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Tears'
union to
take on
Tories
More than 200 high school
teachers and others from
Huron County who are cur-
rently under contract. mem-
bers of the Ontario
Secondary School Teachers
Federation (OSSTF). voted
May 27 .to support the
union's province: -wide sanc-
tion of recent Ontario gov-
ernment educational ,policy.
The .local vote -percentage
was not indicated.
Provincially. 84.2 per cent
of OSSTF members voted to
endorse "a province -wide
action in defense of educa-
tion," according to Friday's
press release from the local
district (District 45) of the
teacher's union.
'The vote endorses a , reso-
. lution passed unanimously at
OSSTF's annual meeting in
•March. It indicates OSSTF
members' concern for ,the
'Chaos that the . government is
creating in education. A vec-
tor poll in April showed that
OSSTF members are con-
cerned about large class
sizes. contracting out of sup-
port and service jobs in edu-
cation, and reductions in
preparation time - all of
which affects the quality of
education for students."
according to the teachers:
40. POSITIONS GONE
District OSSTF president
Bill .Huzar says -in ,spite of
cuts to funding. increased
class sites and reduced pro-
grams, the teachers have been
doing more with less.'
OSSTF district officer John
Clarke adds .'since 1993
more than 40 teaching posi-
tions have been eliminated in
Huron County secondary
schools. yet the student popu-
lation has remained virtually
constant."
"The further $1 -billion the
provincial government is
planning to cut in order to
finance the often publicized
30 per cent tax cut will dev-
astate public education in
HuronCounty," the local dis-
trict otieer maintains.
OSSTF is one of this
province's most powerful
unions.: It was founded in
1919, has 50,000 members in
Ontario. with more than 250
of these in Huron County.
Members include public sec-
ondary school teachers, occa-
sional teachers, continuing
education teachers, secre-
taries, psychologists, social
workers, speech language
pathologists, custodians,
attendance counselors and
other educational workers.
June 11, 1997 -- $1.00 includes GST
THEWEATHEA - Couldn't have been any better, with sunny spring skies and warn temperatures
predominating, for'the big trade show hosted by Huron County road superintendents at the Seaforth
Community Centres, Curling Club and Agriplex last Wednesday and Thursday. There were lots of
exhibits, old and new, and big crowds.. That's an antique trenching machine in the above photo-
graph. .
Seaforth gets more than
BY
ORKtOR CAMPIIELi,
Expositor Staff
Seaforth is getting more
new ; road and sidewalk than
expected this year.
Tenders on already
approved road and sewer
work came in way lower than
had been budgeted, leaving
enough that council addition-
ally approved finishing the
last block of John Street at
last Tuesday night's regular
meeting, for about $40,000.
Because of unexpected
infrastructure transfers only
announced by Ontario in the
past couple of weeks, town
council was also able to
approve the most ambitious
of three options for sidewalk
reconstruction :presented by
.Public Works Superintendent
John Forrest at the same
meeting.
The ;town, ,province and
:federal government each pay
one-third in thc usual infra -
Structure , f undtng arrange-
ment. 'the Works superinten-
dent reported "Seaforth has
�ffto�r
A pair of Grade 4 student
"peacemakers" at Seaforth
,Sublic .$shoot. Shannpp
;ptooker and J(cndra
cnnewies, have been.chv-
sen to attend.a,conferenee,ill
,Orlando, 1lorida next
September 25 to 27.
The second annual .yp}1t
and ,adflli,cnnfcrcnces,
this year's bei9i8 '7419,4"
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ink 'Spetety
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Society of ,P ' itRnals,
Dispute Re
Brooker an : enncsiika,gf
aPS,,sion? with two sTudenls
froth :1Nanghnm PS, arc
Amot1g . the Only 09.attudents
i(rom t4oilh ASIReticf tpi*1'
rfOr( a TX4t!t.
Pegi41r144I9P , sts tfor t!4
four lie et4,ttb 4th i44
board . of ,COR4f14tAh, 1b1t 4
studgRks.oast schools SOW
fund raise ;thcrnsglves ,t0
cpvcr:trpvel and accop Ammo base from .SPS
,0q 1 t 1uctihlc dpna-
‘ox tt1F "gratefully
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beep allocated $35,605 as a
grant. including the town's
contribution the total funds
available will be 553,408.
By Forrest's calculation.
the option council went for
means about an additional
1,519 metres of concrete
sidewalk being laid along
Goderich Street, West and
East, or .Highway 8. this.
summer. This is slightly more
than the estimated 1.210
moires (or approximately
4,000 feet) of sidewalk that
may actually end up being.
covered by the new infra-
structure grants.
In outlining the first of the
three options he presented.
the Works sgpertntendFnt.
indicated the north side (of
the project on Goderich
Street, W) has a distance of
565.5m. The south side has a
distance of 605rn... Some of
this sidewalk is good and can
be saved.
",Goderich Street East [Weds
new sidewalk on the -north
side of the road from East
William Street to raid -way
between Coleman Street and
Centennial,Drivc. This total
distance is 349.5 metres, with
some good sections also,"
Foteat reported.
it bargained for '
tt would appear both sides indicated "tile construction
of Goderich Street West would consist of the removal
could be replaced saving the of existing walk. excavation, f
good sections. and install the granular base. the laying of a
balance of the sidewalk cm new 1.2 metre (48") sidewalk
Goderich Street East as far as and landscaping, rbstoratioo.
it will go." "Based on the above and
This ended up the option including some provisions
council approved- for engineering, for calling of
One eatch was thc infra- tenders and GST. we esta-
strueture application had to mate the cost per lineal metre
be approved by this Friday of sidewalk to be approxi -
(June 13), with work coin- mately $44t." the engineer's
plated by next March 3i . report continues. ''This would
$414 IW M,ETRR translate into a sidewalk Ino
Cost estimates ,from town gram which has s total length
engineers, ,B:M. Ross and
Associates Limited. forward- tl Mk1Wd OP Ate
ed to council through ,Forest
Strange bat true sulfa .o a wandering gully
Tokyo. Japan. `;It was a cut-btighsh .Ihete. 1 had to leant"You .take your shoes off at
t$Y,DAV0-SCANT lure :shogk ;from back home. the ;lapancae subway sys- the door. p..ut sandals on.
Expositor F,ditor Everything is big." Kelly had tem, :he said. Aider tons of food, boors.
inuring A{is .stay. he went ,for And eat and talk and lavgb-
"a;typical ni t out" an . '44Yo - Ptd
at .a downt Wu ret;tay p1. 1,1
a little hop Lis way
In six ;months, Dave .Kelly around the, city from his .elt-
saw more countries than most girls rie:nd who tc;tghe
pie see in a lifetime:
T c .Seaforth high school
graduate and .Dublin -area
farmer set ecru alone :last
Remembrance :Day on ,a trip
that would bring him some
unforgettable experiences.
After gradpating as a civil
engineer from 'lite University
of Western Ontario in the
spring of 1996, ,the. P 25 -
year -old worked Or ihljlf a
ye4r then dseec;rdedill�))1!!11sttigie
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