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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-03-09, Page 7PANCAKE TIME — Shrove Tuesday was marked in Brussels last week with the annual pancake supper at St. John's. Anglican Church. A good crowd enjoyed all they could eat of the traditional meal, (Photo by Langlois) the amount of water contained in the watershed area. This information, along with weather forecasts, will enable the Authority to give ample warning to municipalities about the threat of flooding. The authority has requested all member municipalities to complete a questionnaire outlining flood prone areas, listing addresses and phone numbers of municipal officials, and detailing inventories of municipal and privately owned equipment that could be used to combat flood conditions. A document will be prepared explaining the new flood warning system for circulation to all' municipalities in the' watershed covered by the Authority. OPP reports 27 collisions During the week of February 21-27, officers at the Wingham OPP detachment conducted thirty six investigations. 21 charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act and twenty warnings were issued. Three charges were laid under the Liquor Licence Act. During the week, there were 27 motor vehicle collisions which caused an estimated $27,575.00 in property damage and injuries to seven persons. All persons injured received minor injuries. Of the above collisions, 25 occurred over the weekend, and all were due to hazardous driving conditions. We're Masters at Our Craft! Pour Licenced Body Men to Serve You, COMPLETE COLUMN, FRAME AND REFINISHING SERVICE Class A Mechanic ARLS AUTO BODY. * 24 HOUR TOWING * Vehicle .iitittiettiOrt Centre Brussels 887-9269 THE: BRUSSELS '00S+-. MARCH -9, 1977 —7 Grade, 3 has. BPS assembli- MVCA plans early flood warning system Brussels Friendship Club met in ,the Legion Hall March 2 with a good attendance. Two numbers of entertaintrierit were enjoyed, on Patterson with step dancing and Mrs. Miller with a reading, A buts trip to Ottawa ill May was diSctiSSed,. A few games of euchre followed. Winners were High Lady-Verna Thomas, High GentJohn Low Lady-Lydia ,Caitietoii i LOW Gat-Mrs. Miller (playing as a Mari) Most no of tWeS on Cards-Gent-Mr. HOte-t; Ladies-Mary Yuill. Next meeting is to be held_ March 30. A flood warning system which will enable municipalities to mobilize men and equipment to combat flood conditions was outlined at the annual meeting of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority February 15, in Wroxeter. Curriculum planning at the local level is already underway in the Huron Perth Roman Catholic Separate School system, according to guidelines from the Ministry of Education, superin- tendent of curriculum BillEckert told members of the board at their regular Meeting in Dublin on Monday night. Mr. Eckert said education minister Thomas Wells has said that the • ministry will provide curriculum guidelines that "make sure kids get the fundamentals" and provide a base for local development of curriculum. The HPRCSS system will use curriculum guides that are already available to plan courses of study for kindergarten to grade six students and will get guidelines on grades seven and eight in april from the ministry. Curriculum committees on art and science have already Started work and a committee on reading will start next week. Teachers in the. Huron Perth system are being asked what curriculum committees they want to sit on and will contribute programs that they've air eady developed and which are working well. In addition to courses of study already used in the board's schools, the curriculum committees will draw on ideas from other boards, Mr. Eckert said. "We're not going to invent the wheel all over again,". Mr. Eckert said, explaining that developing the curriculum is a Matter of consolidating what teachersin the system already know and what can be gained front the experience of others, If the ministry guidelines are as descriptive as has been indicated "a lot of What We need to Wotk with will be there", he said. A system wide professional development day on reading is being held March 7 at St. Michael's School in Stratford, Mr. Eckert told the trustees. Trustee David teahen of Stratford asked if a record will.. be kept of attendance at the PD day since it is "an important day for all teachers:';' bireetor of Edticatidn John Vintar The warning system will consist of an elaborate monitoring procedure to predict runoff in watersheds and a chain of emergency contact which will inform municipalities of flood peaks. Information on snow depth, told Mr. Teahen that principals are responsible for informing the administration about any absences and filling in any teachers who are sick and unable to attend. The bpard met in committee of the whole for an hour and a half, in public session for two hours and then went back into committee of the wh ole at 11:30. One of the items being discussed in private is the feasibililty of introducing French in grades other than seven and eight in HPRCSS schools. But the only report out of committee of the whole was a recommendation that the board's insurance committee study the possibility of 24 hour accident coverage for trustees before policy renewal in October. In other business, education director Vintar told board members that he hopes to have a report on libraries inside the system at the next board meeting. Teachers will be irecognized for outstanding participation in extra curricular activities the same way as in the past, .by a trustee recognizing their work at a board meeting, trustee Teahen reported from the personnel committee. More formal recog- nition might penalize a teacher who's worked just as. hard with a team as another teacher who say, has a championship team, Mr. Teahen said. Friendship Club meets weight of snow, crust and soil conditions will be compiled along watersheds by Authority staff members throughout the winter. The data will then be forwarded to the meteorological section of the Ministry of Natural Resources, which can determine Trustees felt that it was probably no longer necessary to appoint two of their number to go over the monthly computerized cheque list with business superintendent Jack Lane. But, trustee Teahen' pointed out, the board is responsible for all money paid out and he thought there should be a chance to question and to approve accounts at each board meeting. "If you think a bill's too high, you'll want to question it", trustee Mike Connolly said. He's chairman of the board's finance committee which will bring a recommendation on h andling the cheque list to the next board meeting. Trustee Ron Marcy asked the administration about an article in Dimensions, a magazine on education from the ministry for trustees, Which indicated that there are more funds available for special education. "How much extra, has this board„ been getting?" he wanted to know. Superintendent Joe Mills explained that there isn't an extra per pupil grant available for special ed, like there is for French or metric studies, juSt an adjustment in the grant weighting factor that the ministry uses. "There's a kind of window dressing in Ministry reports when they're talking about grants," added business superintendent Jack Lane: "It's not nearly as profitable as it looks then," said Mr. Marcy. Pro-Life plans Festival for Life The Wingham and area, Pro-Life group, Voice for Life, join Pro-Life groups froni across Canada in Ottawa May 5-7 fee the Pestival for Life. These groups Will represent the millions of Canadians who are concerned for the lives of unbotn and for women with problem pregnancies. Rev. Wesley Ball, Gorrie, will " be-the giiest speaker at the third annual dinner Meeting of Voice tor Life triesdayi Match 29 at 7:00 p.m, at St. Paul's Anglican ChutCh i Winghani. The Grade 3 class presented their assembly on Tuesday, February 22nd. The first thing the grade three class did was to sing a song entitled "God. Who Touches the Earth with Love". The name of their play was "The Bear'who wouldn't Hibernate". It was related to their science study because they are studying hibernation. They had three trees in the background which were Mike Vader, Robbie Zimmer and Robert Willie. The three bears were baby: Mike Bridge, Mama; Paul Thompson, Daddy:. Wayne Wheeler. The Fox was Oscar Van Den Assem. The rabbit was Kerry Bauer. Mr. Scott showed a short film entitled "Feelings". He asked various questions about the film afterwards and received some interesting replies from the students, Mr. Prior and Mr. Scott also handed out the arm bars for the winning soccer and volleyball champions. We would like to thank Mrs. Wilson and her grade 3 class for a most interesting assembly. Janet Heibein and Debbie Prior Fundamentals important HPRCSSB plans curriculums Get your house when mortgage rates are low Right now when mortgage rates are lower, is the time for you to build or buy that home or cottage or to renovate the home you own. 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