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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-04-05, Page 34Page 2--Laoknow S,entinel, Wednesday, April 12, 1978 The Lucknow Sentinel LUCKNOW, ONTARIO "The Sepoy Town" On the Huron -Bruce Boundary Established 1873 - Published Wednesday Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. A Robt. G. Shrier - president and publisher Sharon J. Dietz - editor Anthony N. Johnstone general manager - Subscription rate, $10 per year in advance Senior Citizens rate, $8.00 per year in advance U.S.A. and Foreign, $14 per year in advance Business and Editorial/Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Second class mail registration number - 0847 Communication and trust A tentative agreement has • been reached in the Huron County Secondary School Teachers' strike. The negotiating committees for the two sides reached.a tenative agreement during a marathon session over the weekend. The board . voted on the agreement last night and the teachers will vote tonight. Huron County high school students should be back in the classroom tomorrow morning. The two remaining clauses which prolonged the dispute were sick leave gratuity and teacher workload. In th's agreement, sick leave gratuity will go o arbitration and the teacher workload will be governed by the pupil-teache ratio. Total numbers of students, avea\ge class size and the number of teaching periods will be written into the contract. A. committee consisting of a board trustee, an administration representa- tive such as a superintendent of education, a teacher and a principal will comprise a committee to recommend to the board the workload, of the teachers, the number -of teachers needed, where they ,are needed and. how they will be used. The effort to establish good communi- cation and a real trust between the board and the teachers the last seven years has been wiped away by the strike. To add to this is the ill. -feeling between the parents and ratepayers in the county and, the board and teachers, built up during the strike. It is time to get the students of Huron County back into the classroom. It is time for the teachers and the board to communicate by trying this proposal and to trust, that by trying,, it can work as a solution. If the two parties in the dispute had communication and trust between each other, as they should, the strike would never have occurred and the education of the county would not be in the shambles it is today. The proposal before the teachers tonight is a good one and could very well solve the stalemate and return some sense to the education system in this county. If the board and the teachers are to ever come to an understanding, they are going to have to open up communi- cation. and start trusting. It is going to have to be done some time ' or the educationof the county's students will always be in jeopardy. It is time for the teachers and the trustees of this system to vote in favour of the tentative agreement placed before them. Then, in the days and weeks to come, the real negotiating will have to begin. Earnest communication and trust in the future will be the only way to mend the fences broken down; during the dispute and bring stability•. to the Huron County education system. To the Editor, A copy of this letter will be sent to the Honourable T. L. Wells, Minister of Education, Province of Ontario. As a concerned taxpayer (and parent) I am writing to protest the legislation as was, _brought into being, in Bill C 100. I feel that this bill has been ineffective and has been clearly demonstrated as such in the strike which has occured in Huron County this past eight weeks. Negotiations have•broken down again and again and the teachers are merely engaged in a protec- tive game of waiting. I understand that there are several other counties in this province in the same position which is a further indication that some change is necessary. I also feel that the education of our children is vital service to our country, and teachers should come under the same legislation ' as policemen, firemen, hospital workers, etc. We the taxpayers elect a school board to represent us, but due to this bill they have very little authority over the teachers or conditions. • Either the right for teachers to strike should be rescinded or the board should be given the right to be able to discharge teachers if they are not satisfied with the terms and conditions set down by the board. Because of this bill, education costs of salaries plus benefits have escalated to the place that teachers have .become a. privileg- ed minority. I would ask you to use your position, power and influence to have Bill C 100 amended or changed as soon as possible. A reply concerning this matter and a plan of action to be taken would be appreciated. Shirley Hackett,- Concerned ackett,Concerned Parents of Ashfield Township., Peterborough, Ont. Mar. 29, 1978 Dear Editor: f am writing to renew my subscription for another year. I really enjoy getting the Sentinel and it helps me keep in touch with Lucknow and Ripley areas. I appreciate your coverage of Ripley - Huron area and especially the complete hockey news each week all winter from Ripley. Hope all is well and keep up the good work. A small town newspaper is an important part of the community. Yours very truly Bryan Boyle Sarnia, Ontario, March 20, 1978. Editor of Sentinel, Dear Sirs: Enclosed please find order for renewal of your paper. I enjoy it "very much. It brings back many memories of times I spent there. Thanking you, Harry Jewitt, ALPHA SURVEY Dear Editor: The Awareness League for Physically Handicapped Adults (ALPHA) is conducting a survey„ of- private accommodation in Huron County suitable for use by the handicapped: We will apprec- iate your co=operation in making this known to your readers and would ask any person who .has such facilities available;;hl'o write ALPHA, P.O. Box 1388, -Clinton, Ontario, NOM 1LO. Thanks for your assistance an behalf of ALPHA. Elaine Townsend, President. LOOKING BACKWARDS THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES • 75 YEARS AGO The dust was simply terrible on the main street on Monday. The speckled trout season opens May 1st. Angus Cameron and Wes McIntosh' left on Wednesday, for the West. . Tom Watson has just placed in his barber shop two handsome revolving chairs. Mrs. J. D. Nichol and children of Chicago are guests of her mother, Mrs. John Boyd. George Anderson spent Sunday and Monday at his home here and left for Winnipeg -on Wednesday. When the Bruce County Hos- pital opens . in Walkerton in June it will be entirely free from debt. Frank Cain has had a new plate glass window put in his "Hub" grocerythat greatly adds to its appearance. Frank is bound to be up-to-date in the grocery busi- ness. St. Helens: Our genial tailor, C. Decher, evidently thought "con- nubial bliss" was best. Accom- panied by Will McCrostie, he repaired to Rostock on Thursday of last week, where he was united in wedlock with Miss E. Batt, an estimable young lady ' of that place. On their arrival here on the late train Friday, they were tendered a reception and presen- tation. Mr. and Mrs. John Young and son, who have been old residents of the base line left for the Northwest where they intend making their home near Saska- toon. Mrs. Richard Ryan and her three children of this ivillage also left for Manitoba where they will live with Mrs. Ryan's aged mother who has been very ill since the sudden death of her son, Fred, a well known man of this vicinity. 50 YEARS AGO An Easter Blizzard: Who ever saw an Easter Sun like that? It was like a wild January or March blizzard from morning until night and well on into the night. Fortunately it was not very cold. Good Friday was a delightful spring day, even the angle worths were out, permitting the early birds to get a full meal after their flight northward. John Webb of High River, Alberta, arrived home on Sunday to. St. Helens. He has come home due to the death of his father and the serious illness of his mother. Cecil and Alma Blake were home front Detroit for Easter. Alma will return but Cecil plans to remain in Crewe for the summer. The friends of J. Harrington are sorry to hear of his accident in the train wreck which occurred at Acton. He received severe . head inj urie s. Owing to the warm weather the maple syrup season was very short this year, there; being only a week of good weather. Annie Ketchabaw of Galt spent the holiday under the parental roof at Paramount. Mr. and Mrs. Alex MacDonald of Toronto are spending the Easter vacation with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angus MacDonald, on the fourth conces- sion.. of Kinloss. Christena Johnston of Detroit is spending a few weeks with Hannah MacDonald „ who has recently, returned home to the fourth concession of Kinloss from Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph :Million recently married were in town for a few days last week. We understand they will be residing in Boston, Mass. Wallace Howe, Gordon Baker and Charlie Webster have gone to Welland where they hope to find employment on, the big canal. Meg. Hugh Murray and Claire and K. N. Treleaven of Hamilton spent Easter with Mrs. M. A. Treleaven. Mrs. F. J. Lucas and Audrey of Toronto are spending the week with Ethel and Belle Robertson. - 25 YEARS.AGO---- Judy Agnew, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Agnew of Detroit, was placed - in a cast to correct a hip condition in Victoria Hospital, London this week. She will be able to return to her home in Detroit shortly. It is feared that Bobby Habkirk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Habkirk of Lucknow has suffered perman- ent injury to the sight of one eye as a result of being struck by a stone from a slingshot. Rev. G. Benson Cox returned to the village this week after completing an Atlantic and Medi- terranean cruise and visits. to a number of Middle East countries including Algiers, Morroco, Leb- annon, Israel, Turkey and Yugos- lavia. The local water system stand- pipe is undergoing a cleanout and painting job at present at a cost of $1,125. The work is being done by L. J. Luynch Co. of Brampton. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion celebrated their fiftieth anniversary with a pot luck supper. Lucknow Midgets. Ontario "C" hockey champions, will be. honoured at a banquet in the Recreational Centre. It is expect- ed that the champs' jackets will be on hand for presentation. Kathleen MacIntosh, Dorothy Gibson and Hazel Culbert spent Easter weekend in New York City and saw the Easter parade on. 5th Avenue. Gordon Fisher, 15, of White- church, who had his leg broken when struck by a car on the highway near his home, March 1st, .will be able to return home this week. The leg will be in a cast for another month yet. Jack Price of Goderich who finished the hockey season with the Chicago Black Hawks had took part in the Stanley Cup, semi- finals, was in Lucknow on Sunday afternoon, calling on his grand- father, William Johnston. "Somehow or other" during the Easter vacation the chimney of the Dungannon school was plugged with rags and paper and one can _ well imagine what happened when caretaker, Charl- es Fowler, fired up after the holiday: Could be several explan- ations for the prank, not the least the possibility that the pranksters were just "celebrating" the marriage of Principal Eric Modre during the Easter vacation.