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GODERICH S1`GNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 197 -PA it
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Mother urges board to accept her four-year old son at school
Huron County Board ,of meeting that they felt the
Education heard a delegation Board's reluctance to admit
on Monday seeking ad- the youngster due to his age
mittance to Kindergarten of was unjustified.
four year old Steve ,Martene In a letter read into the
of Egmondville. His mother, minutes of the meeting, Mrs.
Mrs. June . Martene and Marten said she was ap
nursery school teacher Karen pealing to the Board to
McEwing both told the "consider Steve's readiness
for admission to kindergarten
on par with the child at-
tending kindergarten at
Clintqn Public School now". '
"I am under the impression,
that his admission. was,
considered because he had
nttrndr.d n junior I#in-
dergarten in 'Woodstock last
year and he will not be five
until March of 1977," she said.
Steve will not turn five until
February of 1977.
"As Steve's mother I see
him indicatinggreat interest
in what his sister in- Grade
One is learning," she told the
meeting, "and he has .ab -
Sorbed considerably what she
has taught him:"
Karen ' McEwing of the
Tuckersm.ith Day Nursery
told the Board that it was her
feeling that Steve was ready
to , start kindergarten last
September, even though he
will not be five until
February.
"He has been enrolled at
our Day Care Centre since
October 1975," she explained.
During that time,.. he has.
shown that`he is very mature,
MVCA look to long term projects
Instead rf working on short
term projects from now on,
Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority was
warnedat the annual meeting
on Thursday afternoon, that
they would have to start
looking at programs which
will be completed over a
period of years.
The Ministuy of Natural
Resources has set up new
guidelines for Authorities in
which they will have to
budget over a period of five to
10, years. In this way the
Ministry will have concrete
evidence that Authorities are
expecting to control facilities.
for longer periods of time.
They will also be able to go to
the government for finances
on projects which will be
spread out over more than
one year.
The budgetfor the Maitland
Valley Conservation
Authority for 1977 has been
estimated at $1,054,400, which
has been broken down as
$108,600 . for administration;
$40,000 general maintenance';
$418,000 water and related
land management; $122,800.
regional recreation; $325,00
special projects - Listowel
and $40,000 for watershed
inventory.
Whether this budget will
pass the Ministry of Natural
Resources is riot known.
However it shows that the
MVCA has allowed for a lot of
work to be done in 1977. Some
of the programs may have to
be cut back if this budget is
not approved, but it is hoped
the budget will be approved
before the -annual meeting in
February of 1977..
A small committee .con-
sisting of the chairman, vice-
chairman and two members
will be set up to work on this
update. It is hoped it will be
completed by the end of 1977.
A motion was passed that
members start to think about
changing to a general
manager administration
from the resources manager
administration which is now
in effect. Members are to
have everything ready for the
annual meeting in February.
If a generalmanager is hired
it won't be until 1978 as the
Ministry of Natural
Resources needs to know by
the end of 1976 if a general
manager is to be hired for
1977.
Water Management
Adylisory Board
The Water Management
Advisory Board advised that
the warning system.' for
"flooding has significantly
-improved this year with each
successive flood. The
members involved in acting
as flood spotters picked up
valuable experience and their
efforts have improved the
board's knowledge of how
quickly the rivers can peak in
various. municipalities. l )
Dave Gower, chairman of
the board, said that the water
manaigement program must
be the Authority's first and
foremost concern. It is the
primary reason , for the
existence of tfie Authority and
is concerned with the natural
element of water which gives
an area deep-rooted en-
vironmental problems and
just as deeply -rooted
benefits. r
He said, "f am happy to
report that, based on our past.
few years of effort and on our
list of future projects, the
water management program
for the MVCA is a diversified
and strong one.''
Some of the improvements
to this year's flood warning
system include the in-
stallation of two telemark
river gauges -- one upstream
of Wingham in Turnberry
Township and one down-
stream of Listowel, and the
proposed installation of a
third telemark upstream of
Wingham in Morris Town-
ship. Staff gauges are
presently being installed at
seven bridges sites.
throughout the watershed to
ease the job of flood watchers
and to improve the accuracy,
of flood flow projections,
Listowel Problem
•
Mr. Gower also mentioned
that the Listowel conduit
repairs study hers made it
clear that nothing short of a
complete rebuilding of, • the
structure would constitute
money. well -spent.
The anticipated cost of
reconstruction isap-
proximately $2 million. The -
resulting streamlined conduit
will be capable of passing a
one -in -hundred- .year flood
safely through the downtown
portions of Listo1"vel. He said
the conduit repair must be
placed at the top of the
priority list and the Authority -
must proceed with con-
struction as quickly as
possible.
Along with the repair of the
conduit, .the downstre,;,am
channel through Listowel
needs to be streamlined and
stabilized if it is adequately to
cope with future floods: A
detailed -, plan and
specifications have already
been prepared for this phase
and hopefully construction
will start in late spring of 1977
if provincial funds are made
available.
Turnberry floodplain '
Mr. Gower also mentioned
the mill pond dams, fill line
• mapping;' floodplain map-
ping, Turnberry floodplain,
shoreline study and water-
shed study. He said the
Turnberry floodplain project
is off to a good start.
"This year's allocation of
$50,000 has been spent on the
appraisal of over 35
properties and the acquisition
of three residences and one
riding stable acreage. The
township has given excellent
co-operation and we ap-
preciate • this willingness to
help fund the. project during
these tight budgetary times,"
said Mr. Gower.
"Building demolition will
- take place on the properties
we presently own later this
winter.• The township is
presently investigating other
property alternatives for the
remaining residents in the
floodplain. • Provided • that
these investigations are
successful, we expect that
several other properties will
be purchased in • the new
year."
He went on to say that due
to the expansions of the
watershed in recent years, it
is essential that the Authority
have an accurate inventory of
these new problem areas. It is
proposed that the Con-
servation Authority prepare
terms of reference for a
water management study of
the Lucknow river and area.
,. The Province of Ontario is
prepared to give 100 percent
funding for this study which
indicates the importance the
government places on proper
Mond
planning in these new
watershed units.
The study is expected to
take two to three years to
complete..It is essential that
the Authority collect a -suf-
ficient
suf-ficient amount of data on the
water resources of the area so
that it can make intelligent
decisions on when and where
to spend funds of such things
as erosion control and swamp
protection.
Mr. Gower said the
government has recently
pointed out to conservation
authorities in the province,
that they have not placed
enough emphasis on water
management. Maitland
Valley Conservation
Authority should be proud of
the fact it is exempt from that
criticism because it has a
strong and diversified water
management system.
There were a" number of
other reports given, at the
meeting, all -relating to what
had been done over the past
year.
Resource Manager's report
In the resources manager's
report presented by Ian
Deslauriers, he stated, "The
Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority has,
along with .every other
conservation authority,
prepared a revised form of
budget 'which marks, the
beginning of a new period in
history. This is as a result of
the major revisions to the
Policy Procedure and
Information Manual, only one
of several new adfninistration'
and program ideas which are'
designed to improve the value
of each dollar we spend."
"Perhaps the best word to
summarize what -will be
required by all Authorities- in -
the
n the years to come is planning.
For over two decades con-
servation authorities have
been basing their goals,
objectives, projects and
planning on information
provided in the _ original
watershed reports," ,,
"In many cases, however,
some projects have • been
dropped while others tend to
dominate for long periods of
time. This has_ caused a loss
of direction and purpose in
many cases since, once the
major project was com-
pleted, - the Authority may.
have taken years to develop
new projects or priorities. In
order to prevent this from
happening in the Maitland
Valley we need to revise our
Authority's goals and ob-
jectives . so that they more
clearly reflect where we have
been and where we are going
in • the watershed
management business," said
the speaker.
He pointed out that the new
Manual of Information points
out that the flexibility of
Authorities must be con -
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ditioned by the commitment
of the province to program
(not project) planning on a
multi-year plan.
Begins process
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.- The MVCA has already
begun the process of program
planning in the land
acquisition and parks master
plan components of the
budget. Additional program
reviews will be required in
•1977;
In other business, Mrs.
•
Gilbert Beecroft of Belgrave
has been given authority to
set up a history of the Falls
Reserve Conservation Area.
She approached the Authority
because she has already clone
some research in the area.
Following the reading of
the reports, a slide presen-
tation was given by Jim,
Beacroft, on the 1976 projects
and activities. It also in-
cluded a new 'audio-visual
show entitled "Conservation
is Natural".
The film was produced by
the regional office -of 'the
Information Service Branch
of the Ministry . of Natural
Resources during the sum-
mer in • • co-operation with
Authority staff. 'It will be
available upon requestfor
presentation in 1977 to groups
of all descriptions as well as
being shown in the display
trailer. •
Mr. Beacroft mentioned
that another audio-visual
show, "Conservation Is...."
was presentecLon a number of
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physically, mentally,
socially, emotionally and
creatively."
She said Steve knows the
alphabet, how to write and
spell his name, the basic
shapes, colors„ counting and
number concepts. "His at-
tention span is quite long
compared to others of this
age," she said.
• Trustee Dorothy Wallace
asked Mrs. Martene if she
had considered the age at
whi^,ch Steve would be trying
to enter University if he were
•accepted into kindergarten
now.
Director of Education D. J.
Cochrane pointed out that
while there was no minimum
age limit set for admission to
University or College Steve's
ability to get 'Fong there
socially because he would be
younger than his peers might
prove a problem
Referring to the case of the
child of five enrolled at
Clinton, Mr. Cochrane ex-
plained that he had been a
student in junior -
kindergarten at Woodstock
and once enrolled was subject
Blue's Supermarket
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to the compulsory attendanc4
rules of the . Ministry of
Education.
• Others had been admitted
at an early age he noted, but
those had been cases con-
sidered on .medical grounds
or recommendations from the
Robarts Schoolin London..
On a motion by Molly
Kunder the matter was
finally referredback to the
Education . Committee for
study at its January meeting.
The motion stipulated that
consideration would be given
to changing the • age for
kindergarten admissions.
THANK YOU
A sincere 'thank you to those
who supported me at the polls
Dec. 6th and congratulations
to Mr. Eugene Frayne on a
successful campaign
Sincerely,'
OSCAR G. KIEFFER
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