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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-03-18, Page 3IN 7'l-TE.N 'Yes. Exeter scroll was received Jegion gets answer 'from Navy EXETER - 11 you ever won- dered what became of the giant scroll with hundreds of local sig- natures that the Exeter Legion sent off to the Persian Gulf last year, you're not alone. Jim Merrylees, president of the Legion branch, wondered the same thing, so he sent no fewer than five letters to the Canadian -Navy -to -try -andlInd-our-ft-tite 100 -foot long scroll reached its intended destination on the HMCS Protecteur. The scroll was sent last Janu- ary, carrying with it the wishes of "a couple of thousand local residents", explains Merrylees. • Only last week,, came a letter from Captain DJ. MacLean of the HMCS Protecteur apologiz- Mng for not sending a thank -you note for the scroll. "Please extend my gratitude to all the well wishers in your com- munity who participated in pre- paring -and signing the scroll, and advise them that their gift helped to increase the morale of the ship's company during the stressful circumstances caused by the Persian Gulf conflict," reads the letter. Included with the leuer was a treated photograph of the three Canadian ships which served in the Gulf last year. "It did get to where it was sup- posed to go," said Merrylees, adding that he thought it impor- tant to find out the fate of the scroll for those people who had signed u. 1 Jim Merrylees holds a photograph of the Canadian ships which served in the Persian Gulf last year and a letter thanking the Exeter Legion for sending a 100 -foot scroll to the HMCS Protecteur with the signatures of hundreds of lo- cal people. Farmers' feathers ruffled Dear Sir: On a recent CTV national news- cast a spokesman for Kentucky Fried Chicken stated that prices in Kentucky Fried Chicken stores are mucn higher in Canada because of marketing boards. This state- ment is totally false and 1 will tell you why! Today, farmers are being paid just under 52.00 for a chicken. The processor, who pays that $2.00, cuts the chicken into nine pieces. These nine pieces are then sold to Kentucky Fried Chicken for about 53.50. However, when you the consumer buy the chicken in a box at a K.F.C. store you are charged more than 511.50. If Ontario chicken produc ing, and the pro-iers gave their chickens away for absolutely noth- ing, and the pro- cessing plants charged nothing to pro- cess them, a small box of Kentucky Fried Chicken would still cost you the consumer 58,00 dollars which is S2.00 more than the U.S. price. You tell me who is upping the con- sumer off. It is high ume that you the consu- mer reali-re that farmers m the sup- ply managed commodities are not taking advantage of you. I suggest to you to ask the retailer at K.F.C. THE NEVA' MICHE 11N XH4 THE PANA__ PRONTIEF MICHELIN XH4 A revolutionary 4 -season lire l+uarenlead 130.000 an, South Northlander Kongskiide oiloo Ha ire tern L�yntr, Big '0' #83 East Now. HAUGH TIRE INC. EXETER 265 Thames Rd. East Off Hwy. 83 East 235-3752 Emergency Service 1-800-265-9255 pager 1672 or 3640 Business H'urs: Mon. - Fri. 8 - 5 Sat. 8 - 12 noon �Itt�l MICHELSp why they charge so much for their chicken. Archie L. Pedden Jr. RR 6 Strathroy. Times -Advocate, March 18, 1992 Page 3 imincammi Annexation threat to education Dear Sir: The future of every child's edu- Cation and the education of every, future child in Middlesex County are being decided right now. By the end of March, a Provincial Ar- bitrator's report will likely dictate the outcome of the London annex - ation issue. It's disturbing to think that some people, including par- ents and other County ratepayers, are still not aware that the estab- lishment of new municipal boun- daries could have a devastating ef- -feet on --tic -education -in Middlesex' The issue of edueadon within this debate has clearly not received its due. !t widespread annexation occurs (major London expansion), re- maining revenues from Middlesex taxes will likely not support our existing comity school system. the Middlesex County Board of Edu- cation may well be forced to merge with the Board of Educa- tion tor the City of London. This would mean that a new, greater London school system would have to provide educational services over a vast region, including areas 01 the County that may extend well beyond the newly expanded City boundary. The increased cost 01 extending London school pro- grams into the farthest corners of Middlesex would be sub- stantial. County taxes would almost certainly go up and by today's stan- dards, way up! Not only this, but recent strong signals from London' have suggest- ed that some extra school programs In the city system may have to be cut back or even discontinued. City -extpansienists-are-ywon oting the -ad- ditional programs in the London school system, programs like ele- mentaryIndustrial Arts' and instru- mental music classes. Wouldn't it be ironie4 if these programs were dropped just as they were about to be introduced to Middlesex County? Sadly, County ratepayers could end up paying more for a new, City based school system no broader in scope than the old, inde- pendent one. Equally worrying, and possibly, even more regrettable, is the fact that the character of schooling in the County would .change. Proud local traditions of education and a way of fife in Middlesex communi- ty schools would be lost forever. Of course there is the possibility Fire chief should stay on town payroll, says council EXETER - While the Exeter and Area Fire Board proposed last month that it take over control of the Fire Chiefs salary and wage ne- gotiations, town council is not quite so ready to give up responsibility for one of its employees. Council made a motion Monday evening to keep Fire Chief Gary Middleton on the town's salary grid system, rather than turn control of his salary completely over to the Fire Board. Councillor Ervin Sillery said he did not know if the chief would benefit from becoming an employ- ee of the multi -municipality board rather than a town employee. "He said n doesn't matter to hini so tong as there isn't an uproar over his wages like there was last year, said Sillcry. Four voted in tavour, two against, that Middleton remain on the town grid system. Exeter's decision will be presented to the board which meets this Wednesday evening. that a big land grab will not occur after this annexation ruling. Some have suggested a lesser expansion scheme that would only annex small pans of the County. Here again, though, we may be looking at a crippled County school board which would be ftxroed so limp along with fewer resources than it has now: (Don't forget the massive provincial cutbacks of only a few weeks ago). This patchwork scenario may also result in certain schools being forced to -join -the iondon-system even though they are dominated by County students. Uneven boundar- ies, awkward transportation re- quirements and the higher opera- tional costs don't bade well for this picture either. All in all, the point of this discus- sion is simply this: it's up to every- one.,,. every .parent. teacher WI citizen... to become familiar with this issue of London annexation and Middlesex education. There are a few weeks left to join die de- bate. If we don't speak up now we may never be heard from again. Donna M. Mciimoylc Middlesex County Chairperson, of Education Monday, March 30th 7:00 p.m. PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING SEMINAR Presented by: Wilfred Klingspohn Free to the Public! 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