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S�eking qlibrarian
• The Iluron-Perth County itoman leacher planning lime. William Eckert, Director of Educe-
. The hoard over the last eight year, lion. said: "by allocating teacher
zelverticif Separate qualified
Board is made significant -improvement's by librarian lime to every school in the
•ad+ertising for a qualified arts media d at the Same lime pro-
, u• u, • a nuns e • u • c
_ of, Health will adopt a smoketree
- The Ontario Government will spend policy in its offices and buildings.
more than $1.4 million over the next The program called Project
15months to curb violence in amateur Smokef ree, will be phased in starting
sports, with an emphasis on hockey March 1 of this year, and will affect
violence. according to Tourism and 12,000 employees of the Health
Recreation Minister John Eakins. Ministry,s seventy offices across the
Funds will be used to improve province.
referee training development pro- Tenant protection
grams. to promote letter injury care The Ministry of (lousing has made•
and to help provide arenas with available copies of a brochure entitl •
breakaway safety nets. •'Where theje ed "New Protections for Tenants in
system .and
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Crackdown on violence
Minister of Municipal Affairs. Ber-
had Grandmaitre, advises full staff
resources are being employed to pro-
cess applications for payment as
rapidly as possible, and those still ex-
periencing difficulties should call one
of my riding offices. or the Ministry
j of Municipal Affairs itself in Toronto
II (collect) at (416) 585-6565. Please
have your tax roll number available
for ease in tracing.
Smoking ban
In conjunction with National Non -
Smoking Week. which ended with
Weedless Wednesday. January 21.
Health Minister Murray Elston has.
By MPP Jack 'Riddell announced that the Ontario Ministry.
liln-acianI consultant etfeclire con•tr( I" g I , I nei isno safety component,(herewill Ontario"which explains someolthe
+ iding classroom : teachers with .—
til•
September is I. 19(37. libraries, committing additional no grants." he _said, and amateu provisions under the new Residential
1meaningful blocks of planning time•.
This is an ectivetrltent with a dollars to the Purchase of library lhete is 00 doubt that children will leagues not reducing �ciolence will Rent Regulations Act which areof im
system perspective and system► materials and the hiring of a Systemlose grants. r Donahoe to tenants throughout the
p p Librarian Resource teacher. Central- benefit. 11 is a much needed and
responsbilities fora three-year term—
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significant improvement. Eckert
I renewable►. The successful can- ly based resources such as video pro-
didatc ++'ill plan and implement a grams and individual classroom kill ' acknowledged that "the willingness of
are now available through the library teachers and trustees to cooperate
quality library centre and assist and make a commitment to. a five -
schools with library and language ce t • orated at the board office in
consistent
from
• •u sistt
din. The availability of these year plan. that will tx c n
arts programs. year to year, will lead to the sac
The trustees and teachers under the resources has helped improve pro -
1urisdiction of (he boar(k have agreed •grams in the eighteen schools under cesslU1 implementation of the
the tx)ard's jtu•isdietiun. blaterialsare Ministry -of Education document.
01plan
put h place a put
Iibatlye five-year delivered weekly to the schools via Partners in Action.
plan nice will pal library resour'c'e' The commitment for the provision
the board's courier service.
iwrsoneel on staff at each school and of Planning Time" at the elemen
The plan results !rum ++•hal „.as a
prop ides each classroom leacher with strong conviction on the part of Ad Lary level commencing September 1.
halt day per month of i,t school 8)87. was made. by both the Boarrl and
ministration. 'Trustees and teachers Teachers' negotiating teams •for a
that the introduction of Library
program Resource teachers .in every school time period agreid to average :30
New
+sill 'permit us to protide more minutes a week for each classroom
specialization in the teaching 01 teacher and this could be organized
for education " libr•ar•y an(1 related research skill: in blocks of time which equals the
,.gnu
Huron County Board of Education
director Bob Allan has described it as
an exploration in education, as an ex-
citing new program, as the beginning
of a new line of learning and teaching
techniques.
Board of Education trustees at their
January meeting, agreed to commit
sufficient funding to support a new
program.the Ties to Business and In-
dustry Incentive Fund project bet-
ween Goderich District Collegiate In-
stitute (GDCI) and Champion
Machinery Ltd. for a two year ap-
proval period.
The program is designed to
esiablisii ihMdhingful links between
Champion and GDCI as the primary
goal. This could include the provision
of school services to the company in
exchange for access to Champion
facilities to introduce school students
to contemporary technology in a
manufacturing environment.
Allan said that Champion has a well
devItoped marketing system, ad-
vanced technical facilities, computer
and word processing systems for
students. In turn, GDCI for instance,
is 'offering a course in blueprint
reading for employees at.Champion.
On a broader scale, the project is,
designed to assist all of the Huron
County Board of Education secondary
schools with the implementation and
recommendations from the 1986
and create more opportunities to -training-and and 'ob ualil'icalions of io
meet- individual -needs of students,- - - .itis projected that -additional stat--- g J q p
The allocation of Ic ichor resource ling .could 5.:3 lo 6.11 teachers with Sessional fitness employees.
i t f 518 0cio to $•1111 ()Ixl
Athletic activit ies accountfor over province.
half of all serious injuries, according - Copies - 0) the brochure are
to the - McMaster School • Injuries available in my Goderich and Ex,eter-
Study for the Ministry of Education. riding offices. -
with an alarming increase in spinal - ' Photo club grant
f Citizen -
cord injuries related to hl►ckey to .44 My colleague Minister o
Citizen -
reported between i96b and 1985 in On- ship and Culture Lily Munro has
tario. Lifetime care for paraplegics recently announced a grant in the
is approximately $1 million per per- amount of $778 to the Maitland Valley
son. reports the Canadian Paraplegic Photographic Association for the pur-
Association. chase of photographiq equipment.
Concern for safely also extends to Park grant
the fitness industry. Seely rneasures The Town of Goderich recently
have not kept pace with the boom in received approval from Minister of
fitness organizations. Mr. Eakins said Natural Resources Vince Kerrio of a
his ministry will work with the in- provincial grant of $15,000 under the
dustry to help them establish safety Parks Assistance Act for the further
standards for operators. maintenance development of St. Christopher's
and equipment, and standards for the Beach Approved Park.
- Crop insurance hearings
As 1 promised last fall's wet
weather, a 10 -member committee will
begin a series of public hearings into
the Canada -Ontario Crop insurance
program next month.
The public hearings,.which were set
up by myself and Federal Agriculture
Minister John Wise. are the firs)
phase of a review of the current crop
insurance program. and will he
chaired by former Ontario Federation
of Agriculture president Harry
Pelissero.
The committee includes seven peo-
ple representing the various farming
regions and commodity interests: one
staff member from the Ontario Crop
Insurance Commission: and one
representative from Agriculture
Canada.
As part of.the review, the commit-
tee will examine federal and provin-.
cial legislation: protectiorf farmers -
need in today's economic climate:
time will vary according to size of a Pro,ledec cos o :►. •
school. respectively.
Heflsall resident
back with Iibrary
The Huron County Library Board municipal council."
has reinstated Hensall native .)anis
Bisback to the board atter r pro-
cedural error was discovered •egar-;
ding the counly's citizen appoint-
,nenis_ 10 the hoard. -
- Ina letter from the Minister of
Citizenship and Culture I Al('(' I Lily°
Monroe to Warden Brian McBurney
dated December 16. the minister em-
phasized that the library appoint-
ments "are for a three year term con-
current with the three year term of
Itis the deal
of the century
"The deal of the century!". That's
how Artistic Director Katherine
Kaszas described this season's Blyth
Festival voucher pack bffer.
Review of Technological Studies. The - The voucher packs. each containing.
Champion-GDCI program is seen as four vouchers redeemable for four
a model to assist other schools in theatre admissions. went on sale last
developing program directions that fall and cost my $30.00. This orks
are relevant to community and out to 57.50!kr ticket, and can result
regional needs.
The program has received Ministry
of Education support and a $15,000
grant per year has been approved.
This amount is based on a rate of
grant of 75 percent and is applied to
the maximum fundable budget of
820,000. The Huron County Board of
Education will spend a minimum of
85.000 on the program.
Still hope for
Middlesex gaol
Doug Reycraft, MPI'for Middlesex
said today "the Middlesex County
Gaol project has,not been rejected by
the. Ministry of Citizenship and
Culture." Reycraft went on to say
"the letter received by the County of
Middlesex was one of an advisory
nature and not a denial of funding."
The Ministry in its lettter to the
county advised that the Communities
Facilities Improvement Program
CFtP) provides funds for projects in-
volving a heritage structure in one of
two ways: 1) when a building houses
a program which refers to the man-
date of the Ministry. i.e. the building
isused for "public culturl,l,
multicultural or citizenship pur-
poses" or 2) when the structure is of
instrinsic heritage value recognized
by its community through designation
under the Ontario Heritage Act.
For the Middlesex Gaol project to
be considered for funding under
CFip, based'on its intrinsic heritage
value, certain revisions to the present
architectural plans are required. A
Meeting between the Ministry mad the
County has been arrangOd for
January 26 to discuss these revisions.
Reycraft stated, "i havediscussed
this matter with the Honourable Lily
Munro, Minister of Citizenship 4nd
Culture, on many •occasions and in
fact as recently as yesterday and will
continue to takean active role in sup -
Port of this project."
"1 ani pleased that this meeting has
been scheduled, and am hopeful that
a solution can be reached," Reycraft
Said.
in savings of over 40 per cent on the
regular ticket prices!
For the 1987 season, regular adult
ticket prices from opening July 11 will
be $8.00, and 810.50 for Saturday even-
ings. After July 11, adult tickets will
go up slightly to $9.00, $11.00 for Satur-
day evenings. Children's ticket prices
remain at $3.00 for all performances
- these have nbt been increased in
seven years!
- "The Blyth Festival works very
hard to keep ticket prices as low as
possible" said Kaszas. . "but
sometimes inflation catches up with
us and we are forced to increase our
prices slightly. However. the ticket
prices al Blyth are still much lower
• than any other comparable theatre
ardwnd".
in order to cash, in on the savings
offered by purchasing voucher packs,
just call the Blyth Festival Box Office
at 523-9300 from Monday to Friday, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Farm tax rebate
New information has ecently come
to light to explain the elays many
farmers have experienced in receiv-
• 'ing their Farm Tax Rebate forms.
Initially a new computer system in-
stalled by the Ministry Of Municipal
Affairs. who handle this program.
resulted in a number of. problems
which delayed the.first mailings by
several weeks.. After these were
- Mrs. Bisback was Telt off the resolved. in mid December it was
library board for 1987 in favor of understoodall-applicationshad gone.
Isabel Elston after serving only two out on or before Decernber 10th. So at
years of the three years as a non- that time. those inquiring were advis--
. elected. citizen mem -at-large-on - ed to wait. as it was assumed delays
the board. were due to the traditional
"Unless the previous library board "Christmas rush"- in the,post offices.
members who have not yet serveda- in early January it became obvious
three-year term have resigned or that due to an oversight on -the part
council has just cause under the Act of the ministry responsible for
for removing them; they would con- • government mailings. some 14,:100
•tinue to be on the board." the letter forms had not been mailed. • Staff
• concluded. worked throughout the weekend of
Mrs. Bisback, in a recent interview". January 10 and 11 and all applications
said she has received a letter of re- were delivered to the main post office
instatement dated January 14 troiii - 'in Toronto on Monday.- January 1.2: -
County Clerk -Treasurer Bill Hanle
Ilowever. the letter said the re-'
instatement is "under review" bet-
ween the county solicitor and the
Crop insurance
MCC Minister Lily Monroe. ' Continued from page 16
"Until I'm notified one way or the ing pay for crop disasters. "If we
Other I'll continue lobe a member of want to get all farmers insured. we
the library board," said Mrs. Bisback have to make it more attractive to
in an interview. She has been a board them," he said. Benefits versus costs
member for the last five years. in some crops such as corn, he said.
According to former chairman 01 .. are so low that many farmers are tak-
the library board Tom Cunningham. ing the chance of not having
the situation is "up in the air" with the insurance.
county now seeking clarification of Hill said that acreage percentages
the Library Act which governs the show that there are problems with
Iluron County Library Board. crop insurance. When only 27 percent
"Our solicitor is discussing the of corn acres are covered by in
situation with the Ministry of Citizen- surance something is wrong, he says:
ship and Culture and with the Some farmers presently don't see the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs to Iind need to buy crop insurance because
out whether the are or are not in con- what they want is insurance against
lravention of the (Libraries) Act." a loss, not income insurance. •
said Mr. ('unningham after the core° Wilkinson told farmers that the up-
coming provincial hearings into crop
insurance (the panel will tour Ontario
from February 9 to earlyApril) were
very important. "ft may he our only
chance at amendments to crop in-
surance for the next 20 years.'
This proposal, adopted by the
Huron Federation, will be presented
at one of the hearings, as well as be-
ing sent to the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture and to the ministers of
agriculture at the provincial federal
levels.
cil meeting On January 8. •
As for an explanation as to why
Mrs. Bisback, a vocal opponent of
some of county's policies.regarding
the operation of the county' library
system. was left off the library board
for 1987, Cunningham said it was time
for some new blood on the board.
"We felt that she had been on the
board for a considerable length of
time, and maybe it was -best for the
cdunty to find a replacement."' he
said. +
programs in other jurisdictions: and
a general review of the current pro-
ducton guarantee concept.
Hearings have been scheduled for
the following dates at the following
Locations: week of February 9 - Fort
Frances, Thunder Bay. Sudbury and
New Liskeard: February 24 -
Chatham : February 25 - Tillsonburg:
February 26 -Stratford.: February 27
- Walkerton; March 10 - Niagara -on -
the -Lake: March 11 - Guelph: March*
12 - Alliston: March 24 - Brighton:
March 25 - Kemptville: March 26 -
Alfred; March 31, April 1 and April 2
- Toronto.
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