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Editorial
School board
wouldn't listen,
but we will
The schc4ol board •might -r?ot. have
listened but we will '
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Scott Hilgendorff
Opinion
School crisis
Signs of protest welcome
on lawn by board office
To the Editor: .
We are inviting all. concerned
citizens. organizations, church groups
-and businesses to use our front and
• side lawn (facing the Avon' Maitland
District Beiard Office) on rhe cornerof
Chalk and Franklin, to put up signs
pertaining to the possible closure .of.
our schools and rhe detrimental
ramiticajions this will ..have nn
Seaforth as we know it. -
in our eyes. Seaforth 'has never
bulked so promising. - .
• • the downtown is hustling,
businesses are growing and
renovating,
• the grocery store is expanding.
• there '.are at least three
subdivisions currently under
'construction. .•
• a 'new agricultural- husinesc.
. -Quality Jersey Products.. has chosen
Seaforth as as home and is thriving.
• • the Lions Park has 'spent
thousands of dollars in improvements
m.their park.
the Optimists- have heen revived
and plan to improve their park,
. • the Agricultural Society works
tirelessly. throughout .the year to
promote community spirit, as Well as,
'pending money to huild and maintain
a fine establishment (new huildings.
new trees. new camping facilities),
• Seaforth Public School has just
received a significant donation of
trees. To duplicate this project again it
would cost in.excess of 510.0013 (trees
and moving i This does not include
countless hours of volunteer work and'
resources !vehicles; gas. etc.,.
-• the hospital haS expanded its
resource capahility by painng up with
Stratford General Hospital and many
other specialists that are now. much
more readily accessible for is all:
Schools- are rhe foundation of'a
community' When a school is closed:
ora piece of foundation is removed it
makes the entire structure .tin this case
our communttyi vulnerable to
collapsing. First we lose our high
:chnni: next we !ose our ;tttractability-
I;-,r neve families 'r: uay. .ve lose small
business, lose jobs. lose our hospital.
lose Seaforth as we know it. There is
more to lose than 'just a high _school.'
We currently have a harmonious
relationship with the hoard as our
neighbour: and hope to do so in the
future. as well. But `this is something
•that we can do to help save our
community Now it is up to you'
You are responsible for making
your. own signs durable and sate We
accept no financial. legal or any other
form of responsibility for your sign.
Please mount your signs aurin:
daylight hours. (We hope the private
lives of our neighhours and ourselves
will he respected)._ Obscene words.
phrases or pictures are not necessary.
Please respect our neighbourhood in
general. And our Iawn only'
If this closing goes through, 'we v►ttll
he losing more than .i high school.
( & K "Taylor
56 Franklin St.
Blue house nn corner in frnnt i f
Avon Maitland hoard ntTice
Time for people and businesses
to stand up and take action
To the Editor:. .
Money is tough. Times
ire hard. Give me a break'.
What the -Avon Maitland
Distract. School Board has
votedto-do is close our
schools' Not pne school in
the Seafortharea but all
t'
three' [s' time the people
and ''businesses of the
-community stand ups and
take action. [ realize cuts
Must come but. I have a
,ery.hard time believing
ayerything•.should be axed
in the Seaforth community.
Whose best interest is Dr.
Rachlis and -the board
thinking of now''
[ do not. believe 'hal 'hey
are acting :n the -est
interest -four .:hiidren- The
hoard's action la -r week
tends to lead me to believe
that they ha.:e aheir own
agenda regardless of what
hest -for hug cntidre l- ,Ind
our community. ;Ind they
• want.to ram it r ugh a,
quickly as- possible without
any public input.
Whit is,tlie
hoard.afraid
of Are they' afraid of the. -
fact that the average .lard -
working. •respon4Shir: Inht
dedicated parent ma- :a,
J)etter and mor . .
,ntiirinns ' •h is .:at
overpaid hureaucrat.; can
come up with. [t is time -to
pit egos aside.
if cuts should come. why
not look nght ro the source
of over -spending: the hoard
uself.
• - The - hoard does not seem
to he made accnuntahie for
the money it .spends on
itself It doesn't worry
aboutits. own ' internal
budget. just the budget as it
pertains to school and
1. needed , supplies- That' -s
where it thinks - to cut.
,Administration is spending
our taxpayers' dollars on
•themsel'es not on liar
school )r .:nr .:hildren.
There ar, ether school
hoard in Ontario making
such severe sats :o ichonis
and :du alio n. We must ask
ourselves why is the. -\von
Maitland District ,Similar
Board doing this'
• Let's all set-rnuether and
stop this atrocity Please
come obi and he :nti`)rme11
one' Dec 1 at - 30 p in.
i tonight t at the Seatorth and ,
Distrust Com•mun•it
Centres.
Seattirt!j v•:vr n' he left
empty and 1 llItoned if
everyone tloesn ;ton 'his.
Susan krt-s
Mayor may have been out of order
but so was the public school board
To the Editor: would be t^,: ±neer. 1 .about rime.
To all. the school' response.It•, 'rue we need the
situation ...should be . a / There is no need for any parents. grandparents and
concern. -• school to he .hosed 1t proper teachers but we also 'need
I ci)ngratulate'our Mayor, arran t:1 r : ; 10ne The• ill the 'business people and
.Dave Slott. On doing the savings would he minuscule every. Other .:itizen in this
only thing..posihle under and torah' out nf••')rder .aa town and surrounding area
• the circumstances at .the well as being'devastaang to ro stand up rind he counted.
school hoard. meeting last. the area. . .A; a small town and rural
week.. Maybe he was out of• This 'board and• this area we have �timo
• Order according to the board government char:.;hey .ire aeautiful country . with.
rules. But they were out of under. have nor had enormous. opportunity and
oder by giving only one. answer to anyone .n. rhino': _rear schools that hsa•)e
day's notice so that no one they ha,e d )ne 1:1,1 produced many .treat
t r •sots
'ears gone
1 hope - r one :i :it:
area and aur -_nrr,entaC
in parliament tr:+;Ills'
stand tail n 'ite )1l! ;)icturc
and keep aur ,choot ;
basically .)n Fine -ror man'
year; to :time.
Corrie .'n 'hr:- Int:et;l
Wednesday
December 1,t. u he Irene.
Sincerely.
Pat and Brenda Kenny
Paramedics support recommendation
that Huron County provide its own
delivery of ambulance services
To the Editor: propo,.i • r,;ure. Howe.' r an : ': 1. Huron
Please be advised` that this letter is • --.the .:,;,t,, Of 5 million for .1 Count) -s Steer -:1 ':)mmttet. ; --
'to .informCounty Councilors that. the ,:tiunty•ru-n system verses 53 7 recommendation <ti. t:; "rosiest for
majority of paramedics support the million for a' private for profit/the proposal" in ;principal.
"original reoomendation put forth by request for proposal" route. The concern 11 'iiirimedic, at rho:,
Huron County', . Planning ` -.i county -run system puts the point is' that the '::ne iter needs to
Deptarment 'on 'Nov. .IS That county in the -driver's seat in that the allow enou_h' t me •tor. cn,t
recommendation was that Huron _ county will have direct control of comparison:; of a ..:univ-run'.;vuem_.
County itself should deliver system design, service quality. versus propo,.L , thrnu_h the
Ambulant.e Services through a budget eontrol. and harmony. both "request torpropusai ' -nate.
County department, short and Ioag term. Paramedic~:
are .on; idem :1141 ".i
The reasons most paramedics -a county-run•system creates, job county -run ambulance -et-vice would
support -a county -run system are as security promotidg uninterrupted best serve the citta::n, 1i Huron •
- Follows: "---' -c31t.'eis that parame titcsiteed. Couitty-- te-patient teens it -gnat +hc
-the consultant identified a county- -a. signifigant GST savings in a taxpayers demand 'it!
run:ambulance service as the least • county -run system could be utilized- - Concerned Paramedics •
• expensive. most economical route to -to better train/ increase the skill Paul Kruse
take verses the "request for • levels of Huron County paramedics.
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