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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-04-22, Page 1ft weed t ter drama '' Heart and Str rfund on top..., * Nita Peters wl • 4a; � 10. cam. OUT THEY GO —Among the over 250 items auctioned off at the benefit auction for Paul Grose in Iider- ton, Wednesday, was a big box of potato chips. "Tom Robson bought these" auctioneer Hugh Filson gleefully announced as he started to throw the contents of the box to the over 400 in attendance. On Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Sixteenth Year stage from the left are Bob Garrett, Jerry Marten, Tom Shoebottom, Filson, Bruce Coulter, Paul Wallis, Ken Liddell, Stan Wyatt and Bob Hodgins. The clerks and auctioneers, some shown standing in front of the stage, all donated their time to the sale which raised over $24,000 for the injured farmer. EXETER, ONTARIO, April 22, 1987 voca & North Lambton Since 1873 H uron RC high :school The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board trustees agreed Monday night they will have to delay any thought of get- ting a Catholic secondary school in Huron County until at least 1990. A Secondary- Education Steering Committee from Huron County nam- ed in 1986 arid on November 17 began its study to determine the feasibility of establishing a Catholic secondary school in Huron in the fall of 1988. The steering committee composed of Trustee Michael Ryan, chair- man,Rev. P. Mooney, J. Gillespie, J. Flannagan,Rev. J. Hardy, E. Cap- pelli, L. Martin, Trustee Bernard VanOsch and Superintendent of Education John McCauley. They reported that a shared school at Cen- tral Huron Secondary School in Clin- ton would be able to accommodate a • Breaks leg and arm in motorcycle crash A 35 -year-old London motorcyclist suffered a broken leg and arm after being involved with an unknown vehi- cle in one of four collisions in the area investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. . Edwin Fowler was riding his cycle south on Highway 4 north of Exeter, on Friday when he pulled out to pass another southbound vehicle. He fail- ed to notice that another vehicle was passing him at the time and he smashed into the latter, which didn't stop at the scene. Fowler was tossed from his inachine and he ended up in the east ditch, while his bike was in the.}Vest ditch. Damage in the crash was listed at $3,000. The first of the week's crashes was on Tuesday when a vehicle operated by Stefan Pertschy, RR 1 Crediton, struck a deer on the Crediton Road, just east of Highway 81. The animal was killed and damage to the vehicle was estimated at $700. On Thursday, vehicles driven by Donna Forrester, RR 2 Zurich, and Julie Debus, Zurich, collided on Highway 84 at Goshen St. in Zurich. Damage to the vehicles was listed at $3,000 and Ms. Debus sustained minor injuries. the final crash was on Saturday •.vhen a vehicle operated by Bradley Dittmer, RR I Dashwood, went off concession 12-13 in Hay and rolled over on its roof. Damage was listed at $600 and Ditt- mer and two passengers suffered minor injuries. During the week, the local detach- ment officers laid 39 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, two under the liquor Licence Act and one under the Compulsory Auto Insurance Act. Catholic High School in a vacant wing and offer .a wide range of subjects. The report revealed that Catholic parents are interested in the religious formation of their secondary school - aged children, and if a Catholic school was not feasible, there would be con- tinued support for the Board in offer- ing religious eduction credits (courses) through continuing educa- tion night school. The committee cited a lack of a ci- ty centre and geographical distance as an obstacle to some ratepayers and parents to the establishment of a Catholic secondary school. in addition Huron County in recent history does not have a tradition in Catholic secon- dary education that would cause parents and students to value and cherish such an education. The committee found the Catholic community in Huron County may not be ready to commit itself fully to the support of Catholic secondary educa- tion: It may take more time to establish and acknowledge a framework whereby parents and students would accept the benefits associated with being a 'school with a difference'. Among the committee's recom- mendations, besides delaying con- sidering a Catholic secondary school until 1990, was a recommendation to continue to offer religious education credits at the secondary level through continuing education and consider ad- ding senior division credits. • The board, on an interim basis. should consider extending transpor- tation links west on Highway 8 to ac- commodate students wishing a Catholic secondary education at St. Michael Secondary School in Stratford. The board should also determine boundaries for secondary school at- tendence between Huron and Perth Counties. In other business at Monday's meeting, the board accepted "with on regret" the resignation of Randy Brown, assistant to superintendent of business and finance, Jack Lane. ef- fective May 15: Brown has held the job for the past year and a half. The board has advertised for a replace- ment for the position. Larry Cook, co-ordinator of com- puter instruction, will have his posi- e Price Per Copy 60 Cents hold tion increased from half time to full time and he is to be called co- ordinator of computer in§truction and computer resources, effective September 1987 for a three-year term (renewable). William Eckert, director of educe- ' tion, was authorized to enter into an Please turn to page 2 A CHAMPIONSHIP KICK - - Kick boxing champ Leo Loucks attended o junior karate class in Exeter Saturday morning. Above, he delivers o kick to instructor Dan Bell. Looking on are students Jesse Hart- ford, Vanessa Laye, Tara Pring and Todd Revington. T -A photo Premler Peterson's visit to Nuron is good for his soul Ontario Premier David Peterson made a whilrwind visit to.three cen- tres in Huron county, Thursday. He was in Goderich in the morning "to assist officials of Champion Road Machinery launch a new $706,000 robotic welding installation. He moved on to the Clinton municipal office near lunch time to meet with the mayors of Clinton, Ex- - eter, Goderich and Seaforth. On the Clinton meeting, Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw said, "He was very candid and receptive to our needs. He wanted to know our concerns." • The topics covered were economic development, policing, waste disposal and equalized assessments and un- conditional grants. • • Some of the municipal concerns will HOMEMAKERS WELCOME PREMIER - Ontario Premier David Peter- son is welcomed to Huron county Thursday by Town and Country Homemakers co-ordinator Laurette Siegner and executive director Jean Young who is also chairman of the Ontario Visiting Homemakers Association. be further addressed when the mayors meet in the near future with Ontario's. Minister of Municipal Af- fairs•Ben Grand -Maitre. The meeting is being arranged by the office of Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell who accompanied Peterson on his stops in Huron. The luncheon meeting in Seaforth was sponsored by the Seaforth Business Improvement Association which is undertaking a number of downtown improvements. In Seaforth Peterson said, "This town has unique architecture. We wish to assist with your heritage and downtown improvement.. There is great potential here. What you are proposing to do will provide the flavour of real Ontario." Ile continued, "These things can't be done from Toronto. We will act in Let's get on with iti Ontario's Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell is continuing to lobby for a June provincial election. In Seaforth Thursday with Premier David Peterson, Riddell claimed the Liberals need a June election to allow them to pass a long list of legislation "without all this political nonsense." Shortly after Peterson had spoken to more than 300 persons at the Seaforth Community Centre, Riddell said "Let's get the election over with and get down to Liminess. It should be held before our two-year accord with the New Democratic Party expires on June 26". Riddell said he wasvoicing the opoinion of rural Ontario and about half the Ontario caucus in wanting an early election. He added, "Farmers want an election now rather than in the fall harvest season." Premier Peterson told reporters minutes later that he has not decided when the election will be called and would not commit himself to a 1987 election. He continued, "The Liberal caucus is split 50.59 on a spring or fall election. I'm not trying to be coy with you. You have to interpret it your way." • The only reference Peterson made to a passible election In his speech in Seaforth was when he said, "We have been in power for almost two years, but I have no announcement to make." a supportive role to assist local leadership." On the robotic welding launch at Champion" in Goderich, Peterson said. "It's great that an industry in a small town can develop "Something that is the best in the world. They have an enormous amount of resilience and capacity for change. They have mov- ed in advance of technology and are now selling in 86 countries." The only•reference of a possible provincial election was made when Peterson said, "ft's good for my soul to get out of Toronto and listen to your concerns. We have been in power for almost two years now, but 1 have no announcement to make." 1n closing Peterson said, "We have much to dosyet, but 40 years in which to do it." VISiT WITH PREMIER Bob Down of Exeter chats with Ontario Premier David Peterson in Seaforth, Thursday. Down, a former UCO director presents a Co -Operators Insurance button to the premier.