HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-09-30, Page 3is your child
properly bur
listens[ of you already
know that a car seat its a
necessity. Motor vehicle
Crashes. arc the number
one cause: cif death: of one
to • four year olds. The
short.. everyday, trips, to the
grocery store, to work, to
droap a. child off at day
care. or to grandma and .
grandpa's house are probate
bis, some of the most elan-.•
genius • situations your
• .child will be exposed to. .
It isn't enough to have a
car seat or booster --it must
be used un every trip and
it trust be used'c:orrec:tly,
Each child: seat en the
market bas.it&own method
of installation. Installation
mistakes are often•inede
beeaese more ire:W.matiuii
is needed. Car seat clinics'
have shown that g4 per
S
um
�.
ed
ctInrt of car Bents arc dot
installed or used prope>sdy.
Is yours?
One wty you can find.'
the answer to this question
is by dropping by the free
ear seat safety c:hea:k being
held on Chit. 3. from 10.
a.m. to . ? p.rn. at
Montgomery Motors. in
Lut;1iwno•w. Installation of
tether bolts will be avail-
able. .Bring.
vail-able..Bring. your vehicle
owner's ttkanual. 1?ae:e
.painting and. het dogs Will
be prov.lded, with dons.-
tions going to: the
Pathfinders.
• The day is sponsored
by the li~ruee-Grey-Owen
Sound Health Unit, the
Huron County Health
Unix, • the .•.- Qntario
Provincial Police. and
Montgomery Motors.
ice
as profit.abl
by Pat li.ivhigstont.
Hockey registration is:
about the same, for ,this
• 'season." Dave Ullick: told
the joint recreation board'
last week that there :uiil} ••
not be' a setion4 Midget Of '
bantxiarr teatti;
The ire is. sohe4ukd'to .
be ready for Oet. 6., •
The board learned that
.a profit Of $3,318 was
made• from having ice in'
during, the. month:. of.
Augg,ust:. Dave said there
wa `•po t ti ve results' from!:
both 'the• minor hbekey
school and figureskating
school, Several groiips: and
individualk. rented il;e toe.
Total income .was:114;218
and. .expenses . were
$10,900.,
Black said, "Word of
mouth will now, let people
know. about the summer
ice and there will he, More.
interest "in renting;,'.'
.ucknow's $80 hourly rate
is termed. "the bets bargain.
in the prov,inee" by Black.,,
who said other communi.-
tiesare charging $1O0 and
up, .
Ashfield. Township: rep
Marilyn Miltenbgrg said
she was 'very favorably'
• ianpressed With the opera=
tion Of the twoscheols..
Tot 11
from Pig!
in.g, and support, There
seems tg• be a tremendous,
ainuurit .of support.4pr this
issue, 'but We need: more,"
she said. "
Armstrong added that
coninunities, need
recognition frQrn the ,min-
istry that rural Qdtarie is
• not 4owntown Toronto,
. School tru&tee Wendy
A,ndcerscin addressed, floe -
.grovd. about her frustra-
In an. earlier interview,.
Miltenbur'g 'had all posi-
tive ctrmmen.ts saying,
„This- summer ice .was not
aft extra buirdep to the tax-
: payers. .
"I: was. in there twice.
A1.1 1 saw were. happy •
faces. The-' kids. were
`happy'Y. if the kids, are
happy that. means .the par: -
eats are
ar:eats.are happy too.
"Ones of the reasons this
hockey wheel wasp so; suc-
4ew:.tSul wa$ we leave keen,
proterssionat arena staff
working. 1 droppeel itn and
' the arena:wets spotless.
'Some taXpayers. were.
eoniplttiiing that We spent
a loC of money, on '.the
refrigeratio► system.- and
we didl.,We got' the top
refrigerat.i.on,system lit'
there. And nothing "broke:
down. We. pat ;ice. -in ding-'
ing the Theat.miave. One lit .
tle part was needed; that `•
was all ..•
"E very.one. s'hou.l i bd ,
commended on the work
they did." •
Miltenburg wa& also'
happy •with the. 'hoe ey
srl o of hiring:loc:al;t t ttage
boys. "These boys we.re-
getting trained for the:riex4
school: They were also
learning a fife experience,"
flan.
'I cannot putt. into •
words. hew frustrating this
is for me," •Anderxon said.
She adtded that itis, time
"tQ let the powers, that; be
in 'Toronto know 'that this,
is: not an ..aceopttable solar-
tion. We have a :lot of
space now, so we elose
schools, then we may lose
students. who are unhappy,
and then.: there .w.i1l bo
triore.•e Cess spaee.againz"
Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, September 3Ql, 1998 Page 3
Local so Idiots ir leg, problems,
The • ehtcir - of the
.13luewater Aist:rict School
Board says a new contract
between the,board and its
seetindary teachers pm -
vides local soliantinns to the
problems posed by bill
16tf.
Jennifer Yenssn said
the. deal Signed Tuesday.
altifws tete.liin.g staff to
cover for each other for
absences of up to five
days, rather than call in
supply teachers. That eon,.
cession saves money,
allowing the hoard to rein,
state a. six out of ef'ght
c;tass teaching load: This
schvoi year began with. a
6.5 out of eight teaching
load imposed by the
board, but Yenssen said
..the new numbers comply
With alt provincial regula-
tions and are within the
hoard's funding aflaeation.
"Thu extra minutes.
other .than the six Mit of
eight. that teachers will he
spending with students
will he instruetiunal time.
That's why we say that this
agreement conforms to the
pro.vinciad legislation.." site
said.
Yenssen cxnmmended the
teachers' negotiating team
for pointing to "creative
ways' to'meet the required.
1,250 minutes per week of
instruction. and for finding
cost saving: in the• old von -
tract: Thuse: s:e'•.'ings co.11
oft'se:t the t:xpt;nse of 25
lull•rt tow equivalent (1-71i}
teachers ticeLietktc, reduce
workloads to six Out o -f
eight.
- The new contract with
the boards 590 1-7fi teach -
errs is effective September
1198 to August' . 1.. 2000. 4
capshenetit volts and
iinposes significant re'duc'
tions in the: number of
department heads and their
pay. A salary increase of
1.5% on Sept l\99 and
.5% Feb.1, 2000 is in line
with provin.cial grant
increases.
The contract is the first
for the Bluewater board
and its secondary teac:hcrs.
It earned 7(%, support
•• see 'Dear page tr.
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