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It has been one week since Dave Weisbrod has had any food. Mr. Weisbrod has vowed he
will drink coffee or water but will eat no food until he gets a chance to present his case to
the British Columbia Workmen's Compensation Board. The Board has discontinued his
pay because his wife has recently earned money. (Todd Mowatt photo)
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By Wilma Oke
WALTON - A 35 -year-old Walton man con-
tinues his hunger strike which he started
June 5 to pressure the British Columbia
Workmen's Compensation Board to review
his case. Dave Weisbrod is drinking only
water but no food until he gets to present his
case.
In a phone call during the morning of June
11 Mr. Weisbrod said there has been no word
from the B.C. Board.
Injured in a forklift accident at a B.C. soft
drink bottling plant in 1979, Mr. Weisbrod
said he lives with chronic pain today
because of deteriorating discs in his back.
He has very little feeling in his legs and feet
and walks with a cane.
He was cut off compensation benefits in
December 1984 when he worked once
month as an auctioneer, the only job he said
his health would allow him to take. He has
been receiving about $1,400 a month in
benefits.
Mr. Weisbrod, his wife Judy and the cou-
ple's two sons moved to Goderich in 1981
after declaring bankruptcy in B.C. when a
courier service they were operating failed.
Once here, Mr. Weisbrod worked at jobs in
Clinton and Goderich and drove a truck, and
finely bought a home in Walton.
Eventually, he had to give up truck driv-
ing as it aggravated his back problem.
Following tests in Hamilton and London, the
Workmen's Compensation Board told him to
go back to work or move to a bigger centre
such as Listowel or London where job pro-
spects may have been better. He did at-
tempt, to work but could not continue and
each time was reinstated by the B.C.
Workmen's Compensation Board. But in
December he was cut off.
In January, the family went on welfare
which paid $107 every two weeks ( less $45
during months no heat is needed). But last
week their payments were cut off because of
some real estate sales Mrs. Weisbrod made.
Mrs. Weisbrod said only one of her sales
has been finalized after reimbursing her
real estate company for the money she ow-
ed, she was left with $90.
"For $90, we lost our welfare assistance,"
she said. "You just sit down and cry at times
but then you have to get up and keep eoine."
Now the family income is a monthlya
federal disability pension of $470.
Meanwhile, the owner of a Vancouver con-
sulting firm is pushing for a review of the
Weisbrod case before B.C.'s Compensation
Board. Officials say there is a backlog of
about 4,000 cases and that Mr. Weisbrod's
case may not be reviewed for another 18
months.
Huron County still opposed to Hydro
By Stephanie Levesque
Huron County Council will go down to the
bitter end opposed to any hydro
transmission lines running through the
predominantly agricultural county.
County planner, Dr. Gary Davidson, told
the June session of county council that On-
tario Hydro will be announcing its preferred
route for transmission lines from Bruce
Nuclear Power Development to London on
July 8.
Dr. Davidson said it appears, and he
stressed the word appears, that hydro's
favored route will be either M1 or M7, both
of which run right through Huron County.
M1 has two lines, one running from Bruce
to London through Huron and the other,
from the Nanticoke generating station to
London. M7, a new route, has three lines,
one from Bruce to Essa near Barrie, one
from Bruce to London and the third, from
Nanticoke to London.
The county planner also noted that of the
four alternative plans, only one, M3, has no
lines through Huron County. However, he
said Hydro has said M3 is "electrically defi-
cient".
Environmental hearings are expected to
be held this November, and Dr. Davidson
said it will be up to the county planning
department to prove that M3 is not deficient
in any way.
The county planner also said that of six
potential routes through Huron County,
hydro has limited the choices to two. They
are the east and west routes.
When asked if Ontario Hydro is aware of
the county stand against the hydro lines. I)r.
Davison said hydro was notified by letter
and acknowledged receipt of the letter.
"And it's been verbally stated several
times," he added.
Board his reached a tentative settlement
BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE
The Huron County board of education has
reached some tentative agreements with
sorne of its employee groups and a definite
date of mediation has been set with its
secondary school teachers.
Superintendent of personnel Peter
Gryseels announced the tentative set-
tlements late last week. However, no details
can be released until both parties in each
case have ratified agreements. The board is
expected to vote on the settlements at a
special meeting on June 25.
The elementary teachers and the board
have reached a tentative agreement. The
agreement would cover the 1985-86 school
year.
"Both parties are happy with the tone of
negotiations and will be recommending ac-
ceptance," said Gryseels.
It is not known when the teachers will
ratify the agreement.
A tentative agreement has also been
reached with the secretarial group for the
1985-86 year. The secretaries will be voting
on June 18.
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school board's decision to delay a Catholic
high school in Huron until 1988, it can be
worked out between the two boards. He said
the board will be taking a look at offering
credits.
"In my own opinion, (offering credits)
will open up some avenue in our own system
for other religious credits," said Jewitt ad-
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The superintendent said another meeting
has been scheduled for June 13 with the
custodial staff.
"Both parties are hopeful of a settle-
ment," said Gryseels.
The mediation meetings between the
school board and its secondary school
teachers will take.place on June 19 and 20 in-
stead of the originally announced dates of
June 17 and 18. This will mark•thc first time
the two parties have inet since the teachers
May 28 strike vote.
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