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South Huron Office Solutions owners Rose Glavin and Mike Pullman celebrated
the opening of their Main Street store with a grand opening May 27-28. Glavin and
Pullman opened Feb. 21, taking over from the retiring Jerry Mathers. Since open-
ing, Glavin said she has been busy and has received positive feedback from cus-
tomers. She added the business community has been helpful and supportive since
she opened. Glavin said her business has a strong focus on customer service and
she looks forward to knowing all her customers by name. South Huron Office
Solutions offers black and white and colour photocopying, incoming and outgoing
faxes, laminating, business forms and stationary (including wedding stationary).A
customer profile program has also been developed that will keep on record
details like customers' printer cartridge and fax film numbers. Glavin said she
invites customers to offer her ideas and feedback on how she can continue to
offer the best service. Customers will soon be able to order their office products
online at www.shos.ca (photo/Scott Nixon)
Extracurriculars could be in jeopardy
By Stew Slater
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES -ADVOCATE
SEAFORTH — Class trips and other
extracurricular activities may again be in
jeopardy if the Avon Maitland District
School Board fails to reach a collective
agreement with its elementary teachers
by this week's June 1 deadline.
As is the case with teacher unions at
both secondary and elementary schools,
and in both the Avon Maitland and
Huron -Perth Catholic school boards, the
local chapter of the Elementary Teachers
Federation of Ontario (ETFO) saw its pre-
vious agreement expire Aug. 31, 2004.
Since then, all four union locals have
been operating without a contract, but
only ETFO has escalated its pressure
beyond standard negotiation tactics.
In March and April, Avon Maitland ele-
mentary teachers joined many counter-
parts provincewide in a work -to -rule
campaign, limiting their non -teaching
activities. That was suspended when the
Ontario government agreed on a "frame-
work" with the provincial ETFO leader-
ship, establishing a suggested level of
salary increase over four years and leav-
ing school boards and district teacher
groups to work out local issues.
Subsequently, almost a dozen boards set-
tled with their elementary teachers.
Under that framework, however,
boards were given a June 1 deadline for
signing deals. Once that passes today
(Wednesday), it's expected the work -to -
rule will be reinstituted, and perhaps
heightened, if no deal is signed.
Avon Maitland director of education
Geoff Williams was tight-lipped about
negotiations, saying only that "progress is
being made."
Negotiations also continue with the dis-
trict's three other main teacher groups.
In Avon Maitland secondary schools,
members of District 8 of the Ontario
Secondary School Teachers Federation
are also looking at a June 1 deadline for
the expiry of a provincially -negotiated
"framework."
That local strongly supported a strike
vote before the creation of the frame-
work, but hasn't yet advanced through
the other stages necessary before a
work -to -rule campaign is put in place.
In the Catholic system, meanwhile, the
ruling Liberals failed to broker an agree-
ment between the Ontario Catholic
School Trustees' Association (OCSTA)
and provincial Catholic teachers' union
leadership. Instead, the Catholic boards
were asked to work within the frame-
works for their publicly funded counter-
parts, with similar deadlines imposed.
In an article on the Canada News Wire
service, OCSTA president Paul Whitehead
argued, "the policy presented by the
(education) minister does not take into
account the particular contractual cir-
cumstances of Catholic school boards.
Many Catholic school boards will have
great difficulty meeting the salary
demands of teachers because they
already offer greater planning and
preparation time than their public school
counterparts to offset lower salaries."
In an interview, Huron -Perth Catholic
director of education Larry Langan
agreed the imposition of the provincial
framework "does sort of change the play-
ing field" for teacher negotiations. He
expressed optimism, however, that
"within the next week or two, we'll have
collective agreements with both teacher
groups."
Zurich GoldenAgers planning bus trip to 1000 Islands
By Carmel Sweeney
ZURICH CORRESPONDENT
ZURICH - The Artist
Tribute Show and grand
opening of the Maverick
Sports Centre in Zurich
last Saturday evening was
very successful. The music
was good and dancing lots
of fun. Service clubs in
Zurich donated their time
to help, with the proceeds
going to the Zurich
Complex. The building has
been renovated for paint
ball.
With summer here the
weekly barbecue lunch
and outdoor entertain-
ment is at Jerry Rader's
Home Style Catering on
Saturdays from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. Free pie and coffee
are also a special treat. So,
come out and enjoy.
The next free bus ride to
the Bank of Montreal in
Hensall is Fri., June 10,
9:15 a.m. from the
Maplewoods Apartments
and 9:30 a.m. from the
main corner in Zurich.
There is room for more
people on the bus. Anyone
is welcome to use this ser-
vice.
The Zurich Golden
Agers are planning a bus
trip to the 1000 Islands
from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2,
four nights and five days
at Hill Island Lodge. The
price is $389 a person
which includes great
meals and lots of interest-
ing day trips to various
places and nightly enter-
tainment. This is a great
trip and the bus will fill up
fast. For more information
or to book your seat, call
Gwen McKellar 236-7209
or Lottie Grenier 236-4217
as soon as possible.
The Zurich Beavers,
their leaders and some
parents enjoyed going to
Santa's Village in
Bracebridge on May 27
and 28. This was the
yearend trip until the fall.
Their last regular meeting
was a movie night on May
25 at the Zurich Public
School.
Sharon and Allen
Brokenshire are happy to
announce the arrival of
their second grandchild, a
boy, Nathaniel Robert,
born on May 17 to proud
parents Jodi and Dale Port
of Toronto.
Happy anniversary
wishes to Pat and Steve
Meidinger, Martha and
Willie Overholt and Irene
and Leo Hoffman all of
Zurich.
John and Bridget Groot
of Parkside subdivision
recently returned home
from spending nine days
in Holland visiting with
family members.
A buck and doe was
held for Lindsay Haberer
and Ryan Ralph on Sat.,
May 27 in Exeter. Lindsay
is the daughter of Steve
and Michele Haberer of
Zurich. The couple are
being married in October.
The Bean Sprouts
Nursery School will be
having an open house at
the township hall in Zurich
on Mon., June 6 from 9 to
11:30 a.m. for preschool
children ages 2 to 5 years.
If anyone missed signing
up for their recent regis-
tration, they can do so by
calling Deb Denomme at
236-4536 or 234-6565 as
soon as possible.
Brian and Michelle
DePaepe and two daugh-
ters spent the Victoria
Holiday weekend in Iowa
attending a graduation
ceremony.
Clem and Natalie
Bedard of Windsor spent a
couple days last week vis-
iting his sister, Nora
Corriveau at the Blue
Water Rest Home
Apartments staying in
their motor home.
Registration for the Zurich
Summer Playground will
be on Wed., June 8, 5 to 7
p.m. at the Zurich
Complex. For more infor-
mation call Shauna
Koehler at 236-4351. The
program begins on July 4
and runs to Aug. 12 for
children ages 5 to 12 years
old.
The second planning
meeting for the 150th
anniversary of Zurich in
2006 was held last week
at the Lutheran Church
Hall with a good atten-
dance. Representatives
from all the organizations
in our community with
chairperson being Joyce
McBeath. The next meet-
ing is Wed., June 29 at
7:30 p.m. If interested
come out and bring some
ideas and help Zurich cel-
ebrate this event to be
held next year.
A graduation party was
held for Tim Klopp (T.J.)
at the home of his parents
Heather and Paul on Sun.,
May 22. Several relatives
and friends attended from
various places to congrat-
ulate Tim. He has recently
graduated from
Agricultural College in
Ridgetown.
Students from St.
Boniface School enjoyed
going to see "Beauty and
the Beast" at the Huron
Country Playhouse in
Grand Bend on Wed., June
1. Track and field day is
on June 2.
The Blue Water Rest
Home is celebrating their
40th Anniversary on Sun.,
June 12 from 1 to 5 p.m.,
with an outdoor barbecue
and musical entertain-
ment such as, Martin and
Stephanie Gelinas, Audibly
Awesome Barbershop
singing and Joe Overholt.
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NOTICE OF INTENTION
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PASS BY-LAW
At the regular Council Meeting on
Monday, June 6, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
Council of the Municipality of South Huron
will consider a By-law to License taxicab brokers,
taxicab owners, and taxicab drivers.
A copy of the draft By -Law is available from the
Clerk. Written comments may be submitted to:
Sandra Strang, Clerk
Municipality of South Huron
P.O. Box 759, 322 Main St. S.
Exeter, Ontario, NOM 1 S6
Mark this event down on
your calender and plan to
attend. Everyone is invited
to attend. Bring along your
lawn chair.
The next foot care clinic
at the Maplewoods
Apartments will be Mon.,
June 13 in the common
room from 8:30 a.m. to
noon. Cost is $13 a person
and bring your own towel.
No appointment is neces-
sary.
Zurich Women's
Institute were among
those who attended the
annual district meeting
held in Crediton on May
19.
Quilt donated
It was a family affair
when mother/daughter
team Dorothy Smith and
Patti Hunt made and
donated a country com-
forter to the Grade 8 class
at St. Boniface School to
raffle and raise funds for
their yearend trip to
Quebec. Melanie Hunt
drew the ticket won by
Lauren Pennings. The
Grade 8 students wish to
thank everyone for their
support. They raised over
$800.
The Grade 8 class of St.
Boniface had a great time
on their grad trip to
Quebec from May 24 to
27. The weather was cool
and windy. They had a
busy time as they walked
through the streets of Old
Quebec City.
Some highlights includ-
ed tours through La
Citadelle, the Old Port of
Quebec National Historic
Site and St. Anne de
Beaupre.
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