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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-10-07, Page 2• eiwy 35c Wednesday, October 7, 1981 uarterly education payments Lucknow,Ontario 24 Pages By Stephanie Levesque The education requisition for the Huron County Board cif Education will be collected in four instalments from the municipalities effective January 1, 1982. In a recommendation from the administra- tion and approved by the board, the monies will be collected in the following manner: 25 per cent of the total 1981 education levy for each municipality will be due on March 31, 1982, 50 per cent of the 1982 education levy, decreased by the amount paid on March 31, will be due on June 30, 1982, 25 per cent of the 1982 education levy will be due on September 30, 1982, and 25 per cent of the 1982 amount will be due on December 15, 1982. Each municipality in the county will be • notified of the change from two instalments per year to four payments per year, before October 31. In director of education John Cochrane's report, projected savings of $80,217.20 could be realized through quarterly payments.. , Trustee Murray Mulvey, representing •the Townships of Howick and Turnbeny and the Town of Wingham, said the taxpayers will " still have to pay, whether the school board pays less or the inunidpalities pay less. He said it would be a hardship on the rural municipalities. Trustee Dr. J. C. Goddard of the Township of Hay and the villages of Hensall and Zurich said as school trustees it is their duty to run the school board economically. •The topic of quarterly payments versus semi-annual payments had .been discussed earlier in the year by the board, and at that time it was suggested it be considered again in the fall. In other business, the board approved implementing a special education advisory committee consisting of Trustees Goddard, Jean Adams, and Dennis Rau, and non- members of the board from the 9oderich, South Huron, and Wingham Associitions for the Mentally Retarded and the Huron -Perth • Association for Parents of Handicapped Children. , Requuaire enren, s registration /woo, • • - or/iwroomowilif"14w' The Ludlam District Fire Department honoured Roy Haien* of Lucknow who Is retiring from the department after 30 years service. Fire ,Chief George Widtby,,left, presented Roy to planwinter sports program with *deck as a memento of ids years wlth the department. Odef Whitby remarked that -a look &relish, the.call .booltdetenishied.that Roy had siiieWered.approxlmatelly.2.50Milii • 30 years Mainber of c.11. fir any4isirs;14saiilberit4C .departieciiit and their wives attended *dinner hi Roy's honour helifinthe Heritage Lange Of the Mayfair Restaurant on Friday evening. (Sentinel Staff Photo] 4 A meeting of the Lucknow Minorilockey. Association on October 1 at the -Town Hall stressed the requirement that all children interested inparticipating in this year's hockey and skating programs be registered by October 17. Co-ordinator Bill Hunter, who will be setting up the arena schedule, • said it is impossible to prepare for the season if the teams and skating club do not know the number of children who will participate in • 'their programs. A poor turn out at registration makes it difficult to arrange an arena schedule and ice time this year as previously it is at a • pretniutn. If children are not registered before the first day of their program Le. the first hockey practice or the first day of skating, it hampers the procedure a the first - session because parents are attempting to register their children at the arena. It also makes it difficult to plan a program when it must be changed several times as more children are registered. The Lucknow Minor Hockey Association and the Lucknow Figure Skating Cub are holding registration October 10 and October 17 at the Town Hall. All parents are asked to register their children for hockey or skating at these times to assist organizers in preparing the programs and schedules for this season. These registration dates provide ample opportunity for all children to be registered before the beginning of the season. Discuss implications of Bill 82 By Stephanie Levesque Teachers Will have less control in the placement of an exceptional child under the special education policy (Bill 82), elementary school teachers found out at a fall conference • of Region One of the Women Teachers' Association of Ontario, held here. Projection course at local library • Recently the Lucknow Branch Library had a new 16MM Projector placed there for the public to use. A Projectionist Course is being taught for the public that are interested in learning how to operate this equipMent. Ott Monday, October 26th, Mrs. Jo -Anne Alexander, Audio -Visual Supervisor, from the •Bruce COunty Library will be at the Lucknow Branch to teach a Projectionist Comte from 7 - 9 p.m, There is a limit a.s to the number of people we can handle for this session. The fee is $3.00 for the course and is to be paid the evening of the course. If you are interested please phone the Branch Library 528-3011 and leave your name, telephone number. We recommend that all people interested in borrowing this equipment obtain their Projectionist Card. Lucknow Branch hours: Monday, 1 - p.m., 7 - 9 p.m.; Wednesday, 2 - 5 p.m., 7 - 9 p.m.; friday, 2 - 5 p.m. and 7 - 9 p.ttf. Elementary school teachers from Oxford, Windsor, Huron, Perth and all points in between Were told at the conference held -,on Saturday the ramifications from the imple- mentation of Bill 82. Mary HOwarth, executive assistant for the • Federation of Women Teachers, from • Toronto, said in her opinion, "Bill 82 is, in a way, a transfer of power". • She said it was perceived that schools had too much power in regards to the placing of exceptional children. "-Now greater power has been accorded to the parents and child," said Mrs. Howarth. She noted that persons 18 years of age and, over can make a decision on their placement. Mrs. Howarth had explained the back- ground of Bill 82 at a conference held this past 'summer. She told the teachers present they will' still recommend to principals a child who may need to be identified as an exceptional student. The parents are also able to do this. From there, the case goes to the Identifi- cation, Placement and Review Committee which does as its name' -suggests. • It identifies *any exceptionalities, places the student and reviews annually the presribed placement, if any. Mrs. Howarth explained there are routes parents may take if they wish to appeal any decision made b the IPRC, and the school board may also make an appeal, but at no time may the teacher make an appeal, "To me its an imbalance," said Mrs. • Howarth, • She explained if a teacher did not agree ••Turn to page 20 • • - • Acceptance of boiler tender -creates controversy for board By Stephiude Levesque The Huron County Board of Education accepted the tender 016. L. Slaught Limited of Crediton for a York -Shipley' boiler at $34,611 for Seaforth District High School. The bid accepted was the lowest of seven tendert received by the beard. The recom- mendation to accept the tender was originally . submitted to the board by, the management committee but was reviewed by the executive committee after receiving a complaint from Bell Industries Limited of Seaforth, a boiler manufacturing company. In the executive committee's reort to the board it stated, "as a result of die string of Minor hockey association discuss costs A meeting of the, Lucknow Minor Hockey Association was held on Thursday evening, October 1 at the Town Hall. Attendance as in other years was very poor with only 10 people attending. 'rhe main topic discussed at the meeting was the cost of energy and transportation as it effects the Lucknow minor hockey pro- gram. It was brought forward that to keep the cost down for individuals, especially the coaches and managers who are already donating their time, parents must partici- pate in driving to out of town games. It was flecided that the coaches and managers of each team would meet with the parents to work Out a travelling arrangement for each teani. The House League system was also discussed with the need for coaches and a league convener being outlined. k Anyone who is interested in these positions should contact Bill Hunter. objections in the past from Bell Industries Limited that one 'of its boilers was not used as the 'base bid' for tendering of boiler replacement in Huron County School, the project engineer was instructed by this board's administrative staff, to use a Bell Industries Limited boiler as the 'base bid'." The base bid is the item whose specifica- tions are used on the tender forms and must be equalled or exceeded by a tenderer. This practice was followed for the boiler tenders. • -The lowest tenderer on the total project using both the "base bid" boiler and suggested alternatives was t, 1 Slaught Limited," stated the executive committee's report. - • The Slaught company's bids were •as "follows, base bid boiler at S44,100, York - Shipley boiler at S34,6i1, and Syncro • Compac boiler at $36,543 (Syncro Compac is manufactured by Bell Industries). R. Egan, the board's consulting engineer, did not accept the Syncro Compac boiler as being equal to the base bid, but did accept the • York -Shipley boiler as being equal. Turn to page 20 Organize second intermediate team Lucknow will have an OHA Intermediate hockey team this season, because there is an excessive number of top quality players eligible to play intermediate hockey, Organizers expect this team will be very competitive, even though a second inter- mediate team playing out of a community this size is unusual. A committee has been organized with a coach, manager, trainer and assistants. Anyone interested in playing for the Inter- mediate D team should be at the arena October 15 at 8 p.m. < 4 •