HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1981-02-11, Page 3ESSAY WINNERS—The Ministry of Natural Resources presented
awards for the three top essays in their contest. The Ministry official
Blake Evans presented large books on mammals and birds to the
students at an '=assembly in Blyth Thursday morning. Here with trophies
are (back, left) Bill Black; Blyth principal; Blake Evans, ministry'official;
Bruss'els principal Ken Scott,, (front) Mark Hoba, Garth Wittich and
Marianne Hamilton. , (Photo by Hamilton)
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The board could save
money in borrowing costs by
collecting four times a year
but the townships argued it
would simply pass on bor-
rowing costs to them and
subsequently the 'taxpayers.
will hold their
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TOesday, February 17th
At Lucknow Community Centre
at 8:00 p.m:
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THE BRUSSELS POST, FEBRUARY 11, 1981 — 3
Board wantstaxes
three times a year
Any possibility of a teachers' strike in
Huron County's secondary schools has been
eliminated, after teachers ratified a new
one-year contract with the board in Clinton
Monday. The Huron County board of
education had already ratified the contract.
The new contract is for the current school.
year, September 1980 to August 31, 1981.
The teachers have been working without a
contract since last September.
The new contract provides for an overall
9.5 per cent salary increase for Huron
County's secondary school teachers. The
raise is paid on a "split grid" system, giving
teachers a 6.37 per 'cent raise from
September, 1980 to February, 1981 and a
further 12 per cent raise from February to
August.
This means the Most senior teacher's in the
system, who previously earned $29,184, will
now earn $32,800 this year. The average
salary for secondary school teachers in the
county will be $28,790 this contract year.
Principals and vice-principhls also re-
ceived raises. Secondary school principalg
will receive $44,040 annually and vice-
principals will receive $39,240.
Teachers who just joined the Huroi
County b6ard last fall made $13,972, and
this salary will increase to $14,760 as of
February 1, 1981.
Five want
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administration degree from Wilfred Laurier
University, Waterloo. He is president of the
Huron-Bruce federal Liberal association. His
wife, is the former Marlene Cunningham of
Clinton.
Mr. Jewitt, 41, is currently a member of
the Huron County board of education. He
has saved 13 .years on Hullett township
council, four years as -reeve. The candidate
and his wife, the former Barbara Pickett of
Londesboro, have five children.
Mr. Zyluk, 33, is principal at St. Joseph's
Community School in Kingsbridge. He
graduated from the University of Western
Ontario before completing his Masters of
Education at the University of Toronto. Mr.
Zyluk has been active in various associations
and projects in both .Exeter and Kincardine.
He was a delegate to the Ontario Liberal
Conference in 1980. Mr. Zyluk and his wife
Vickie have one daughter, Elizabeth.
In the provincial election in 1977 Mr.
• Zyluk challenged Murray Gaunt as the NDP
nominee. He said his decision to change
parties took place gradually until he joined
The 9.5 per cent raise moves the Huron
County secondary school teachers out of the
bottom salary position in the province, but
still leaves them considerably below •
provincial average, according to the
Teachers' Federation spokesman, Shirley
Weary of Goderich.
In addition to the increase in salary, the
new contract provides for the establishment
of several teacher-trustee committees to
work on an ongoing basis on resolving
difficulties and on long-term planning.
Mrs. Weary said, "It is the hope of both
parties that these committees will be able to
work amicably to iron out any areas of
potential conflict before they reach the
formal bargaining process for ,next year's
contract."
Gas stolen m
Grey shed
A break-in occurred at the Grey Township
shed in the early morning hours on Sunday,
but the only thing believed to have, been
stolen is some gasoline.
The thieves broke in the back door leading
to the shop. Wingham O.P.P. are investigat-
ing.
Liberal nod
the Liberals in October 1979. He added he
felt the NDP were too city-oriented and were
more concerned .with individuals than
groups.
Mr. Bailey, 49, explained his work with
farmers and the problems faced by small
businessmen influenced his decision to run
for the nomination. The candidate, who is
making his first try in 'politics, has been
active in community affairs since purchasing
the Sunrise Dairy and moving to Wingham
20 •years ago. Mr. Bailey's wife Pat is a
member of Wingham town council. The
Baileys have six children, four of whom work,
in the family-run business.
Tony Johnstone, 35, is general manager of
the Lucknow Sentinel community
newspaper. He is past-president of the
Lucknow Business Association, and has
been involved with the local recreation
committee, the Legion and the Blucwater
Shrine Club. He is a director on the federal
Huron-Bruce Liberal Association, Mr,
.1Ohnstone and his wife Donna have one son,
Sometime during 1981
, the Huron County Board of
Education will . grapple with
the problem of collection of
education levies.
The boar& is one of only
three boards in the province
' collecting education taxes
just twice a year. The others ,
are the Perth County Board
and the Huron-Perth Sep- -
arate School Board.
At budget time last year
the board considered collect-
ing taxes from Ithe county's
26 municipalities fourtimes a
year but met with stiff
opposition from clerks and
politicians, who said it was
difficult for rural municipali-
ties to collect taxes more
than twice a year.
Blyth trustee,. John
Elliott, said it was an issue
the board would have to deal
with in 1981 adding that
'Summer school
all set again •
Summer may now just be a
fond memory but the Huron
County Board of Education
,has already initiated plans
for a third session of summer
school.
At its regular monthly
meeting in Clinton Monday,
trustees endorsed a motion
to offer a summer school
program at Central Huron
Secondary School in 1981.
-The -program will run for six
weeks and offer both credit
and non-credit courses.
The summer school pro-
gram was initiated in 1979
and offered non-credit Cour-
ses •in remedial English,
remedial mathematics and
driver education. In 1980 the
non-credit program was ex-
panded to include English as
a second language. Credit
courses in both years were
limited to English and math-
ematics.
. This year the board has
recommended that a mini-
mum enrolment of five, stu-
dents is needed in a subject.
In 1979 summer school
enrolment totalled 182
students in 11 courses and in
1980 the figures rose to 196
students in 20 courses. There
were 13 instructors in
addition to the principal and
secretary.
In 1979, the expenditures
were $11,908, which in-
cluded busing from Goder-
ich, Wingham, Seaforth and
Exeter, while revenue was
$10,140. The 1980 expendi-
tures were $13,742 and rev-
enues $11,835.
The student fee schedule
was established at $5 for
elementary pupils, $10 for
secondary students and dri-
ver education pupils will pay
$85.
BY WILMA .01{E
The Huron-Perth County
Catholic school honed will
grant a leave Of abseiled'
principal of St, .108epli'g.
school, Kingsbridge, if he
wins the nomination to run
for the provincial' election. for
HPRC to give leave *
the Liberal party. His leave
of absence will run from
Pdbruary I 7,to March 20.
Carla ReVingten, special
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