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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-05-15, Page 1YOU NEVER FORGET -- at St. Boniface School ,Foundation. Sister Maureen Shearon joined the skipathorl to raise money for the Heart and Stroke More changes are set for downtown Exeter will be getting one new store and an enlarged stock for another following a transaction announced this week by Alan Smith. owner of Polka -Dot Fabrics Ltd. His firm has purchased the former Exeter Pharmacy building on Main St. and will be moving the fabric sup - Try to work two-year pact Discussions between the Huron County board of education and its secondary school teachers are lean- ing towards a two-year proposal. Graeme Craig, chairman of the board's personnel committee, said mediator David Whitehead of the University of Western Ontario has had two meetings with District 45 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF t and the board, but no settlement has been reached. It was noted at the board's May 6 meeting that a proposal which would run to August 1986 is now being sought. The teachers have been without a signed collective agreement since September of last year. The board has set down terms of employment for the teachers. The superintendent of personnel. Peter .superintendent said the one-year pro- posal originally discussed would run out by the end of this August. Both parties agreed to extending the time of the contract. 01: 741 ti'v t ;lF plies from its present position next door. The present facility will then house Spinning Wheel, a fabric related crafts store, which is also owned by Smith. Polka -Dot Fabrics will get owner- ship of the Pharmacy on August 1 and Smith, who operated his firm from a head office on his farm just north of Granton, said the store will be open- ed -around September 1. More items and selection will be carried in the new Polka -Dot store as the floor space in the Pharmacy building is about 5,000 square feet, compared to the 2,000 in the existing store. Polka -Dot Fabrics Ltd., started in 1963, has 18 stores throughout Southwestern Ontario. The Exeter store was opened 13 years ago. The Spinning- Wheel will carry a variety of products for artisans, in- cluding spinning wheels, looms, yarns and other'craft supplies. This is the second such store that Smith has opened. He said purdhase price of the Phar- macy building was $140,000. The deal was transacted through Royal LePage Real Estate, represented locally by Ron Cottrell. Another Main St. store also chang- ed hands this week. Bob Swartman has sold his men's wear business facility to a -major firm which will be making an announcement on their plans in the near future. Last week, Trevor Wilson announc- ed that he would be opening a phar- macy in the north half of the former Canadian Tire store building owned by Doug•Parker. ;.7 A FiND Hensall Public School student Christine Rose and Mary Moffott, area resource teacher for enrichment and gifted children, examine caddis fly eggs they found during a four-day aquatic' and terrestial study session at Bannockburn conservation area. Stephen plans deficit on arena at ;36,338 At the last Stephen council meeting. the arena budget was accepted and approved. A deficit has been planned for. 11 is estimated revenue will he $88.117.2-I,whrleexlenditures will be 5124,505. leaving a $36.338 deficit. These figures include general maintenance figures. some repairs, changes to the water cooling system used to flood the ice. and wages and operating costs. $7.0011 of (he $36.338 deficit will go into a reserve fund for future capital expenses- ('ouncil has asked for a breakdown of the summer arena operation. June to September ('ouncil has received approval from the MT(' to pave concession 2-3 They have also received approval to gravel the roads as planned. The clerk and the bookkeeper reviewed the first draft of the 1985 Township budget. There were some recommendations by council. and the budget was turned hack to the clerk and the bookkeeper to be revised ('ouncil is working with the Goderich planning department to hire a university planning student in the fall on a co-op program They are ap- plying to the Ministry of Municipal At • fairs and Housing for a subsidy. ('ouncil has given permission to the Iluron Park and Crediton /Fire. Departments to repair several Scott air packs- Permission has also been given to (he Huron Park fire depart- ment to repair a pressure relief valve. Ken Pickering. the drainage com- missioner. has been given approval to repair two drains. the Money drain 1972 and the Fleming drain 1954. ('ouncil received the revised report on the Carey municipal drain. A special meeting will be held on May 27 at 8:30 in the Stephen Township Community (entre in Crediton to con- sider this. A court of revision will be held on the ('lark municipal drain of June 4 during the regular council meeting. ('ouncil approved payment to Gorden Scott for his goat which was killed by stray dogs. Three representatives will attend the A.M.O. conference in Ottawa. August 25 to 28. Tom Tomes, Ken Mc('ann and Wilmer Wein will be go- ing. and the $215 registration for each. hotel milage and meals will he paid hv.the township. Sharon Homphf will attend the A.M.('.T.0. Zone 2 meeting in St. Marys May 30. Her $12 registration fee will he paid imes dvoca Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 One Hundred and Twelfth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, May 15, 1985 r Price Per Copy 50 Cents teachers to rov�•e Huron for youth offenders' facility changes to the secondary school level, a co-ordinator 4e write curricula teaching time to help write her system, particularly the need for is required. Otherwise, said one curriculum. - French to be taught at the general teacher, she has to give up more The superintendent of program, Ar- nolo Mathers, said the secondary school changes have put a heavy load on a lot of subject areas. He said writing teams, made up of teachers from the specific subject areas, are preparing curricula'or else it is being purchased from other school boards. In re -affirming its stand, the board did say it would monitor the teaching of French and, if necessary, bring back a French co-ordinator in less time than the three year cycle. The Huron County board of educa- tion will start negotiations soon with the ministry of correctional services to provide teachers for young of- fenders at the Bluewater youth of- fenders facility. The director of education, Bob Allan, told the May 6 meeting of the school board that he has been asked to start negotiations with the ministry. Representatives from the ministry have previously told the board the correctional services ministry will cover all costs. However, the school board is responsible for providing programs for the young offenders and professional development for the teachers. Allan said it is his understanding that the teachers would have their classes inside the facility which has medium security. He guessed there may be 10 to 15 teachers needed to serve the maximum number of 120 offenders. Re -affirm decision Despite pleas by parents and French teachers, the Huron County board of education has re -affirmed its stand to eliminate the French co- ordinator's position by August. At its May 6 meeting, the school board heard from Colborne Central school French teacher Flo Dyck, South Huron District high school department head Wendy Steward, and- Zurich public school French teacher Vianne Culbert. "We feel that retaining the position of French co-ordinator is essential if we are to maintain the high quality French core program that has been achieved in the past," said Ms. Dyck. However, trustee Tony McQuail said that "dilemma" the board faces is providing quality education in all subject areas. The school board has a policy which calls for four co-ordinator's positions, each to last a maximum of three years,4 "While I accept fife value of a French co-ordinator, I also see the op- portunity for co-ordinators in other areas," said McQuail. Exeter teacher Ms. Steward said Huron students would be at a disad- vantage without a French co- ordinator. She said that all surroun- ding boards have full-time positions. The teachers added that with the Fined over having beer A Hensall area man was fined $125 after being convicted in Exeter court, Tuesday, of having 'liquor readily available in a motor vehicle in his care and control. Franklin P. Mousseau, Rft2 Hen- sall, pleaded not guilty to the charge which was laid on March 29 in Hay Township. Evidence revealed that an OPP constable came upon a vehicle with two men standing outside. The officer saw the men throw two beer bottles into a ditch. A search of the vehicle revealed eight full bottles of beer in a cooler in the trunk of the vehicle and the officer retrieved two part bottles of the same brand from the ditch. Mousseau said he and his compa- nion had been at a hotel and were on the way home when they stopped to relieve themselves. He said they toss- ed two old beer bottles from. the car into the ditch when they saw the cruiser as he didn't want to take a hreathalizer test. Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake noted there appeared to be a credibility gap in the story and said there was no evidence to suggest the defendent had reached into the car to toss out a beer bottle, but rather had tossed one that he had been holding while standing outside the vehicle. Mousseau had a previous Convic- tion on April 13 of last year under the Liquor Licence Act. Arren J. Bullock. Grand Bend, was fined $45 for driving at a speed of 108 in an 80 km. zone on March 31 in Hay Township and two Hensall residents were fined $4 and $3 in costs each for contravening Hensall's parking bylaw. Fined were Jens Bryn and Gary Dietz. WIN CAR, CASH John A. Morrissey, Grand Bend, was the winner of a 1985 Camaro( or $10.000 in cash at a draw staged by the district council of the Knights of Columbus, Saturday. The draw was held during a casino night held at the Lucan arena by the three groups which- make up the district. They include Lucan. Strathroy and Exeter -Mt. Carmel. Profit from the draw is anticipated at around $7,000. - Basil Glavin, RR 1 Crediton, won $1.000 for the second ticket drawn. while Bob King. RR 3 Lambeth, won $500. BARE BONES — "This is what you look like without any skin on", Joanne Bowen tells Jordan Hill and Lindsay Hardy, who -were tour- ing South Huron Hospital with the Lucan Nursery School. Drivers lose control., crash on area roads Single vehicles were involved in five of the six collisions investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. First of the six occurred on Monday when a vehicle driven by Craig Vanderworp, Crediton, struck a hydro pole on concession 4-5 of. Stephen, south of the Crediton Road. and then rolled over into the ditch. Damage was estimated at $2,000. On Tuesday, a vehicle operated by Richard Howe, Kirkton, struck a parked car owned by Wayne Chong. Exeter, in the Morrison dam conser- vation area parking lot. Total damage was set at $210. There were two crashes on Satur- day, the first occurring when a vehi- cle driven by Linda Wilson, Huron Park, left Highway 4 north of the Kirkton Road and struck a mailbox owned by Barb Passmore. Damage was $1,050. The other occurred on concession 16-17 of Stephen south of sideroad 20 when a vehicle operated by Douglas Eckel, Zurich, went out of control and struck a sign. Damage was $900. Damage was set at $5,000 in the first of two crashes on Sunday. It occurred when Joanne Slaght, Crediton, lost control of her vehicle in loose gravel on concession 3-4 of Hay, just north of Highway 84, and rolled over in the ditch. The only injury of the week was reported lathe other Sunday collision. Vehicles driven by Henry Allen, Lon- don, and Florence Hodgins, Centralia, collided oh Highway 4 north of Huron Road 21. Damage was set at $300 and Allen sustained minor injuries. Co-operative spirit A "real spirit of co-operation" ex- ists between the Huron County board of education and the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic separate school board. Trustee John Jewitt, chairman of the separate si'hool extension com- mittee, said he is proud of the way his committee and its counterpart with the separate school board are work- ing together. The committee has met twice, once by itself and once with the Huron - Perth school board's committee. At that meeting, the Catholic school board committee presented its ten- tative.plan which calls for sharing. facilities at Central Huron Secondary school in Clinton. This would house Huron's Catholic high school students. Director of education Bob Allan said the board will make its impact statement at its June meeting. This statement will estimate the effect of a Catholic high school in Huron on the present five public high schools in the county. The committee states in its report, that while it prefers the Catholic school board'not set up a high school, it has agreed to co-operate. Other alternatives to a Catholic high school discussed by the public school board committee include ad- ding religious education as a credit, the school within a school conceptkild changing an existing public high school to a Catholic high school. s . Another study The needs of technical programs in Huron County secondary school will be looked at with an eye to getting_ more provincial dollars. At the Huron County board of educ- tion's May 6 meeting, trustees heard and approved a request from direc- tor of education Bob Allan for the technical study. - Allan's request calls for one staff Please turn to page 2 WE'LL BE LATE Due to the holiday. Monday, the Ex- eter Times -Advocate will be publish- ed one day later than usual next week. It will be printed Wednesday night for Thursday morning delivery. JERRY oSON E t:Tix NEW CAR WINNER — When Murray Finlayson, Huron St., Exeter bought two pails of driveway sealer Friday at Moct.eans he didn't realize that moments later his name would be up in lights announcing him as the winner of a 1985 Reliant in Home Hardware's scratch and win contest. The car, valued of $10,200, is one of two automobiles in the notion -wide contest. Shown from the left ore: Gory MacLean, Carol Finlayson, John Gower of Exeter Plymouth Chrysler, Murray Finloyson, Jerry Maclean, Mark Finlayson and Scott Finlayson. • .-