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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-03-02, Page 1Sin* eopy 3Se oue . m Teachers charge board is bargaining in bad faith Bruce County's 220 secondary school teachers have filed a bad bargaining charge against the county board of education. Mark Ciavaglia, the teachers' chief negotiator filed the charge with the Education Relations Commission in Toronto February 21. The bad bargaining charge was made in response to a letter the teachers recently received from Bruce County direct- or education 'Jack Bowers explaining the board didn't want to negotiate a contract for 1983-84. Ciavaglia accused the board of "hiding behind" Bill 179, the Inflation Restraints Act. "They say the collective agreement is continued from 1981-82 under the Inflation Restraints Act," the Kincardine teacher said. "It doesn't mean that bargaining is finished. Bill 179 was not designed to curtail bargaining." He added that the board and teachers should be holding two meetings now, to negotiate a contract for 1982-83 and another one for the 1983-84 school year. Ciavaglia says the board's administration is just continuing a tradition of settling contracts late. "The teachers are facing the same frustra- 6 tion they faced 10 years ago," he said. "Way before 1 was here, contracts were settled late. The board has changed with elections but the administration has remain- ed the same so the advice remains the same. The teachers are angry and frustrated at the lack of respect they're getting from the board." Under the current agreement, the teach- er's salary schedule, principals and vice - principal's salaries and responsibility allow- ance have all been increased by nine per cent, as allowed under Bill 179. The teacher's are accepting the pay increase, according to Ciavaglia, but are looking for more input into the board's decision making process. "Our input is totally limited," commented Ciavaglia. "The teachers are concerned about the students and the parents know what we're going through." The Education Relations Commission, responsible for overseeing teacher -board contract negotiations, will set up "some sort of mediation process", Ciavaglia said. Besides informing the ERC of the charge, letters have also been sent to the board and to Ron Gatis, chairman of the board's negotiating committee. OFA president meets area farmers The president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) met last week with Huron and Perth County Federation of Agriculture representatives and local bank and trust officials in St. Columban to discuss farm financing problems. Pleads guilty David Parrish of Ashfield Township pleaded guilty in Goderich Provincial Court on Friday, February 25 to two counts of break, enter and theft, one count of possession of firearms and one count of mischief. The charges were laid following the discovery of stolen household goods, and firearms in an abandoned house in Ashfield Township. Farrish was remanded in custody until March 11 for sentencing. Juveniles begin series Lucknow Juveniles play their first game of the WOAA quarter final series against Erin, in Lucknow on Sunday afternoon. "Farm financing is the biggest problem facing farmers today," Ralph Barrie said following the meeting. "It is important we work with the government and the banking community to help out farmers in financial trouble. In 1982, 410 farmers went bankrupt in Canada, a 57 per cent increase over 1981.. The latest figures show another 33 farmers went broke in January, including 13 Ontario farmers. if that rate continues to the end of the year 541 farms will declare bankruptcy this year, 232 of them in Ontario. "Bankruptcies are reaping a bitter harvest of broken dreams and empty barns. We must take quick action so that this tragic crop doesn't grow any greater than it already is," Barrie said. Barrie said that the OFA has been holding meetings with various levels of the provinc- ial government and chartered banks to provide relief for the farming community. He said the OFA is workingto make sure all Levels of the financial comunity areoaware of the problems facing the agricultural sector. "Meetings like the one today that create dialogue between the lenders and the farmers can only help break down any communication problems that may exist," Barrie said. March storm closed Holyrood road March came in like a lamb and since we haven't really had winter yet, it's possible March this year could go out like a lion. Douglas Graham of Lucknow brought a copy of the March 19, 1947 issue of the Sentinel to the office this week which carries the following report: Took Five Days To Open Holyrood - Lucknow Road Late last Thursday night, a snowplow and shovelling crew broke lilto Lucknow from the north, to terminate a five-day battle to open the five -mile stretch from Holyrood to Lucknow. On Saturday afternoon, March nth, the struggle began. A11 that week the road had been blocked so badly that even horses could not navigate it. By Sunday night a motor trail was broken 1'/4 miles to the 6th Concession. To break the next mile and a quarter to the Grey Ox, through the "Basin Mills", took all day Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs- day until about five o'clock that afternoon, After reaching the Grey Ox, the remaining 21/2 miles into Lucknow was broken through in about five hours. The heavy road maintainer was used on this stretch, aided by a crew of shovellers that totalled as high as 22 men. One day the progress between the 4th and the 6th totalled less than 100 yards. Much difficulty was also encountered at the Blackhorse end of the road, but this was open before the south end. On Friday motor traffic was moving over this 10 -mile link between Highway 86 and the Durham Road, for the first time in 12 days. Cost of opening the road was estimated to he about $800. Published In Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, Mirth 2, 1943 li Pages Sgt. Fred Black, 26, of Lucknow, posed beside a United Nations Jeep in Nicosia, Cyprus. Sgt. Black is one of 430 soldiers of the Second Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian L$Bit tnfanty from Winnipeg, Manitoba, currently serving a six month tour of duty with the United Nations Forces on the Mediterranean Island. Canadian soldiers are responsible for the area around the capital city of Nicosia where they observe and report actions of the Greek awl Turkish Cypriot Forces along the cease fire line. Sgt. Black is the son of Keith and Margaret Black of Lucknow, and the husband of Nicole Mark Black from Matheson. This Is Sgt. Black's first tour of Cyprus and while there he is serving as a suction commander. 0e has been to the Canadian Armed Forces for five years. [Photo by Carol McNight, Courtesy The Ingersoll Times) Win public speaking contest Fifteen students from five area schools participated in the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 309, Lucknow, public speaking competitions held at the Lucknow Legion Hall on Friday night. In the senior division Heidi Fillmore, a grade 8 student at Brookside Public School won first for the second consecutive year; Cindy Struthers, grade 7, Lucknow Central Public School placed second and Bonnie Henderson, grade 7, Brookside Public School placed third. In the junior division, Heather Steer, grade 5, Lucknow Central Public School placed first; Ken Strong, grade 6, Brookside Public School placed second for the second consecutive year and Wendy Miltenburg, grade 6, Kingsbridge Community School, placed third. Also competing in the senior division were Maureen Stapleton, grade 7, Kingsbridge Community School; Heather Howald, grade 7, Lucknow Central Public School; Irene Teraa, grade 8, Lucknow Christian School and Andrea Smith, grade 8, Kingsbridge Coniniunity School. In the junior division, Cindy Bakelaar, grade 5, Lucknow Christian School; Jenny Cooper, grade 5, Lucknow Central Public School; Sandra Van Osch, grade 5, Kings- bridge Community School; Laurie Ha en, grade 6, Brookside Public School and .tennifer Stanley, grade 5, Kinloss Central Public School, also competed. Judges for the competition were Joan Martin, Lucknow, Dixie Cameron, Lucknow and Murray Gaunt, Wingham. Winners will go on to the zone competition to be held March 5, in Clinton. Perfect rose garden The secrets to cultivating and maintaining a perfect rose garden will be revealed at the Lucknow Legion on Wednesday, March 9, 1983. The program will provide a basic review of the cultivation of modern garden roses, covering such topics as planting, pruning and seasonal maintenance, George Pagwoski, from the Royal Bot- anical Gardens, an expert on rose care will speak about these and many other interest- ing aspects of rose gardening. This program is being sponsored by the Lucknow Branch of the Bruce County Public Library with the financial assistance of the Georgian Bay Regional Library System and Outreach Ontario a program of the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture and the Royal Botanical Gardens.