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Clinton News-Record, 1985-1-23, Page 1) LLNCQ IRPoR.A`St OG-Til-llff BL1 TH STANDARD -THE HAYFIELD IE LlJ B UGLE .. Jan. 1985 11 15 - 3 -12 -12 -32 16 -8 -13 -13 -33 17 '-5 -9 -5 -16 18 - 4 -8 -8 -15 19 -5 -11 -12 -19 20 -11 -16 , . -14 -24 21 0 5 -20 -15 -30 Snow 14 cm 10 can • 50 CENTS -„WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23,1985 Fire .ravages boat factory By James Friel VANASTRA - Despite the worst storm to date this winter, Clinton and Brucefield Fire Departments answered a call at Bayfield Boats in Vanastra, Jan. 20. The call came in at around 9 p.m. and firefighters were at the scene until 5 a.m. Several were treated for exposure. Bob Lawson of RR 5 Clinton was the first person..at the scene of the fire and tried to both clear a path for the firefighting equip- ment and spray snow onto the fire in an at- tempt to fight the blaze. The new addition to the boat building com- pany was saved due to the structure's sprinkler system. The older section, oc- cupied by the company for the last 10 years, making it one of Vanastra's older . perma- nent industries, contained the woodworking, stockroom and office areas. They were assessed as completely lost by Clinton Assistant Fire Chief Fred Lobb. An estimate of the damage was unable. to be made by the -owners due to the severity of the weather though the loss is in the range of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The business is insured. Gary Lawrence, a part owner, said that thefirm.will rebuild. "I think we're going to continue. We're certainly not going to fold up,” said Mr. Lawrence. He said the firm would have to lay-off many of its employees but would try and keep some on during rebuilding. The company has the option to move operations to temporary accommodations in Vanastra to maintain at least some of the output. • They were m the process of filling approx- imately 30 orders worth about $95,000 each -for the new Bayfield 36 line recently in- troduced which would have kept 65 employees busy until late 1985. • In answering the ' fire call the Clinton brigade experienced problems with road conditions. Mr. Lobb called the journey to the fire "a nightmare." The department's van was stuck during one point, but was later freed through the firefighters' efforts. The. county's roads department plows were called in to make a route for the equipfnerat and most of the building was "pretty much down" when the department reached the site. High winds also complicated firefighting efforts. Mr. Lobb said that an investigation will be launched into the fire's cause. Bayfield Boats recently experienced another fire on Jan. 2 of this year. Vanastra Home Fur- nishings was also recently burned to the ground. . "One certainly has to wonder just what's going on," said Mr: Lobb. Stewart Broadfoot, . Brucefield Fire Department Chief, said some., of the Brucefield department's men and equip- ment went to Clinton following the fire because of road conditions. He also said the firemen appreciated the food and drink sup- plied by the citizens of Vanastra. 120TH YEAR - NO.4 A 50-50 proposed By Shelley McPhee supreme effort to, pay its way," he added. CLINTON - Town Councillor Gord Gerrits Clerk Cam Proctor told council,, . "The -said he was tired of "going no where." He town's not realizing any profits, but wanted. to end the debate, the. endless maintenance is coming out of the town ac - discussions and comments regarding a ren- counts.. Recreation is getting the money." tal agreement scheme for the Town Hall Councillor Gerrits reminded council that Auditorium. up until now, all money realized from book - He presented four options to the recrea- Ings and events at the auditorium had been tion committee and their recommendation put into a separaate acg¢unt for equipment will be studied by council. purchases. ' Recreation committee members, agreed Both council and recreation have been that proceeds from Town Hall Auditorium anxiously awaiting a rental proposal and rentals should be split, 50 - 50 between Councillor Gerrits urged members of the general government funds and recreation. recreation committee at their January Bookings not involving recreation labor or meeting, "We have.to come up with a deci- work will see 100 per cent of the profits going sion tonight and we have to stand behind it. to general government coffers. As well . He reminded recreation members that "it special events may be held for the town,hall is essential to work together" with council, auditorium equipment fund, with all pro-. , but added, "If we can't come to an agree- ceeds from those going specifically to the rnent with the council, then recreation will reserve fund. have to drop the auditorium." . Jim Hunter. Clinton council's other Councillor Gerrits proposed four options representative on the recreation committee for a one year term: said that he saw the proposal as "saleable to 1. 100 per cent funding to the town hall council. That way recreation and general reserve fund; - government would share expenses too." 2. one-third split between recreation, The, town's recreation department is in • general government and reserve fund; charge of bookings, for .the second .floor 3. a 50 - 50 split between, recreation and auditorium, and general .government the general government, with 100 per cent fun - clerk's office) looks after bookings in ,the ding to specially designated reserve fund smaller committee rooms. events; Both council and recreation committee 4. all recreation program funds to recrea- have been debating which department tion, all reserve fund bookings to that fund, should benefit financially from the book- all outright bookings to general govern ings: ment. . Councillor Charlie Burgess told council at Recreation committee members agreed their January 7 meeting that he.supported a that because of . tight budgeting in 1985, 50 - 50 split, "We have to get something•back reserve fund financing would be kept to a for our investment," he said. ' minimum for the year. The fund is "I feel that recreation should be making a • Turn to page 3 • Separate Board • • okays Mary in Jt. Marys wno wishes to use a bus route for transportation. When tentative approval for the French Immersion program was granted, the school board said transportation would not be provided by the board and is the respon- sibility of parents. A breakdown of the Goderich registration figures shows a Kindergarten enrolment of 12 students, nine from Goderich and three from Clinton. There are 12 Grade 1 students with one each from Wingham and Kingsbridge and 10 from Goderich. There were 22 students registering for Grade 2 with 19 from Goderich and three from Clin- By Stephanie Levesque It's official! The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board gave the green light to set up a total early French Immersion program in Stratford and Goderich. At its January meeting, the board approv- ed Kindergarten to Grade 2 French immer- sion classes at St. Mary's Separate School in Goderich and St. Michael's Separate School in Stratford stating this September. The school board now has to hire a total of four teachers. Two full-time teaching posi- tions will be required for the 46 Catholic children registered in the Goderich aea and ton. 1.5 teaching positions for the 42 Catholic . In the French Immersion program for St. children registered in the Stratford area. Michael's Separate School in Stratford, A total of seven non-Catholic children there are 16 Kindergarten children - registered in the Goderich area. Six are ac- registered, and the same number of Grade Wally from Goderich and one from Clinton. l's. Ten Grade two students are registered. In Stratford there' were 16 non-Catholic In other business, the school board ap- students registering with two of the students proved a new telephone system which will from the Dublin area. be leased over five years at $410 per month. It has not yet been decided if the non- The system is expected to reduce telephone Catholic students will be allowed to register rental costs by about $74,000 over TO 'years in the French Immersion program. and will be bought by the school board after However, the report did note that if non- five years. Catholic students are allowed to register, The board also agreed to pay $490 to the additional staff will he required. Ontario Separate School Trustees' Associa- Other students not part of the statistics tion to support. a "mini -secretariat" which but mentioned in the report are two from St." is being set up to assist school boards in ex - Marys Separate School in Hesson whose tending Catholic high school , funding to parents wish to share transportation with Grade 13. other students and one from Holy Name of The safest type of transportation lately has been feet. Instead of digging out the driveway and clearing off the car, people simply put on their .warmest clothing and walked to their desired destination. Even the main streets in Clinton had more pedestrians then motorists on them during the blustery weather on Jan. 21. (Anne Narejk® photo) - Blizzard babies horn Most events were cancelled and plans postponed. Area people quietly waited out the wintry blast, but for two local families, the weekend storm proved a little too ex- citing. Cancellation was out of the question for the Brandon family of Bayfield and the Greydanus family of RR 2 Goderich as they welcomed baby daughters into the world amidst the snow, wind and sub -zero temperatures. ' Harry and Eda Greydanus and their two children, Sarah, 4, and James, 3, were spell:- ding pen-ding a quiet weekend at their home on the Cut Line between Goderich and Bayfield. Quiet, until the third Greydanus-in- waiting decided it was time to see the world on January 20. Dr. J.L. Hollingworth in Goderich was alerted and in turn he contacted the am- bulance,- the police and a., snow plow operator. Eda, realizing that she wouldn't be able to make it to hospital, sent Harry upstairs for sheets and towels • nd together they delivered a 7 poun ounce baby girl - Jen- nifer Emma. Ten minutes . later he ambulance arriv- ed. The baby girl was - apped in aluminum foil and blankets for ad $ ed warmth; and, the family headed for the G s • erich hospital. Mother, daughte , an father, are recuperating nicely.. From Bayfield the night before, comes another dramatic story of . the arrival of a baby' girl to Dianne and Brian Brandon. News -Record Bayfield correspondent Doris Hunter reports that Brian was storm stayed, in Detroit when Dianne realized that her time had come. Dr. Peter Salsbury and . Clinton Public' Hospital nurse Darlene McKee of Bayfield headed to the Brandon home in Dr. Salsbury's Jeep, anticipating the necessity of a home birth. Finding that there was still, time to reach hospital, mother -to -be and the delivery team headed to Goderich hospital. A snow plow leading the way, followed by Dianne and her sister Cathy Scott in the ambulance, along with Dr. Salsbury and an OPP escort, they proceeded to Goderich in a snowy cavalcade. There Dr. Salsbury delivered a healthy baby girl. ' Brian finally made it to Bayfield by bus and a friend with a four-wheel drive vehicle got him to the Goderich hospital at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning. The storm of January 1985 will always be remembered for the Brandon and Greydaihus families and two little girls will have some tall tales to tell in future years. Learning together makes nen friends Buddies iiuprove reacting skills the Grade 4 and Grades 1 and 2, but it seems to allow enough time to accomplish the positive social interaction between the two groups of students. And if the judgement of the senior students can be taken as an accurate barometer, the younger students' reading skills are actually improving. "I can understand him better," said one of his younger partners. By James Friel VANASTRA - "It helps to promote a positive tone in the school and, of course, it's promoting, we hope, a love of books. The kids certainly look forward to it." These are a couple of benefits of the Buddy Reading system currently underway' in many Huron County schools. Teachers say that the program seems to help develop a stronger sense of community in a school. 'It's always nice for the younger kids to know they have a friend in the school," said I,owell Mount, special learning needs teacher at Vanastra Public School. "It's a reciprocal thing for the older ones. They learn how to formulate questions." He added, smiling, that the program also benefits the older children, helping them understand there are different ways to communicate with younger children rather than limiting interaction to hitting. "There's a very social part to it." The program has been operating on a less official basis , for the past few years at various Huron County public schools.. Both Mr. Mount and Grade 1 teacher Suzanne Strang have been involved in a similar program at schools in Hensall and UslSorne Township before moving to Vanastra Public School. This year, the Huron County Board of Education co-ordinated and promoted the idea to area schools. They sent someone from the board office to give some basic instruction and provide some additional ideas for the project. "We had already kind of done it ourselves and they i the board) fine tuned it a bit,", Mrs. Strang. "In the past, we had the grade eights make books for the grade ones but it seems they've grown out of that," said Mr. Mount. By far the largest part of thebuddy reading period is spent with the students reading books to each other. The seniors read to the juniors and then they switch roles with the senior student correcting the younger and asking questions on spelling, pronunciation and other grammatical necessities. The partners keep track of the books read and the words learned throughout the year. But the program is more than just a reading system. At first the students pick an activity to familiarize the senior and junior partners with each other. Following that the. first project was on metric measure and others of a varying nature will be included duringthe year. Currently, the schedule at the school allows for only 30 minutes a week for the system which includes some of the Grade 6, Dana Edwards of Vanastra Public School was without a partner for the Buddy Reading class held at the school once a week so special education teacher Lowell Mount filled W. The system Is presently being used by many Huron County Board of Education schools. (James Friel photo)