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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1981-03-26, Page 5Citizens News, March 26, 1981 Page 5 Britnell gives Riddell a "scare'; plans to run again Continued from front page of promises during the cam- paign that he wiI,I be challenged on if they are not included in the Throne Speech." "Now with a majority they will be able to bulldoze any legislation through, but, we will continue, to be critical and enunciate our own policies," said Riddell. He said, further, "Our labour critic Ron. Vanhorne has ',put together a good. policy on labour- - management disputes and we would hope some of these statements can be included in amendments." "I would expect to con- tinue as the Liberal - agriculture critic and will have a number' of items to thrash out with Minister Lorne Henderson," con- tinued Riddell. Riddell expects a Liberal leadership convention will be called within the next year or two certainly before another election. He added, "With our majority being cut everywhere it proves Stuart Smith wasn't being accepted as a potential premier. After his brief remarks, Riddell delighted the crowd by singing the auctioneer's song with the help of his son Wayne .and daughters Deb, Donna. Heather and Brenda. Gwen Pemberton who 1rep.resented the New Democrats said she would not consider running in another election. She commented, 'I didn't want to run in this election. but, I felt there should be a candidate for those persons wishing to vote for our party." A subdued crowd sat and watched the election results at the South Huron rec cen- tre at the Progressive Conservative gathering Thursday night. The crowd of about 200 watched as -the results show- ed that the P.C. candidate, Jim Britnell, had lost the riding to Liberal incumbent, Jack Riddell. Britnell arrived from Goderich at 9:30 and the crowd gave him an enthusiastic welcome. "That was the longest 32 miles of my life, from Goderich to here," he said. He told the crowd that the Liberal celebrations in Goderich were a lot sadder than the one in Exeter.. He said that the P.C.s had swung Goderich around and that it was the high point of the campaign. He told them that they had given it their best shot, but that it was hard to unseat an incumbent. He said that at the ' beginning he was con- vinced that they could take the riding and that he was not sorry about anything. "Defeat does not rest lightly upon my shoulders," said Britnell. He stated that he was not happy the way things turned out, but that he was not shocked either. The turnout at the rally made him feel good despite the loss. He said that the P.C.s lost few votes while the Liberals in the riding lost about 2,000. "We gave him (Riddell) a good scare." He noted that a lot of peo- ple in Ontario must have thought the BILD program was good. because the Davis government was returned with a majority. He also said that the province was in for -a good four years and that the riding . won't suffer too much with Liberal represen- tation. much to the delight of the crowd. He said that the campaign had been long and hard. He Catholic school board enrolment Continued from front page the End of June. The board changed the kindergarten policy to the requirement that a child .must be five years old by December 31 rather than .Tannary 31. The board endorsed a resolution from the Fron- tenac County board of education to petition the provincial government through the minister of in- tergovernmental affairs and the minister of education, to delete the prescribed in- terest rate of six per cent stated therin and substitute a provision which allows a school board to charge the prime lending , rate of chartered banks, and compound such interest monthly; and that support of this petition be sought from all other school boards in Ontario, the Ontario Public School Trustees' Association, and the Ontario School Trustees' Council. While some trustees thought the board should not send delegates to the fourth Congress of Education or the Canadian School Trustees' Association annual general meeting, both to be held in Calgary, Alberta, from June 20 to 23, in order to save money, two trustees have indicated they wish to attend -- John O'Leary and Tim O'Donnell. It was reported the round trip airfare to Calgary would amount to $426 for one person in a group travel plan leaving June 19 and retur- ning June 24, and with hotel room rates running from $50 to $75 per night, for the five nights, plus meals. The board approved the dismissal time at Immaculate Conception School in Stratford from 3:45 to 3:25 p.m. with a 20 minute reduction made in ihelunch hour. This will being the dismissal time in line with other schools. Co-ordinating transportation and school road crossing guard programs. Stratford trustee, Ronald Marcy was appointed to the. Master Plan for Parks and Recreation committee for the city of Stratford to represent the board. Following a lively discussion the board ap- proved giving the Director of Education, authority for the hiring and use of teacher aides (para -professionals) to assist teachers in the - educe tion he•education of exceptional children, in self contained special education classes. Board chairman, Ronald Murray abdicated his chair to vote against the motion as did Trustee Tim McDonnell. The hourly rate of teacher aides was set at $5.00 per hour, effective April 6., Provincial government bill 82 is an Act that ensures that every exceptional pupil receives an education suited to his or her needs and abilities. The act defines exceptional children as "a pupil. whQst behavioural, communicational, intelle- ctual (including the in- tellectually ntellectually gifted), physical or multiple exceptionalities are such that he or she is considered by a board committee to need placement in a special education program." The act requires the board to provide care and treatement to these pupils identified as requiring such - services. ' At present these ex- ceptional education classes are located in Huron County at- St. Joseph's School in Clinton and in St. Joseph's School in Stratford. Because of the small number of these students in these two schools SCHOLL'S ABATTOIR and Freezer Meats CUSTOM SLAU`NTERIN6 & PROCESSING MONDAY BEEF TUESDAY PORK MILL ST. HE NSALL, ONT. 262.20414 they are not grouped into specific disability classes but each class would contain students with a variety of disability problems who require more than 50 per cent daily instruction in a special education setting. Although the numbers may be small, the care and , programming needs . are greatly magnified and the teacher requires assistance from a teacher's aide to help present- the programs, at- tend to physical needs of a child, help keep order In such situations the assistance may not require another teacher but simply a para -professional aide. As Mr. Eckert pointed out, "We can't randomly hire a special education teacher when an aide is all that is required." Chairman Ronald Murray said, "It seems we are handing these kids crumbs." A special budget meeting will be held March 31, with the next general meeting to be held April 13. Sap likes the cold Spring has sprung and the maple syrup industry is in full swing. Albert Schilbe, of RR 1, Bayfield, runs a maple syrup opera tion and has been doing it for himself for' the last 10 years. The 3,200 taps that he uses have produced a little over half of what he did all of last year. The cold weather that has been gripping the area lately is good for the running of the sap, said his son Eric. He has been working with his father for the last six years. Albert said that as the sap warms in the tree, it gains pressure. As the season progresses, the sap deeper in the tree starts to run. He said that some mornings there is only a little trickle, and that after a frost, the lines he runs are sometimes frozen. The holes that are drilled into the tree are three inches deep and have been proven to give one third more sap than a two inch hole. Eric said that the season would hopefully last a few more weeks, but that would depend on the weather. gay 1 would like, at this time, to thank the voters of Huron - Middlesex for their support during my recent political cam- paign. 1 also would like to thank the many people who worked so diligently on my behalf. Jim BrItneII had lost about 17 to 20 pounds and that his hand was so tough from all the shaking he had been doing, that he felt that he could go on forever. He then said that he was going to take a, few days off and hopefully rest in the sun some place. before he thought about the next elec- tion. He said that he is going to do a lot of analysing to see where he can improve for the next time. He said that the south end of the riding was tough to reach and that he could not get enough exposure. He said that' the people in the south really did not know him, but they would the next time. He said that there had been quite a few all- . candidate's meetings and that at the most, about 150 was the best attendance at any one of the meetings. He said that one of the biggest problems was that there were no major issues in the campaign and that the people showed very little in- terest. He used the low voter turnout as an example. He then went into the crowd to talk with the peo- ple. The disc jockey started the music and dancing began. There were still a few people watching the televisions for the final results. ELECTION RESULTS GODERICH CLINTON EXETER SEAFORTH ADELAIDE EAST WILLIAMS WEST WILLIAMS AILSA CRAIG PARXHILL ZURICH BIDDULPH LUCAN HENSALL GOD>✓RICH TWP. McGILLIVRAY USBORNE HAY STEPHEN STANLEY BAYFIELD ADVANCE Britnell Pemberton 1659 726 753 363 332 159 140 143 300 127 351 285 195 401 294 259 270 622 351 147 442 213 73 79 45 57 22 17 12 39 12 77 53 21 62 22 33 34 142 28 45 20 Riddell 1404 757 907 549 490 283 235 1 1,. 275 272 505 312 234 491 464 427 569 868 3 14, 486 TOTALS 8685 1187 10785 �i•1MI1_11 I ENDS TUESDAY, MARCH 311 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1'` J 1 1 J 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 • LL Y c vL 1 '6.' ;T'8"3 V , 1 1 ■ That's right. Our FACTORY SALE ends Tues- day. This means you'll never find a better time to buy than right now. SPECIAL SAVINGS ON 400-650 & 750 Models BUY NOW SAVE GAS - � RIDE A MOTORCYCLE 1 MI NI VARNA, ONT. CANADA SIA•OK? A•CIK U1 MAID NW NOII•S TI/•S SA1 • • TWINS 6 NM TRI • SUNDAY 1S CLOSIO MONDAYS JUST OFF HWY 4 BFTWEEN MENSAL L ANO B PUCE F, E L D 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1/ 1