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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 See page 23 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- Continued on page 3