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There's a new principal in town at Ripley -Huron Community
BY ELYSE
DEWAR
Kincardine News
Staff
There's a new
sheriff in town,
patrolling the halls
at Ripley Huron
Community
School.
Graham Martin
is the new princi-
pal in Ripley,
replacing Bill
Colley.
Nine years ago,
Martin began his
teaching career.
with the
Bluewater District
School Board,
before heading to
the city where he
taught junior
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Photo by Elyse Dewar
Ripley Huron Community School welcomed four new staff members this year, includ-
ing a new principal. Left, Paul Ryerson Grades 4,5,1 and 8 core French; and principal
Graham Martin. Front, office manager Julie Whitney.Absent, Roberta Hays - learning
resource.
grades for several
years with the
Toronto board.
Last year he was
principal in
Chatsworth and
will bring his
enthusiasm to the
staff and students
at Ripley school.
"It's a great
community and
I'm looking for-
ward to working
here," he said.
Paul Ryerson
will be working
with wide range of
grades.
Ryerson will
teach core French
to students in
Grades 4, 5, 7 and
After seven
years, spending
most of his time
supplying in
Owen Sounds
schools, he is
looking forward to
moving south.
"It should be
interesting," said
Ryerson. '-'There is
a great group of
people here."
A new face will
greet parents and
teachers when
they enter the
school's office this
year.
Julie . Whitney
joins the staff as
the new office
manager.
Having worked
in Port Elgin,
Saugeen Shores
and Kincardine,
Whitney is pre-
pared to handle all
the bumps from
the school yard
and will be the one
parents talk to
when calling in
regarding a sick
child.
"So far, so
good," she
laughed.
Finally, Roberta
Hays will be
involved with
learning
resources.
Cunningham will con'
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A Huron County
n a t i -v e ,
Cunningham now
lives in Guelph
and is a project
analyst ' with the
Ministry of
Agriculture, Food
and Rural Affairs.
"I am confident
her experience
and education will
complement the
current staff and
provide a signifi-
cant resource to
not only the
Clerk's depart-
ment but all other
departments . and
council," Clerk -
Treasurer
Bettyanne Cobean
said about the new
deputy clerk.
Cunningham's
background
includes work
with the Ministry
of Agriculture, the
Federation of
Canadian
Municipalities,
and the city of
London.
LHIN
The chair of the
SouthWest LHIN
wants better com-
munication with
municipal and
county councils.
"We need to be
in better contact
with municipali-
ties," Norm
Gamble told
Bruce county
councillors.
Gamble, a for-
mer Grey county
CAO, and board
member John
VanBastelaar - a
former mayor of
Port Elgin — were
invited to Bruce
county council's
corporate services
committee to
explain the
LIIN's place in
health care.
Bruce County
was shocked earli-
er this month to
learn its ambu-
lance service had-
n't been consulted
abouta threatened
cut to overnight
emergency depart-
ment service at
Saugeen
Memorial hospi-
tal. Thatchange to
the ER could have
cost the county as
much as half a
f million dollars in
extra ambulance
costs, according
to director Doug
Smith.
"EMS needs to
be at the table. We
need to plan for
decisions that
could affect serv-
ices," CAO
Wayne Jamieson
told the LHIN
chair.
Gamble agreed.
liment Clerk's departmen
But he said while
the. LHIN sets
overall health care
policy, it's up to
providers like
hospitals and
community, health
care to put serVic-
es in practice. He
and VanBastelaar
urged health care
providers --
including ambu-
lance service -- to
talk to each other
and to the LIMN.
The LHIN is
still working on a
`blueprint' for
health service. It's
holding communi-
ty meetings for
hear about ` what
health care servic-
es are needed and
how. they could be
provided.
Gamble predict-
ed a meeting ; in
Kincardine on
Monday (Sept 14)
wouldinclude a
delegation from
Friends of
Kincardine
Hospital and the
deamalgamation
issue.
It's not unusual
for groups to use
the community
meetings that
started last fall as
a public forum for
their issue,
Gamble said, but
he stressed the
sessions are not
designed to hear
complaints about
hospitals.
"It's not a town
hall, everybody
get up and tell us
what your griev-
ance is," he said.
"Hospitals .are
one piece of -the
puzzle, but it's not
the whole puzzle.".
A similar LHIN
community meet-
ing in Hanover
drew recent criti-
cism ,from
Brockton mayor
Charlie Bagnato.
The sessions were
poorly organized
and allowed little
input, he said.
But Gamble
said the conununi-
ty meetings are
intended to gather
information that
will go into the
blueprint to be
released • in
November.
"The purpose of
our meetings very
clearly is to look
at the health care
system on a very
high level, . to look
at all the different
components," he
said.
"This is a work-
shop typeof
arrangement
where we want to
have meaningful
dialogue, one on
one.'
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