HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1981-08-26, Page 14A14 THE BRUSSELS POST, AUGUST 26, 1981
Trustees vote against raise
BY SUSAN WHITE
Trustees of the Huron Perth Roman
Catholic Separate School board turned down
an increase in their honorarium in an ,in
ca 'mera seesion at their meeting Monday
night in Dublin. Board vice chairman .Vince
Young of Goderich said the proposed raise, to
$200 a month from the present $180, was
defeated by a large vote, with only four
trustees in favour.
At the same meeting trustees reviewed
copies of a provincial report on the role of the
school trustee. One of its conclusions is that
the minumum pay for trustees should be $400
a month, funded by provincial grant and local
taxes. The report continues. local boards have
the -right to_pay themselves more than $400 a
month but the extra should be charged
against local taxes.
,Trustees did however agree to a mileage
increase for themselves...from 25c to 28 per
mile, effective in. September. The same
mileage will be paid newly hired speech
pathologist Mary La Berge, who starts
September 1.
Board members reconsidered and rescind-
ed a motion from the June meeting giving a
leave of absence without pay for a year *to
Sister Teresa Mader, former principal of St.
James' Separate School, Seaforth. She will
now receive a year's leave of absence.
In other business Director of Education Bill
Eckert reported the board's convention and
meeting fund is about $1800 over budget.
Because trustees John O'Leary and Tim
McDonnell were absent the board didn't hear
a full report on the Congress of Education
meeting they attended in June with vice-
chairman Young.
Mr. Eckert suggested some trustees try to
attend a meeting on the challenges of the
province's new bill 82 which requires boards
to supply special education, which is
sponsored by the Ontario Catholic System.
Officers Association in. Toronto next month. It
should provide "a particularly Catholic point
of view, with implications for Catholic schools
as opposed to schools in general," he said.
Superintendent of education John McCaul-
ey told trustees he has been in touch with the
Lambton separate board which is one of the
pilot projects in the province for the
implementation of the special education
provisions of the new law. A province-wide
conference on implementing the program will
be held in Toronto Oct. 1 and 2.
The director suggested a member of the
board's assessment committee attend a
meeting on planning with assessment in
Toronto Sept. 17 and 18.
The board's accommodations review com-
mittee will set a meeting for September to
look over data collected by the administra-
tion.
The board agreed to pay Eileen Williams,
the custodian at St. Patrick's school in Dublin,
an hour per day of pupil attendance at the
recent summer school for Huron Perth
students held at the school. Cecilia Ryan was
hired as part-time custodian at St. Columban,
effective July 1.
The HPRCSS board will meet again Sept.
'14.
No serious injuries in explosion
Continued from page 1
according Insp. Robert Kaufman of the
Ontario Fire marshall's office in London
originally sent 11 people to hospital. All but
five had been treated and released by Friday
morning.
"It was a very serious explosion and we're
very happy there were no serious injuries or
deaths, " says Frank Capitano, the London
area manager of the Ontario Ministry of
Community and Social Services. The mil ktry
helps fund homes for the aged in the
province. Mr. Capitano says he is waiting for
reports from Huronview and the fire marshal!
before the ministry will proceed to work with
the home for the aged on renovations that
may have to be made and their financing.
There is a possibility the 27-year-old
building was structurally damaged by the
blast, which broke. windows and send shards
of glass flying up to 90 metres. Four two-room
apartments, a sitting room, auditorium and
kitchen were damaged. Fifty-seven residents
were temporarily evacuated from their rooms
in the vicinity of the damaged wing. -
"I think the only person who panicked was
me," says Huronview administrator Wayne
Le ster. He's had a hectic week. The
residents took it all in very good stride and
were more curious than anything else, Mr.
Lester says.
CRISIS
The administrator says the way Huron-
view, hospital and ambulance staffs meshed
at the time of the crisis was "fantastic". The
home for the aged has 310 residents and a
staff of 225. Mr. Lester says every member of
that staff must be familiar with fire drill
procedure, which is practiced regularly. It
paid off Thursday, he says, "everybody
moved out very quickly and the chain of
command went without hitch."
Mr. Lester says that everything is almost
back to normal at Huronview. Seven
residents had been relocated in the building
as of Tuesday morning, but these were
expected to take up their regular quarters by
the middle of this week. The auditorium,
damaged by the blast ihas been shut down for
a week, and Huron Day Care Committee
which used the facility will meet this week to
decide what it does next.
The Ontario fire marshall's office hasn't
released its final report, but Insp. Kaufman
publically commented on the explosion late
last week.
He said there's no reason to reprimand
anyone, building standards have been
tightened 100 per cent since the home was
built in 1953, "it's just one of those things
that occurred". Insp. Kaufman said the
explosion happened at 1:45 p.m. when
gasoline fumes from a ruptured underground
line were sparked by a small electric water
pmp in an underground room. The loose joint
in the line where the leak originated and the
broken pump were located. New safety
devices will be added to the gas line when
repairs are made.
FORTUNATE
"I feel they're fortunate no one was
killed," Mr. Kaufman said, "particularly
outside where the windows came out like
shrapnel."
HuronCounty is also responsible for
overseeing Huronview. Deputy clerk Bill
Alcock says the federal government once
sponsored emergency measures programs,
but it's now a county responsibility which
would cost a lot, and there is no county-wide
disaster program. "How much money can
you plow into a program?" Mr. Alcock asked.
"You could have a fleet of ambulances
waiting for the emergency and rusting on the
lot."
Mr. Alcock says Huronview has a line of
command and evacuation program in booklet
form which the staff is familiar with and
practices.
Brussels says goodbye to
Rev. Sargent and family
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A large congregation attended the last
service in Brussels on Sunday and later
presented the Sargent family which includes
Dan, his wife Grace and their children Kim
and Jason with an arm chair.
When he first came to this area four years
ago Mr. Sargent lived in Blyth because it was
more central to the four areas. After his 4
charges shrank to two, Blyth and Brussels, he
moved to the rectory in the larger town,
Brussels.
When he first started his ministerial
career, he was scheduled to the Diocese in
Moosonee but had so much trouble with the
Cree language that in May of 1974 he went to
the Yukon instead.
He had that church in Teslin and at the
same time had a parish at Atlin in British
Columbia. After two years he, moved on to
Cassiar in northern British Columbia.
The Sargents had just committed them-
selves to staying in the Yukon for five
years when Huron selected them and the
Bishop gave permission for them to go.
Some of the things Rev. Sargent started
while in this area included a Young People's
group, a prayer group, a Bible study club, the
3D Diet Club which stood for Diet, Discipline
and Discipleship and the new Christian
Initiation which was the first communion for
children. There was also a couples' club.
In regard to their move to London, Mrs.
Sargent said "We were just asked if we would
take this church in London and decided to go
ahead and do it.
At present there is no replacement
minister for Rev. Sargent and the churches in
Brussels and Blyth will have lay readers and
visiting ministers.
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Teachers, Huron B of E
to start talks again
Mediation talks between the Huron County
Board of Education and its 245 secondary
school teachers will resume after the
teachers' executive committee holds a
meeting at the end of this month.
Mediator Jeffrey Gandz, a professor at the
University of Western Ontario in London,
says because the teachers were "scattered"
in Abgust the process has recently been in a
holding pattern.
Mr. Gandz, who was appointed by the
Education Relations Committee, says if no
settlement has been reached by Aug, 31 the
teachers will go through the process of
fact-finding. That's when their present
contract expires,
Mr. Gandz says after fact findingi negotia-
tions could go on an undetermined length of
time, No details of negotiations have been
made public.
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