HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-12-06, Page 3MEM DEC MOM N, 1995
Teachers protest...Teachers from the Huron County Board of Education marched
on Huron MPP Helen Johns' office last week to protest the province's plans to introduce a Col-
lege of Teachers.
Teachers march on MPP's
office in protest of College
EXETER — Teachers from around
Huron County marched in protest
of the province's proposal to intro-
duce a College of Teachers govern-
ing body in Ontario.
On November 27, a general
meeting was held in Exeter to dis-
cuss and vote on the Huron County
position on the college. Ninety per
cent of eligible voting teachers reg-
istered for the vote. Two hundred
and twenty-one voted against the
proposal, while three voted in favor
of the college.
In a press release sent following
the meeting, John Clarke, Federa-
tion Officer of District 45 of the
Ontario Secondary School Teach-
er's .Federation, said "the members
have given a clear message they are
against the creation of a bureaucra-
cy that will cost between 15 and 20
million dollars annually." •
• Following the vote, held at the
Exeter Recreation Centre, the
teachers then marched to Huron
Member of Provincial Parliament
Helen Johns' office to deliver the
results. Johns was not present for
the protest.
Teachers, at the general meeting,
also discussed the compression of
the high school system with pro-
posed elimination of the Grade 13
level and the effects of destream-'
ing.
Hitching post in core
will be cleared of snow
By CAMERON J. WOOD
The Advance -Times
§ometimes the political process
does. work.
Following a concern expressed
in the Advance -Times last, week re-
garding the clearing of snow from a
hitching post in the downtown core,
council has agreed to have the piled
up snow removed and cleared per-
manently.
The issue first came to light dur-
ing a discussion with members of
the Howick Mennonite Community
in late Noveinber. They expressed
•
concern that they were unable to
hitch their horses in town while
they conducted business..
The Advance -Times investigated
the matter, and with the assistance
of Councillor Denise Wilkins -
Treble and clerk -treasurer Byron
Adams learned the town .owned the
property on which the post existed
and which contractor cleared the
neighboring private parking lot.
Wilkins -Treble raised the issue
on Monday night during the regular
council session:
Council initially said the contrac-
tor should be liable for the removal.,
County engineer accepts
position with Middlesex Impact
not yet
realized
Treble said. F
However, Wilkins -Treble made a
motion that the snow be removed .
and the post be made accessible '
through a co-operative effort by;the
contractor and the town works de-
partment.
She said the situation was a mat-
ter of the contractor not being
aware of the post and should easily
be rectified through communica-
tion. If there is a problem with the
amount of snow in the future, it
was recommended the contractor
truck the snow from the parking lot
and dump it elsewhere.
"We are taking away parking
from the Mennonites," Wilkins -
Treble said. Her motion carried.
Continued from front page
be getting to work and earning a
wage: something that will not be af-
fected for the majority of residents
by the reduction in snow plowing
service.
"We do the best we can with the
resources we have. There are some
things that we have to walk away
from. People are going to have to
use good judgement if they are go-
ing to he on the roads after mid-
night. It puts more responsibility on
the `individual to look after their
own safety.
In response to some concerns
about staffing, Merrall said the
roads foremen preferred the reduc-
tion in hours of plowing. Merrall
said to plow in the daytime and
have to continue plowing through
the night, when traffic is suhstan-
.. biaJly, reduced; creates -health and
workplace safety concerns.
"With less people, you can't run
around all night.' The salt and sand
is virtually ineffective at night time
anyway, which leads to further ex-
pense.
"I'd rather see a mile of road
construction cut hack than see peo-
ple dead in the ditch," Bill Van -
stone, Reeve of Colborne Town-
ship said. "We have no more
control over the weather than a
duck does of its bowels."
Merrall responded that if council
was to examine the economics,
they would see that the combined
roads grants in 1995 will be cut in
half by 1997.
"We will do anything ydu, will
give us the money for," Merrall
told Vanstone. "But remember that
you will have another 76 kilome-
ters of highway by 1997."
Council must decide what servic-
es they want and the roads depart-
ment will try to deliver them.
"It's a tough decision today, but
it's training for the future," he said
alluding to more significant eco-
nomic cuts expected in the years to
come. Council did agree to reduce
plowing service after midnight,
passing amotion that states plows
will only travel after that time to es-
cort emergency vehicles.
RESIGNS
Following his report on winter
maintenance, Merrall officially ten-
dered his resignation from Huron
County. Effective the first week of
January, the seven-year county en-
gineer, 'will assume a similar posi-
tion with Middlesex County.
Merrall said he does expect to
deliver the roads budget prior to leis
departure.
Continued from front page
low municipal governments greater
flexibility in the delivery of servic-
es. In addition, rules for the amal-
gamation, of municipalities. have
been made easier: an item that may
have significant impact on current
amalgamation plans between the
Town of Exeter and the Township
of Stephen in the south of Huron
County.
Huron MPP Helen Johns attend-
ed the December 5 session of
county council to discuss the im-
pacts. The Advance -Times . will
have a full report on that meeting
next week.
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