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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-11-22, Page 18FADE 18—CLINTON With the annual migration underway, many local ponds have been Pond in Clinton was no exception as several hundred Canada Geese visited by birds stopping on their way south. The Fish and Game stopped over last Week. (News -Record photo) Personnel director for BY JEFF SEDDON The Huron county board of education may have gone a long ways toward bettering poor employee relations recently when --it hired a personnel and employee relations officer. Concern that board and BY BRENDA KISYK ACTING HOME ECONOMIST FOR HURON COUNTY You already know that snacking is not necessarily "just a bad habit" - if ,you choose the right foods!. The key to wise snacking at home is to maximize the number and kinds of "good" snacks and minimize the number of "bad" ones. This is sure to be of help to anyone's willpower (or lack of it) . The excuse that "it takes time to prepare most nutritious snacks and easier just to grab a doughnut or potato chips" is often heard. But with a little planning ahead, it's easy to overcome - while you've got the "salad fixins" out, cut a. few extra carrot and celery sticks, and put them in the fridge for the snackers. in your home. Making muffins one day? Make a dozen or two extra to have on hand rather than stocking those high sugar cookies and.doughnuts. Snacking away from home may be a little more difficult, but don't use this as an excuse; it just rneans;you've got to be selective. Vending machines can often provide you with peanuts (preferably dry roasted), milk, muffins, fresh fruit and fruit juices. Canteens at recreation centres or arenas may have hdt dogs, peanuts, •milk and fruit juices available for its customers. Eating at the movies (or in front of the TV set), whether, we're hungry or not, seems to be a habit of many. Is the fact that "we always do it" a valid reason? Choosing plain popcorn (rather than the hot buttered kind), peanuts and ice cream bars may be your best bet at the local movie theatre. It may be possible to have a greater selection of snacks at a drive-in theatre, because they can easily be brought from home! When at a party, keep in mind that a party -i -s primarily a get-together of people. Concentrate on the conversation rather than on the food. Not going on an empty stomach will help prevent over -indulging in poor snack choices. With nutrition and weight -watching cin so many minds today, considerate hosts and hostesses will. provide raw vegetables with dip, an assortment of cheeses and crackers and a fruit salad for their guests. Have you ever been faced with the situation where no or few "good" snack foods are available? If so, what have you done? The best course of action is to complain and request more nutritious snacks - but do it to the right people (those who are responsible for the ordering!) Do it by phone, letter or in person, but DO IT! You've got a right to be healthy, so you've got a right to ask for nutritious snacks. Here's a crunchy combination of natural cereals and grains,' great for breakfast or snacks. You can even make granola bars from it! METRIC CRISPY GRANOLA Yield: 1 litre 1000 mL rolled oats 250 mL wheat germ 125 mL sunflower seeds, unsalted 125 mL sesame seeds 250 mL coconut, shredded 50 mL brown sugar 50 mL liquid honey 125 mL cooking oil 5mL vanilla 2 mL salt 125 mL raisins Preheat oven to 150 degrees C (300 degrees F) Mix together rolled oats,wheat germ, sun- flower seeds, sesame seeds and 'coconut in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, honey, cooking oil, vanilla and salt. Add honey mixture to the dry ingredients and blend thoroughly. Spread mixture in a large, shallow baking pan. Bake for 45 minutes stirring occasionally. Remove from oven. Add raisins and cool. Store in an air -tight container. GRANOLA BARS Yield: 8 bars 500 mL Metric Crispy Granola 125 mL brown sugar 5 m L baking powder 100 mL butter, melted 5 mL vanilla Preheat oven to 150 degrees C (300 degrees F) Combine all ingredients Press into a 2L, 20 cm x 20 cm baking pan Bake at 2 -25 minutesor until mixture starts to bubble. Place pan en rack aid cut into bars. When cool, rertrove froth h pan Plat bars on paper towel td absorb excess fat. its staff were becoming distrustful and bitter toward each other prompted the hiring of the personnel officer. Long_ and bitter con- tract negotiations that in 1978 developed into a secondary school teacher strike, the • .increasing number of grievances being filed by staff, feelings that trustees and teaching staff couldn't understand the other's position and feelings that the delivery of education was suffering because of these rifts lead the boafd to its decision. John . Cochr a'n e, director education, of, edu on, said Monday thathe of hoped the hiring the co personnel officer uldenc patch up differences between trusteesand said board staff. He s the ect board was very selective use when hiring beca it person wanted the right on for the job! they Trustees feel found the right person. Peter Gryseels,a Lon( teacher for the London w board of. education,ill or take up duties f theary Huron board Janu 1. old The 37 year o is currently a department entand head in the London January system and 1, duties 1979 will begin his in Huron county. 4- — Cochrane said one of Gryseels' first tasks will be to get into the schools and get acquainted with the teachers. He said the board • hoped that Gryseels' experience as a teacher ` and his un- derstanding of the profession will allow him to develop the kind of rapport with the teachers needed to be successfull ,,at the job. The director said the personnel officer will be "servicing" the teacher contract whi6h could be more important than negotiating the pact, another job he will be responsible for. "We hope he can nip a lot of problems in the bud before they fester," said the director. Cochrane said the board realized two years ago it needed someone on staff to negotiate teacher contracts. At that time it hired Fred Reeves, an experienced negociater in industry, to represent the board at the negotiating table. That effort failed and the board felt the failure was due to. Reeves' inability to understand teachers and the teaching profession. This year a negotiater washired through the Ontario Public School Trustees' Association and while things went smoother it was obvious someone was needed to service the pact once it was settled. The board will be paying Gryseels a secondary school prin- cipal's wage, $39,000 a year, but look at the wage as a bargain. It 'spent in excess of $30,000 hiring Board of Ed. Reeves and only had him while the contracts were being written. "We'll be getting more mileage from our dollars," said Cochrane of the wage. , Another feather ' in Gryseels' cap is that he has experience with contract negotiations. While in London he served as chief negotiater for the London teachers. Shirley Weary, head of the teacher negotiating team in Huron county this year, felt Gryseels' hiring was a "positive step on the part of the board". She said employee relations were "fragmented" now because people with a job to do were also trying to handle the duties of a personnel relations of- ficer. She acknowledged that looking after staff problemswas a full time job. Weary said the fact that Gryseels was a teacher would at least allow him to understand the language of a teaching contract. She said servicing contrac.ts was' probably more important than the actual negotiating. "Sometinhes the way things are carried out is more disasterous than the actual proposal," she said. According to the board's job description for the personnel officer Gryseels will be required to • direct and co-ordinate the negotiations of the board with academic and non-academic staff • recommend to the board negotiating strategy and the board's bargaining position. • hold meetings with negotiating teams and administrative staff to develop board proposals in negotiating • report the progress of negotiations to the board and its staff, • recommend actions in any work -to -rule, lock out, strike or other situations that could occur to'resolve matters • develope continuous and responsible approach to negotiations with each employee group • assist in interpretation and administration of all collective agreements • recommend policy and procedure relating to collective agreements • work closely with the board's legal counsel on all employee relation matters referred to counsel • develop and maintain communications with other boards with regard to new developments and strategies on negotiations • develop and maintain communication with board of education and teaching organizations at. the provincial level as well as the ministry of education to keep abreast of trends in bargaining and legislative policies affecting employee relations MI MIMI MI NM sir mom' it _ TWV $ -- ~ DASHWOOD EXETER Y X MT CARMEL p. 1 •COR8ETT[ cRA�,► mi (BEND •,, , 1 COUNTRY' ,. CCfkIvER SIC,N HOURS MON,. • SAT. 10.10 Kawasaki ■ SNOWN1 aiLi S AND MOTORCYCLES • maintain and generate statistics on salaries, working conditions and benefits in collective agreements across the province and • perform other tasks as may be requested by the director of education or the board. For staff Gryseels' duties will. include • visiting schools regularly in an• om- budsman'role as a means of improving relations and discussing problems encountered • develop job descrip- tions for all employees and keep those descriptions current • assist the director of education in an annual performance review for all employees and • perform other tasks as may be requested by the_ ,. director of education or the board. Gryseels' will have no easy time on the job but the board is confident any effort and success he realizes will be much better than what it has now. As Cochrane noted his first and most important duty will be to "try to keep molehills and molehills and not let them develop into mountains". Sailors of 1913 remembered KINCARDINE - The five bodies that washed up in Kincardine beaches 66 years ago will not be forgotten. Last week in Kin- cardine a momument to the unknown sailors, victims of the great storm of November 1913, was ,dedi&ated in . a. ceremonial service. The ceremony was attended by the , Royal Canadian Legion; the Sea Scouts, Mayor John Askin and Reeve Russ Tout. Ther mayor and reeve laid a wreath in honor of the ceremony. Ron Pennington, of Goderich, the man in- strumental in erecting the monument, said that the four-day storm sunk 12 'ships on the Great Lakes,. eight of them off the Lake Huron shores. Of 245 lives lost, 175-180 were lost off these eight. Sixty to 70 bodies were washed up on these shores, .he said. Many were claimed, but the five buried in the local cemetery were never identified. It is the last resting place, said Mr. Pennington, the least we can do is honot them, Icy S. Jr romr and M, Uiunsn ere ice Community news and notes Swimming Club A clinic -for Star bevels,. I, II and III* was. held, at the Woodstock "Y" on Sunday November 4, 1979, A competition for the swimmers was organized in the af- ternoon. Three Vanastra wimmers took part, all Macing in .their categories: Level I (12 and under), Sarah Hoering 2nd place; Level II, (13 and over) Anita Hallam, 3rd place; Level III (13 and over), Beth Quesengesser, 3rd place. ++± Welcome home to Allan Sourbutts after his stay in London Hospital. Public School News The past week has been a very normal one at the Vanastra P. S. The various clubs and choirs have been meeting on a regular basis. Operation "Christmas Float" is in full swing. Plans are underway to have a Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 18 deom 7:30-8:30 p.m. We received word Monday that Pamela Brownridge took first prize in Category 3 of the Legion's. Literary con- test. Her entry entitled "Why I Wear A Poppy" will go on to the next level of competition. We are all very proud of, Pam's effort. Next week report cards will be 'made available to parents. Parent -teacher interviews are being scheduled for Tuesday evening, Nov. 27, and Wednesday morning and afternoon, Nov. 28 Any parent wishing an in- terview, who has not sent back the request form, is reminded to do so. If you are aware of children who will be attending our Kin- dergarten next year please call the school (482-7828) and let us know: Bingo The results of the _ November 13 bingo were: share -the -wealth, Mrs. Margaret Mew, Clinton, $74; share -the -wealth, Mrs. Margaret Mew, Clinton, $79; the third $80 share -the -wealth went to Varna Church welcome members By Mary Chessell . A large congregation attended Varna United Church on Sunday when eight new members were received by transfer and on profession of faith, and three babies and children were baptized. New members received were Joe and Wilhelmina Laurie, Ross and Nancy Whittaker, Joan (Mrs. Brian) McAsh, Lorraine (Mrs. Don) Taylor, Adam. Wilson and George Wilson. Those who received the Sacrament of Baptism were Kimberly Dawn Taylor, daughter of Don and Lorraine; Donna Louise Wittaker, daughter of Ross and Nancy; Heather Faye Laurie, daughter of Joe and Willi. Personals Don and Lorraine Taylor entertained a large r ,umber of family members at their home on Sunday in honour of baby Kim's baptism. Joe and Willi Laurie also, hosted a family gathering to celebrate Heather's baptism. Carl and Trudy Kuhl of Kitchener, former residents of Varna, were ,,.guests of the Chessells on Sunday afternoon. Bruce and Marjorie Kincaid of : Stratford called on the Mervyn Hayters and the Chessells on Sunday. Joanne Bell, Hensall and the jackpot went to Mrs. Sarah Instill, Wingharn. . Lions Club The Vanastra and District Lions Club are, holding a "Christmas Dance" this Friday, November 23 in the Vanastra Recreation Centre. Tickets' are $10 a couple and are available from any Lions Club member. Music will be supplied by "Joe Overholt". Scouts The meeting place and day have changed for the Scout troop. They now meet on Mondays in the Vanastra Christian Church at 7 p.m. Scouts is open to boys ages 11 to 14. Guides The Guide Company has been busy doing crafts for the bazaar along with their regular work. The girls are working on their industrial badge, campfire leader badge, pathway 1 and challenge badge and emblem. On Dec. 5 there will be an enrolment ceremony. OI.. 7'i$.t: $s bazaar on The Vanastra Group Parent Committee is sponsoring a Christmas Bazaar on_Dec. 1 in the Vanastra Recreation Centre.from 10 a.m. to 4 plln. This krill feature crafts by the --Brownies, Cubs, 4,;Guid'es and Scouts. ' There ,will be a special corner where the kiddies can purchase gifts for mom. This• will be done by the Lioness Club and .all gifts will be a $1 and under and will include gift wrapping. Mrs. Gloria Allaway will have a table of her homemade quilts. Our Guides will have a bake table, while the Scouts will have coffee, tea and apple cider. The Day Care Centre, and the nursery school will also have tables of kids' crafts. So be sure to come out and join in the fun. The Lions and Lioness Clubs are putting a float in the Exeter Santa Claus Parade on December 1 and again in the Goderich Santa Claus Parade on Dec. 8. Our Brownies, ; Cubs, Guides and Scouts will also be marching and putting a float in the Goderich Parade. 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