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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2,• 1986
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Flea to 'be heard August 27
• W1NGHAM - Larry Walsh, finer clerk-
treasurer of the Village of Blyth, appeared
in provincial court here before Judge J,M.
Seneshen on June 25 to face charges of theft
and fraud.lhe case has been rennanded un -
tit -August 2.7 at which time a plea will be
heard,
Mr, Walsh has been charged with one
count of theft totaling $79,190.27 and one
onnnt of frond raitmrting funfls of the Cor -
p'oration of Blyth to himself, in,the ataount
of $79,190.27, Both charges' have the time
frame of January 1, 1980 to May 31, 1986,
Blyth Council accepted Mr. Walsh's
resignation early ' ,last month after .tr-
•regaalarities were found by auditors when
preparingthe annual financial' statements.
After an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) ,
investigation, charges were laid,
Women Today are
active in Huron. Count'
JAY BRANDON
DEAN,CARTWRIGHT
MARK HOBA
Seven CHSS students
recommended as
'Ontario Scholars
CLINTON - Seven Central Huron Secon-
dary School students have been recom-
mended as 1985-86 Ontario Scholars.
The provincial scholarship honors secon-
dary school students who obtain an
average of 80 per cent or better, and a
minimum of- 480 marks in Grade 13
courses.
Jay Brandon finished the year with an
84.8 per cent average and Dean Cartwright
had an 86, 7 average.
SUSU MYINT
CLINTON - Women Today has been active
on a number of boards, committees and
issues during the past year. They have
tackled subjects ranging from pay equity to
midwifery.
At the organization's annual meeting on
June 25 at the town hall, president_Debbie
Selkirk briefly outlined a number of projects
Women Today have. been involved in during
the past year.
One of the major projects has been
Women Being Well, which has been run by
Valerie Bolton' with Sally Rathwell's
assistance. From this project, 10 self-help
groups have been set up in Huron County to
help other women deal with problems such
as illness, separation or divorce, the death
of a loved one or a special experience such
as the birth of a child.
Those running the self-help groups have
learned how to organize them by taking a
self-help facilitator's training course.
The purpose for Women Being Well is to
create a self-help network.
Another major project is called Reaching
Out which has three objectives.
The first objective is to maintain a theatre
group. This group performed Side. -Effects
last year and a theatre self-help group will
put on Vital Signs this fall. Vital Signs is a
play _Which. deals. with ecc.namic issues.ef
nurses.
The second objective of Reaching Outils'to
Mark Hobe ended the year with an 87.2
average and Su Su Myint had an 84
average.
Jackie Norman finished with an 82.2
average and Mike Powell had an average
of 83.8.
Lorelei Robinson's results from a cor-
respondence course are not. ' bin school
officials anticipate she wit ish with an
above 80 per cent average.
produce a booklet on women's =pigment-
issues.
mploymentissues. Two -thousand surveys will be taken
of women in Huron County and the concerns
which come forward from these will be
made into a one day workshop.
The third objective is to help women net-
work with each other in their place of
employment. Giants fire also avail-a1ile for
women wishing to go on conferences'°, , •
Members of Women Today have also been
active, sitting on the Family Violence Task.
Force, the Board of Survival Through
Friendship House located in Goderich, Com-
munity and Social Service Council and
Youth Needs Assessment Committee to
name but.a few. ,
As a group, Women Today have prepared
briefs for the consultation panel on pay equi-
ty and the federal task force on day care
They have also been active on the midwifery
issue.
As for future plans, Women Today
members plan to be as active in the upcom-
ing year as they have been in the past.
Board Members
The Board of Directors for the upcoming
year will consist of: Diane Klopp,. Bev
Teeter, Alison Hollingworth, Susan
Hundertmark, Fran McQuail, Jean Schoe-
ble, Judy McMichael, Debbie Wilbee,. Beth
Fulton. .and Pa.uli.Sommer.
The executive will be elected during a
board member meeting.
adios and roadwork taken care of
CLINTON - Council held a special meeting
on June 25 to clear up a few items so those
involved could proceed with their work.
"Committee II met yesterday (June 24)
and there is some business that needs to be
cleared up before the July meeting," Mayor
John Balfour told council before getting into
the business.
Reeve Bee Cooke, chairperson of Commit-
tee II, presented the -recommendations to
Council.
The first item brought forward by the
:reeve concerned the. Clinton Public Works'
two-way. radios -
Mayor Balfour explained the trequenoyof�
-the radios were too low, therefore making it
difficult for the employees to communicate
with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
employees. In an attempt to solve the pro-
blem, one radio was adjusted to a different
frequency and is reported to be working
well.
In light of this finding, Committee II
recommended all the portable radios be
readjusted to a frequency which is compati-
ble with the PUC. The cost is $150 and the
work will be done by Perth
Communications.
• Drainage Problem
A water run-off problem is being ex-
perienced on Shipley Street near the new
medical centre. Committee II is recommen-
ding $3,200 plus labor and engineering costs
(estimated at $1,200) be spent to correct the
problem.
Included in the cost are three catch
basins, a drain and an 18 inch strip of
asphalt gutter on the east side of Shipley.
This work, as well as a tile being placed in
the Pugh Terrace, Spencer and Erie Street
area to help carry the water, was approved.
The :tile;isgestinnated to cost $1,000.
Tourist Booth
The hydro which is feed into the tourist
booth on Ontario Street was previously con-
nected to a house located by the booth. Since
this method is no longer appropriate, coun-
cil discussed two alternatives.
The first alternative was to hook up with
the Credit Union. This method would cost
$612.11. The second alternative was to get a
direct line into the"booth. This would cost
$343.86 plus a flat rate of $4.50 per month.
Council decided to use the direct line
method.
JACKIE NORMAN
MIKE POWELL
LORELEI ROBINSON
Trustees are happy with Bill 30
By Wilma Oke
It was a happy group of trustees who
heard the announcement Monday night at a
meeting of the Huron -Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School -Board that the On-
tario Legislature approved the Education
Amendment Act 1986 (Bill 30).
° John McCauley, Superintendent of Educa-
tion, reported that prior to the board
meetineBill 30 passed into law this even-
ing. Full funding for Catholic secondary
- schools is approved. You have waited a long
time for this." The trustees applauded.
To meet Ministry of Education -re-
quirements, the board, by formal resolu-
tion, elected to "perform the ;duties of a
secondary school board for its area of
jurisdiction, effective on the first day of the,
seized year commencing in 1986."
The board's first Catholic secondary
/school has been established at St, Michael
School, Stratford, for September 1986. Three
secondary school teachers ; currently
employed.by the Perth. Board of Educatio ---
have•been hired by the Huron -Pert
Catholic Board.
It is hoped that the ongoing discussions
an co-operation between the two boards
will Sten tesalt 'in a formal agreement on
fuplacement of secondary school staff for
ture .years. In its ;plan for secondary
edpcaitiotr, the board is .also committed to
study' the feasibility of establishing another
secondary school in Huron County by 1988,.
IA.6%0 business, the board set the 1986-87
•sal ry' rate for tbe'speeeh pathologist
The salary rate for the board attendance
catitidellor Was Seta ;.95 per hour for the
I year n 4% Pet cent increase,
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periencel For a teacher with early childhood cessfully passed his certified management
qualifications, $8,800 with no experience to accountant's examinations. •
$10,267.50 for a teacher with five years The summer meetings for the board will
experience. be' `held on Monday, July 7 and Monday,_
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Michael Secondary School. He has seven .
years' experience teaching in Toronto in the A letter; has gone out from William
science department. Laurie Maloney Devlin . Eckert, Director of Education, to parents
was hired as a classroom teacher at St. who are ratepayers' in the Listowel area con-
Mary's School, Hesson and Mary Margaret
O'Reilly .was hired as classroom teacher at
St. Joseph's School, Clinton.
Rhonda Daniel will be transferred from
St. Boniface School in Zurich to Holy Name
of Mary School in St. Marys for the next
school term and Sharon O'Toole be transfer-
red from Precious. Blood School, Exeter to
St. Boniface School, Zurich.
The board will offer student accident in-
surance with the Commercial a Union
Assurance Company through Frank Cowan_ survey results and plans for the new school.
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Company Ltd. for the school year 1986-87 for The survey d pls indicate that arrii minimum f 65 students would attend if a.
s secure for.their we ed this ,year, of these 3 �at.
0o a' us
The board will offer"1 y tender, students who now attendy
portable clasaroom from Sty James School, Separate School in Hessen.
Seaforth,.With removal. date set by Aug. 15. It is expected, that an a ditlofial 43,•'
The property committee is authorized to ac- students who now' attend other ore distant
rept tenders and report acceptable tender at Catholic schools may'also= at en the new
its August board meeting.A neW portable Listowel School from Welling County'
will bought to replace the one being. of- who live within 24 km of Listowel It is ex-,
fered or sale,. petted` there could be over. 130 stud eats,, who
4 rental portable cl'o8`srno n. will be my would attend4
cerningthe board's plans for a new Catholic
school' in the town. He reported a survey was
conducted in 1985 by the Board Accommoda-
tion Review Committee who said an attempt
to establish a Kindergarten to Grade 8
elementary school in 1988 will be planned.
A school site is to be purchased and the
Ministry of Education to be asked for funds
for construction. A meeting is to be arrant.
ed with parents and ratepayers in Listowel
in the fall of 1986 to discuss the board's
those parents who wish toit f thei school a start
children. tend` presently the Ioca1 public sh 1 1 33
for sale b one St. Dairy 'd
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