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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-11-18, Page 19Wednesday. November 18, 1998 Ear Timor Advocate Community Christmas crafting Udora Peters, left, and Blanche Boulton, both of. Hensall. display some of their homemade crafts they had for sale at the Hensall Minor Hockey- -Craft Show and Bake Sale on Saturday.Among their crafts were dolls, air fresheners, angels and - Christmas trees. - CWL elect new officers EX(1't;H - On -Tuesday. Nov. .l l). .a 'meeting of the Pret:ions-Blood CWt, Was held fallowing u Moss -said by Fr. Paul. President Mary Koricina thanked everyone for their help during the - very sur; . ssful Fenny Sale held recently at the Exeter Convening LE3-gion. Convening next year's Funny Sale will be Mariiette Bticki' and Annette. Uononune. . Nomination chairper- sirn Esther Rau thanked the outgoing executive members for their work and dedication during the past two years. The new officers elected fur . - 1999 are Ceriliu Mittelhol.tz-President, Marlene • Munn Secretitry,-,Loan -Agnew- Treasurer, Janette Ducharme-l:irst Vice President.. Vf'illie . Verborne-So(iond Vitae-' Presid+tit. Elected to cunvenerships are Marlette Bilcke, Truus Koen, -Doreen Regier. Annette l)enottuut• and Ann Marie Cook. Flans.were made for the annual Christmas' dinner tobe held at. Trivitt Hall in. December. The meeting. lelos ed with a -prayer. Weight Watchers is back in Exeter! Come and see what we're all about! Information/Registration Night wed., November 25, 1998 t 7:00 p.m. - Christian Reformed Church 330 Huron St. West. Exeter For more information call 1-800-387-822.7 Rummage sale raises $7,728 for hospital • EXETER - yhe South Huron Hospital Auxiliary met at 1:3o p.m. on November 10. Mary Fisher, president, opened the mooting with a read- ing.on Remembering. Maureen Cole intro- duced the new C.B.O. of Huron Perth - Hospital System, Bonnie :Adamson who spoke of her future work. She showed us the new logo which is in the form of a 9 -block quilt. The eight outside blocks represent the eight hospi- tals and the centre block the Central Committee: Linda •• Finkbeiner demonstrated the many uses of scarves. • Reports of the H.A.A.O. convention were given by the three attending - Mary Rawl -der, Mary Fisher and Ruth Skinner who had been honoured with a life membership. Routine business fol- lowed. The treasurer reported 57,728 realized from the fall rummage sale. Grace Adkins asked for opinions on the gift bop hours. A conunittee was named to amend and update the . by-laws and constitution of the Auxiliary. Verla Russell reported on the work of the •doctor recruitment committee. School Funding: Ling -Term Solutions That Put Kids First We believe every child.in this province deserves . an equal chance at life. hi the bast, school luudn►g was anything but lair b:canat n was lhISCd n1.part un, how "much seach School board could rause m Itx lil takes. Now. thanks to student-h.ised funding. even• child nt Ontario can have fair access to a litt;h-qualit.' educattirn, no Matter where they live. Mote money for classroom education, less for bureaucratic waste. I•ur mane years, fi:ucuts complained al'lout . school board• ti;r l;in nt t , - much uu a* :j' •.:a( and athtllllistratllri, am, •.,o lit• - ill classiUUti, tictidS. \tii•asked buacdk to luld savings tri uverlwad and administration, then apph these luitds'to clasacuuttl_ ueeds. Must buArd• rtspoitded i1i good faith. A few' didn't. Instead, they threatened to close schools. - We could not stand by and let them - - threaten our kids' schools. . -• " lu'prutee-t •cluldteti (rut) unueetssary school clusurts, %%t l.illt►l' tip -with -lour diftert7ltt spitutions.• • A permanent 2O% top -up grant - for schools with fewer students. Kcviou h. a schoul'hulh kir 11)0 studeuu that had unI►' 80 strident.: enrolled ►. iruid (te. t lust 2.0% . of its operating budget. Nuw. Sellout• operating at • less thau.l►dl capat`IU will tecetet a top-►Ip:graut ut up to 20`,.. to bring -them darer to. urup tu. •telt operational funding. New permanent allowances for schools with non=standard- design features. Sotut sthoob. have urwsuai design features that mum additional costs. }or example, main- older schools have extra -wide hallways that need to* heated And cleaned. These unique design features Have. now.' been taken into consideration when calculating school 1uadtng. More time for school -boards to move money into the dassroom. - lv prt•viin certain board's horn unnecessarily - . closing sc:llvols. we'it giving thein more time at 4:tucent Lundin levels to find the sayings we know exist_ Boards facwg fuirdutg lair -eases will receive their utcreases as originally scheduled. ' Professional third party help to find . savings in administration and overhead. • In ..spun.. to a request for Ilt'Ip from the head of . fix luruilto Ihstrtct Sclt1.10l Huard, t(lt (it>vt nu►leilt will prof Idt• tltetet, and any oilier hoard requesting it, with a ttain.ol Itlatlagtltlent experts to help thein !Ind:ways to Nue -moral in olit•rartorls and_ adnuiustrattun. • . - - - An equal chance for every -child - remains our goal. . ,' Vli•'tc IntXt' t.Ull1ltuttt:d than t•rt•1 t., ratsutg•rh quaility of education for all Outat iu clvldtk It ISut-t.Vt rl'dh/A .that It will take tItitt for ow pruaL plt2, 1.0 1./.2....01114.' rt•altt.. 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