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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1999-04-14, Page 1Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 — Seaforth. Ontario April 14. 1999 $1.00 includes GST Tuckersmith council faces opposition from two fronts on amalgamation Township could he hound into agreement to the south after ameeting tonight BY SCOTT HILC;ENDORFF •Expositor Editor Tuckersmith has lust begun talking with Seaforth and McKillop Township about restructuring after,\working out a shared -services agreement that sees Clerk -Treasurer Jack More than �.t) people criiwded Seaforth Tm.yn Hall, for the McLachlan assuming that position for all three' municipalities. first Tuckersmith Township Council •meetin_ to he held there •Strong asked that council. presents ,►llthe figures.and since it relocated its offices last month: information regarding both amalgamation scenarios presented And it was concerns about That mo: e and restructuring at.a public meeting belong a decision is made g' issues that hrouuht.them iiut:• • •"We know that you're not going to please e'rune.'`• said- -Bill Strong. the only official dele1=ation ai the April 6 Meeting. , t• He was speaking on behalf of a small group' of Tuckersmith Township residents that met on their own,regarding concerns about the tate.ot: the township. The council chamber .', as .filled with people representing .two main. opposing i te:ys an whiLh directionthe tcicynship should take 4tth. amalgamation. The township has been in ol.ed in restructuring talks with., Zurich. Bayfield. Hensatl and Hal. `and Stanley .Too nship. a • • We trust that fair judgement and cooperation be used at this time." he said: adding the township council has an important'role•to play with Tuckersmith Township',s future at stake. He also- said they would like a chance to think about •whatever information is presented and have a chance to esprese_their opinions hetore .i final Decision is made. Tttckersmith's fate . could be decided tonight But,the fate of Tuckersmith Township could potentially he decided tonight it the MRC ,roup decides to move ahead with its restructuring proposal.. group called the Municipal Restructuring. Committee \IRC • • That grnup's-proposal has been sent to all its councils with the request they vote for or against it. .Each .council is to present its.decision at the MRC's meeting tonight. if enough' municipalities in that group. ` • representing a majority of. the population. agree to the proposal. itw•ilLhe sent to Huron County.Council for approval. "Then it could he hinding on Tuckersmith, ft could be." said McLachlan in answer to concerns.atns -.April 6 meeting ttiat.if the MRCapproves the proposal. it will he too late for Tuckersmith to consider amalgamating with. Seaforth and McKillop Township. • . - - If county council approves. the, \IRC groups. proposal it proceeds -for proctncial -approval. if a gets the provincial nod ' the amalgamation of the\fRt;:'grotip will take effect. However. a large 'group at Tuckersmith Township. Council . Alas in -support— it sticking with the SiRC group: - ,. The township covers i farce geographic -area _that -places. 'CONTINUED. r Pzze Students in the Seaforth District High School OAC English literature class were partnered with • a society of • retired teachers and professors to study The Stone Angel - together All the• students. young; and old. presented workshops on the. novel lett Thursday at the school. HILGENDOPIFF PHOTOS Life lessons learned as students and retirees study novel together BY SCOTT HILGENDORFF Expositor. Editor Connected by -computers. a -group mostly made ot.retered teachers .and professors from London 'were linked w ith- Seaforth District .High :School students to learn about Margaret Lawrence's The Stone ,angel: But jn addition to studying the novel, they learned a lot about each other in the process. . Despite ilieir differences 'in. ages and experience. theyfound out —how. much_alike_theyi Were when ittcame to learning. "I can't distinguish - between the insights of the young people and ourselves,'' said Eleanor Sanderson. She -- is a member of a .group of retired individuals who study together at Westminster College in London. Thev get together regularly for a renes : of study groups that cover a • wide -variety of topics and. interests as they continue to educate themselves. ' "We're all learning the same way. said Janette ' Wood. She will .be. `I can't distinguish between the insights of, the young people and ourselves, • --Eleanor Sanderson, . member of a society of retirees who continue their studies Alopuzivowa graduating this year and :aid studying The Stone Angel with a group of. 'seniors was nu different than studying :n any other class room setting. The project. was set fp •v SDHSVice Principal Laurie Hazzard who interested the group: at Westminster College in working y�ith. the students in exchangeton the' younger students teaching them more about communicating__through technology: or more specifically, electronic mail. .They were partnered Into.. groups` of about . three+ students and. three .retired tnembers of the Westminster Illege group and ere irked with preparing a. t orkAiop based on different ispects of The Stone Angel. The initially worked '.)_ether on the prtilect by _ommunicating 'hrnuuh e.= mad. . giving the retired p urtners experience at tile technology while exploring the various workshop topics with the students. Sanderson: and Wood's group were studying -sx-mbolisrp end -imagery in the novel. ' On their own. they decided to get together during the March break .to meet face-io- face• and explore their ideas turtter hetore 'presenting their 1enttnar in class at Seaforth. District High. School on April 8. ' • "I think:the projeet was wonderful:7 said Wood.. Margaret Hastings. mother partner from the: Westminster' • group said ," I's marvelous:` `While being able to toe a CONTINUED on Page 3 Patient falls at hospital are not .related to number of nurses, says administrator BY SI:SAN HLTi'DER I N L4RK Expositor Stats' Any falls made by patients at Seaforth Community Hospital are not related to the number of nurses on staff. said administrator Andrew Williams. Tm comfortable With the level of nursing here," he said.'''People will fall in hospitals but l'tn not going to agree that people are falling -alt-y' r-ttte'pt'ame Just -- there are too few nurses." Williams was responding, to recent remarks by -Val . Poisson, president of LUPE • Local 2702, that Seaforth patients are feeling 'the aftects of $300 'million in health care funding cuts by (he.provincial government. She said,a reduced nursing staff is unable to respond to • call bells. causing patients: to injure themselves trying to get to . bathrooms unassisted. -She' also said -thy -reduced stats means fewer back rubs and delayed • pain medication. Williams said the union is going around Ontario levelling accusations that nursing care is suffering because of provincial funding cuts but added. "we're taking the comments - seriously." . He said hes not sure yet whether or not Seaforth Community Hospital will • benefit from recently Announced pledges of SI 1 million by the provincial governttettt for health care funding, including increased numbers of nursing staff. "We are going to attempt to benefit, based on the need and what sort of programs we don't have that we could benefit from." he -said adding that the new funding specifies that the money must go to new staff. not existing staff. Agriculture co-op program not in way of prep school idea BY StuSAN Ii INDEB 1MAMK Expositor Stat A new agriculture co-op program, beginning ' in September through both the Avon Maitland and Huron - Perth Catholic District School Boards, will help. not binder a proposal to use Seaforth District High as an agriculture preparatory school, says vike•priacip.I Rob Parr. "Bridges to Agriculture (the co-op program) is a local program meeting local needs where we are trying to reach out to other communities," he says. The Seaforth proposal. which Parr says will be presented to the Avon Maitland District School Board sometime in May, itiyOlves recruiting urban Students with career aspirations in agriculture or veterinary science requiring farm experience from outside of Huron and Perth Counties. The urban students would attend school in Seaforth. boarding with local farm families and generating more revenue for the local board. laikagalliRooPasa Jim Baur of B and Farm Equipment at Home and Garden Thursday at the Agn- KTire talks with John Hanna of Logan the Seaforth Agricultural Society's Show held last Wednesday and Plex. HILGENDORFF PHOTO