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--_ 4 Vol. 14, No.6, Folio 12 Wednesday, February 11,1981 28 pages, 25cents After extensive preparation the tug Aburg was brought Saturday above the waters of Penetanguishene Bay from the bottom on which it sat since before Christmas. A number of powerful pumps were used to Coffin full of suckers Protestors use unusual props A group of about 10 people from this area demonstrated in front of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa Friday with a coffin filled with children's suckers and portrayed Premier William Davis as "being unfair". The group, which included Claude Desrochers, founder of the Centre d'activites francaises, and six Ecole Le Caron students, also met briefly with Serge Joyal, chairman of the parliamentary com- mittee studying the constitution. Joyal was given a five-page brief for the commission during a 10 minute meeting held outside the House of Commons. Basile Dorion, a member of the group, said the suckers in the coffin represented what French services in Ontario mean _ to Francophones. A student in a Bill Davis mask would give other students in the group a sucker when they asked for something and later take it back. The group tried and failed to meet with Jean Marchand, the Speaker of the Senate. Two members of the group did meet with Simcoe North MP Doug Lewis. Minority rights concern of Ottawa demonstrators pump water out of the Sub Services boat, owned by Garnett Cheney. Dorion said the group went as representatives of- Franco-Ontarians. The students went with the permission of their parents. The area French Language Advisory Committee had asked the Simcoe County Board of Education to allow Penetanguishene high school and Ecole Le Caron students to participate in the writing of a brief to be delivered to the parliamentary com- mittee. The board last Citizen briefly Burning chair reason for fire alarm Penetanguishene Fire Department's only call in the last week was to 11 Poyntz Street at 12:20 a.m. last Saturday. Firemen were called to the residence of Paul Buttineau to extinguish a fire in a chair. Parents for Grade 1 French form group Parents concerned about the lack of French instruction in the county's public schools until Grade 6 have formed the Simcoe County Parents for French Group. The stimulus for the group was an un- successful effort last year by parents in the south end of the county. They asked to have French instruction in Bradford Public School begin with Grade 1 at the start of this school year. The board rejected the group's request by a 9-8 vote. Dr. Andy Fletch, of R.R. 2, Beeton, heads the Simcoe County for French Group. Furnace off, school empty Monday Ecole St. Joseph's 350 students received their second unscheduled day off from school of 1981 Monday. The furnace wasn't working properly, either last Monday, or Jan. 12, also a Monday. The temperature in some classes was 50 degrees F.. Staff in the school were wearing their boots. A majority of the school's students travel to and from school by bus. Word of the can- cellation got around quickly and the buses arrived carrying only students for the Annex across the street. Candidates declare themselves Provincial candidates for Simcoe Centre have begun declaring themselves as the March 19 elections loom closer. George Taylor, the incumbent has stated his intention to defend his seat in this riding, held since his election to the position in 1977. Mr. Taylor has listed the economy and the Penetanguishene French language high school as issues facing candidates this time around. Barrie lawyer Bruce Owen will represent the Liberal party at the polls next month and he too is concerned over the French school issue. He feels Mr. Davis "bungled" the issue. As for the NDP group, a nomination meeting slated for tomorrow evening in Barrie should provide answers as to who will represent them. Barrie Lawyer Paul Wessinger, federal NDP candidate in last year's election says he won't seek the nomination but says Gaye Lamb is one definite possibility. Cascagnette suffers minor injury Diane Cascagnette, 19, of Main Street, Penetanguishene, a passenger in one of three cars involved in an accident in Midland Saturday, received minor injuries. She was not taken to hospital. The driver of the car in which she was riding. a King Street, Midland, resident, Mary Vaillancourt, 20, was charged with failing to yield. Vaillancourt was eastbound on Elizabeth Street. Joseph Stewart, 25, of Queen Street, Midland, was southbound on Midland Avenue. ' Doreen Bray, 56, of Third Street, Midland, was also eastbound on Elizabeth Street. Time we rer denounces media campaign participation. of | of te aesident was 2:30 pm. SS students. Friday's demonstration on Parliament Hill was _to go through a three year crisis" (to get a local : | performed to support the inclusionin the Canadian French language high school.) PLAC. pehairman - constitution of provisions to protect minority rights. participant Basile Dorion said Monday. The demonstration was also meant to be a Claudette Paquin and FLAC member Gilles Maurice joined the It is not enough for Ontario to provide French instruction, Dorion said, after stating that Ontario does not give French instruction on demand. Inside the Citizen _ denouncing of Ontario's media campaign that Facilities are needed to go with the instruction, he | 8T0UP for press con- i ite describes the extent of its French services. said. Instruction in French in mixed elementary | ference in Montreal Shirley Whittington Page 5 "The constitution looks good on paper," Dorion and secondary schools "does not do justice to | Monday. Desrochers Lifestyle Page 8 said, but paper principles and reality-are two Francophones," he said. and Dorion, also a different things. "'There should be no need for a Instruction without a school is like an FLAC executive Sports Paae 17 community like Penetanguishene to be torn apart aytomobile without gasoline, he explained. "It's memes, ite ibe group po ag over minority rights. A mechanism should be tter than nothing but you need the facilities to in wa after Friday's =¢: included in the constitution so that we don't have ago it ser * dertonstraliae and Classified/Real Estate Page 22 : meetings. . ial - a aa RS aE ak. Wea boy a 2 ihe a ae « a