Clinton News-Record, 1979-12-06, Page 3.a .
BY JEFF SEDDON
Acclaimed chairman Donald
MacDonald aid warns
d` theHuronCounty
board of education Monday that
trustees faced major decisions in the
future and to make those decision it
Excuse me, miss, is this your motor? That may have been one of the questions
asked of passer-byers last Friday afternoon at Clinton's main intersection as
an automobile engine lay near the curb. Actually the motor fell off a truck and
the unindentified woman driver had to get Carter's wrecker to put it back on
again. (News -Record photo)
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The day when the Christmas
catalogue arrived at our house was
almost as special as Christmas
Day itself. I remember spending
many happy hours quietly gazing
over the pages in the catalogue,
loving each and every doll, game
and toy and wishing that Santa
Claus could bring all of them to me.
After long hours of wishful
thinking, I would sit down with
pencil and my favorite writing
paper `'with the kittens on it and
narrow my list down to just a few
special gifts.
I still enjoy receiving the
Christmas Wish Book, but now
something is missing when' I look
through the pages. It cotlld -be that
I'm growing up but I also think that
the toys' aren't as wonderful as the
ones I used to want-..!
Barbie was always my favorite
doll. She was a beautiful, shapely
creature who wore the best of
.clothes. But something has hap-
pened to Barbidbv_er=theyears. Shel
just doesn't look that' same as she
did when I was little. No longer
does she have soft brunette curls,
but straight platinum blonde hair.
Her clothes no longer seem as
stylish and she's beginning to look
more "plastic" then she used to.
Remember the baking sets with.
the oven and cake mixes you used
to get? Well times have advanced
even in that field and now young
cooks can bake in microwave
ovens. Tea parties can now be
made into gourmet delights with
the variety of toy applicaaces that
are now even available. A young
cook can prepare lunch for her
friends with the help of small scale
working blenders, electric mixers
and coffee makers.
I can't seem to find Monopoly or
Snakes and Ladders in the game
section of the catalogue. Instead
the pages are filled with electronic
games like Compu Bowl, Einstein,
Quiz Wiz, Electronic Intercept,
Electronic Battleship and Digital
Derby.
Then there's Mother Hen, where
the player shoots the hen with a
gun and a direct hit makes her lay
an egg, or Toothache, where
players try and '. extract teeth
without making the patient
scream.
Micronauts are the newest in
space age toys. Something like a
futuristic railway set, children
create a ne ,!. gplaxy from toys like
Time . Travelers, Micropolis
Interplanetary Headquarters,
Aquatrons, Hornetroids and Star
Defenders. More astounding then
the strange looking toys are the
prices, which go up to $55 for one
item.
Then .there's children's fur-
niture. Remember your little table
and' chair -sets? Well now children
can relax' in the . comfort of their
own modern livingroom sets and
cover the floors in Bearskin rugs.
Bearskin rugs! What's happened
to just the good old Teddy Bear.
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And save for your
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ms new
would have to work to keep education
"hot in the minds" of taxpayers.
The Brussels trustee and former
vice-chairman of the board had his
bid for chairman go unchallenged at
the board's inaugural session.
In his address to the board
,,MacDonald outlined matters trustees
would be forced to deal with as a
result of'declining enrolment. He said
the only way problems caused by
declining enrolment could be resolved
is, by establishing good relations with
both board personnel and ratepayers.
He told the board the hiring of a full
time personnel officer was a big step
toward. patching differences with
board staffi but. warned that one
person can't do all that has to be done.
He said trustees would have to
make a sincere effort to "consult"
with staff and attempt to resolve
issues with the knowledge of each
other's "problems and frustrations".
He told trustees it appeared the only
time ratepayers took any interest in
education was at budget time and at
book approval time. He said that
would have to change since many of
the decisions the board would be
making would affect the "lives and
livlihood of a great many people".
He said declining enrolment will
reduce the population of the county
schools be 300 to 400 students a year in
the next four years. He added that
provincial grants, based on a per
capita formula, would be decreasing
during that time.
' He pointed out that the board's
budget, now a $23 million package,
was increasing by seven to ten per-
cent annually which, unless
something is done, will mean the
budget will double in ten years.
MacDonald told' the board the
director of education was preparing a
comprehensive rennrt nn the effects
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of declining enrolment which should
bee ready for the board in, May. He said
the board would then have to be ready
to deal with the situation.
He said dealing with declining
enrolment may cause trustees to
make decisions that would affect their
• future as trustees:
"I ask you to do what you feel is just
and fair," he said.
Outgoingchairman John Elliott told
trustees much the same thing in his
final remarks. He said tlf o board had
been through some tough times in the
past two years but added there were
tough times ahead.
Elliott conceded that it may be
unrealistic to raise the kind. of public
interest trustees would like but added
that at least the board will have a plan
to go public with.
He said the board had enjoyed some
success in raising publicinterest in
education adding a lot more work was
needed. But he pointed out that no
longer will the board be handling the
problem of declining enrolment in a
'piecemeal fashion".
Seaforth trustee John Henderson
was acclaimed vice-chairman of the
board when Dave Gower, Goderich
trustee, withdrew his nomination.
Gower said he did not feel his one
year's experience on the board
qualified him to serve as vice-
chairman. He said the reason he
declared interest in the post was to
motivate other trustees to stand for
election.
As vice-chairman Henderson will
be chairman of the board's
management committee. Zurich
trustee Herb Turkheim was ac-
claimed chairman of the personnel
committee and Ashfield trustee
Marion Zinn was acclaimed chairman
of the education committee.
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He added, "I think that matters like
this should be settled bythe municipal
council but this could be appealed to
the Ontario Municipal Board (OM-
B)."
Later in the evening council gave
the bylaw, allowing the supermarket
to be constructed on lots 700, 701, 702,
682, 683 and 684 in the west end of
town, three readings. People within a
400 foot radius of the proposed site
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Council passed the bylaw after
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for the store. Planning Board
chairman. Jim Hunter also agreed to
the changes which involved moving
the building from the west to the east
"'''Vide of the site to avoid relocating a
powerlme, widening the sidewalk
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driveway from 20 to 24 feet to ease to
reduce crowding and moving the
building back 10 feet to reduce the
amount of asphalt at the loading dock.
"We don't want a mini -mall out
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think that the not no conforming
change is .good protection."
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ofost of new .pool
Clinton council has decided that
their . share of the cost of a new
swimming pool in town will come off
the tax bill.
On Monday night, .council gave a
bylaw two readings, agreeing to the
proposed construction of a new pool,
with 25 per cent of the total cost to be
obtained through general taxation.
The bylaw now goes to the Ontario,
Municipal Board for their approval.
Although contractors' have untila
December 17 to submit their ap-
plications, council was required to
pass the bylaw to show the ministry of
culture and recreation where their
portion of the funding would come
from.
• Melanie McLaughlin, a consultant
with the ministry, earlier told council
that no Wintario or Community
Centres grant would be given until the
town decided how they would raise
their portion of the costs, either
through debentures, borrowing the
money or including it on the tax bill.
While • money from grants may not
be available for at leas,torie year, the
bylaw stated that the 'town may
.borrow money for the total -cost of the
pool,on a demand loan from the Bank
of Montreal.
When grants are available,, Win-
tario will cover 25 per cent, donations
from the community will cover 25 per
cent of the costs, a Community
Centres grant will pay -25 per cent and
the town will pay 25 per cent.
The bylaw calls for the construction
of a concrete pool 25 metres by 25
metres and a training pool 15 by 6
metres in size.
"This does not restrict us to this
pool?" Councillor Rob Parr asked.
Councillor Chester Archibald ex-
plained, "This allows us to have
enough to cover the cost of the pool.
We could go for a smaller pool: and it
could cost less. If it does who will
complain."
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