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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-06-20, Page 24►►Quutuu►utu)111111/1)►t►tlllm►nuu►►uuunl►►t►tuuuvuuuuuuuu►►utttttttutttttlttrttuuuuuttuunuuunuunuunutu jack 3 doiling.0 By Jack Riddell MPP There was support on all -PAides of the House for the remier's announcement that the Government would' give full 'funding to the Roman Catholic Separate Schools. Following the Premier's announcement NDP Leader Robert Rae said the decision would contribute to decency and a sense of civility in the Province. David Peterson said "it is a matter of basic justice" that grants be extended, to separate schools through grades 11, 12 and 13. As long ago as 1971 the On- tarto Liberal -Party was ad- vocating the extension of the grants, David Peterson pointed out, commenting "1 only regret that it has taken . this long for the Ontario Government to see the justice of the move." Liberal House Leader Robert Nixon, who as Party Leader advocated full funding for separate schools prior to the 1971 Ontario General Election, said he felt "vindicated" by the Premier's belated announcement. For 13 years the Premier has steadfastly refused -to pro- vide the funds needed for separate school boards to gmance courses in the senior rades. During the 1971 elec- tion, he maintained that ex- tension of grants would destroy the provincial educa- . tional system. He claimed: "A complete education system determined by denominational and religious considerations would frag- ment the ' present system beyond recognition and repair." Bob Nixon - stated: "the principle of equality of educa- tion is the cornerstone of my party's policy. This principle requires that both systems be treated equally." In reversing his long -held opposition to such grants, the Premier in- sisted: "I was right then, and I'm right now..." While he stated that his conscience was guiding him, observers noted that the separate school populalibn is growing; and the Premier is probably trying to gain voting support in the Catholic community. Setting all politics aside, however. there is more to con- sider than appears on the sur- face. I am sure Catholic school supporters will favour legislation for full funding of separate schools at first g'.ince but after considerably more thought there will be the realization that the separate schools may lose its separateness. Separate schools, like public schools will he financed out of general r evenues Now that the government will pay• the adage of "he who Support funding pays the piper calls the tune", will come into play. Catholic schools according to the Premier's af1nouncemeht, v must give consideration to the hiring of non-Catholic teachers. Furthermore we will no doubt see "anti- discrimination" measures. Down theroad the Catholic schools will no doubt see their curricula and textbooks screened by bureaucrats to see that they conform with the so-called "values" of our public school system. Those separate school parents who think this means they will save money should remember that there is no such a thing as a free lunch. Once schools have to conform to all the bureaucratic guidelines and regulations of the Public school system, costs will go up, along with taxes. Youth Unemployment Opposition Leader David Peterson released in- the Legislature figures on students registered with' Canada Employment_centi•es which showed that of the 34,553 registered in Toronto, only 9,435 fouhd work. Of _ .12,127 registered .in Ottawa, 1,410 obtained work, of 7,106 registered in Hamilton only 1,906 were successful. The figures for Windsor were 806 out of 3,797, for Peterborough 677 out of 2,994. 'Noting that the Metro Social Planning Council has expressed the view that 778,000 youths are unemployed in Canada, as op- posed to the 533,000 reported in Ottawa, he asked the Treasurer Larry Grossman how many young people are really unemployed in Ontario and how he planned to attack this real problem. The Treasurer stated that the government will create more than 100,000 jobs "for those young people", but not just short-term jobs which fail to solve the youth unemploy- ment problem. He referred to measures in his budget of last month which will take a lot of those young people and give them education upgrading, job training, job experience and Some jobs. In his view, that was the ht approach whether there 169,000 young people unemployed in Ontario, or 180,000. Yo will recall that the budget stated there would be a special hot-line which peoplecould call for informa- tion'about the government's new, youth -training pro- grams. However, David Peterson saidthat this thus far has proved meaningless .as the youth hot-line people do not. know what the Treasurer's programs were. Financial Task Force • The creation of a Financial Institutions Task Force and the appointment of its three members was announced this week by the Minister of Con- sumer and Commercial Rela- tions, Dr. Robert Elgie. The primary purpose of the Task Force will be to a Gamine the organization and opera- tion of finahcial institutions in Ontario and determiner what pressures on that financial system may require the at- tention of the government. No vote means yes When Huron -Perth Separate School Board Chair- man Ron Murray doesn't vote, it means a yes or a positive vote. , At the board's June 11 meeting, Murray said he felt he had to clarify his position on the question of voting. "It was reported in the paper that the chairman didn't vote," said Murray in reference to a news item regarding the ratification of the board's 1984-85 collective agreement with its teachers. Murray said the news story was accurate, he didn't vote on the. recorded vote, but it doesn't mean he is avoiding his responsibility,. ";Anytime 1 donut 'vote it's counted as yes, at least as long as I am chairman," he said. The chairman said the on- ly time he would be counted in a vote is if he was strongly op- posed to an issue, left the chair, and voted no. The board's own polity on a recorded vote says every board member must vote unless they have a conflict of interest. However, the policy also states that the chairman is exempt from that rule for recorded votes. In comparison, both the Huron County and Perth County Boards of Education have policies that state everyone must vote in a recorded vote, unless they have a conflict of interest. The only other exempton from voting on a recorded vote would be in the cases of elementary school issues. The two. Catholic supporters' trustees on both boards would not vote on these elementary issues. H -P SSB non-union get rci T Non-uni employees with the Hur_ -Perth Separate SchoolHoard received five percent increases for the 1984-85 school year. Custodians base salaries will go up to $16,370 and $18,190. Teacher aides hourly rate will increase to $6.07 per hour. The attendance counsellor's hourly rate will increase to $8.27 per hour: The transportation super- visor, alsc secretary to the superintendent of business and finance, will receive an additional $3,000 a year over secretarial salary. The speech patholigist for the board will receive an an- nual salary of $23,425. Sanders Tavern winning entry in Saturday's bed race at Grand Bend Burgerfest BAKE SALE — The HensonUCW held a bake sale at the Fiddlers Contest. Shown(left) are Mary Brintnell, Kay Mock, Marg Cole, Shirley McAllister and Mary Kinsman. They sold out in 15 minutes. • .•i¢' -apt::.: �f . ST/HL .1 -D SAN WILD Sales Service r"iti:.. Reneample* des 153 Victoria St. E. Crediton Phone 234-6339 Bad Rad? Radiators Repaired, Recored or New Canadian Tire 235-0160 4 IPORpifO !IRI CHECKING FINAL PROGRAM — Mastor of ceremonies Johnny Brent, chairman Wayne Reid and Mark Consitt check over the list of final contestants during Satur- day's fiddlers contest in Hensall. T -A photo Food costs up in May • Consumers paid more for food in May, according to the OFA.Food Basket. The cost for the 46 items in the basket was $49.91, $1.25 more than the cost in April. The farm - gate equivalent prices rose only 20 cents in $24.61. The farmers' share of the Food Basket was 49.:3 percent this month as compared to 50 per- cent last month. In other words, for every $100 spent by consumers, farmers received $49.:30. •This month's figures show- ed consumers paying 8.6 per- cent more for these Food Basket items than in May 1983. Meanwhile, farmers on- ly received 4.8 percent more. Here are The Food.Basket Highlights: Retail beef prices declined three cents per pound in May while the ' farm -gate equivalent prices rose two cents per pound. - Retail pork prices rose this month by 23 cents per pound, while the farm share increas- ed three cents per ix)und. This. is the highest retail price for pork since October of last year. - Retail prices for chicken and turkey are unchanged this month, as are she farm -gate equivalents. - Retail price and farm -gate equivalent are down three cents per dozen for extra - large and large size eggs. - 2% milk is hack to (he regular price of 3.,.49 for four litres after extensive specials last Pnonth. - 5(K1 ml. half-and-half cream and•250 ml. whipping cream are up six cents. The retail Huron Synod Huron Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada will meet June 23 al St. Paul's Cathedral, London, to elect a suffragan bishop to serve the southwestern region of the Diocese.• The Electoral Procedures Committee has received twelve nominations from the Provincial House of Bishops, the Diocesan Executive Com- mittee and the general membership of Synod. Election of a suffragan bishop was necessitated by ,.the election of Bishop Derwyn Jones as coadjutor bishop with right of succession upon the retirement of Bishop T.D.B. Ragg earlier this spring. EW PATHFINDERS — Nine girls received their Pathfinder cords at the annual banquet held last week in Thedford for area Guide groups. Back row, from the left: Cheryl MacGregor, Debbie Brown, Sandra Smith, Christine Dunham and Sandy Smith. Front row: Suzanne Allison, Paula Case, Jacquline Vandenberk and Maryellen Scott. price for one pound of butte was also.up six cents.. - Specials on ice cream thi month brought the retail price down 10 cents per litre. - Retail cheese prices are all Dower, except for Col- by/Brick, but farm -gate equivalents are up on some cheese types. - Retail pasta prices Dire up sharply following last month's specials. Retail prices for corn flakes are also up due to higher corn prices at the farm gate. - Retail prices for canned vegetables are higher, while prices for frozen vegetables declined: canned fruits and fruit juices also ose at retail. There was no' harige at the farm) gate. While most food baskets calculate changes in store prices, the OVA goes one step further. it also shows changes in the Ontario farmers' share of the retail food dollar. Because of problems in calculating the farmers' share of processed foods, and • r since some products are not grown in Ontario, the Food s Basket does not include a complete range of food pro- ducts. 11 is estimated that the OFA Food Basket includes about 55. percent of the week- ly food purchases of an average family of four. Permission for 4-piex Exeter council this week endorsed "a deal which will enable Doug and Henderika Parker to erecta four-piex dwelling on the former Broderick Bros. auto body shop at 361 Albert St. Council approved a recom- mendation from the planning advisory committee that the Parkers share in the cost of installing a catch basin and drain which would connect the property to the storm dram on Sanders St. E. Specifically, Parkers would be responsible for the costs of the installation on their property Parker attended the May 22 meeting of the committee and indicated he would be willing to share the cost of the pro- ject. Works superintendent Glenn Kells advised that the total cast for the entire pro- ject would be approximately $5,500. The minor variance re- quested by Parker was also approved. Council also approved the recommendations for minor variances or severances for Gerry Parsons, Robert ('lark, Ken Ottewell and Richard Miles. Exton speaker Full Gospel Businessmen, North Lambton Chapter, will hold their regular monthly dinner meeting on Friday at the Pinedale Hotel, Grand Bend, at 7:00 pin. with Ernie Hollands as guest speaker. Ernie needs little or no in- troduction to many folk in this part of Southwesterr4 Ontario. having been the guest•, speaker at Fuil Gospel and. many local church meetings. Ernie is an ex -convict who found Christ while serving time in Millhaven Peneten- tiary and is now the founder. -. and Director of Hebron-• Ministries - a home for Chris- tian in -mates after their release from prison. Ernie also directs the F.G.B.M.F. Prison Ministry across Canada. Come out and hear the warm and thrilling testimony - of Ernie Hollands, ex -convict as he tells how he found the secret to real satisfaction and meaning in life and became a "new creation in Jesus Christ." Ladies and youth welcome. DRYSDALE MAJOR APPLIANCE CENTRE LTD., SALES WITH SER VICE The Place To Buy Appliances NEW AND USED Hensall 262-2728 Closed Mondays Daily Rentals Example Chevy Celebrity, air conditioned Only 24.95 perday diet. olds. ' exete Budget Rent, A Car Low daily and weekly rates Special weekend rate Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 10 a.m.' $39.95 including 200 free km's. Honsall Motors Ltd. 262-3331 • CHAIRS Seated tenders will ba received until p.m. Wed., July 4'M for 32 chairs for the Council Chambers. Court House. Ooderich, Ontario. Tender forms may be obtained from the undersigned. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For further Information contact the undersigned. B.G. Hanly Clerk Treasurer 1. Administrator County of Huron Courthouse, Ooderich, Ont. NTA Mit ' 1-S14-S24•u4/ RE -ROOFING PROJECTS • at Zurich Public School, Zurich J.A.D. McCurdy Public School, Huron Park Seoforth Public School, Seeforth Ooderich District Collegiate Institute. Goderlch Cintral Huron Secondary School. Clinton . Colborne Central Public School, MS. Ooderich Howlck Central Public School. RR 1, Oorrte Seeped tenders properly identified. addressed to the Huron County ROord of Educa- tion, will be received by Kyles, Garrett 4 Merklevits, Architects, 163 Huron Street, Stratford. until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, June 23, 19114. Sid gond or Certified Cheque Is required in amount of 3% of tender price. Suc- cessful contractor will be required to supply o 3O% Performance Bond, Tender documents available at Archltect's office upon deposit of certified cheque of $ 100.00 per set. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 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