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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-06-23, Page 1See page 6 See page 12 • izen Vol. 9 No. 25 Wednesday, June 23, 1993 600 GST included Even at the best of times it's not easy to catch a greased pig, but with the constant drizzle on Saturday it was even harder as this exuberant group of youngsters soon found out. The event was part of the Belgrave Kinsmen's fundraising "Piggy Day". Proceeds from the event are going towards the arena debt. Close to $12,000 was raised in all. CBC host to speak at theatre opening Environment Blyth students clean up Blyth Brook See page 3 Business Designing couple takes their talent to St. Augustine News Nostalgic memories mark Farm Radio Forum Reunion Monique Lund sparkles as Stratford's Gypsy See page 31 HCBE meets to quell rumours A guest host on CBC's Morning- side and a director of broadcast journalism at the Ryerson Polytech- nical Institute Stuart McLean will be the featured guest speaker at the dinner prior to the opening of Blyth Festival's Ceili House on Friday, June 25. A native of Montreal, Mr. McLean is an ACTRA Award win- ner for best documentary. He has also won the B'nai Brith Human Rights award for a report on hunger in Canada and was nominated for the Gordon Sinclair Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journal- ism. After graduating from Sir George Williams University in 1971 Mr. McLean worked for a few years as director of student affairs at Mon- treal's Dawson College then began freelance writing for local CBC radio and TV. In 1976 he became associate producer of Morningside and in 1981 was named executive producer at Sunday Morning, CBC radio's flagship current affairs pro- gramme. By the time of his depar- ture, Sunday Morning was being carried in over 35 prime US mar- kets. Mr. McLean was co-writer, along with Kevin Sullivan of the feature- length movie, Looking for Miracles. He also contributed to the "The New Morningside Papers", published in 1987. His own book, "The Morningside It took Many Hands to do it, but the two weeks of performances for the Blyth and District Community The board of directors of Huron United Way recently announced the appointment of its first executive director. Connie Argyle, of Clinton, is enthusiastic about the appointment and looks forward to the fall cam- paign, she says. Now two years old, the Huron United Way raised $60,000 in its 1992 campaign, which was dis- tributed among 18 agencies. That was an increase of about $25,000 over the previous year, according to Bill Thompson, chairman of the HUW board of directors. People donating have the option World of Stuart McLean" was pub- lished in 1989 and his next book "Welcome Home" was published in October 1992. Mr. McLean is also the host of Play, which ended Saturday night, not only met budget, but overshot the projected attendance by 10 per- of designating where their money goes, even if the agencies are not members of United Way, Mr. Thompson says. Argyle's position was created because, although United Way is run mainly be volunteers, the local branch is growing, Mr. Thompson explains. "We needed somebody full-time to deal with-the operations of the office," he says. Argyle, who describes herself as a real "people person" will con- tribute much enthusiasm to the agency. To avoid the problem of rumours regarding the social contract talks which are now taking place with the provincial government the TV Ontario's Science Edition. Also attending the opening is the new Executive Director from the Ontario Arts Council, Gwen Setter- field. cent for the final four shows. Blyth Festival Director of Mar- keting/Communications David Pea- cock says the intention had been to shoot for an 80 percent full house for each night of the play's run. Opening night began well, he says, but the traditional with community plays is that the attendance slows down somewhat in the middle of the run. However, press coverage was phenomenal, he says, with the play being heralded across the country as an unbelievable theatre experience. "By the last four nights we had to add 50 seats to each per- formance to accommodate the demand," Mr. Peacock said. Even Mother Nature co-operated with this past Saturday being the only night the parade couldn't be held from Memorial Hall. "In terms of the beginning of the Continued on page 31 Huron County Board of Education held a special meeting on June 21. In an interview following the meeting, Mr. Paul Carroll, director of education said the board is in an "extremely serious " financial situ- ation, possibly the "greatest in the history" of the board. The information meeting was' called to discuss the situation that faces the board. Mr. Carroll said the board would have a deficit of $1.5 to $2 million to continue providing 'the services they do at present. This includes a carry over from 1992 as they must honour the collective agreements that are now in effect. With the implementation of the latest budget, costs have increased with respect to sales tax, insurance and benefits to employees. The grants offered to the board will also decrease. The second piece of information discussed was the legislation that is now in the draft stage, the social contract deal. The proposal was presented by three employees of the board, giv- ing their interpretation and what the options would be for each of the groups involved. The effects of the three year wage freeze and the mandatory 12 days off with no pay was discussed. In addition to the initial shortfall mentioned there could be a finan- cial "claw back", said Mr. Carroll that would increase the deficit by $2.48 million. However, there were incentive programs introduced that could reduce this figure to $.5 mil- lion. Another incentive program avail- able to the employees is the intro- duction of a job protection fund. After the information was pre- sented the crowd of over 400 peo- ple questioned the panel. Mr. Carroll said he was very pleased with the reaction he saw. The peo- ple were "rational and sensitive" with regards to the issues. The crowd was "very interested" in the information. Mr. Carroll commended the employees and trustees alike for their professional approach to the problem. It is hoped that through discussion, the groups involved can find a way "to come through this crisis and protect the quality of education as well as the ability of the teachers to interact with the stu- dents." We're having a holiday July 1 comes on a Thursday this year so the staff at The Cit- izen will be taking the day off. Business will resume as usual, on the Friday. Deadlines for both offices will remain unchanged. United Way names director `Many Hands' a good start