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Zurich Citizens News, 1974-01-31, Page 1NO. 5 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1974 RIBBON -CUTTING CEREMONY - About 100 persons attended the Dedication of the Village Inn Retreat at Grand Bend on Sunday afternoon, and watched Lorne Henderson, MPP for Larnbton cut the ribbon which officially marked the opening of the new facility. Shown here taking part in the ribbon -cutting are, left to right, Ory Wassman, former owner of the Village Inn; Bill Frank, MP for Middlesex; Mr. Henderson; Bob Sharen, reeve of Grand Bend, and Rev. Cyril Gingerich, the promotional manager of the new centre. i s c (by Wilma Oke) At a meeting of the Huron - Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board in Sea - forth Monday, Michael Con- nolly, R.R.3, Kippen, appoint- ed chairman of the Board on January 7, presented his inaug- Teachers and Huron -Perth separate school board returned to mediation talks Tuesday despite the teachers' request last week for voluntary arbitration to settle the -dispute. The meeting lasted until 6 a.m, on Wednesday morning, and was scheduled to reconvene on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. A board administrative spokes- man said Monday that the min- istry of education and provincial mediator Hal Howells had been instrumental in arranging over the weekend that another negot- iating session be held. Time is running out on negot- iations. Thursday is the deadline when teachers' resignations be- come effective and the provin- cial government has threatened to bring back controversial Bill 274 to block the mass resignat- ions and impose compulsory arbitration. The Perth -Huron teachers told the ministry of education Friday they wanted an arbitrat- ion appointed to resolve the dispute. Both parties must agree to go to arbitration in a case of voluntary arbitration. But at the end of last week, both teachers and board had still expressed willingness to meet again. The board administrative off- icial said outside the board meeting Monday that the board had not discussed whether it would accept or reject arbitrat- ion, because another negotiating (continued on page 12) ation s ural address. He said, " the Huron -Perth Separate School Board is beginning its sixth year • of operation. Over the past five years this board has worked conscientiously to provide the best possible educational oppor- tunities for the children entrust- edtoitscare. We have made significant progress in the area of school program. We have provided learning materials and technic- al hardware to assist in the individualization of instruction. We have expanded our special edupation services to meet the needs of exceptional children. As well, we have looked at our school buildings and we have completed additions to schools and renovated others to update t fla a;rn them in line with current needs. The board is now beginning a new year of operation. Each member of this board has accept- ed new committee responsibilit- ies. Each member will be faced with new challenges. I know that each of you will deal with these challenges with serious deliberation and responsible action." Following Mr. Connolly's address, Howard Shantz of Stratford, suggested one way of keeping communication chan- nels open between the board and the parents, would be for the second board meeting each month to be held in one of the 19 schools in the two counties until all the schools are covered. (continued on page 3) 15 CENTS PER COPY County council rejects Grand Bend resolution A resolution from the village of Grand Bend in Lambton County to Huron County Council caused reeves and deputy -reeves to disagree at their regular January meeting Friday, January 25. The document from Grand Bend suggested that when the reeve of a municipality is un- able to attend county council session "due to sickness or injury' provision be made in the Mun- icipal Act to allow the appoint- ment of an Acting reeve to attend County Council in the reeve's absence. Recommendation from the Executive Committee was not to cnncur with the Grand Bend resolution. Reeve Ed Oddleifson of Bay- field pointed out Grand Bend has the same problem as his municipality where only one person is delegated as county representative. He felt it was a "reasonable thing" to ask that all municipalities be assured of a voice at the county level. Set conditions r bail Bail conditions set Monday for a London man charged with the $10, 000 armed robbery, January 21 of the Bank of Mont- real in Dashwood include a $7, 000 surety bond and assur- ances he report once a week to provincial police. Norton Walter Irwin, 32, of 141 Arbour Glen Cres., appeared in provincial court Monday before Judge J. C. Dunlop, who remanded him in custody to February 4. Irwin was returned to Perth County jail in Stratford after his appearance Monday. Huron opp (by Shirley J. Keller) Four -footed animals occupied a good deal of the discussion at Huron County Council last Fri- day when a resolution from Vic- toria County concerning wolf bounty and an announcement from the Ministry of Natural Resources about a deer season were presented for study. The Victoria County brief noted that since the repeal of the Wolf and Bear Bounty Act in 1972, hunters have been killing fewer wolves. It pointed out the damage to livestock is on the increase and that the wolf popul- ation is ever increasing. Huron County's Development Commit- tee chaired by Reeve Allan Campbell of McKillop, asked council to concur with the resol- ution from Victoria County. Speaking to the report, Camp- bell said that while Huron County did riot seem to be having any serious problems with wolves, the committee had agreed to support the Victoria County res- olution to add strength to the voice of those counties who are experiencing difficulties. The recommendation of the Development Committee was questioned by Reeve Ed Oddleif- son of Bayfield. "We may be endangering our own ecology if there is not a problem in Huron now, " offered Oddleifson. He questioned the wisdom of "condoning some- thing that is not a real problem here." Reeve Everett Mcllwain of Goderich Township said that while ix might not be necessary to re -institute the wolf bounty, it is important that wolves are not on the protected list. The loss of lambs and calves is "money out of the farmers' pockets, ". said Mcllwain. Deputy -reeve of Goderich Township, Gerry Gind felt the province should give each county the authority to make their own decisions about wheth- er or not to offer a bounty on wolves. The last year the wolf bounty was paid in the county, 25 wolves were shot according to records. The matter was referred back to committee for further study. County Administrator John 4 Berry advised he had been adv- ised there• will be a deer season in Huron this year. Deputy - reeve Ginn asked that Huron's objections be made known to the Ministry of Natural Resources "We haven't got that many deer in Huron that we can shoot them down, " said Ginn. Reeve Elgin Thompson of Tuckersmith and a member of the Ausable Conservation Auth- ority, said deer are being brought into Hullett and Hay Townships. "Are hunters going to come in and shoot them all off?"asked Thompson. Reeve Doug McNeil of Col- borne said council did not have enough information on the deer population in Huron and suggest- ed that further north there may be more deer. Representatives of the Min- istry of Natural Resources will be invited to attend both the devel- opment committee meeting and the next regular session of Huron County Council to give council- lors an opportunity to question and oppose if it is deemed nec- essary. "Maybe they shouldn't have the right to vote but they should be invited to attend, " said Oddleifson, Colborne Reeve Doug McNeil, chairman of the executive cam - mitt, said there was nothing to prevent anyone from attending the meetings of county council. He said that in the event a reeve is absent and some other member of council would ask permission to speak on an important issue, he assumed this could be possible "Is it the municipality which get the vote? Or the reeve and the deputy -reeve?" asked Reeve Derry Boyle, Exeter. "I think Grand Bend has a legitimate beef. You are depriving a mun- icipality of its right to be repres- ented at the county level." "I really believe council has full rights to information," said Reeve Charles Thomas, Grey Township. "But it is the reeve and the deputy -reeve who have mandate of the people. They are elected directly by the people to county council, not the entire council." "If the member of parliament is ill, we can't send another man down to represent us, " interjected Warden Bill Elston. "Council is all elected by the people, " said Jack McCutcheon, reeve of Brussels. "The people should have representation all the time. Maybe we could imp- rove on government, too, if some changes were made in the legislation." "Where does it end?" asked Deputy -reeve Stan Profit. "Who does the reeve send? Does he send his wife, for instance?" "If we are unable to attend council meetings for an extend- ed period of time, " said Reeve Roy Pattison, East Wawanosh, " it should be up to us to resign," "Hear, hear, " echoed some members of council. County Administrator John Berry told council that in Bruce County, a Private bill does permit someone else to sit in on council but not on committee. "I think it should be some- thing that is handled at the time of county government restruct- uring, " said Goderich Reeve Deb Shewfelt. The committee recommend- . atoll not to concur with the Grand Bend resolution was app- roved. 0 rotest 1kri y A second solicitor will be appointed in Huron County to help process Farm Credit Corp- oration loans, the federal gover- nment announced Tuesday. The announcement stemmed from a resolution passed at the Tanuary meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agricult- ure when farmers protested long delays in arranging corporation loans. The announcement followed a meeting Tuesday between Brian Ducharme, special assist- ant to Federal Agriculture Min- ister Eugene Whelan and Doug Fortune, R.R.1, Kippen, pres- ident of the Huron federation.