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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Wednesday,
August 31, 1994
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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
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Have a safe and happy long
weekend, and remember, next
Tuesday morning excited
children will be going back to
school. Keep a sharp cyc.