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HP Deck 13 38" 13 38" 14 38" 15 42" 18 48" 14.5 42" 16 45" Tag# S61485 S61354 S61394 S61250 S60547 S61468 S61482 S61486 WELOLILif FARM EQUIPMENT SEAFORTH 527-0120 EXETER 235-2121 www.teamvincent.com Huron East employee Barb Dalrymple straightens the brochures offered at the tourism gazebo now open at Seaforth's Lions Park. Tourism booth open at Lions Park By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor A tourism booth gazebo, containing local maps and tourism brochures of Huron County attractions, is now open at Lions Park in Seaforth. But, town hall is still looking for volunteers who might be willing to spend a few hours each week staffing the gazebo. "Just an hour here or there is what we need from people. It would be a good way for high school students to earn their community service hours," says Huron East employee Barb Dalrymple. Open during the "high tourist times" from Thursday to Sunday during afternoons, the gazebo should be open until Labour Day weekend. "I don't think anybody really thought about the traffic going through Seaforth before so this is our first real crack at a tourism booth," says Deputy -Clerk Brad Knight. "This is a good location because a lot people stop at the park for picnics and family reunions," he says. The gazebo was built by Jim Poppe, of Seaforth and is being rented from him by the town. 'Grid parity' with secondary teachers is outstanding ETFO issue From Page 1 so-called "grid the board's teachers. This refers to the timetable under which salary increases are phased in over the length of a contract, for teachers with differing levels of experience. According to Doubleday, only the most experienced of Avon Maitland elementary teachers see their salary increases implemented under the same timetable as their secondary counterparts, and ETFO wants that changed. "Our argument is, a teacher is a teacher," he said. The union local president blamed trustees for rejecting a grid parity deal which Avon Maitland human resources officials "seemed open to" at the negotiating table. He described the proposed deal as a willingness by teachers to give up some professional development opportunities in exchange for putting that money towards phasing in grid parity" with secondary parity over the four years of the collective agreement. "You may argue why would we pay money to get paid more, but at the bargaining table we've decided to take that approach," Doubleday said. "I believe (Avon Maitland negotiators) appreciated the gesture. But the trustees turned it down." Funding commitments • from the provincial government had enabled boards across the province to settle such issues as salary increases and preparation time, convincing ETFO locals to call off Phase 2 of their work -to -rule campaigns in late March. But in the Avon Maitland case, grid parity was obviously enough to scuttle a possible deal, cause minister Kennedy to put the board on its suspension list, and lead to a heightened work -to -rule that now has teachers arriving at the schools no earlier than 15 minutes prior to the commencement of classes, taking part in no extra- curricular activities, and leaving no later than 15 Quoted 'June is a very hectic month in the education • system. There are a lot of things that go on that probably won't go on,'— ETFO Local president Brian Doubleday minutes after classes conclude. According to Doubleday, if Phase 3 continues for "a prolonged time" -- what he describes as two weeks after the June 1 work -to -rule resumption -- there will be "drastic changes in report cards. "June is a very hectic month in the education system," the union local president said. "There are a lbt of things that go on that probably won't go on." Westley, however, disagreed with Doubleday's description of the late - breaking negotiations and subsequent rejection of the ETFO offer. "Something was put on the table by ETFO and the negotiating team said they would run it by trustees. That's how negotiations take place," the board chair said. "But there was never an agreement because it was not something that (hoard negotiators) could agree to without consulting trustees." She said provincial funding commitments weren't meant to tackle grid parity, meaning that, even with the ETFO concessions, the board would have to cut money from somewhere else in the budget to pay for it. "We gave ETFO everything the ministry has given us," the board chair said. "We could harmonize the grid but it could force us to SPS principal optimistic events not disrupted by work -to -rule By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Seaforth Public School principal Kim Black says she's remaining optimistic that a work -to -rule campaign by elementary teachers which began June 1 will not disnipt too many student activities. "We can't do anything else but go through the calendar at the end of each day and make day-to-day decisions about what needs to he cancelled," she says. So far. SPS's annual school track meet and a regional track meet for six area schgols have been cancelled but Black is hoping they might be able to be rescheduled. She says parents could not step in and run the track meet because of stringent insurance regulations but they could help out at some field trips. A specialized learning class will he continuing with plans to see As You Like It at the Stratford Festival, despite the work-. to -rule campaign, since the trip only involves 12 students and the vice principal and an educational assistant will be supervising. Black says no other events are sche uled for this week that may be cancelled but if the work -to -rule campaign continues, other events may not run. She assures Grade 8 students however that graduation will be held "in one form or another" no matter what happens with teacher labour negotiations. "We could move it into the school day or be calling on parents to help out," she says. cut some very important programs and we don't want to have to do that." She noted the disparity in salary increase timetables stems from the fact that, over the past several years, secondary teacher negotiators have put a priority on maintaining their "grid," while ETFO negotiators have concentrated on other issues. 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