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However, several of the trustees said they did not realize that by rejecting ar­ bitration they were jeopar­ dizing a proposal which might have brought the teachers back to the classrooms. The teachers started rotating strikes Feb. 15 and were locked out by the board Feb. 27. The lockout has been ended but the teachers have refused to return to the classroom in support of a contract demand concerning workload. In an effort to resolve the situation, a member of the board’s negotiating team said the team came up with an informal proposal to have the teachers return to work and the bargaining table. If the two sides failed to reach a settlement by May 24, the matter would go to volun­ tary arbitration. There was some disagree­ ment among the trustees as to the status of the proposal now, Board chairman R.J. Elliott said the teachers’ negotiating team rejected the proposal. However, Shirley Weary, a spokesman for the teachers, said Tuesday night the teachers only asked that the proposal be made in writing so it could be studied. “We’ve played this little game before and when we get a serious proposal, it has to be in writing.’’ She said her committee was being asked to decide on something they had not seen. “Even the date has not been discussed with us. I suggested April 30 as a good date’’ but that has now been changed to May 24. Mrs. Weary said the teachers are still interested in receiving the proposal in writing. Elliott said he wasn’t prepared to do that. “As far as I’m concerned, the teachers rejected the proposal. If it was in writing, it’s formal. They wouldn’t accept it even in­ formally.’’ Several trustees have said they feel any proposal the board’s negotiating com­ mittee made informally should be put in writing. R.K. Peck, a member of the board’s negotiating team, said that while he couldn’t support arbitration personally, he said he didn’t blame the teachers for wan­ ting to see the proposal in writing. He said he thought the en­ tire proposal was “roughly Band will perform Once again, the Seaforth- Dashwood marching band will be performing in area events and band members are reminded of the follow­ ing practice dates: April 16, Seaforth town hall, 2 p.m., May 7, Dashwood town hall, 2 p.m., and May 21, Seaforth town hall at the same time. John Van Geffen, secretary-treasurer of the club said that new members are more than welcome. The band’s first engag- ment is Saturday, May 27 in Stratford. New books available Fashions are changing and costs spiralling. Your local library can help you be fashionable and frugal with books on sewing. Ask for them at your local library. If you are not able to go to your local library inquire about Books-by-mail, Middlesex County Library, Arva, Ontario. Basic tailoring by Time- Life Books, The Butterick sewing machine handbook by Gretel Courtney, Clothesmaking by Linda Faiola, How to recycle old clothes into new fashions by Fenya Crown. Peasant chic by Esther R. Holderness, The perfect fit by Jackie Rutan, Ready, set sew, Skirts by Anna Romaniuk, The total tote bag book by Joyce Aiken, The yestermorrow clothes book by Diana Funaro. sketched out” to all the trustees Monday but a number of other trustees denied knowing anything about it. The proposal aimed at lur­ ing Huron County secondary school teachers back to their classrooms failed Monday when the county board of education refused to go to arbitration. The proposal, which was hashed out informally by several members of the board negotiating team and presented to representatives of the teachers’ negotiating team, hingetj on arbitration. It would have had the teachers returp immediate­ ly to the classroom while the two sides continued bargain­ ing. If they failed to reach a settlement by May 24, they would go to voluntary ar­ bitration. The trustees at the closed session Monday did not see the entire proposal, but only discussed the matter of ar­ bitration. From the beginning of the dispute, the board has been steadfastly opposed to ar­ bitration, saying it does not feel it will receive fair treat­ ment. R.J. Elliott, chairman of the board, has said that, historically, arbitrators favor employees over employers. But E.C. Hill, chairman of the board’s negotiating team, admitted Monday that if the board is forced to ar­ bitration, it would be better to choose voluntary over binding arbitration. “In voluntary arbitration you have the option to choose the arbitrator, and in binding you don’t,” he said. “I think if you go to ar­ bitration voluntarily, you’ve got a better chance.” But reports from the clos­ ed meeting indicated most trustees disagreed with that viewpoint. Most of the trustees polled Monday night said they felt the public didn’t want them to go to arbitration. Trustee Dorothy Wallace said “all the public feedback is, ‘stick to your guns.’ As elected representatives they (the trustees) are trying to interpret the public’s feelings.” Trustee M.E. Zinn said she was still undecided. She felt the debate, which lasted less thap an hour, was too short to discuss the issue properly. She said she plans to approach Elliott in a few days to ask about having A BIT OF COUNTRY — Participating in Saturday's carnival of the Exeter figure skating club were these visitors from the coun­ try. From the left are Monique Aunger, Michele Aunger, Pamela Cottrell, Donna Rae Lang, Rachael Mellecke, Melanie Smith, Kelly Vanstone and Kendra Arthur. T-A photo J 'K ' i ■ ’’ Um' r 1'i IS .■'» ..... r another meeting. Elliott was reluctant to comment after the meeting. He admitted that he thought a settlement was in sight. “I thought we had something about half a dozen times. All I can say is, I felt over the past months there have been ways out of the bushes,” but the teachers had not agreed. He said he thought several times that members of the teachers’ negotiating team have been in full support of settlement ideas, but have apparently not been able to sell them to their full com­ mittees. He insisted the local teachers are listening to representatives from the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation in Toronto and Huron County was “a test case for the province of Ontario.” Elliott said he rejected ar­ bitration because he still feels confident the dispute can be settled at the local level. “There are a lot of teachers that have been through the education system in Huron County, that have been born and raised in Huron County, and I would hope they would put Huron County and the students of Huron County as their first priority.” Debate police communication Exeter backs Clinton site Exeter council decided this week to support Clin­ ton’s bid to have the new Huron police communica­ tion system centre es­ tablished in that communi­ ty if they can “prove to us they can provide the ser­ vice at less cost”. Clinton urged Exeter to give consideration to their appeal, noting that there would be a lower installa­ tion and maintenance cost if the system was based there, rather than in Goderich as presently planned. Mayor Bruce Shaw, who recently attended a meeting of the five towns considering the com­ munication system, said Monday night he was “a little at sea” in attempting to figure out Clinton’s motivation in having a system centred there. He told council that Clin­ ton would have to either build or renovate a building and possibly hire one or two extra personnel to operate the system, whereas Goderich already have room in their police office and have the necessary staff to operate the communication network. “I really don’t unders­ tand why they want it,’’ Shaw said after hearing Clinton’s proposal outlin­ ed. He went on to say that there would be a cost sav­ ing by having the base in Clinton. It would amount to about $2,400 in installation charges, but Shaw said this would be only a $400 saving to each of the five towns, including Clinton. Grants cover 75 percent of the cost. After outlining the ex­ pense Clinton would presumably have to meet to have the base located there, Shaw said that if Ex­ eter was in the running and faced the same cost, he would certainly be against doing “anything that silly”. “I don’t understand it either,” Chief Ted Day said in reference to Clin­ ton’s appeal, adding that he expected it could cost them between $50,000 and $60,000 to house and man the system. “If Clinton wants it, I’m all for them.” Councillor Derry Boyle commented. However, Councillor Ted Wright said it would be up to Clinton and Goderich to fight the matter out with the Ontario Police Com­ mission, because they are putting up the biggest share (75 percent) of the cost involved. He was told that the decision had to be made by responsibility for the five councils. ’ operating the communica- Shaw suggested that the tion system would fall on Two hit and run after area crashes Only four accidents were investigated in the area this week, two of them being hit and run incidents in Zurich. There were no injuries in any of the collisions and damage was minor. Monday’s ice-coated roads created havoc for motorists, but most escaped unscathed. The lone accident reported involved a tractor-trailer which jack-knifed just south of Exeter on Highway 4. Driver of the vehicle was Thomas H. Thompson, RR 1 Tiverton. Constable Don Mason investigated the collision and set damage at $1,500. Both the hit and run accidents in Zurich were reported to police on Saturday morning. The damaged vehicles were owned by Donat Beauchamp, Zurich, and T.B. Cann, Exeter. The latter had been parked at the arena lot, while the other was damaged while parked on Goshen St. Damage to the Beauchamp vehicle was listed at $250 and $75 to the Cann car. The only other accident of the week involved two vehicles on the parking lot at the Hensall Hotel. Damage was listed at $400 to the vehicles of James Hutchings and Sarah Hoy. the chief of police in the community chosen for the base and he said it appeared that the Goderich chief was ready to assume that respon­ sibility, while the Clinton chief did not appear as enthusiastic as the council of that community. While Exeter decided to support Clinton’s bid, with the reservation about ser­ vice and cost, there was no indication whether council members were giving their overall approval to the communication system itself. Council had earlier pass­ ed a motion to take no further action on the proposal until a more detailed cost estimate was available. That decision was made when Mayor Shaw indicated the cost may be higher than outlin­ ed bv the police chiefs in the five towns. He didn’t say Monday whether or not the cost factor has been suitably outlined. TALL SKATES — One of the feature attractions at Saturday's Exeter figure skating club car­ nival was Ken Penny of Woodstock on stilts. From the left are club pro Brad Loosley, Ken Pen­ ny, guest skater Lori Jolley and assistant pro Marg Carey. T-A photoS&jyi ch t&c Fleck strike Continued from front page also in contravention of his privileges as an MPP. He has been served with a notice of action under the Libel and Slander Act. While Riddell said he was quite prepared to defend his actions on the basis of the merit and facts, he felt they were a molestation of his parliamentary functions, rights, duties and privileges. Tension Builds As the strike continues, the tensions mount in Huron Park and throughout the area. Reports of threats of bodily harm have been received by workers on both sides in the Huron Park dispute. Cars of strikers and non­ strikers have been damaged in night-time incidents. There have been several reports of threatening phone calls. Some children have even been threatened and subjected to name-calling as the issue spills into the community, Teachers strike Continued from front page strikebreakers, that they would not be paid, that the education act demanded they not be used more than 10 days and the possibility of legal problems and liabilities prompted him to suggest that the board leave the volunteer program to local groups like the one in Goderich. The director also told the board not “to panic” about lost instructional time due to the strike. He said the students had not lost too much time thus far since the board had cancelled the mid­ term exams and little time had been lost due to winter storms. He said that he knew of two students that went to another education system to study and he was advised that they were not that far behind. “But the clock is running,” he warned. “From here on time is important for many of the students. All I’m saying is don’t panic.” Zurich trustee Herb Turkheim asked why the five secondary school ad­ ministrators could not take up some teaching duties during the strike. He suggested that the principals and vice-principals could be of great assistance to the Grade 13 students in a classroom environment. Cochrane explained that the principals were not necessarily qualified to teach all subjects. He said they may hold a degree in history but that that wouldn’t be much good teaching mathematics. “I’ve been given to un­ derstand that secondary school teachers are qualified to teach anything,” said Turkheim. John Elliott added that the principals and vice­ principals are members of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation and as such are bound by OSSTF regulations in the strike. He said the school administrators could only teach classes they taught before the strike and cannot expand their services to any other class or course. 0