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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-01-28, Page 21For separate school board SHOW SOLAR -PANEL — Looking over a solar panel with Bill Allan_of the Bruce Nuclear plant are Ex- eter Public School students Laura Cook, Jeff Burton, Neil Sadler, Lisa Wareham and Jodi Soldon.T-A photo. 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 Times -Advocate, January 28, 1987 Page 21 j9/ s ach'3 o[[[It((IJ 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— ( 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. 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