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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-08-26, Page 3Catholic teachers ready to strike BY SCOTT HILGENDORFF Expositor Editor Catholic high school teachers across Huron and Perth Counties have voted 92 per cent in favor of striking the first day of school if a settlement is not reached between 'the Huron Perth Secondary Unit of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association and the Huron -Perth Catholic District School Board. "If it becomes necessary." said Mike Ennett, a spokesperson for the Secondary Unit on Tuesday morning. Discs taken from car Twelve compact discs and a remote control for a car stereo were stolen from a 1988 Plymouth Reliants that was left unlocked on Centre Street in Seaforth. The theft was reported Aug. 17 and occurred during the night. Shed and vehicle entered at Huronview An engineer at Huronview. near Clinton. found a shed had been broken into on Aug. 18. During the night, the lock had been pried off but nothing appeared to have been taken. Investigating OPP also observed a vehicle had been entered and searched. Again, nothing appeared to be missing. Brussels garage entered An alarm brought OPP to McNeil's Auto Body at 3:30 a.m. in Brussels on Aug. 19. OPP found someone had entered the garade through a window. The person who entered the garage had to be small because of the 12 -inch by 19 -inch size of the window. Once inside. the person opened the front door which set off the alarm. Nothing was stolen. Car stolen from Brucefield . A 1985 Oldsmobile was stolen from Bayfield Road in Brucefield between midnight and 9 a.m. on Aug. 19. The vehicle, a blue. four - door 1988 Delta was left unlocked and the keys were in the ignition. Its licence plate number is 980WJP. Store window smashed in Seaforth About 58(8) in damage was caused after a window at Triangle; Discount was smashed at about 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 21. Witnesses heard two people arguing and saw a man punch the window. He was a white male. about six feet. two inches tall in his early 20s with dark hair. He was with a shorter woman. • Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPP or Crimestoppers. The teachers met Monday night in Seaforth where the voted in favor of a strike option. The teachers are currently negotiating their first collective agreement under Bill 160 and Ennett said if an agreement is not reached, teachers will be in a position. to take action Sept. 8, the first day classes are scheduled to begin. Ennett said they have not determined whether their action will be in the form of work to rule or a comb'_ i. strike. The board and t, meet again next continue negotiations. At issue are salary and benefits but more importantly, Ennett said is the issue of preparation time. "It's about the board's decision to have teachers teach seven periods out of eight rather than six," he said. With a semestered system, that leaves teachers with one semester where they do not have a free period for preparing their classes, helping students, meeting with parents or helping with stra-curricular activities. Ennett said the board has offered to have two-thirds of the teachers with seven classes and one-third receiving six. But he said the association's position is still set at six classes. A spokesperson for the board was not available at press time. Ennett said Monday's vote was scheduled two months ago, in preparation for this situation. He said other associations held votes in June while some are holding theirs now. He hasn't heard of one association yet that hasn't voted overwhelmingly in favor of striking. TME HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 2S, 111116 -3 SEAFORTH `JR D' CENTENAIRES TRAINING CAMP THURS., AUGUST 27 8:30 P.M. • SEAFORTH ARENA FOR MORE INFO CALL (519) 273-4578 FUTURE TRYOUT DATES SEPTEMBER 1, 3, 4 Allan Carter, Broker • Home • Auto • Commercial • Farm 522-0399 Seaforth 1-800-265-0959 Strathroy PAY ATTENTION CLASS X20 QBE 0W Vg 5+5+5=15% 'excluding sale merchandise 39 MAIN ST. SEAFORTH 527-0596' IAMB KEIN LeetitCr)1117.a73E itEa � FLOWER POWER - The Wilsons of Seaforth were out staking up the sunflowers on the farm last Thursday night. The big one is 10' 6", and towers over the family. That's Jason on the left, Ryan on the right, and father John in between. CAMPBELL PHOTO Services will be shared with Seaforth Tuckersmith agreed to share certain municipal services with Seaforth at the township's council meeting on Aug. 4. Council also passed a motion to recommend to Huron County that it "not waste taxpayer money studying a single tier system (of restructuring) given the clear understanding of this council that a clear majority of councils within the county prefer a two- tier system of government." The township 'referred a request for permission to construct a skate board ramp on municipal property to its insurance company for a recommendation. Council accepted, with regret, the resignation of resource teacher Christine Coombs from the Tuckersmith Day Care Centre. Clinic will have seven physicians on staff for increasing patients FROM Pagf I hazards of hcing in a community with only a few doctors and hcing on-call twenty-four hours a day.. The resources at the clinic reduce that and they hope will allow them to balance families lives with their work. Yce said many of the doctors at the clinic are younger which is another appeal because they share similar ideas and experiences. They've also found the friendliness of small-town life appealing. The addition of Yec and Martin. with the pending departure of Dr. Janet Zettel, brings the compliment at the clinic to seven physicians. Gwcn Devereaux, business manager at the clinic, said this is the result of their work recruiting doctors to the clinic. "We have a nicc group of physicians to work with," she said. Patient volume at the clinic has grown with invitations from Blyth and Brussels to see patients from those communities where there are fewer doctors. Every patient at the clinic has a personal physician and recruitment helps ensure they can see their own doctors. BUYING Standing Timber and Logs Let 6 generations of experience in Purchasing and Resource Management work for youl NEED FIREWOOD CaII the Firewood People for a Price we have HARDWOOD SLABS — BODY WOOD or a combination of 1/2 SLABS — 1/2 BODY WOOD c • RAIG HARDWOODS LTD. AUBURN, ONTARIO 1:.72 r SEAFORTH & DISTRICT MINOR HOCKEY PRACTICE TIMES If you registered for houseleague only, please attend those practices. If you registered for houseleague and travel or just travel, please attend your age group. Thank you. Saturday, September 5 - 9:00 - 10:0C am - Houseleague only participants 10:00 - 11:00 am - Mites 11:00- 12:OOam-Tykes 12:00 - 1:00 pm - Novice 1:00 - 2:OOpm - Atom 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Pee Wee 3:30 - 5:00 pm - Bantam 5:00 - 6:30 pm - Midget 6:30 - 7:30 pm - Bantam Girls Wednesday, September 9 - 5:00 - 6:00 pm - Pee Wee Girls PLEASE LISTEN TO COACHES FOR FUTURE PRACTICE TIMES Here's what our students say... A school where I felt welcome. mainly due to being a smaller school. 1 looked at my previous grade reports from another college versus Lambton College and I noticed that my grades went up by approximately 2 grades. The instructors were easy to approach. The school itself was well maintained. Very clean, bright and open. Connie Sieger' Office Admin. Executive krmax i*nrrtion I.ambton College teachers and staff have been excellent. 1 am so thankful 1 had this opportu- nity through the assistance of Native Affairs and Ontario Hydro to be a graduating student of the Social Service Worker program. 1 will probably always be returning for more education and community work. It makes living in the Sarnia- Iambton area one of the best communities for education and training for a new career. Nina Antoine Ogilirr Soria! Service Worker wits, NIL Ow or smali 1457 London Road Samia, ON N7S 6K4 5191 542-7751 Fax '519! ,542-0991 infoelambton.on.ca Church Services You are blotted to atte these area churches St. Thomas Anglican Church Jarvis St. Seaforth Rev. Robert Hiscox 482-7861 Sunday August 29th Service of Morning Prayer 9:30 a.m. First Presbyterian Church Goderich St. W. Seaforth 11:15 AM Nursery Provided August 2 -September 6 Worship at Northside Minister: Rev. Nicholas Vandermey Bethel Bible Church Meeting at Seaforth High 7:00 p.m. 10:00 Worship Evening Bible Study Small Group meetings Weekly An Associated Gospel Church Cavan (Winthrop) 9:30 a.m. & NORTHSIDE (Goderich St. Seaforth) 11:00 a.m. UNITED CHURCHES Welcome to the First Presbyterian Congregation and to all who join us for summer worship. GuestS. = ker - Melissa Whitmore Seaforth Community Church Rev. Hauser 527-2253 Sun. 11 a.m. worship at 146 Jarvis St. S. "WORDS OF HOPE" 24 Hr. Recorded Message Call 527-1499 ames Catholic Church Victoria St., Seaforth Saturday • 5:15 pm St. James Parish, Seaforth Saturday • 7:15 pm St. Joseph's Parish. Clinton Sunday - 0:00 am St. Michael's Parish, Blyth Sunday - 11:00 am St. Jamas Parish, Seaforth Fa