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The Huron Expositor, 1983-03-09, Page 3THE HURON EXPOSITOR MARCH 9, 1983 -- A3 Separate board ends '82 in black The Huron-frer'th Separate School Board ended the year in the black. Trustees were pleased when superinten- dent of business and finance Jack Lane presented the 1982 financial statement at the board's Feb. 28 meeting. "As chairman, I'm pleased to see us in the black for B change, although 1 have never seen us in the red that much," commented hnard chairman Ron Murray. He probed both administration and last year's board members, for bringing the expenses in under bu Of the board's $6„ 2 budget, only 56.746,465 was actual spent in 1982 leaving a surplus of $36,937. The board's ordinary expenditure, which includes the general operation of the schools and salaries. was underspent by 570,765. from the original budget figure of $5.681,684 The reserve of $30,600 sei aside for speciaf education was also underspent by 519,300. The only over spending was in the area of extraordinary expenditure which includes transportation and such things as capital projects. This category is 100 per cent funded by the province and was over spent by $53,128. The end result of the surplus is that $45,011 more than was needed was collected in local taxation. This figure represents about 1.5 mills which may be applied to the 1983 mill rate. "All in all we ended the year very well," said Mr. Lane noting that when the budget was being discussed a year ago no surplus was expected. County Council hires computer consultant General administration, government and maintenance budgets were approved by Huron County council along with a 525,000 computer study for the county. The computer study was approved as part of the administration budget which totals $349,120. Morris Township Reeve William Elston called for discussion on the study because as he pointed out, if council has the study done it should beirrepared to go along with the consulting firm s recommendation which may include spending 5100,000 to 5200,000 for a computer outfit. Reeve Paul Steckle of Stanley Township asked if there would be a reduction in staff. "If we're not reducing staff, what is the purpose of getting a computer?" asked Reeve Steckle. Clerk -treasurer William Hanly said he douhted if staff would be reduced but it won't increase. "The main reason for the computer is availability of information that is up to date HOT SPOT—The winter which we never had has seen road crews cutting trees, filling potholes and repairing road signs. Andy Bilcke of Huron (Canadian) Fabricators, Seaforth, spent the past Monday repairing sign posts. He Said his firm usually repairs "a couple of dozen parking meters and signs." (Wassink photo) School and can be gotten out quickly," said the clerk -treasurer. He added that if the consulting firm doesn't think the county is ready for a computer, it should state that in its report., Zurich Reeve Don Van Patter suggested the county get the information it needs from a computer supplier. He also said he is surprised the county is not already on computers. There's no doubt we could go to IBM," said Mr. Hanly,"but 1 can guarantee you we'll end up wih IBM equipment. It might not be the right equipment for our specifications." I want to make sure the computer will meet the county's needs for the next 20 years," said Mr. Hanly. The consulting firm of Woods -Gordon of Toronto will prepare the study. The general administration budget totals 5349,120, up from 5294,900 in 1982. This includes salaries of 5206,560 up from 5196,700 in 1982. F of A opposes tax rebate rebates has been discussed at least three times in the., past few years. "The government is not paying our taxes. I don't consider it a privilege to pay taxes, but an obligation," said Mr. Gunby. "I agree, it is a privilege to live in this country and pay a fair share which this policy allows." Mr. Gunby added that voting against the farm tax proposal will "discredit your organization in the eyes of the government". Numerous farmers said they were willing to pay their fair share to the government for services they received, but don't want the government to have control over their land. Adrian Vos from the Blyth area said he sensed the discussion at the meeting was more emotional than rational. He suggested that those farmers who don't want the rebate shouldn't apply for it. Huron federation president Tony McQuail called for the farm community to work together and not spend a lot of time arguing amongst itself. "I think our strength as farmers depends on our ability to work together," said Mr. McQuail. Continued from page 1 Noting people don't trust government, Mr. McQuail says this has resulted in many. being upset because they think property rights may be lost. "That is always a valid concern. Farm organizations make sure property and citizens' rights are respected. Personally, the 100 per cent rebate will not erode rights. I don't see how the 50 per cent rebate has eroded rights. The lack of trust makes people wary of anygovernment action. If property owners eel there is a tht'eat, they don't have to collect the rebate." The Federation, Mr. McQuail explained, has argued that education is a service for „people and should be paid by people. "1 have heard a lot of emotionalism. 1 don't understand the logic because there is no logic. The government is not paying the land tax, they are rebating. Thus, they are saying' farmers are over -paying," During the meeting, OFA regional director Merle Gunby of R.R. 2, Dungannon 'said he resents charges made, that the Federation is putting something ver on its members. He said the question of farm tax expenses $312 in 1.883 MARCH 9, 1883 The Public School auditors' statement for the past year was as follows. Receipts: Government grant: 5338, municipal grant, 52800. interest on loan -5220. Expenditures for the year amounted to $3172.98 for the following items -Teachers salaries 52539, s maI etc. $18, caretaking aretakin 5182,wood. , repairs etc. 5434. There was a closing balance of $399.97, • A meeting of the patrons of the Seaforth Cheese Factory and all others interested in the creamery and dairy business will he held in the Town Hall on March 13. MARCH 13, 1908 John Mitchell, Robt. Laidlaw and L. Reinke, all Seaforth boys have gone to Chicago where they have secured good positions. The union between the congregations of Harpurhey and Seaforth has been ratified by the Presbytery and the union takes place on the last Sabbath in July. At the regular meeting of council on Monday evening the following motion was passed: that council approves of the efforts of John Leckie_ reeve of Brussels, in trying to lW y®© ©cono secure the extension of the C.P.R. from the Town of St. Marys, north through the townships of Usbornc, Tuckcrsmith, the town of Seaforth. township of McKillop, village of Walton and Brussels. The many friends of M.Y. McLean, M.P.. who has been laid up in hospital in Ottawa \ with inflamalion of the ear, will be pleased to learn that he is progressing favourably and that he expects shortly to be completely cured. Stewart Bros. the C.P.R. agents report that the following have bought tickets to the west this week. W.J. McKay and A. Fraser of Seaforth to Saskatoon and W. Fell of Staffa to Calgary. MARCH 10, 1933 The McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company sustained losses amounting to 523.333.64 for the year 1932 as reported in their recent annual statement. Citizens of the district did not need their Town to lease public works shed Continued from page 1 1 he recorded oote was requested by councillor Mero. After the decision to lease councillor Hazel Hildebrand, chairman of the passed. the clerk was asked to prepare finance committee. "The superintendent of documents to finalize the deal for council's works should know what he needs and April meeting. As well. tenders will he called apparently it's 4800 square feet. Someone for sale of the existing public works shed and else is interested in leasing (the Smith property. When it's sold the proceeds will he building). If we lose out on that. it's back to placed in the public works building reserve square one again." fund. The general government budget totals 5163,880 up from 5150,700 in 1982. The cost of council sessions and committee, board and other meetings increase because there will be one additional meeting in the year. (County council changed its meeting date from the fourth Thursday of the month to the first Thursday of the month which results in one additional meeting.) Council sessions have been budgeted at 530,865, up from 527,800 in 1982. Committee, board and other meetings have been budgeted at 555,600 up from 550,960 in 1982. The warden's salary and cost for other meetings has actually been budgeted to decrease. In 1983, 510,500 has been set aside for this category while 512.320 was set aside in the 1982 budget. Reeve Tom Cunningham noted that county councillors did not take a wage increase for 1983. The total maintenance budget has been set at 5251,117, up from 5241,612 in 1982. A breakdown of the 1983 maintenance budget shows 5132,440 for the court house, S26,000 for the registry office, 556,872 for the assessment building, 56,500 for the library building, 51,805 for the jail building and 527,500 for the health building. thermometer to tell them it was cold when they stepped outside this past Thursday morning, for a real old time blizzard was in progress. Highways and sidewalks that had been bare on Wednesday are now completely covered. And it is still blowing, still snowing and still cold. .I.F. DalYW.A. Crich, J.W.Beattie a d C. Glcw were in Toronto on Tuesday attending the annual meeting of the Eldorado Gold mines. Mr. Daly. a director of the company was re-elected. The Seaforth Collegiate Institute Alumni Association has chosen the play "Climbing Roses" for their presentation on May 4 and 5 in Cardno's Hall. MARCH 14, 1958 William dickle, past president of Hensall Kinsmen was elected deputy governor of Zone D. District 1, at a conference of Zone 15 clubs in Exeter. Gorda Christensen was declared winner of the senior public speaking contest at Seaforth Public School on Wednesday night. Kim McLean was runner-up. Paul Boshart won in the intermediate class with Nancy Berger second. In the junior class Linda Erhardt was first with Stephen Brady taking second. Seaforth Town Council huts decided that the Town will conform with the area and extend Daylight Saving Time by one month this year. It will now run from April 27 at 12:01 a.m..to.. October 26 at 12:01 a.m. Seaforth local .police force has been armed with guns, holsters, handcuffs, siren and lastly about 250 rounds of ammunition, council was informed by the committee chairman Mayor B.F. Christie. THE WINNERS—Ontario's Junior Citizens of the Year for 1982 are pictured with Lieutenant Governor John B. Aird, following presentations Friday, March 4 at the 33rd annual convention of Ontario Community Newspapers Association In Toronto. In the front row from left are Frank Meyer, Mississauga, Hack Weldon, Thunder Bay; Leah Chorniak, Brantford; Mr Aird; Steven Barkley. Winchester; Annie Janzen, Stratton; and Chantal Michaud, Mattawa. Second row, Lisa Andreassl, Seaforth; Jose Medeiros, Toronto; Faith Swann, Mississauga; Patrick Carter, Newmarket; Brenda Vines, Elmira and Tim Christo, Norwich. The second annual Junior Citizens award program was sponsored by Ontario Community Newspapers Association and CP air (Photo by Tim Chevrler) \_/ A solution for Mary bane (Editor's note: The following story is by Carol Glanville, a Grade 7 student at Seaforth Public School. Her teacher submitted it to the Expositor because he thought it had a worthwhile lesson for the community. We think es well it's a fitting follow-up to reporter Kris Svela's recent series on the problems our. young people face, and the solutions, including counsel - ung, tnat are available to them and their fa milies.l Little Mary Jane's long curly hair bounced as she tried to run through the flower garden. A loud beller rang through the air breaking the silence. "Mary Jane get in here now!" The little girl stopped and turned slowly walking towards her mother. "I told you not to get dirty. Get into the house." With tears in her eyes, Mary Jane stepped sadly into the house. Once she was inside I could hear a harsh slap and a frightened cry. This was a common scene and I knew the little girl would be locked in her room. I thought I would go inside and try to forget about the tragedy but I couldn't. Instead 1 went over, to Mary Jane's house. Hi. Joy, 1 thought I'd come over for a coffee," 1 announced. "Sure, I'm just sitting down for one." A rotten winter for Random thoughts on a drear March day, with a terrible head -cold, about the fourth this winter. About which many people have been most ski and snowmobile enthusi- asts, asts, ski resort operators, ice fishermen and snowplow owners, this winter has been the pits. For people who get sick to death of shovelling snow, of driving in blizzards, of wading to the thighs through snow -banks to get to work, this winter has been a boon. I'm in the second category, but I'm not raving about this particular open winter. I don't like bitter cold, and 1 detest battling snow. However, it's been a dreary winter. Too much fain, mud, ice; too little sun. Dull day after dull day makes Jack a dull tool, and even the winter worry -wart would like to see a bit of sunshine. It's also been a rotten winter for the health. 1 don't know whether the wild swings of temperature have anything to do with anything. but I've never seen so many people so lingeringly ill with 'flu and colds. Seems that a bright, cold crispy winter is better suited to the Canadian physique than the kind of hermaphrodite we've been through this year. Besides the head, it's been a tough winter on the other end, because of freezing rain. I wonder how many Canadians busted their bums this winter, slipping on ice. Recently, I slithered out the back door, skidded down the back steps, and went on "Joy, 1 think you should see a counsellor about Mary Jane. All little kids get into trouble and you have to understand violence doesn't help matters." "1 think 1 know how to raise my own child," Joy retorted. "1 know but sometimes it's hard to discipline a child by your self." "1 need some time to think about it." After we had our coffee 1 went home and started supper. The next morning 1 got a phone call. It was Joy. Hi, I've decided to go see a counsellor and 1 was wondering if you could look after Mary Jane?" "Yes, I'd love to, and, Joy, I'm glad you decided to go." Mary Jane came o•n • and we baked, then she laid down far a Sleep. Joy came home late but I didn't mind. "How did it go?" "It was super. The man I had was very nice and under:.tanding. He also said that my problem was common with single mothers. He was glad I came soon before it became a big problem." "Joy, I'm pleased you went. It takes a lot of courage to do what you did." Joy continued seeing the counsellor until the problem of controlling hertemper was solved. Now Mary Jane and her mother are a happy family. our health Inca Cmd op G, 8 DdO� g1�6� M @�v/ U L hands and knees to the car. Arrived at the school parking lot, which was like a skating rink, and almost wiped out a couple of cars when 1 tried to stop. Crept from car tp school like ancient Chinese coolie. Score for the day was: one teacher with badly broken wrist, one teacher with badly wrenched back, one teacher's wife with badly bent head. Didn't mind the broken wrist. It was only a guidance teacher. But I was fed up with the rest. The wrenched back belonged to one of my English teachers, and 1 had two missing already. He'd come down his (unsalted) front steps, taken a flier, and landed on his not inconsiderable back. Thought he'd shake off the pain and shock. drove his daughter to school, and by this time was ready to head for the hospital. Had just checked in to tell the great whjte sahibs of his intentions, when he got a phone call saying his wife had gone down their steps (still unsalted) in similar fashion, knocking her head hard on every step. They went off to the hospital hand in hand. - I can put up with teachers staying home with minor things like heart attacks, but when they take a day off for a twisted back, just because they can't get out of their car, or up from a chair, that's a bit much, forcing me to soldier on with hangnails and a corn on the sole of my foot. Hoping to cheer myself up, 1 took a look at the fashion pagemthe newspaper. fa turin g the new spring modelsby Chanel of Paris. Thank the Lord I'm not a woman. That peek at the paper would have plunged me into a deep depression. Here are some of the items: "The deceptively demure dinner dress in navy silk with a wide waistline defined by stitching, 51..150; the revised Chanel suit has a cropped jacket over a slender skirt, 51,950. worn over a tucked 'silk blouse, 5500. Separates are a 5795 knit cardigan and a wrap skirt ,'5475. How would you like to read that if your old man had just been laid off, indefinitely? For a miserable $4,800 you get a dinner dress, a suit, and a casual outfit. None of which you could wear more than once, twice at the outside. Some idiot once remarked that the poor are always with us. They are indeed, but that's obvious. Not so obvious is the fact that the rich are always with us, come hell, high water, shaky economy, unemployment, downright depression. Something else that failed to cheer me up this winter was The Night of the Long Knives, when the Tory party once more made a national ass of itself by indulging in its favorite game: cutting its leader into large chunks and throwing them to the wolves, Hear those Liberals laughing? Young celebrities honoured A dozen "quiet celeb- rities" were honoured Friday in Toronto when the second annual,Qntario Junior Citizen of the Year awards ceremony was staged. His -Honor the Lieutenant Governor John B. Aird led the applause and presented cita- tions and lapel pins to the 12 award recipients ranging in age from 8 to 18. who were judged the most outstanding youths of the province in 1982. The awards program, a joint undertaking of the 225 - member Ontario Community Newspapers Association and CP Air, was launched in 1981 to recognize the pro- vince's young people who exemplify such values as courage. ingenuity, resource- fulness and fortitude. In its first year, the program hon-, oured 12 individuals and one entire school. Selected from 104 nomina- tion's by a panel of five newspaper editorq the 1982 recipients included four hon- ored for outstanding service to their communities, four who performed heroic lifesav- ing sots and four who have worked to overcome physical limitations and excel in var- ious fields of endeavour. The "dynamic dozen" --as OCNA President Bill Pratt of Tillsonburg referred to them - received a long, standing ovation from 400 newspaper representatives, guest and recipients' families attending the awards luncheon at the Westin Hotel. The luncheon was a highlight of the 33rd annual OCNA convention. Assisting Lieutenant Gov- ernor Aird with the presenta- tions were OCNA Vice -Presi- dent Ron Tyler of Barrie and W.R. (001) Steen, Toronto Manager for CP Air. In addition to lapel pins and plaques, the young people received 5200 and a photo- graph of their families with the Lieutenant Governor. Honored for community service were Lisa Andreassi, 13, of Seaforth; Patrick Cart - ter, 15, of Newmarket; Jose Medeiros 15, of Toronto and Brenda Vines, 18, of Elmira. In the field of heroic acts, judges selected Tim Christo, 15, of N^°'w ch:` ssie Jan- zen, 12, of Stratton; Chantal Michaud. 13, of Mattawa: and Hack Waldon, 8, of Thunder Bay. Award recipients who have worked to overcome physical limitations included Steven Barkley.. 9, of Winchester; Leah Chorniak, 8 of Brant- ford. Frank Meyer. 18, of Mississauga and Faith,. Swann. 18, also of Missis- sauga. On the same day the Junior Citizens and their families enjoyed a tour of the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park and attended a special re- ception hosted by Lieutenant Governor Aird in his suite at the Legislature. Chairman of OCNA's Jun- ior Citizens awards program, Dave Wenger of Mount For- est said he was "very grati- fied" to see 104 nominations received in the program's second year. and "amazed at the quality of the nomina- tions." "Everyone was a worth- while contender for an award," he suggested. E.W. Ogden, CP Air's Vice -President, Eastern Can- ada and patron of the pro- -gram, was also impressed with the many good deeds hat were uncovered in the nominations this year. He said those nominated were all outstanding citizens and "our assurance of a better tomor- row." CP Air takes great pride in helping to honor such fine young people, he said. "They ate wonderfully typi- cal of the young people about us daily." "The knowledge that our children demonstrate such dedication, compassion and courage.. renews and strengthens our confidence in our future." said Lieutenant Governor Aird. "Bravery is a sometime thing but courage is every day of life for some of these young people." he said. acknowledging their parti- cipation in, the program. The 1983 'competition opens now and nominations will be accepted until Dec. 1, 1983. Entry forms will soon be available at member news- papers and all elementary and secondary schools in Ontario. OCNA President Pratt praised the hundreds of citi- zens who sponsored or sup- ported the nominations, as well as the OCNA newspa- pers which screened and forwarded the entries. All the nominators, the newspapers which assisted with nomina- tions and those nominated but not chosen for an award, will each receive a certificate OnvMod Kippen East W.I. will meet March 16 at the homeof Mrs. Robert Kinsman. Don't forget your autobiography and something for the bin auction. Belgrave Women's Insti- tute will meet March 15 at 8:15 p.m. in the Institute Hall. The convenors are Mrs. Ross Taylor and Mrs. Bert Johnston. The theme is Cura- tor and Easter. Everyone is weleolne.