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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-02-16, Page 3s a litre today at all stations .The Goderich gas war was stilt going strong early 4fi,Is week with some service stations lowering the price of a litre of regular gasoline to just over 21 coats. But other stations had decided, enough was enough and increased the price to 39 cents or more. Bud Worthy, of Goderich, owner of Worthy's Esso, said he had been "directed by Imperial Oil" to raise, his price to 43.3 cents on Tuesday morning. Before raising his price, Worthy had been selling regular gasoline for 22.6 cents a litre. At the same time that Worthy's price went up, Gas Rite's went down. While Worthy was trying to sell gasoline at 43.3 cents, Gas Rite's price was 21.3 cents a litre or $1.06 a gallon and customers were noticing the difference. On Tuesday afternoon Worthy said, "I haven't sold a damn bit of gas today. I have only had three customers." Worthy added, "if the other stations don't put their price up tomorrow, I'm going to bring mine back down." The low gasoline prices are not common to just the Goderich area. In Palmerston gas, has been selling for 19.4 cents and in London, 18.9 cents. This significant drop in price has been attributed to a glut of gasoline which is sitting in refinery storage tanks throughout Ontario. However, Brian Hamilton, operator of Gas Rite, • says iher, ,iaL la ueuy park 01 eeic reason. "The oil ex , utives are trying to set a marketing price and by th t T mean they are trying to figure out what is a Pod p$ce to sell gasoline at," Hamilton explains, But. he adds, "it's not working. You can only sell so Much gasoline and some days you might as well have your price at 55 cents because no one needs any gas." Although the lower prices are a bonus for the consumer they are a problem -for the oil companies. - Worthy says, "the oil companies must sell the gasoline for at least 33 cents a litre or they aren't making any money." What Worthy says is true: Oil companies must pay, about 22.7 cents a litre in taxes and royalties, not including about 11.5cents a litre for crude oil. Now that there is a surplus of gasoline the prices need to be low in order to move the product, yet low prices mean no profit. Even though the lower prices are affecting the oil companies, independent station owners are still getting 26 cents a litre profit, the same as when gas was above 40 cents a litre. While most consumers are taking advantage of the low prices, ° farmers may be the ones who are benefiting the most. Presently there is a 20 per cent tax on the pump price for Ontario's road tax which farmers can apply to Queen's Park to deduct, if it is used in farm machinery. Parents appeal to school board for Grades 7 and 8 Over 100 people attended al meeting. at GDCI on Thursday night in order to discuss the options in adding Grades 7 and 8 to Victoria Public School. At the meeting, a feasibility study committee comprised of school board members, Joan Van Den Broeck, John Cochrane, Dorothy Wallace and Bob Allen, and parents, Sue Farrish, Murray Alcock, Bonny Hudson and Jim Kingsley outlined three separate proposals. The first proposal was for both Victoria and Robertson Schools to remain as they are. Outlining theadvantages of this, committee chairman Jim Kingsley said there would be no duplication of already existing facilities, no movement of classes and students and no expenditures. The disadvantage Kingsley said was that ' the proposal did not satisfy the parents who were con- cerned about their children having to walk a long distance to Robertson School and having to eat lunch at school. Another disadvantage Kingsley reported was that some children feel like outsiders when they move from Victoria School to Robertson. The second proposal outlined was to add only Grade 7 to Victoria School in September of this year and then add Grade 8 the following year. Kingsley' pointed , out that . there were , two major advantages with this proposal. The first was that the proposal would allow for a gradual build-up of facilities and the second was that special education classes could be added to Robertson School. Presently only Victoria School has special education classes and therefore; children who live near Robertson blit 'areenrolled-in speeiateduca'tion; must attend Victoria.. Other advantages Kingsley presented were; that former Victoria School students now at Robertson would not have to relocate again, students now at Victoria would not have to make an adjustment prior to going into high' school, most students could go home for lunch and students would have a shorter distance to walk to school. Discussing the disadvantages, Kinsgley pointed out that it would cost between $7 and $9,000 to duplicate materials such as books' and science and library equipment. Kingsley added .that staff would have, to be tran- sferred and this would reduce the rotary system at Robertson School. . Presently each teacher at Robertson teaches one subject andremains. in one classroom while the students move from class to class. (The same system is used in high. schools.) If some staff were tran- sferred to Victoria there would be fewer teachers at Robertson and therefore, a smaller rotary system. Kingsley indicated that the new addition at Robertson had been built with the rotary system in mind and had been designed as a junior high school. Another disadvantage with this proposal concerned instrumental music. Since instrumental music would not be made available at Victoria any student who wished to take it would have to attend Robertson. The third proposal presented was to incorporate both Grades 7 and 8 in Victoria School in September of this year. Kingsley said the committee felt the advantages with this proposal were the same as the advantages with the previous proposal. The major disadvantage with this would be that the cost would have to be absorbed over one year rather than two. This proposal would also mean that some Grade 7 students presently at Robertson , would have to„ ;: change schools again, one special education class...:. . would have to move to Robertson since there would no longer be the room to accommodate them at Victoria and there would be very little left of the rotary system at Robertson. After presenting the committee's proposals Kingsley told- the meeting if Grade 7 was added to Victoria in September of this year, there would be 40 students at Victoria and 142 at Robertson. In Sep- tember of 1984 when Grade 8 was added to Victoria there would be 102 at Victoria and 64 at Robertson. "Over the next 10 years there would be ap- proximately 110 students in Grades 7 and 8 at Victoria and 70 at Robertson," Kingsley said. 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