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Times Advocate, 1984-10-17, Page 3Swim, pool Continued from front page petition being felt from private back -yard pools and other leisure activities. Some public pools have been experimenting with per- mitting play equipment in pools and she explained it does require very tight super- vision as these items increase the chance of accident. The local swim team had a successful season, placing se- cond in the inter -county swim competition. Parents have taken an ac- tive role in organizing transportation and fund- raising, and more help would be beneficial in other organizational duties in that it frees the coaches to spend more time with the young- sters on competitive aspects and less on administrative duties. "The coaches did a com- mendable job with the team this year with good com- munications between themselves and parents," she reported. Participation reports for the Sports and Bert and Ernie Club were not available, but a financial statement showed they ended up with a balance of $1,690. Trip is off Continued from front page any suggestion that one per- son could handle the task. He also noted that the sav- ings would be "nowhere near" half the bill as the editorial stated. The Mayor said two people "have a certain strength" and it was important to have two people, particularly in a coun- try with a different language. He also said there was no way the committee could guarantee any results from such trips, but "if we sit hack and did nothing, we stand the chance to stagnate." Noting these were not the best of times, the Mayor said it was encumbent upon the town to "hussle and promote ourselves". He went on to detail the vast amount of time spent by Mickle on establishing con- tacts and promoting the town and said the community was lucky to have someone of the Reeve's calibre to do such work. "I know the leads he has," Shaw said. "Things are going on". He concluded by saying that the town would be for- tunate to get just one of the many industries with which contact has been made. That would change the opi- nion of all the doubting Thomases he added. GET LIONS AWARDS — At Friday's annual SHDHS commencement, Colleen Glasgow, Karla Josephson, David Dougall and Mary Fleming received the Exeter Lions Club award from Ross Mothers. T -A photo To ensure health education taught from Catholic view The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board trustees want to be assured that public health nurses deal with health education with a Catholic point of view when working in the 19 separate schools. To ensure this, the board will ask the medical officers of health of both Perth and Huron to attend a board meeting to discuss the health services and programs pro- vided by the nurses to meet the needs of the students and to protect the Catholicity of the system. "We don't want them ( the nurses) to talk about birth control with our students," said one trustee. "We shall endeavour to make sure our requests are carried out," agreed William Eckert, Director of Educa- tion, "When we meet ith the health officials for our discus- sion with them on health pro- gram. Communication is a good thing." Trustee John Devlin of CORRECTION In was incorrectly reported last week that Huron - Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell stated he had increased his majority in the last provincial election. In his nomination speech made at the beginning of the month, Riddell actually said that over his tenure he had in- creased the number of votes and the majority with the ex- ception of the last election. We apologize for any in- convenience the error may have caused. Stratford said, "I guess there is no way we can ensure that a Catholic nurse is involved in the health teaching in our schools. John McCauley, Superintendent of Education, said a teacher or principal is in the room during the class and would ensure that the nurse gives the Catholic point of view. Board vice-chairman, Michael Moriarty of Bayfield, said he was worried that a student might ask to talk privately with a nurse and a parent would not be aware of the contents of the discussion. "If children are receiving counselling parents should be consulted prior to them receiving any individual counselling in health related matters," he said. Chairman Ronald Murray said it would be prudent to have the medical officers of health attend a meeting to discuss how pupils' questions are answered and that it is done "according to our Catholicity." In other business, a travel allowance of 20 cents per kilometre retroactive to September 1, 1984, was ap- proved for trustees, ad- ministrative staff and other personnel. This is the same as the teachers receive. The board will meet behind Extends invitation to aid Sportsfest By Lynne Farquhar As residents of Exeter and area are probably aware, Ex- eter had been chosen as the host community for the Lake Huron Zone sportsfest set for August 16, 17, 18, 1985. We need to get the ball roll- ing as many decisions and ar- rangements must be made now to ensure success in such a major event. Our interest is to hold two or three meetings before Christmas and then start regular monthly meetings from February on. It's a large undertaking, and we hope everyone will get involved. Besides the many sports events conveners required. we will need people to sit on VALEDICTORIANS GET AWARDS - George Tomes and Lisa Rundle who were the valedictorians at Friday's SHDHS Commencement recieved the student council pla- ques from Susan Birmingham. In the background is school secretary Doris Schwartz. MEDICINE CABINET CLEAN-UP From October 15 to October 28, 1984 pharmacies throughout Ontario will be participating in a project to help keep the people of Ontario healthy by evaluating old, or unused medications. UNUSED MEDICATIONS CAN BE A HAZARD ESPECIALLY: • When YOUNG CHILDREN are in the home. • When they have lost their strength. Medications stored for a very long time may even be HARMFUL. Remove this potential danger from your home by taking unused drugs to your local pharmacy for evaluation. This project is being sponsored by Exeter PharmacyLtd. GUARO1AN Main Street 235-1570 DRUGS the main organizing commit- tee to prepare for such things as accommodations, conces- sions and washrooms, publici- ty, facilities, awards, refresh- ment tents, dance organiza- tion, etc. We plan to offer the follow- ing events at sportsfest '85: t - ball, girls squirt softball, girls pee wee softball, boys soccer ( mosquito, squirt, atom) , seniors euchre and darts, shuffleboard, lawn bowling, ladies softball, ladies •slo- pitch, men's slo-pitch, .swim meet, fun run, tennis, men's basketball, men's ball hockey, boy's ball hockey and horseshoes. A sportsfest meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the South Huron Recreation Centre Ball. Letters have been sent to various clubs and sports groups to ask for representa- tion at the meeting but people not involved in an organiza- tion who would like to help would be a welcome addition. There are plenty of jobs to go around. hope everyone in the com- munity will find Sportsfest a worthwhile undertaking and will do their part in making it a success in 1985. See you on the 23rd. Hay council Cont i hued from front page report, including in it the Webb property. Tendering and work on the drain will take place next spring. Acting on a query brought by Keys from Jim Taylor. Wilder and Keys will meet with the drainage contractor who installed tile too deep and left an underwater outlet 00 G branch of the Forrest - Thompson drain The clerk reported the final cost of the Aldsworth drain. $70.914. was over the estimated $fi6,615 Ducharme was asked to reply to a letter from the ministry of natural resources seeking council's opinion about a request from the Pine Ridge Snowmobile Club ask- ing for exclusive privileges on lands managed by the ministry in Hay swamp Wilder instructed the clerk to notify the ministry that coun- cil feels "restricting snowmobile use is not in the best interests of residents of Hay township." Tile drainage loan applica- tions totalling $30.000 were approved David Pergel's application for a building permit to erect 3 storage warehouse in the Cantin sub -division on block 54, plan 506. was approved. provided he adheres to the guidelines in the developer's agreement and installs set-- vices ervices before issuance of the permit.That particular piece of property is zoned highway - commercial George Wales. Crediton. was given permission to trap on township right-of-ways with the provision the township is not responsible for any damage or injury that may result The session adjourned at 11:30 p m until November 5 closed doors in special session November 5 to discuss French education. It will cen- tre on three concepts -- French as a second language; French immersion, and French as a first language. Trustee Devlin said the steering committee on Catholic high schools will meet at the board office on October 11. They will gather information on starting a high school and plan meeting with the separate school boards in Bruce -Grey and Oxford coun- ties and with several local priests. He said the commit- tee's report is expected in November but it might re- quire more time. The board continued the meeting in committe-of the whole. Times -Advocate, October 17, 1984 Planners endorse recommendations Page 3 Debate over trueks eontlnue The topic of commercial trucks parking in residential areas surfaced at Exeter council's session again this week following a report from the planning advisory com- mittee which endorsed most of the ideas presented to coun- cil two weeks ago by an ad hoc committee. The planners agreed that vehicle dimensions should be the determining element of limitation rather than gross vehicular weight. They also agreed that the definition of a commercial motor vehicle should be more specifically defined in the zon- ing bylaw and went along with the recommendations that council promote and en- dorse the concept of establishing a compound type storage and maintenance area within the town limits for use by local residents engag- ed in the trucking industry. Three other recommenda- tions, including one to prohibit truckers from starting their machines between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., were considered redundant by the planning committee. Councillors Dorothy Chap- man and Ben Hoogenboom explained that if commercial trucks are prohibited in residential areas due to size restrictions, other restrictions aren't required. The application from Bert and Ernie Knip for a minor variance to enable them to park their truck at their Sher- wood Crescent resident has been re -scheduled for November 14 and members of council then debated whether their proposed draft bylaw regarding trucks should be ready for discussion at that time or whether the planning advisory committee should make a decision based solely on the existing bylaw. Committee secretary Brian Johnston suggested his group would like to see more ideas from the ad hoc committee before their next meeting. However, Bill Rose, who chaired the ad hoc committee noted thay had been given no direction from council to pro- ceed on further deliberations as to the specifics that would be instituted. Reeve Bill Mickle said the planning committee should make a decision based on the current bylaw and suggested that any draft bylaw con- sidered by council would be a matter of interference. However, Mayor Bruce Shaw said there was "no point in arguing with a blank sheet of paper" and suggested that the ad hoc committee meet with clerk Liz Bell to draft some specifics based on the recommendations for size limitations. It was agreed that the com- mittee should undertake that task before the next council session. During the debate. the question arose again as to whether the truckers who parked in residential areas prior to the 1979 bylaw would be affected by new regulations. Mrs. Chapman suggested they were legal non- conforming uses and would not have to comply with new restrictions. "How can you have a mobile legal non -conforming use?" Shaw asked. Johnston said that regula- tions do consider that a park- ed truck constitutes use of a property, despite the fact it is not always parked on the property. He also sent there the legal uses. noted that at pre - is no inventory of nonconforming Three Kirkton girls to receive awards Eighty-two people from across Ontario will meet the Lieutenant Governor at a special cermony on Wednes- day, October 24, at Casa Loma, Toronto. The occasion is the presentation of The Duke of Edinburgh's Silver Awards. The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, known as Canada's most prestigious Achieve- ment Award for youth, is a challenge from Prince Philip to all Canadians between the ages of 14 and 25 to excel at leisure -time activities of public service, journeys of ex- plorations, skills or hobbies and fitness. There are three awards to be earned - bronze, for those,~ over the age of 14; silver, for those over 15; and gold, for those over 16. The "award" itself consists of a lapel pin or brooch of the appropriate metal and an inscribed Cer- tificate of Achievement. More than 30,000 young Canadians are now par- ticipating in the Award Pro- gramme either as members of organized youth groups such as Guiding, Scouting, Cadets or through Schools, and on an individual basis. Included in the group to be presented to His Honour are nine Air Cadets, 22 Army Cadets, seven students from high school youth groups, two members of Gold Award Society Groups, 20 members of Guiding's Pathfinder, Cadet and Ranger sections, 14 members of Scouting's Ven- turer and Rover sections,/ two independent participants, four Sea Cadets, and two members of a youth group. Invited to attend the ceremony from this area are Karen Atkinson, Sonja Flet- cher, Laurie Hawkins, members of the firstKirkton Pathfinders. Also invited to attend are parents, leaders, represen- tatives of National Youth organizations and members of the National and Ontario Council, The Duke of Edin- burgh's Award in Canada. 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