned property owners in the morning and afternoon sessions. William Heath owns two lots in the -subdivision and finds himself in a difficult situation with the present zoning. His permanent home is on County council Continued from front pace have been given- in previous years to thc three WI districts, Rccve Armstrong reminded council of the contributions that this organization has made to the county. • • - - Grants of -S1,200 each for the Blyth Festival and the Huron Coun- try Playhouse were also struck from the preliminary budget. in opposition, Blyth Reeve Was- son noted, "We feel strongly that it's not so much the Money. wc.gct from the county, but the support. The theatre wants to know that Hu- - ron County is behind them." County councillors voted to re- instate these grants and, increase the WI grants to S25 each. As well, the S200 donation to the Rotary Music Festival was put back into the bud- get. As in the previous year, the coun- ty put 5300,000 towards the mu - .scum building. project. The county is waiting word of further govern- ment funding to help offset costs al- -ready incurred on the project. Bud- geted at S1,457,938 in 1987, tactual monies spent totalled 52,033,205. This year S 1,344,608 has been bud- geted. . New health programs . Ilealth services figures for. 1988 are set at S1,661,091 (S 1,496,167 in 1987). The rise was credited to the hiring of a new medical officer of health and a significant new number of health care programs and equipment purchases. -The health budget includes a S75,000 grant to the Scaforth Pub- lic Hospital. Also given in 1987, the money is been awarded to the Hospital in an effort to bring financ- ing up to par with other .county hospi tals. An additional large expenditure in the 1988 budget includes S130,000 for the waste management study. in 1987 S60,000 was budgeted for this project. lot 4 of plan 534 in the Bayview subdivision and he also owns lot 6 which -is vacant. Heath claimed many lots had been purchased in thg subdivi ion with out knowledge of the seasonal - residential zoning bylaw. One third of the homes in the arca are being used on a permanent basis. "These people who have bought the Tots are not cottagers, these are working people." said Heath. Ac- cording to Heath, property owners who have not yet built on their lots may now be unable to do so, and will have difficulty selling the lots to anyone else. • • Hay township agreed to give stat- us zoning to permanent residents al- ready within the subdivision; conse- quently some owners have withdrawn their objections to the OMB. - "The township is -prepared to rec- ognize your permanent home on lot 4 and zone -it as a permancnt.homc so that you have the same rights as any other permanent resident of the township. They just aren't prepared. to do that for the vacant lot, lot 6," said the township's solicitor, Dan • Murphy, to Heath. • Heath answered that he was not happy with the decision for •lot -6. Ile argued that since_ 1976. 12-15 permanent homes had been built in Bayview without bylaw -enforce- ment. County social services '17hc social services budget also noted a decrease- in general assis- tante welfare payments. In .1987 some S 1,040,828 was budgeted and actual costs came, in at S870,815. This year S979,709 has been set aside for welfare payments. .Greater cniployinent opportuni- ties in the county was cited as the reason 4or the decrease in welfare funding. The recreation and cultural servic- es budget of $2,847,270 (52;812,126 in -1987) proved to he -an area of considerable- debate for county councillors. . A lengthy discussion centered on • the deletion of a S6,240. grant to the • Vanastra Recreation Centre. Given in previous_ycars, the county funding was cut in the .1988' pre- liminary budget. Arguments focussed on geogra- phy, specifically regarding the mu- nicipalities who. use or don't USC the indoor pool centre. Councillors debated whether facilities, such as -Vanastra, should_ be financed at the county level, as well as by individ- • ual municipalities. - Reeve. Brian McBurney of Turn- - berry. Township noted, "We all have recreational facilities. We (in Turnbcrry Township) don't usethe swimming pool. You're opening the door that everyone who has a losing facility, can conic to the county: for money." Reeve Cunningham suggested that county funding for the Vanas- tra Recreation Centre was appropri- ate as many municipal councils do not financially support it. Ile not- ed. "It should be a beat council de- cision whether to add to the county grant. It should be -up to the munic- ipal council .to determine what pro- jects arc worthy of piggybacking extra funds. Reeve Tornes noted, "We have the only arena in ttie county with summer ice. Godcrich people and others conic to use it. How about a . grant for us too." • - Recvc Bee Cook of Clinton sug- gested that people from throughout -the county benefit from the Vanas- tra Recreation Centre, particularly the elderly and the disabled. • In_ a recorded vote, the S6,240 grant was re -instated by. an 18 to 12 majority. Those who voted in favor were: Rccve Armstrong, Warden Bell, Scaforth Reeve Bennett, Clinton Reeve Cookc, Godcrich Township Deputy Reeve Cox, Hullca Reeve Cunningham, Hay Deputy Reeve Dcichcrt, Godcrich Deputy Reeve Doherty, . Morris Rccve Fraser, McKillop Reeve 1licknell, Bayfield Reeve Johnston; Colborne Reeve •Kernighan, Stanley Recvc Rau, 1-Icnsall Recvc Robinson, -Godcrich Township .Rcevc--Stirling, Blyth G :Reeve Wasson,Godcrich Rccve Worsell. - - - - Voting against the Vanastra Rcc Centre -grant were Brussels Reeve Cranston, Howick Reeve D'Arcey, Zurich Reeve Fisher, Exeter -Deputy Reeve Fuller, Ashfield Reeve Gib- son, Wingham Rcevc Machan, Turnberry Reeve McBurney, Ste- phen Deputy Recvc McCann, Us - borne Reeve Prout, East Wawanosh Reeve Snell, Stephen Reeve Tomes and Brussels Reeve Workman. "These buyers cannot sell, and in addition will be charged S2,000 each when the new water system comes in fQrce, which -presuma- bly is this year. So you've got. people sitting there with dead lots and costing them all kinds of mon- ey," said Heath. - Heath suggested suspending by- law enforcement for at least a year to allow property owners to build their homes in the subdivision. Chairman Vindart explained to those present the OMB is unable to rule on the zoning of the ,area be- cause the property owners had based their objections on the zoning by- law for thc area. This zoning, how- ever, corresponds 10 the township's secondary plan. The secondary plan could not be discussed at the hear- ing because no one had filed an ob- jection to it. Vindart did explain that while little could be done for the Bayview Property Owners -Association, tile board would be willing to listen to testimony from all 33 objectors if necessary. - "These people have a right to come here and tell us what -is on their minds," Vindart said. Iluron County • planner -Patty Munkittrick was put on the stand to explain the procedure by which the Bayview rezoning application was denied, even though the St: Joseph subdivision was rezoned to urban in 1985 under a plan amendment. _ - Munkittrick testified that the zon- ing application did not conform to the county's Official Plan and that she had received letters from the . ministry of the environment and the Huron County health Unit express- ing concern that the subdivision's soil may not withstand year-round septic tank use from permanent res- idents in the area. On these grounds, Munkittrick recommended to county council that the application be denied. - Vindart questioned the definition of seasonal -residential zoning and how the county interpreted its by- law. "How long is a season, and which season?" asked Vindart. Munkittrick replied that no exact restrictions are placed on the use of seasonal -residential property, only that the residence not be the only, permanent honk of the owner. EASTER BUNNIES rabbits they raise. - Bill Johns and Ruth Irvine hold two of the many "How are you going to enforce that bylaw?" inquired Vindaui. • "I agree," answered Nlunkittrick, "It's -very difficult to enforce. And that's where the primary concern comes from because it, in fact, may .not be enforced until you've already • got the start of the problem" Jack Simmons, another Bayvicw property owner, asked Munkittrick if the introduction of the Lake Hu- ron pipeline into the subdivision would change the MOE's and• the Health 'n it's stance on the subdivi- sion's water quality problems. "The concern for water qualm, goes beyond drinking water," re- plied .Munkittrick: She 'said the main concerns were about contami- nated drainage runoff into the lake. Donald Haullah,-a public health inspector with lite Health U1111,1014 1014 -tltb-liaring he W.ts responsible for writing the letter to --the county planning :department expressing Concern about the -rezoning applica- tion. .1 le cited. past studies Which showed the Bayview area has a sea- sonal high water table and hard clay soil, a situation which is not con- ducive to absorbing large amounts of sewage. "It's likea chain reaction," Haul- Iah said. An increase in the num- ber.of permanent houses in the -area could trigger significant water qual- ity problems. Ile also expects wa- ter use to increase this year with the introduction of the pipeline in the area. More water use means. more sewage. "We're anticipating problems all -along { lay Township this year," he said.. Ifaullah agreed that a study con-. ducted in 1983 as a result of water duality complaints was inconclu- sive because samples were not tak- en until after Thanksgiving, when cottagcrs had left. • l latillah told the hearing the posi- tion of the Health Unit was that they were not prepared to reccom- mcnd _reiontng Bayview until' a hy- drologist's study was completed showing the soil could handle the sewage front a large permanent population. C'hairnian Hobart note{ that the residents likely could not afford to have such a study undertaken. The hearing was adjourned until ;\londay 7 my 18. 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