The Wingham Advance-Times, 1987-05-19, Page 01A WAGON TRAIN left lastFriday from the Frank Murray farm near numerous riders took part in the weekend trek in the style and spirit of
Kinlough for points north. Approximately 20 covered wagons and the pioneers.
Public relations is theme
for `PD' day at Wingham
Teachers, bus drivers, secretar-
ies, custodians, administration, ed-
ucation trustees — close to 1,000
people in total — met in Wingh4m
recently for a Professional Develop-
ment Day.
Huron County Board of Education
director Bob Allan called the giant
meeting a memorial occasion in the
history of public education in this
county.
F. E. Madill Secondary School was
the site for this unique event which
saw employees and others
associated with the Huron board
taking part in a day -long session
centred on public relations and
communications.
"Excellence in communication is
necessary to proclaim the ex-
cellence of your school system,"
keynote speaker Dick Dodds of the
East York Board of Education told
those assembled.
Council accepts
Snell firm's bid
on.subdivision
East Wawanosh Council has sold
the Humphrey subdivision at
Belgrave to Snell Investors Ltd., a
firm with which township Reeve
Ernie Snell is closely associated.
The reeve declared a conflict of
interest at the May 5 regular
meeting of council and vacated the
chair. Councillor Fred Meier
chaired discussion on the sale.
Snell Investors Inc. agreed to
cover all expenses incurred by the
township at the 25 -acre site, in-
cluding the $48,000 purchase price
and another $3,000 in legal fees and
various expenses.
Mr. Snell has said he intends to go
ahead and develop the property
according to a written subdivision
agreement,, which includes items
such as hydro, water and roadways.
The township bought the 38 -lot
subdivision late last year. Efforts
earlier this year to sell the lots, even
listing them with a Kitchener
realtor, were not successful and so
Mr. Snell suggested his company
rai■ n■ aI■ ■n Sor ia' buy the property and free up
Wa,gon township funds for other important
projects, such as the Tenth Line
- Bridge.
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"You have to have a good
product," he advised. "Don't try to
sell a poor school." Services should
be "tuned up" before trying to sell
them, the audience was told. "Make
your first impression an impressive
one ... if you can't communicate in a
quality way, don't communicate at
all."
Mr. Dodds said public relations in
the school system serves several
purposes, including to help gain and
maintain as many students as
possible and to gain public trust.
He said a certain segment of the
population feels public education is
not doing its job. Parents are
shopping for education today by
examining private schools, separate
schools and other learning alter-
natives for tiieir children.
Mr. Dodds gave examples of the
marketing techniques and
newspaper advertisements used by
private schools and other learning
centres. "I don't knock the private
and separate schools for getting out
and communicating as much as they
can," he said. "We can learn from
them.
He stressed that a marketing
program does not have to be a costly
venture, but it should be high on the
list of priorities within the school
system. The first rule in marketing
is to do a good job, he said, followed
by the second rule, telling everyone
that a good job is being done.
The day concluded with the
naming of the winners of the slogan
contest for the Huron County Board
of Education. Entries were received
from more than 300 elementary and
secondary school students.
Pat Martin of Goderich District
Collegiate Institute was the senior
winner with her slogan: "Blue Jeans
to Life's Dreams". At the in-
termediate level, Heather Jackson
of Huron Centennial Public School
was the winner with "Enlighten
Your Child's Future". Tyler Papple,
also from Huron Centennial, was the
junior level winner with "Teaching
Tomorrow's Skills Today" and
Margaret Ann Stewart of Blyth
Public School won at the primary
level with "Aiming for Perfection".
Fines to be 'imposed for
unvaccinated animals
Huron County Council recently ap-
educator, who will be eligible for
„ proved that a minimum fine of $50 be
four weeks off after only one year of
established for animal owners who
employment instead of the usual five
do not get their pets or livestock
years. The other concerned the
vaccinated for rabies.
purchase of a radio for the Goderich
The fine was introduced to enforce
Board of Health office.
Huron County's compulsory rabies
While the social services com-
vaccination program which went
mittee had no discussion over its
into effect on March 2.
motions presented, a representative
Although the motion was passed, it
of the .committee stated his concern
was not without some debate from
over the county having no day care
the reeves and deputy reeves con-
policy.
cerning the areas of enforcement
and promotion of the progryam.
N o damage
Several said they thought owners
would not purchase tags fror1,_, the
townships to avoid the $50
' n grassfire
paving
fine if their animals were ioundi'ot`
to be vaccinated. These concerns
The Wingham and Area Fire De -
are to be discussed in detail at they
rtment was called out to a grass
next board of, health meeting.
re in Turnberry Township last
Goderich Reeve H. E. Worsell ex-
Saturday.
pressed concern over two of the
Fire Chief Harley Gaunt said the
motions presented by the board of
call came at 7:50 p.m. to the farm of
health. One was about the vacations
John Norman, Lot 23; Con. B. of
for the nutritionist and health
Turnberry. There was no damage.
Their wagons are not constructed
of wood alone and their tarpaulins
are plastic instead of canvas, but the
pioneer spirit was alive in a group of
covered wagon enthusiasts which
left Kinlough last Friday on a
weekend trek.
It was a sight reminiscent of 100
years ago: a wagon train travelling
slowly down a gravel. road ac-
companied by numerous horses and
riders.
For Leo Murray of Holyrood, a
former Kinloss Township reeve and
his brother Frank, horsepower is the
only way to go. Long-time horse and
wagon lovers, this is the first time
they have rounded up a group of
thefrfriends for more than an
overnight excursion.
Approximately 15 homemade
wagons left the Frank Murray farm
at Kinlough last Friday at noon for
points north. The group planned to
travel to Chepstow the first night, to
Port Elgin on Saturday night, to
Kincardine Sunday night and back
home on Monday: 175 kilometres, in
all.
The wagons can travel up to 10
miles per hour, but Frank Murray
said they, would not push their
horses, commercial teams as well as
heavy Belgians and Clydesdales,
because it- was the first long-
distance run they have had this
year.
While they would not experience
all the hardships of pioneer life, the
wagoners were prepared to eat and
sleep in their wagons. There even
were a few good-natured jokes about
pulling,them into a circle at night.
The wagoners certainly covered at RNAgraduation Freida
all the bases. In addition to packing
enough supplies for the four-day
trek, they even had 'a Mennonite
blacksmith on call in case any of the
horses needed a shoe.
Anyone who happened upon the
group in their weekend travels
really wasn't dreaming or in a time
machine: it was just a few friends
who love horses and have a sense of
old-fashioned adventure.
Fire board municipalities
may ask for in-depth survey
Member municipalities of the
Wingham and Area Fire Board may
petition the Ontario fire marshal to
conduct a survey determining the
long-term personnel needs of the
department.
As Wingham Fire Chief Harley
Gaunt explained at last Wednesday
evening's fire board meeting, the
full councils of all five member
municipalities of the fire board must
pass motions requesting the:before
urvey,
not just the board itself.
It could be at least one yea
the board would get the results of the
in-depth survey, Mr. Gaunt said.
Conducting such a survey is a
monumental task, he added and will
require the fire marshal to spend at
least one week on-site to conduct
exclusive interviews with municipal
officials, including building in-
spectors and road superintendents.
However, it is conducted at no
charge to the fire board.
In addition to determining the
personnel needs of the department,
the survey also would involve other
areas, such as long-term equipment
needs, said the chief.
"Would we (the board) be
obligated to carry out these
requests?" asked Norman Fairles of
Howick Township.
"They are only recommenda-
tions," said Mr. Gaunt, adding, a
similar survey conducted in the late
1960s suggested the local depart-
ment consider hiring a full-time fire
chief and purchasing a new pumper.
But the board at that time acted only
on one recommendation and pur-
chased the 1970 pumper.
Luncheon
wily support
new library
Among the many special fund-
raising projects for the new
Wingham library project is a Poor
Boy Luncheon sponsored by the
Saugeen chapter of the Life
Underwriters' Association.
All proceeds from the Friday,
June 12 luncheon at the Witham
Armouries will go to the new
Wingham and Area Library.
The luncheon will be held from 11
a.m. to2p.m.
Vince Judge steps down
as authority chairman
At a May 13 executive committee
meeting of the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority, chairman
Vince Judge of Listowel asked the
executive to appoint vice-chairman
Bruce McCall of Brussels to the
MVCA chairman's position for the
remainder of Mr. Judge's term.
Citing personal responsibilities and
an increased wonldoad, Mr. Judge
said he has found it difficult to make
the time commitment necessary.
The MVCA executive accepted
Mr. Judge's resignation with regret
and wished him well in his future
endeavors.
Mr. Judge served on the Authority
from 1972 to 1977 as a representative
of the town of Listowel. He was re-
appointed as a provincial
representative in 101 and elected
chairman ih 120.
Mr. Fairles asked if the board
could not accomplish the same end
by asking Fire Marshal Jerry Sun-`
strom to address a meeting rather
than going through the entire survey
Process.
While Mr. Gaunt said he felt Mr.
Sunstrom would come and talk to the
board, he said he did not know if he
would address just "the problem at
hand" or insist a survey be con-
ducted.
While some members said they
felt it would not hurt to ask the fire
marshal to speak to the board,
others seemed to indicate the survey
route is the best.
Nelson Underwood of Turnberry
Township said if the board is going
to make a major personnel decision
in the next year, it would be better to
have some "fire power" to back up
that decision to the 9,200 ratepayers
served by the Wingham and Area
Fire Department. A survey could
provide that sort of proof.
''But if we find out too much, it
might mean more of a problem than
we have now," said Howie Morton of
Morris Township.
"On the other side of the coin,"
replied Mr. Underwood, "we might
find out some things we should
know...
After some further discussion it
was decided to leave the matter until
the next meeting of the board.
Earlier in the evening the board
met with three representatives of
the Wingham Public Utilities
Commission in an hour-long in -
camera session to discuss a per-
sonnel matter. Manager Ken Saxton
and commission members Rod
Wraith and Wingham Mayor Jack
Kopas attended the meeting. Mr.
Gaunt is employed by the Wingham
PUC'.
Later in the evening the board
went into committee -of -the -whole to
discuss a personn9l matter.
"We have had many new experi-
ences which will be remembered by
all," Linda Snider, class valedic-
torian told her fellow graduates,
members of their families and their
friends attending the Wingham and
District Hospital Nursing Assistants
graduation ceremonies Friday.
A total of 16 students emerged
from the Nurses' Training Centre,
J where the ceremony was held, as
Registered Nurse's Assistants, but
not before hearing some words of
wisdom from Jack Kopas, head of
the guidance department at F. E.
Madill Secondary School and mayor
of Wingham.
He quoted several philosophical
passages in his address to the class
on the validity of a career and
success, not in terms of money, but
happiness.
"Success is the culmination of a
career in a desirable position — an
achievement, but not only in a
monetary or business sense," Mr.
Kopas said.
Graduating from the class were
Julaine Adams, Wingham; Frances
Burton, Bayfield; Nancy Cole,
Listowel; Mary Louise Deneau,
Walkerton; Jennifer Dobie,
Godericp; Charlene Franken,
Blyth; Lisa Harris, Goderich;
Catherine Henderson, Wingham;
Irene Heykoop, RR 3, Clinton;
Geraldine Liesemer, Mildmay; Ula
Richmond, Blyth; Linda Snider, RR
2, Atwood; Ray Versteeg, St.
Thomas; Patricia Williams, RR 3,
Goderich; Deborah Wilton, Kit-
chener and Kimberly Zimmer,
Wingham.
Mary Lou Thompson, chairman of
the hospital's board of governors,
and Norman Hayes, executive
director; presented the graduates
with their diplomas.
Members of the class were
presented with their pins by director
of the nursing assistant program,
Marilyn Irwin, and assistant
director, Lind -i Kieffer.
Presentations included the Pro-
ficiency in Bedside Nursing Award,
v
donated by -Mr. Hayes, to Mrs.
Burton.
The Scholastic Achievement
Award, donated by the Auxiliary to
the Wingham and District Hospital,
and the valedictorian's gift were
presented to Miss Snider.
In her address Miss Snider told the
audience the graduation marks the
end of the class as students learning
assistance and their beginning as
graduates learning assistance.
"There are many aspects of the
nurse's life which make it all worth-
while," she said. "We all grew to
love many of the patients we cared
for."
We can all be proud of what we
have learned this year and I hope we
can look at this graduation as only
the beginning of our learning and the
beginning of our careers."
In his closing remarks to the class,
Mr. Kopas said, "I want to wish you
all success in your careers, and may
you have many more pluses on your
scoreboard than minuses."
RNA GRADUATION— Emerp*V ori t>esy from the Wingham and District win, Instructor, Ula Richmond, Irene Heykoop, Frances Burton, Geral -
Hospital's Nurses' Train Centre wetth Registered Nursing Assistant dine LiesemAr, Nancy Cole and Linda Kieffer, instructor; back,
dplbmas were from NR, front: LAW& Snider, Cathy Henderson, Mary Charlene Franken, Deborah WNton, Ray Versteeg, Lisa Harris, Kkn Zim-
Louise Deneau, Jennifer Dhble anal Pi Haft Wftrna; centre, Maritya Ir- trier and Julaine Adams.
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