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' r MAXX1•WIDtrii offer full: A" thickness; MAXXI-VALUE offer'5.Omm thickness. Genuine Case IH MAXXI•WIot1r' and MAXXhVALUE'v Cultivator Sweeps Now an Sale. CASE,dI LUCKNOW. 529=7993 • Worts: Mon. - Fd. 8AM•5:30 PM CLOSED Saturdays during Jan. & Feb./97 • P OOUCT i______ _ ,O ."o. SNF," Te4ehers:, picket MPE's a;f�,ce by Cale' Covina "Hey -hey, ho -ho, Mike Harris has got to go." ' The chant rolled down Exeter's Main Street Friday afternoon as more than 350 angry Huron educators andsupport staff. 'went to visit MPP Helen Johns. But they were unimpressed with the Irical member of the legislative assembly as she bolted for her car after a brief state- meat to the exuberant throng.. "I don't think it's a good .thin g'for us to. stand on a street corner discussing. poli- cy," she oli-cy,"she said, trying to be heard over the crowd. Things got worse from there. However, Johns may be, forgiven for leaving before representatives of the six unions in attendance had their say as she was con- stantly shouted down during her address. Catcalls of "We don't. trust you," may still be ringing in herears. Certainly, the 350 -plus marchers were looking to make a public spectacle;.. but they also had a mes- sage. es sage. • . • "We have come out._xo show the people of this ' `� • "We aro looking into different areas that can be outsourced ... but anything has to come to the minister," she, explained. "We're not saying anything will he out- sourced." When :asked why Snobeleninsisted'it be included in Bill 104 if it was not a pri- ority, Johns, pushed on. • "I think that all of you know that each of us hero, todar is concerned about our . children and their education," she said; "We Must, maintain education at 'a high- level" That statement, however, is at the core of •the fight as educators across the., province. disagree asto the best way to maintain quality .education,' While the Harris government under Snobelen's , direction ) insists it • must realign financing and • ggver, .nance . of public educa- tion, . educators Worry 'they are overlooking the needs of the students.' Signs readi, n'g "cuts hurt.' kids" and "sone cuts won't' heal. made that point very public, on Friday.. ,.AAs ..our representative , in this government, we tif county: that we are serious professionals who,. if pushedtoo' far, willstand, up for, our rights and for the rights of the children who are our 'wards in, the system," said Wilhelmina Laurie of the .Huron Wome Association,' one of two speak- ers. on behalf of the .lrnions. Primarily at issue for the unions` is Bill.... 104 which will' realign .school{, boards' across the province 'and basically change education" govern ice But it ,also allows for outsourcing of some support services. which got 'members :'of CUPE and,:SEIU' marching as well: Educators are also' concerned''about'' secondary. school reform -'which' will reduce high 'school requirements to four years - and elementary :curriculum ' changes . along with reforms to ,provincewide assessments for funding. Two . weeks ago ';members of the Ontario. .Secondary School Teachers' Federation, the Huron Women ,Teachers'' Association, the Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation and the Ontario ' English ;Catholic.. Teachers , Association held county -wide .:protests against: Bill' 104; • Friday's marchon' �dohns" office. was the next .step. • New •this time, however, was the.inclu sion of support time, ,whose primary concern 'i perception.that Education Minister •john a' ..Snobelen is'; planning to' `outsource' various non:educational' ser- vices in schools. ` Johns _tried to. convince the crowd that outsourcing was not a,priority of her gov- ernment, r call, on 'you to intensify our efforts • and " advocacy on behalf hof Huron public edu• - cation for education finance reform ' that must favor a low spending rural board :like en--•-Hurgn,'-'.-QPM president Paul' Dycit. told the:' absent Johns ' 'Per pupil spending and teacher :com pensation are well below provincial'aver agesri„and are.: near. the:, bottom 'of the province::" "Change,that ispoiitically motivated is ' hurting bur students." Johns supplied: the = protestors with a `. 'written responseto seine of their concerns • .. and on the issue of: finance reform claimed she was'seurprised by, their oppo sition as she was lobbied by'local boards to move aheadquickly:with the plaii:.. "This reform: was requested,because of the :diversity ,of.'funding on a per •Pupil basis across the. Province of Ontario," she wrote. However, it was the issue of funding that came`;up time and again daring' the .., rally on Friday. "Putting moner in is still a case of too little, , too late," Laurie said, going on to criticize the government, for poor ,plan- ning in its education reform initiatives..' "Had the government aid more 'atten tion, to doing itshomework,, perhaps it• would ndthave created. such, a. disaster in the 'education system: by pulling out need ed funds... "And perhaps it would not have need ed: to back up and reanalyse the 'damage once • children's li'v,.es had already, beep affected." • • Walkerton pa The Walkerton herald- • Times, a:sister "publication of The Lucicnow Sentinel, was sold last week to LW. Eedy Publications Ltd. The Herald Times was purchased. from Harold Wesley by Signal' Star Publishing in 1984, subse quently sold to Burgoyne , Community Newspapers of St. Catharines in 1981, . and . in December 1995 became - • .a Bowes Publishers'newspaper. • .Eedy Publications pub- er sold Did you know? . 4 111 1996 an average of 14,000 people learned that they have epilepsy; 3,200 are children under the age of 10, and 3,936 are over the age of,60. This means that about 60%6 'afnew' patientsare young -*chil- dren 'and children'and senior citizens. Approximately 1 %of the population, about 3 ,000 lishes eight community newspapers including the Wingham •Advance- Times, and also owns a web plant in Durham where 'the Herald -Tinier will now be published'. Canadians have 'epilepsy. They include people who take antiepilepticdru s or. who have had "a •suture within the Past 5 years.