Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-04-08, Page 16KATHERINE PROCTER'S project on Scotland was
judged best in the social sciences category for Grade 6
at the East Wawanosh science fair last week. Andy
Versteeg's project on the human brain and David
Johns' on penetration of wood by rifle bullets also
placed first in the biological and physical categories.
All winners go on to compete in the North Huron
Science Fair.
Questionnaire will determine
need for seniors' complex
Some of the residents of
Howick Township will be
receiving a questionnaire in
the mail which, when
completed and returned to
the Ministry of Housing, will
help determine the need of
senior citizen or family
housing facilities within the
township.
Howick clerk -treasurer
Wes Ball said the program
lair been undertaken by the
fnunicipal council in con-
junction with the Ministry of
Housing. A needsurvey will
be: sent to property owners
over the; age of 60 years
asking questions concerning
• their futures, and a different.
questionnaire will be sent to
fanulies who don' own
property, regarding tenancy
and family matters.,
`:Recipients of the
questionnaire will. . be asked
to return it to the ministry by
May 15 •so that. the iministry.
• can complete a report-- bleb
will -later be brauuglit.ba
council.'
"It is hoped senior citizens,
or family housing facilities
will be deemed necessary,"
Mira Ball said. "If one of
these facilities is necessary,
. the Ministry of Housing will'
Make arrangements for the
construction of a complex
with a ,number of self-
contained urrits.
elf-containedunits.
He said the units would be
rented at a market -rental
rate or at a rent -geared -to -
income rate, but details
wouldn't be known until the
report is finished. The report
is expected to take at least
two months to complete.
Howick Council
Coon. William Newton
suggested to the council that
legal advice should be ob-
tained before any .action is
taken with a piece of
property . in the township
which has no legal deed. The
intended purchasers of Lot
25, Con. 7, Stuart and Roger
Roney; will be finalizing the
transaction by April 30 and,
pending .the legal advice, a
suitable arrangement will be
struck .between council and
the private parties.
The council received
correspondence from,
George Hamilton of Howick
Township requesting
reimbursement for a.
damaged. toes. 4 fl€ln .
hisvehicle War driving
V, washiec -ottt. road. The
extent of the damage is
$83.34 and council asked that
the road superintendent look
more closely into the claim
before any payments are
Made, -
After • tender ing for
calcium . chloride, Howick
Council. ac pted the bid of
Pollard Brothers (Calcium)
Ltd. in Harrow to buy the
calcium at the applied rate
of $135.85 per flake tonne.
Road superintendent Carroll
Johnston said the -increase
represents "just about 14 per
cent" over last year.
Council also instructed the
road superintendent to
tender for a price on 30,000
cubic yards of construction
gravel.
At the Aprtfl meeting held
on Monday in Gorrie, the
council ' approved five
building permits. They in-
clude Bart Scherpenzeel, for
a barn; Harold Boelke, for a
dwelling; Ben Gibson, for a
mobile home siting; Don
Murray, for a sow barn, and
John Brown, for an addition
\to a garage for storage.
In recognition of Howick
Township's 125th an-
niversary this summer, the
council approved a $500
allottment to the anniver-
sary committee.
The total township ac-
counts for March were
$106,360.73, of which
$17,995.32 was the road ac-
count and $81,900 was for a
tile -drain debenture.
Seniors begin meeting
with a pot luck dinner.^"
FORDWICH — The meeting... , ,
Fordwich Senior Citizens The financial report was
given by Lorne Kelley and
Sam Johnston reported that
the Games Room is, being
well patronized. ` Mrs;. R.
Nickel, secretary, read the
minutes. An invitation was
received from the Harriston
Senior Citizens for May.8 at 8
p.m. in Knox Presbyterian
Church, Harriston.
The group will resume
evening meetings on May 6
at eight o'clock. A card party
will be held May 15. Thank-
yous were extended by Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Simmons,
Edwin Dietz, Bill Wilson,
Mrs. Sam Johnston, Mrs.
Janet Harding.
The program was con-
vened by Mrs. Dietz and her
group and consisted of skits,,....
readings, balloon contest
and a-- spelling match in-
terspersed with community
singing of Easter and spring
songs. Mrs. Elva Cooper and
Mrs. Norma Leppington
assisted with the program,
held their April meeting in
the hall on April '1, com-
iiencing with a pot luck
dinner a `"t noon..
A business meeting
followed, presided over by
Roy Kennedy, president,
who . welcomed everyone.
The meeting opened with 'O
Canada' .with Miss M.
McElwain atthe piano.
`Happy Birthday' was sung
to six members,. including
Mrs. Edwin . Dietz whose
birthday . was the day of the
GRADE 8 WINNERS in the science fair held at East Wawanosh Public School
are Brian Wightman, Tim Darling and Randy Nixon. Gerbils were the topic of
Tim's biology project, while Brian examined production of hydrogen and Randy's
project looked at uses of salt.
CINDY THACKER'S project on germination of seeds was judged best In the
biological category for Grade 7 students at East Wawanosh school science fair.
Other Grade 7 winners are Susan Elston, with a project on convection ovens, and
Len Hunter, who examined volcanoes.
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tN.. — TheOke Huron -
separate school board
Week approved a 19$1
budget -amounting to $5.8
inilibn, up $410,000 or 7.67
tier cent over last year.
local taxpayers will have
to privjde.$1.1 million off the
fetal, ,sli!j itly over 18i per
- cen.t, with the provincial
government providing
grants of $4.6 million aada
remainder, some 13the,
raised through miscellane$78,6
ous revenue such as tuition
fees from other boards.
The projected increase
will cost separate school
supporters in the two
cOunties an - average of $15
more this year, based on a_
$5,Q00 assessment.
'It's. a pretty good
budget," Board Chairman
Ronald Murray said. "We
have cut as far as we could,
especially the property com-
mittee, with the cuts made in
maintenance."
Jack Lane, superintendent
of business and finance, ex-
plained the ,increase in ex-
penditure is partly due to
inflation. He said. the.
maintenance program shows
an increase of 23.6 per cent
although • $15,000 was cut,
leaving $64,000 tote spent in
the program.
•The cuts included reducing
MRS. WILLIAM SOTHERN
Fordwich
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Johnston were guests over
the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. George Hope at Glen
Robertson and attended the
dinner and dance Saturday
night at Alexandria.
Mr. and Mrs. Les Watkins
and Erin of Bolton were
weekend visitors with Mrs.
Eva Harris.
Mrs. Gladys Hurley and
Leanne of London were
weekend visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Petznick
of, Kitchener spent last week
at their home here.
Mr. and. Mrs. Ted Klaas-
sen were Sunday guests with
Mr. and Mrs. Egon, Ober-
maier at Bra nchton.
Mrs. Henry Mundt is
spending a few days with her
mother in Toronto.
Mrs. Murray O'Regan and
Heather returned home over
the weekend after visiting
relatives in the western
provinces.
Mr, and Mrs. Garry
Jacobson and family Spent
the weekend with the lather's
parents in Port Colborne.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lep-
pington and girls visited Sat-
urday in Walkerton with
Brent Telehus and Mrs.
Ruby Kopf:
Mrs. Bill Sullivan of
Greenwood, Nova Scotia, is
spending a couple of weeks
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Miller, and other
relatives.
the pal
droppi a ice.
resurfacing et play ars
said the paihtieg paintingpro.
about five years l l>liild,
however this .is one area
which file hoard eau stake
cats without, offeeti.,lig lila..
education program
- Plant operating 'ae,
increased by 2:. pelt nt
One item here Was the$4,000
conversion from oil to gas for
the heating system at St,
Jaihes .Scheol,- Seaforth,,.,
provided the government
comes through With its
promised gratttr.pro am. .
Last year the -board
converted two schools at a
total cost, to the board of
$8,000, since nO grant
program was in effect. St.
James is the last school to be
converted, as the other
schools are in areas not -
supplied with natural gas.
An increase of 11.1 per cent
has been budgeted for trans-
portation,Mr. Lang said, but
he warned. the $622,000
budget still might not be
sufficient to cover increasing
costs such as salaries and
replacement of buses.
Although the separate
rd shares busing with
til the Huron and Perth
boards of education,' it still
requires 80 'buses to trans-
port the two-thirds of the
+ t. s t�ebude t,
said les and . ejagairepm •
s tpplr i< s en.set at 9 ;
, ,iliton, � l reser i ng. pi7 6
cent oftk etotal b11d f,
AdininiYatra` v es.
as.
- seeonda
nditures are up`by 3.79iper July and • August
cent. prologs. ,
Trustee Vircent Yruk '
said the boat is Mspe ding . a later interview, Mr
. Lane .s id: t La rd elided
just ,about the axII4 + ..
allowed bythe 1 , llPiatt y', tart 19.P1 *411 443 of iettdue�
.per; pupil allef iditur elf tn, `costs .net budgetteit, such
ooi"stutilta 1t11
fpr' the
e
$1,959. If more is required, it as salaries which, . were
will have to come from the . higher thaoi expected•
ratepayers. • . > ` However. he said that while
'It'sgood news • for the '? " board excgeded the
local ratepayers," MrLane ` maximum grant;,oleos last
said, "as' $1,730 is • the year, this Year it is rightter
maximum allowadxperpupil, "We have reorganized the
but that is adjustable' ae- staff of 132 full time
cording to the individual equivalent teacher*,;: and
board due to expenditures While enrolment is down by . .
such as special education ninei:pupils in our.system,. we::
costs, which allows the in-
crease to $1,.959."
The board chairman said
the average mill rate is,
lower than last year, due' in -
part to increased assess-
ment. He said the increase in
assessment reflects continu-
ed confidence in the Catholic
school board and its quality
of education.
Mr. Lane said $10,000 has
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HIGHEST PRODUCTiON—Robert McLaren, regional Dairy Herd improvement
Assoclation supervisor, presents the award for highest production to Mr. rind
Mrs. Andy Schultema. /
RECEIVE AWARD—Kathy Pentland, Teff, supervisor, presents Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Agla with the award for dairy herd breeding efficiency at the Gorrie area
Dairy Improvement Association banquet March 31.
GREATEST PRODUCTION INCREASE—Mr. and Mrs. Finley Pfeffer were pre,
rented with the award for greatest production Increase by regional supervisor
Robert McLaren, right, at; the annual Gerrie area Dairy Herd Improvement As-
sociation bafri$u(l`1' tit Gtir'r,'Ie United Church March 31.
Planning Workshop load' 9
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