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Donation —At a June 11 meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star,Worthy
Patron Murray Lee, left, and Worthy Matron Elaine Ford presented a $1,500
cheque to South Huron Hospital Foundation vice -chairperson John Wuerth.
Wuerth reported that renovations to the hospital's emergency department
are going well and the grand opening will be held June 23. He thanked the
Order of the Eastern Star for its support.The Order of the Eastern Star also
made a $2,300 donation to London Health Sciences Centre. In the annual
draw, the winner of the duvet was Crystal Baxter and the recipient of the
$100 was Jean Ross. (photo/Scott Nixon)
Funding challenges discussed
By Stew Slater
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES -ADVOCATE
SEAFORTH — With 2008-09 bud-
get deliberations looming at the
Avon Maitland District School
Board, adult education specialist
Susan McKee used the opportunity
of a regularly -scheduled staff report
to call for sustained funding.
"I always feel like we've made
greater inroads in the broader com-
munity than we have in the local
board of education," commented
Avon Maitland administrator for
lifelong learning Susan McKee at a
regular board meeting June 10. She
was responding to a question from
South Huron representative Randy
Wagler about her department's
biggest challenges.
After explaining there are some
things over which she has no control
— such as labour agreements with
the local chapter of the Ontario
Secondary School Teachers
Federation, a union that includes
some but not all adult education
instructors — she told Wagler,
"When I negotiate my budget with
my superintendent, I always want
some wiggle room."
"I hate to say it, but when it comes
down to it, my biggest challenges
are related to the board."
It was a type of directness not
often seen in public from Avon
Maitland administrative staff.
McKee explained it away by noting,
"I think I've been known to bowl
people over with the passion I have
for my portfolio."
But it's also true that the portfolio
she holds — co-ordinating seven
Centres for Employment and
Learning across Huron and Perth
Counties, as well as a satellite ser-
vice in Poole for the Mennonite com-
munity and online programming
used by students from across
Ontario — exists almost in spite of
its minimal use of overall Avon
Maitland resources.
All staff members are employees
of the Avon Maitland board. But
much of the programming is sus-
tained through agreements with
other funding agencies, both gov-
ernmental and community-based.
"We're able to do this because
partnered service delivery is one of
the values of the Centres for
Employment and Learning," McKee
explained. "The only way we can
give the rural communities what
they have in the urban areas is by
partnering ... Sometimes it's money
that changes hands, sometimes it's
use of an office. Someone will say,
'use my fax machine (and) next time
I'm in another community, I'll use
your fax machine."'
McKee chronicled the history of
the school board's involvement in
adult learning, beginning with a
decision by Kitchener -based
Conestoga College to pull its satellite
programming out of Huron County
in 1984. The former Huron board of
education stepped in with a well-
respected program, and respect for
that program's value carried
through when, in the 1990s, the
provincial Education Ministry decid-
ed to place adult learning on a much
lower funding tier than regular day
school.
"Why do we do
it? Because
there's no one
else doing it," she
said, adding 28
per cent of adults
in this region lack
a high school
diploma com-
pared to a
provincial aver-
age of 19 per
cent.
"We're here
because of the
marginalized
workforce that's
here in Iuron
and Perth coun-
ties."
But funding, as
McKee noted,
remains a chal-
lenge.
Garage fire — Exeter firefighters responded to a fire in a garage Sunday night at 429
Williams St. believed to have been started by a car been parked in the garage half an hour
before it started. (photo/submitted)
Deserving Exeter employee
— McDonald's Restaurant in
Exeter awarded its annual
McDonald's Employee
Scholarship to Nakita Benson, a
McDonald's employee of two
years. Benson was honoured with
the scholarship for making a con-
tinued difference at work, at
school and in the community.
Above from left are McDonald's
human resources manager Paula
Gorman, Benson and owner and
operator of the McDonald's in
Exeter and Goderich, Rob Reid.
"McDonald's has always been
committed to creating opportuni-
ties for our employees," says
Reid, adding,"The McDonald's
Employee Scholarship is another
way to celebrate the achieve-
ments of our valued employees
and show our support in helping
them reach their goals." The
Employee Scholarship Program
was established over 20 years
ago. Since the program began,
over 4,000 McDonald's employ-
ees have received scholarship
awards, totalling more than $20
million. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout)
UNICIPAL ITV OF
Municipality of South Huron
NOTICE
ABMV Source Protection
Terms of Reference
for Exeter wellhead protection
areas
South Huron Council hereby gives notice that the
Municipality intends, within five years after the date that
this resolution was passed by Council (May 20, 2008) to
discontinue the use of all municipal wells to which the
wellhead protection area relates; to make an application
under the Ontario Water Resources Act for the
cancellation of any permit that is applicable to the
municipal wells; to publish a notice of this resolution in
one or more newspapers that, in the opinion of Council,
are of sufficiently general circulation to bring the notice
to the attention of the public in the municipality; and
send a copy of this resolution to the Ausable Bayfield
Maitland Valley Source Protection Committee.
This notice has been given to exempt the Municipality
from the requirements of subclause 15 (2) (e) (i) of
Ontario Regulation 286/07 made under the Clean Water
Act 2006.
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MUNICIPALITY OF
BLUEWATER
ENFIELD - HAY - HENSALL - STANLEY - ZURICH
2001
MUNICIPALITY OF BLUEWATER
PUBLIC MEETING
ALL TERRAINE VEHICLE (ATVS)
ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
Monday, June 23, 2008 at 7 P.M.
Stanley Community Centre, Varna
The Municipality of Bluewater is hosting a public meeting on
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the Stanley Community
Centre, Varna to discuss the issue of ATVs (All Terraine
Vehicles).
Input from the public is requested by Bluewater Municipal
Council to assist them in their deliberations on policy develop-
ment as it related to controls and regulating ATVs on municipal
property.
The Municipality of Bluewater invited and encourages residents
to attend the public meeting on June 23rd, 2008 in Varna. The
public plays a key role in the democratic process and Council
wishes to ensure residents have every opportunity to partici-
pate and be informed.
In addition to the meeting, residents are welcome to call or
e-mail in their questions in advance of the meeting to the
Municipal Office in Zurich so sufficient information may be
available for June 23rd, 2008. Please call 519-236-4351 or
e-mail your questions to cmclennan@town.bluewater.on.ca in
advance of the meeting.
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