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Name.
Mr. Batten:
As chairman of the now
functioning Exeter Block
Parent Committee I would
like to express the ap-
preciation of that committee
to the many people who
assisted us in instituting the
programme in this com-
munity
The Exeter Times
Advocate who helped
transmit the message to the
community of the need for
such a programme and
helped keep them informed
of our progress,
The Exeter Police
Department who were very
co-operative and have been
of invaluable assistance in
the development and
maintenance of the
programme,
The schools-Exeter Public
and Precious Blood. Both
Mr. Chapman and Mr.
Krattchick made the
children available to us-our
children are the main reason
for the programme,
Above all the Exeter Block
Parents, We have. 120 now
registered and are proud of
this enthusiastic response to
such a worthwhile project.
We are indeed a "Block
Parent Community."
It has given us great
satisfaction to see the in-
terest the community takes
in the safety of our children,
We would like to see this
support continue as the
programme grows.
The main criteria for a
successful programme is
that the Block Parent never
be called upon — but they
are there just in case!
Mary Jane MacDougall
Exeter Block Parent
Committee
' Sponsors Xi Gamma Nu
Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
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Dear Sir;
I'm concerned about what
in my point of view are
some needed improvements
for • the South Huron,
recreation centre. The first
aspect deals with the
shortage of roller skates.
Although they have got
some new roller skates there
just aren't enough.
I suggest the caretakers
take down how many people
leave because of the shor-
tage of skates and count how
many new ones they need or
buy some used ones;
Also I think that some
coloured lights would give
the place the feel of one of
the bigger rinks like
"Wheels" or "Roller
Palace." I found when I was
skating at the South Huron
centre it was hard to hear
announcements and songs
because of a sound system
geared for Hockey, I hope
my suggestions are used.
sincerely yours
Neil Kaer
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Bill:
I thought this enclosed
clipping made the most
sense of anything I have read
in a long time.
Jim Ross
Timiskaming Board of
Education trustee
Rosamond Clark heavily
criticized the current
methods of negotiating
between education boards
and teachers in a brief
presented to the Commission
to Review the Collective
Negotiating Process bet-
ween Teachers and School
Boards.
Trustee Clark's major
contention is that teachers
have gained too much power
and school boards are no
longer able to function
democratically. Bill 100, her
GRADUATES — Wendy
Beaver of Dashwood
graduated recently from the
Tourism-Tourist Attractions
course at Niagara College in
Welland. She has accepted a
management trainee position
with Wendy's Hamburgers in
London.
The readers. including school kids) write;
About taxes , block program, tournament
brief states, gives teachers
the power to demand
management in the
educational systern.
"Management rights of
the public through elected
representatives should be
constitutional in a
democracy, g teachers want
to manage a system they
should buy their own schools
and compete," the brief
says.
Trustee Clark noted that
teachers do have the right to
equitable remunerations but
they should be arrived at in a
manner that is in the interest
of the public good.
The market-place sets
limits to employees
demands, she says in the
brief. "In a private com-
pany, high demands on the
part of employees can result
in an inability of a company
to compete resulting in
bankruptcy and unem-
ployment of all the em-
ployees. This acts as a
deterrent for unreasonable
demands and results in
greater quality and ef-
ficiency."
But in the public sector,
the brief states, there is no
such controlling factor to the
source of salaries. Teachers'
demands such as higher pay,
shorter work hours, fewer
pupils per teacher, result in
higher taxes. "Every year
uncountable thousands of
small business jobs are
destroyed indirectly in in-
flation and taxes", Trustee
Clark's brief reads.
It is not possible for a just
settlement to be achieved
through the current
negotiation process mainly
because the process is not
subject to the controls of the
market place and because
parents have no alternative
system to transfer their
children and grants to.
"Governments and
teachers cannot create
wealth, yet teachers have
been given the power to
bankrupt the economy by
being able to negotiate very
costly class sizes, pupil
teacher ratios, two spares a
day (which means 25 percent
more teachers), etc.," the
brief says.
Mrs. Clark notes that some
boards give these
management rights away
unwittingly. "After literally
selling the democratic
birthrights of our citizens, it
is very costly if not im-
possible, to buy them back,"
It does not make sense, her
brief says, that elected
representatives are often
forced into accepting a strike
in order to do the job they
were elected to do.
"Those whose incomes are
not controlled by the market
and are protected by various
forms of indexing are not
harmed by cheaper money
and heavier government
borrowing at present," the
brief says.
"They prefer to maintain
their standard of living in
spite of the inevitable in-
flationary blow off that will
result...It is impossible to
have self-government and
freedom without honest
money determined by the
market place."
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Dear Sir;
"Next Please, Oh! I'm
sorry this lady was here
first,"
I'm sick of this just
because I'm a kid doesn't
mean I should be pushed
around and picked on.
Whenever a kid goes into a
fancy or nonfancy
restaurant or store and
there's an adult behind her
she always has to wait. And
besides she's usually not
pushy about it — she waits
her turn,
Well let the adults Wait for
a change. Because kids are
people too!
Sincerely Yours,
A pushed around student,
Kirsten Hoogenboom
Dear Sir:
The area basketball
tournament for public
schools was held recently, At
the end our team was
declared champs after the
completion of a cham-
pionship game, After the
tourney a meeting was held
to discuss a discrepancy
about the interpretation of
an unwritten rule. This
discrepancy was discovered
when the tournament was
over.
At the meeting, which was
held because of complaints
about the refereeing from
another team, we were
declared co-champs.
It is very unfortunate that
such a low level of sport-
smanship occurs in public
school sports. A decision
should have been made at
the time of the tournament.
It is a poor example when
our coaches, who tell us to
abide with the referee's
decision, fail to do so
themselves. Arguing when
you lose is just one example
of this poor sportsmanship.
Every team goes to the
tourney hoping to win and to
have fun. As of now. some
teams try to win and if they
don't look for a loophole and
complain.
Obviously the objectives of
these tournaments need to
be re-examined, Something
needs to be' done im-
mediately to bring the fun
and sportsmanship back into
winning and losing.
Yours sincerely,
Kathy Schade
on behalf of the Stephen
Central School
Girl's Basketball Team
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