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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-02-20, Page 1rrr. rrr r . rr- at ,.. • • • .. ..• "S. ''... • • ek'1.1 OA 9 1'', • . •••• . - ' ,• „. • • , . . • ; ; ; V . •!*•*- , , • • .• • ....vv..... • • ' ' • ;),,k4hi? • rg • " , • . • • • :k • ., ; m, Wednesday, February 20, 1980 . s , . • After nine months in a Liberals otklaajoritY Iii wilderness, Pierre Tru 0 2112 -seat House of--00111- Swept back to power Monday glom with a clear majority:4' a 5 in Parliament. The ta.11y Tuesday Merging showed the Liberals deleted in 146 seats, versus lel for the Progressive ConseritatiVes and 32 for the New Democratic Party. - Recattots in -several close races could change the final picture slightly .and the election for one seat Wes post- poned foUown the death of one of the "C'endidates. However their total assures ?Liberal; Prterede. viCtOty nts the cretof a wave that Started • in Atlantic ana4a.1 ?there they Wan, four, goats ,frcim the Conservtt/es and two from the .N»Pjog1lve them, an 18 to 141e They 'peaked An Quebec, always It Liberal stronghold, taking 730 the74 seats anclin the arocess wiping out the Social Credit Party. The only Quebec spat not taken by the Liberals Wentto Conservative !tech La Salle. The tide continued through Ontario, Where the Liberals reversed their fortunes ,of last May, They picked up 22 seats Or a total 4A3; reducing the Conservatives to 37 seats: 1.19Wever the wave broke once it reached Ontario's wstehiborder: The Liberals picked Up hut'",AWO seats in Manitoba and completely disappeared from the rest of western •Canada, with the 's Conservatives and the NDP sharing the seats from Manitoba Westward. In his victory. Speech Mr. Trudeau expressed satisfaction and had some kind WOrO.:fe prirne jSter Joe' was gracious in defeat„,,.. mittirig disappointmet., „ * Liberals „ also hinted that he remain to lead WI.. servatives in anothq; Craig disappointed local! but satisfied nationally, Walking into the Huron - Bruce Liberal headquarters shortly after 8- pan. Monday night one noticed few party supporters, but Graeme Craig was on hand to greet all guests. Obviously nervous, all he could say was, "it's going to be tense.” And so it was, as the vote counts tossed thelead back and forth between Mr. Craig and F';ogresElive on selvattve MunaCardlff. As poll after poll came in and supporters tallied up new 04314., ,i, , .. 1 4-• Blanoiciiiteth Vis n s votes, but that figure more than doubled by 9 As minutes ticked by the Liberal candidate stopped pacing and began to reit* at one of the tables. Sitting alone he no doubt was recalling last year's election, which saw him defeated by • Bob McKinley by over. 0,000,VOtes. 41it16n'aruce apparentwas a big disimpointinent to the can- didate and his supporters who all insisted, "he is the better man," 1PierreTrudeau's gains' in the Maritimes, Quebec and Onte,i;o4t2,0,0,,,,hea.d ciuscHkets followers began pouring into the headquarters and crowding around the ...,,teluviskin sets to see what uraWd happen in *he 'western' prMinces, even Mr. Craig's anxieties were replaced by satisfaction: that the Liberals were doing so well. Although the final tally showed :46523 hr PC, 14,362 for the Liberals and 3,864 for the New Democratic Party in this riding, Mr. Craig pointed out, "This time they didn't run away with it;" adding, "We, .may have lod the battle here,. b Vvve sere won it acr the good, but by 8:50 p.m. Mr. The initial 45,minutes looked R b Cardiff began pulling away. At first it was a mere 200 DENTAL ASSISTANT Shelia Shobbrook, RR 5, Wingham, recently grad- uated from the Dental As- sistant Course at Ross Academy, London. She has accepted a position with Dr. Ray Bateman in Wing - ham. polling locally reflected „Mlirray Cardiff's win over Graeme Craig and Tony McQuail for the Huron -Bruce seat in Parliament. He won in nearly all the polls around the Wingham area, though in some cases by only a few votes. Mr. Cardiff topped the polls in Wingham with 747 votes to 634 for Mr. Craig and 131 for Mr. McQuail. Only in Poll 134 was Mr. Craig ahead, 96 to 77, although voting was very close in polls 133 (Con- servatives 59, Liberals 58), 131 (85 to 80) and 130 (62 to 55). Turnberry Township also Voted for Mr. Cardiff, 367 to 257, with 73 for the NDP. Most of the Conservative edge here came from Poll 126 (143 to.77) ; the others were closer with Poll 124 votng 111 to 90 and 125 voting 113 to 90. The Conservative lead in Morris Township was bigger at 455 to 285 to 84. Poll 146 was the only one to be close, with Mr. Cardiff winning by 87 votes to 80. East Wawanosh voted Cardiff as well, with the nt his "first as prime d Broadbent appnintm en t owing in the fldOntario, hat 32seats is a new high for the New Democrats, one more than their previous best. The party picked tip about 18 per cent of the popular Vote, down from the 23 per Cent it had hoped for. The Liberals Won with about 48 per cent of the vote, versus 31 per cent for.. Conservdive. - MidWeetern Ontario resided the Liberal swing, remaining firmly TOY,blue. But even here the restdts of the voter switch were iiident in much closer races than normal and vastly reduced pluralities for incumbents. Murray Cardiff, in his first time Out, managed to heat back a challenge from Liberal Greene Craig to hold HuronBruce fins the Conservatives. The final tally showed Wk. Cardiff rad Won by slightly over 2,000 votes, 16,523 to 14364. The Conservative vote was wdll dowcfroln the MAXI garDered By Bab Melanley last Spring, but Mr. Craig, in his second time Out, gained only about 2,500 over his 11,818 total last May. NDP Candidate Tony McQuailincreased h10 part'8. share of the vote; Blekkill pp 3,864 votes compared to 2,729 for the NDP m the previous election. Elsewhere Gary Gurbin beat a challenge from Hedger Se.hwasa to hold hissseat for Brucelorey. Gus Mitges was reelected in GreysSimcoe, Bill Jarvis in Perth and Pe,tain Beatty in WellingtonDufferle- Simcoe, but none of thent had anything approaching • a lands; slide victory this time out. • • -, • - - VICTORIOUS—Murray car41400***1 pleased Monday night With: hiSlillfAver, and Tont AficQuail. Mr. Carrlif4althie firat reSIgn as 'chairman -et, the Ontarlo Producers' Marketing Beard and hise s up a constituency office in the radiate* sels. = , DISAPPOINTED LIBERAL -4 candidate for Hureh:er,,tal about his fuss tocaliwAta* he no the battle here, liUt.W40re 1.40 It closest contest in Poll 150 where the vote was 64 to 60. Overall vote for the township was 269 to 191 to 63. West Wawanosh was very close, with Mr. Cardiff eking out a '250 to 243 win. Mr. 1VIcQuall garnered 91 votes in the township. Brussels gave 359 votes to Mr. Cardiff versus 148 for Mr. Craig and 34 for Mr. McQuail. In Howick Township Mr, Cardiff got 706 votes to 524 for Mr. Craig and 207 'for Mr. McQuail. The only Liberal win came in Poll 121, where they beat the Conservatives by 82 votes to 74. Polling was also close in Poll 122, with an 89 to 83 bulge for the Conservatives. Teeswater went to Mr. Cardiff, but by a very narrow margin, 249 to 244 to 37. The Liberals won Poll 107, at- tracting 87 votes to 62 for the Conservatives. Mr. Cardiff also scored wins in the two local advance polls. The tally for the Wingham poll was 184 to 129 to 17 and for the Lucknow poll it was 161 to 117 to 27. NEW PASTOR Rev. Wesley Gutowski arrived in Wingham Mon- day afternoon to take over duties at Wingham's 'Sa- cred Heart Church. Re- placing Rev. Tony Sonder- up, Father Gutowski began his career in Poland in 1964 and was given an appoint- ment in Petrolia, Ontario, In 1972, where he served as an asistatit pastor. This Is his first assignment as a pastor and he explained, "I came with an open mind and heart to serve the people to the best of my ability." 17,019, Liberal disappointed ay have lost the country." bTrii , e 7 j„. ee perssy 'were injured locally in; snonanobiling ac- cidentsnyer thiweekend, one seriously, enough to require transfer to a London hopital. Kenneth Stewart of Blyth was injured in a mishap which occurred Saturday while he was snoWmobiling on County Road 25, west of Blyth. He was taken to Wingham and District Hospital and then transferred to sUniversity Hospital, London:. No details on the accident were available. The same day Robert Ait- chison of RR 1, Lucimow, was injured while snoWmobiling at home. He was treated at the Wingham hospital and then discharged. Steven M Thompson of Bluevale was injured Friday while driving his snowmobile. Fie was travelling along in the south ditch of Highway Et6, east of Wingham, when the vehicle struck a rock covered with snow He suffered minor injuries as a result of the accident Provincial police report there were four motor vehicle collisions during the past week which caused an estimated $7,250 in property damage. Five charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act and 22 warnings issued. Separate schools waive tuition fee for re gees By Alice Gibb Trustees on the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Sepa- rate School Board recently approved a motion to permit attendance by refugee children at its schools without a fee for one year. The waiver applies to all refugees who are sponsored for one year by community groups, not necessarily groups of the Catholic faith. William Eckert, director of education, said after the meeting there are now about 19 refugee children attending schools in the system. At the Warne time the board approved a motion to raise to $150 from $100 the per family fee for nonCatholic students attending the separate schools. Mr. Eckert told board members the fee hadn't been changed since 1971, despite increased costs to the board. The fees are paid in lieu of taxes and the raise willtake effect Sept. 1, 1980. John McCauley, superin- tendent of education, reported that nuns from the Mission Sisters had been visiting sell/Sots to teach a mission awareness program. The program was encouraged by Bishop John .Sherlock at the Catechetic '80 meeting in Chatham last November. Mr. McCauley said the purpose df the program was to make childreri aware of what missions are. He told board members the Mission Sisters are being considered guests at a professional development day a year or more down the road. Mr. Eckert reported con- tractors-, are aiming to have construction at St. Joseph's School, Clinton, completed by the end of the month. He said concern about the amount of space available for the school's official opening resulted in a change of plans for the event. The 'Official opening will he held May 4 at 2 p.m. as planned and the Of- ficial opening of Education Week will be held in the evening at 8 p.m. Board members were noti- fied of a learning disabilities seminar jointly sponsored by Bell Canada and the Ontario Association for Learning Disabilities to be held at Elhorn College, London, on April 25. Mr. Eckert said the board will be sending a num ber of •-its-'sped a I education teachers to the seminar. In other business three school principals presented the new principals' handbook to board members. The board was told the handbook is to be used as a guideline for prin- ipals in the everyday operations of their schools, thaptess in. the handbook include, 'The -Principal and the Law', 'Index to Board Policies' and information on mattes' of business ' ad- ministration. Principals are also given a number of guide- lines for staff evaluation procedures Mr. McCauley told the board staff evaluation now takes place a Minimum of twice a year and a written ev alua ti on -report is fOrwarded to each teacher. This is followed by a conference between the principal and teacher Board Member John O'Drowsky asked ding the dismission whether there was any requirement that at least one member of each school staff had token first aid training. Mr5ckert said this isn't board policy, but there is at least one staff xneinber in each school who has taken the St. Johns Ambulance first aid course. Some initial tension atlocal Conalikvative headquarters qtnekly melted away as the polereports continued to flow in:/- Monday night, showing Murray Cardiff slowly but atirely pulling away from his— Xiberal challenger. s. A slim 51 -vote bulge at 8:30 hid groin to 200 votes 10 i• 500sto91,s'ssa- He added he wouldn't be Surf - prised to see the Lillseralsr introduce scime of the same pOlicies. Asked What he would do first, Mr. :Cardiff said he planned to travel to: London Tuesday mOridng toteiiderlds resignation as chainnan of the Ontario bean Marketing • - „Avg& : • H11;11ng 0 • tloc att o ear y 2, 10. Still :Mr. Cardiff was reluctant to claim victory in • this, his first time at the polls. "These people telhne I've got it," he said, "but I'm not going to announce anything until I'm satisfied myself." Finally, shortly after 10 o'clock, and with the Brussels, Morris and Grey Coinmunity Centre filling up with party supporters come ta celebrate, he agreed it looked as though he had won. Even then he made no :speeeh, but spent some time, being interviewed by the press before heading off for a taping session at CKNX. Although much of the Con- servatives' dismay over national results showing the Liberals sweeping to a majority victory was drowned by satisfaction with the win locally, Mr. Cardiff took the national defeat as calmly as his own victory. He said he Was puzzled by the national vote because he, personally, sincerely believes the Conservatives had good and necessary policies, "I don't know whether people don't want to face reality.?" • .heard. Another priorittilfto tegid.4,.* open a constituency office in •:to run. He eommented theriding, probably at Mr; Cardi(f had scored. w Brussels: He said.he.Vrailts t� considei of,fer. "the samegood service" national, former Mkt Bob'M Kibley did to his constituents. Mr: McKinley: Brussels Midwa, eVealag and -WO helms no, r te*:- • • t: - SIS„ - ;S. • . . 9'1 9.9 is approved by Authont The Maitland' Valley ConservatiOn. Authority plans to hire a general manager this ,year to replace Resources Manager Ism Deslauriers who resigned last month. Miring the authority's annual meeting at Wroxete last week, members approved the proposa to hire a GM who, in addition to the technicai duties of a resources manager, would have broader administrative responsibilities. The change will cost the authority about $5,000 a year, mace 20 per cent of a GM's salary must be picked up locally while the resources manager's full salary was covered by the Ministry of Natural Resources. However members were convinced the switch will have benefits for the MVCA in the long run. Ir.' J. McClure, regional conservation authorities program supervisor from the London office of the MNR, told the meeting that there are a lot off small differences between the two positions which are hard to explain. But he said in his own mind a general manager would be better for the authority. A resources manager, seconded from the ministry, is valuable when an authority is just gettingstarted and needs good staff, he noted. On the Other hand a general manager, who is employed directly by theauthoritY; can bring more continuity' to its programs and escape any sense pf divided loyalties. "The Bible says' you can't serve two masters and that's what the resanrces manager has been stuck With," Jack Graul ofg, Ellice Township commented in making the motion to hire a general manager. Earlier Mr. Graul had received assurance from R. J. Burgar, director, of the conser- vation authorities and water manageinent branch, that switching to a general manager-. -- would not hurt the authority's chances Of getting projects approved by the ministry. Lorne Murray, outgoing chairman of the MVCA, noted that the authtwity had decided back in 1976 to look into hiring a general manager because the ininistry was changing resources managers every 12 to 15 months. However nothing was done' with the proposal at that time. When Mr. Deslauriers, who had been with the MVCA for five years, resigned to work for a private firm it gave the authority another chance to look at the matter. Bruce McCall, the Brussels representative, rose at the end of the meeting to thank Mr. Deslauriers for the fine job he did while with the ailthority. CONSERVATION AUTHORITY—There are some new 'faces and some faces In new positions on the executive of the Maitiand Valley Conservation Authority for 1980 Dave Gower (centre) moved Into the chairman's seat with Harold Robinson (left) taking over hi:, position as vice chairman. On the other side is MVCA Secretary - Treasurer Marlene, Shiell, while standing • are the chairmen of the four advisory boards: Russell Kernighan, Roy Williamson, Bill Dale and Ross Taylor. *- • kl.h.,‘4*. ,gtt,et'7•4 ••4 . `•.• ., • . ; 1 1 .999 '4 '1 i•