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Local organizations provide places
to donate towards Katrina victims
By Jeff Heuchert
Expositor Staff
Seaforth's Community Care Access Centre took some time
last week to help raise money for victims of hurricane
Katrina.
Over a series of coffee breaks, they were able to raise $660.
Michelle Dalton, from the CCAC says they were surprised
with the total they raised.
"We're a small organization, so we're happy," she says.
In Seaforth you can make a donation at the Canada Trust on
Main Street.
In Londesboro, Hugo's Fall Color Trail Ride will be
holding a fundraising trail ride Oct. 2. All the money will be
donated to the Red Cross.
Friedy Bontrup, who runs the trail rides with her husband
says, if the weather is good, she expects close to 50 riders.
"We've had a lot of phone calls and emails," she says.
Bontrup hopes to raise anywhere between $1,500-$2,000.
For $15 you get the trail ride, which goes through the
Hu!lett Marsh Conservation Area, a lunch, and a Chinese
buffet for supper.
On a larger scale, Canadians continue to donate their money.
On Sept. 18, just over $10 million had been collected in
Canada by the Red Cross.
District Branch Manager for the Stratford Red Cross Paula
Bergeron says as of Sept. 19, her branch had collected over
$29,000.
But those numbers do not include donations made by phone
or over the internet.
Bergeron says there is a benefit to donating your money.
'The donors will receive a Canadian tax receipt," she says.
There are three options if you would like to donate.
You can visit the office at 100 Gordon St., use a credit card
at www.redcross.ca, or by calling toll-free at 1-800-418-1111.
Decreased primary class sizes result
in 50 per cent increase in 'new hires'
By Stew Slater
Special to the Expositor
In the staff rooms of the
Avon Maitland District
School Board this September,
there is a 50 per cent increase
in the number of new faces
compared to a year ago.
So-called "new hires" have
increased from 42 last
September to 64 this year,
due largely to injections of
provincial government
money for implementing two
goals -- decreasing class sizes
from Kindergarten to Grade
3, and increasing the level of
preparation time that
eventually convinced
elementary teachers to end
their work -to -rule Last spring.
Human Resources
superintendent Jim Sheppard,
in delivering a report during a
board meeting Tuesday, Sept.
13, noted not all the new
hires stepped into full-time
positions.
And when asked by a
trustee about what seemed
like a large number of new
teachers, he was non-
committal about comparing it
with past years.
"September's normally a
very busy month for new
hires," was all he would say.
The numbers, however, do
show the increase in the total
number of new teachers,
compared to a year ago.
And Sheppard was willing
to identify the two dominant
provincial funding factors, as
well as the less dominant
"Student Success" initiative,
which aims to keep
secondary pupils in school
when they're at risk of
dropping out.
Last June, negotiators for
the education ministry and
unions representing teachers
hammered out a deal aimed
at averting possible strikes,
and ending extended work -
to -rule campaigns.
A major part of that deal
was establishing provincial
standards for preparation
time. Boards were challenged
to negotiate collective
agreements that met those
preparation standards, and
were provided funding to do
so.
Meanwhile, there has been
ongoing funding to assist
boards in ensuring the
average Primary classroom
size is 20 students or less.
An initial goal to have
every Primary classroom at
20 or less proved too lofty,
but boards are still expected
to have 90 per cent of their
Kindergarten to Grade 3
students fit that standard by
2008.
Although these initiatives
may not have an effect in
some small schools, on a
board -wide basis they both
increase the total requirement
for teachers.
According to Sheppard,
even in areas where declining
enrolment remains a reality,
this has been generally offset
this year when it comes to
teaching staff.
Likewise, there has been
increased requirements for
maintaining classroom space.
"We have added three full-
time -equivalent (custodial
staff) this year," reported
business superintendent Janet
Baird -Jackson.
"The government has
made, and continues to make
a significant investment in
reducing the average primary
class size, and we certainly
appreciate their effort in that
regard," Sheppard said.
Huron East men facing charges of possession
Two 18 -year-old Huron
East men are facing charges
after they were found by
police with a quantity of
suspected marijuana.
A white 1997 Pontiac was
stopped by police on Main
Street, Seaforth on Aug. 28
at 2:45 a.m.
One of the two men inside
the vehicle was charged
with possession of a
controlled substance.
The other was charged
with breaching probation.
The first is scheduled to
attend court in Goderich on
Oct. 17.
The second is scheduled
to attend court in Goderich
on Nov. 17.
Items valuing $2,500
stolen
from Huron East house
Close to $2.500 in
property was stolen from a
house under construction in
Huron East sometime
during the night of Sept. 3.
items stolen include a
Yamaha 2500 -watt
generator, a dehumidifier
and a gas can.
Anyone with related
information is asked to call
the Huron OPP or Crime
Stoppers.
Pellet gun stolen from
Huron East storage unit
Participation
reflects 25th
anniversary
of Terry
Fox Run
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His aunt and several friends
have passed away from the
disease.
"Everyone's'been touched
by cancer. so we need to keep
the fundraiser going." he says.
Cardno says the importance
is that everyone feels the same
about the event.
When asked if he's proud of
his fundraising
accomplishments. Cardno's
response i.'1'm proud of the
people who donate"
Huron OPP
A pellet gun was stolen
from a storage unit on Mill
Road in Huron East, reports
the Huron OPP.
The theft, reported Sept. 7,
involved someone forcing
their way into a unit at
Seaforth Mini Storage and
opening a wooden box
containing a Crossman .177
air pellet gun.
Anyone with related
information is asked to call
the Huron OPP or Crime
Stoppers.
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