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Outside Canada -$99.00 t.,a $ 1 40 posey.) , USE YOUR CREDIT CARD 00000000 ' 00000000 Card No. 1 ' Expiry DateMI 1 Public board comes up dry, but separate board gets $2.9million for new school By Catherine O'Brien T -A staff CLINTON - Officials with the Huron County Board of Ed- ucation were disappointed on Friday when they found out the board wouldn't be receiving any of the $620 million in cap- ital funding set aside for school boards across the province. While the news was bad the Huron board, it was a different story for the Huron -Perth Catholic board which received grant money to build a new high school targeted for the Clin- ton area. The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board will be receiving $2.9 million from the province to build the $4 million school. "We didn't have any of our 'regular' projects recognized by the capital grant announcement. That's disappointing," said Paul Carroll, director of the Huron board. He said the board had placed a high priority on getting funding for renovation projects for schools in Goderich and Vanastra. Carroll said the board doesn't expect to receive any new grant money for these projects before 1996. This announcement comes just days after Carroll an- nounced than a proposed joint venture for a shared Catholic and public high school in Clinton had been shelved. Carroll toll public board trustees last Monday that talks be- tween the holic and public boards regarding the joint use of Central Hron Public Secondary School were on hold. "Sharing c f this facility is not being discussed at this time," ❑ Visa ❑ Master Card � Cheque enclosed Return to; TIMES ADVOCATE , Pupeline p am me .t. =feint- - 6, Inside announced for Exeter A $3 million project to bring enough water to last for 20 years of growth hinges on a provincial grant By Adrian Harte T -A Editor EXETER - A $3 million pipeline will bring enough water to Exeter to suppote-population growth for the next 20 years. The project, scheduled to start construction in May 1995, was approved in prin- ciple by council last week. PUC commissioner Roy Triebner said negotiations with Stephen Township have resulted in a fa- vourable arrangement for both mu- nicipalities. A 40 cm pipeline will be twinned withfihe existing line running from the main Lake Water supply at Shipka to a new pumping station in Crediton. A new 30 cm line will bring the water supply along the second Concession and Huron St. West into Exeter. Triebner said the agreement means Stephen will give up own- ership of its present water system to the provincial corporation OCWA (Ontario Clean Water Agency). Exeter will still be relying on its six wells in Usborne Township as its primary source of drinking wa- ter, said Triebner. Those wells are nearing their limits to meet the town's needs. "If we lost one well right now, we would be in trouble," he said. The end result is that Exeter's tap water will be a mix of ground water from Usborne, and surface water from Lake Huron. Included in the project proposal is $600,000 to build the pumping station near Crediton, the updating of control systems on the lines, and the construction of a new 2.5 mil- lion litre reservoir under Mac - Naughton Park. It will Join the ex -1 isting underground reservoir in the park to act as an emergency supply. Triebner said the system is aimed at supplying enough water for a town of 6,700 people, plus the needs of industry like Nabisco. "What this does is guarantee us a water supply for the next 20 years," said Triebner. Demand for water further in the future can be met by enlarging, or twinning, the pipeline. One reason the project was so readily agreed to by council is its attractive financing package. oir Please see Water, page two Teacher sacrificing hair for high school music program Will there be anything left? EXETER - South Huron District High School music teacher Bob Robilliard has been letting his hair grow this season. It's not part of the "grunge" movement, but a fund raising event that will come to a close Tuesday evening. The school will be presenting its annual spring music concert, fea- turing the performances of the triple Trio, chamber choir, concert choir, jazz band, concert hand, and the wind ensemble. But the most unique feature of the evening will be a continuous hair cut given to Robilliard. His long hair will he divided up into 25 pony tails. Tickets drawn from a drum will'determine who will get a chance to snip each one off. The luckiest ticket holder will be the name drawn last, with one last pony tail and the remainder of Robilliard's hair up for grabs. Has Robilliard booked a hair appointment for the next to salvage what's left? "1 don't think it's going to be necessary, because whoever gets number 25 is going to eliminate what's left," said Robilliard. He said he expects to take a couple of months "in hiding" before he once again looks respectable. Tickets are being sold on the hair cut for SI each, or three for $2. All proceeds go towards equipping the renovated music room at the school next fall. Ticket holders must be present at the concert to get a chance to snip a pony tail. The concert starts at 7 p.m., with general admission being just a silver collection. T -A sports places third in national newspaper awards TORONTO - The Times -Advocate sports pages placed third in the annual Canadian Community Newspapers Competition. Publisher Jim Beckett said the results were particularly gratifying because the T -A was entered in a class that included newspapers with a circulation up to 12,499. First place was won by the St. Albert Gazette from Alberta. The Milton Canadian Champion was second. AS he said. The two boards had been discussing the possibility for months. But by late April, Catholic board trustees started looking at other options such as building their own high school. That decision came about because of negative reaction to the joint proposal that was expressed at a meeting put on by the Clinton high school parent liaison committee in mid- April. Although there was much debate and an even greater amount of controversy regarding the proposed joint venture, Huron MPP Paul Klopp said the decision to build a Catholic high school was based on cost. a'Please see Catholic, page two. Klopp backs same sex bill as it dies in legislature But the Huron MPP says he wanted to see adoption and spouse definition changes removed from the bill TORONTO - Huron's Paul Klopp was one of the NDP MPPs who voted in favour of an equality rights bill that would have given homosexuals the right to collect the employee benefits of their part- ners. Although the bill was defeated in the Legislature Thursday evening, Klopp said he would have sup- ported the final passage of the bill in the form that Attorney General Marion Bcyd promised. Klopp said he could not support Bill 167's proposals to al- low same-sex couples to adopt children, or see the definition of spouse changed. "Thursday aftemoon, Attorney General Marion Boyd gave both verbal and written assurances that the bill would be amended - adoption would not be allowed and the definition of spouse would not be changed," states a release from Klopp's office. "With that promise, I agreed to support the bill for second reading." "If either of these amendments were not included in the final legislation, I would have stuck by my position and voted against it. Since the bill was de- feated at the second reading, it does not proceed fur- ther," said Klopp. Klopp had also supported the bill's first reading two weeks before. He explained the bill deserved more debate, and the 'first reading allowed it to pro- ceed to the second reading. Since the bill was defeated Thursday evening, the province's gay community has reacted with outrage at not being allowed any of the rights proposed in the bill. They have said they may have to take the issues to the courts to win those rights there. Boyd's promised amendments to the failed bill in- cluded the assurance that only opposite sex couples would be included in the definitions of "marital stat- us" and "spouse", and that same-sex couples could not apply for adoption. Students of the Year atudants of the Aar were chosen Just after midnight at the South Huron District High School formal Friday night In Exeter. Sara Wallis and Dave Morlock were selected by their classmates from 10 nominees as the top students of the graduating class.