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The Citizen, 1994-01-12, Page 1Milestone |Government |Sports Blyth couple County engineer Brussels Crusaders, celebrates 55 years applauds efforts 79-80 Intermediate Bulls of marriage of road staff face off to raise funds See page 3 See page 6 See page 8 Vol. 10 No. 2 Wednesday, January 12, 1994 60e osTindww | E. Wawanosh fire claims 2 victims Sliding by While a lot of people were less than enchanted by the wintry weather conditions experienced of late, there are always a few who delight in snow. Cross country skiers Cody Mason, front | and Derick Doerr enjoyed an outing of exercise on Saturday in Blyth. _________________ HCBE makes staff cuts The HCBE has had to get serious in dealing with budget cutbacks and Social Contract restraints so a major step was taking on the issue of staffing at the first meeting of 1994, on Jan. 10. With recommendations presented by the Human Resources Commit- Correction The province's New Year’s baby was incorrectly identified as a grandchild of Brussels' residents Tom and Betty Finch. The baby is actually the child of the Finch's granddaughter making him a great­ grandchild. We apologize for the inaccuracy. tee, the board agreed to share the services of a psychometrist, social worker and psychologist with other child support services in Huron County. The services will be shared wherever the mutual cost and ser­ vice benefits can be achieved. In other staffing issues, the posi­ tion of principal of the Learning Resources Centre will be eliminat­ ed, effective September 1994. The position of transition year co-ordinator will not be extended for a third year and the committee will be decreased by one position as of September. The board also approved the reduction of area resource teachers to 4.5 by September. This is a- decrease from the present 9.5. The staffing formula for Junior Kindergarten and Senior Kinder­ garten will be adjusted to allow more flexibility in the combination of teachers and assistants and the adult to pupil ratio will be increased to not exceed an average of 20:1. It was previously set at 18:1. A review will be conducted of the teacher library positions and school resource teacher positions, this will be done in an effort to combine the positions and provide non-teacher library support where possible. In all cases, Director of Educa- Continued on page 6 A woman and young boy were killed in a weekend house fire on Cone. 11, Part Lot 42 of East Wawanosh Twp. The 12:45 a.m. fire on Jan. 9 had a third victim, Daniel Shisko, 37, an occupant of the home, was taken to Victoria Hospital in London, suf­ fering from smoke inhalation and minor bums to his arms. He is list­ ed in satisfactory condition. The names of the victims are not being released until positive identi­ fication can be made through 3 taken to hospital following accident The Blyth and Seaforth fire departments attended a bus/truck accident on Jan 7 at 8:15 a.m. in McKillop Twp. A press release from the Goderich OPP said the school bus, carry 12 children, was travelling north on Sideroad 10 when it col­ lided with a 1988 GMC pickup heading west on Cone. 12-13. The bus, owned by J&T Murphy Ltd. of Arva, was driven by Dianne McNichol of RR 4 Walton and the truck was driven by her nephew, Local skater at Nationals By Bonnie Gropp A Blyth area skater has travelled to Edmonton, Alta, this week to compete in the annual Nationals competition. Mark Shepherd, 16, the son of Murray and Joan Shepherd of RR1, Blyth will be competing for the first time in the Novice Men's Sin­ gles. This is, however, Mark's third visit to the Nationals as the past two years he and his skating partner Debbie MacKenzie of Kitchener were contestants in the Novice Dance Pairs. Last year they fin­ ished eighth. In Edmonton, Mark will be skat­ ing his short program on Wednes­ day and his long program on RIDE gets no impaireds A spokesperson from the Wing­ ham OPP detachment stated that a total of 1,410 vehicles were checked during this year's annual RIDE campaign. There were no impaired charges, only one 12 hour suspension and a total of 19 other charges laid. 94 off to wintry start The beginning of 1994 has been very wintry according to local weath­ er watcher Boyd Taylor. Mr. Taylor of RR 3 Walton has checked his records and has found that in the last 30 days the area has had above av precipitation and below average minimum daytime temperatures. Since Dec. 21, his instruments have measured 102 cm. (42 inches) of snow. Although the water content of the snow is low due to the cold temperatures, any wanning trend coupled with the 'snow load will stress the roofs of buildings, he says. The past three weeks have seen persistent cold temperatures below the average daytime minimum and they are not rising far during the day. The lack of any severe high winds ha3 helped as the persistent light east and north east winds have prevailed. Mr. Taylor says this is probably as close as we will get io an old-fash­ ioned winter, reminiscent of the 40s and 50s. "Remember last summer when we went to the lake - well this winter the lake is coming to us,” says Mr. Boyd. autopsies. The fire is presently under inves­ tigation by the Wingham OPP and the Chatham Fire Marshall's office. They are focusing their attentions on the wood stove in the kitchen of the house which may have over­ heated. The house suffered extensive structural damage and heavy equip­ ment was needed to search the premises. The autopsies were to be com­ pleted early this week. 19-year-old Matthew McNichol, also of RR 4 Walton. Mr. McNichol had to be extricat­ ed from his truck with the jaws of life and was taken to Seaforth Hos­ pital with non life threatening injuries. Mrs. McNichol and one student, Fraz Khan, 11, of RR 4 Walton were also taken to hospital with non life threatening injuries. The accident is still under inves­ tigation but charges are pending, says the press release issued by the Goderich OPP. Thursday. Another local skater who has many times been part of the Nationals will not be taking part this year. Peter MacDonald, son of Faye and Graeme MacDonald of RR2, Brussels, and his partner Suzanne Killing of Tavistock quit training this past July. Since then, Mrs. MacDonald says, Peter has taken the time to pursue other activities that he didn't have the time for when training for competition. Though he is giving some consider­ ation to returning to competitive skating in the future, for the time being he is enjoying "Doing stuff he has always wanted to do," says Mrs. MacDonald. Police also investigated a total of 24 accidents during the RIDE pro­ gram. In 1992's RIDE campaign Wing­ ham OPP checked 1,543 vehicles. There were three drivers charged with impaired and five 12 hour license suspensions.