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Myth's 125' Anniversary
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 2002 SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2002
7:00 - 7:30 pm Opening Ceremonies - Downtown Blyth
7:30 - 9:00 pm Registration - Blyth Public School
- Souvenir Sales, Photo Gallery, Craft Show
7:30 pm Hospitality Tent - Blyth Lions Park
7:30 pm "Hole In One" $1.00 a ball
9:00 pm - Midnight
Karaoke - Blyth Lions Park
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 2002
Firefighters Breakfast - Blyth Fire Hall
Registration - Blyth Public School
Craft Show & Sale Blyth Public School
Spinners & Weavers Guild - Blyth Public School
Parade
Antique & Classic Car Show - Blyth Fairgrounds
Photo Contest Display - Blyth Public School
Entertainment "Jam Session" - Blyth Lions Park
Dunk Tank - Blyth Lions Park
Bed Races - Water Barrel Games - Gypsy Lane
"Hole In One" - Blyth Lions Park
Historical Walk & Garden Tours - Details at registration
Lions BBQ - $10.00
Dance - Threshers Shed #3
LIONS BBQ (SMOKED PORK CHOPS) SATURDAY
LIONS SATURDAY DANCE
SATURDAY
LEGION BRANCH #420 BEEF BBQ
SUNDAY
HISTORICAL WALK & GARDEN TOUR SATURDAY
STOCK ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULL
SUNDAY
Name
Address _ --_ _-
Telephone #
Make cheques payable to: Byth's 125th Anniversary, do Bev Blair, PO Box 284, Blyth, Ontario NOM 1H0
O Camping available at the fairgrounds - hydro/water
For information call the Blyth Community Centre 523-9600.
7:00 - 11:00 am
10:30- - 11:30 am
12:00 - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm- 12:00 am
2:00 - 3:00 pm
1:00 - 4:00 pm
1:00 - 4:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 - 6:00 pm
6:00 pm
Any questions or
concerns regarding
any of these events
please contact
Ken Stewart
523-9620
or
Bev Blair
395-3965
Please Note:
There are some souvenir cash
calendars still available - weekly
prizes of $100 and $1.000 Aug
3rd. Sold on a first come first
serve basis.
Please send your separate
cheque to the address listed at
the left
(II no calendars left your money
will be returned)
Londesboro Lions Breakfast - Blyth Lions Park
Church Service - Interdenominational with
Don Vair featuring "Men Of Note"
Stock Antique Tractor Pull
- Threshers fairgrounds $5 a family
Hospitality Tent - Blyth Lions Park
Reunion Baseball Game
• Marnock Maroons vs Blyth Inn
Craft Show and Sale - Blyth Public School
Spinners & Weavers Guild - Blyth Public School
"Hole In One" - Blyth Bail Diamond
Finals - "Hole In One"
Myth Legion Branch 420 Beef BBQ - $10.00
Closing Ceremonies - West side of Arena
7:00 - 10:00 am
8:00 - ?
10:00 am- 5:00 pm
10:00 am- 5:00 pm
11:00 am
12:30 - 4:00 pm
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$10.
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Total Enclosed
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2002. PAGE 7
Trustee flip-flops on Tech 21
By Stew Skater
Special to The Citizen
Despite statements, made earlier
this year. that he would not support
an Avon Maitland District School
Board budget which eliminated the
Tech 21 method of delivering
technological and career-oriented
curriculum to Grades 7 and 8
students. North Perth trustee Don
Brillinger did exactly that at a
special hoard meeting Tuesday, July
16.
Trustees voted - 5-4 in favour of a
$131- mi 1 1 ion dollar 2002-03 budget,
including the elimination of three
centralized and specially-equipped
Tech 21 sites and a compliment of
12 specialized teachers. In place of
the outgoing delivery method,
classroom teachers will be trained by
a technological coordinator, who
will also actively seek partnerships
leading to the availability of
equipment and expertise from local
businesses and secondary schools.
Brillinger cast one of the votes in
favour. But after having been away
on holidays when the budget first
came before trustees on June 27,
when his eight counterparts deferred
the decision until he returned, he
came prepared with an explanation
of why he appeared to change his
mind.
"As it happened, the demise of
Tech 21 was initially going to
happen to provide funding for other
programs. and now those prograins
aren't going ahead either. There just
isn't the money for any of these
things, including Tech 21," he said.
"(The delivery method's) loss is a
direct result of inadequate funding
from the ministry of education."
During last Tuesday's lengthy
debate about the possibility of
defying the ruling Conservatives by
filing a deficit budget, Brillinger
came down firmly on the side of
those opposing the move.
"We're going to have to pass a
balanced budget because we can't
take on the Ontario government," he
argued.
But his statements sometimes
differed from proponents on either
side of the debate. Most notably, he
expressed strong skepticism that any
amount of political lobbying of this
or any other government — whether
through deficit budgets or less
radical means — would lead to an
increased level of educational
funding.
"I'd kind of like trustees to get into
their minds that (the education
ministry) is never going to do
anything for us. Ever. And I don't
even care what government it is," he
said.
Instead, Brillinger suggested, the
board must institute long-term
planning aimed at making every part
of the organization as efficient as
possible. "I think we need to take a
look at inventory. This board has all
kinds of assets that can be sold."
He expressed disappointment with
this past year's "accommodation
review process," which took up a
huge amount of financial and staff
resources, yet got partly derailed
when the board bowed to public
pressure and voted to close just one
school in September, 2002.
He suggested "the board has
inefficient schools operating now"
and, in an interview following the
meeting, stated he would even
consider supporting the closure of
Wallace Public School in
Gowanstown — the school his
children attended — if it weren't for
the fact the school's catchment area
borders Wellington County and
draws a number of students from the
Upper Grand District School Board.
"I think there are a lot of people in
this board who have ideas about
where some money can be saved.
know that some teachers are afraid
to (make such suggestions) because
they think they'll get criticized from
one side or another," the former
teacher said. "But I think a lot of
them could be helpful."
Vandals
target
business
On July 16 at approximately 9:15
a.m. OPP officers were called to
Oldfield Pro Hardware Store
located on Turnberry Street in
Brussels over vandalism.
Sometime in 'the previous few
days a person using a BB gun, shot
at the front store window of the
business. A small hole was left in
the window that will cost $500 to
replace.
As the police were leaving this
call another citizen stopped them to
show them a business across the
road from the hardware store that
had similar damage done. Five holes
were left in the glass of the door.
This damage will also cost $500 to
repair.
Police are following up on
information at the present time but
anyone who has information is
asked to call the local OPP or Crime
Stoppers.
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