The Huron Expositor, 1989-03-15, Page 3THE HURON EXPOSITOR MARCH 15 1989 3A
IMPROVED FACILITIES are the goal of the hospital exoansior
project, and seen here hospital Administrator Don Smith show
canvassers tor the hospital building fund what has already har•
Pened to improve the hospital In the generator room Corbell
phots •
REVIEWING RENOVATIONS - Hospita, Administreto, Don Smith points out to
Seatorth canvassers some of the changes which wil take place in the existing building
at the Seaforth Community Hospital as part of the expansion project Corbett photo
CANVASSERS trom Seatorth and surrounding municipalities ars
rallying to begin organizing for the hospital wilding fund s can
vassing drive The tirrve will begin on Tuesday, March 2t 1985
ano will Involve hundreds of canvassers. Marlen Vincent, Chair
man of the hospital fundraising committee, is seen nere briefinc
Seatorth s volunteer canvassers at a meeting held at the hospita;
Thursday. March 9. Other meetings were veld earlier In the weer
for the benefit of canvassers trom McKillop. Tuckersmitrn ant
other •townshrps..Corbett-photo
Voiunteer canvassers organize
The Seaforth Community Hospital boar-
droom was packed with volunteers on eacl•
of three nights in recent weeks, as mors
than 400 locals offered their services to thi
hospital building fund. Canvassers from
Seaforth, McKillop, Tuckersmith and othe+
surrounding municipalities have begun te
mobilize for the upcoming fund-raisml:
campaign which will kickoff on March 28
Fundraising for the expansion project will
be handled much like it was for the buildink:
of the community centre. Each canvasser
will be asked to call upon his six or eight ins
mediate neighbors. Donations will be taker
over a three year period, and the magic
number for donations is 68 cents per day to
reach the goal of $900,000
Over the two week campaign, canvassers
will be asking Seatorth area residents for 68
cents per day over the next three years
"That's just a cup of coffee or a bottle of
poi pe' day from each household
A COMPUTER MONITORED temperature control system Is Just one of the recent rm•
provements at the Seatorth Community Hospita . and Administrator Don Smith shows
a canvasser how it saves about 35 per 'cent on energy costs for the hospital. Corbett
photo
to support -h hospital 'fundraising
Seatorth, and we'll have $900.000," says fun•
draising chairman Marlen Vincent
68 cents per day adds up to a total of $744
over the three year period, so fundraisers
have rounded off and will be asking for a
total of $750 per household over the three
year period. Their target is to get donations
from 1.200 homes. Mr. Vincent says the fun-
draisers realize not all families will be able
to contribute the full $250 per year, but it is
expected that other donors will offer more
Ontario's teacher shortage won't affect the
The highly -publicized teacher shortage in
Ontario has many school boards wonderui
whether they will have an instructor for
their every classroom, and some of the
larger urban school boards are facing shor-
tages of up to 150 teachers. But officials with
the Huron County Board of Education
foresee no difficulties in staffing Hurei
County public schools
"We will have a qualified teacher m ever,
classroom m the fall, there's no doubt in m'
mind,' says Gino Giannandrea, Supertnteri
dent of Personnel with the HCBE. Mr. Gnu,
nandrea says the Board went out early 500
actively recruited Leachers this year u
avoid getting into problems
From 20 to 25 elementary teachers will b
needed to fill vacancies in the public school
system m September 1989. These positions
have been opened by resignations (because
of the provincial shortage more teachers
are moving arotuidi, a Ministry of Educe•
tion push to reduce primary class sizes, and
expansion of the Board's French program
.But of the teachers it needs the Board has
already hired 13 to 15 of thein, and Mr. Gian-
nandrea doesn't see a serious problem ac-
quiring the remaining eight or 10 which will
be needed to staff classrooms. Earlier in the
year, beginning in January, recruitment
teams from the HCBE went to teachers col-
leges in London and Windsor to interview
applicants.
-
'We. wouldn't normally hire in January
It s the first time we ve done that.' says Mr.
Giannandrea, but he doesn't see a problem
with hiring leachers so far in advance. The
only disadvantage, to hiring so early Is that
neither the teachers nor the Board will know
where the newly recruited teachers will be
working in the system until it is known ex-
actly which teachers will° be coming and
which will be going. Ali the new teachers
can really be sure of is that they have a job
somewhere in Huron County.
But Mr. Giannandrea says this pool hiring
was necessary. Three years'ago it would not
be unusual for the Board to have received
about 700 applications from teachers at this
tune of year, but this year there were only
about 100 applications received
"We could have had a problem here. It we
had no teachers hired yet it would be dif-
ficult to go out and hire 25 teachers now." he
explain.
There has been no hiring action for secon-
dan schools yet, but Mr. Giannandrea
estimates only about five or fewer secon-
dary teachers will be needed across the
system.
The HCBE Superintendent of Personnel
says the type of community that exists in
Huron County also helps avert staffing,pro-
bieins for the HOBE, because it is "the type
of community that attracts people" and
many teachers prefer the pace of a rural
than the average, and will enable the com-
mittee to reach its goal.
The approximately 110 canvassers for
Seaforth who turned out on Thursday night
were told not only what they would be asked
to do as canvassers, but were also shown
what the expansion project means to the
hospital, and how it has progressed so far.
Hospital Administrator Don Smith told
canvassers construction of the new 12,000
square foot expansion is currently two
weeks ahead of schedule. Footings were in
before the cold weather came, steel for the
building's structure which was expected to
be late actually arrived early. and the
weather has cooperated with contractors.
The roof of the building was recently com-
pleted, underground services•are currently
being installed, and the next job will be to
heat the building to get rid of frost then pour
the concrete floor.
community to that of an urban centre. Many
teachers also prefer rural Ontario to the
cities because the cost of living is lower in
the country, yet the salaries earned by
teachers are comparable whether they work
for a city board of education or a county
board.
But while a teacher shortage has been
avoided in Huron County, Mr. Giannandrea
says he believes the larger city boards will
have problems staffing their schools.
According to a story in The Globe and
Mail the Dufferin-Peel Roman Catholic
Separate School Board needs to hire 562 new
teachers by September, and may fall short
by 100 teachers. The York Region Roman
Catholic Separate School Board needs 400
teachers, and may fall short by as many as
150 teachers.
These boards are looking at putting vice -
principals, librarians, consultants or
anyone they 'can find into their classrooms if
they do not fill the positions. The York board
has recruited a lot of teachers from out of
province, and is looking at the possibility of
hiring educators from England, Ireland and
Scotland.
This province -wide teacher shortage was
started by a number of factors including:
1. The expansion of programs to include
junior kindergarten -for four -year-olds.
2. There have been incentives to get
.teachers to retire early as a result of an in -
Huron CountylimaITh unit reports rabid fox
The Huron County Health Unit reports
that a dead fox found beside the -ski trail
at a nearby conservation area tested
positivefor rabies. Anyonewhoinayhave
handledtheaniinalwith theirbarehands
on F eb.;23:2h is -asked to -contact their fami-
ly phytsieian•or the Health Unit at4824416.
,Bokhoutsaid this is an isolated incident.
"We:haven'thad rabies in the county for
the„past,three months," be.said.
Rabies is a contagious virus that can
•spread from animals to humans. Among
wad arumars, it is most coifunonly found
in this area in foxes and skunks. However,
it. can also spread to large farm animals
and, pets.
Among animals, the most noticeable
symptoms are unexplained behavioral
changes. Wild animals may become ag-
gressive, charging people,with no provoca-
tionand no warning,or they may become
unusually friendly. ;Excessivesalivating —
frothing at the mouth -- is probably the
most commonly recognized sign of rabies.
illectian•#fir needy underway in leafartit
'There's a -move afootinSeafortn to col- Bison County's Survival for Friendship
.lett„iaodeand .clothing for .the needy this ,house - a -shelter for battered women.and
,ErasterrAeason. their children.
.LaverStaffen,'Who ,'organized a fibrillar
-cl lel ttoneof :canned.. -goods rand • clothing Any 'donations -.of non „perishable ,food
duringftlie:' i1Tiisbl iasrscason,aasretur,ned .items, • C1pthi ng.,end/or ,Easter -type ,toys
Ibis rcolie.etion ..byres to ,the -streets of will be .,gratefully ..accepted, .and can ,he
,SeafOrth:in rtitne:for,Easter. ;He;sald -pro- dr.Qpped off at +Mac's r1,VJilk,. $ob's Barber
-seeds tftthis eallection'willshe donated to Shop•or theSeaforth;Meat.Market.
uron County publlic system
itiative to get a revitalization of teachers
3. Expansion of curriculum such as French
programs.
4. Reduction of class sizes promoted and
funded by the Ministry of Education.
"These initiatives all came from different
sources and no one kept track, so youend up
with a shortage," says Mr. Giannandrea •
Mr• Giannandrea says the Ministry of
Education is currently looking at possible
action to alleviate the teacher shortage, but
adds it isn't something they'll be able to res-
pond to quickly. He expects the shortage is
here for a decade.
"I would guess it'll continue on for about
10 years unless there are moves by the
Ministry to get more students into teachers
colleges "
A person who has been exposed to rabies
must be vaccinated, Bokhout said. There
is no cure.
If someonenotices that a domestic or
farm aminal has a sudden change in
behavior, the best thing to do is to get a
vet tolook at it assoon as,possibie, he said.
If a wild animal seems to ;be behaving
strangelyestay away 'from it.
"4Must wiId,,anitaals are invisible — you
only .expect to see fleeting .glimpses of
them, 'I heeaid. "They don't;liw�nrig around
getting a good look -at things.” While.there
einaybeother reasons for a•wildtaf►irttal's
tapparAnt,lackatfear* theeafest thing to
o,is to.stay away,.lie aid
,(1owever;;$ khout.addedthal •;'thereis
,Pq,H2OBge Don. tanybody ',asibiUUn•(
..the.I¢s),or„ceppe<in.conr� Jact�,w, th iti',ati
-r wally: 9Platething like R i'is.
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of the ineeidltnt,die:said.
ed., Mar. 15
9 a.m, — March Break Program at Arens
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. — Moms & Tots - Senior
Skating
1-3 p.m. — Public Skating
1:30-4 p.m. — Senior Shuffleboard
4:30-5:30 p.m. — Tween Ringette
5:30-8:30 p.m, — Bantam Hockey Practice
6:30-8 p.m. —,Minor Broombalt. -..-,
8-9:30 p.m. — Ladies.Broomball
Thurs. , Mar. 1b
9 a.m.— March .preak Program at Arena
2:80 p.m.—.Plasticine ,Workshop at
Seek:rth Library
4:30.5:30 p.m. — Pee .Wee II.Practice
5:30-6:30 p.m. — Pee Wee 1 Practice
6:30.7;30 p.m.—.Minor.Broomball
7:30-11 p.m. —.Men's Broomball
8 p.m•—,Seaforth Agricultural .Society
Homecraft Dlvlslon,Meeiing, „Seaforth
Arena, Small Hail
:Fri., Mar. 17
"HAPPY BT,..PATHIBK'S DAY"
9 a.m—ceMarch.$reak.P.rogram et Arena
--gublioSkating
2.P+m• — Chtliken's.Fllms.at Seatorth
Library
—,Jmnior,Bingette
-5.6, P.m 4111or ltOM$e ague
64 p m •--;,ontor,klttbiaalakpue
74 p.m.—.,PetitesElitig�ettte
t. ' .e'r, . 143
to .0 Allatllaas,vsnNo;rthi tare
9, a,m b• ers,.jis-lgees
-10.11011.-r ,e guins.vecWhalers
11 a.m — Flames vs Leafs
12-7 p.m — Knights of Columbus
Hockey Tournament
p.m. — Crossroads Equestrian Club
Meeting et Milltown Farm, Mitchell
1:30 p.m. — Story Hour at the Library
7-8:30 p.m. — O.M.H.A. Atom Semi -Finals
RIDGETOWN VS SEAFORTH
Sun., Mar. 19
12-6 p.m. , Knights of Columbus Hockey
Tournament
6-7 p.m. — Junior Ringette
7.8 p.m. —.Belle Ringette
8-9:30 p.m. — Rangers vs Bruins
9:30.11 p.m. — Hawks vs Penguins
Mon-, Mer. 20
8:30.10 p.m. — Beavers Oldtimers
Tues . , Mar. 21
7:30 p.m.—.Ringette Meeting at Arena
8:30 p -m. — O.M.H.A, Bantam Semi -Finals
DRESDEN VS SEAFQRTH
Wed . , Mar. 22
1-3 p.m.—.Moms & Tota Stllatlng
140-4 p.m. — Senior ,Shuffleboard
4;30-5:30 p.m. — T,wJe098:Ringette
5:30-6:30 p.m. — Bantems.,Hppkey
e;aD-8p.w.—.Miner.$Irrpnlbslt
8.9.:30Yp.m, — L,iidies-$rpor)jipll
8,p•m• — 111NOR.HOCKEV,ANNUAL
a MEETING,ATrAHENA
'Sun., Apr. 2
1 p.m,—,Soaf9dh•pptimlat Club
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