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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-12-04, Page 9Page 8 - Lucknow Sentinel. Wednesday, December 4, 1996 ©Gtfwii ir1�i 1rr�G�©QG>rlQiw�Gl© °I Thum Cout*Complete r©1 tEl VEIHCLEE f) RE1VTALE EN 3 Headquarters C El © 1 Srnall & Mrd • sized Cars c 3 1 Passenger & Cargo 1113 E O D D a CAR b TRUCK RENTALS t7 3 Div's= of Suncnast Ford O 11 500 Huron Rd . Godench IIIJ UCALL COLIZC"T Ask tui 13etrn C 3 524.3347 emnemelemnernenemin Ili Vans, Pickup Trucks 3 1 Daily Weekly. 3 Monthly 0 1 insurance Rentals & A More El 1 Fret Delivery 01 Christmas at Morrison Berries Open Friday, Saturday & Sunday starting NOV. 30 -DEC. 23 WOK WHAT WE HAVE' KRIS MINGLE TREES tall sizes available as well as custom orders) Cedar Rope. Wreaths & Bows. Gift Baskets. Local Artists' & Craftsmen s work toot Lots w fill your Holiday needs 52fs 2900 • 52h 3937 Huron Landscaping Limited the. dr>, , build proplr. • ur.yy, fiuuu • SuYrnE ' • WUM1MMrM 6 Yq««)n • rq,yastcor• 1-rb•. t. WwMnrya • ir,wew.coov Yriv Sbr wa firWw,✓.y AIWA • C.4•1.2".• • l.r.vn Uketalleloo G� .1/..r .ew+daanplrp ,P.snrrrt�cit 1 /1 , n C. jtrs Vf l uk./vbVw 619-829-7247 Education in Bruce at crisis point, thanks to Harris' cuts Reduced funding is pushing education in Bruce County to the crisis point. says d., member of the Bruises, ucational Employe`t,;s.; Council t BEEC). Mark Ciavaglia said the group feels things are deteriorating in the school system. "Harris has taken $400 million' out of the educa- tion budget in one year. Now the government wants to take another $1 billion from education and �ive'rc saying 'where'. Classrooms and stud::nts arc already paying the price," said Ciavaglia, president of the Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers Federation.. With reduced custodial Birthdays • Anniversaries • (ii"Udlu lion Lucknow Sentinel Because good !!rites deserve. special troth'', • place ee "Happy Ad" and watch how last the word spreru.ds. r /r place your !happy message, call Birthdays Anniversaries • Graduation csi • - L • rv, 4 • Q time and the increased reliance on volunteers to perform duties previously provided by professionals, Ciavaglia said they are seeing things like dirty classrooms. There has heen.a Toss of 27 sec- ondary teachers in the county since 1991 and he said Walkerton is probably seeing the higgest growth in people/teacher ratio than anywhere in the country. That number has contributed to the reduc- tion of some 150 high school classes formerly offered secondary students in the county. "Special needs students are not getting the atten- tion they need. There are great deficits in learning and students are falling through the cracks," With a system that is "at the straining point", Ciavaglia said ansaddition- al Killion dollar cut will break it. He. said the gov- ernment is trying to force privatization with the funding crisis it has creat- ed. "Privatization wouId' rheas unequal access fur students. The cquahty we have now is in danger. We're headed fur an tibial,' system that would ►near! rift: rich will get richer'incl the pour will yet poorer." Barry Wolfe, commit- tee member representing elementary schools, said they too' have seen a steady pattern of oversized classrooms over the last live years. "The (school) hoard and the teachers share a dilemma that there's not enough money to provide the number of staff to deliver the quality of ser- vice 'the public expects," Wolfe said. Along with teaching cuts, there has been a loss of essential support ser- vices, speech and lan- guage staff and it's becoming "more difficult, if not impossible" to replace consumable equip- ment. "Along the line, the quality of service is going to he affected, unless you as a parent can afford to subsidize it." Ile said teachers are working :is hard as they always have, but are being ft'►rced,to defend theni- selves. "We're being forced to he confrontational to pro- tect the integrity of the system we should he working in partnership with. We won't get con structive change and improvement, using the 'style this guvt•rnntenl." That style, he said, is blaming and scapegoating the very people who should be their partners. A press release issued by the BL EC states fur- ther reductions will only exacerbate an already seri- ous problem. the public should he aware that our children are paying the price and will pay the price for a tax cut promised by a govern- ment that puts dollars ahead of children," it states. in that release, Mary Winn L)aykin, president of the Brum Women Teachers, said, "i)eteriorating equipment, outdated computers and insufficient resource sup- plies are making Bruce County students second class citizens." The president of the (TN.:. custodial staff added funding reductions. and deferrals are slaking repairs and construction in Bruce County schools a thing of the past. •,Some older facilities mein a slate of disrepair and the longer we wait the grealcrt �4 ( tuc 4 `' 4u. ru dertt vaif;d&r i ni- ty, siljdiNitl cAngus. New law cracks down, on drinking drivers l)ttnk►rip d►ivris will 'be taken utt ()main) toads immediately and lhrir slit vets' licences suspended lot t)O days alter, rrlu:lingg. to }rive a breath test ot:hlowii►g over the. legal litho The iii iv ptovuicial measure, called an administrative (lrivet's licence suspension ( Al/LS ) t elide into effect last Friday. The law allows fur the ItcpisHar of Motor Vehicles in the M►tiis.tiy it "lransliortittio11 to •susi►et►d a driver upon rr<iti1I.& tion by police that die driver's blond alt'fi11411 conc'etitration was, over the legal Hoot of ,ilii or iter (hive, relused to 1)tovitlr a hustle sample, 'l'hf• suspension will be sit vcd by police 1)11 t►thalt of the l' rgistrat altrl it ►e►iltt`adt st'Ttt'titI p test iu111 .two hiriitii tests by it boated Pobk trclui►clad An AI)l.S cuii hr al)j►rated to the Licence Suspension Appeal 134artl, s t4lt h has %/Minds offices in the (►ioviiice Written irlil►eids will also he icyle*S•rd Only the grounds of mistaken itlriltity 4,1 the inability tri "-titivate a bicarb besets►Ir li►r iuedic al iritstil), will he consult -led 'Tis the season for bazaars! The ° Lucknow and District Kinettes held their annual bazaar on°Saturday and the Legion hall was a busy spot as shoppers checked out the wide selec tion. Agnes Buckingham took time'out from her booth to give her grandson, Logan Shewfelt, a little cuddle as he took in the action. (Helm photo)