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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-06-09, Page 12Page 12 - Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 9, 1993 Sunday School awards Funding restrictions takestoll on HITECHURCH Bruce ' County Board of Education Mildred McClenaghan and a classmate. Mrs. Richard Yole of Ottawa, attended the Alumi banquet of the General Hospital at Guelph V W by Jean Ross on Saturday and on' Sunday Mildred and John McKinnon were supper guests with Rev. and Mrs. Clarence McClenaghan of Kincardine. Other visitors recently were Mr. and Mrs. Ted McClenaghan and Mr. and Mrs. Ron Finlay of Kitchener. A family get together and pot luck dinner of the Lubbers, Ben- jamins families was held at the home of George and Cathy Lubbers and family on Sunday following the church service at the Lucknow Christian Reformed Church. This was to celebrate the profession of faith of Dennis Lubbers, which took place at the church service. The Sunday School awards of Chalmers Sunday School was held during the church service: 5th year bars were given to Nicole Elliott, Richard Irwin, Michael Irwin; 8th year bars to Corey Rintoul, Kyle Elliot; 1st year pins to Jermy Reid, Pamela Campbell, Chris Harper, Sherrilyn. Ross; 19th bar to Karen Elliott a teacher. Mr. and Mrs. George Armstrong were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Perry and family of Bright, to celebrate Betty Armstrong,s birthday. Institute members are reminded of the June 9 meeting in the hall and to bring an article for, the silent auction. Karen Elliott graduated from Sir Wilfrid Laurier University on May 29, 1993, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in honors mathematics, with a minor in Computing. Attending the convocation were her parents Walter and Kathleen, Paul and Kathy Elliott, Paul and Ruth Laidlaw, Barry and Crystal Elliott, David and Susan Elliott and their families and Ed and Frances Bleskie and Lisa. • The auditor's report on the Bruce County Board of Education's 1992 fiscal year shows the toll that fun- ding restrictions are taking. Capital project spending was down to $1.87 million, compared to $5.002 million the previous year. At the same time, reserve funds went down $40,000 as the board dipped into them to buffer against property tax increases. "The decline in reserve funds is less than expected, but it is still a decline," said auditor Peter Thor of BDO Dunwoody Ward Mallette at the board's June 1 meeting. The report also notes that all teacher contracts have expired and makes no provision for the impact of any changes that may be negotiated under a new contract. "Salaries are by far the biggest cost to the board," Thor said. The budget for administration, salaries, mileage and building main- �^ PUBLIC NOTICE Si/hi MAITLAND RESOURCES PHILIP ENVIRONMENTAL INC Maitland Resources, a joint venture between Sifto Canada and Philip Environmental, proposes to establish a storage and placement facility for post.recycled industrial residuals in the Sifto Goderich rock salt mine. The mine is located on lands{in the Goderich harbour. The proposal may include a sorting and recycling facility at the mine site. The type of materials under consideration will be limited to carefully. selected and screened solid, bulk, post recycling residual industrial materials. The materials•to be considered for placement in the mine will include solid industrial waste. Approval of this proposal. m.ay be required under provincial and/or federal legislation, including Environmental Assessment Act ;of .the Province of 'Ontario. Evaluation. of the proposal will involve a study of all environmental, transportation, safety, land use, economic and other factors associated with—such` facility. Maitland proposes that this.evaluation be carried out with full public participation by the Goderich community. As the first steps in the process of evaluating the. proposal, Maitland will hold a public meeting and form a public. Study Group. All iinterested are invited to attend a: PUBLIC MEETING Thursday, June 10, 1993 7:00 p.m. Goderich District Collegiate Institute 260 South Street Goderich, Ontario At this meeting representatives of Philip Enviironme1tal and Sifto Canada will outline the proposal, describe the proposed study and the approval process, introduce the companies who 'have formed Maitland Resources,and ask for volunteers from the community to join the public Study Group. The Maitland Environmental Assessment Study Group • How to Get Involved • • . Public—participation in tie -e- valuatinn_.oiihis..pioposal is important. Maitland proposes to form an Environmental Assessment Study Group and invites applications from all citizens interested in membership. •• The Study Group will play a vital role in the evaluation of the proposal. The Study Group will include representatives of Municipal Government: the public at large and Maitland. The activities of the Study Group will include: • 0 participation in making decisions• which will t uide the environmental assessment of the proposal • identifying community concerns and ensuring that those concern are addressed throughout the Environmental Assessment process; and • communicating to and receiving communication from the public at large If you would like to participate in the Study Group, please send your name, address and phone number, along with a brief description of your interest to: Mr. Al Hamilton Mine Manager, Sifto Canada Inc. ' P.O. Box 370 Goderich, Ontario N7A 3Y9 or attend the public meting and advise us of your Interest at that time. For further information, please call Mr. Hamilton at (519) 524-8180 tenance was' $55 million in 1992 compared to $50.4 million in 1991. At the same time, the budget for supplies dropped half a million dollars to $5.5 million. The overall budget dropped from $74.5 million to $73.3 million. Benefits and retirement gratuities are major categories where costs increased in 1992. $282,621 was paid in retirement bonuses ,in '92, $130,000 more than the previous year. Benefits costs skyrocketed 21.6 per cent for an additional cost to the board of almost $1 million. "Benefit costs are really starting to show up," said board chair Don Tedford. Finance chair Allan MacKay said the board is considering hiring a benefits consultant to look at the packages and costs. "We want to work more closely with union reps and get more bang for our buck," said MacKay. "Some of the benefits are legislated, but the rest are our -of -pocket costs that are negotiated, not mandated." JR.K The board has been summoned to meet with the assistant deputy minister of education on the issue of junior kindergarten. "It's quite a critical meeting," said trustee Jennifer Yenssen of the June 16 date. Graduates Junior kindergarten was to be mandatory for boards by 1994, but the ministry recently said that date could be delayed until 1997 under some circumstances. "We don't have answers on details of that delay," Yenssen said. "We expect answers at that meeting." Later, superintendent John Lennon said the board expects to have to apply to delay junior kindergarten, as it had to apply to delay Grade 9 destreaming for one year. Lennonsaid there may also be discussion of other ol,tions, including joint ventures for day care or junior kindergarten with existing day cares or • nursery school programs. 0 "I can't predict what the ministry is going to say," said Lennon. Right now the board has no plans to implement 'junior kindergarten for 1994. It says it has no money for the classrooms, teachers or equipment needed, and no clear in- dication of demand from parents for the service. While the province is making it mandatory, for boards to provide both junior and senior kindergarten,' parents are not required by law to send their children to school until they are six years of age. Dale Needham 0 Gord and Pat Needham (Foran), proudly announce the ac- complishments of their son, Dale. In fall 1992, Dale graduated as Accounting Alumni Gold Medalist with his Master of Accounting degree from the University of Waterloo. He won the Donald and. Geraldine Beam Award for his graduate research on the effect of information systems on the quality of care in hospital emergency departments. Upon passing 0 his • Uniform Final Examinations in December 1992, Dale, received his Chartered Ac- countant designation. Dale now returns home . from six months overseas travel to continue professional practice at Ernst & Young -Chartered Ac- countants, London. Karen 'Elliott Karen Elliott, daughter of Walter and Kathleen Elliott, of R.R. 1, Lucknow, graduated from Sir Wilfrid Laurier University on May 29, 1993. She received. a Bachelor of Arts degree in Honors Mathematics with a minor in Computing. She is now employed with the Mutual Group in Waterloo: Kelly McBride On May 29, 1993 convocation exercises were held for Kelly McBride, daughter of George McBride, or R.R. 5, Lucknow. Kelly graduated from the Univer- sity of Waterloo with a I?3achelor of Mathematics, Charter Accoun- tancy .Option/Information Sys- tems. She is currently employed with Gilmore. and Company, Charter Accountants, North York. Gordon Alton Gordon Alton graduated May 21 with a Master of Divinity degree from Goshen Biblical Seminary, one of the seminaries that form Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries (AMBS), Elkhart, Ind. He is married to Valerie Alton and they have two children, Derek and David. Gordon is the son of Frank and Loreen Alton. of Lucknow and is a member of El- mira Mennonite Church. He previously graduated from the University of Waterloo. He will be pastoring at Hagerman Men- nonite Church, Markham: