HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-03-13, Page 1wvnderf erience Ifes:
ahead for an area toner this
saMmer. AteShalv1Offat, of Kin -
lost township, received wont,
recently thatshe has been chew.
to participate in the Ontario`
Adventure Trip to England this
August.
, ►lesha ,`has been actively in-
volved in the Guidi1ngalMovement
:Onces'he":w Six years old. She
Is
presently in her third Year as a Inde r. v
n.tururg her last Year as a ctrl`.
nude, Aleslta received her All
Fouad Ord, Her next god_ is
give her Cama Cord
well on her way to Kiev
wo less ° In this essay
she had 0 state what she e4
pected to tribute to the event,
to her ::host 'family and to the
.country she would be visiting.
ung hear five day 'visit" to
England, Mesita wig stay at .
Ledge, formneady 411406 Olave •
House.: ,She lin*e u chance
to.enjoy . c1Qhlts ei no °terms
fo..
board. of eadotl has :taken ` a
n , SIC at. its 1 budget '
and ;a: Warning' payersnot to-
expect as ►y..tan iracles.
Finance ems, Barry Schmidt,
at.,;theboard's March:#.m th%
said costs areoing up,�ut g>ts
have not appreciably increased -P.'
In an effort to control' a ..t udget
that stood at $61.2 million in 1990,
the board is trimming school supply
allowanccsyreviewingtransportation
costs, and even ..has. a committee ;of�
principals and senior staff called
"wise ' use of dol s ` . to stiggest
cost-cutting measures -related' to
equipment purchases •and
The association Calla for the
"snake every effort to restrict
distonaary pe, . ding" rather than
shift` 't blame • "for
"unreasonable tom_ increases" onto
the -province,
•Schmidt salt it's too early to say
whatt' thii year's overall` budget
increase Will be, but admitted he's
not expecting a miracle'. " ' •
On the issue , of testraipt, ;her
board is . looking at all Clay, .:every.
other day -kindergarten Asia way to -
save .money.
o=save:money. "Ttesuggesttont. cue
from 'a.. Chesle r arca paren
The board still gets Letters from kindergarten will. save noon -
rate payers upset with Inst year's bussing costs:
tax hike that ranged as high as 23 Chairman Dave Inglis said several
per cent A letter Tuesday, from the committers . are looking at the
Sauble Beach, Pct er'ty Owners' proposal, but later admitted his own
Association, said, members find `reservations about the idetu
toss levied on their summer homes .. 1'414 said ''there academic
to be "quite onerous°, °dally concerns. including :toss of
Hitt , recti
Vetetint trustee and former chair-
man of the board, William Hllyhr,
has been recognized by his peers
for his � years of service to
education. W
• The Bruce Grey Separate ,School
fioard waS . told illyer has been
voted the Ontario Separate SchOol
Trustee's Association's Award of,.
l�Ierit.
6
° award ted
associatOres ann eeting .:
T� got
b costs
''Su uwiser Larry Kirby rby sats the board•busses 6$Sg
studcn '-ori -", ', , . vutes, ut a,'cost "
$5.5 million year.athe 8.26
Bent .:incre W. -the 1991 budget
includes 2.24 per cent for the DST..
The.. board is often . criticized for,
running half empty busses 'up and
down the roads' In fact,�that wai
one' of the first. charges .levelled
against t rustees-at an early, meeting'
,,of t��h,�/e'�qy:.n�st }}l�lc }� - - r�pp
.on' edueillt l stsa ,r y.
Vsr6rlC. at tom aid tidy c�te1
But ray atoned the board wh r xt wnothing
Pont' le, and Abates spec\!Y .. ww..w.... .
such 1.as lit_ „vans for the moved, to
handicapped.
4 ai
As to the halfetnpty busses •
critics abut! Kirby. said*. "the
bus has to start off etnpty„'on its
route to pick op stunts
th .a d s' rr alalia er own -
home in the vile " She is. very
happy .with thelocation' nes the
sChOola which enables` her to watch
the children. at play; She jokingly
said the was able 10 keep an eye .on
the boys and; would} know if they "
were berng, good or bad.
, Rnppy birthday Mrs. 'McDonald
Tinders for the $190;000 jeci
will be called neat mon t The
addition will increase the size of the
.school by "most SO per cent.
r�
PORT ELGIN
PLAN 7RO1 1, •
. overcrowded sand. ~heavily"
used playground at' St. Joseph's
School, Port Iflgin, will get a
facelift this year.
The $43,000 .'projectr:is being
financed" I by on :13a,000 donation
from the Bruce Grey. Separate
to go