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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-07-08, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987. PAGE 23. 'Miss almoral' leads second round of openings A sign of how quickly the summer is passing is the realiza­ tion that the second round of openings at the Blyth Festival beginsTuesday night, July 14 with the opening of “Miss Balmoral of Photographers: here's your chance The sights of Huron County will be featured next year at the Blyth Festival’s Art Gallery and local photographers will be providing them. A special photographic show of the people and places, flora and fauna of Huron County will be one of the 1988 programs at the gallery. The contest is open to all Huron H.P. Separate Board closes one school after enlarging another BY WILMA OKE To get a grant to enlarge one Roman Catholic elementary school in Stratford led to the closing of another. The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board voted unanimously Monday night to close Immaculate Conception School, its smallest elementary school in the city in June, 1988. In order to get a grant from the Ministry of Education to expand and provide better facilities for St. Ambrose Separate School approv­ al was conditional on Immaculate Conception closing. Its (Immacu­ late Conception) attendance has been declining in the last three years from 150 down to 92 students now and signs point to the decline continuing. Following notification on June 9 by the Ministry it had approved a $1.2 million addition to St. Am­ brose School, the board chairman, Dave Durand of Zurich said trustees had to act quickly. “There was no easy way to do it,” said Education Director Wil- lian Eckert. The parents of the students were warned the next day by a letter sent home with students of the intent to close the school. Pupils who would have attended Immaculate Conception will be taken by bus to St. Ambrose beginning in September, 1988, when the addition is to be completed. The addition to St. Ambrose will make it a full facility school with a new administrative area, six addi­ tional classrooms including a kindergarten, two of the new classrooms will be large enough to house a music room and a science lab, a special education class and a special Guidance room, a gymna- torium with stage and change rooms and new washrooms. Six Stratford parents attended the board meeting but had no voice at the meeting as they were not on the agenda to speak. During the STARTS FRIDAY iOOERlCH 524-7811 • FRI. - SAT. 7 & 9:15 J SUN. - THURS. 7:30* adventure OF INCREDIBLE PROPORTIONS THE SQUARE! ^^^DDEE^kcEEKZuS Mother Marie From Your Friends ENDS THURSDAY 7:30 the Bayview’’ by Colleen Curran. Even before opening the play is a major hit with all tickets gone for many performances by early this week. Ticket buyers are reacting to thepastsuccessof Colleen Cur- County residents. Photographs may be either black and white or colour and must be a minimum 8 by 10 inches in size. The photos must be dry-mounted on a 16 by 20 inch matte board. The name and address of the photographer must be clearly marked on the back. Photographers still have an opportunity to prepare their best recess period in the lunch room they expressed their opposition to the closure of the only school in the east end of the city. One parent raged he may send his children to a nearby public school rather than having them bused to St. Ambrose which is about a mile and a half away in the south end of Stratford. Trustee Ernest Vanderschot of St. Marys, chairman of the board's accommodation review commit­ tee, told the press he is not worried about parents reacting to the closing by sending their children to a public school. He spoke of the obvious advantages of a Catholic school. Trustee Louis Maloney of Dublin said he would have liked to have heard the concerns of the parents before he voted on closing Imma­ culate Conception. They were not invited to speak during the meet­ ing. Dave Durand, board chairman, spoke of the recent closure of Ecole Ste. Marie at RR 2, Zurich, in his area. He said the parents no longer oppose the closure as they realize that the larger school with all the facilities offers more to the stu­ dents. The board plans to keep the Immaculate Conception building but hasn’t any immediate plans for it. Trustee Ron Marcy of Stratford wondered if when the board gets the money for St. Ambrose it could re-open Immaculate Conception if needed and not mothball it. He said the board should not dispose of it until the money is received from the ministry for the new secondary school the board hopes to built in Stratford by 1990tohouseall its secondary students. In other busi­ ness: WAWANOSH VALLEY Bruce McCall, chairman of the Maitland Valley Conservation Au­ thority and its community relations ran’s plays at Blyth. She first brought her work to the Blyth stage with Cake-Walk which was a hit of the 1984 season and was brought back last year for touring. In 1985 she wrote Moose County for the work because the deadline for entries in the contest is Monday, February 29,1988. All entries must be delivered to the Festival Art Gallery. Those chosen for exhibi­ tion will be available to be picked up by owners after the show closes. Those not chosen can be picked up at the Festival Box Office at the beginning of April. Co-ordinator, Paul Weitendorf, attended the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board meeting Monday and show­ ed a film on the Wawanosh Nature Centre and spoke of the conserva­ tion education provided there for 2,600 school children last year. The 400-acre site is open year round with trained staff on hand to work with the children. The religion classes for the trainable retarded in the coming school year will be increased from once weekly to twice weekly. The board approved the resigna­ tion of Mary Brown by mutual consent. The resignation of Mich­ elle Whitely from St. Mary’s School Goderich was accepted and Karla Hogan was hired for the same school. Maria Spinozzi was hired at St. Patrick’s School, Kinkora, as a classroom teacher, and Bernice Bishop was hired at the same school as a classroom teacher, also Mary Lou Jordan to teach special education. Joanne Goetz was hired as a classroom teacher at St. James, Seaforth. ® BROWNIE'S DRIVE-IN • 9 A 169 BEECH ST.. CLINTON OPEN AT 8: ’0 P.M. FIRST SHOW AT DUSK 482-703C THIS WEEKEND: FRI. SAT SUN., JULY 10 11 12 #1 BOX OFFICE HIT! EDDIE MURPHY I3IzVE12I-'6J411-I-S fl I T V T IT 'X COARSE LANGUAGE Theatres Branch Ont. THE HEATS BACK ON! — PLUS 2ND FEATURE — “HOT PURSUIT " WARNING: Drugs. Swearing, t.b.o. L-T^ SCHWARZENEGGER PREDATOR Festival. Miss Balmoral returns to the same hotel as Cake-Walk. It features Beth Anne Cole, Stan Coles, Jerry Franken and two Huron County actors, Kevin Bun­ dy and Shirley Hall, both originally from Goderich. The play is directed by Terry Tweed who is associate artistic director this season. Sets and costumes are by Jule Tonus with lighting by Kevin Fraser. Also in rehearsal for opening July 21 is Bush Fire by Laurie Fyffe, a suspense play set in Lanark County in the early 1800’s. When a fire claims the lives of Ann Easby and four of her children a mystery develops as to whether this is an accident or something more sinister. The cast for the spine-chiller includes Karen Barker, Neil Fos­ ter, Martha Irving, David Marr, Wayne Nicklas, Laurel Paetz, Peter Smith and Greg Spottis- wood. The play is directed by Jackie Maxwell with period set and costumes by Jules Tonus and Kerry Hackett respectively. Reviews for the first two open­ ings “Girls in the Gang’’ and “Bordertown Cafe” generally have been strong. F. [PGI & V.1BI IN V si Harold & Thelma Ferguson of Belgrave 30dt 'Wedduty July6,1987 rfmtocetCMtMt Mrs. Beverley Storey of Kincardine, formerly of Whitechurch and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gillis of RR 2, Brussels are pleased to announce the engagement of their children Heather and Kevin. Wedding to take place July 18th at the Presbyterian Church in Brussels at 4:00 p.m. Open reception to follow at Brus­ sels Community Centre. Please take this as your personal invitation to at­ tend. DODDS-McDOWELL Gerald and Carol McDowell of RR 1, Belgrave are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Kimberley Lynne to Donald Earl Dodds of RR 2, Teeswater. The wedding will take place Saturday, July 25, 1987 at Knox United Church, Auburn, Ontario at 2:30 p.m. Reception to follow at Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre.