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enth. ttkatd ;tn-ol,d Tary l r :wag.
ralled' with $ante's. beef when she -vitiated
hire and: his ernes,. Heather' Louugheed (lett) and
Ashton 'Charine%, following the annual
. Lucknow Santa Claus parade last Frida y
evening.. (Helm: photo),
d a clai
►ssen as
by Vat Halpin
Trustees for ° the
WO:water 'District 'School
Board. 'decided to stay with
experience when they
acclttitned chair Jennifer
Yensse n and vice -chair''
Ron vloti. to ..another form
of pfficw
Yensscn :ss a. f'ortn.cr
chair of the ]Bruce County
Buaxci; which: 'amalgantat-
ed with the Grey C"ounty
Board "in January" to
becorte the Bluewater
District Board. Metz was a
trustedon the formCr.Grey.
("purity Board.
"Ron and Jennifer' have.
mace. .ran amazing team,"
said trustee G:arcrtyn 1)ay
as she nominated 11 otd for
vivo -chair,
"I can't believe Pm tax- '
frig this on for another
Year,' Yensscn quipped as.
she took the ,chair's swan at::
the 'board table.. Yensscn
went PO Ie praise trustees,
for their work over the .
,first:. Year cif the new
board.:.
"Ti's a privilege to be
part of the; success. wit'vt%:.
had• over thr ' last year:
bringing two disparate cul-
tures, together,' she, said,
noting: trustees: have taken `
a Bands: -on approach: to the
task.
" Regardless: of . what the
provincial government
thinks,, trustees, must be,.
involved to be effective;.
YensSen st iii,
see'Anotherr' page 7,.
tl i +eport
»egmber '.
6 dogreq., l
with ;snow showers,
Winds were: trorn the we' t
at 22nmph., Htarnidity. 79%.•
• Baroroetr'iC pressur.&29.65�r..
WE»NES,
AY, : D13 CES' ME' R 9 . i99
B�ard want
input on u
by Pat Halpin
the l3luewater sc;hoOl
Board, wants community
input.before it makes deci-
sions on pupil acconrno..
dation at its 63 schoals,
school advisory,eoun.-
cils aro being asked to find
ways to deal with what the
ministry of educationsays
is a 1,700 pupil spate stir -
plus in the board: Board
figures show actual st~hovi
enrolment ranges from
53% to 162% of capacity,
withovercrowding com-
mon in the. southeast part
of: the district.
Ug
65r INCLUDES G.S.T.
'QIiYIiil2ill
spaees
"This process isn't about
closing schuots, it's about
finding the best accommo-
dation for the children that
we can possibly find," said
superintendent David
Armstrong, He said the.
answerscould, include. a
variety of options from
.bussing and program
changes to school closings
if necessary. A=priorityis.
to find ways to• eliminate
the use of the 71 portables
now in the J3luewater sys-
tem.
"If we, get rid of therm,
thatfis one phis," said. husi.
by Jeff Uardr,
Que+en's.I alt 040414.
Sun Maeda Newspapers
Pig' farmers. turned out -in force at Queen's Park last'
Tuesday to punctuate their den -lauds for ,a $9Q(1 -million
bailout,
The agriculture industry "disaster" has driven wino •
producers to kill their pigs rather than waste money fat- ,
teningthere for market,,said Will Nap. chairman of.the.
Ontario Pork Producers• Marketing Board,
"That dons happen,".. Nap. said yesterday before 1.0000
farmers marched.` on Queen's Park, "This: disastrous. situ-
ation does bring out some desperate feelings.,"
Phtnging. pork prices have put swine on. the;.
„ropes: this.year. They are currently being paid 57 cents a.
.for meat that tutted them, $1.30 a; kg in 1988,
"A producer wilt lose $.70 •a head oh every hog he'
ships to market," Nap said:
ness superintendent Gary
Lewis, •
No provincial funding is
allot:ated. for Operation or
maintenance.of portable.'
classrooms, .
Armstrong said c ommtt-
niities have to be involved
in the decision, rather than
simply react to board rec4
ontmendationa.,. School.,
principals and advisory
council chairs were
briefed on the issue during
a; series of -meetings.- across
the district last week, The
board's plan requires
school:Ggtt* lis• .to devel..op ,
1 r
Y
short and long term
options for student places
in their schools and the .
district by Jan.,12.
Those options will he
reviewed by the board
coinrnittee,then presented
at open pubic meetings:.
for the community later
that month.. A. second
round of comwunity Meet-
ings,will consider a short-
er list of options by Feb. 5,
with a draft plan to be pre-
sented. to the board `by
Feb. 1 b.
,.see 'Board'. page*
In spite, of crippled pork prices, consumershaven't
seen the benefit: Retailers and processors have been
pocketing .the windfall,
"fThe Cantadian.Fedecation of Agriculture endorses the
pig farmers' call for government aid. "We need a disas-
ter income. support p:rogram," -CFA.. president, Jack
Wilkinson; said, The farm lobby is asking for $40U nil-
lion this year and $500 million next year. They want the
cost to be shared tnioug federal and provincial govern-.
ments, •
Premier Mike Harris said that Ontario will .act as
soon as the Peds draw up a- plan. "We're doing. every-,
thing, we can to to speed up the national response: We
Are very sy:nripathetie as ,a provincial government ..to the
pligltt•of our hog prodticers,:andvwe' will do everything..
' we, can to-factlitate a national solution," Harris
Gntario's.pork industry enaploys,42,000 workers and
.generates.$4.5.billion worth of yearly commercial activ.-
the inarketing lhoard said,
APeut,'at theusencl farmers rallied et Queens. Park last Tuesrclay tg emphasize,'tha disastel facing,
tie p kinciulstrY•. (ttbatg by Michael Peakex Tert nta Sun)