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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-12-10, Page 5.itt Savins teachers@ salariessalarios cover strike -related costs Pat pin The Bruce -Grey separate board is predicting that salaries saved during the ten-day teachers' protest won't cover strike-related,expenses the education min- istry is ordering the board to pay. • The province wants school boards to pay, $400 per family as child care compensation. The compensation is available to all families with children tip, tri age' 13, whether or not they had• child care costs during the Strike. "Ws a farmers' grant," board chair Ken Waechter said about the no -strings offer`, • ' Business supervisor Cathy Colton said the board saved $619,000 in salaries during the strike: The. •board mould "break even" on. the $40 a day child care 'cost if 1,500: families apply. if 2,000 families apply, the board's cost rises to $800,000. • .• "We're leaning closer to .that." Colton said after a survey of student numbers and famit.y sizes at one school: "Then we're in a loss position." That loss will be compounded by another ministry directive, ordering boards to make up lost teaching days by cancellingprofessional development and examdays Changing the school calendar to do that Means di:srujat iig7hTs-rcmtes -shwet1-:witiv_the..two neighbouring hoards, resulting in an extra •S62,,000.• cost for'titudent,-transp'ortation. 'That amount ,is $13;000 more than the separate: board saved on busing during the strike., ' In all, ministry directives resulting from th'e teach- ers' .protest could, cost the separate board almost .5 201).000 New enti .from page 1: • third with 332: votes. Hoshizaki said it's an important sym- bolic step for, the .twpiboards to go into ainaigamation with a new name and identity. 'I think" just to' be; identified as, a, new board with a new name :.:was '.important Also the kids 'really' liked that name,'he ;said; "the ideaof •expressing it• different- 'ly„ • :'. The Bruce and Grey Hoards are taking credit. for being:the first in, the province vtgo aiheazt-with•-ehoosi i v n tl ough' mihistry of education criteria at the time restricted district: boards to •des- ignation by number alone., Since then ;:The ministry has set guide .lines that allow district` boards .to choose names. Those guidelines. stipulate;'that. 'the term. "District: School Board" must be Lincli)au''11J as AA$it New sewa raw ooulel co4 two counties user fees On Nov." 17, the Pruce- Grey=Owen Sound hoard of Health unanimously voted in favor of a resolu- tion pertaini g to private sewage systems. The reso- lution comes in response to the downloading of pri- - vate sewage system responsibility from the province to municipalities. In March 1998, subsur- face sewage disposal leg- islation ('Part VIII of the Environmentaul Protection Acte willbecome part of the Building Code -Act. What this change means is that each of the. 56 munici- palities of .Grey and Druce Countirs will be responsi- ole-for.eziforcing :this leg- islation. The province esti"- mates that the Bruce- ' •Grey, -Gwen Sound•area, • will face increased, COs•tS of $400,000 as a 'result. For•the past .30 years in •Grey County and 50 years 4 imp;ort�.nt in the new "name, while the word 'Pubiic"' is not allowed to he used,. , • Hoshizaki Said. the committee 'is still working on the logo 'for the, amalgamatedboard. Wednesday,'the LEC .reviewed; the'lop three choices' from the short list acid-debated'how to. make. the ,ideas fit the new name. "..The, most popular' choice froth the shortlist is a: styltzed'•apple incorporating the letters.Q and Be.sitting -on a :book. Hoshizaki noted the:third choice; :which: is ..adapted: from!. the Market 'Gre)i-Bruxce logo, is appropriate 'because: it Shows the' counties,and the surrounding , bodies' of • water • Hoshizaki said the cominittee will work .with the logo designers to modtfyi the suggestions and:present, them''.to the LEIC for final recommendation later this • month,. • fi om page;4' months ago and I:am not. getting; a response. Ms:' Murray gave me copy of the bylaw and it states that it cannot be. used unless.. : approved by the Minister of Agriculture.: The 'problem ,lies 'with the fact that the bylaw cannot be used in the way they are trying to use U. Because the ,bylaw. should beapplied. uni forint)/ to, all people with weed's cin their property. They, only"cut a few lots • • and left .a bunch uncut and ,did, not cut the weeds along .Highway 21 and: along township side -roads and other rots. 'The point :I make is that • the way the, , weed -cutting bylaw is used, infringes on my freedoms and.rights -as a citizen:.under the charter: of Rights Lt'does'not take 4;brain surgeon td: cut someone's; trees two years running and cut: sire water control '' towers 1l request a copy •ofthe approval of this bylaw.as • approved by the 1M.iuister, of Agriculture, clearly showing the allowance of. discrimination and unequal terms of applica-•• .. tion: • If this is not released to me by the county I will Make la request through the. Freedom : of Ihtormation''Act,.. •Christmas Trees Fact Thousands of people' 'work in the Canadian nat. era-Ghn. trnAs treelnl,tiss. icy ,Sincerely, Joe Boel NTEa; tiv QOrYa J t : REEQ 07 iia. R., ' Aec'essa ONS'F EABU1.Ot)S PRIZES; needed in Bruce County, the. Public Health Unit has managed the private sewage disposal program. The Board of Health's res- ol.ation recommends the Public Health Unit contin- ue to provide the service to each of the 56 tnunici- palities. The Public Health Unit has'provided the pro- gram in the'past because it is mandates, by law, to protect groundwater and tai prevtdisease. .' To cover the $400,000 costs of the .program, the 'Board recommends a user fee schedule that would cover 100 percent, of the program costs. The plan is to have this take effect, March. I. .}99-13-:-= The `..:. Boards'plan would pro-: vide unbroken service, uniform' fees and corttinu`- ity,,of delivery across -all .' municipalities of -Grey; • µ Bruce and OwenSound. • qi+�R 1 edliziLsday, cem ber 11:99,1997 .'. Faso P 'Looking Your Best... for the Holidays customize a product bag or choose one already made up .y (. y VitalUt cnt product and 4e nterr' your name inadraw to win over s s. 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