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TIMES ADVOCATE ' me mai Exeter eNOM 166 J r.. nside Never trump your partner's ace See Crossroads Second front Horse and rider Meet the challenge See page 20 Experts page 15 41.0 Classifieds pages 21-24 Announcements pages 25-26 Emergency service for weekend is doubtful EXETER - Emergency service for this weekend at South Huron District Hospital looks doubtful ac- cording to Dr. Linda Steele, Hospi- tal chief of staff. Dr. Steele, who is also chief of emergency, told the T -A at press time Tuesday that unless additional help is found by Friday, only emer- gency and urgent cases will be han- dled. Maintenance building contract awarded ZURICH - The contract for the construction of a new maintenance building was awarded to the low tender bid by Jim Gregus Construc- tion at cost of $149,800. A portion of the cost for the work will be shared through a provincial infrastructure program. The pro- gram will provide $66,000 towards the project, thewater system will make up $80,000, $30,000 has been allocated in a reserve fund and the village will make up the remaining $10,000. The project also includes work on the fire hall which was agreed to last year by the township. Wednesday, July 26, 1995 ommunities in Three judges were In Exet- er on Monday to take a look at the town's private and public gardens as part of the Communities in Bloom program. Pictured at top, one of the many stops on the tour was Eric Heywood's beauti- ful backyard garden, com- plete with gold -fish ponds arid many flowers, fruits and vegetables. Pictured at left are the judges: Art Drysdale, a horticulturist, Hubert Noseworthy, manag- er of parks services in St. Johns and Keith Pickard, an architect. The group was greeted at McNaught - en Park's Scenic Gardens by Exeter's squirrel mas- cot, White Wonder. The group was escorted on their garden tour by Coun- cillor Roy Triebner and Liz Bell, clerk -treasurer. Lucan approves user pay system LUCAN - A user pay garbae collection system for the village of Lucan was approved by council on July 18. A starting date is yet to be determined, but it could be in operation by November I of this year. Deputy reeve Harry Wraith who has been a strong proponent of user pay wanted to get the program underway by September I. Because resi- dents are already being charged for the conventional service on their tax- es, Wraith suggested rebate cheques be sent out for four months. Clerk Ron Reymer objected to this saying, "It will take a lot of work to send out individual rebate cheques." Reeve Tom McLaughlin said he would like to see a start on November 1 and give free tags for two months. He added, " There is still a lot of pre- liminary work to be done, especially in education. People have to know what's going on and Ron (Reymer) has to meet with all commercial and apartment owners." Councillor Rob Brady commented, "Most people seem to be generally in favor. Seniors seem to agree with the concept, but it's not a barnburner of an issue." At a recent public meeting on the subject of user pay, Lynda Routteau, a • Goderich councillor and former special projects coordinator at Bluewaer Recycling said a user pay system allows people to take more control over the amount they wish to pay for garbage. If they compost, watch what they purchase and recycle properly they will save money. Bosanquet township is only producing 17.23 percent of the garbage they generated in 1988. The average solid waste reduction among user pay municipalities was in excess of 55 percent and garbage dumping is no worse after user pay was instituted than before. Rotteau said that Goderich had been able to cut garbage collection from five days a week to three days since putting user pay into operatioln. Residents of Lucan are currently paying $109 a year for garbage collec- tion and $22 a year for recycling on their tax bill. At the public meeting 28 people were in favor of user pay, one was op- posed and four others were not strong one way 9r the other. e Council now has to consider what to charge per tag, how to bill for the cost of tags, retail sale of tags, how to deal with multi -unit dwellings and an implementation date. Animal control A bylaw has been passed by council to set a new price schedule for the sale of dog tags as part of animal control. The tag for the first dog in each household will cost $15 and the second dog will be charged $20. There is a maximum of two dogs per household. The fine for a violation of any portion of the animal control bylaw will be $40. May turn highway over to county EXETER - Usborne township council has received a communica- tion from the county of Huron engi- neer asking for comments or con- cerns on the proposed transfer of Highway 83 from the province to the county. Council recommends the county be advised that Usborne has the land and facilities to accommodate a sand dome for the south end of Huron county. Representatives of the Ausable Bayfield Usborne building commit- tee are being asked to meet to dis- cuss alternatives to the water sys- tem at the administration building +' Continued on page 2 Centralia International College bankrupt Angry international students forced to transfer to Shaw College in Toronto Brenda Burke T -A staff CENTRALIA - "This college is in bankruptcy effective July 18, 1995," reads the small white notice on the doors of Centralia Inter- national College. The move has disillusioned the college's teachers and closed the doors of one educa- tional option for 17 of its students. 'College president George Lewis, was a shareholder of 805387 On- tario Inc., which has filed a vol- untary bankruptcy according to Martin Clarkson, senior vice pres- ident of the receiver, B.D.O. Dun- woody Ltd. "The company put itself into bankruptcy. All of the colleges are affected," said Clarkson of 805387 Ontario Inc., which owned Shaw College in Toronto and Park Busi- ness College in Hamilton, both now operated by B.D.O, as well as St. Catharines Business College, which was closed before the bankruptcy, and Centralia International College, which is not being occupied by the , receiver. "Once 90 days are up the Ontario Development Corporation will de- cide," said Clarkson concerning the fate of the school's facilities, adding he didn't yet know why the company had filed bankruptcy. Lewis failed to meet with the col- lege students and staff the day no- tice of receivership was given, and could not be reached for comment since then. A teacher requesting anonymity said, "Dr. Lewis doesn't talk to staff. He talks to a student who passes on messages," adding the school's international students were told they would be picked up and transferred to Shaw College in Toronto. 1 "I don't know if this is a method of working or a sign of bad busi- ness management," he said. "We workers are pretty much in the dark." The college's one Vietnamese, one Korean and nine Thai students are clearly disappointed with the school and plan to seek re- imbursement. "I want to get my money from Dr. Lewis. 1 don't want to study here anymore," said Quang Dang, who's been a student at the college for six months. "This college is no good. I didn't get any education." The teacher who asked not to be identified echoed the view of Dang. "If you look very, very hard you'll find there was no academic program to begin with," he said. A major problem with the school's curriculum, complained the students, was its inability to as- sist all learning levels. Student Pa - mita Pattanaphen said high school and university students were lumped together into one level. "We have so many levels," said Pattanaphen. "It makes a problem for us." Pattanaphen's classmates said there were other problems with the school, claiming they didn't fill out or sign their own college ap- plication forms, that someone had filled out the forms for them at the time of admittance. During the in- terview Pattanaphen produced her application forth which was blank where her signed name was sup- posed to be. The students were especially an- gry about being forced to relocate to Shaw College with only a few days notice. "Clive in nut money hack And wo will find another college," said Pat- tanaphen the day of receivership. Shaw College director Betty Scott confirmed nine of the inter- national students arrived at the col- lege on July 20 where they will continue their courses and live in residence. The other two students are taking holidays. "They were upset (when they ar- rived) but they know me," said Scott. "And, they're safe and hap- py.., When asked if the students would be reimbursed Scott replied, "I can't comment on that right now." The students' situation frustrates the anonymous Centralia teacher. "What can the students dor he said. "They're just the pawns, the innocent victims. Ask them what they were promised. What did they find here? Ask them how they feel about Canada now." The enrollment of the college. when it closed, consisted of 11 in- ternational students and seven lo- cal students. When the private school opened in January, vice chairman and chief operating of - ricer Juergen Williamson-Persh ex- pected between 250 and 300 stu- dents during the next several years. The school had a capacity for 700 students. At the time, when only 50 stu- dents were enrolled, the low num- bers were blamed on difficulties with foreign students' visas. The main purpose of the new school was to teach business and technical programs as well as English as a second language. In 1967 Centralia College of Ag- ar Continued on page 2 Mtematonag students said goody to their college after it went Into receivership July 18. The students had to move to attend Shaw College In Toronto. Back row, from left, Sucheela Pruetryjlra, Mane, Luckane Yaowapong, Montana, Pewits Pattanaphen, Hong Sik Hwang. Front row, from left. Ouanitr Dano Anrl VmQt►>ree Ar,necr rwr revs+ 1