The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-06-03, Page 2rage 2' -. Lu ow Sentin We
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res ructuring
,Te nniterr Vandermeer
Bruce Township coun-
cil is making a second
attempt at stopping the,
I3tuc:e County 1m:structur-
ing press. "
The township has
begun procedures to
appeal a January 4aurt
decision denying its appli-
eation to halt the comity's
plan to restructure from 3i
to eight rnunicipsiities.
Reeve HQWardalbey
said the, panel .of three
judges' 'that heard. the -cease.
must have .seen, sorire
merit in the townships
argument, "or we wouldn't
have been given. leave."
The tew reship's solici-
tors
olici-tors have begun appeal
procedures and are con-
•
tacting the paartii:a need
in the case to find out their
opinion on staying the
restructuring proceddure,
which would stop they
process until a decision is
given lay the courts.
Roger Moyes*, aa. munic..i-
'pal advisor with- the
Ministry of Municipal
Affairs and }lousing said
a stay would essentially be
a stop work order pending
the outcome of a hearing.
A date has not yet been
.set for the hearing, tut the
township- is asking .tor an
expedited date.
"Alt's Our intentjortto
ask for a a a: date fairly soon,"
said ttibey, • •
Stuart lieavie; chair of
the county restructuring
to stop .cou
rtioe owns
otrranittee, had TM. . irdbr-
mattion can the county's,
position as of Monday.
"tiasrcFalty, alt we know
right now is • that .the
Township of Eruee has
been granted an mal to
the 'previous deecsinn.
What the county's position'
tree, plans are. we don't
know yeti" said Reaavie,
"W4'11 be meeting with
our legal advisors ou
Tuesday (yesterday) to
make some decisions?
The county r•estructut..
ng plan. is supposed to
take effect January t..
1999.
Moyer said seven of khe:
eight transition boards in
the county are currently
meeting and working,
toward the target date.
Only the hoard for Hi:i•atre
and Kincardine Townships
and the Town of.
Kincardine has not been.
meeting
Moyer 'believes the
boards can keep working
together but should he
cautieus about wch* dee i
siona they. amu.
the township wins.
its case at the appeal hear.
ingA the restructuring order
could be quashed and
restructuring not take
place." said. oyer,
If the order .isquashed
by the courts, anything
done in preparation fe!.
restructuring would have,
tub undone.
SCboOI board to fund 'early learnhig
by Rink; Kew
With the pessibitity ,c7fl
• being ineligible for fund=.
ing from the Ministry of
Education for the early-
learning oppcarteinities pro-
gram,
rogram, the Avon. Maitland
district school board has
decided to fund the pro-
gram itself, as moth gas
possible, from exrsting•
funds and to lobby Huron
and Perth County, MPPs
for 'access; let gov+ecnnaaezit
funding.
Less than a niaath ago,
the boars'asked schools in
Perth County . to choose
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Lucknow •Ont;A
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either .a junior. kinder -
gluten program or an • early
• learning npportunities
(ELO) program, The E1.Q°,
program. was to provide
programs to aid Students
from senior kindergarten,
•to Oradea,.
White only IWo schools
,in the board's , district
those the.EW program:—
tipper
rogram -Ttipper Thames. -elementary
school (UTES) in West,
Perth acgd lv0[11 Eaatliope',
public sehobt in Perth,,.
ast--the board viewed
their dhcriee aas'ean.e c :
Ient way. to compare the
'benefits. of EU) with 3k,. -
However; last Tuesday
rtiorning, the drafts of. cher
LMS: school Council'.
received Word. from his
school's, principal that
AMOSE, schools would
not be eligibte.for funding.
from MFT for the lfi. to'
parade 3. Newton, • '
Although not on: the
agenda,:: Chair Qavid,.
Murray addressed- the
hoard,* its regular meet-* •
log that everlinfi
He, sttidhis first call,
after hearing abut the
iteetigibitiky, waas,•to. Perth
MPP Eert . Johnson's.,
•nffice> where an assistant
told.' him hull -dries would
made. He heard back
from Johnson's office .and'
was told that ,the assistanat
, had spoken with an affi,
eiaat in the office of Davi
Jnhnsani Ivlinister' uf,
Education; and to son te-
one involved with .policy.
cteveioprnent la the •:
Ministry. cif Education,
neither of whom could
understand why anyone
would say that• ANIDS11,. .
schools would not be •
gibte for %,,O"furtdin ;
"Something is. wrong.'
someplace,said NilteleY,,,
Continuing,. he said,''
"'We (UTES) have really
taken abig steps to go nth)
. this (EL0), We've put a,
Int of effort into this. and 1
thinkwe've risked our- :..
selves by ohac>;osxng 10 ga
with. ttta E.l.:O grant as::..
'oppose to junior tcinder
gaxxenA. ,
"°Aril: yesterdays it+ felt
',turn to.page ' '
it was: the total K nettes biggest biker a»thou on.
Saturdays as 611children. some ace pa
adults, took to. the Streets to raise:mo l for
knot community projects. Grade .6., statute.
Marls Alton aild,Riley Aitchison waren two of
-those ttikers4 Each youngsttor: received a park
and was treated to Lunch .att the end of, the
our , (ivingston to