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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-04-14, Page 3Auld Solid - 3 Varieties DEODORANT Intensive Care LOTION 60g 200 ml. 199 Kiik LUNCHEON MEAT 12 01 ;1. Maple Leaf - 6.5 oz. FLAKES OF CHICKEN $1.19 InstantMStrawberry or o°tf•39 ON SEAM •- Jackie Cottrell does her on beam perfor- mances al the recent Huron -Perth gymnostics meet. Won't fight town hall again on wage freeze debate • Tim.s-Adycete, April 14, 1982 Ree board Adopts new salary grid system lite South Huron rec centre board of management ap- proved a salary grid system for employees, Thursday, which personnel committee chairman Gary Birmingham reported was probably in the middle of the road in com- parison with other communities. However, he said the pay scales were high enough to at- tract qualified people. Two current employees are already at the top end of the four -step system. The basic rate for the recreation director and facilities manager was set at $15,456, increasing to a max- imum of $19,000 at step four. The assistant facilities manager has a maximum of $15,500 and the secretary - bookkeeper's is $11,000. Although not included in the salary schedule, the wage for part-time adults was set at $4.50 per hour and the student wage is the minimum allowable. All new employees will be placed on probation for one year, and upon satisfactory completion of the probation, will be placed on permanent staff. A merit increase in salary through the four steps on the grid will be considered by the board on or after the anniversary date of employment. All full-time employees are entitled to the same fringe benefitsas town employees and the cost of living allowances will be given at \ the same rate as those negotiated by the town employees. The cost of living allowance is in addition to a merit increase. • The board agreed to review the new salary grid system on an annual basis to ensure it remains competitive. Birmingham failed to get a seconder for a motion that the board appeal council's deci- sion of last week in maintain- ing a freeze on the salary of secretary -bookkeeper Jo- Anne Fields. The board had agreed on December 8 to increase her salary by the 10% given all town employees on January 1, but council stipulated the freeze was in a feet on her salaBirmingham contended it was anincorrect decision by council in that the increase had been approved before the freeze was implemented. "How many times do you have to come back before you get the message?" question- ed Councillor Bill Mickle, who noted the board had already made two attempts to get the increase approved and had been turned down by council. He said board members had done their job in pressing the issue, but it appeared to be useless to continue the fight. Approval was given to recreation director Lynne Farquhar and board members Bill Rose and Gary Birmingham to attend theup- coming Ontario Municipal Recreation Association con- ference in Stratford, -while, Cam Stewardson and Steve Wells were given the okay to attend a refrigeration course at the University of Guelph in May. The costs involved in the two events, coupled with seminars already attended, have almost depleted the board's budget for conven- tions and seminars. Members felt it important to attend the Stratford con- vention when it is so dose, although they will attend for only one of the three days. "You learn a fair amount from the people from other communities," chairman John Pym commented. A letter from Pryde Blvd. resident Gail Little regarding fencing along the new soccer field area was turned over to council. She indicated proper- ty owners in her neighbourhood were plagued by children who cross their property to get to the schools and rec centre. She said she realized this was not the problem of the board, but was wondering what fencing they may be considering in the future. Mrs. Little said she has politely spoken to children who walk through her proper- ty and even climb a fence, but PIECES AND STEMS LEAVER MUSHROOMS OUR REG. •1.05 10 OZ. TIN 69 OUR REG. 1.19 WESTON HOT D06 OR HAMBURG ROLLS PACKAGE OF 12 69 OUR REG. 1.72 COTTONELLE BATHROOM TISSUE 4 ROLL PKG. 11.9 ZENRS GRAND SLICED, CRUSHED OR TIDBITS CHASE & SANBORN KEEPS FOOD FRESH ,..y•;H.,>v•y WHITE, YELLOW OR ALMOND ROYALE PAPER TOWELS 2 ROLL PKG. 89` SPRITE OR "SUGAR FREE" TAB OR SPRITE COLA OUR REG. 69e STACEY MARGARINE SOFT STYLE 1 LB. TUB STRAIGHT CUT McCAINS FRENCH FRIES FROZEN 3.5 Ib. PKG. • 9 BATH S12E IVORY BAR SOAP 400 g PKG. 119OF 3 BARS PAIVENT $109 6.5 oz. TIN GLAD GARBAGE KITCHEN BAGS CATCHERS PKG. OF 20 PKG. OF 24 2.89 SUPER SPECIAL! PLUS DEPOSIT • •r OUR REG. 1.49 8 VARIETIES ZEHRS COOKIES 450 g PKG. 99c WiNTERFRESH, REGULAR OR GEL COLLATE TOOTHPASTE 150 ml TUBE • T OUR REO 2.59 .9 CONTEST RULES AT 'ALL ZEHRS MARKETS $PAONETT! • SPASNETTINI • UNGUIiSE. READY COT MACARONI - ROTi$I OR nemeLLLI OUR REG. '1.65 PKG. LANCIA PASTA 1 kg PKG. SPECIAL! LANCIA GRAND EGG NOODLES 5 VARIETIES 790 375 g PKG. SPECIAL! BRAVO VIAND TOMATO PASTE • S. S. oz. 249' _- 319 UTILITY PACK W W 100 W PHILIPS LIGHT BULBS OF 4 61.19 CNEFMASTER CORNED BEEF 12 oZ. 1.99 1 VARIETIES DR. BALLARDS DOG FOOD 14 0:. GD BRAND SLAANDWICH BAGS 200's 1•S9 SPECIAL! MAYO SPAGHETTI SAUCE PLAIN 28 oz. :f.f9 BURNT ALMON' JERSEY MILK, SUPREME. YIRGNIIL OR ROSEBUDS NEILSON BARS 69° 85g-1158 PKGS. Heinz Strained • Reg Price Fruits, Vegetables or Juices BABY FOOD 128 ml. ib3S� as1 P 0. 200SLACK BREAD CRACKERS 1. �� Light, Fresh baked - Pkg. of 12 DINNER ROLLS 16 oz. LOAF 79 69 Swiss Style • Asstd flavours Green Giant frozen 9 oz. GAY LEA •YOGURT 9°�%%9 MACARONI & CHEESEBr i,A ap Green Giant frozen slicedFISH teKABOBS a 170 g 'LIT GREEN BEANS 2 18. Green Giant French Style2 $119JAM FILLED BUNS 1.09 BEANS frozen MIXED"VEGETABLES'%69 RITZsCRACKERS 250 X1.09 Green Giant 3 Varieties 9 oz. FROZEN ENTREES 159until closing Tues. April 20. Prices in effect Wed. April 4 THESE SPECIALS AVAILABLE ONLY IN: HIGHWAYS #4 & 83 EXETER MONDAY. TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 9-6 P.M. THURSDAY & FRIDAY 9-9 P.M. SATURDAY' 8:30.6 P.M. reported they repeat their ac- tions the next day. In other business, the board: Learned that master keys are still breaking off, despite the fact they spent 8300 to have the locks fixed last year. Asked the staff to design a purchase order system that will provide more sophistica- tion and control than the pre- sent system. Were told that the profit from the spring break pro- gram for local children was $141 with about 150 youngsters participating. The board and the Exeter Minor Hockey Association will get .$2111.$4 profit each from the recent bantam houseleague tourna- ment they sponsored. Agreed to write off 159 from the bill for the Exeter Mohawks as there was some - question of how much ice time they had used for games. . Former SHDHS student is 'distinguished teacher' A graduate of South Huron District High School who is now a faculty member of the University of Waterloo will receive one of that school's annual distinguished teacher awards at spring convocation, May 27 to 29. Dr. Grahame Farquhar, 42, is a professor m the depart- ment of .civil engineering and teaches both undergraduate and graduate students. He was Win in Seaforth on July 27, 1939 but lived in Hensall for his first 13 years. He's the son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Farquhar, who then moved to Exeter where he later attend- ed South Huron District High School. He was an undergraduate at Waterloo, subsequently) completing a PhD at the South Huron losing one teaching post Declining enrolment at the secondary school level means 11.5 teaching positions will not exist this September in Huron County. The Huron County Board of Education approved a workload committee report showing the staff reduction at each school, at its April 5 meeting. Overall, the projected enrolment at secondary Textbooks debated . Huron County Board of Education doesn't rely simp- ly on textbooks in classroom teaching. Superintendent of program Robert McCall said schools use as many resources as possible. He was responding to a recently published study on textbooks .in. Ontario's classrooms, commissioned by the Canadian . Book Publisher's council in co- operation with the .Ontario Teachers' Federation. • McCall said each school has its own budget from which it buys its own textbooks. In Huron, he said schools spend in the neighbourhood of 812 per student for textbooks. This, he pointed out, does not include costs of other resource material such as magazines and library books. He added the figure varies from school to school. The book publishers' study said "on average, in 1979, school boards in Ontario spent only $11.19 per student on tex- tbooks". The study compares this \to other Canadian provinces. "In 1979-80, Newfoundland spent 828 on texts... Prince Edward Island 824.70... and Alberta 823.17," a press release on the study stated. The survey of 1,000 prin- cipals and teachers in 140 elementary and secondary schools in the province was conducted by Doris Ryan, Ph.D., with the Ontario In- stitute for Studies in Education. The Canadian Book Publishers Council points out that until 1968, Ontario could claim to be a leader in the province of classroom materials, envied by other provinces and even countries. in 1969, the Ministry of Education's grant structure changed by giving grants to school boards and then they apportioned it to individual schools. The council says, "the amounts spent on tex- tbooks have declined serious- ly over the past 12 years". On the other hand, Mr. Mc- CaII says textbooks should not dictate a school's curriculum. He says schools use as many other resources as possible such as film strips. video tapes and reference books which are a benefit to many and may explain why less it spent on textbooks. German Continued from front page towns in Saskatchewan ,which the consultant admitted have A much harder problem at, tracting industry than Exeter. Shaw noted that Mueller had been contacted by representatives from Peter- borough after they read an October Times -Advocate arti- cle which mentioned Mueller's work for the town. Anyon4 • interested in donating slides of Exeter to be used in a presentation in Get - many is asked to drop them off at the town office. schools. is expected to decrease from 4,032 students this school year to ap- proximately 3,843 students in September. 'In turn, teaching staff will be reduc- ed' from the present 245 to - 233.5. The average pupil - teacher ratio remains cons- tant at 16.46 to 1. Looking at each school in- dividually, only Seaforth District High School shows an actual increase. The school's enrolment is ex- pected to increase by 17 students, from its present 343 students to 390. This results in a half-time teaching position increase; from 23.5 teaching positions ' presently to 24 this September. Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton is expected to have the largest reduction in teaching staff, from 55.5 now to 50.5 in September, a difference of five. Enrolment is expected to decline from 859 students to 798 this fall. Goderich District Collegiate Institute is ex- pected to have the largest decline in student enrolment from 843 now, to 773 in September, a loss of 70 students. The number of teaching positions will be reduced from 50 in 1981-81 to 48 in September. F.E. Madill Secondary School. Wingham will lose four teaching positions. go-. ing from 60.5 now to 56.5 in. September. Enrolment will decrease from 1,015 students to 959. a loss of 56 students. South Huron District High School willlose one teaching position as its enrolment decreases by 19 students. It now has 55.5 teaching positions and 942 students and this is expected to drop to 54.5 teaching positions and 923 students. University of Wisconsin and returning to the campus at Waterloo in 1968 as a' professor. Dr. Farquhar married a Zurich woman, the former Marian Yungblut. A press release from the, university's information ser- vices states: "Student surveys have repeatedly reported him to be the "best professor" in his department. This is not the first time students initiated his nomina- tion for the distinguished teacher award. "His former students, a number of whom continue'to seek his advice on occasion, speak highly of his 'charismatic' influence on their careers. Fellow engineering professors at Waterloo and on other cam- puses too, where he has .taught on occasion,- report favourably on his work.' He has been termed by one of them a "teacher's teacher'. Keys to his success include: extensive preparation, en- thusiasm for his subject and concern for the individual students whom he teaches". The University of Waterloo has offered three distinguish- ed service awards annually since 1976. They are in recognition of a continued r recordof teaching excellence. Criteria include intellectual vigor,'communication skills, persentation of subject mat- ter, concern for students and some indication that the teacher has had a "favourable and lasting influence". Award winners are nominated by students and other teachers and are decid- ed upon by a committee representative of undergraduate and graduate students, alumni and faculty members. Special education Continued from front page in the 1981 fall term. The board's enrichment program is currently done in pilot projects with pupils in three elementary schools which involves weekly two- hour withdrawal of selected students under school staff direction. A full-time area 'resource teacher has been hired for this position and a student services committee will be looking further into the program. Current support is provided' with assistance from outside agencies. for example. Fami- ly and Children's Services. A psychologist,' behavioural consultant is to be hired to serve mild behavioural cases. Students with learning dif- ficulties are currently being served in special learning needs classes and will con- tinue but staff will be increas- ed from 14 full-time equivalents to 16.5 full-time equivalents This will mean an increase of five half-time classes. At the secondary level, there are currently 10 classes of a modified basic program staffed by 12.4 full- time equivalent teachers and this is to increase by two effective September. There are also 19 classes of a basic program served by 3.2 full- time equivalent teachers. It is expected as these classes enlarge, they will be staffed by teachers from general subject areas. Currently'there are seven teacher aides for a full-time equivalent of 5.2 and any further hirings are expected to be made as required. This staff number is expected to remain constarit. No changes are required for the current three. trainable mentally retarded schools in the county staffed by 9.5 teaching positions and 4.9 teaching aide positions. Also no changes are to be made in the current .placement of Huron students in residential facilities, such as the Regional Centre for the Hearing Handicapped in London and the ,-,W. Ross MacDotlald School for the Blind. Brantford Negotiations providing service to developmentally handicapped pupils are under way and it is expected there will be a cost sharing arrangement between the Ministry of Community and Social Services and the Huron Board of Education. in its cost analysis, the plan states, "the im• plementation of the requirements of Bill 82 should not increase the amount of money required locally from the taxpayer in the form of an educational levy beyond the amount raised in 1981." The Ministry is providing to herds of education for special education purposes only. 8125 per elementary 'student and 590 per secon- dary student in 1982. S135 per elementary student and 897 per secondary student in 1983. 5145 per elementary student and 8104 per secondary student in 1984, and 8155 per elementary student and 8110 per secondary student in 1985. 1