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The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-05-13, Page 13A ep, school kes boy By. Wilma Oke At a meeting of the •Huron - Perth County .... Roman' Catholic . separate •school board. in- Dublin',' Monday night, .criticism -was levelled by the school principal at. one of the board,t iembers,for his Critical - 'remarks at the previous board -meeting about professional 'development days daysforteachers Howard ;Shantz of :Stratford read a. letter he had received from Leo Turner, principal of °'Holy Name of Mary.School at St. Marys, reporting: that the -.Principal's. Association; of .; which . he is corresponding secretary, takes exception to a remark.made by him at the last board meeting when he said he does not 'find• professional activity days&fgr' teachers "too worthwhile". Mr. Turner" said in his iette.r,.• ".We feet._ that professional aetivity days are a definite asset to our system and the. children in bur charge.". .He . continue_d, "Statements such as the one . above, when '.printed in the press (Stratford . Beacon Herald, April 28) are counter- productive and castvery poor light upon our system. We request,' therefore—that your r recent example that he knew* of one:. of., the teachers.fro'rn Mr. Turner's school v1/4/ho had• gone to London;; on `the "af- ternoon of the last P.D. day 'o,'n. April 30. ;Mr. Shantz said hehad many . similar examples described, to him' and he had, received a' great " deal 'of flack from ratepayers " abut P.D. days -.-7 • ' Mr. . Shantz said . he represented Stratfordalong. with three other trustees and he did not intend tobe dc- tated' to by'the principalsin tie system; • whom he said he thought •, wanted to be. spokesmen for the board. • Mr.. -Shantz said,. "Lord knows they have enough to do if they, concentrated onthe running of our schools - we have yet to attain perfection there." .• The. board: accepted the re'signatign of Mrs: Amy Duskocy, a teacher at Our Lady of Mount Carmel as of, June 30. , tos. The sports council of the beaxsi made a .presentation, outlining the program they are carrying out this year and. what they propose' for 'next year. Making the presen- tation were: Terry - Craig, Seaforth; Jim Steffle,r; Wi:ngh'am; Mrs: Patricia Anderson' and Laurie Kraf= tcheck., both•of Stratford; and Ed -Cappelli, Marys., The board approved a request • of Rev. Aloysius... Nolan . of Sacred: Heart. Parish, Wingham,, to hold, a , summer school ` of religion frornJuly 19 - - 23 at Sacred Heart •School in the. town. His request for a' grant of '$200 to subsidize the bus' costs to' transport the children will be studied. -The board granted.. the request of . Roger Labelle of the Stratford Recreation group to use the board owned- Willow Street property for 1976.' EAR EDITOR statement be substantiatedor ' formally retracted at the next Meeting of ,the bouTd-.7" '• In a written response to the board, Mr. Shantz repeated his statement,,', "I will re- emphasize the fact that I still. davnot.support P.D. days:" He gave as one of the reasois a.: . (continued from'page 4) Grouse at the .University. of Guelph, we are attempting to' collect a sample.of eggs -from the. wild. The • eggs are required to provide grouse:•for'• -.use in -the research projects. ^ Because- of the great' dif- ficulty in locating nests, it is necessary to-have:.the co Operation.' of as many people as possible. Anyone locating a nest within One hundred and twenty-five miles• of. Guelph is asked to mark the location, but not to • disturb the nest. They 'should ' contact us by 'phoning rty Betty- Campbell' (519) $24 4120•"ex—tT03 urmg o five• hours. At other times, call collect (continued from page,,,4) determine investment to: AlGarbutt .(519) 821-3056; be. increased gradually in the ° priorities among 'the full ' Don Price (519) 821-1207; coming years in . order .to range' of energy supply .op Murray Pengelly (519)824 - avoid. a. painful adjustment tions, including oil ex- 0255.. when •domestic supply - is ne loration, research- and We will eoine and pick up` 'Any price development- of • renewable depleted. increase d the. eggs as soon as possoe $se this year should be minimal• energy sources, provision of and will pay the locator' on "so that our' present economicnuclearenergy, energy dollar per egg for his trouble. ••conservation., coag recovery' in Ontario will not ' The . number of eggs . be unduly jeopardized.'or cases these options would. asification,. .etc. In man collectedin an area will not hindered. g bey be sufficient to harm the local population. '4. All. of the proceeds from• grouse popon. All captive implemented through, 'par- birds are, Mari rse, given the future oil.. price increases 'trier -ship agreements with should be allocated: .— ` private industry. best'pos'sible care. "a) first, to the equalization' "In addition, this. joint Your co-otion last year fund . that maintains • a federal -provincial agency was most appreciated. The uniform apprCanadian oil price, would function as .an energy birds raised. from eggs we "b)- the balance; to a newly ombudsman for Canadians, collected have allowed us to established federal- with the power to examine the' make a .number of, significant: findings. •• provincial agency. whose books . of o.companies, to, Thank you for your: co- -: m date---isto.....:_gu<a-rant,e.e„_4Fidepe�ndantl occaec::.:nrl _a.nd_ Canadian energy' supplies: gas reserves, and to deter- perdtiv►%- "ours -- Yours sirfce•rel This agency would• make the mine the, potential of. other energy investment decisions energy sources for Canadia r ".. • which have :previously been • 'use." , reserved for'the oil co - What do you think, dear panies. 'Its Board would readers? Let us know..: Allan Garbutt for A,L.A. Middleton, Associate Professor. University of Guelph. We're Back! and in 1U'ii RFig ting a�cho�7 gese BLADE STEAKS 78C MAPLE LEAF BACON LB. $ 1.58 PORK SHOULDERS LB 89c STEW BEEF LB. 98c • GROUND CHUCK LB. 79( CUT RIGHT ., . PEAMEAL BACK BAC'ON,. L'B. 2.0 GREAT FOR. THE BAR -B-0 STEAKETTES 85c LEGS & BREAST BABY`BEEF. CHICKEN : LIVER • LB.99c LB.58c • .1 DOZEN PIO,v' :,• 3 LBS. ORANGES.. CARROTS 69c - 35c FROM TH,E SHELF Alt CANS 10% OFF OF VEGETABLES & FRUIT FROZEN - . OCEAN PERCH LB99C. • COME AND GtT A NOT • RAR..MR-Q. CHICKEN- , HICKEN-. THORS • SAT. 12 a.m. to VVe reserve the right LIMIT DCA CALL 5.24.855.1 fa iintit• Home Dressed Inspeifed Weis at Wholesale Pries a rgilantitfie5, 3.31 TOWN COVNCII. BRIEFS Goderich Town. Connell has concurred with a resolution.; from the town. of Richmond . Idill to as the.: federal and provincial goverfrnertts„ to :explore alternative -.methods of power production such. as• wind, solar and tidal,energy:; :The resolt'ition also asks government to study the criticisms of atomic reactors 'in the context of real future viability when , atomic pollution could . become a Worse ' alternative to running out of oil and coal." ` According to the Richmond Hill council, alternative energy soirees' are com- . manding serious attention all over the world, . except in Canada. Councillor Elsa Haydon reminded .cotincil that governments in Canada. are looking into alternatives right now. *** The town's building in- spector Roy Breckenridge said that from indications so far this spring; he; would Supposethat residential development hi Goderich this Year could exceed last year's total.. _ I "Things are onthe tip- - swing,'' cbmniented—Mr. • Breckenridge. nlyif-we-annex# GAdech Township;" quipped Coun- cillor Leroy Harrison... "I "don't think yoa. have to ..do that," answered Breckenridge. . Twenty-eight . building permits valued at ' $615,350. have been issued so far this year. Thirteen • ofthese are single • residential Units valued .at $446,100. The other �peri3i-ts '.irkGllbd&Ll-, t'hrPe.. c.om:inercial,. three, ,for'• -garages—mid—ea . • es one government . andinstitutional permit (the addition to the Kinsmen Workshop for Retarded Adults • on South • Street) and eight for minor residential repairs. *** • Goderich Rec Director Mike Dymond told •council ' that the installation of the air conditioning system .at Goderioh •Memorial Arena:is almost complete: He said the old furnace has been removed and will be put up for sale. A structural analysis of the, arena is necessary and out-of- town firms with the necessary knowledge are • being.: contacted with regard to this. "They will be in Goderich this -week,"'said Dymond. The. Bennett Street ,,property owned by the Huron County Board of Education has been made available to the Rec Board for use in the development of a bal'l. diamond, a running track and tennis courts.. 'I7ie-board_of:education will accept no share in the capital costs, but it will accept a fair share of facility maintenance costs. "The first task t be ac- complished is the draining of the property," Dymond told. council. "It is hoped that the town will assist in . any way possible 'in completing .this necessary step. ' Tennis lessons' begin May 2.5 at Judith Gooderham Pool courts: The pool,will. be open June 4.- Beach patrol will begin Thursday, July .1 and continue seven days per week through••_to..the Labor Day. weekend. "We have , four staff. this year which wall mare scheduling and days off much easier," said Dymond. An additional ball diamond, is being developed' at Robertson Memorial School; according to Dymond. • - "Ball teams have been • expanding so quickly that this and other diamonds will be required soon," he added. The junior and senior, league champions was -the .Chicago Hotchkiss and (rear, left to right) .Chris Kaufman, Terry. team: The members of the team are (frontrow, left to Ryan and Karen Drennan;(staff photo) right) Lynn F.inlay.son-, Andrea. DeWinter:..-and_Normari • • Paul :Carroll: accepts a cheque from: Sharron Miller of the ' ' •Beta Theta Sorority that the group donated,to the Save the Jail Fund. Other members of the sorority's ways and means "MASSIVE. VICTORY" says Clinton lawyer committee ' . are Lynda, Rotteau.. • Joanne:' Bowen and Stephanie Schilthuis. The committee raised.' $187. (staff photo) egression turned to jubilation as Clinton hospital stays open • By Jim Fitzgerald • Nearly three months of tension and depression ended Monday in Clinton and; an air . of jubilation and ' elation swept over the town when Clintonians learned their hospital won't be closed. : •. A decision by the Divisional Court of the Supreme Courtof Ontario said the provincial. government, cannot . order • Clinton, and three other 'hospitals,'to close as a means ofcutting expenses. ' - Clinton lawyer ' Beecher Menzies, who is also vice. chairman of the Clinton • Hospital Board, ' said the Civic• Corner Announcements of a civic nature are printed free of Charge in this space in the hope that increased public, awareness and participation will be the result. • Thursday, May 13; Day Nursery committee, 4:00p.m ., council chambers, tow?' hall. Monday, May IT, Town Council meets at 7„30 p.m., council chambet^-s, towfii"hall, Wednesday May 19, Industrial- Commission meets,. 12:00 noon, at the Bedford Hotel. Thursday, -May 20, County Council's May , session, Court House, second floor council chambers, 10 a.ni.. decision. was . a. "massive. Leader Stuart Smith said that• up hope that.. the Clinton victory” for Clinton. if Premier Davis brought facility would remain open. In a unanimous judgment, legislation before the House The Action Committee, . the three niernbercourt ruled to change the Hospitals Act to ; even though they tare ending . wvalid orders -in-council close the institution, then. they 'Their ,picketing and.. verbal i equiringOociees':'H'ospital of would defeat the.: minority protest, will continue to seek Torctriro, - ham . Memorial -Conservative Gove"rnme•n"t: funds to cover legal costs both • Hospital,'" tli'hton Public .Clinton's lawyer Aubrey.'last :week, and for the. up Hospital and Chesley, and pp District Memorial Hospital to close. Earlier cases had established -that individual ministers., • including the Premier, coilld not go beyond, the power given to them by '`the laws, but. this is .the' first. to' hospitals that were not urination notices to ''their case an Ontai7io to spell out the operating efficiently.. ''° 6:empi.oyees and had continued 1 :sane curb on" cabinet Crown (the goveinments)' to 'admit. patients, evert decisions. - counsel' Julian Polika" had though ordered to stop ad - Mr. Justice Peter Cory;• argued that the cabinet:,s muting on May. 1st, and be whq delivered an early, oral decision was a policy matter, . closed by June 1st: judgment to a r crow"ded ",aaad so riot open tea review by ' For the -first time fn three courtroi�m on Monday the,caurts. months,. a mood of gaiety because of . the importance ` Mr, Polika' had also . sub- , prevailed at. the . hospital and urgency of the' matter, mittccl that if a hearing was :board's meeting on -Monday Said .•tl�i�t, the ca required; under the Public night when they discussed the . Hospitals Act, the 1 court's ruling., i°cquirement was. met. with a Chesley Hospital, which • request to Mr. Miller for the,. has been closed since April submission of briefs by the 15, will now reopen their, hospitals. doors within t tle next week, as The decision by the edrirt on .only two of their employees Monday ended near '• three , had found,jobs-elsewhere. " months of tension by the- No plans have beep an- patient:s and 110 ernployees at riounced yet fel' a . victory the 62 -bed Clinton Hospital, ' Party in Clinton to celebrate' that began, on' February 19 the:reprieve of the hospital, when 'the,' health minister the town's main employer: visited the hospital and or- ' dered`it closed. - • Since ; then, the , hospital `boat d and the Citizens Action Committee' hiive• .been fighting 'the • government, even .though many had giver? Golden and the counsels 'for the , other three hospitals, argued 'last week in Divisional 'Court that the proposed revocation ,of their 'approval . under the Public Hospitals Act .was ,invalid because the Act only applied comingAppeals peals court fight. Douglas Coventry, •Clinton hospital administrator, said on Monday that he was overjoyed with the decision, and the hospital would con,- tinue as before. The hospital had, not given any ter - _$ didn't have any ..power under the Public Hospitals .Act to close hospitals because of financial apd budgetary reasons. Mr. Justice 1.). A. Keith, and. Mr. justice Frank Donnelly of Goderich, concurred with the judgment: Pretriicr. William Davis, tiicanwhile, announced in the Legislature an .TUesdtiy that the govcrntnent will appeal the decision in Appeals Court and that lie would not cut off any funds to the- hospitals until the case is heard, which will take at least six months. 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