HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-06-01, Page 1Community_______I_______ News_______ | Entertainment
15 area youths
complete child care
course
See page 2
Former Blyth woman
to spend 2 years
teaching in China
See page 6
Blyth Festival
officially unveils
20th season poster
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CitizenThe North Huron Teacher busted
for child porn
Vol. 10 No.22 Wednesday, June 1, 1994________600 GSTincluded
A Seaforth District High School
(SDHS) teacher has been arrested
by London Police in connection
with the child pornography ring in
that city.
Buryi Leroy Wilson, 50, of Lon
don, was arrested on Friday and
400 video tapes and numerous pho
tographs were seized.
Ralph Wareham, principal at
SDHS says, "An announcement
was made to the staff and students
on Friday stating that Mr. Wilson
will not be returning to this school
to teach unless the current situation
is resolved completely in his
favour."
"Mr. Wilson has not been at the
school since the completion of
classes on Thursday and the media
information came as a shock to
everyone here," says Mr. Wareham.
"As far as is known, Mr. Wilson
is still being held in custody," he
says.
Director of Education for the
Huron County Board of Education,
Paul Carroll says, "The board is
conducting an investigation into the
steps which can be legally taken to
deal with the situation as it pro
gresses." A recommendation will
be brought before the board when a
course of action has been deter
mined.
Mr. Wilson has been a teacher at
the school for more than 10 years
He is the latest in a string of 30
arrests made by London police in
an effort to break the child pornog
raphy trade in Southwestern
Ontario.
Several of the individuals arrest
ed have also been charged with var
ious counts pertaining to inter-
ferring with minors.
Tickets to Blyth’s
‘Barn’ selling well
Clearing it
Students from Blyth Public School managed to find some sunshine last Wednesday to hold
their annual track and field meet. Some of the top contenders will participate in the Regional
Meet in Seaforth on June 2. Here, Nathan Shannon takes a stab at clearing the high jump
bar. - K
As of May 27, the preview per
formance of He won't Come In
From the Barn at the 20th anniver
sary season of the Blyth Festival is
virtually sold out and tickets avail
able for matinees through July are
very low.
The Blyth Festival is set to begin
its 20th anniversary season in less
than a month and ticket sales are up
39 per cent over the same period
last year.
Publicity Director Keith Court
ney says, "The interest in Ted
Johns' He won't Come in From the
Barn continues to be strong as do
sales for Glengarry School Days,
which is based on novels by Ralph
Connor."
"We encourage those interested
in seeing those shows to not delay
purchasing or ordering their tick
ets," he says.
"We are very encouraged by the
results so far at the box office. Our
concern now is to sustain the sales
through the opening and through
out the season," he says. J
"We are very excited by the
arrival of the actors next week. We
can get down to the real theatre
work of putting the performances
together," says Mr. Courtney
The other performances on the
1994 bill are also comedies, Bounc
ing Back and The Black Bonspiel
of Wullie MacCrimmon, which
open on July 20 and Aug. 4 respec
tively.
Sales have been open to the pub
lic for four weeks, preceded by two
weeks for members' advanced
bookings.
Voucher Packs (four coupons
redeemable for any four mainstage
plays) at $54 and Adventure Packs
(four coupons, one for each main-
stage play) at $44 are available
from the Blyth Festival Box Office
until opening night, June 24, only.
Individual ticket prices are $6 for
youths, $9.50 for previews, $15 for
weekdays and matinees and $19.50
for Saturday evenings.
Groups of 20 or more qualify for
a special discount for all perfor
mances.
Information can be obtained at
the Blyth Festival Box Office at
(519) 523-9300.
Councillor Coburn says reeve’s stipend unfair
By Bonnie Gropp
The low' remuneration paid to
Blyth council is something the
reeve says should be looked al.
Al the regular meeting of May 26
Reeve Dave Lee told council it was
his opinion that by lowering the
remuneration over the years they
have disqualified a number of peo
ple who w'ould otherwise throw
their hat in the ring during elec
tions. "I don't warn more for
myself; I don't care about that. 1
have been fortunate because I can
schedule work around this job, but
anyone w-ho may replace me might
have to think again if lhey realize
they're going to have to lake 25-30
days a year off work. "
Councillor Eugene Coburn
agreed. "I have been saying since 1
read in the paper what other area
councillors arc getting that we arc
being unfair to the reeve and our
selves. 1 am definitely upset with
the reeve's pay. It should be a rale
that is reasonable with everyone in
the county."
Reeve Lee receives an annual
stipend of $1,400 with $50 for spe
cial and committee meetings. The
yearly stipend for councillors is
$750.
The Brussels reeve receives
$2,500 while councillors gets
$1,800.
In Hullcll the reeve gets $2,000,
dcpuly-rccvc $ 1,800 and council
lors $1,700, which includes pay
ment for 12 regular council
meetings. Any meeting which
extend over three and half hours
mean an additional $95, while
councillors also receive $60 for
committee and board meetings and
$75 for extra council meetings.
The reeve of Morris is paid an
annual stipend of $2,000, while the
deputy reeve receives $1,800 and
councillors $1,700. In addition the
reeve is paid $80 per meeting and
the remainder of the council is paid
$75 per meeting.
West Wawanosh councillors are
paid $60 per meeting in addition to
the annual stipend of $1,500 for the
reeve and $1,000 for councillors.
In East Wawanosh The reeve
receives a stipend of $1,900 and
councillors arc paid $1,400. The
special meeting fee is $50. The
reeve also receives a car allowance
of $500.
Councillor Mason Bailey said
that by looking at comparable com
munities council should be able to
raise the stipend. "Il has to be
acceptable with the rest of the
world. By doing it that way it's al
least not unacceptable."
Reeve Lee also noted that elec
tion lime is when it should be done
as a new council would be reluc
tant. "I don't care so much about
council," Councillor Coburn said. I
care about yourself or any reeve
knowing the time you put in. It's
not worth the bother for what you
Village to pick up cardboard
By Bonnie Gropp
A decision to deal with commer
cial cardboard waste was agreed
upon al the May 26 meeting of
Blyth council.
Since the village has begun a
recycling program, Bluewater
Recycling has been picking up
domestic cardboard. However, the
volume of the commercial card
board waste has excluded pickup,
Clerk-Treasurer Helen Grubb told
council.
To keep the cardboard from
being collected with non-bumable
are being paid. It's an insult."
Reeve Lee said he still felt a low
stipend is a good idea, but that
councillors should be paid for
meetings attended. "That way
you're paid for what you do."
waste, Ms Grubb said it would be a
good idea to have the village crew
pick up the commercial cardboard
on Friday mornings. She had dis
cussed this with Village Foreman
John Rinn, prior to bringing it to
council. He saw no problems, but
stipulated that the cardboard must
be cut or broken into 36 inch by 36
inch pieces and tied in bundles of
no thicker than 1 2 inches.
It will be picked up al 7 a.m. and
taken to the dump for burning.
Councillor Mason Bailey ques-
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