HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-09, Page 9Salary negotiations•
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The Huron County Board of
Education ratified its Salary
Negotiations Committee's
recommended contract
settled with the County's
secondary: school teachers at
its meeting in Clinton 'ori
Tuesday. .
As the final proposal •drawn.
up ;between negotiators for •
thaeteachers.'arid the board. •
.• has yet to be ratified by the
general' membership- of the
Secondary School Teachers"
Association no details of the
proposed agreement : were:.. •
made public. The -Board
heard details . of the
agreement in closed session`
and only voted to approve` it
`(taring the regular meeting.:
The teachers are expected
to vote on th offer this.
Monday and board chairman
Herb Turkheim said he,. -was
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heleful'the setlement would
be ratified at that time. •If
such is, the case. Director of
Education Johri Cochrane is
expected • to announce details"
on Tuesday.
• Negotiations are also un-
derway between the board
and its more than!. 300
elementary school: teachers.
e R . er.. Another .round-of•-bargairring.
is set for this . week but
Chairman Turkheim .said' he
was, :In/Refill an agreement
Victory! Petrone catcher Jack Shields signalsa victory.
in. the A championship game of the Goderich Industrial . .
Fastball Tournament:,More tournament coverage canbe
found on the inside pages. -(staff photo) '
.A somewhat harried and`
totally impromptu Airport
Committee report requiring a
decision of Goderich Town.
Council caused some degree',
of concern. .a.t Tuesday
evening's regular meeting,
but.following two recorded
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would be* forthcomingin the
near future. When asked
about the 'possibility of a
T.„
-strike hesaid he saw no.
• reason to expect such action.
A. request from Jghn
Stringer, principal of the
.Goderich and District . i6 "Last year " we had ` mine
Collegiate 'Institute, for the complaints, -.,and dealt; with
board to px'o ide--additional~-~-'.: more--prabtext s—)tLc
. locker space at G.D.C.I, was lockers than any other issue,"
referred to ; the Budget ' he added:
Committee with power to act:. Mr, Stringer". asked that the
In his letter Mrk Stringer
noted that over 200 students
wen* be sharing 'lockers in
the fall term. As these lockers
have only one shelf; students
find locker sharing most
inconvenient, he said.•
• request be treated as urgent
because of the inconvenience.
for students, the adverse
effect on student morale, and
the 'inequality of the present
arrangement (members of
• m
the same Tail? share..
lockers;. itherefore, parents.
with more than one c ild in
erning
the ., �se ool are being
. °penalized).
"The cost of solving the
locker problem :could be•:
regarded as air emergency
and , could"be applied Pp t+u sl.
special budget ';over -; and
.above the 'normal ;budget
requirements," hir better
suggested,.:
. Mr. Stringer suggested that
the -problem could be solved
.ne-of-two-;ways. Set-aran
old-fashioned cloak room With. ;
adequate security for 50:-
(continued on.page 16).
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129 YEAR -37'
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1976 "'
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The 'new Huron Centre'for
Children aed, Youth became a
reality on Wednesday,
September 1 when the first
board -.of- directors'. was:
' elected'at. •a • tblic meeting
•held in. the Clinton Public
School. .•
The Ministry of Health,for
the Province of Ontario gave
• approval for the creation of a
children's ` mental: health
centre, recently to , provide
sp.ecrali-zed• services • for
children _and youth in 'Huron
County. The Huron Centre
will be incorporated under
the Children's. Mental Health,
Centre's Act and serve as a. ,
psychiatric facility under th'ie.,.
Mental Health Act.
Formation of such a service
became _necessary following
the—closing of the Goderich
Psychiatric Hospital and its. _
child care and adolescent. •
unit. •.
A steering com>ni:ttee,
composed: of staff and ad-
ministrators . 'of' existing
health and social service ,.
organizations, along with.
interested professional and
lay- people, have been
meeting' over the past four
months to examine the need -
for such specialized services
for children 'and youth and a.
nominating committee of that
grouphanded down a` list of
prospective board members
t
Huron Centre for Children and Youth
gross
to the September 1•meeting.
The board of directors wilt,
consist of 11- persons.
Nomination c•omniittee•
chairman 'Norrn:-_Pickell of
Goderich told the meeting'
that the committee 'had at-
tempted to,put forward the
names of persons who would
represent the other agencies
concerned with the new ,
program and persons who.
would represent the whole of
Huron County in a geographic
sense. -
One of the: directors: will be
'a representative of Huron
• County Council and will be
named when the council.
meets later this month. •
Elected to the new board
were: Mrs. Carol R-. Egener,
:principal pf the Goderich
Society; Mrs. " Ila '' Keyes,
Student Services Co-
ordinator for. the ' Huron
Board of Education; and Dr.
Bruce Thomson,. a.. ' doctor
specializing in family
medicine at •Goderich and
representing' the Huron
Medical. Association. These
four, the nominating com-
;Munic"ipal _Day Nursery; mittee explained, were put
Bruce "Heath, director of the forward • as . agency
Huron County Children's Aid representatives.'
vgtes, council decided 513 in
favor of, giving Dominion
Roads Machinery Company
Ltd. a total of 25 :years .pre-
paid rent at= --Sky Harbor
Airport.
Airport Committee
Chairman Bill Clifford ex -
The effects of development .a,tDouglas
Point nuclear generating facifities on
Huron -County, .this, time in the field of
agriculture, grabbed prime news. space
this past week. It is charged that the'
station is 'causing pollution which Could'
cost . fanners heavily in crop yields.
Ozone pollution is the primary concern„
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Ontario is now the home of five
-registered Political Parties: The. Ontario
Libertarian Party became the fifth when
it was :officially .recognized last weekby'
the Commission ' on ' Election 'Con-
tributions and Expenses,.
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Dr: William Barootes, presidentof the
Canadian Medical Association., has said
that doctors and Legal 'officials have
begun to examine some of the possible
inhumanities of scientific medicine. The
'final outcome could be. "Right to Die"
legislation, though politicians are loath
to deal with the subject
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Canada has never been noted for the,
strength of its foreign policy but as of-
ficials at External Affairs •:begin
preparing for this country's" entry into
the Security Council of the 'U'nited
Nations that weakness is 'being
reviewed If we can go by early in-
dications, however, the end result may
,not ..be a• great deal better than the
'e*isting policies.. '
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ears
plained that in order to bring
the local airport upto stan-
dard _so that ••• it . could be
licensed _for "night. 'flying,
certain expenditures costing
about $20,600 would have to be
made. He said'the committee
did not have sufficient- money•
in its budget,, nor did the
municipality have any money
to spare.
Chairman Clifford said that
at about, • .6:30 Tuesday
evening, he'd received a
letter from DRMC•O.
President. B.A. Sully advising
-that the company would pre -
ay''' rent in the amount of
$20,000$to • allow .theairport
committee the necessary
fundi to provide proper
electrical service, a rotating
beacon, runway 'and ap-
proach lights and a complete
fuel,,system at Sky Harbor.
In return, Mr,S'ully slid the
• ' With the election of: '-a, board : of
directors on September 1 the ne • Huron
Centre for Children and Youth isdoff the
ground.: Work :has .been und'erway,by a
, steering committee over the -Vast fear
months though and persons attending
the public meeting in Clinton September
1: received'. copies of a paper entitled, "A •
Proposal for Mental Health Services for
Children and Adolescents , in Huron
County."
This' paper . outlines some of : the
problems the new unit willattempt to
deal with and ',explains the proposed
methods of operation:- • '
The service.will previde.resourcing for
all childrenin the area between the ages
of infancy and -19. 'At the present time
there.•are approximately 15,000 children
re -pa
firm would expect snoW
removal on . the DRMCO
parking lot at the airport and
approach to the runway, as
well as' improved snow
clearing methods • ori the
airport runways. It was
explained that a snowblower
would be required to get the
snow:.. off the runway and
away from it . as.• well:,
Snowplowing creates banks-,
"it was stated, that could prove
• dangerous to incoming air-
craft.
Chairman Clifford noted
that interest on the $20,000 at
10 percent would amount to
about_ $19,000 over 20 years,
taking .into account that at
$4000 per annum for tent, the
town would .be using $1,000 a
yearless of DRMCO money.
' For This $19,000 that would
have been, paid in • interest,
DRMCO had requested five
of school age resident within the county.
so that the group's target . population
wouL include all of those plus children`'
who.are now pre-schoolers. • •
The paper calls for assessment and
resourcing to children :.and families in
the harries and schoofsettings as well as
crisis intervention. This would be .ac
cornplished through the inechaeism of a
mobile mental health team composed of • •
representatives of various .disciplines
operating out of, a centrally 'based.'
location within the county., ` •ti
• There - are . at 'present,: within the
county, a number of people with -both the
knowledge of. the area and experience
and training in the provision of mental '
'health services for children: The new
• (continued on page 3) •.
rent
extra years of prepaid rent
($5,000) and snow removal at
their airport- property which
would otherwise have been •-
the company's obligation.-
Councillor ' Elsa Haydon
told council she . had 'a
"personal feeling of unease" .
about. asking: council to make
a decision' on the matter that.
evening. She asked that' the
matter be tabled•for one week
for stiidy' and consideration.
She did not get a seconder for
her motion. '
" am . fully aWare that
�Dorhinion ' Roads is our
biggest employer; and I am in
favor of 'making a number of,
concessions to that 'em-
ployer," said Mrs. Haydon.
"But before there is any more
financial' entanglement with
Dominion, Roads, I think this
council should wait. to,decide
• (continued on page 16)
Deputy -clerk (Kay ►eaves,
town hall -due tOiiInes:s
-Merritt McKay',. deputy -clerk
treasurer for the Town of Goderich, has
asked for a' long term disability' pension
due to, illness. She will :not return to
work, says. town administrator Harold
Walls. •,
Miss McKay.has been ill trent time to
time for several months. Mr. Walls: said
at a special' council meeting Thursday
evening' •that Miss McKay ••Made her.
decision fora long term disability
pension provided through the town's.
Jrasnrarice coverage, --,after two doctors
had advised . her against' returning to
work.. • . ..
The deputy -clerk's position will now be
advertised, and according tb Mr, Walls, .
the .position demands "almost ,a full-
.fledged accountant'.:
"The to"wn is; growing and we need
someone to prepare almost' all the, -
financial statements for the
-municipality," said the administrator, •
' In .other business, council tabled a
motion to purchase a :re ohitioned.
street sweeper for $10,270, The matter
was tabled, apcording'to Councillor $ob.
Allen of the Works and Engineering
Cbnnmittee, "because there's been AO
study to start with". '•
Others elected to the board
were, Mrs. Helen . Bartliff •.of"
Clinton; Rev:: Jack Beaton of
:Centralia; . Mrs. Donna
. Cornwall of W ingha,m ;
Howard James of Egmon-
Children's Psychiatric
Research Institute (C.P.R.I.)
as at present it is ,often
necessary to wait for'`seven
weeks ; for the initial ap-
$ointm.fot.
dyille; Mrs: Joanne:Jasper of was' alsoent sugrgestedassessmenth
'. aItt..
Goderich; and William Gregg C.T.R.I. is situated too far ..
of Goderich Township.. Also away , for regular follow . up
nominated, but losing in .the treatment.
election, . was Mrs.' Mona Huron: Public Health Nurse
Mulhern of Goderich. • .. Joanne Jasper also . pointed
During an open question a out that the biggest gap in
panel made ' up of members such services to children is.
froth the steering committee, between the ages of . two. and
clarified a number of points five - between the time the
aboutthe:ne'w centre. • ' doctor stops seeing the child
The new program is meant on. a regular basis' and- the
to be a • community-based time heor she is •screened: by
service and has not been the: Public Health. authorities ..,
designed, or sufficiently. , as a"pre=schooler. •
funded, to provide inpatient • •She saicf•that aneffort must
u
services, ;•n:.,,. s.chx»•ceases • ea .itf1d ty a e-'pairbliti -'
patients would be referred to aware that the new program
hospital or for long. term exists,: and is. -available; if
treatment to the London they are having problems.
•.P chem than pakin _Mrs. Jasper 'also'• suggested
tg he. the formation of groups
• child to the Children's where' the , mothers and
Psychiatric. Resear"ch' cliifdrenwould cornetogether
Institute at London for and discuss common
example, the,, committee problxris.. Ways must. be • -
expl'ained • that the new found to stimulate children
program would work right in and contribute to normal
the home with . the parents growth and development.
,and child as well as in. the . Such programs, were, also -
schools. •seenas a .• :means ` through
The. committee 'admitted which early' identification of
that, the group would be learning disabilities could be
:forced to duplicate some of (continued on page 16)
3 the. services 'offered by- the
. - Marc' Laid, host of CFPL's_lreakfast with -Mare program, has
unusual locations but last Friday morning was the first time he
Marc was• the guest of the Huron Historic Jail and numerous
dropped by to nleet'the radio personality and enjoy a cup of coffee.
Mare interviews jai! Curator Harry Bosne% •
•
broadcast front Smite
had, done so from 'a;ii.
residents and visitors.
As part of the program