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Former UN consultant content on farm by Diane Hart Carlo Testa know what he is talking about it to schools As a former consultant with the United he has spent a lot of lime in classrooms all over the world designing and building schools in Israel Britain LI Salvador Iran Costa Rica Spain Guatemala Honduras and countless others in Europe At the University of Toronto architecture professor has In in these countries or periods at a time trying to figure out what the best school Is for the people Three years ago he came to Canada and has been living with his family on a arm in fad ever since I prefer to have a farm and live be said In he was asked by UNESCO United Education Scientific Cultural Organ their educational system of constructing schools The three years in Iran were spent planning educational facilities which Testa maintains were very much haphazard before By 1976 he had designed and built over 40 schools in the country in the city and rural areas My biggest challenge in Iran was how to build schools with little money he said In Canada costs are about a square foot but Iror it is much less And in a country for instance it is about lolio A larger challenge to Testa was discovering how be could use the schools as a tool for development If you could tram local people in construction then there would two products local people he explained In effect it is optimising the use of facilities and people Vie started this process in Iran with no sue cess he said adding Iran was more developed than he thought But Testa mentioned the process was more popular in less eloped Third countries After he had completed his work in Iran in ht was asked by UNESCO to be the regional archil I for Latin America and the Caribbean I had countries play with which hardly makes sense he said But we on Central America and two in Latin America so we only had eight schools to work Generally speaking Testa believer schools in Hallo should become more efficient Schools all over the world are badly utilized he stated noting hospitals are used hours a day But schools are used only about per cent of the tune They the second worst under utilised buildings after churches But Testa said facilities in Ontario arc one or the best in the world What is kind of disappointing is the tvpe of education pros ide is not the best in the world the professor claim In short good structure and a cry poor product he added may not be poor but is certainly mediocre The students today are not learning the necessary skills to survive in our world he maintained Testa says that be has students who frequently cannot write and are practically illiterate Besides that he would like to see an increase in efficiency in schools in Hilton should develop adult education more and concentrate on retraining those people who will not get their jobs back in the same field he said Three million people will be unemployed soon if some thing is not done about retraining This energetic intense man is now invoked in a project for the Science and Engineer Research Council and has gone to Cannes to present the finding to a conference Rural houses in Erin Township were used as part of his three ear project classrooms all ne Mrs makers Fact Finders report Some issues unresolved between board teachers presents the The Year award wife Doris Federation of Agriculture names John McNabb Farmer of Year or the first time in its history but starting a tradition the Hal ton Re gion Federation or Agriculture has named one of Its members John McNabb of Hal ton Farmer of the Year for The annual award has been initiated to encourage and promote outstanding achievement in the field of agriculture in To qualify a farmer must live in and be actively farming Outstanding achievement in the field of during the year contributions to agriculture In the past and in volvemcnt in other community vlties arc all criteria for selection Merle Executive Director of the Ontario Federation of ture presented this first at the annual dance of the federa lion on November in Milton An engraved plaque commemorating the presentation and donated b Ross Burlington retired farmer and longtime Federation supporter will be displayed at the office of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Milton John exemplifies the high standard of farming in Re gion While the business of is in Itself immensels de manding of both time and energy yet not only but his entire family are actively involved in farm organizations at both the re gional and provincial level is President of the Ontario Guernsey Breeders Association and in was Chair nun of the Milk Committee and President of the Metro High lands Guernsey Club He is former President of the Italian Junior Farmers and past Chairman of the Leaders Committee The McNabb farm Is about acres plus another acres which he rents for his cash crop produc tion the east side of Trafalgar Road north of Hornby Us operation consists of about pure bred Guernsey dairy rows Having spent nearly years in the breeding of Guernseys possesses one of the finest herds In Canada Ik was won many Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor awards at the Canadian Exhibition and Royal cultural Winter Pair In these awards included two firsts and Champion awards at the and at the Royal thcM Schwartz trophy for the best bred and owned twoyear old In both 1977 and he won awards for the grand cham pion cow at the Royal Agricultural Winter entire is also in solved in forming Son Ken at tended the of and now works with his father on the farm Also very involved in the cultural community Ken is Prcsi dent of the Metro Highlands Director of Ontario DHIA Corp and past of the Leaden Council a winner of man awards Ken is often a judge for ind fair competitions Daughter Lois II member in the and is now an economist with the British Columbia government complete I her fourth has been an acme 4 II member and top showman In she was the Hal ton Diary Princess and a finalist in the Ontario Dairy Princess com pet i In I960 Queen Vtife Dons is a member of the Agriculture Advisory Committee and a Past President of District Women Institute She is also President of United Church Women In Hornby while is a church Elder In addition to farming and famtl activities the are well known throughout the for their support of and involvement in local fair Is a member of the Milton Fair cattle committee and associate director of the Georgetown Fair The Report of the Fact Finder for the dispute in Hal ion County involving the teachers of the Secondary School panel v us made public on December The report was prepared by Douglas Belch a Kingston lawyer following meetings the parlies held early in ber The Finder noted that the board and teachers had agreement on many issues that there were still some issues remaining in dispute The parties have been bargaining in the shadow of the voluntary restraint measures of anil as suggested by the federal govern meat and the proposed Bill 179 limiting increases in public sector of nine per cent in the first year of a contract and five per cent for the scar As this Bill Is not yet law and its final mikeup is not yet known the parties have therefore been somewhat at a disadvantage On the outstanding issues the Fact hinder made the following recommendations That the duration of the contract be for one year rather than the requested by the Board as the final composition of Bill 179 is unknown The teachers request for full board funding of the extended health O H P and dental benefits package was handed back lo the parties for con sldcratlon at tht time that they reach settlement with respect to compensation In this regard the teachers have requested an increase of 12 per cent to the 1 1962 salary stale while the Board has offered eight and one half per cent The Fact Finder recommended that the par ties consider nine percent but pointed out hit as the proposed legislation appeared to limit compensation package increases to nine per cent 9 for everything the parties would have to decide whether the nine per cent would either be in pay increases or some pay increase together with some Incremental increase by the board toward he funding of the health and den tal benefits The teachers further request that principals vice principals heads associate heads tors and coordinators receive increased com Program cost is investigated pensation was also recommended at nine per The fact Finder appears to have recom mended he nine per cent based on the data from comparative Boards In the Golden Horseshoe and the Tact that nine per cent appears to be in keeping with suggested guidelines of Bill 179 The Fact Finder rejected the teachers request that the board fully fund the costs of the Em ployec Assistance Plan but recommended in stead that the cost of the plan be shared equally by the elementary teachers secondary teachers and the board The Fact Finder suggested that the teachers should only receive paternity leave with pay if the health of the child or mother was endangered The Fact Finder sent back for further study the request of Ihe Board to limit the Employment Gratuity Plan compensation at and accumulated Sick Plan at days The report also deals ilh management rights early retirement incentive plans leaves of ab sence summer and night school professional development fund and working conditions Finally during the hearing it was pointed out that pupil Teacher ratio for the Second panel for the year was 17 The Fact Finder suggested that the parties work at re ducing this ratio in at least an incremental way in order to improve the Board landing in rela to the comparative Boards and the province In general Mayor for chairman is only a joke In spue of i request to offer industrial an family studies in all schools with grade 7 and pupils of is going to investigate those in attempts back Burlington Trustee Cam Jackson noted If we are going to expand wchaicto contract in other areas and I feel this family John son Km Inspects the newly installed hrat exchanger which waste heat from the cooling or the milk In the bulk tanks to heat water used to clean the equipment arts Is where ihere is room for contraction trustee Dick pointed out his motion for an in gallon into the costs of running the programs is in direct to a recommendation from Robert Dixon super of curriculum services and director of education which asks for the program to be ex panded Jackson explained that the contradiction was true but noted that the board could not the in the program In a move regional councillors said later was a joke Halton Hills Mayor Peter Pomeroy was almost nominated as the regional chairman for at the recent inaugural ceremonies Regional man Jack was elected prior to the inaugural on Wednesday by said he wanted to have a little bit or fun at the inaugural and sugges ted to other councillors someone else should be d for the chairman s position councillor red Oliver wrote out the motion for the no mi nation seconded by Miller Miller also moved nomination for chair man before the inaugural Regional clerk David Varley main tamed the nomination serious but said later that if Mayor had agreed to the nomination It would been official and would have had to be voted upon But shrugged off the Idea as anything but a Joke saying he wanted to stir things up a bit Asked if he would like to be regional chairman he said not this time but you never know- maybe In the future Councillor Miller who his name on two nations for chairman stated that he too enjoyed a bit of fun It was just a joke Miller claimed adding he did not realize there would be so many people here The council chambers at the region were jammed during the ceremonies Standing only at Region inaugural It was standing room at the Region Building Wednesday afternoon when reg tonal councillors were sworn into office for the new three years Piped in by Scotsman Ken Alexander who works at the region councillor filed into council chambers for the ceremonies The Sheridan College Orchestra played at various times during the inaugural Five of the coun cillorsincluding Hills John McDonald arc begin their first term at the region- Jack was off declared the 198385 of the region by clerk David Varley and was in by Judge John Robinson In his nine page ad dress Jack out lined the concerns facing council in the next three Although vague pointing out exact concerns he mentioned that this council can expect continued pressure for police services throughout Where there is a ted need he The police department must become more accessible rcspon to the needs of the residents of claimed that fiscal economic development needs of the elderly increased demands for social and I sices a changing basis for provincial funding and grants solid waste disposal and the of farm land will all to be addressed Four specific issues were mentioned in his speech One was the police another was improvements to the transportation system An advanced light rail transit line will be built between and Hamilton within the next four sears which will eventually connect 10 the said Raft is The aggregate issue Peter men Honed at the Hilton Hills Inaugural was also cited by We are 11a long way from the resolution of this issue the sat is faction of the residents of the region ind the aggregate in dusiry he said It is clear from public meeting in Hills and Milton that we must listen to and respond to the concerns of these residents in seeking a solution added he and the mayors will be meeting with the province very shortly to discuss the aggregate issue Sporadic attempts have been made to include the public in the region in the past decade according to He listed public meetings about the Regions Official Plan as one of the attempts made for public in volvement During this term we will the imple mentation of a public Dave Whiting and Jona McDonald as last awareness strategy and bylaw be a freedom of inor added