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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-08-31, Page 1PUBLISHED IN LUCKNOW, ONTARIO Wednesday, August 31, 1994 55g G.S.T. Included Billowing smoke from the barbecues didn't deter around 200 people who dined on the lawn of the Lucknow Presbyterian Church last Saturday. Pictured are some of the cooks - Jeff Taylor and Diane Archer, with volunteer Tom Andrew (In the smoke), whose claim to fame Is his specially barbecued sausage. The barbecue was put on by the'Joint Manse Committee of Lucknow and. South Kinloss Presbyterian ,churches. (Marg Burkhart photo) On the education scene Continue work to rule campaign by John Peevers and Pat Halpin It will be back to school for hundreds of students and teachers Sept. 6 but for Bruce County secon- dary school students and staff it won't be business as usual. Bruce County's 280 secondary school teachers will be continuing a work to rule campaign which began in May. Normally teachers would already be in school planning lessons for the upcoming school year. But this year they won't arrive until 15 minutes before school on Sept. 6 according to • Mark Ciavaglia District President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers • Federation. All extracurricular activities will be cancelled.unde- the work to rule. The negotiating committee for the Bruce County Board of Education has asked for a date to resume talks with the teachers ac- cording to committee chair David Inglis. The preferred date for the talks is Sept. 2. When talks broke down in June, Inglis said there would have to be some indication of movement on either side before the board went back to the table. Thursday,. Inglis hedged' when asked whether the decision to resume talks was prompted by a break in the impasse. "I'm not sure there is any movement or change, but getting together can't do any harm," Inglis said. In a recent interview Ciavaglia said that the teachers were more than willing to get back to the bargaining table but added he was not optimistic about a quick set- tlement. "We foresee this could be a long one." When asked if there were .plans to escalate to a full walkout Ciavaglia responded by saying, "not at this time, from our point of view it's work to rule." At the heart of the dispute bet- -ween staff and the Bruce County Board of Education is how to pay for the $2,200 a year experience increases to 95 new teachers who are not yet at full salary. The Board's negotiators say that under the social contract those increases can't be paid unless there is an offsetting payroll decrease. Teachers say that the cost of the incremental increases can be covered by using unpaid leave days and attrition. Caught in the middle are students across the county who will miss out on all extracurricular activities. Bruce County Board's Director of Education Paul Martindale said any talk of a. walkout or lockout situation is "highly speculative". He encouraged students not to travel elsewhere to finish their schooling. "We are committed to resolving this situation," he said. Inglis said three issues have gone to arbitration and have Ween ruled on since the end of the School year. They concern adult education, exchange students and ad- ministration issues. Release draft of Bruce County's new official plan by Pat. Halpin • The consultants working on Bruce County's new Official Plan. fielded questions from both the planning committee and the public when the latest draft of the plan was released at a meeting in Tara August 23. Bruce has been working on a new county -wide official plan for over a year: So far the process has in- volved a closed -door session, the definition of a 'mission statement', questionnaires • directed at municipalities, public meetings and workshops with focus groups. The draft report presented in Tara named key issues such as servicing, economics and social services, then set out goals and objectives under each of /those issues. Specific policies .to ensure the goals and objectives are •met will " be developed in the next stage of the process. Proposed objectives for develop ment and servicing raised the most questions at this meeting, but there was also discussion about long range planning for political change, • including •the possibility of amal- gamating of ,some smaller munici,palitics. " Planning • committee members appeared surpriScrd that amal- gamation issues were raised by the public. They didn't seem eager to discuss the issue, making quick reference to the heated debate and lack of consensus that plagued the restructuring study that first sug- -gested amalgamation, four -years ago. •According to consultant . John Kennedy, one "poini of unity" among both municipalities and the various interest groups is concern for ground and surface water quality. The official plan indicates supporta for a move by local Conservation Authorities to use "watershed plans" to protect water„quality by judging development from a point of view that considers the • whole 'watershed system. Kennedy noted the province is beginning to support watershed -. planning, but so far has • not implemented it in rural areas like Bruce County. The issue of fringe development generated the largest volume of �. debate, according to Kennedy. Fringe development is the name for residential or commercial build up just outside the boundaries” of an urban municipality. Water and sewer service may come from private services or agreements -with the municipality. "From a technicall, view it's.not a great. approach to development," Kennedy says. "Developed areas eventually get annexed so the township loses that assessment." Kennedy said overall figures ' show Bruce County municipalities" have enough land for 20 years of growth, but individual towns may =not have enough land or the right kind of land for their development needs. Historically that problem has been solved by buying or annexing land •see Plan, page 2 Fair offers many new areas of competition Lucknow fair days are almost upon us, and new classes, events and awards are evident this year. New Memorial Awards Susan Vardy (nee Arnold) of Calgary is donating $50 to the Homecraft Division of the Luck - now Fair in memory of her mother, Vi Arnold. Vi was one of Lucknow Fair's most dedicated exhibitors. Her work was shown in all the Homecraft classes and added greatly to the fair displays. • The award will be for most overall points in Classes 25 (flowers), 26 .(baking), 27 (ca- nning), 31 (needlework), 32 (arts and crafts), 34A (photography), 35 (seniors). Exhibitor must have placing entries in at least four of the seven classes. The winner of the "Vi Arnold Memorial Award" . will be a guest at the Lucknow Agricul- tural Society annual dinner and meeting in January where the award will be presented. Sheep exhibitors will be happy to 'note that they have a new trophy to aim for. "The Austin Martin Memorial Trophy" has been donated by the Martin family, to be awarded to the exhibitor with the best pen of three Iambs (any breed) - Class 6A. The trophy will be perpetual with a keeper trophy awarded also. The Light Horse Show on Sunday, Sept. 18 will also be honored with a new trophy - "The Patrick Magee Memorial ' Trophy" donated by his family to be awarded to the winner of the Jumper Stake Class. The directors of the Lucknow Agricultural - Society are very pleased that three' former ex- hibitors are being honored in this way and it is hoped that their fellow exhibitors will appreciate and support these. classes. New Video Com petition Page 41 of the 1994. prize list gives you the scoop on the latest • •see New, page 7 • Sentinel closed for holiday Due to Labour Day falling on Monday, Sept. 5, deadlines at the Sentinel office revert to Friday, Sept. 2. 'Classified word ads and editorial copy will be accepted until 2 p.m. Friday, and display advertising until 3 p.m. Correspondents are asked to submit their news as soon as possible. • Have a safe and happy long weekend, and remember, next Tuesday morning excited children will be going back to school. Keep a sharp cyc.