Clinton News-Record, 1977-02-10, Page 19Letter from your bd. of ed;
By Dorothy Williams
As your school aboard
representative, I would life to
share some points of interest
with you. 13rior to and
following the election, many
people told me that they felt
they were not being informed
about Board activities. At
election time they saw and
. met the candidates and never
heard from hi M or her again.
This seemed to be a general
,criticism throughout the
electorate. The reports given
in the newspapers tend to be
of a- general nature rather
than a specific nature. Bigger
issues are given priority
naturally, ,but local people
are interested in the smaller
issues as well.
On the Friday prior 'to a
general Board meeting, each
member receives a big brown
envelope in the mail (if there
is any mai,I). This contains a
detailed outline of all new
business to be discussed at
Monday's meeting. This, you
must read and understand in
readiness for the meeting.
Since the basic goal of a good
411) trustee is to represent the
public, it is the member's
duty to read and digest the
topics up for discussion. Since
you have lots of time to do
this, you list your -questions
and suggestions on the page
and have them ready for
presentation.
At the last meeting, one of
the superintendents told me
that he was pleased to see the
new member S taking such an
active part in the discussion
period. This may be due to the
fact that two of the new
members were former
teachers, who understood the
problems within the school
, system itself. One of these
involved the insurance
coverage on private cars
11) . ' when they were transporting
pupils to various activities
outside of schools. Mr. Elliott
from Blyth gave a
satisfactory reply to the
question when it arose.
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I taught for this Board since Trustees Council. You can see
its inception./ and I did not from this that the 'former
know that in order to have a, image of a Board member is
complaint presented to the gradually changing.
Board, that there were If you would like to attend a
regulation forms on which Board meeting, you are
your complaint should be welcome to do so. The
m adv. 1 have in my 'meetings are, held on the first
possession several "com- Monday of the month at 2
plaint forms" which are p.m. in ,,,the Board office.
available to anyone. If you There are always lots of
hive a complaint and 'wish to chairs set up for visitors, but
obtain a form, you may few of them are occupied.
contact me at RR 4, Clinton or Possibly, people are not
call 482-3326 and I shall mail a aware of the fact that the
form to you. meetings are open •to the
Many people are of .the public. You would find them
opinion that the interesting. Even the seating
Administration Centre is like arrangement was of interest
the Iorn Curtain surrounded to me, because I had never
witha veil of secrecy and run been in that room before. The
by a group bureaucrats. This tables are arranged in a
is the general impression I rectangle with the chairman,
received at election time -..vice-chairman, secretary and
from both town and country executiVe-secretary at one
people alike. This idea has end facing the Superin-
been conveyed to us over the tendents and the press at the
years until we have come to other end.
believe it is true. Along the one. side is the
A _former associate management committee,
e
profisor of the Ontario with the chairman at the head
Institute for Studies in and the vice-chairman of the
Education states that "Board committee next to him. The
members come typically education committee faces
from the upper society. They the management committee,
tend to be white, middle- with the same seating
aged, male professionals, urangernent. The members
married, with children in the are seated alphabetically and
school system". This idea is each person has his or her
gradually changing, with name on the table in front of
women now serving on three them, so that they can easily
fourths of the school boards in be identified. At each meeting
the USA. there are three guests,
In 1974 slightly more than sometimes used as reference
half of their boards, had persons. They are two
women represehtatives, So elementary -School principals
you see the gradual change of and one secondary principal.
women now entering the field It would be nice to see some ,
of education. Broken down classroom teachers there
into single occupations, they some time too.
are as follows - housewife (12 When and if the weather
percent) followed by clears, and the driving is
agriculture (11 percent) more favourable, I ,hope to
managerial executive (8 visit the schools in my area.'I
percent), business owner,. would like to become familiar.
banker, or skilled worker (7 with their problems and
percent) and engineer, ar- successes and meet the
chitect or designer (5 per- teachers, who are the back -
cent). These facts were taken bone of the education system.
from the information sheets I feel that the more
of the Ontario School knowlectale I am of the
schools a d their operations,
the better I can represent
them.
Sincerely,
Dorothy Williams
"The roads are so narrow that people • of Goderich
Township are suffering from claustrophobia", joked
road superintendent Joe Potter last week about the roads
opened,by blowers. Here the snow overhangs one section
.of Concession 6. (News-RecOrd photo)
TD bank cuts
prime interest
Toronto Dominion Bank
has announced a reduction in
its prime lending rate of one
half percent to 83,4 percent,
effective Tuesday, February
1, 1977. At the same time, the
rate for non-chequing savings
accounts was reduced by One-
half of one percent to 61/4
percent, also effective im-
mediately.
The bank's mortgage rates
were also reduced one half
percent effective im-
mediately. The new con-
ventional mortgage rate is
101/4 percent and the National
Housing Act rate is 10 per-
cent.
A bank spokesman said the
changes followed the an-
nouncement by the Bank of
Canada of a reduction in the
bank rate of one, half percent
to 8 percent.
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Jack's jottings.
(cOntinued from page 10)
never _sign a lease with
anyone he does not recognize
unless he has. first checked
with his banker or checked
with his lawyer or checked
withone of the farm
organizations.
It must be borne in mind
that it can cost the landowner
money if he signs the lease
with a disreputable party
which does not pay the
promised rents or royalties
and does not clear the lease of
title. In this event, it can cost
the landowner at least $50.00
to get the invalid lease struck
off the Registry books.
Naturally, the landowner is
interested in the royalty that
he can expect to receive. The
accepted percentage for oil is
121/2 percent or,o,ne barrel in
eight of all crude oil
produced. With gas wells
there are two methods of
determining royalty. The
preferred method is the same
as that used for oil, a straight
121/2- percent for all gas
produced. The second is to
pay the landowner so much
rent per well, related to the
production capacity of each
gaswell. The latter method is
not recommended.
Another concern to farmers
or landowners is whether
geological well location or
other surveys conducted
across his land does harm to
the landowner. The in-
vestigation by companies or
individuals across land in'—
search for oil and gas, or
storage is not harmful to a
landowner providing that
compensation is paid. The
conduct of such surveys in no
way obligates the landowner
and 'indeed could be
beneficial to him in asmuch
as oil, gas or storage may be
discovered 'under the land
and the income from the
subsequent lease is new
earning power for the lan-
downer. Only by conducting
surveys are new fields found
and new- incoMe created.
Therefore, surveying is to be
encouraged not discouraged.
Landowners would be wise,
to insist that an indemnity
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clause be included in the
lease. Such a clause would
put the onus on the oil com-
pany to pay damages to
neighbouring property,
otherwise the landowner
could .be held responsible for
any damages done to his
neighbours land „resulting
from exploration, drilling and
extraction operations. -
Havfng-made, the foregoing
comments I will endeavour to
answer the question whether
it is desirable for a landowner
to sign a lease.
The answer to this question
is "No", if the person ten-
dering the lease does not
represent a good lessee.
Under no circumstances
should a landowner sign a
lease with an unknown firm
or individual or sign with a
company or individual which
has a reputation for unfair
dealings.
The answer is "Yes", if the
landowner deals exclusively
with reputable firms which
have a reputation for "goods
satisfactory or money
refunded". When leasing with
such a firm the landowner
can do nothing but benefit
because his farm .has a new
income from rental at least
and if new production should
be found and developed he
will have a substantial new
income from royalties.
By leasing his land, the
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exploring company can put
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land, development will be
retarded because the ex-
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the work necessary for a
discovery if they do not
control enough land.
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