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Local man receives life-saving citation Deals reached
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
MILDMAY — A local
man was recently recog-
nized by the OPP for his
help in rescuing a man
trapped inside a vehicle.
Winston Churchill, 55
of Elimville, received the
OPP Commissioner's
Citation for Life-saving at
an awards ceremony in
Mildmay May 25.
Churchill, who
describes his award as
"just awesome," was dri-
ving westbound on
Highway 401 Jan. 3 near
Tecumseh during a
heavy rain when an east-
bound vehicle lost con-
trol, crossed the median
and flipped over.
Churchill, the first on
the scene, called 9-1-1.
One of the occupants of
the car remained
trapped in the car upside
down. Churchill and
three others were even-
tually able to lift the car
up so the man could
Winston Churchill of Elimville received an OPP Commissioner's Citation for
Life-saving May 25 in Mildmay for his role in helping rescue a man during an
accident on Highway 401 Jan. 3.With Churchill is commissioner Gwen
Boniface. (photo/submitted)
crawl out of the car. All lucky," Churchill said. he received a letter from
of the four occupants in Churchill said he had the OPP notifying him
the car were OK. forgotten about the inti- about his citation.
"They were very, very dent until March when
with teachers
By Stew Slater
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES -ADVOCATE
SEAFORTH — Six and a half hours after the passage
of a provincial deadline, after nearly 24 hours of con-
secutive negotiations, the Avon Maitland District
School Board reached a tentative deal with its elemen-
tary teachers June 9.
At 6:30 a.m., officials from the board and the
Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
came to terms on a four-year collective agreement,
ending a nine -day work -to -rule campaign which
threatened to cancel or curtail end -of -school extra-
curricular activities. The Avon Maitland board had
been one of nine school boards not to reach a deal by
an initial June 1 deadline established by the province,
and one of just four which failed to come to terms by a
subsequently -extended deadline of June 8.
All four, however, signed tentative deals within the
day on June 9, and were granted leeway by provincial
Education Minister Gerard Kennedy. Kennedy had
threatened to withhold extra funding for specialized
teachers if boards were unable to meet the deadlines.
The deadlines were achieved in negotiations with the
three other main teachers' groups in Huron and Perth
counties: elementary and secondary teachers in the
Huron -Perth Catholic District School Board, and sec-
ondary teachers with the Avon Maitland board.
"It was good to work together with the teachers.
They got down to business but we had a good rela-
See TEACHERS page 2
Twenty five cancer survivors completed a victory lap around the track at
SHDHS Friday night kicking off the second annual "Relay for Life." Above,
Elaine Ford (left) MarleneThornton and Elaine's grandaughter ClaireTuckey
carry the banner. This year about 245 participants raised $32,825 for the
Canadian Cancer Society. The fundraising goal was $20,000. (photos/Stephanie
Mandziuk)
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