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Clinton News-Record, 1979-12-13, Page 18Usborne township reeve Bill Morley accepted the warden's chain of office at Tuesday's inaugural session of Huron county council. IT+ 8 1 ID N tp 4 1.5 ' -1 5 \ 8 1,5. 6 5.5 -0.5 7 4-2 8 2.5 -5 9 2.5 -7.5 10 4 -5 • Snow 2 cm. Rain 10.0 M.11.. 5 ' 8 -1.5. 8 2, . 2.5 -2 -1 "'-5 -6 -9 Rain 10 nun, Clinton NewsRec 4th Year —No. Secondary teachers settle for 7% increase• BY JEFF SEDDON The Huron county board .of education and its 258 secondary school teachers settled on a 1979-80 contract Monday calling for a seven percent wage increase for teachers. Shirley, Hazlitt, chairman of the board's negotiating committee, and Shirley Weary, head of the teachers' negotiating team, announced in a press conference Tuesday that the new pact had been ratified. The seven percent hike is an across the board raise for all teachers, vice principals and principals in the five county secondary schools. Coupled with the raise are new clauses in the contract dealing with teacher workloads, leaves of absence new staffing guidelines aimed at reducing the impact of declining enrolment on teaching jobs. Both Weary and Hazlitt were a little reluctant to say what the average teacher's salary would be after the Usborne reeve new Huron Warden BY JEFF' SEDDON Huron county council chose Usborne reeve Bill Morley as warden of the county for 1980 leaving Goderich reeve Eileen Palmer and Tuckersmith township reeve Ervin Sillery with another year to consider running for the position. On the •first ballot at Tuesday's inaugural session council gave 31 of a possible 57 votes to Morley. Sillery received 18 votes and. Palmer eight. Inhis short electioneering speech to council the Usborne reeve told council 1980 will be . the "most challenging year of my life" If elected warden. He said council faced a tough year restructuring gouncil in preparation for the departure of deputy -reeves in 19811 He said the county's committee system would have to be revamped to prepare for doing- as much if- not more, work with fewer members of council. He told council after .the election county representatives , faced the challenge of maintaining the "high level of service" in Huron in the face ,of inflation and high interest rates. He said enormous increases in fuel and materials would make the road committee's job a difficult one in the coming year and that wage i r' first column negotiations with county employees could also mean critical decisions. He said council would have. to bear in mind the needs of county employees but would also have to attempt to keep wage hikes moderate. Palmer, the first woman to ever seek the warden's chair, told council 1980 would be a pivotal year in the operation of county council. She said the warden would have to be a "knowledgeable" person that was "innovative and conversant with legislation and government programs that could benefit rural and urban municipalities in the county". She told council that the warden's job could no longer go to someone just because they're well liked. "It's not sufficient to be a goodguy or gal . you have to be qualified to be warden," she\ said. Sillery warned council that in the next year Huron would have to be "progressive". He said the county was being threatened by others that "have their •eye" on the county and can see what it has to offer. He said those people are making an effort to control the resources of the county by "coming\ in and buying" which is something county council has to guard against. increase. Weary said she did not calculate an average teacher's wage because there were no "average teachers". Hazlitt said it was difficult to compute the average now because of fewer numbers of teachers but said according to her figures the average salary in the county would be $25,752. Weary said teachers in Huron Were still among the lowest paid in the province. She said the maximum salary paid in the contract put Huron at "rock bottom" in the province. Hazlitt pointed out that the maximum wage available in this contract may be the lowest maximum wage in the province but in other areas Huron is not the lowest. She conceded that teachers in Huron are "not the highest paid" but added that "on the whole it's not that bad". The minimum wage in the contract for a teacher with the minimum qualifications and no experience is $13,135. The maximum is $29,184. Weary said 60 percent of the teachers in Huron . County were ' at their maximum wage level and that 60 percent of the teachers were in the highest pay category available in the contract. The teachers' negotiater said teachers ratified\the contract Monday night by a margin of between 60 and 65 percent. She said the slim margin of acceptance may have been due to the fact that teachers at the bottom end of the pay scale were not happy with their wage increase. - But she saidenough of those teachers were impressed with other clauses in the contract to accept the slim wage settlement they received. She added that without those clauses the contract may have been refused. Hazlitt said the board unanimously voted in favor of the pact but added it took a couple of hours to explain the pact. The contract does away with pupil - teacher ratios, a major stumbling block in the 1977 negotiations that ended up in a strike situation. Those ratios have been replaced by a maximum number of students enrolled in a credit course which according to Weary meets the needs of both the teachers and the students. She said the under the new contract the number- otteachers needed in the system will be determined by prin- cipals doing y class timetabling. She said that timetabling will determine how 'many teachers are needed and where they are needed. Another innovation in the new pact is leave of absence clauses. The leaves now available to teachers range from one year without pay to one year with 80 percent pay. Under the leave with pay clause a teacher must work for four years receiving 80 percent of his or her salary and then can take one,year off with pay: Weary would not say the leave of absence clause is designed to en- courage people to stay out of the classroom but hinted that the option is there for any teacher that thinks they may want to retire or change jobs. She said there are a number of teachers in the system that would take advantage of the leave clause to become mothers, work on farms they -have bought or just get away from the classroom. She said every teacher that uses the leave of absence will allow another teacher that does not want to get out of the classroom to retain a job. Both Weary and Hazlitt agreed that the negotiations this time around were improved over the 1977 ordedal. nspeo6tion panci;1-s.tudk s local public buildings An insepction panel has found few problems with 'publicinstitutions in the Clinton and Vanastra area. The inspection, which was carried out in several municipalities in Huron, was requested by His Honor, F.G. Carter of the County Court. The panel, was made up of Brian McCoy, James F. Gladding, Kenneth E. McGee, Jeanne J.S. ,faker,, C. Kuc, It really seems a shame, 'and I really don't need the calories, so why is it that all the good food seems to be served in one month of the year. Already, I've gained five pounds from all those mince meat tarts, oil -laced cashews, chips covered in fattening, but ., tasty dip, plum pudding covered with rum sauce, Christmas cake, delicious short bread cookies, colorful, but sugary candies, and of Course, last but no least, roast ' turkey, complete with mouth watering stuffing and mashed potatoes covered in thick, heavenly gravy. Wow, decadent, ain't it. Boy, I sure can't complain about the quality and quantity of food where I come from, having been blessed with outstanding cooks on both sides of the family and at home, but I do have one complaint: it all comes at once. Why, as many people suggest, don't'we spread the festival season out a bit. I don't know how we could do it, but wouldn't it be nice toput a couple of those Christmas dinners over into boring old January and February. • ' + + + And with the Christmas holiday season coming up, it means a great deal of rushing around for all the staff at the News -Record, and the shifting of a few deadlines. Next week will be our regular Christmas greeting issue coming out on Thursday' with the normal deadlines, but the issue of December 27 will be printed early to enable us to give all our em- ployees a well-deserved rest. So, for the December '27 edition, deadlines for all classified, display,, and news copy as been moved back to 5 pm on Thursday, December 20, and the deadline for the edition of Thursday, January 3,1980, wiltbe 5 pm on Monday, January 31. We' correspondents hope" that all corres � p at:.nd a d v erti sers will ill take ke no t e o f theS chartes, and ;help us out on this matter, In Order to facilitate the whole matter, ouroffice will $6 60011 Soturdaecenb$r 22a61d will be. M closed until Thursday, December 27. +++ As well as the usual number of school and church Christmas concerts in the next week or so, the Clinton Cubs will be- trying something a little different this year. Tonight, Thursday, December 13, the Cubs will be touring the town in wagons singin&,Christmas Carols for all those care to hear their young voices, from 7 to 9 pm, + +• + And speaking of carols, don't forget that we still have lots of song sheets available here at the News - Record office. They're free,, courtesy of the Bluewater Regional Newspaper Network, of which this paper is a member. + + Overheard on the street Wed- nesday morning after the Tory government's new "tough" budget was handed down Tuesday night: "The increase in gas taxes is enough to drive a person to drink, but with the price of liquor going up, I can't afford to drink either." The Main Street wit has the following smile for those of us who have "rotten" kids: Psychiatrist: "Does your son pre's'ent a behaviour problem?" Exasperated mother: " I don't know, I've never seen him behaving.'' + ++ It seems that the dogs are taking over the town, and the police are receiving a increasing number of complaints, so Chief Westlake has warned that not only do owners face losing their dog for letting it run loose, but the fine is now $15 for each offence, up from the previous, $10. We've had °a number of calls from citizens so angry with : the dogs getting, into their garbage and teaching their children demon. Fp strions of the facts of life that at t hey've threatened to shoot the 0gssight. on si tY w So, if you Want to have a dog, tie r ild'af" 1ti • get � Doreen Margaret Garrow and Nor- man Peter Koehler. The group studies the housekeeping,. maintenance of facilities, safety and availability of space or facilities at Vanastra's Day Care Centre and the Recreation Centre and at the Ministry of Agriculutre building, the police station, the public washrooms and the town library in Clinton. In their report for the Vanastra Day Care Centre, the panel noted that the centre is presently working in renovated as well as new quarters and that some areas are shared with the Recreation centre. The panel concluded that some of the problems they found may not be of the Day Care Centre's making. In their safety evaluation, the panel found that some of fire extinguishers are old and some do not work properly. The panel concluded that some of these extinguishers may have been in use since the area was the Canadian Forces Base. For the protection of the children using the centre, the groupsuggested that a lock be put on the cupboard under the sink in the craft room were cleaners are kept and,that electrical outlets in the gym area be covered with plugs. The panel qtiestionned the possibility of children getting slivers in their skin from the sawdust and shavings box that they play in, and they suggested that the door between the kitchen and play room be locked when the kitchen is empty. To rid of body odor smell, the panel suggested • that moreventilation is needed in the sleep room and noted that although the stage area is not really part of the Day Care Centre, there is a need to make sure that loose ropes and extension cords are removed and that the storage room door be kept closed and locked. The panel found the housekeeping at the centre in good order, but said that the washing machine need to be Clinton, Bayfield,Zurich get $I, 000 ,from Stanley By Tom Creech Grants to three area arenas highlighted the activity at Stanley township council Monday. ,r Receiying,$1,000 each to be usetd for operating expenses were the facilities at Zurich, Bayfield and Clinton. With the support of Stanley, there seems to be an excellent chance that the residents of the hamlet of Blake will be receiving the four-way stop which they had requested. Members of the community con- tacted Hay township its November and received that municipality's suppoi t for the all -stop. Clerk -treasurer 1Vte1 Graham says it's still up in the air when the township's secondary plan will be implemented. Comments about the plan have been received from the ministry of housing along with "comments about the comments" from Huron county planner George Penfoid, Graham stated. Taxpayers who are delinquent on their billings will be paying an extra quarter percent per month. Effective January 1, interest on over due, ac- counts will be 11/4 percent. In other business, council: sup- ported a resolution from the township of Wollick condemningg.. the change a in equalization factors without grant reform. Supported a reso luti n from it he regional Municipality bf Waterloo calling for r'nore time te examine e pilo posed osed ch nge te pitsand d Nyh uti rie.7pp act, ' ytY Supported a resolution..Ifron the municipality of North York for changes in the wholesale pricing system of Ontario Hydro. Supported a resolution from the city of Barrie which supported the position taken by Premier William Davis in opposing Quebec's white paper on sovereignty association. Stanley gave out $12,000 in tile drainage loan applications and joined the Ontario farm drainage ,,ssociation. Now against law to let ice hang by Shelley McPhee Clinton council has made an at- tempt to prevent the potentially dangerous situation of heavy snow and ice loads building up on roofs during the winter. At their regular meeting on December 3, council passed a bylaw that requires owners or occupiers of commercial businesses in Zone 5 to keep the roofs of their buil • ';, gs free from a heavy loads of snow or ice and their sidewalks clean during the winter months. The bylaw states that owners must keep their roofs and sidewalks clean. led or is()coupled ' r the building whether p empty. ?Those to fail 1 to do th this after reasonables o n abl e ,n. o ti e by h e town, � will il l faceiCe a,.fine of not mor than $500 and nota1essth ri $100.The town Will re loye th snowand ice, t th Cost .; a fin will. Of e' s t and t ,the nerve h how �� a. `a° 1 r tidedtob Ci t 't zl. cleaned inside and out after each wash. It was found that the Centre suffers from a lack of space for storage and noted that the children who are not toilet trained' and need diapers changed, add .a burden to the supervisors. The Centre accepts children from, the age of two and they do not have to be toilet trained. The panel found the Vanastra Recreationf.Centre to be an excellent facility that serves many age groups its -the community and outlying area. Turn to page • Both said teacher -board relations are "much . improved" indicating teachers and trustees are starting to deal with concerns in education rather than just contract items. .Kids column p 2 Town talk p. 2 Readers write. ... p. 4 Stangs win p. 6 Archer's close down . p. 8 Auburn dogs restricted.. . p 9 Bayfield OMB hearing. p. 10 Celebrates 103 year p. 14 ' Marshall Young dies p. 15 Classified ... . p. 16 8 17 Vanastra flobts win p. 18 Creport . p. 18 Clinton HSS draw winners p 20 Students learn ukulele p. IA Hensall Rebekahs p. 2A Council briefs p. 4A Church news p. 7A Bendix closes Hensall plant This area's employment situation became somewhat bleaker this week with the announcement of more lay offs at Bendix in Hensall. Recreational vehicle plant general manager Andy Imanse said last week that the plant's entire complement of 116 workers were laid off December 3. He said the workers will be back on the -job January7. Imanse said it was the first lay-off of the recreational vehicle plant in his' time with the firm and attributed it to the higher interest rates. Up until the rate increase Imanse said 1979 had been the best year on record for his plant. Come the spring when interest rates have hopefully stabilized, interest in recreation vehicles should pick up, he said. �r rb Wylew 'residents Ore en b r �n ,anew' S�$9` it wh ri 001 h� � i ba 'thanlrs to ythe 14 Independent Order of Od- fellows and Rebekah Lodges In neon County' who raised theEm 01 efor the at h at thecounty ounty ha hae, of1 c1 cno t lost Saturday In a special Ceremony. Left to r1ht are"C. Wilford Caslick bighorn) Dlstr1ct 'Deputy Grand� Maker 'oft' w cetf iomuIpa� ses the lad es iI#iro anden T1 ey; , n d ? �t,�r 'Grand a s� e t t ews-Ia te ouaClinte who �cn0i ethc;�b en r.