The Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-04-12, Page 5Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 12, 1989—Page 5
Huron council and residents question a
Editor's Note: The following letter Wag sent
to the Since CountyBoard of Education by
NUMB Township Council.
Attn: PA. Martindale
Dear Sir:
In light of the recent resignation and con-
sequent appointment of a :public school
trustee, Huron'Township Council would like
their feelings known to the rate payers and
:schoolboard on /his 'matter.
Firstly, due to the length of the term re-
maining we felt that =election should have
.been theld in the Township and Village of
Ripley to fill this vacancy. A motion to this
-effect WaS sent to theErnee CountyBoard of
Education, chairman Alvin Thompson :and
to the 'Minister of Education Hon.
Christopher C. Ward.
Withoutan election we were afraid that no
onefrom this area would submit their name
for an interview and the possibility would
then arise that someone 'out of our district
would beappointed out of default.
Forttmately a number of applicants from
the 'Township did come forth, all with ex-
cellent credentials, but to no avail. The in-
'terviewingcnnunittee seems to ignore the
fact that mese candidates were qualified,
familiar with our needs, and taxpayers,
but chose instead to look for experience. As
a result a non residence trustee is now
representing us at Chesley.
"We to not question the integrity of this
person but, rather the principle of the ap-
:pointment. Why should someone from out-
--able-TIM-11THIlieireility- even -be consUerW
when there were reputable applicants will-
ing to stand from within? How does the
Board expect .to function after any election
faced -with the possibility of several new
people around the table if they could not ac- •
commodate one inexperienced person now
In .light of past events we once again
reiterate that a trustee be replaced by an
election and we WM be sending this recom-
mendation to the !Board Of Education and
Minister of Education.
Yours truly
-ThumiTovmship"Council
"Reeve John Gamble
To theEditor:
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Huron Township, we would like to inform
you of how.we feelabout the appointment of
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Mr. Sclunidt of Kincardine to represent our
area on 'truce County School Board for over
two and one half years. Huron Township
Council suggested that an election be held,
but :this was denied.
We're not Objecting to the man himself,
but to the method of his selection. There
were three applicants from Huron Twat*
well qualified in 'business and education. We
would like tolmow by what method of selec-
tion an urbanman was chosen to represents
mostly rural district. This lathe second time
that Ripley -Huron has been slighted -not on-
ly in the closing of their high school, but also
th losing our electoral district
•representative.
We feel it would be a courtesy for the
Board Chairman to come to an open
ratepayers' meeting to explain the Board's
choice and as to why our applicants were
overlooked. We are aware that the Educa-
tion Act permits such an appointment, but
we are objecting to the overlooking of our
Huron Township candidates, as well as to
the fact that they were not notified of the
Board's selection and learned of the ap-
pointment through the media
Yours truly,
PurpleGrovelfiemolesInditute—
To the Editor:
I am writing to express my concern with
Bruce County Board of Education's selec-
tion of a trustee for the Ripley Huron Elee-
torial district. The board chose a man from
Kincardine over three very well qualified
applicants from the Township of Huron. The
Board skirts to app intment of Mr.
Schmidt by sk ,ag they chose the person
bestqualified for the job, but best qualified
according to whom? The Hoard, Who 'feel
therrequire his...experience or the :people of
the ,area that he is to represent?
If the Board -had begun this term of office
with a totally, new slate of trustees they
would hetequired.to.attunblethroughtheir
cpcoreituginidgetandlnisetheigiokeittlie
people therrepresent
I feel the people Of Bipley4Iuron have
been 'denied the right guaranteed by our
Constitution which says we may have
representation by the choice of the people.
Mr. 'Schmidt was appointed without the peo-
ple or our elected representatives being
allowed any say.
Is the Board telling us that because we are
a rural area we must accept their choice of
someone from an urban area because we
are farmers and have not the intelligence or
ability to act on behalf dour own people and
that we must not be allowed totave any say
in the education of our own thildren?
Shirley MaeDonald
Townihipof Huron
FtatePayer
Dear. Editor;
Recently, individuals and businesses
across Ontario have received requests for
support from the Cancer Research Society
Inc. 'The purpose of this lefteris to clarify
that the Canadian CancerSociety is notaf-
filleted with or connected in any way to the
Cancer Research Society Inc., which is a
Quebec -based orgtmization.
Prior to 1961, Cancer 'Research Society
Inc.'s fund raising efforts weraconfined to
the Province of Quebec. But since that
time they have solicited funds all across
Canada, although most of their research
grants are confined to Quebec. (Their
most recent, financial statements indicate
that only 7 per cent of .their grants and 2
per cent of their fellowships were awarded
outside the Province of Quebec.)
-The—main—doncontration—isf zanccr
research in Canada is done through the
National Cancer Institute (NCI), with
about 98 per cent of their funding provided
by the Canadian Cancer Society. Aslar as
we have been able to ascertain, the NCI
have never received any funding from the
Cancer Research Society Inc.
The Canadian Cancer Society, establish-
ed in 1938, is the national organization
which provides assistance to cancer pa-
tients in a number of ways, including
drugs, dressings, and transportation to
treatment centres It is also involved in an
extensive public education program. No
suchservices are provided by the Cancer
Research Society Inc.
We ofthe Canadian Cancer Society -wish
lace Aids !information 1:eiforeyi to
dinar ,any -konintion betWeI tW
,organizations. 'We also might° express :our
sincere appreciation for the very generous
ointment
ongoing support we continue to receive
from the general public.
Yours sincerely,
Angus MacLennan,
President,
Huron County 'Unit
To the editor:
The South Bruce Chapter of the Heart
and Stroke Foundation of Ontario is very
pleased at the overwhelming success of
the door-to-door canvass this year.
To date, over$30,000 has been raised in
South Bruce and the money continues to
dome in. Every area canvassed brought in
more money than it ‘did last year. As well,
many areas that couldn't be covered last
year, but were this year, did exceptionally
well.
"I think the 1989 house to house cam-
paign this past February did so well
because of the increased help from
volunteer canvassers. Every one rallied
together to make South Bruce have its
most successful year ever,‘' said Beth
Shunski, Grey -Bruce co.ordinator for the
foundation.
The Smith Bruce Chapter has several
otiter exciting fimd raisers plaimed for the
1989 fiscal year. If the communities sup-
port them as they did the canvass, the
chapter should have no problem meeting
this year's goal of $72,000.
Cindy Maloney
by Ruth Buchrneier
Iva and Elizabeth Dickie, Karissa and
Shea were in Markdale on Sunday after-
noon to help Allison Dickie celebrate her
fifth birthday.
Misty DeBoer has returned from a very
enjoyable tour of Israel. It was spring
there so the .countryside was so beautiful.
Bob and Gloria Symes and Henry and
Ethel Clark enjoyed a bOlidayin England.
Bob and Gloria attended a wedding of
Bob's cousin near Salisbury. They visited
withmaity relatives of Bib's. Thenthe two
•.c touredlandonforlourilleys.
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