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Wingham Advance-Times, 1977-06-01, Page 1Cie I -AND -SEA -AIR PACKAGE TOURS Business or pleasure - book now! rRAvaiz siLt—rig Listowel, Ontario w'W. 291.2111 Coll Toll Free 1-800.265-6332 FIRST SECTION Wingham, Wednesday, June 1, 1977 Single Copy Not Over 30e Council votes to contr 1 health care services Huron County council voted Friday to prepare a brief to ask the Ontario Legislature to give council direct and legal control over all health matters in Huron. In voting in favor of the brief council also accepted an execu- tive committee recommendation that Kim Ainslie of Goderich J retained to prepare it. The recommendation was that Ainslie be engaged to prepare the brief at a 'cost of $50 per day to a maxi- mum of $1,000. Usborne Reeve Bill Morley, Madill team first in math competition Mr. D. Neil, Head of the Mathe- matics Department, at the F. E. Madill • Secondary School, was recently advised that the school mathematics team placed first in Zone 78 of the 1977 Descartes Mathematics Competiton. Zone 78 of the contest covers Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth Counties, A total of 1600 contestants rep - .resenting 401 schools took part in the competition which was con- ducted in Ontario and Manitoba this year. As well as winning their zone, the Madill team made the Team Honor Rolland John Day, a team member, made the Student he will Honor Roll for which. receive a $25, prize.` Team mem- bers this year were John Day of RR 3, Wingham; Tamara Hayes of Wingham; Stan Loree of Luck - now and Derick Vanderklippe of RR 5, Lucknow. Madill tearref Wan came fiest iZrt their zone competition in 1973, 1974, 1975 with a second place finish in 1976: chairman of the executive coral: -•t rnittee, told council there ise� fusion in the health services'i $d• in the county. He said the con- fusion centres around ,district health councils and • amalgama- tion of healt administration with Perth Count . aid the indica- tions at present seemed to, be that a formation or a health council would basically mean one board of health for both counties. "I feel that Huron County is quite capable of running its own health services," said Morley. "Amalgamation of health ser- vices would bring us one step closer to amalgamation of other areas' that we may not want." Morley said the committee hoped the brief would carry a little more weight if it was pre- pared by a person not directly in- volved with council. Headded that the committee had' asked council for the privilege of draft- ing the'terms of reference Ainslie was to work under. He said the county may be talo ing on a huge responsibility by taking over health services in Huron. He said he was confident the county could handle the ad- ministration of the services but pointed out that by taking over the duties council was not just operating hospitals but control - Arena fund gets. Wintario9 rant . Mayor William Walden an- nounced Monday that a Wintario grant forr the arena, of $150,000 has been given final approval. ' Mr. Walden said however, that another $12,000 to ,$15,000. has tq , be raised by the community. The arena was officially opened in February after renova- tions took •place. The Ministry of Labour had closed the arena July 4 last year. The' roof, the seats and side boa3'ds were con, demned. The walls had to be re- novated as well. During these renovations the ice surface was enlarged and plexiglass was put in, five feet at the ends and two feet at the sides. The walls were steel clad inside and out and insulation was added. Store rooms and a referees' room were built at the back and the re- freshment booth was extended. The dasher boards are new also. The cost of renovations has been in the neighbourhood of $300,000. A total of $63,000 has been raised by the community. Recreation Director ,Jim Ward said they are looking for a $75,000 grant from the Ministry or Cul- ture and Recreation. ling county. Bayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson said he was concerned that by re- placing elected officials on"health committees taxpayers would be losing representation in health matters. He said he was particu- larly worried about losing rep- resentation because 'of the huge costs taxpayers are bUrdened with in health. He added that a report off this nature quite often points out what the county has in the area of health services and what it, needs. Goderich Township Reeve Gerry Ginn said he sits on the health committee and he would hate to think that the committee hese notion that district hospital boards were ineffective. He said the main thrust of the plan was to make county council responsible for health matters in a clear fashion. He said even hospital boards are confused over who 'they are responsible to and the committee wanted that cleared up. "By making hospital boards responsible to county council we are making them directly re- sponsible to the taxpayer," he eft-. plained. "There is nothing saying county council will run hospitals only be responsible for the hos- pital operation." Howick Reeve Harold Robin- son said he had heard a lot about what the committee wanted this Irian (Ainslie) to do but had heard all health services in the nothing of his qualification$., He ee said the survey is a very big jab • and asked what Ainslie's qualifications for the job. are:. County Clerk Bill Hardy said cf Ainslie has a masters in arts and :: had learned the consulting ser- vices trade at university. Re said the committee had reviewed, a resume from Ainalle. and :had j opted for him at $50 per day ? ' rather than •a big name con -„;f;: suiting firm at $500.per, day. 110 added that Ainslie did his uni- versity thesis on Huron County and is familiar enough with dire county to do the job. In other business council dis- cussed payments per dien to members of council committees who are not council members. They decided to leave the rate of pay as it is and that non -council members not be paid except for standing committee members. William Errington of RR 2, Auburn, received a p5o scholar- ship in agriculturfl business management and .1p4/Re Ireland received one in homeeconomics. Both are attending the. Centralia College of Agricultural Tech- nology. .rd Rev.. Sondem welcomedM t Sacred He 'Sacred Heart Chur • ham, welcomes a tie* • their congregatioh, E'. thony John Sonderil R Sonderup 'replaces F' er Nolan who has taken a w dos- t on , keraar.•. l� . Fr. Sonderup was born in Port Elizabeth, Republic of South Africa in September, 1936. .His -parents'are both deceased, but he has nine brothers and sisters, eight of whom live in. South Africa and a sister living in London, On- tario. Both of his grandmothers were born in South Africa, so• his family has residedthere for over 100 years. He attended primary and high, schools in Port Elizabeth. He went to St. John Viarney Semi- nary in Pretoria for si\x years and was ordained in 1962. For the next 10 years Rev. Sonderup worked mainly among a tribal people called the Ama Xhasa. In this time he learned the language and customs of these people. In 1972 he decided he did not want to work anymore In a country which encourages racial segregation and he emigrated to Canada. He 'has worked in St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in London and St• Martin's Parish, London. Sacred Heart is his first pastorship in Canada. He also takes St...Ambrose Church, Brus- sels, in his charge. CASTLE BUILDERS—This castle, purchased in a store and castle. It was on display at the school last week, and assembled by. Howick Central Public School students, was showing it off was, from left, Sharon Burns, Tom Miller, labelled and used to show people the different parts of a and gay Van, Engen (Staff Photo) Douglas Stamper, B.A., B.Ed., son of. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Stamper, Bluevale, received his Bachelor of Education degree at Mc- Master University, Hamilton, on May. 25. ' Miss Joan Currie, B.A., received her Bachelor of Education degree on May 25 at a ceremony held at the Ivor Wynne Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton. Miss Currie has accepted a posi- tion with the Waterloo County Board of Education. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Currie, RR 3, Wingham. Two days for advance polls Ontario voters will have three opportunities to vote in the prov- ince's 31st general election. While a voter may cast only one ballot, the franchise may be exercised on -any one of three days: June 4, June 6, and June 9. The first two dates are advance polls, available for any qualified voter who expects to be unable to vote June 9. June 4 and June 6 are the ad- vance polls — defined by The Election Act as the Saturday and Monday immediately preceding election day: --Hours for voting at these advance polls are noon to 9 p.m. EDIT. • Because returning officers have been directed to hold their advance polls in easily accessible locons, handicapped and elde ly voters are encouraged to vote at one of the advance polls. On election day, June 9 the polls will open at 9 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. EDT. Rights of press, public, is subject of seminar Deepening concern over a trend towards more public business being carried out in private prompted a meeting Thursday of thembers of the Blue Water Regional Newspaper Net- work. The meeting at the Huron Ex- positor in Seaforth was organized following incidents in the Blue Water region in which reporters have had difficulty gainingac- cess to public information. The seminar was planned to help re- porters who cover meetings of' elected bodies to better serve their readers. Reporters and editors at the meeting from The Mitchell Ad- vocate, The Clinton News - Record, The Exeter Times -Ad- vocate, The Huron Expositor, The Brussels Post, The Wingham Advance -Times•, The Goderich Signal -Star and freelancers were told they had the same right to public inforrfration as the or- dinary citizen. Under the Ontario Municipal Act all regular meetings of council are open to the public, and no person can be excluded except for improper conduct. The only exception is meetings of committee -of -the -whole. How- ever, all decisions of such a com- mittee meeting have to be re- ported in open council. No vote can be taken by ballot or by any other method of secret voting or the decision has no legal effect. Each councillor must an- nounce his vote openly and in- dividually. Reporters were told the head of council could call a special meet- ing of council upon receipt of a petition of the majority of coun- cillors stating the purpose of the meeting and the time it will 'be held. Special meetings may be either open or closed if council feels it is required by the public interest. This has to be expressed by a resolution in writing. Any person also has the right under the Municipal Act to in- spect any records, books, ac- counts and documents in the pos- session of or under the control of the clerk. Only interdepart- mental correspondence and reports of officials of any depart- Ne ment or of solicitdrs may be kept secret. Several reporters at the meet- ing felt difficulties had arisen be- tween municipalities and the press because of a misunder- standing of the reporter's role. Some councils may view the press strictly as an adversary while others think of them as a publicity secretary, they said. It was suggested the press should explain that a reporter's job is to sift through all the in- formation in a meeting deciding what is most important to the most people and use that as their main story. Few people would read a story which listed all the details of a meeting in chrono- logical order without regard to what is significant, it was said. Bd, seeks new director with• in its own system Mrs. Jeanette F. Heywood graduated May 29 from Wil- frid Laurier University with a master of Arts degree in French language and liter- ature with first class' honors. She will continue her educa- tion at the University of Toronto. Mrs. Heywood is a graduate of the F. E. Madill Secondary School. She is the wife of Grant Heywood, formerly of Wingham, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson Riley,, Wingham. FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY- Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Tiffin of Whitechurch celebrated their golden wedding anniversary May 24. Mr. Tiffin and his wife, the former Jean Dawson, were married at her father's farm on Concession 2 of Kinloss Township by Rev. John Pollock. They farmed on Kinloss Concession 4 until 1961, when they retired to Whitechurch.. The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board will advertise within the Huron -Perth system for one week for a new director to replace John Vintar. • Mr. Vintar, director of edu- cation since the board was for- med, resigned April 2 o take a position as superintendent' of schools with the Dufferin-Peel separate school board effective July 31. His resignation was accepted with regret ,by the board. In other business at the meet- ing, held in Dublin Monday night, the board accepted the resigna- tion of Marigold Collins, effective May 18; the termination of her contract was by mutual consent. The board gave permission to the property committee to hold a joint meeting May 30 at 1:15 p.m. in the board office with a com- mittee from the Perth County Board of Education to discuss using board property in Strat- ford. The property involved is six portables at St. Ambrose School, Stratford, and the use of three classrooms (expected to be empty in September) at St. Michael's School, Stratford. Mr. Vintar reported there is some difficulty in getting the two new French teachers the system requires tq extend the French classes to lower grades.. He said he has interviews scheduled for May 26. In answer to a question from a trustee, Mr. Vintar said qualifi- cations call for a teacher to have taken the ministry course 'or to be a qualified French teacher. .Christopher Martin of Goder- ich, co-ordinator of youth ser- vices for the Huron County Chil- dren's Aid Society, was appointed to the Early School Leaving com- mittee. He replaces Bruce Heath, who has been transferred to Tor- onto. 'Trustees John O'Drowsky, John O'Leary and Gregory Flem- ing were appointed to the family, life advisory committee to serve on the parents' 'committee. Donald Crowley• and Ronald Murray were' named to assist John O'Drowsky on the board - staff dinner in September. Five members of the special education staff presented a re- port on their work as remedial teachers in the system. They were: Carla Revington with special classes at Holy Name of Mary School, St. Marys, St. Joseph's and Immaculate Con- ception Schools in Stratford; Philip Beard studying sand and gravel pits A Wingham resident, Philip Beard, 22, is under the supervi- .sion of Dave Ablett, while work- ing at The Ministry of Natural Resources, in the Wingham of- fice. Philip recently graduated from the University of Western On- tario in London, with his BA in Geography, and is putting his education to work. Philip is doing a follow-up for the Geography Survey done one and a half years ago, on this dis- trict. This follow-up requires him to do an intense study of sand and gravel pits in each township. It is important to find out where these pits exit and if they are being used. It the pit is being used, Philip, must fill out'a sheet on the condition of the pit This sheet asks how long the pit has been” used, how much is taken out each year, and what the material is being used for. It is also impor- tant to note the location with re- ference to roads, lakes and rivers. Pictures and sketches also are'part of this assignment. After this information h: s been, confirmed, Philip explained; a survey form for each pit must be prepared. He is planning to 'have 16 townships completed by Sept- ember 2. These townships will be in the south half of Bruce and alae fiorthern townships of Huron. Youth injured in fall from attic FORDWICH — A 16 -year-old Fordwich area youth was seri- ously injured in a fall at his home on Friday afternoon, May 27. Malcolm DeMynn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Derek DeMynn of RR 1, Fordwich, fell 30 ft• from an attic window on the farm home. He was rushed to Listowel Memorial Hospital and then transferred to the intensive care unit at Guelph General Hospital. The youth who celebrated his 16th birthday on Friday under- went major surgery for a broken arm, rupt'Jt spleen and a col- lapsed lung. Geraldine Schill at St. Mary's School, Hesson; Denise Culligan, St. Patrick's Schools at Dublin and Kinkora and St. Michael's in Stratford; Connie Birmingham, St. Ambrose in Stratford' and Laurie Hood at St. Aloysius School, Stratford. 'Superintendent Joseph Mills, who supervises the special edu- cation classes in the schools, said each school gets 40 per cent special education time. There are 221 \children in the system with such problems in hearing, seeing, behaviour and intellect,. he said. Over 120 pupils have gross speech problems, he stated. The five teachers outlined the special education program start- ing with the assessment of a stu- dent's particular problem, and how he is given special training to overcome it. The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 p.m. A special meeting will be held June 9 in committee of the whole in camera. Miss Kate Pattison, daugh- ter of Mr. c ""_r Jc'... "! Pattison, received her Bach- elor of Arts degree in Psy- chology with first class honors from the University of Waterloo on May 26. Miss Pattison is a graduate of F. E. Madill Secondary School and plans to pursue her B.Ed. at the University of Western Ontario in, September. Kate has been a teacher's aide for the last two years at Sandowne Public School in Waterloo. After the convo- cation ceremonies, the family celebrated at the Stone Crock in St. Jacobs.