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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-09-09, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, September 9, 1992 Maridhon cominites, limys Ivy Ix's b.ei�r Teachers and board at odds STRATFORD - The Perth County Board of Education and its high school teachers are bat- tling over time for administra- tive duties and salaries accord- ing to a provincial negotiator. According- to the St. Marys Journal Argus, a 24 -page fact tinder report by Richard Jackson declares a strike is inevitable if a settlement is not soon reached. Teachers are seeking a 1.1 per- cent -increase in salary and more - time to perform subject and classroom administration. • Last March; the board's policy • changed resulted in 31 depart- ment heads and directors losing one classroom period when they would normally have done ad- ministrative work. Department heads are now re- sponsible for administrating 32 classes instead of le. The board reduced 111 direc- tors, department heads, subject chairpersons and other positions of responsibility by 21, equiva- lent to 5:75 teaching positions to save $142,275. Posiuons ot`ie- sponsibility previously cost the board S355.415 annually. Peace Park expanded GO ERICH - In conjunction with other towns and cities across Canada, the town of Goderich will be expanding its Peace Park According to the Huron Ex- positor, the expansion will be accompanied by a.ceremony Oc- tober ti at the park on SL Chris- topher's Beach Goderich will join other comae ices m cele- brating Peace Park Celebration Day In addition, the Goderich Parks and Water Committee will add a grove of 12 trees to the pare. representing the provinces and territories of Canada. Farmer caught in baler WINGHAM - A 28 -year-old Morns Township man is in criti- cal condition in Victoria Hospi- tal in London alter a farnung ac- cident last Sunday afternoon. According to Wrngham OPP, William Hasungs of RR4 Wing - ham was baling hay on the Lot 4- Concession 1.farm bee ngwg. to William Garniss about 4:30 p.m Hastings was using his foot to try and clear straw from the in- take of the baler. While kicking the straw in, he was caught and dragged into the machine. On entering, the slip clutch let loose, stopping the farmer's progress into the baler. Unable to free, himself, Has- tings remained pinned legs first, up to the waist until 11:05 p.m: when Ganuss found and freed bun Alter being taken to Winghiam District Hospital, Hasings was transferred to London. Bayfield h ote l receives grant AYFiELD - The Albion Ho- tel, a Bayfield landmark since 1840, will widergo extensive renovations thanks to a $30,000 grant from the Ministry of Cul- ture and Communications. According to the Clinton News Record, the grant, availa- ble for the conservation of pri- vately owned commercial and industrial properties designated under the Ootario Heritage Act, 1974, was awarded in July to the Albion, one of three succeasful applicants. The original building consist- ed of a store built in 1840, to which the hotel addition was added in 1856. The hotel bas re- mained largely unchanged since 1902,.srid is now owned by Jack and Kim Musaynaki. By Adrian Harte T -A Rdlitor TORONTO - The younger broth- er of Terry Fox, who accompanied him on his cross -Canada Marathon of Hope, made his first public speaking appearance this summer at an organizer's workshop for the Terry 'Fox Run. Darrell Fox spelled out for the workshop participants the events of that spring and summer in 1980 when his brother made his attempt to run across Canada, despite los- ing his right kg to cancer three years before. Darrell left school a month early so he could join the 21 -year old Terry on the run. He, Terry, and van driver Doug Alward were the only three on the journey for those first few days after it began in St. John's Newfoundland on April 12. "it was clear nothing in his con- trol would stop him from dipping his foot in the Pacific in a few months time," explained Darrell. "Terry was always one to finish what he started." The routine of that first month on the mad consisted of a 4:30 a.m. wake up so that Terry could cover between 12 and 14 miles before an 8:30 or 9 a.m. breakfast, which Darrell noted, was equivalent to an average person's daily food intake. Darrell describes the weeks after the Marathon of Hope left the Mar- itimes and entered Quebec as "frus- trating" because the people they met along the way were not aware of Fox's marathon attempt and the language harrier did little to edu- cate them. ,Darrell said he can remember several days while Terry ran along the shores of St. Lawrence that they had to use the van as a wind- break to stop him from being blown over. Once the Marathon of Hope passed the border into Ontario, everything began to change, ex- plained Darrell. While increasing media coverage was beginning to make the run well-known and de- veloped huge public support along the route, speaking engagements and receptions began to eat into Terry's rest and sleep time. With an OPP support car now joining the run, donations began to pour in, both from spectators and donors. Darrell said the extra miles added to the route to include London and Kitchener to the marathon were lined . with spectators and it all blurred into his memory, as "one long day". After returning to Toronto before heading into Ontario's north, Dar- rell said his older brother became obsessed with mileage and began to refer to 'going home" despite the thousands of miles left before the Pacific. in retrospect, Darrell said he knew something was wrong. "1 always feel guilty for not say- ing something, but I guess 1 was just a kid and I believed Terry Darnell Fox, younger brother of Terry Fox, makes his first pub- lic appearance as a guest speaker for an organizers workshop of the Terry Fox Run in Toronto. could overcome anything," said Darrell. Just outside Thunder Bay on Sep- tember 1, Darrell said he was wbk- en up to be told his brother was tak- en to the hospital. The return of cancer in his lungs had been con- firmed. Ten months later, despite treat- ment with interferon and chemo- therapy, Terry Fox, the youngest Companion of the Order of Canada, died in New Westminster, B.C. Darrell told his audience that he was left with a feeling of "what now?" More than 10 years later he said he can finally answer that question and has decided this year to take on the job as a provincial di- rector of the Terry Fox Run in Brit- ish Columbia. Terry Fox Runs, held in tribute to Terry each year since 1981, have raised millions of dollars, all of which goes directly to cancer re- search. The Terry Fox Foundation became independent of the Canadi- an Cancer Society in 1988. Last year, nuns across Canada and in several other countries raised $7.5 million for research, S3.2 million from Ontario alone. In the South Huron area this year, there are Terry Fox Runs in Exeter, Zurich, Clinton and Seaforth, all on September 20. The Exeter run starts in MacNaughton Park at 12 noon. The Zurich run leaves the Zurich Community Centre Park at 2 p.m. Sponsor sheets can be found at many local businesses and offices displaying the 1992 Terry Fox Run poster. Date still to be set for bank fraud trial GODERICH - A date has yet to be set for a trial for a Parkhill woman accused of defrauding an Exeter bank's customers of thousands of dollars. A pre-trial hearing held Friday afternoon for Leona McIntosh of RR4 Parkhill determined that the date fora trial will be set in Assignment Court on September 15 at 2:30 pan. The former Bank of Montreal employee was charged last No- vember with four counts of fraud exceeding $1.000. The in- vestigation involved one full - tune officer with the Exeter Po- lice and the OPP ani -rackets squad. • At the tune of the arrest, po- lice would not discuss how the alleged frauds took place nor how much money was involved. Lucan to observe special waste reduction week LUCAN - Council of the village of Lucan will be declaring the week of September 27 to October 4 as Waste Reduction Week. Local council will be joining more than 100 other Ontario mu- nicipalities and organizations in this one-week Ontario -wide envi- ronmental blitz mended to chal- lenge people to learn .more about and practice the three R's more ef- fectively. The three R's are reduce, reuse and recycle. At the September 1 meeting, councillors quickly thrugh their support behind the Waste Reduc- tion Week. Reeve Toni Mclaughlin said. " This will give us a great opportuni- ty to start hammering away at resi- dents to reduce the amount of gar- bage they put out for collection". McLaughlin added, "In recent months the amount of garbage coi- lectd in Lucan has increased by about 30 percent". Deputy reeve Harry Wraith sus gested the three area elementary schools should be utilized for pro- motion of garbage reduction and re- cycling. He continued, " Promo- tional brochures are available. This is a great time to go to the schools". Councillor Rob Brady suggested a poster contest for the students at Lucan and Biddulph Public Schools and St. Patrick's Separate School. In conclusion ,:McLaughlin said, " The schools have proven very positive in their approach to this subject, it's the adults we have to get after to reduce the amount of garbage they throw out" Brady added, " Before you throw it out, think". Councillor Bryan Smith , a mem- ber of the joint stewing committee on waste management with the townships of London, Lobo and West Nissouri said his group would be promoting recycling at the ldtrton Fair on October 2 and 3. He said composting is increasing in the village with 10 compostors sold in the last three months. One compostor will be given away as a prize at 'Merton. Smith reporting on a recent joint recycling meeting said costs were increasing. He added, "Our only problem is paper. We can't fad a proper market for it and it's costing us $17.50 a ton to get rid of. I'm wholeheartedly behind recycling, but we have to do something about paper" The Lucan councillor reported that OMMRI is trying to find an outlet for paper. OMMRI stands for Ontario Multi Materials Incorporat- ed, a consortium of manufacturers including those of soft drinks. Zoning disagreement Continued from front page The county's planning and development committee had recom- mended the application to change the zoning be denied. It now has to meet the ministry's approval. The property is just off of Highway 4 and is the old roads department building and property. "Our council is opposed to it," said Exeter reeve Bill Mickle who was curious to how the property will be serviced. Hay Township -reeve Lionel Wilder was upset about Exeter trying to stand in the way of this zoning change. "I don't feel one municipality should restrict another if it's reason- able," said Wilder. He said that leaving this land as agricultural was "ridiculous". "We don't warn to build a fence in Huron County for develop ment," said Wilder. Exeter reeve elected v p of municipal association By Adrian Harte T -A Editor EXETER - Town council now has a voice at the top table of pro- vincial/municipal negotiations. Ex- eter reeve Bill Mickle has been elected as one of the four vice- presidents of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO). About 700 Ontario municipalities are members of AMO and use the organization as their lobby group for their interests with the province. Interestingly, the entire AMO ex- ecutive, which also includes a first vice-president and the president, are all representatives from rural or northern municipalities, but Mickk pants out that the AMO board of directors does have members from the larger urjprt centres, helping to even out the representation. Mickle just finished up this spring a year-long term as president of one of AMO's sub -groups, OSUM (Ontario Small Urban Mu- nicipalities). "I think it had a lot to do with my election, because 1 ended up on top of the polls," said Mackie, but ac- knowledged that this year of repre- senting all kinds of Ontario munici- palities will be difficult, even with his OSUM experience. "It's going to be a challeage," he said. "You speak for a much broader base now." But the main issue that concerned him during his OSUM presidency is the tame one that follows hits to AMO. "My biggest concern is dematan- giement And how it will affect wu- .aieilpadities. We .w,ant .to,set the best .dos ,for towns „like ,iiweer," said Mickle. Disentanglement is the unofficial term for the province's plan to sep arate municipal and provincial finding. Such things as rued works and welfare are jointly funded by both municipalities and provinciai subsidies. Queen's Park aim is to reduce the duplication of bureau- cracy in such areas. Mickle said AMO has proved it self an effective voice for Ontario s municipal goverrttneuts. Rather than deal with .the complaints and concerns of each Ontario city. awn, or township, the province prefers to "deal with one ideotuy' Consequently, AMO's eAecutivc• frequently meets with provincial cabinet ministers to discuss neve provincial initiates or to argue fur some that have yet to pass. When the province began to re- vise its methods of distributing grant monies to municipalities, it was AMO that fought to keep the distribution . fair when it appeared large urban centres were receiving preferential ueanatent and more money. There is alao an ongoing battle to try to restore the province's share of education taxes beck tube 60 percent feuding it used to be be- fore it slipped to 40 percent. "Part of tbat is due to provincial programs gnat are being mandated without funding." said . Mickle, pid he would also like to see the province adopt a _la nicipal Charter. Believe it or not, there is no dyne dominant.lbat #polls out Me definition of aaiimicApality, its 6014 ntsponsibi1ties. duties, or ju- risdiction. "There's -oohing ,in jotala ign that recognizes that," noted Mickle, adding that without a clear det-tni- tion, towns and villages can be treated like "creatures of the prov- ince". Mickle said he will be attending two or three meetings a month and some of the costs of attending will be borne by the Town of Exeter. Council has supported Micklc's ca- reer with AMO and OSUM, but he said there is hope that eventually the expenses of AMO officers will be covered. out of AMO general funds. "I've also picked up some expens- es out of my own pocket to be there," said Mickle. Although Exeter's reeve is there to snake decisions in the best inter- OPP seek information on thefts, mischief EXETER - The OPP are seeking the public's assistance in three tun - solved crimes, two of which are thefts. On Sunday A 30 police say a quantity of , valued.at $200 were stole) fium akiWartneent un- der renovation at 123.itawn in Boasau. Stolen ,Mara app wArivors, wreaches and ratchet sots. On August 28 a par CD/cassette player was removed from a vehicle perked at Tawnliae collision in Saigon Ta siostM,. 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