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want Young fired
ByStephanie Levesque
• CLINTON "- The Huron County Board of
Education will be asking education minister
Dr. Bette Stephenson for permission to fire
anti-nuclear protester Joanne Young.
After a 31/2 hour, in -camera session, the
board announced at 11 p.m., July 9 that it
would be seeking the provincial minister's
consent. Mrs. 'Young, a math teacher at
South Huron District School in Exeter, has
also been suspended without pay until the
minister's decision is known.
"During the past, the board has exhausted
every avenue including verbal and written
warnings. Mrs. Young has been counselled
and after continual refusals to report 'for
work she was suspended without pay. Mrs.
Young has been given the opportunity of
presenting her position to the board in both
written and verbal form," states a prepared
board press release.
Mrs. Young, who will await the minister's
decision before she decides whether she will.
appeal it, said the board gave her a "fair
hearing" in its in -camera session.
"I tried to explain my position, why it's
important, for me to do this. Also what
function the education system should be in
facing a nuclear holocaust," said Mrs.
Young.
She said trustees asked her two or three
' questions, particularly directed at her
suggestion that she take a leave of absence
ev erytime -she wants to participate in 'an
anti-nuclear protest. •
"I was unable to give them any definite
• times though," said Mrs. Young.
Board chairman Eugene. Frayne said the
board had made a thoughtful deliberation on
the future of Mrs. Young.
"It's not an easy decision," he said. "I
think the board has represented the opinion
of the people," the chairman added,
Trustee for the Exeter area, Clarence
McDonald agreed, noting it wasn't a
difficult decision for him to make as
representative of the South Huron District
High School parents.
He said he has heard nothing but -criticism
of Mrs. Young's actions.
"People are fed up with her," he said.
"She's being paid to teach kids...she'd be
better off doing what she feels she should be
doing."
Goderich trustee Dorothy Wallace
requested a recorded vote which ended up 13
to 3 in favor of seeking the minister's
decision. The board was assisted in
preparing the resolution by its solicitor Dan
Murphy of Goderich who was in attendance
at the meeting.
Ontario Secondary School Teachers'
Federation (OSSTF) representative from
Toronto, Jim Ross, was with Mrs. Young as
a witness. •
Two local OSSTF representatives were
there to strictly "monitor" the situation.
Neither the local or the provincial OSSTF
groups have made decisions regarding Mrs.
Young's -future.
In the ,recorded vote, all trustees were
present and only Tony McQuail, Joan
Vanden Broeck and Dorothy Wallace voted
against it.
December vote scheduled
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Vie Oa and Falconer Funeral, Home with
Rev, Piorman1/4Pieh officiating. .Interment
followed in the Clinton'Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Robert Snell of RR 1
Clinton, Gordon Wright of Hensall, Charlet
Snell . of RR 1 Clinton, Stephen Jones of
London, .Brian ant Barr*, Moore of
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heats •up in Iluron Vanastra,•Seaforth and Blyth to see th
Polka pot Door Live, a famous childre 's show, attracted over 300 children to the Clinton Community Centre on Monday. Children came by the busloads from Goderich,
ormance. (Rod Hilts photo)
Thi race for 1985 warden in Huron County A cattleman from REt 1, Winghain, Mr
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has just increased from a four to five -way McBurney is currently chairman of the ' I
race, county's road committee. He has been on backs museum,
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• At the July Session of county council Turn- the road conunittee for two years and U •
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berry Township Reeve BrianMcBurney an- previously served on the board of manage-
nounced he would throw his hat in the ring • ment•for IlutonvieW.
for theposition of 1985 warden. • The four others vying for the title an-
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The 33 -year-old reeve joins Stanley nouneed their decisions at the May session
Township • Reeve Paul Steckle, Grey of county council. Reeve- Worsell bid unsuc-
ToWnship Reeve Leona Armstrong. cessfully last year against .Warden Tom
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Reeve •McBurney has been on county , The vote for warden will take place in
council for five years and on Turnberry's December and is -expected -to take more
• council since 1976. than one ballot.
Tuckersmith Reeve Robert Bell in the race. •
• "If Westminster Abbey can be
• reconstructed, why can'twe reconstruct the
museum!"
This statement was made' last Thuriday
at the Holmesville Township Hall during a
public meeting held, to determine if the
residents of Huron County are interested in
the future of the Huron County Pioneer
Chris Borgal, an architect rom yt , as
The Museum in undergoing a feasibility
building,corrununity support, prograrns for
study that will determine the location of the Said .that it may be eligible for the ONIP enjoyable.
(Ontario .,Neighborhood Improvement
visitors, types of artifacts to display, Program ) funding. T.he Mayor also , • Attendance
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Pioneer Museum stay in Goderich. She also market arid they firicrthe trip to the museinn
suggested that the Town could provide lana
. Doyle and Frank Wolrnan's role in the
staffing of • employees and where the study is to look at the museum market and
necessary funds wl11 come from. The study for the museum to be puton if it was decided
There waS also a suggestion that instead the financial aspects. At this point, they are
• of constructing the entire building St it iS working on two aspects of the market °
the site should be moved.
is being done by four people who make up
••f B1 h h ' review. Part of the review includes the ,
the museum component.
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Bryan Howatt (left) and Ken Siertsema of the Halh-lee Miry Calf Through the ear wash and a ' bake sale, $150 was raised
Club in Blyth are pictured applying some elbow grease te Lenor Saturday. (Rod Hilts photo)
Davidson's car during a car wash to raise money for the chit).
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dand wishes of Huron County and the
had many years experience dealing with environmentally sontrolled, g certain. nee s a
museums.
and the director, of • the Bruce County • need the temperature control, cutting the In order to come up with information on
Breede agreed with this suggestion and . the tourism market, Doyle looked at
Museum. Theother two members are Frank cost.
Wolnn and Dorothy Doyle; management
commented that the idea of "micro- existing data. One set of figures she charted
consultants. This group is to research all thewere the attendance figures starting in 1951,
areas of the Huron County Pioneer Museum environment" zoning of the building is a
, definite possibility. , and finishing in 1983.
and report back to County Council.
second aSpect is the potential in the tourism
Claus Breede is an archeologist. section be. built for those artifacts which market : •
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- Comm- unity Support ' • visitors. and increased to 24,000 by 1960. •
• In 1951 the 'Museum started with 2,000 - ..
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Feasibility Study • • •
- The most. significant part of the feasibility • • To determine whether the people of Huron .From 1960 to 1970 the attendance leveled -off •
study for the residents of Huron County is. • County were .intereSted in the Pioneer at 25,000. Ever since 1970 the attendance has
the location of the rousym. There are three Museum' or not, surveys were 'put in each of " been going down hill with a big dip in 1974..
options the study group is to take into , the County papers tWice A total of seven By 1983 attendance had dropped to 12,000.
consideration.'I • 1 responses were returned with four surveys In an attempt to understand why the
The first option is to leave thmuseum at filled •• out by Goderich residents, two by people were not coming to the museum,
its .present location •on .North Street and Bayfield residents and one. by a Winghain
Doyle looked at the admission rates but
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renovate. The second option is to construct a resident. However, at the public meeting on found that they were not • a major factor.
new • building on the present site, and the • Also in the surveys that were. conducted,
outside of Goderich. • ' I
third option is to move the ,Pioneer Museum ' Thursday; approximately 65 people came
out to voice their opinions. .
• • - people' found. the were getting good value
for their. money. ' •
- Many present at the meeting said they did
Renovations are definitely'necessary as not.See the survey in the paper, but one man. Doyle's next step was to examine the
programs and events at the museum to see -
there are structural problems. Last year the said he saw the survey but just didn't bother
. if theyaf fected the attendance in any way.
museum was forced to close the, top floor to fill it out. '.. ' From 1952 - 1970 there was a lot of growth
because it was considered structurally "I ' haven't been in the museum for 14
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unsafe. 'At the same time the museum was ' years, I didn't. answer the- survey,- and -I atthe museum in the. way of new additions
required to install .additienal support posts can't tell you why 1' didn't. Maybe it just, or programs, and after 1970 there were no
on the main floor. didn't appeal to me. But I boast about the major changes. Therefore, after the .-
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According to Borgal, the structural museum and I don't. think that people aren't
changes had stopped, people were
problems are' not the only issues of concern responding. because of a lack of interest, attending as much as before.
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regarding the building which presently people want to keep the museum," he said. . Through the visitors survey at the
museum, Doyle found. that only 20 per cent
housesthe museum. The fire Icode is another One of the few negative comments 'was -
Of the people were local visitors. She
problem. as the building, '• Which is . made by a lady .who stated that she felt
classified "local" visitors as people within •
,...appreziniat41;000 are feet, has only people outside of Goderich didn't feel as
Huron County as well as people within a 40
one fire exit. ------------------------------------ ---- • .- • -• . though the -museum -was part -of thein.. She
taking • mile redid. Not cohnting that 20 per cent,
Environmental control for the artifacts is also stated that she'felt uneasy ta n her
she found 55 per cent were from areas such
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children into the museum becasue it was a as London and Stratford, 10 per cent from
also a concern for the group doingthe study. ,
"The artifacts' need a , constant fire hazard and their are no hands on the United States and the remainder were
temperature. They cannot be subjected -to displays for the children., ;
high humidity and then left to sit in the A visitor survey has elks been conducted Caspread throughout the teat
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cold," explained Borgal as he pointed out at the pioneer Museum. Dorothy . Doyle
explained'that the data she has collected has Doyle and Wolman will continue their .
'that the Pioneer Museum is not heated. only been -,since the beginning of May and ' -study from this point, trying to figure out
does not inChide the summer Peak period. what can be done with the Pioneer Museum
Breede agreed with Borgal saying, "Part
This means we go through the museum and found that 40 per cent of the people have so more people will go through it.
of -our study is to do a collections analysis. • From the surveys handed- in, Doyle has
see .what -Materials are there and the visited the museum more than once. More To close the meeting, Elsa Haydon of
condition they are in. Your (Huron County) than half of the people hear about the Goderich. made a motion that the museum
museum has a superb collection but there museum through friends or relatives while remain it its present location and the
isn't the proper housing for tt. It might not the other half find , out about it through existing building be used and restored.
brochures or advertisments. Most people Doris . Hunter of Bayfield seconded the . .
done to improve R.' found the . museum very satisfying and - motion. A vote was then -taken with only four
last into the next ,generatio.n if nothing is •
There was no qUestion in the minds of enjoyed the large selection of artifacts. people Opposed. This vote is only forthe fotir
disapPointment that Was •museurn members • to put in their study •
had to be done to the exiSting building, and ' expressed in, the surveys was .that they
those present at the meeting that something Th e• only which will be presented to County Council
several people offered suggestions on how to would like to see the second floor. and is not a final decision.
handle the problem. , Schools in" the Huron County were also The study committee will entertain any
responses the people of Huron County have
s Mayor Eileen . Palmer stated that ,surveyed , and if Was found that the high up until' August 8. They are planning another
Goderichown Cduncil has discussed the schools do not visit, the . Museum. The public meeting for that date but it has yet to
be finalized..
matter and they would like to see the elementary school Children are the major