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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1985-11-27, Page 16A16 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 27, 1985 Teachers, board are not far apart Money, a dental plan, staffing and nO0 hour supervision are the main items in dispi,te between the Perth County board of educat ion and its elementary school teachers, the fact finder's report released Monday morning reveals. Provincial fact -finder, William Marcotte, appointed by the Education Relations Com-. mission, sided with the teachers most often in the report. However, in separate interviews on Mon- day morning, representatives from both the ,leachers and the school board said the parties Rvuuld he meeting the next day. "I hope, we can conclude an agreement tomorru,;• " said the chairman of the hoard's salary negutinting committee Howard Shantz The spokesman for the teachers, Ron Marion of RR 3, St. Marys, said he hopes the fact finder's report is used as the basis for a settlement in the one day set aside fur negotiations. A regularly scheduled school board meet- ing will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5 and an announcement of a settlement could be made at that time. On salary and allowances, the teachers are requesting a 5.58 per cent increase which includes a 1.3 per cent increase which would bring elementary schoolteachers salaries in line with secondary schoolteachers. This would leave the highest salary at 846,012. The school board is offering a four per cent TO THE EDITOR Boosters Club needs support The Seaforth and District Community Centres Booster Club wishes to thank the people of the community who have supported it over the past three years. However, we feel as members of the club we have carried the responsibility oforganizing activities for long enough. Those of us who were initially appointed were to look into the possibility of organizing the bar help and the idea of catering. Originally the' booster club looked after the bar. Later bartenders were hired by the arena board The catering has proven more difficult due to the large number of people needed. We divided the catering into six different areas which were further divided into various work crews, Unfortunately, we are now unable to get enough people to take the responsibility of heading these crews. We know there are some who will say they were never called. It was not possible for us to phone everyone. Those people could have called one of us or called the arena, We have held two annual meetings in the past, with no success in getting the number of new potpie we needed to keep things running smoothly. We have sent out letters and made calls but to no avail. In the past three years the club has supplied the arena with a stage, extra glass around the ice surface and mats to protect the floor from skates. Additional tables and chairs, a meat slicer, food processor, microwave and extra air conditioning for the hall were also purchased. All of the items were bought with no extra cost to either the arena or the taxpayer. Teen dances have been held once a month for the last year and a half. These have been greatly appreciated by the police and parents as well as the teens. We are very sorry the present club will no longer exist as of December 31, 1985. Once again we want to thank all those who have generously given their time. It has been greatly appreciated. Anyone interested in maintaining a club please let the arena board know. Thank you again. Marjorie Anderson, Bob Campbell. Ruth Campbell, Lyle Raney, Kevin Kale; Jim McNichol. Leona Nigh Armstrong seeks warden's chair How close is Huron County to having its first female warden? Pretty darn close in fact. There is only one meeting left to go in this present council's term of office and to date the only person to announce their desire for the warden's chair is Leona Armstrong. The reeve of Grey Township, Mrs. Armstrong, 51, would be breaking a 140 -year tradition of males at the helm of Huron County Council. She has already been acclaimed to the position of reeve of her township for the next three years. The warden will be crowned on Tuesday, December 10 at the court house in Goderich. I'Mess someone declares their intention at a special meeting of county council on November 28, the warden for 1986 could be Reeve Armstrong. However, Reeve Armstrong isn't counting her chickens before they hatch and feels someone could still come forward and announce their candidacy. • She first started in municipal politics in November of 1974. She was then deputy reeve for three years before being named reeve in 1981 when then Reeve Roy Williamson resigned in mid-term. Reeve Armstrong's father, Harvey John- ston, represented Morris Township on county council, serving as warden in 1952. COME SEE THE MANY XMAS GIFTS AVAILABLE in our upstairs CRAFT ROOM - Quilts, Ceramics, Knitting, Woodworking, etc. CASHMERE BATHROOM TISSUE 129 4 ROLL PKG. • REG. 2.09 KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES 9 9 350 GM. t7 �J REG. 1,59 ROBIN 11001) ALL PURPOSE FLOUR BOUNCE Fabric Softener 349 t0 SHEETS SAFE 1.10 DARE ASSORTED TIDE Laundry 899 Detergent 12 LITRE REG. 10,69 PEG TOP CANDY PKG, V 9' FRESH ONTARIO PORK • SHOULDER BUTT ROAST 1 S LB. 3$ FRESH ONTARIO PORK SHOULDER BUTT CHOPS 158 LB. 99 I •LB. DELI SLICED DELI SLICED CORNED Blue Ribbon BEEF 99 BOLOGNA • LB. PRODUCE PRODUCE U.S.A. CANADA NO. I HEAD LETTUCE 69 ea. PRODUCE CALIFORNIA ('A N. NO. 1 CELERY STALKS 88 CANADA NO. 1 MACINTOSH APPLES 3 I.B. 109 BAG A SPECIALS RUN FROM OPENING TUESDAY TO CLOSING MONDAY CRONIN'S GROCERY AND CRAFT ROOM Main Street, DUBLIN HOURS Mon --Wed. 8:30-6:00 Thurs. & Fri. 8:30-9:00 Saturday 8:30-6:00 PHONE 345-2214 increase on salaries and allowances. How- ever, the school board estimates its total cost at 6.5 per cent over the 1984-85 collective agreement. To get this figure. the board is including increment increases. The teachers dispute this noting 60 per cent of their group is at the maximum on the grid because of the number of years of service. " It appears to me the board is able to increase the teachers' salaries by the provincial average and so I recommend," states the fact -finder's report. He bases this on the fact the Perth elementary schoolteachers ranked 13 from the bottom in salary averages across the. province. Among neighboring school boards, the Perth elementary schoolteachers are the lowest paid. These boards are Huron, London, Middlesex, Oxford, Waterloo and Wellington. These figures are also balanced with the board's expenses. Mr. Marcotte notes of the seven surrounding school boards, Perth has the lowest over ceiling expenditure (the amount of money spent which is not grantable by the ministry of education). Included in the salary section is the question of parity between elementary and 'secondary schoolteachers. GAP CAN'T BECIASED "I hesitate to make a specific recommenda- Marching band (Continued from Page A3) music as a credit course to its curriculum next fall. It will be introduced as a night credit course and will be offered only as a one-year course, although it could expand to two years. Right now just how the course will be set up is uncertain but it could run two nights with one night touching on the classroom end of things and the second the band, or it could Shoe quota (Continued from page A2) It may be premature to predict the demise of Genesco but Seaforth can ill afford to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of $25,000 a week in salaries. By the same token, the Canadian government can't afford to subsi- dize uncompetitive industries laced with bad management either. Despite the lifting of quotas don't toss and turn at night in anticipation of lower footwear tion because I do not think the disparity gap can be dosed in one year. Rather, I leave it to is a proposal by the teachers for noon -hour supervision. The teachers suggest a three -year -phase- in plan that would cost about $35,000. This would involve paid noon -hour supervisors. "My impression is that both the teachers and the board are desirous of settlement. My further impression, however, is that neither party has yet made those difficult decisions that are often required if a new agreement is to be reached," concluded the fact -finder. run for one night with the course to run from 4 to 6 p.m. and the band practice after that. It will be open to both male and female students but the male students will obviously be unable to participate in the Girls Marching Band, Instead it is thought a concert band or some other alternative will have to be set up, for the boys and other females not interested in the marching band. But that's a year away. Right now the band needs the support of its community. Anyone interested in making a donation is asked to see Dianne Stevenson in the high school office. Members of the community are welcomed and invited to attend any of the band practices. They are held Tuesday and Wednesday nights at the high school, from 7 to 8 p.m. prices. The boys in Ottawa have made the decision and we will see if, indeed, the strong shall survive. Again, it will be the employees who will suffer in the end. It's sad. , The Canadian Import Tribunal, an inde- pendent government agency that conducted a year long inquiry into the footwear industry, stated "the lifting of quotas won't mean the end of Canada's shoe manufacturing indus- try; it will mean a leaner industry fully competitive within its chosen part of the market with imports from all sources." Further translation is necessary - no hiring, more layoffs and no substantial salary increases, The employees are caught be- tween the rock and the hard place. No matter how it all turns out, they will be the ones that get the short end of the deal, Good Canadians (Continued trom Page A2) When you have to settle for one meal of ground wheat a day, and have to huddle around a charcoal brazier to keep warm, then you can whine, though few will listen, just as few of us listen to the people of the world, who are doing just that, right now. Forget about the Yanks. If you don't like their culture invading us, turn off your TV set and Bet out your Eskimo carvings. The Yanks won't invade us physically. Unless they have to. and there's not much we could do about that, If you cant afford your mortgage increase, you were probably over-extended in the first place. Get rid of that monster, with its swimming pool and rec, room and pitch a tent. Preferably in the local cemetery, to suit your mood. Pull in your belts. Dump that extra car, the boat and the cottage. If you look at it objectively, they're just a big pain in the arm anyway. Walk to work. Take a bus to the city instead of your gas -gobbler plus parking fees. Learn to do your own elementary plumbing and electric work at night school. Ladies. Get the knitting needles out and make lots of shawls, sweaters, scarves and wool socks. You did it for the troops overseas. And godawful itchy and ill fitting some of them were, but they kept us warm. Stop spoiling your children with allow- ances. Let them earn their own money through odd jobs, or do without. Let's stop grumbling, and get back to a spartan, rewarding life, where ideas are more important than physical comfort. After you, he said. Wellington students (Continued from page AI) SMILE AT US "And when you walk down the street strangers greet us with a smile. You wouldn't get that in Guelph," added Cindy Chung. Another thing the girls have noticed is the way they're treated when they go home for a weekend. "My parents treat me differently now I've been away from home. I have so much more freedom now," said Cindy Neustead. "My parents are so nice to me now on weekends," added Cindy Chung. Admittedly it's 'been tough, but the girls agree it's been good fun too. "Everybody has been so good to us," they raii5VA"UEN N 4k114 oinifonr atrtlLht *SOD Coon OtNit •tt.tecity. 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