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Public Library Terrace Bay - POT 2WO0 Ontario School Board Chairman Mike Reid. Time for new confidence, says Reid Mike Reid, Schrei- ber's veteran School Trustee, was elected Chairman of the Lake Superior Board of Edu- cation in December. Reid was _ interviewed last week by the News. News: Mr. Reid, the Lake Superior Board went through several controversies in the last two years that focused nation-wide attention on it. Are you expecting major changes in policy with the election of a new Board? "Yes. We have seven new Trustees who have very definite ideas of how this Board should function and operate. These Trustees ran for their seats on the Board and were elected by their communities be- cause they wanted some changes made, and we will be seeing new poli- Terrace Ba Schreiber Vol. 28, No.2 Schreiber Kinsmen President Dave Kay ' presents Curling Club' President Tony cies arising from the desire of these new Trustees to make those changes."' News: Have there been any new policy Changes made so far? "No. At our first meeting the new Board elected its officers, formed our Committees, and discussed several things which are of concern to the Trustees, but we made no major policy changes."' News: are there any major policy changes under consideration? "As I said, many Trustees want changes made and they want to re-examine some things. There are some changes under discussion, but -I am not in a position to discuss them in detail until the Board's next meeting on January 17 in Marathon. Trustees y Wednesday, January 12, 1983. _ Speziale with a Cheque for $1500. Local resident victim of brutal assault Norma Crockford, a Terrace Bay resident was the victim of a brutal and unprovoked assault last week while walking on the street. Chief of Police Tom Tack said in a prepared statement that, "On Wednesday, January 5/83 .police were caiied to McCausland Hospital to apprehend a_ male person who assaulted a member of the medical staff and then left the hospital. While police were proceeding to the scene they observed a male person standing over a figure laying on the ground near the roadway entering McCausland Hospital. This person was subse- quently arrested and taken to the Schreiber lockup. The female victim of the assault was treated at McCausland Hospital for undeter- mined injuries. Criminal charges are pending, the matter is still under investigation." Subsequent reports said that Mrs. Crock- ford's assailant has been transferred to the Lake- head Psychiatric Hospital. from Manitouwadge are interested in our Hous- ing Policy and all the Trustees will be inter- ested in Rodger Allan's comments on the Schreiber Campus when we meet with him on January 10 in Mara- thon."' News: What is the status of the Schreiber Campus now? "The Motion passed by the former Board closing the Campus at the end of this June is still on the books. That decision will be review- ed by this Board.as soon as we get the Allan Re- port. We are now await- ing that Report and we expecting it at the end of this month. We will be making no_ decision before then." News: What are the major issues confronting the Board? "The major new issues are we are going to have to deal with this year are Pooled Assess- ment and the ROSE Report."' "Pooled Assessment is a proposal by the provincial government to take commercial and industrial taxes out of the hands of the local Board and transfer them to the province. This pool of new tax money would then be distribut- ed by Toronto to all the School Boards in the province."' "This is a _ very dangerous proposal and it is going to have to be opposed at every oppor- tunity."' "'Most of this Board's taxes come from the mills in Marathon and Terrace Bay. If we lose control of that money to Toronto we could be in very serious trouble over the next couple of decades. The provincial government assures us that we would be receiy- ing an equal amount of money in grants, but we all know that grants can be cut."' "Opposing Pooled Assessment is especially important for Marathon and Terrace Bay. If the government can take continued on page 9 Jody LeBlanc and Mark Saranpaa won the Silver Medal at the Northern Ontairo Figure Skating Championships in Timmins on November 26-28. New Pastor welcomed by JUDIE COOPER Barry and _ Beth Fellinger bring a host of talents and interests to their new community of Terrace Bay. Pastor Fellinger has taken on the ministry of the Terrace Bay Gospel Assembly following the recent departure of former Pastor John Larri. "'We're enjoying our new community. The pace of life is quite a change from Hamilton. The clean air is great. The scenery points out that this really is "God's country". We like small towns very much", comments an enthusias- tic Pastor Fellinger. Both Barry and Beth are 1981 graduates of Peterboro's Eastern Pentecostal Bible College, with Barry having the added dis- Gymnast and coach a by JUDIE COOPER Terrace Bay gymnast Danny O'Keefe has come a long way in the past two years. From setting up backyard gymnastics equipment and practicing from self- instruction manuals, he has advanced under the coaching of Betty Tate Pineau to excellence in provincial competitions. He placed 3rd in the "'Tyro B" championship held last May at York University and placed 11th in the Province at the Canada Games Selection meet held Sept. 26th in Hamilton. The story of Danny's hard-won and well- earned success is thrill- ing in itself but there is also a larger story to be considered . . . the story of volunteerism and coaching. The Ontario Gymnastic Federation put it well when it re- cently said "Ten percent of our volunteers do 90 percent of the work, and we (the O.G.F. and gymnastics) could not survive without volun- teer.- services,' It'- is certain that Terrace Bay Tumblers and Danny O'Keefe could not enjoy their excellent success without the talents and contributions of volun- teer coach Betty Tate. Betty was recently cited for her work in the OGF's Ontario Gymnast publication. Her work in establishing and over- seeing the gymnastic programs of approxi- mately 100 youngsters in Terrace Bay is both demanding and reward- ing. A relative newcom- er to coaching, Betty took a Level I Technical' coaching clinic in 1976 and quickly set to work organizing a recreation- al club in the Nipigon- Red Rock area. In 1979 she began her work in tinction of being class valedictorian. Both are avid readers and active writers, the most recent publication being one of Barry's in the PAOC magazine. Both are fluent in several contem- porary languages such as French and German and also skilled in Greek and Latin. Other inter- ests include astronomy and golf for Barry and continued on page 2 real team Terrace Bay and ex- panded her programme to include a small boys and girls competitive club. She also provided the impetus to start a club for boys in Thunder Bay. In addition, she holds. the position of Men's Technical Repre- sentative for the North Western Region. On Jan. 22nd, nation- al-level gymnasts from all over Ontario will compete in Toronto for berths in the National Compulsory meet to be held in June at Banff. Coach Tate says Danny is "'looking really good, and should 'do very well" in Toronto. Also coming up is the meet in Terrace Bay during April for regional girls, provincial boys and national boys competi- tors. Watch for more details of this event in coming editions of the NEWS.