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Clinton News-Record, 1971-10-21, Page 1 *ememie•eieememeeffeigese Clip/au (Inherit) 15 cents 56 39 60 41 61 43 71 47 71 46 62 50 69 51 Rain ,23"' Weather 1971 1970 HI Lo HI 14) 57 50 63 ' 49 64 46 e 51 40 44 ee 53 32 58 38 Rain 1.43" Oct.' 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 -Thursday, llerobr .2 1971 106 Ye(' r No. 42 Vote as you like but vote today Weeklies important link for 11 of E Huron candidate for the New Democratic Party of Ontario, Paul Carroll, left, and the party leader, Stephen Lewis, talk over progress of the campaign locally in the party committee rooms. Mr. Lewis was in town on Sunday afternoon to attend a party rally in an effort to lend extra support to Mr. Carroll's campaign. When leaving the rally, Mr. Lewis told the local candidate he expected to see him in caucus the Friday morning following the election returns. Brucefield Bombers win crown Charles MacNaughton, the Progressive Conservative candidate, paid Bayfieid a visit last Wednesday as he prepared for today's election. He is seen here speaking with Ken Scotchmer in his shop in Bayfield. (Photo By Milvena Erickson) Liberal Leader tiobett Nikon Was in Goderich last Tuesday morning on his way to a 'TV interview and meeting with Murray Gaurit supporters in Winghare, Here he is welcomed by Huron Liberal AsSOOietibh secretary Howard Aitken while Ken Duncan, Huron Liberal candidate, looks on, The role of the community newspapers in Huron County seems to be one of the most important links in improved communications between the Huron`County Board of Education and its staff of teachers. That fact came to light during Monday afternoon's meeting of the board when the first of a group of sub-committees was called in to discuss educational matters in Huron with board members. ..111•111•11, A meeting will be called, perhaps within the next week, of all governmental bodies involved in attempts to find a new use for Canadian Forces Base Clinton. This news came from Robert McKinley, member of Parliament for Huron in a telephone interview from Ottawa with the News-Record on Wednesday morning. Mr. McKinley said the Crown Assets Disposal Corporation had opened the tenders for sale of the base over the weekend and said he had seen the offers. He said some ldoked as if some might make the base a good source of employment in Huron County. He refused to reveal what the offers Londesboro boy killed Tragedy struck the village of Londesboro on Sunday when 10-year-old Howard Trent Shobbrook was struck by a car and killed. It had been a special day at Londesboro United Church with members of the local ball teams as guests for the service. A Meeting of the teams was called after the service which meant there were more cars than usual parked around the church after the service when Sunday School it usually held. The youngster was leaving Sunday School when he ran out from between two of the parked cars and into the path of a ear driven by Bradley Kennedy of Rai Auburn. The boy was taken to Clinton Public Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. He was the ton of Gordon and Darlene Shobbrook, RR1, Londesboro and is survived also by a sister, Diana and brother, Darrell, Cohtmit Well, it's election day, at last. Today is the day you get the chance to get back at the candidate who has conducted the campaign that made you most angry, by supporting his opposition. But no matter who wins when the ballote are counted tonight, at least we know we don't have to listen to all the election propaganda for a little while at least. It's a sobering thought to think we might have to go through a federal election next year, though. * * * After several requests for an open house, the One For All coffee house has decided to be "open to all visitors after 9 p.m. on Mondays. A speeial program Will be presented again Saturday night when the Brotherhood from London will be on heed for 4 show beginning at 8 p.m. There will be a 25-cent admission fee for this show. * * If you ate looking for someone to help with raking the leaves or cleaning up tot fall, the employment service operated by the coffee house is there to help you, Several youngsters Are looking fot help through the service so if you want some help call 482.9192, • * * The Kinstneil Club has been sending along a copy of the Kin Bulletin the last while. The club and the editors of the bulletin should be congratulated on a lively and interesting publication. Hockey season opens for teal tomorrow flight 'when the Clinton Juniors open kbeir hone season against Lambeth, Game tithe is 13:36, Members of the team are now selling booster club tickets to help defray the Costs of opetating the team. Most of last year's squad it back this year., This sub-committee which studied Improving Communications Within The County System, was chaired by Bill Black, principal of Colborne Central School, and had as its members Ed Beard ofF. E. Madill Secondary School; Mrs. Mary Carroll of Holmesville Public School; Larry Plumsteel, Principal of Seaforth District High School; and J. Jamieson, Hullett Central Public School. were because he said it might endanger negotiations with the prospective buyers. Crown Assets officials, he said, had decided that none of the offers should be discussed further until all interested government bodies had a chance to meet together. Arrangements for such a meeting are now being made, Mr. McKinley said. He expects it will involve federal and provincial officials, Huron County's development office, and possibly representatives of the Tuckersmith township and the town of Clinton. Crow; assets would like to sell the base as a complete entity, It has the physical BY SHIRLEY J, KELLER An entirely new system of board operation for Huron County has been approved by board members and the re-organizational measures will become effective November 1, The board wilt now be operating under three standing committees: the Education Committee with Mrs. Marion Zinn as chairman and committee members Wilfred Shortreed, Mollie Kunder, George Parsons and John Taylor; a Management Committee with Cayley Hill as chairman, and members Don McDonald, John Henderson, Alex Corrigan and Dr. Alex Addison; the Chairman's Advisory Committee composed of Chairman Robert Elliott, Vice-Chairman John Broadtoot and the chairmen of the first two committees; an Advisory Vocational Committee with Garnet Hicks as chairman and members Charles Rau arid Wilfred Shortreed; and the Advisory Committees on Schools for Trainable Retarded, Chairman Jim Taylor, members Clarence McDonald and Mollie Kunder, Ad Hoc Committees comprising riot more than two or three persons, may be established to investigate where in the opinion of a standing committee, a problem, potential problem or situation is likely to involve public relations to a high degree or has political overtones. The new system has been devised in an attempt to make less meetings for board members to attend. A wide variety of subjects will be lumped together under the train two committees, education and management. Full duties of the committees have been outlined arid theit jurisdictions established. Open board meetings will be held once monthly, the third Monday of each month. The Education Committee will meet the BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER An overseas tour to London and Paris by some senior students at South Huron District School from March 27 to March 30 inclusive, was not turned down by the board of education at its Monday evening meeting, but it was decided that since the teachots who will accompany the tour will lose time from regular classes, they should be given a leave of absence without pay for the oteasioti. It was pointed out by Dr, Alex Addison, Clinton, that the board would be supporting "affluent students from -affluent l*leiliee") if the teachers were nerteitted to accompany the tour without question. He 'said that 'since not ell school students Would be able to Also serving on the sub-committee was Superintendent Don Kenwell of the Huron County Board of Education and John Taylor, trustee. Four distinct areas of study were involved: board-staff communication; elementary-secondary school communication; communication within the schools; and communications, school with the public. properties of a small town with administration, church, recreation, school and industrial buildings and complete water, sewage and hydro services. It is now occupied by a force of about 30 men engaged in maintenance and security. Tenders officially closed Oct, 14 and were opened over the weekend. In advertising the base for sale, Crown Assets said it was not interested in operating services for individual buyers and indicated that if it was necessary to sell the buildings in separate lots buyers would have to make their own arrangements for such services. fourth Monday of the month, the Management Committee will convene the first Monday of the month, and the AVC is set for the first Thursday of each month. The remaining two committees will meet at the call of the chairman. Delegations may appear at any public meeting of the board. They are encouraged to make their intent known, in writing, to the board at least 96 hours in advance of the meeting and to state the nature of the presentation, the approximate number of persons in the delegation, and the name of the spokesman, The Chairman will decide whether or not to permit delegations that appear without previous notice to be heard and may limit the time allotted to any delegation. Prior to receiving the presentation, the Chairman shall advise all delegations that the Board reserves the right riot to act on the petition until the matter has received further study by the Board or a Committee thereof. Committee or the whole meetings and Cettunitte of the whole (le Camera) meetings are still provided for, the difference being that the press is Able to sit in on committee of the whole meetings but are banned from the In Camera sessions. RoWever, neither of these types of committee meetings are open to the public, The above decision is a carryover from the present time, and has been arranged to permit the press the advantage of knowing the background on various matters perhaps to be reported upon later. While there were a few questioee expressed concerning the new system, the brief passed easily by a 12.2- vote. Chairman Bob Elliott claimed that if "poorly handled" the new system could cause "a split on the board", If "properly handled" on the other hand, it could be "the thing we've been looking toe% take time off tr participate, those that stayed et home needed a teacher more than ever to compensate for the knowledge they would have gained'on the tout, The board admitted the teachers might abaridon the tour it they were not paid as though they were in the elasgrootn, because upon retirement the teacher could find himself or herself with extra time to make up. However, it was agreed that these tours could be booked for a time other than school days during the Christmas or Easter break, 'for instance, The tour from South Huron HS is to be a "private undertaking on the part of the teachets, acting as private citizens, and the principal of the school Meet give his consent for the teachers to be absent from duty on the dates involved. In all, 26 recommendations were made to the board by the sub-committee to improve communications in the county school system. Only one recommendation was passed by the board of education in their regular meeting which followed the afernoon session although the remaining 25 are being fully studied and ,acomplete report will be - forthcoming to the board for decision. The recommendation which was approved was that an administrative council be established to meet once monthly. This council will include the chairman of each of the two advisory councils of principals (elementary and secondary); the two representatives of each of the three federations; the superintendents of education; and the director of education, This council will discuss matters of educational concern, to formulate requests and propose solutions and to present same to the board. Threemembers of the administrative council should attend board meetings, the sub-committee felt, and should report decisions and reason for these to their respective areas. "Policies could be put through channel before making it rule," the sub-committee said. It was disclosed in the discussions that the teachers felt that up until this time, the county newspapers had been their best source of information about what was going on in education throughout Huron County. Newspapers were commended for their willingness to print. news from the schools in their areas whenever possible. However, there were indications that not all schools seize this opportunity to gain public attention by using newspaper space to an advantage. There was also a complaint that "news items originating from board meetings sometimes do not reflect the full intent of the decision reached". One recommendation stated that "a synopsis of decisions reached by board should be sent to press, staffs and trustees shortly after meeting". "Some teachers feel that they just don't know what board policies are," one beef stated. "The paper seems to be the only place they find out information about the board," Another area of communication breakdown, the teachers agreed, was in the area of teachers retirements after lengthy service with the board. It was generally agreed that such service should be recognized in the local press and that the board should endeavor to foster this improved communication. Other recommendations which were of particular intetegt were: wherever possible the board should have the benefit of staff opinion before making polities affecting the staff; consideration be given to the establishment of a sub-committee on the kindergarten to Grade 13 concept in Huron County; each school staff sould have a staff representative to pass on information and to make sure communication which is directed to the school is distributed to all staff members; budget requirements and final budget decisions should be discussed between principal and staff; parents should be advised that when theyhave matters to discuss with the teachers, they should make appointments with the teachers through the proper channels; that principals should strive to inform the news media of programs and activities in his school; and that the community should Make use of the school facilities after school hours whenever possible, Chairman Bill Black rioted that communication is a 'terrific job", and the normal diffieultiesare compounded in Huron by "geography", He said that since working on the sub-committee he has learned 'of new problems which exist and he is more aware now of problems which may arise in his own school, Trustee Jim Taylor, Hensel!, wanted to know why the theaters in Huron County felt they had to ktiow the "ifs and ands" about board decisioes. "They're hired to teach, not to make board decisions," said Taylor. Chairman Black said teachers like to have e part in the system because teachers ate "togs in the wheel". Board chairman 'Bob Elliott said loyalty of the star eari only be expected when staff members know the "teasori for decisions"; "They may not agree but at least they will understand Why," stated Elliott, 'Whys are perhaps just as important as Whats," added Black. It was also pointed out during distessiori that the teachers don't realize that they have the right to go to one of the seperietendente of education in the county system In a ease Where their principals are not in accord with a new idea the teacher may have fot leaching, perhaps, The Brucefield Bombers, IC an exciting game played Sunday efternoori in Fullerton against Carlingford, won the Intermidiate Ladies 'A' Champloeship. The series was deadlocked at two games a piece in a best three out of five series. The first five innings were scoreless although Carlingford threatened in the bottom 'of the fifth with bases loaded and nobody out. Brucefield made a double-play with the pitcher Leah De Jong throwing to first to get the batter and Shiels firing to home lot the second out. A pop-up to first retired the eide, In the top of the sixth, the Bombers exploded for three runs with Carlingford's pitcher Wendy :Selielleriburger walking Fartmhar and Carter, De Jong smashed a triple and then scored on a eaerifice fly by McDonald. Jorgenson and Ferguson added two 'Metre runs in the 'top of the seventh, Carlingfotd again threateried in the bottom of the seventh but were retired by a spectacular catch by Ann Jorgenson in left field leaving bases loaded, Brucefield again scored two runs in the top of the eighth with McDonald and Jorgenson each pounding out doubles. Carlingford were held scoreless in the bottom of the eighth with three batters retired in quick succession, An insurance run was scored by the Bombers in the top of the ninth with a two.bagget by Shiels bringing in De Jong who had got on base due to an error, Brucefield fended off tt threat in the bottom of the ninth when Carlingford broke through scoring two runs but 'were eetiteed leaving bases loaded. Carlingford Allowed eight hits, eight errors and three walks, Iirticefielcl gave up four hits, four errors and five walks. Brecefielci had seven strikeouts to Cerlingtotd's none, Batters for Carlingford was Sehellenburger and Rogers and for Brumfield it was De Jong and Ferguson, Teachers must for European tot 1 Meeting soon to discuss Base tenders Board of Education reorganizes committee s