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O . INO 9 COUNCIL QUOTES Town Council met in regular session, with Council lor Jack Caccamo acting as Reeve in the absence of Reeve Cavanaugh. Minutes were adopted as read, and business arising included a report from Councillor Allen, about the possibility of forming another board to be responsible for the care and maintenance of the cemetery. Correspondence included a letter from the Rec- reation Committee requesting permission to advertise for a Sports and Recreation Co-ordinator, to replace Dave Courtemanche who has left to take up new 'duties in Alliston, Ontario. The Northwestern Ontario Mayors Association acknowledged receipt of a resolution from the Terrace Bay Council in connection with building further homes for the aged. The C.P.R. wer given permission to instal two switch heaters. The Schreiber-Terrace Roman Catholic Separate School Board advised they did not feel it is in their jurisdiction to provide school patrols for -highway crossings. The Chairman of the Board felt it was unnecesary. The Council still feels something should be done. These patrols were- trained by the local Police Force, and have been proven successful over the past five years. Council lor Desrosiers offered to contact Al Chisholm who will*bring it up at the next meeting of the Lake Superior Board. The O.W.R.C. carried out an inspection of the sewage works and pointed out the need for repairs to sewage disposal lines. continued page 2 ....... dM TERRACE BAY NEWS Serving the District SAFETY PAYS LONG-LIFE DIVIDENDS October 4, 1969 SCHOOLS COULD BE USED ON TWELVE-MONTH BASIS i The following editorial is only one of several which have recently indicated a growing tendency among tax payers to take a closer look at how their educ- ational dollars are being spent and to urge that this investment be used wisely, "Along with the many changes now taking place in our educational system there is agrowing real- ization that the tremendously expensive school facil- ities should be used more efficiently, particularly during the two long summer months when they are idle, their doors closed. There have been many sug+ gestions along these lines, even in government, but none has jelled. It is an objective worth pursuing. Despite the educators and administrators, eventually some way must be found to extend the school year past the present 200 days. It is common sense as well as an economic necessity to put school facil- ities to work for longer periods. At present it ap- pears the potential is limited only by the human fac- tor and many say it can't be done without dire budget consequences. Surely from the top echelon officials down through the great army to the grass roots teachers there could come a workable plan if they were told they* had to forget past methods and eliminate existing traditions . The situation has been faced at the Lakehead, where, after the schools have been closed and empty for two months, classes are re- sumed only to find severe crowd- ing,some classes being forced into basements and some students finding they must go long distances to other schools until space can continued page 16 ..... [F