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Hoogenboom
keeps his job
Close race returns incumbent
with narrow 49 vote margin
EXETER - The race for the top
job in -Exeter was neck and neck as
the polls reported to the town hall
on Monday night., When the final
votes were tallied. incumbent may-
or Ben Hoogenhoot' dame out on
top., defeating former mayor Bruce
Shaw tiy.49 votes.
Following the -Victory, Hoot
genboons said'he was thankful for.
the support. -
"I' m very proud of the people in
Exeter who supported me. I thank
Bruce for his `campaign, He . has
done so much for the community."
Hoogenboom . said. adding. "I
promise I will do my utmost."
• With Roy Triebner acclaimed as
reeve and Dave, Urlin acclaimed -as -
deputy -reeve, the other race, vias for '
the four councillor positions.
Joe Hogan, a retired _high school ,•
teacher topped all polls. Peter Anti -
strong and George Robertson each,'
had strong showings with in-
cumbent councillor Robert Drum- '
mond filling' the fourth opening on
the slate. •
' Public Utilities Commissioners
Bev Skinner and'rChan Livingstone
were also acclaimed. ,
air Complete details on page 3
Tent two: Exeter's incumbent mayor Ben Hoogenboom retumed,to the head of council
on Monday night when he won a close race with- former mayor Bruce Shaw. Ben was
joined by -his wife Susan and ,daughter Jenna at the Exeter Town Hall following the elec-
tion.
EXETER -A postal strike will
not cause too much inconven- ,
ience for most of the local sub-
scribers of the T -A.
If there happens to be a disrup-
tion in service it would only affect
the Exeter Post Office. If this
does happen Times -Advocate
subscribers who live in Exeter or
the Exeter rural routes should
pick up their newspaper at the
Times -Advocate office.
All other subscribers should _,
receive the T -A as usual through
their local post office.
Four hats are in the
Warden ring
HURON COUNTY -. Jack
Coleman of Stanley Township.
Norman ' Fairies of Howick
.Township, Carol. Mitchell of
Clinton and' Bill Weber of Stephen
Township have announced their
intention .to be the Huron County
• Warden for 1998.
The Warden is elected each year
,by the reeves of the county's
municipalities. This year's „election
will be conducted at, a County
Council meeting held on D,ec. 2 in
. Godench.
The outcome of,Monday''s elec-
tion may have affected those able to
run for Warden.
Unscientific poll,
shows support
equally divided
EXETER- Only 30 people
responded to the completely
unscientific poll in last week's
T -A which asked whether or not
our readers supported teachers.•
the government or were
undecided.
' Sixteen were behind the gov-
ernment and 14 supported
teachers. The only conclusive
result that could betaken from
the exercise is our readers have
an opinion, one way or the other
as there were no people who
said they were undecided.
News -that the strike is over
and teachers were returning to
their classrooms could have
been a factor in the small num-
ber of people who took the time
to complete the form and get it
to the T -A
Teachers back in class
but battle continues
By Kate 'Monk
'T -A Reporter
EXETER - Teachers, and students are together again atter classrooms
were empty. for up to two weeks during the teachers'' protest, of Bill,
I'60
Elementary school teachers returned to -work Friday and were•open
t,u business although the•classrooms were not tilled with.students. The
•
Thursday, night announcement of the end of the take. caught many
parents off-guaru.
Separate and secondary schools were'bpen Monday morning after '
�•dtrjii respective unions suspended the political protest on the weekendl
• At high schools across' the county, members of the Ontario Sec-
ondary School Teachers' Federation met in front of their vchools at.
8:31) a.m. and walked through the front doorstogether as a sign of sol-
idarity. ,
Huron County Board of Education Director Paul Carroll said the re-'
turn to schbeil vent smoothly: • '
.Carroll said a decision .has. not yet been made with respect to cov-
ering the schiail year's ,material with. two. fewer weeks of iinstrucuon
rime. He .has 'spoken with -the regional' director of the Ministry of Ed-
ucation who. indicated it must first be decided if the •province • will di-
-rect the changes dr if the board will be left to deal with it. at the local
_level
Carroll 'has asked the board's administrative staff and school pnn-
.cipals to be prepared to discuss the matter on Wednesday.
• Bill 160 battle continues
Although. the teacjiers are•off the streets and .back in the.classroom,
the opposition to Bill 160 continues. - . -
"This phase of the battle,against Bill '160 is suspended but the war.
against Bill 160 is far from over." said John Clarke. OSSTF District 45
Federation Officer. •-
-"We will begin phase two of our action plan. against Bill 160 almost -
'immediately; in partnership with other members of the Huron County
. Teachers Coalition, parents. students and community groups." Clarke
said. without explaining what phase two entailrs.
Marshall Jarvis,. president of the Ontario English •Catholic Teachers
Association. said -even though teachers have left the picket lines. the
protest is not over.
"The -campaign must now be intensified.'' Jarvis explained, adding
the unions will use the opposition parties to continue the tight against'
Bill 160. . . .
"We will pursue the Harris government into the legislature by work-
ing with opposition parties to amend and block -legislation which
threatens education. We will mumtor every stage of Bill •160's passage -
through the legislature," he said.
;'We will take the Harris government to court in a constitutional chal-
lenge of Bill 160 to protect dur principals •and vice -principals and to
tight funding provisions that we believe violate •f'anada's Charter of
•Rights." he`said.
`icntbers of Provincial Parliament are not going to get a break from
the teachers, even though the pickets are down.
"We will visit all members 6t- the Ontario Legislature, at Queens
Park. and in their constituency offices, with demands to support our
tight against Bill 160."
According to Jarvis. the OECTA also supports the Apple -Green Rib-
bon Campaign and other activities to stop Bill 160 organized by par-
ents and is working with the Ontario Federation of Labour's Common
Front against Bill 160.
Parents pick up the protest
A handful of northern Hurbn County parents and one child gathered
in front of Huron MPP Helen Johns' office on Monday afternoon to
show their support.for public education and demand that Bill 160 be
l' Continued on page 2
Benner takes his seat as Lucan reeve
•
By Craig Bradford
T -A Reporter
LU� A,V Half,th'e taces•are new
after..Monday's municipal election
in Lucan. •
In the reeve race. newcomer Rohr
ert Benner' upset., incumbent Reeve'
Rob Brady winning With 445 votes
compared .with Brady's .386. Ben-
• ner, a Lucan'lawyer who has han
dled.Lucan's. BiddulphTownship•s
and Other nearby municpalities' 'le-
gal matters. said he 'was "relieved"
with the result in his favor. . •
xL'it was u good election for both
it us," Benner 'said at the Lucan
municipal building atter the, last of
tour polls came in loin -inluding
the earlier advance poll). "Now it's
• time to roll up our sleeves and get
to the heavy agenda in tmnt of us."
' Benner•said his first priority is to
develop a#vision for Lucan.that in-
-
eludes sound planning for the fu-.
tore:
• "The first thing wewant. to take a
look At is reducing costs for those
living in the village and -for those
who would want. to move here."
Benner said: '
- - Brady. who took over for timer
Reeve Tom • McLaughlin who
stepped down early last term be-
cause of increased work demands
said he was disappointed with the
loss • '
"1 thought I did a reasonably
good job as reeve." he. said. "But.
1'm- sure Mr. Benner;•will do ,.an
.equally good Job..' v
'Beniter hinted, he May run again
in the next municipal election pend-
ing Middlesex amalgamation and' ' registered nurse. rounded out the
_pnivincial downloading outcomes. field with 314 votes:'
Long-time council -Fr Harry 7Ben6er hitt- wnrds-.af praise o�
Wraith breezed .bask ts -deputy • the current count it - .
reeve with 526. votes compared ;"1 have .to congratulate. the
With Rosemary Gahlinger-Beauge: s- going council because whey lett Mei229 and Dave Pike's 86..Gahlinger .village, in .good financial 'state:. he
Beaune. a writer and current,coun- ',said.•
cillbr, will remain on council till Voter turnout in Lucan was over
the end it the year. 60 per cern, administrator 'Ron
"Really I. thought . i Keymer said. .
I'd get in quite east- ":Vow it's time to In Biddulph
ly." Wraith said. "1 roll up ourTownship. •C',eorge
cot a :ood receptionSleeves and Marr. Leroy' Ma-
•
• at the door..' • get t0 gymand Doug -
motes. and incumbent Reg Cmwl'on
.votes. Reg Crawford
with 446 votes. Incumbent. Martin. -
'Chittenden just .missed out on 'get-,
Ong back on council with 413 votes
while newcomer Mary. Lynn I-Ie-
therington, a South Huron- -k spital
Wraith. a 28 -year the heavy agenda Anderson won
'council veteran. had in front of seats On ..council
to run •a campaign with 262. 233 'and
for the first time in over 20 years 193 votes respectively.. Bill
since he was acclaithed in previous Greg Shewtclt and John E. Stevens
''elections. Wraith • owns and oper- • • missed out with 1'79. -155-.and 160
ates Wraith Family,Pro•Hardware.
Rookie Glenn Sliver,- a Lucan
• Minor •.Hockey past ..president anis
, University •of Western, Ontario
building • supervisor: was the sur.'
prase of the night by getting,. the -
most votes for councillor with 537.
Also -making the council grade are
newcomer Perry Caskenette, a•Lon- Bible 1,870 eligible voters,
don high school' teacher. with. 4411
votes re'specttvely. Incumbents Earl
French and. Paul Wallis were ac-
claimed as reeve and deputy . reeve
respectively •(Wallis is a current
councillor).
Voter turndut in Biddulph was
low at about 26 per. cent with 489
voters hitting the polls out of. a pos-.
It Was a close battle in Grand Bend
Liz Mann' and Melissa Leeming.
were by his side when he said. •
'They (daughters) have seen me
through every , election I've .,ever •
been through." Mann's daughters' •
travelled from London to cheer
theft dation.
But Mann was , skeptical at the
turn -out of voters. . •
"I. would like to have seen a lot
more people .out to the polls, hut i
guess there wasn't really an issue
to get them out." he said. "To me it
• looks like a, ho-hum election." By
that he means there simply was not
enough excitement.
When it comes to the ballot ques-
tion on a casino coming to Grand .
Bend.. some said . yes. and some
said no.
A narrow 57 per cent of voters
do nut want a casino in Grand
'Bend in comparison to 43 per cern
who do. •
The quesitton was added to the
ballot for council to receive an idea
of whether residents of Grand Bend
were in favor of a charity casino.
'By Chantal! Van Raay
TA Reporter'
GRAND BEND - It was in-
credibly close for Grand Bend •
councillor -hopefuls • on election
day.
It was so.close that only one vote -
'separated some candidates in their
run for a seat on council.
The councillor who:received the
most support was Shirley Andraza
-who received 454 votes. Behind
her was Robert Mann with 414.
Phil Maguire with 413.
New to Grand ,Bend council is
Brian Knights who received 349
votes. Close behind him was Susan
Roche, missing a seat by a mere
there votes: She received 346 votes
Monday night. • • •:
As •eouncillors.1 Andraza, Mann.
Maguire acid Knights will help
steer Grand Bend through the next
three years which will see Grand
Bend through amalgamation. the
2001 Games and ownership of -the
beach.
Andraza promised to t onunue to
work her best while serving. Grand
Bend during the next term.
1 want to thank all of the people
of Grand Bend." she began. "CII try.:
my very hest to keep working for
'the betterment of Grand Bend in. the
future."
Knights also wanted to thank
Grand Bend residents.
"I would like to thank all of
Grand Bend for giving me the op-
portunity to represent them and I'm
Very happy on behalf of everyone
that we have the beach hack again."
Maguire. also thankful for being
elected, is optimistic about the fu-
ture of the village.
"I'd like to. thank the people of
• Grand Bend. The council of Grand
Bend has a really heavy load to car-
ry in the next tenet with amalgama-
tion and with the 2001 Games cram•'
mg up. But I think we can handle it
and I'm looking forward to it.' he
said.
Mann was also excited for the
next run of council. His daughters,
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