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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-06-11, Page 184 �1C4k? $9,WAV-STAR, WE1)i!iESit?AY,, NNE 11,,1984 Former Signal -Star reporter Ron Shaw and his wife, Peg are vacationing In the area after escaping from war-torn Tchad a few months ago. Shaw,, a CARE employee in the Tchadeln capital of N'Djamena, spent three days in • a makeshift bunker in his home before the escape. Shaws duck bullets. • from page 1 tinued a few blocks away. With a break in the shelling, the Shaws constructed a protective bunker in their home, piling lumber and mattresses on the dining room table and pulling in bookcases and packing crates to close off the sides. The windows were taped up to prevent the glass from shattering and the house was sealed up. They climbed under their dining room table fortress and along with the radio equipment, were set to wait out the fighting. "We were under the table for two nights and three days," Ron recalled. "We weren't hit with any heavy, direct fire -but it was enough to knock things around in the house. Itwas frightening." The radio network with the embassy and other personnel was a lifeline and Ron claimed they were probably more aware of the situation than anyone else. During their three-day stay in the bunker the fighting would wane or oc- casionaly move but it seldom stopped. By Sunday morning the situation had not improved and-it-was-agree-d-th-atescape was imminent. They scaled fences and organized breakouts for friends amid mortar shells and machine-gun fire. Later that day the firing eased somewhat and the radios brought orders to evacuate. The streets were soon filled with people, carrying personal effects, and trying to make a safe path to the French military base next to the brewery. The foreign population of the city, numbering close to 500, made it to the base but some were trapped under fire for nearly six days. The following day, with the aid of the French army, everyone was taken across the Chari River by barge to Camaroon. Two weeks later, Ron went back north to the Tchadein border to monitor the situation and said he spent three weeks there watching the city burn. "The city was decimated and close to 3,000 civilians were killed and there were 1,000 military casualties," he said. "They're still going at it and fighting within the same three blocks." No-one can get in or out of the country and all of the CARE equipment and personal effects of the staff are still in N'Djamena. Ron managed to escape with his camera equipment and valuable tapes. Other priceless personal items and . souvenirs have now been, he strongly suspects, looted by troopers. Following the mass evacuation from Tchad, over 40,000 refugees made camp -on the Cameroon side of the Chari River. The CARE personnel were working on food programing and other assistance for the refugees. epar teschool board hires two new:te chess By WilmaQke _ The Huron -Perth Catholic school board approved the hiring of two new teachers at its meeting in Dublin Monday night. They are g'haron Hodgson to teach at St. James school in Seaforth - 70 per cent - principal's relief and French, "and at St. Columban school - 30 per cent, French, effective September 1980; and Pauline McCabe at St. Michael's, school, Stratford - 50 per cent. French, effective Sep- tember 1, 1980.,+• Due to retirements and resignations the following teachers will be hired back Seeteiber 1 into the school Stem : Sharon O'Toole, kindergarten teacher at St. Boniface, Zurich; Linda Wagg; classroom "teacher (50 per cent) *St. Michael's school, Stratford; Cleo Smith, principal's relief teacher (50 per cent) at St. Patrick's school, Kinkora. Justin Tomasulo will be placed as itinerant oral French teacher at St. Aloysius and St. Ambrose schools, both in Strat- ford; and Holy Name of Mary school, St. Marys; Mary Jenkins will be placed as a classroom teacher at St. eIBeniface school, Zurich and Elaine Coxon in the junior division a't Ecole Ste. Marie school and Cathy Foran will be hired (30 Per cent) as special education resource teacher at St. Joseph's school, Clinton. The board accepted the resignation of Betty Clark,: a teacher at St. Michael's. school, Stratf She has ac- Leptrad a teaching posit with the •Duf- ferin-Peel Catholic school board. The resignation of Lucy Walters, a teacher at St Michael's school, Stratford, was accepted. The board will ad- vertise for a custodian for St. Patrick's school, Windmill generates.... *from page -- ---_- to his front porch,and blew down in the wind. The Ministry _of Energy has studied Kovacs' proposal, and according to a report to Goderich Planning Board by planner Gary Davidson, is discouraging the project. The ministry says the wind is insufficient to generate enough elec- tricity to make the windmill worthwhile. Kovacs' home is right by the lake bank and he assures that there is enough wind. "It is for them to disprove and for me to prove, I guess,"• said Kovacs. The P.U.C. has approved the windmill, recommending that it be insulated from the power grid. It also said that all the electrical components must meet standards and regulations. ' Goderich zoning bylaws state that accessory structures to residences are required to be Ron and Peg are now on a six-week vacation and have spent the past couple weeks in the Goderich area after visiting family in Perth. In July they will be posted to Jordan where Ron expects to be involved in water and irrigation programs for CARE. And for Ron and Peg, compared to Tchad, Jordan may turn out to be an extended vacation. Group homes... • from page 1 He said the need for group homes would be determined by the operators who want to start one, the municipality, the province, and the agencies who place the residents. In Goderich, there is presently one group home in operation. It houses nine mentally handicapped adults and is located on Key Street. Another one; which was located on Nelson Street, has just been closed down by the Ir, ONE STOP FOR OLLYOUR NOME IMPROVEMENT NEEDS coun y et cause of insufficient staffing. These operations were allowed through Goderich's R2 Zone defining public uses. However, this kind of zoning rules out private operations and also allows for objections. For example, an' operator attempted to open a group home on Elgin Street five years ago, but the neighbors would not allow it. Martin said that special zoning, taking into consideration distance between homes, would eliminate all confusion. He said that the province is "asking for trust" and is establishing operating and administering standards presently. Many questions were asked by board members about group homes and they requested the delegation to return in the fall to field questions from Goderich residents when public meetings are held regarding the Official Plan Update. At present- there are 1000- group hdmes in Ontario. Six hundred of them are children's services homes, 300 are for mentally retarded and psychiatric residents, and 30 are concerned with correctional services. O FATHER'S_ DAY SPECIALS ..r PI! Paints Interior 8 Exterior Decorator Finishes 11E70r. Antique Wood Grom Brushes Rollers Scrapers Roller Trays Sandpaper Your Do II Yourself s,,,,. for De I, Yo,,rt..It Ponolr SgRV ICE DOMINION NANDWARE y 30 Victoria St., Goderlch, 124.$t01 v1 TRUE TEMPER CORDLESS GRASS TRIMMER Reg. '51.95 $39•95 Thurs., Fri. & Sat. June 12, 13, 14 ONLY SHADETREES 20:,AFF ART'S Landscaping Nursery 8 Garden Centre Bennett St., Goderich 524-2645 i Dublin (approximately 00 per cent or 36 hours weekly) due to the retirement of Frank Williams on June 30, the present custodian. The Clinton Parent- Teacher association at pt. Joseph's school will be allowed to install creative playground equipment at the school, with all costs of installation and maintenance 'to be ab- sorbed by the PTA with the condition that it be a minimum of 40 feet away from the school. Board chairman, Ronald Marcy reported on the annual convention of the Ontario Separate School Trustees' located in the rear yard. Kovacs has three different locations picked out and one of them is to the rear of his house. Bylaws also state that accessory structures cannot exceed `15 feet in height. The proposed windmill is 45' feet high. However, planning board does not know whether to define the windmill as an accessory structure, "normally incidental, subordinate, and exclusively devoted to a main use, building, or structure and located on the same "lot therewith." The town is still studying Kovacs' proposal and will not make a decision until the Ministry of Energy approves. The government provides special allowances for energy -producers which allow their builders "to bend the rules a little bit," said Kovacs. Association which he attended in Hamilton at the end of May, as did Trustees Vincent Young and Gregory Fleming. Mr. Fleming and Trustee Ted Geoffrey reported on the Congress of Education which they both attended in Montreal the first of June. All _said they had found the conventions worthwhile, with excellent speakers, and gained informatior from discussions on mutual concerns with other delegates. At Hamilton, the main thrust of the convention was on how to get parents involved in the schools. 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