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The Huron Expositor, 1995-03-08, Page 1212 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, March B, 1$$5 Trustees want to share, not amalgamate BY MICHELE GREENE Advocate Staff School boards can save costs by working together. However, many feel that amalgamation would only increase costs. At last Tuesday night's meeting of the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board, trustees discussed shared banking arrangments and the tri -board meetings of the two local public school boards (Perth and Huron County boards) and itself. Despite their willingness to work with neighboring boards, trustees were doubtful of the benefits of amalga- mation. Dave Cooke, the Ontario Minister of Education and Training, announcemed Last week that the ministry intends to re- draw school boundaries and possi- bly force the amalgamation of 40 to 50 per cent of the province's 168 school boards. Dr. James Brown, Huron -Perth director of education, said there are seven boards that don't operate schools but purchase schooling from other boards. There are also about 25 boards that operate less than five schools. Trustee Vince Mclnness pointed out to trustees that the Huron - Perth Board, the Huron County Board of Education, and the Perth County Board of Education may not be forced to amalgamate because the minister is aware of the current sharing initiatives. They already share busing, pur- chasing, plant maintenance and the Stratford Education and Recreation Centre (SERC) to name a few examples. "We know the co-operation that is taking place. The minister does- n't know about the co-operation. I personally toured the minister through SERC. Two days later, he didn't know anything about it," said Dr. Brown. Equally discouraging is a multi- use facility similar to SERC being built in York Region by the public and separate school boards as well as the municipality. "It was announced as the first of its kind although they had a copy of our plan to use as a base," said Dr. Brown. He also provided trustees with some information about amalga- mation and the information Cooke has been providing. Cooke heralds Alberta for its measures in saving costs by amalgamating boards. Dr. Brown contacted a board in southern Alberta which includes Lethbridge in its jurisdiction. Before amalgamation, five school boards operated in the area. After the amalgamation, the new board has a student population the same as the Huron -Perth board. "This kind of information needs to be made available to the task force," he said. Nevertheless, trustees agreed they must continue to work together if "we are going to be the architects of our own future" and possibly avoid amalgamation, said Chairperson Louise Martin. She updated the trustees on the Feb. 20 meeting of the steering committee currently working to establish the terms of reference for a tri -board co-operative commit- tee, whose primary objectives are greater efficiency, enhanced ser- vices, and cost savings that respect the public and separate boards' governance issues and staffing committments. Chairperson Martin said they want the committee in place by Sept. 1, when the ministry said it wants to re -draw the school boundaries. If they can find as many ways as possible to save money, the province won't be able to find any reason to re -draw the local boards' boundaries. However, the committee got caught up in a lengthy discussion about who should chair the tri - board committee and what that person's role would be. The issue was put on the back burner for "the sake of expediency," she said. 911 no threat to fire plan The prospect of 911 emergency service in Huron County won't threaten the chance for Seaforth Community Hospital to provide fire dispatch service for area fire depart- ments. Chief Executive Officer Bill Thibert told the Board of Governors on Feb. 28 that 911 is no threat to the plan to add fire departments. "We want to keep this switch- board open 24 hours a day," said Marlen Vincent, chairperson of the Board of Governors. The hospital already provides emergency overnight dispatch ser- vice for Seaforth and Clinton. Exeter and Blyth fire departments may come on in April and other area fire departments are already considering the service. Midgets, bantams both bounced WOAA MINOR HOCKEY TYKE (Mar. 5) Clinton 12 at SEAFORTH 0 NOVICE (round-robin playoff) (Mar. 2) Milverton 3 at C4TH 2 (OT) GOALS: Callahan O'Reilly, Mark Kirkconnell ASSISTS: Bradley Henderson, Tyler Elligsen, Lucas Vick HIGHLIGHT: Milverton nets winner with 5:48 gone in overtime. NOVICE II (Mar. 5) Belgrave 6 at SEAFORTH 1 GOAL: Ryan Nurse ASSISTS: Leah Craig, David Verberne (Mar. 3) Seaforth 4 at ZURICH 2 (OT) • GOALS: Lance Laverty 2, Gerrld Dalton, Verberne ASSISTS: Ben Rapsom, Cody McNaughton, Laverty GOALIE: Stephen Medd HIGHLIGHT: Seaforth scores twice in overtime to win it. Medd provides strong goaltending. ATOM (WOAA group playoff/ round-robin/ Mar. 3) Clinton 4 at SEAFORTH 4 GOALS: Kyle Devereaux, Josh Holland, Steve Carnochan, Kyle 1 lenderson ASSISTS: A.J. Larivee 2, Jenny Delvecchio, Matt Smale GOALIE: Josh Dale HIGHLIGHT: Henderson scores with :59 left to tie it. PEEWEE (WOAA group playoff/ Gm 3/ best -of -three) (Mar. 4) Wingham 4 at C4TH 5 (OT) GOALS: Derek Nesbitt 2, Kyle Bennewies, Adam Leonhardt, Rayan Van Dooren ASSISTS: Jared Carnochan 2, Ryan Willis, Derek Akey HIGHLIGHT: Score was 3-3 after regulation. Van Dooren then Nesbitt scored, with :34 left in OT for win. BANTAM (OMI IA playoff/ Gm 5 Mar. 4) Durham 8 at SEAFORTH 3 GOALS: Mark Van Dooren 4, Brandon Nash , ASSISTS: Scott Henderson, Michael Murray, Derek Smith, Craig Sommerville, Nash, M. Van Dooren HIGHLIGHT: Durham wins series by exploding for seven -straight goals as Seaforth blows 5-1 lead three minutes into third period SERIES: Durham wins series six points to three. (Mar. 2) Seaforth 5 at DURHAM S GOALS: Scott Henderson 2, Scott Van I)ooren, Derek Smith, Jeremy McNichol ASSISTS: McNichol 3, S. Van Dooren 2, Brandon Nash, Bruce Griffin, 1 lenderson, Smith HIGHLIGHT: Durham ties it with 40 seconds left. (Feb. 28) Durham 4 at SEAFORTH 3 (OT) GOALS: Smith, M. Van Dooren, Nash ASSISTS: Henderson 2, Sommerville HIGHLIGHT: Seaforth squanders 3-1 lead. Durham scores winner with 4:30 elapsed in OT. BANTAM 11 (Round-robin playoff/ Mar. 4) Wallace Twp 4 at SEAFORTH 1 GOAL: Josh Dietz ASSIST: Jon Bjerg Simplified Huron Expositor "Scoreboard" forms and drop boxes are now available at the newspaper and prominently located in the front lobby of the Seaforth and District Community Centres. This win enable us to get the results from any game sheets, particularly away games, that do not pass by Recreation Director Marty Bedard's desk every Monday morning. These "Scoreboard" forms don't require much time and effort from managers or coaches to fin out. You don't have to be Shakespeare. Just the basics are required - who, what, when and where- legibly printed, first names and last. Deadline for inclusion in the coming week's paper is Mondays at noon. Late reports will not be used the following week. Anybody with constructive comments or suggestions can call Gregor Campbell at the Expositor office at 527-0240. (Feb. 21) Minto 4 at SEAFORTH 4 GOALS: Tim Sills 3, Evan Eckert ASSISTS: Jason Hulley, Jamie Dick, Sills, Eckert HIGHLIGHTS: Score 3-3 after regulation. Minto pops one with :02 left in OT to gain tie. MIDGET (OMHA playoff Mar. 5) Mitchell 4 at SEAFORTH 1 GOAL: Brent Hulley ASSIST: Jason Henderson HIGHLIGHT: Mitchell builds up 3-0 lead after two, scores in empty net to ice series SERIES: Mitchell wins best -of -five playoff six points to two. Advances against 'Exeter in OMHA semi-finals. (Feb. 28) Seaforth 3 at MITCHELL 6 SENIOR HOUSE LEAGUE (Mar. 4) Blues 1 Ducks 1 BLUES GOAL: indecipherable BLUES ASSIST: Scott Henderson DUCKS GOAL: Kevin Carnochan DUCKS ASSIST: Jared Carnochan Panthers 10 Bruins 5 PANTHERS GOALS: Jason Anstett 4, Derek Nesbitt 2, Mark Phillips, Mark Vock, Gerry Holland, Brian Knight PANTHERS ASSISTS: Nesbitt 5, Anstett 4, Knight 3, Vock 2 BRUINS GOALS: Chris Marion 3, Jamie Dick, Dan O'Reilly, Keegan Teichert BRUINS ASSISTS: O'Reilly 2, Adam Leonhardt, Marion, Teichert JUNIOR HOUSE LEAGUE (Mar. 4) ' Canediens 6 Oilers 0 HABS GOALS: Matt Dalton 2, Mark Flanagan, Josh Holland, ? HABS ASSISTS: Holland 2, Adam Broome, ? SHUTOUT: Brad Lubbers Leafs 10 Sharks 6 LEAFS GOALS: Cody McNaughton 3, Steven Vanderlaan 3, Marsha Denys 2, Andrew Southgate, John Crowley LEAFS ASSISTS: Crowley 3, James McNaughton 2, Southgate 2, Vanderlaan SHARKS GOALS: Dean Wood 4, A.J. Larlvee, Kevin Murray SHARKS ASSISTS: Larlvee 3 Kings 7 Whalers 2 KINGS GOALS: Greg McGrath 4, Bradley Henderson 2, Curt Agar KINGS ASSISTS: Nick Jansen 3, McGrath 2, Bill Nigh WHALERS GOALS: Tyler EWgsen, Collin Kloibhoffer WHALERS ASSISTS: Craig Jervis, Nick Elligsen, T. Elligsen HURON -PERTH RINGETTE BUNNIE (Mar. 3) Stratford 3 at SEAFORTH 8 GOALS: K. Van Miltenburg 4, Randi Wilson 2, Julie Ducharme 2 ASSISTS: Wilson 2, Ducharme, Van Miltenburg NOVICE (Mar. 4) Mitchell 0 at C4TH TF 4 GOALS: Kayla Flanagan, Amanada Van Miltenburg, Erin Van Dooren, Mary Finlayson ASSISTS: Nicole Kistner, Courtney Fisher, Kim Van Miltenburg SHUTOUT: Jenny Philips (Mar. 2/ at Hensall) Seaforth TF 4 vs Exeter 1 GOALS: Finlayson 3, Flanagan ASSISTS: Suzanne Coleman, Flanagan, A. Van Miltenburg, Kistner (Feb. 26) Seaforth TF 1 at MITCHELL 3 GOAL: Shannon Brooker ASSIST: Flanagan (?) Mitchell 0 at SEAFORTH TF 4 GOALS: Flanagan, A. Van Miltenburg, Van Dooren, Finlayson ASSISTS: K. Van Miltenburg, Fisher, Kistner PETITE (Mar. 3) Mitchell 1 at SEAFORTH 8 GOALS: M. O'Reilly 3, Stephanie Chalmers 2, Katie Wood, Jenny Ducharme, Jenny Phillips ASSISTS: A. Eckert 4, S. Murray, Jenny Durst, Jeny Scott, Robyn Nash, J. Carnochan, Chalmers, Ducharme, Phillips TWEEN A (Mar. 5) Exeter 6 at SEAFORTH 1 GOAL: Qaire Eckert ASSIST: Andrea Longstaff (Exhibition) Cambridge AA 5 at C4TH 3 GOALS: Nicole Munro 2, Danielle Kistner ASSISTS: Kim Devereaux 2, Abby Dietz, Tricia Jansen BELLE C Stratford 2 at C4TH 13 GOALS: Marsha Miller 4, Michelle Etue 4, K. Ratdiffe 2, Jennifer Siemon 2, L. McKay 1 ASSISTS: Etue 6, J. Siemon 3, Miller 2, Ratcliffe 2, McKay JUNIOR (Mar. 5/ exhibition at Clinton) Waterloo 11 at C4TH Stingers 6 GOALS: Melissa Robertson 3, Ericka Burns 3 ASSISTS: Burns 3, Erin Siemon, Michelle Tyndall, Cathy Coyne, Denise Dejong, Denise O'Reilly WOSSA A (Mar. 3/ at St. Marys) Semi -f nail St. Marys del C4TH 15-3/13-7 (Seaforth's record in preliminary round-robin was 4-3) (4Eiriggitor� Welcome you to join us in the 1995 SEAFORTH HOMECOMING Souvenir Program Edition In Partnership With Your A« Homecoming Loads 5 Lead to Committee o_rth e3' rut omecomtng Auu.ct 3 - 6, 1995 Format: Stitched Book (Pony Tab) with Premium Cover Stock. Deadlines/Distribution: ADVERTISING DEADLING ...Wednesday, March 15 TOTAL COPIES PRODUCED 3500 DISTRIBUTION STARTS April 1st For more information or to book advertising space please call Mary or Terri -Lynn at 527-0240 Shop early. Avoid the herd. There couldn't be a better time than right now to bound on over to see us. 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