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Â¥ ie in ty hoi. . mc ie Nh im ais : : on l C en En % Jan. 26, 1994 Patience pays off as Iron Duke reâ€"floated By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff Free at last! On Monday, 10 days after it sank in Bronte Harbor, the 11.5â€"ton tug Iron Duke was finally refloated by owner Dave Reimer and his extremely weary team. "It was a big job," a tired Reimer said Tuesday as he prepared to head back to the site to try and start the engines. On Jan. 14 th Reimer, the owner of Dave Aquatic Service Inc., found the 34â€"foot craft hopelessly submerged in water and virtually encased in ice. On Jan. 18th â€" after stabilizing the Iron Duke with chains, ropes and nearly 3,000 pounds of sandbags on the rear deck â€" Reimer plunged into the frigid waters to determine the cause of the mishap. Equipped with scuba gear and protective suit, he searched the hull for cracks or any other reason why his boat sank but found nothing amiss. Once free of the ice, however, Reimer discovered that a waterproof seal around the propeller shaft had Board looking at its options (Continued from page 1) and services," said Williams. "I believe this to be the only way to achieve the targets while still preservâ€" ing the quality of education we deliver to young people." Other proposals to be presented to the board include the cancellation of the Bronte Creek program ($166,252) and a switch to a user fee program for Outdoor Education. The cancellation of further computer purchases in 1994 is expected to save $300,000. As far as the implementation of Junior Kindergarten (JK) is conâ€" cerned, Williams said he is "not anticiâ€" pating any budget implications and if there are, we‘ll deal with them then." According to a directive issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, unless a board has just cause, JK must be implemented in schoolboards in some form by September of 1994. Williams said the board is currently looking at its JK options, but believes it has had ‘just cause‘ all along and JK is "not considered in the 1994 budget proposal." "We are facing an economic downturn. Taxpayers have been hit hard and can‘t bear anymore," said Williams. "Funding from the provinces has plumetted from 1969 to 1993, from the 60% range to 21.5% of Halton‘s per pupil expenditure last year. We expect this trend to continâ€" ue." The social contract has had a major impact on the organization with the board having to chop $9.4 million in each of three years to meet social conâ€" tract obligations. Williams said he is not anticipating any staff layoffs and that the 5% reduction in staff over three years can be accomplished through attrition. Fortyâ€"two nonâ€" teaching staff chose early retirement packages this year through the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement Systemand they will not be replaced, said Williams. Over the next few months there will be a complete reâ€" organization of all nonâ€"teaching staff, he added. In the past, those saved dollars ‘ could be used to reduce the board‘s budget but "most of those dollars will go towards social contract." Administratively, there will be reorganization and cuts in the areas of staffing, professional development funds and budgets which cover items such as art supplies, photocopy paper and textbooks. Administration will also be reviewâ€" ing plans to close the area education centres and revise the delivery of English as a Second Language and Special Education programs. SEWING _ 3 MACHINE store| REPAIRS TO SINGER and all other makes models § EXPERT PINKING SHEARS SCISSOR SHARPENING 564 Kerr St. 842â€"2033 Iniside Come Clean With Us at Oaktown Plaza TODAY‘S DELIVERY * Sears e Pharma Plus e Woolco * Oakville Homes + Oakville Overdrive * Partial Delivery split and allowed the frigid waters to stream inside and sink the boat. Before this cause could be deterâ€" mined, though, Reimer and company had plenty of hard work ahead of them. Their task began Sunday when Reimer and his crew spent all afterâ€" noon cutting the ice around the Iron Duke. Using an underwater chainsaw, Reimer said they cut a fourâ€"inch wide strip all around the vessel through ice as much as 18 inches thick. The group returned to the site at 7 a.m. on Monday to set up the three pumps necessary to drain the Iron Duke. These continued nonâ€"stop until around midâ€"day when Reimer and friends slowed them in order to ease the vessel up in a controlled ascent. This was necessary due to the huge quantity of ice â€" at least five tons, said Reimer â€" still enclosing the bow. This was sawn up in one cubic foot cubes and once the stern reached a certain level, the sandbags were discarded. At 3 p.m. the Iron Duke was completely free. Heaters powered by diesel generaâ€" tors kept the interior of the boat warm all night and despite the noise Reimer said people living in the immediate area remained congenial about the sitâ€" uation. "The community has been very supportive," said Reimer, who wanted to finish the job and avoid running the generators two nights in a row. The first order of business was to patch the seal for the remainder of the winter and then start the engines. Reimer said the batteries and possibly the starter will have to be replaced. Further electrical repairs will follow. Ultimately Reimer says he‘ll haul the Iron Duke out of the harbor. "It hasn‘t been out of the water for seven years," he says. "It‘s due for some service." Looking back on the experience, Reimer said the situation was simply a coincidence of several factors â€" not the least of which was the record cold snap. "These were circumstances beyond what we normally face," he said. 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