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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1987-04-22, Page 01fl n ft il 14, �1, i it 'X� 7v - W A Is "AdIsk Adolk Road. to eq U'a I Inty n th nto-n-e. fnrwarri 4 ,By Yvonne Reynolds Although the road to equality seems to be three steps forward and two back, that is still one step for- ward each time, members of the Huron Federation of Women Teachers and their guests were told at the HFWT's third annual celebration of the Charter of Rights. Laura Greaves, voted the out- standing woman of 1986 by the London Junior Chamber of Com- merce, addressed the teachers and their guests, the female employees and municipal representatives of the Huron County Board of Education, on equality and what -is meant by those demanding it. The guest speaker applied her experience as an executive on the Council a board of directors for the National Action Committee on the Status of Women as some of the background for the information she provided her audience. In the struggle on the road to equality, even seeming defeats can be turned around, Ms Greaves pointed out. The sudden cancellation by the Trudeau government of a women's conference on the con- stitution spurred the formation of the NAC — the largest grassroots women's rights lobby in the country. Clause 28 of the charter, guar- anteeing equality to all regardless of gender, reflected the work of a second conference on the con- stitution set up by these women. Governments asked for three years to tidy up their laws after women. Last fa0LEAF announced Section 15 — giving men and women it was going to charge the govern - equality under and before the law — ment with discrimination, but delay- WS14 slagarl in I QR9 1,.t -1 when the Ontario Miniatry of A r I discriminatory laws remained on Community of Sotial Services prom- NEW PC CANDIDATE — N/co Peters, newly -acclaimed Progressive Conservative candidate for Huron, and the books. The Legal, Educational ised to amend t* law. his wife Gerda listen to guest speaker MPP PhNp Andrewes during the PC nomination meeting at Clinton and Action Fund (LEAF) has been The "sex inspectors" were taken last week. From his father's lap, Sheldon, 4, provides evidence he Is still too young to be concerned with testing some of these. off the job recently, but the things political. (Toby Rainey.photo) Ms Greaves said the present battle legislation remains and LEAF is is not against overt discrimination, going ahead with its plans to initiate since that is easily recognized. legal action. Ironically, part of a N18co Peters is acclaim Instead, there is now a subtle, million dollar grant from the provin- systemic discrimination which is cial government Will be used to pay being uncovered. One such example legal costs. is Ontario's "spouse in the house" Another exanift of systemic dis- as muron rule requiring recipients of family crimination is the law governing benefits to five as single persons. terms of employment for domestic Nico Peters of RR 4 Seaforth, a While on the surface this does not workers. Many are exploited and farmer and former ordained appear to be discrimination, almost are often , in a position where they minister, was acclaimed as the all family benefit recipients are can't complain. Again, although the provincial Progressive Con - law an"nde neutral QR or na"t nf f F servative candidate for the new domestics are women, she said. riding of Huron at an enthusiastic Nards contract LEAF, which was set up to raise gathering of county supporters in money to litigate cases es blishing Clinton last week. women's rights, hopes to intercede Elmer Bell of Exeter, in seconding on behalf of these women by using a Dr. Tom Jasper's nomination of the for new pavilion complgry -surrogate plaintiff. political newcomer, said the can - To illustrate the complexities Of didate "has youth, ambition, drive Wingham Town. Council has complex at"Optimist-Riverside Park -Improvement Program (ONIP) ec, lality, Ms Greaves brought up the and an academic background that awarded the contract' for con- at a price of $30,708, the lowest of funds and from the , Town of Justine Blaney case. LEAF backed wiff enable him to grasp problems struction of a new pavilion complex three tenders submitted. Wingham. the young girl's court challenge of beyond the reach ... of some of us." at the Optimist -Riverside Park. However, the committee also After some consideration, Mr. the Ontario Amateur Hockey The - 36 -year-old candidate However, it has been forced to scale recommended "scaling down" plans Robertson said the property com- Association's refusal to let a girl received several ovations from the down a similar facility for the for the facility at the Josephine mittee members felt there would be (Please turn to Page 3) crowd of nearly 400 supporters Josephine Street ball park. Street Park. "The lowest tender is a considerable saving if a kitchen Ward Robertson, chairman of the over the money available to us," facility were eliminated from the Madill student places high town property'committee, made the explained Mr. Robertson, adding he Josephine Park building. The recommendations at a special has met with representatives of the project will not be re -tendered, he meeting of council last Tuesday Optimist Club,. the t * own works said, but the engineer will submit an in mathematics competition' everting. department and the recreation addendum to those who already Council accepted the committee's committee to discuss the changes. have submitted bids. A student at F. E. Madill Secon- Secondary School in Niagara Falls, recommendation that Askes Funding for the -projects was to The committee suggests redesig- dary School placed 12th in the Grade with a score of 144. i Brothers Construction of Wingham come from,the Optimist Club, which nating ONIP funds from several 10 division of the Canadian A record-breaking 57,246 students be awarded the contract to build a will contribute a� maximum, of other parks projects, one of them Mathematics Competition this year, in 1,626 Canadian high schools par - washroom, kitchen and pavilion .$25,000; from Ontario Neighborhood (Please tUrn.to Page 3) it has been annowiced bv thpUni-.1 ticipated in the three junior divisions versity, of' Waterloo7s 'office of in- — Gr I ades 9, 10 1 and'11 — in the formation and public affairs. competition. D. Peterson makes" swing. Craig Jefferson competed against Administered by the university's 8,750 other students in his division faculty of mathematics, the com- and his score of'131.75 earned him a petition is designed as a challenge tie for 12th position with Brian for the brightest mathematics through Hu'ron'. and Bruce Chung of Ottawa's Lisgar Collegiate students in secondary schools. Ontario Premier David Petersob made a campaign -style swing through parts of Huron and Bruce counties last Thursday, armouncing a $6.5 million grant to provide sewer and water services to the Bruce Energy Park. The Bruce Nuclear Power Development was the premier's final stop in the whirlwind tour where he announced the new ser- vices will,be provided to the energy centr,e in an attempt to attract business to the industrial park, which is energized by steam from the BNPD. Mr. Peterson was, accompanied to the site by Murray Elston, Huron - Bruce MPP and minister of health. However, earlier in the day, Ontario Agriculture Minister and Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell was with the pre ' mier' through his tour of Huron County. Ile day started with a visit to the Champion Road Machinery plant at Goderich, . followed by a meeting With - municipal officials later at Clinton. .. Although he 'made no promises, Mr.'Peterson told a luncheon crowd at Seaforth he would give serious consideration to a proposal to widen Highway 8 to four lanes from Highway 401 at Kitchener to Goderich. He encouraged smaller com- munities to adapt and change with the times, adding they must be aggressive in seeking new industry. PRMER DA WD PETERSON thanked Velma Miller for a job we# dono cetorlhg to lost Thursday's luncheon of the Saaforth Community Can- tre. The premier made a swing through Huron and Brucs, countleir Int wook, which Included touring the Champion Road Machinory pAwt at Godorich, m"fing wfth municipal oftials at Clinton end announckV a so. 5 grant to the Bnxo Nucilear Power Dovolopmont. A Mr. Peterson praised the; business - improvement association in Sealorth for its vision in restoring the town, and Champion for being "the best in the world" at producing heavy equipment. Huron i!�� Bruce counties are the largest industrial producers in the province, he said, but added tie realizes there are serious problems with the 'farm economy. Mr. Peterson said in recognizing these problems, his government's biggest single budget increase, 61 per cent, was in agriculture. Although his government soon will be two years old, Mr. Peterson said there is much left to do. In spite of some pressure from the crowd, the premier said he had no announcement to make regarding an election call. Following the luncheon, he visited the Eckert dairy farm just north of Seaforth to discuss concerns of dairy farmers, particularly how a free - trade arrangement with the United States could affect the current quota system. From the Eckert farm, Mr. Peterson travelled to the BNPD. East Wawanosh council, ministry discuss bridge, Members of East Wawanosh Council hope to learn within the next month whether or not the township may proceed with construction of a new bridge on e Tenth Concession institute. Teams from North York, Willow - The 15 -year-old is the son of Mr. dale and Calgary were declared and Mrs. Robert Jefferson of RR 2 national champions in the three Lucknow. levels. Each team consists of the First in the Grade 10 Division was three top -scoring students from each won by Amy Wong of A. N. Myer school. Association ekSM tS. d new executive at business meeting The Wingham Business Associa- tion elected a new executive at its meeting last Wednesday evening. Elmer Squires was acclaimed the group's new president after Brian LaChance declined the nomination. However, Mr. LaChance will serve as vice-president. Gordon Squires was chosen for the position of secretary and Jerry Kavanagh is the new treasurer. Murray Gerrie, who !,as been acting chairman, said he is pleased to see a new group of people ready to come to the forefront and lead the business association. Elmer Squires thanked Mr. Gerrie for the vote of confidence and said the new executive will be ready to take over at the next regular meeting. In other business, association dues were increased to $60 from $W per year. Earlier in the meeting Mr. Gerrie explained dues may have to take a considerable jump this year to cover costs for the new parking lot property the association has pur- chased. The association will have to pay out a total of $3,6W per year on the (Please turn to Page 3) CRAIG JEFFERSON of RR 2, Lucknow, tied for 12th In Canada in the Grade 10 Division of the Canadian Mathematics Competi- tion. The F. E. Madill student is the 16 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jefferson. in 1988. Council held a special meeting April 8 with repramtatives of the Young,Wingham women Ontarin Ministry of Trarnporfatinn and Commmications to discuss the are, Injured In accident bridge, a project which has been on the "back burner" for several years Two young Wingham women vehicle came through the inter - in East Wawanosh. received major injuries in a two -car section and struck the right rear of Current engineering estimates put accident last Thursday evening near the Riley vehicle, which entered the the cost of building the bridge at Ambleside in Bruce County. went ditch and rolled over. almost $1 million. An Ontario Provincial Police Miss Riley and a passenger in her Road Superintendent Ralph spokesman reports the accident car, Debbie Clark of Wingham, were Campbell said all necessary land occurred at 9: 15 p.m. on April 16 at taken by ambulance to the Wingharn purchases and studies on the bridge the intersection Of County Road 12 md District Hospital. Miss Riley hove been con pleted. It can take up and Concession 6 of Carrick was transfai. to University Hos- to a year to get all the approvals an a Township. pital, London, for treatment of in - big project such as the bridge, be rw police say I%ron Riley of jwiea to her left leg. She was in added, includirg approval from the Vfft4ham, drivirl a loft Chevriolot, .. lactory ewdition there Tuesday Ontario Municipal Board for anotha Im northbound in the north lane of -rum - ng. council to continue the project wbm the county road. James Houston of Miss Clark was treated for this council's term is up in TVaswater, drivftg a im Chevrolet shoulder inkAles at the Winghm November of next yew. was weetbound In the weat lane 0i hospital and released. Mr. Houstonk Mr. Campbell said the projeet So concession road. notinjured. probably will talm two yesirs On Amrdlug to the pollee. Mr. Have- Damage to the two "Mclas has CM944". IM failed to a" at a atop 04n. His bm estimated $15,M by do police. ry cancilciate during his acceptance speech, in which he attributed Ontario's economic boom to individual en- trepreneurial initiative "fostered by many years of good, responsible government. " In defei ence to the rural nature of the riding, Mr. Peters made several references to the problems facing farmers today, telling them long- term assistance is necessary for those of them in need. "The Con- servative way is to deal with (farm problems) so that when it is all over, those farms and those families will still be there," he said. "If you back me (in the next election), I'll see - to it that all the communities and all sectors of this riding will prosper," he promised. "I'll work unfailingly toward this." Guest speaker for the evening was Lincoln MPP Philip Andrewes, minister of agriculture in the short- lived cabinet of former premier Frank Miller. In his opening remarks, Mr, Andrewes said he was glad to be in Huron to help Mr. Peters "makti tM minister of agriculture (Jack Riddell) into, the former minister of agriculture," but said fories must remain alert and ready to go, predicting the call of a provincial election before the end of June. Although he steered clear of too much open criticism of, Mr. Riddell, the present Hurop-Middlesex MPP, Mr. Andrewe's -'spent nearly 30 minutes in running down the Liberal government in Ontario, but without making any specific promises of what might be in store for voters in the event of a Conservative victory in the next election. Mr. Peters expressed optimism about his chances of success in the next election, saying he feels that if" 400 of his supporters will work on his campaign, "we'll doit right the ft kt time." Born and raised near Brussels, Mr. Peters is active in the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the Christian Farmers' Federation, and the Huron Heart and Stroke Foundation. Married wi th three young children , he was a candidate for Clinton-Tuckersmith school trustee In the 1985 municipal election, but was defeated by'Sally Rathwell of RR 5, Clinton. Chairman oUnew group addre'sses, town council A new chapter of Ducks Unlimited has been formed in Wingham and its chairman addressed a special meeting of, town council last Tuesday. While Blake Evans, chairman of the new group, could not provide anything in addition to the $30,000 Ducks Unlimited has offered to the town for migratory wildfowl nesting at the Lower Town Dam, he did pledge to work along with town council on the project. The Wingham group was formed at the request of the national Ducks Unlimited organization, said Mr. Evans. Ducks Unlimited was for- med 50 years ago by a number of American sportsmen, The main purpose, then and now, is to provide an environment where waterfowl can breed and ties(. Since 1937 Ducks Unlimited has been involved in hundreds of im- provement projects, to the tune of Howick barn and contents are lost in fire Members of a Howick Township family lost their barn and its con- tents in a fire Monday. Firefighters from the Wingharn department and its Number 2 station at Howick were called out to the Ken Leary property at Lot 5, Con. 2 of Howick at 6:30 p.m. Monday evening. Deputy Fire Chief Lynn Hickey from Wingham said the suspected cause of the blaze is an overheated extension cord. In addition to losing the barn, Mr. Hickey said the family lost all its household furniture, which was in storage In the barn while work was being done to the house. He estimates the entire loss at SZ,000. The firemen were on the scene for three hours, he said and spent considerable time spraying down the nearby house to save it from catching fire. In a separate Incident, Fire Chief Harley Gaunt says the Wingharn firefighters were called to a fire in an apartment above Standard Trust in town last Tuesday at 3: 20 p.m. Mr. Gaunt said a valve in a gas barbecue, whicif was being used Indoors, burned off the tank. It resulted in $W smoke and water damage and the barbecue was destroyed. The occupant of the apartment to Mrs. Mary Campbell. over $200 million in Canada alone. For example, the organization, along with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, played a major role in the development of the Hullett wildlife area near Clinton. The primary function of the local chapter of Ducks Unlimited is fund- raising and public relations. The group is planning its first major event, a fund-raising dinner Oct. 2 at Brussels. It also -is trying to get a "Green Wing" program started with local Cubs and Scout troups. Councillor Ron Beecroft asked Mr. Evans if he thought Ducks Unlimited would be interested in undertaking a project in the Wingham area. The organization probably would consider any project if contacted, said Mr. Evans. Mr. Beecroft said several rep- resentatives of Ducks Unlimited have looked at the Lower Pond, but tie said they seemed more interested in creating a habitat by flqQding the prairie. However, a project of that magnitude could require the in- volvement of several other local municipalities. Once again, Mr, Evans said the (Please turn to Page 3) County schools will purchase More computers The Huron County Board of Edu- cation. has received word it has been granted an allocation of $223,000 in capital funding from the Ontario Ministry of Education to be used in the purchase of additional computer hardware for county schools - More than a third of the grant, $78,000, has been assigned for use by elementary schools, while the remaining $145,000 will purchase equipment for the county's five secondary schools. "We are very pleased with allocation," Bob Allen, director"11 education, said at the board's April meeting. "It's really very close to what we asked for," He said funding would purchase three or four "lab set-ups" for the secondary schools, with a lab set-up consisting of 12 work stations or terminals and one file saver — or memory bank — while the elementary schools will get one (Please turn to Page S)