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The Huron Expositor, 1987-04-15, Page 3Local..government wee`. cele rated April .13 'to .1 7. •There area number of interesting facts and figures concerning the communities of governing bodies;. most commonly.. called boards and conenissions,. More than ,90• Ontario, that rarely conie'to light. What bet- types of hoards and commissions have been. ter time to learn .about them than as . we identified by a number of studies. : ` prepare to celebrate Local Government The primary difference between a' Week from April 13 to 17. • municipal council and other local bodies is For instance, the 839 municipalities in the that only councils can legislate and: make province range 'in size. from Metropolitan laws: They are elected and are responsible Toronto, with over 2 million' residents, to for a' wide variety of functions and services, Cockburn Island Township which has only In , the . most recent municipal election, • two permanent residents. , ' . held in. November 1985, there were 4,850 Municipal governments in Ontario, in- municipaLrepresentatiaies.elected.as_welLas_ obit e: townsf-ups,, villages, towns, separated ,2,104 school. trustees .to serve 186 'school. towns, cities, counties, Metropolitan Toron- boards. to, regions,, .the District Municipality . Of ' ,. •Muskoka, improvement districts and police Total local government spending.is in he' villages. range of $18 -billion annually, with about half. ., • About poo municipalities in: the .province the funds going for municipal goods and ser - have fewer than 5,000 residents. However, vices and the other half for education. two-thirds of Ontario's population is con` There are roughly 105,000,. permanent full Wined in. 49 cities and one borough.,. time employees working for municipalities Townships, villages and towns, comprise across•the province, . almost 90 per cent of all the municipalities Of the 839 municipalities. in Ontario, more in Ontario, yet they contain only'one-third of . than 600. are members of the Association of the population. . Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), a • non - Municipalities . usually. provide local ser- partisan, organization which promotes the vice and facilities such as garbage collet- value and stature of municipal government tion, fire end police protection, streets and in the province. . . sidewalks, planning and cultural and recreational facilities. . There are well over 2,000 appointed local Take advantage of Local Government. Week, April 13 to 17, to learn more about the community in which you live. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Parents oppose ;liquor regulation To, the Editor: . • OPEN LETTER TO THE PREMIER OF ONTARIO We., the members of the Involved Parents Group of Gananoque, Lansdowne and District wish to oppose some of the recom- mendations of the Ontario Advisory Com- mittee• on Liquor Regulation released March -3, 1987 at Queens Park. • We too, would aim for "individual respon- sibility and -moderation in the consumption of beverage alcohol". However, we believe that liberalization of liquor laws, specifical- ly,extension of hours for licenced premises, patrons being allowed to bring their own beverage alcohol to restaurant, 24 hour room service and de -regulation of some Special Occasion Permit IS NOT RESPON- SIBLE. Our area in Eastern,Ontario spends its share of the estimated half billion dollars cost of alcohol abuse in the Health Care, Social _Welfare, Law Enforcement and reduced productivity problems. . The legislation to reduce the drinking age from 21 to 18 to 19 a few years ago effective- ly put legal consumption of alcohol into the high school age group. In that age group, Peer Pressure dictates that if friends do it, it's o.k. for me (age 19 is not the measure). This same student Peer Pressure is resulting in alcohol consumption at. the - public school age level. Our Community is only one of many which Interest • THE HURON; EXPOSITOR, APRIL 15, 1987 — A3 is suffering from the epidemic of underage •. drinking. In October, 1985, we lost three students in an alcohol related car crash. • 'At the Inquest of these deaths, the Cor- oner's Jury recommended that the drinking age be raised to 21 and that there be stricter controls on the sale of alcohol. The Leeds & Grenville Board of Education (November 25, 1985) passed three resolutions, 1) legal drinking age be raised to age 21, 2) the sale of beer'and wine should not be permitted in grocery stores, 3) Government review lifestyle advertising of beer and wine. In this Province now, millions of dollars are spent in prevention programmes for students and adults 'alike (VIP, SADD, Alcohol and Drug education, etc.). Many groups such as ours, have formed to find the ways to protect our children and ourselves from further pain and cost brought about by alcohol. We believe that liberalized liquor laws do NOT "reflect the attitudes and expectations of the public" as Mr. Offer believes they do. We feel so committed to opposing liberalization of liquor laws that we are also sending this letter to 240 weekly newspapers across Ontario. We will also address the Gananoque Town Council with the hopes of. seeing a resolution sent to the Association of Municipalities of .Ontario. Terry Tucker President • growin PRACTISING THS SKILLS - B'rian Little attempts to dekaa' around in -Stiller r Pete Vaiielyke last week during a basketball Skills session held at the highschool' ilia ses- .. .•. Ston was one of many that Make up a Sig,Week camp aimed at increasing the popularity of basketball with area elementary Sated students, male and female and Overall knowledge of the skills itiVolved, Mellwraith'photo`, 'EASTER BONNETS., Mae Beare's, left, and Laura Toll., right, model the bonnets they. designed<for the Easter Bonnet Contest sponsored by the Hospital Auxilliary. The hat decorating activity was conducted as.part of the Activation group therapy. All flowers and ornaments used on the bonnets were donated by Hildebrand Flowers and Flower Magic, .. .,- Hospital ready for Easter CAUGHT UP, IN THE SPIRIT - Keith Her- man, a patient in the Seaforth Community. Hospital, created this Birdwatchers hat as part of the Activation group activities. It was his entry in . the Easter Bonnet, Contest,' sponsored by• the Hospital Auxilliary. All flowers and, ornaments used by those in the Activation .Gr'ou'p were donated by Hildebrand Flowers and Flower Magic. Mcllwraith photo. STUDYING THE ENTRIES - Marian MacLean and Steve Hildebrand, study the hats' entered in the Easter Bonnet contest held at the Seaforth Community Hospital, and sponsored by the HoSpital Auxilliary. Twenty-one hats were entered from people af- filiated withthe hospital in any shape or form. This hat, produced by the surgical nurs- ing staff, made use of all the tools of the doctoring.trade..• • Maliwraithphoto. in area basketball `'Basketball, as a sport, seems to have caught the interest of young people in the Seaforth area. . A basketball camp being held at the highschool has drawn a crowd of 40, 25 boys and 15 girls, from the area .elementary schools. The program is run by Terry Johnston, the highschool physical education teacher. He is assisted by four of his students, • Pete Vanslyke, Paul Menary, Tracy Bedard and Amy VandenAkker, all members of the school's basketball teams. According to Mr. Johnston the camp is basically a "look and see" camp, to gauge the interest in the comnwnity for basket- ball, and possibly lay the foundation for an Ontario Basketball Association (OBA) pro - grain next year. If the interest is there Mr. Johnston says he would. like to have two OBA teams, one male and onefeinale in the bantam age category (ages 12 and 13), and one mini OBA team, for kids 11 years of age and under. Those teams would compete against others in the area as well as com- pete in a number of tournaments. "I want to give kids the opportunity to participate in sport that otherwise they would not be able to," said Mr. Johnston. He has however a selfish motive in all this - a basketball program in town would mean an increased calibre of basketball at the highschool level, since students entering Grade 9 would have already been introduc- ed to the sport. • • - "There is no opportnnfty in any of the feeder schools right now for the kids to get into a real game playing situation," said Mr. Johnston: "I want to give them the opportunity to do that. But there are so many other reasdns I'm doing this. I want to promote basketball as an alternative. I want the kids to learn, and I want thein to have fun, I also want ray students (Pete, Paul, Tracy and Amey) to have the opportunity to put Something back frith basketball." Students attending the camp come for one hour every night for eight days, and learn the basic skills of basketball. After the skills are taught the students participate in two nights of houseleagiie action, or game play. Parents will be invited tq, attend an evening program scheduled for another night, Should an- 013A program be set up Mr. Johnston says they would he aiming fora . time period of about six weeks, which would fall between the hockey and baseball seasons. ' "It would not run all tviii'ter. I don't Want it tO be an alternative to hoekey. I just want to give kids something else to -46,., something during that. usually dead time of year," he said. And the kids ate enthu'Siastid, According td ('rceg Fritz, a student at the Seaforth Public School, the basketball caitip it great "1 never knew the rule's before. f want to play basketbal When Lget to Grade 9, and this is one way of doing it." Steven Ryan of St. Columban' School, is another student enjoying the cariipi:. "It's really good We learned a bit abed basketball in my own class, like how to ppsa and how to play the game, but this is tilt- 4_ ferent than•anything we learned. I want to more. play in highschool." "It's a• little confusing at times, some of Both Jill Betties and Monica Ryan, the steps, but I'm learning," said Monica. students at St. James Separate School, said "I used tarthink basketball was stupid; but they had the opportunity to learn a little bit I definitely will play it." about basketball at their school as well, but "When 1 first played basketball I didn't not much. The basketball camp has, they • like it either," added Jill. agreed, helped them appreciate the sport "But now I do." Hullett township approves tender • The tender of Radford Construction, for the supply of 25,000 yards of "A" gravel at $3.10/cubic yard was accepted, subject to Ministry of Transportations and Coln- mun(cations approval, by Hullett Township Council at its April meeting. Also accepted was the drainage tender of Archibald Donald and Sons Ltd., for the Plant Drainage Works at $13,662 plus $30 per connection charge, subject to tender requirement.. Council approved a zoning change on part Lot 44 in the Village of Auburn , from VCI to VC 1.10, to allow ear sales, car repair, fender and body repair and outside parking for no more than 20 tuii.ts, and to enter into an agreement between the municipality arid the property owner. Tile drainage loan applications for Pt Lots 33 and 34,•con 13, Pt Lot 35, con 9, and Pt Lot , 1, con 14 were approved, subject to township bylaws and availability of funds. Motions that Marris Bos roll thefour cemeteries the township maintains and David VanBeers cut the grass in those cemeteries for $6 per hour, were passed. Council concurred with a resolution from the Township of Beckwith, to petition the Ministry of Housing to review and update the OHRP program. A by-law to raise $500,000 to aid in the con- struction - of drainage under the Tile Drainage Act RSO 1980, was passed. At special meeting of council the tender of Pollard Bros. for calcium chloride was accepted at $204.25 a flaked ton; the land severance application 810/17 on Lot 25, con 7 was approved; a petty cash fund, not ex- ceeding $50, was established for the clerk's elite and the road superintendent was authorized to have Burns Ross prepare a report for the reconstruction of Sarq Street from County Road 15 to Elizabeth Street and then' Westerly to Highway 4. COMMUNITY CALENDAR • If you re organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreatiooroffice et 521.0882 or the Expositor at 527-0240, or mail the information to Communi- ty Calendar, The Huron' Expositor, Box 69, .Seaforth. Ontario, NOK 1VVO well in advance of the Schedufed date. Spade for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor. . Wednesday, April 15 ' 1:30 p m, Lione4s Dessert -Euehere at A.C. Pansh 1481T 1:80,4;00 p.rn. Sernor Shuff)eboard '7;00,8:30 p.m. Ladies' ()ance prograrti 7;00.i15'30 p.m. Sf. Jahn% First Aid Course et the High School contact Art McNaughton 7:30 0.61. Minor Hockey Meeting 8:00 p.m. Meeting CO organize interme'd'iate hockey dub, Seaforth Area, for executive directors. players, fans. 8100"p.rn. Special Gospel Meeting',.Comtn'encing Sunday, April 12 thru Friday. Joseph S'I. Gospel Hall, Clinton oontinutng for some weeks. SpeaRettt Mr. Robert Surgenor, 'I'evelattc11. Ohio; Mr. Arnold rattan; Grand be Thursday, April 16 it45 i:45 p.m'. David Peterson Luncheon at S.D.C:C. 910.10:30' exit Fitness is Fun With D'rusilia Leitch 'Friday, Ariel' 17 p "Good Friday"i' Si.iinday, April 19 "Easter'' Monday, April 20 "Easter Monday" 11:00 p.m. Annual m'eetin'g Van Egi000d •t oundatlon al the van Egmond Flese'rve Guest speaker Tom Lemon. Tuesday, April 21 9:3640 30 a.ni. Fitness -is Fun 8:00' p.m. Organizational Meeting for Balt Hockey 8-.00, p.m. Canadian Diabetes Association, gen'e'ral meeting, Seaforth Hospital beardrodm.. Wednesday, April 22 700-8:30 p.m. Ladies banceuPro 8 p• Program Wednesday, April 16 8:00 Rill Special Gospel Meetings Coinmenoin'g Sunday, April 12 thru Friday. Joseph Sfr'eel Gospel Hail, Clinton'. Cbntinu"rng for sortie: weeks. Speakers; Mr, Sobel' Surg'enoo, Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. Arnold G'rattoh, Grand' Send. ,. ., ,.. .„um. x.1 nx t. d'.a .�.m.... .m..,...,.,... .:N✓ .N ..,.�ei.n .x..wW. .........r.•ny..aw. wrw...r..1, ,v _ .... ."u..