The Huron Expositor, 1986-04-02, Page 15SMOOTHING THE ROUGH EDGES — The Harmony Kings, above, and the Harmony
HI-Lltes havle been practising hard both for a show they will put on April 19 and for
competitions which are slated to be held over the next two months. MCIIwralth photos
Spring concert planned
People are being invited to jump aboard
the Harmony Express April 19 when the
Harmony Kings and Harmony Hi -Utes
combine to present their fourth annual
Spring Concert.
The Concert, which is slotted to begin at
7:59 p.m. at the Seaforth and District
Community Centres on the Saturday, will
feature the two groups, plus the Rural Roads
Junior Male Quartet, Horizon Ladies
Quartette, and a guest Quartet from
Kitchener. Organizers say it promises to be
a good show.
There has been a lot of preparation put
into the show," said Bruce Whitmore, public
relations officer for the concert.
"We, the Kings have a competition on
Saturday and the girls compete in May so a
lot of the songs we'll be singing have been
prepared for competition, so it should be
first lass entertainment. We've worked
hard all winter for this."
This year's show will run approidmately
two hours including the intermission. The
show chairman is Ross Kahle although Mr.
Whitmore insists the entire show is a group
effort with everybody playing some part in
the production.
The Harmony Kings Is made up of 42 men
and the Hi -Rtes comprises 52 women.
Members of both groups come from a radius
of 30 miles of Seaforth. The Kings have been
together for four years while the Hl -Utes
formed two years ago. Both groups practice
on Tuesday nights for approximately two
and one-htilf hours. The Hl -Utes don't meet
during the summer months while the men
meet on a less frequent and strictly social
basis.
it's a real good fellowship. That's the
name of the game, singing and fellowship,"
said Mr. Whitmore.
Better speech pathology services
wanted for Huron County
The Huron County board of education,
hospitals and the board of health are going
after better speech pathology services for
Huron County residents.
A brief on speech pathology services is to
be sent to provincial health minister Murray
Elston. The brief is awaiting the signatures of
hospital chairmen and the board of health.
"The matter of speech pathology services
in Huron County has been a cause for concern
over aperiod covering several years," states
the bnef.
The document reports service has been
inconsistent and there have been problems
getting and keeping staff. There has also
been confusion regarding which provincial
ministry - health of education - pays for
speech pathology services of school aged
children.
It is dear the general population is
under -served. School aged children, in
particular, have been unable to acquire
access to service for an extended period of
time," the brief states.
There are also waiting lists for services at
the hospitals. Home Care, a division of the
health unit, had to bring in someone from
Ireland to fill the speech therapist position.
Also, the school board is having difficulty
fording medical therapysuppottfor35 urgent
and 25 routine cases.
"The situation is clearly one that requires
the intervention and the assistance of the
minister," the brief states.
Blyth architect hired
for museum project
The architect who assisted with the
feasibility study on the Huron County Pioneer
Museum will get to design the new building.
Christopher Borgal of Blyth was chosen at
the March 6 session as the architect to
prepare sketches for the county museum in
Goderich. The local firm was chosen over five
other architectural companies.
It was in 1984 when Mr. Bergal and the now
project director of the museum, Claus
Breede, did a feasibility study on the
museum. laLst year county council agreed to
set up a reserve fund for the project.
At the end of 1985, the museum building
reserve fund had a balance of $238,865. The
county is tentatively planning to put $300,000
in the museum reserve fund this year.
However, that amount Is subject to final
review when county coundi cons dere its final
budget at the end of this month.
Mr. Borgal estimates it will cost $190,000
for his company to design the building at an
estimated cost of 82,8 million.
Mr. Borgal designed the addition to the
Blyth Sumner Festival.
Planning staff gets new contract
A three-year centrad for Huron County's
planning department staff was approved with
a six per increase in the first year and
four per tent increases in earn of the two
subsequent years.
The four positions are all on salary grids (a
range of salaries for those positions) *hid*
were okayed recently by Huron County
council.
The director of planning, a department
head, received a 7.4 per cent increase for this
year, 6.9 per cent for 1987 and 6.4 per cent in
1988. By the end of the three-year contract,
the planning director will be receiving
$56,224.
The planner position will have a salary
range Of $28,444 to $37,986 in 1986. That will
increase to $29,588 to $39,494 in 1987 and in
1988, the salary range will be $30,758 to
$41,080.
The junior planner position will range from
$22,100 to $28,106 this year. Next year, the
range will increase to $22,984. to $29,224 and
to $23,894 to $30,394 by 1980.
The planning technidan position will
receive a salary range of $21,112 to $27,014
for this year. In 1987, the salary range Will be
$21,944 to $28,108 and the following year it
will be $22,828 to $29,224. s
A contract planner is not on a salary grit.
The yearl seior for t1his positron is $20,046
in 1986, $ 20,852 in 1987 and for the third
year of the contract, $21,684.
Dessert nuchae
Continued from page Am
summary day for the smoersing course April
30 at the Kinsmen Rail, Stratford.Final
plata were Made for the booth at J. Millers
sale on April5 arida cammitteewas named to
look after catering on April 24
Everyone enjoyed dessert served by Doris
Miller and Kay male."
PE OPIE
Carrah and' Cain Templetnart entertained
hiendsSaiurdayattheir biethdaypatity With
Carraih were "Laura Macfongaid, Ducie
Wheatley and Shelley Elder; and guests of
Main' Were David" Miiter, Curtis' Hannon;
NiebolasKeller, GregoryDeeting and Chad
Kellar
Melissa, and`Carrab Telnpiemai9
attended the M elf Brownies tampout at
Kirkton.
With John, Roberta and Ride Templefnan
during the Raster weekend were, Barbara
Templcmap, Rexdale, Pat and Soothe
Donovan, Milton; Jiro, Geri, Jennifer;
JessiMand JayNeilson,•St. Cathennes;Ru9t•
Templeman, Stratford; David, Karen and
Lindsay T leman, WhyT ' •; eaten,.
Mitchell; Hari , Nancy, Kimberly Danny
Berfens, plrllartbn; Mike, Mary'
«t nand
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Cassandra Parsons, Rob, Bev,
Cain Templeman, Staffs.
Cain Templeman 'Wafted overeigbt; gifest of
David Millers' celebrating David's' sixth
birthday �`
Roberta Templeman attended an Oland
Lee Committee meeting in Stoney Creek on
Monday.
A LAUGHING MATTER — Dave Campbell
of the Harmony Kings laughs as his fellow
harmonizers try to get their act together.
The Harmony Kings are preparing for their
annual show. Mcllwralth photo
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EleMentary schools
need $300 million.
PROGRAM SPECIFIC
"The federation is quite prepared to say to
the ministry and the public at large that the
extra money will be program specific," he
said.
in otherworda, Mr. Langdonsaid the $100
million wouldn't go towards teachers' sala-
ries. He did outline some areas where the
money could be spent.
One such area is the purchase of textbooks.
It could also be directed to lowering class
sizes by hiring more teachers. Mr. Langdon
said that across the province the average
class size of Kindergarten and Grade 1
classes could be reduced to 30 pupils.
Computer equipment purchase is another
possibility for the extra funding. He said
secondary schools are being filled with
computers, while not even all elementary
schools have computers.
The federation has been spending the past
few months getting this message out to the
members of provincial parliament at Queen's
Park. And Mr, Langdon says the messages
won't stop there.
The presidents of the local federations will
be in Toronto soon to get information on the '
extra funding. 'this, and armed with the local
perspective, will see face to face meetings
with their own MPPs. These local sessions
will be held over the next few weeks.
The provincial vice-president recognizes
the province is facing financial requests and
that's why they suggest the phase-in period.
This request is not new. The federation has
been working on closing the gap between
elementary and secondary school funding
since 1973. In 1970, the secondary school per
pupil grant was $1,000 and the elementary
equivalent was $500.
"We're not daunted yet," he said.
Dementary schools across Ontario need
$300 million to reach equality with secondary
schools says a spokesman for the provincial
teachers' federation.
Lary Langdon of Toronto vice-president
of the Ontario Public School Teachers'
Federation (OPSTF), when in Stratford
recently, said his group is working to close
the funding gap between secondary and
elementary schools.
On a provincial average, school boards
receive $2,300 for each elementary school
student, from the ministry of education.
However, these school boards receive $3,100
per secondary school, on average.
Mr. Langdon said it will take $900 million
to break that $000 gap. But, the federation
isn't proposing it all be done in one year.
Instead, said Mr. Langdon, the teachers'
federation would like to see $100 million a
year added to the ministry of education's $4.5
billion budget over the next three years. This
increase, would be on top of normal
increases.'
The OPSTF vice-president says there are
several reasons, most based on the historical
perspective, for the gap in funding, Tradi-
tionally, elementary school teachers have
been less qualified than secondary school
teachers and therefore received less pay.
"Theualifications are almost equal
now,"said Mr. Langdon.
Also, because high school buildings are
usually larger, they cost more to operate.
However, Mr. Langdon said since the
consolidation of elementary schools in the
rural area, they too have larger buildings.
"But bigger does not mean it will cost
more," said Mr. Langdon.
The vice-president said another factor for
the lower grant to elementary has been the
smaller number of teachers per student.
Atlas ,put in time capsule
The Huron County 1984 historical atlas will copy
the
atlas It actually cawhich Was me off the
100s
years. beyears. 'and for a long time - at least another bicentennial press and was orosct c officially released last October.
' It seems a time capsule is being construct- The other documents lwill be
and the
artifca s from overnwith
ed at Ontario Place in Toronto and the communities in the province.
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provincial ministry of tourism and recreation The time capsule is oo be . opened in 2084,
wants souvenirs fromnmunicipalitiesnthat ' when the province will celebate the 300th
8cipated in Ontario's bicentennial in P ,
1984. anniversary of the landing of the United
So, Huron County has agreed to donate a Einplro LoYallsts•
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