HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-03-23, Page 15a) central huron chronicle
Philip Street editor ,
secondary school news
Editorial
Board,teachers S�l Li C�,O 1 QW up
By Philip Street
Neither the Huron Board of
Education nor the local
OSSTF representatives have
acted in a very mature
manner during this strike-
®lockout. They have allowed a
decay in relationships go
unchecked for several
months to the point where it
now endangers the education
of all secondary school
students in the county. They
have not made efforts to
educate the public on the real
issues. It also appears that
they are in.= hurry to resolve
the situation.
Last week, I accompanied
two other Grade 13 students
from Clinton; Jeff Hearn and
Scott Doherty to a meeting
with the Education Relations
Commission (ERC) in
Toronto. The ERC was
created in 1975 to "monitor
and assist negotiations
between school boards and
teachers."
The ERC has the power to
end the strike if they feel
that the education of the
students is in jeopardy.
Under such circumstances
they report to the provincial
legislature,which may rule to
enforce existing legislation to
impose binding arbitration.
There is nothing the ERC can
do to solve the problem,
however, that the local
parties can't do much
better themselves.
Mr. Owen Shime, chairman
of the commission pointed out
that imposing arbitration is
easy to do but dangerous in
the long run: the two parties
have neither restored the
breakdown in com-
munications nor learned to
overcome it.
The fact that negotiations
dragged over 13 months, then
fell apart over relatively
minor issues indicated
inaction on both sides to heal
the rift. I called the out-
standing issues "relatively
minor" because no teacher's
staike has ever been called on
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issues so lightweight; vital as
these issues are to the board
and the teachers, they have
been resolved before, in 195
other school boards this year.
Why are these issues harder
to solve in Huron?
Another frustration of this
strike is that few people know
what the issues are. The
board hasn't taken great
efforts to let the taxpayers in
on what's happening, except
to assure them that it is
fighting for their interests.
Whether or not it is fighting
for the interests of their
children is not clear. If the
board itself were not so e
pensive to maintain, the
might be a little more mone
spent on education.
Just as frustrating, bu
more puzzling, is the lack
information from the OSST
concerning their position
They believe that they ar
fighting for the quality o
education, yet they don't tr
to win the public to their sid
by illuminating their position
Why not?
Some people are confuse
about whether the issue i
class size, pupil-teache
ratio, or workloa
distribution, while others sti.l
think that it is a question o
salary. The teachers can'
hope to win sympathy fo
their cause while everyone i
still in the dark.
Both sides say that the
want to solve the disput
quickly and locally. This fin
sentiment has not ..bee
followed by any serious ac
tion in that direction.
Whatever their intentions,
each side gives the im-
pression that it is waiting;
waiting for the other side to
break down, or waiting for
the ERC to step in. They may
have to wait a long time.
Says Mr. Shime, "As far as
we're concerned, we're not
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II 4-H
The Holmesville II Quilting
Bees held their sixth meeting
on Marth 6. The members
answered the roll call which
was, "My contribution to the
community."
Safety in the home was the
topic for discussion and the
girls learned about poisonous
plants. They also received a
pamphlet on safety and then
discussed their trip to
Goderich to see the water
treatment plant.
The Quilting Bees held their
next meeting on March 13.
They started the meeting off
by going to the water treat:
ment plant in Goderich. The
guide took the girls through
the plant and explained how
the water was treated.
After the tour the class
thanked Mr. Wilkinson and
then returned to Mrs. Brand's
to finish the rest of the
meeting. -by Marie Brand.
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going to step in."
Mr. J.A. McKeown,
Director of Field Services
added that the ERC is always
ready to send mediators or
any other type they can offer.
Imposed arbitration, which
pleases no one, is the very
last resort. The ERC hasn't
imposed arbitration for two
years. Mr. Shime suggested
that the community should
pressure the two parties to
solve the dispute themselves.
Both the board and the
teachers have information on
how the issues in question
have been solved elsewhere
in the past. It is now up to
them to use this information
and their imaginations to
reach a solution. As Mr.
Shime said, "We want the
local coommunity to be
mature enough to ..resolve
their own problems."
CLINTON NEWS RECORD THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1978—PAGE 15
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By Cathy Wooden
When one hangs around the
house every day instead of
hanging around school, one
discovers many intriguing
things, namely: trashy
novels, daytime television,
and mothers. One certainly
has encountered these
delights before, but in the
eyes of an idle being, they
take on fascinating and or
irritable colours.
When one knows one has
absolutely no homework
whatsoever to do, and no
pressing business to take care
of (e.g., rinsing out sweat
socks), there is no better way
to kill an afternoon than to
settle down with a filthy novel
and a bag of sour cream and
onion chips. There's stuff in
those books that would make
one's teeth curl! I mean,
there is language in that
garbage that even Miss
Burch doesn't know about! It
is truly amazing.
The crud on daytime T. V.
is also truly amazing. After
two days of viewing kids'
shows, game shows, talk
shows, soaps, and 1942
movies, they all begin to look
the same. "Sesame Street"
is, by far, the most intelligent
show on daytime television,
but honestly, one gets rather
nauseous after hearing
"Wanda the Wicked Witch
Washed her Wiry Wig on a
Windy Wednesday" for the
40th time.
Game shows have different '
effects on individuals. To
some, a game show is action -
packed, edge -of -the -chair,
entertainment. To others, it is
a depressing reminder of all
the luxuries they don't have.
These people often enjoy
Canadian game shows,
though. The most anyone
ever wins on them is a pen
and pencil set and a K -tel
record.
When one is home all day,
one discovers n nu«w gicip Cr'
one's mother, the sadistic
side. There are two basic
types of motherly sadism,
obvious and subtle. The
mother who practises the
former usually stomps into
the darkened bedroom at 9
a.m. throws open the curtains
and proceeds to insist that the
son or daughter in question
remove his -her respective
butt from the sack and do
something for a change and
quit acting like a slob and
clean up this mess etc.
Some mothers are more
subtly cruel. This type
tiptoes into the bedroom,
arranges the covers lovingly
around her sleeping babe,
whispers, "Don't let me
bother you, dear," and begins
to thoroughly vacuum the
room. Lovely woman.
Just because one's mother
Oops - our mistake
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last week's News -Record that
Harry Thompson wanted two
boxes of old invoices from the
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Actually, Mr. Thompson in
a letter to the town council,
offered to purchase the old
papers and did not expect to
get them for free.
The News -Record would
like to apologize for any in-
convenience this, error may
have caused.
works elsewhere all day, one
is not necessarily off the
hook. Her sadism takes the
form of a daily note on the
kitchen table, entitled,
"Things to Do." The in-
structions tend to include
precious little gems such as:
1. the twist ties are not in the
cookie jar. Find them; 2.
remove that green, gungey
substance from inside cheese
compartment in fridge. If Mr.
Clean does not work, try your
chemistry set; 3. Untangle
coat hangers in front closet;
4. Turn on oven at 3:15 to 325
degrees for 35 minutes in
order to bake the 30 cupcakes.
And who said boredom was
setting in?!
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March 23, 30
April 1,
7-8:30
11-1:00
at the Clinton Town Hall
Ages 5-16 years
Please bring proof of age
and a picture of yourself
Anyone interested in coaching or as a helper, contact Wayne
Lester at registration.
Registration fee '7.00 a player, '20.00 maximum per family.
With Our
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our "Great Feeling" or "Sensa Perm"
REGULAR '25. AND '30.
OPEN:
Tuesday 8 Friday 9-5
Wednesday 8 Thursday 9-7
Saturday 8-1:30 p.m.
This offer honoured by Shelly
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April 8, '78.
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We've peen thinktn• and planning for sprang for months and now it's all coming together we hope you'll like
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Months ago we met with our suit makers to select for spring We chose spring fabricssome crisp and cool,
others soft and luxuriouswe picked shades dark and dressy and light and summery Styling details were decided.
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