HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-02-07, Page 3Literacy event
scheduled for
Listowel
The Listowel District Secondary School
choir ai1i -sing .a variety of pieces in
honour of International literacy Year at
a literacy event at wrist Church United
Listowel on February 14 from 1:30 to
3:30 p••m.. Rosemary'
g_ valdson, Conestoga Col-
lege teacher in Listowel, will ex-
Plain
xPlain the adult literacy programa run out
of the public library. LocalTspeakers will
address, the• need for adult .literacy
progra;ns.
Conestoga. College runs free one-to-one.
adult literacy classes in Stratford,
Listowel, Clinton, Wingha n and Goderieh
through funding from the Ministry of
Skills •Development.
This is a response° to the nationalcall
for improved literacy skills. According to
the Southern News survey, one in four
Canadian adults is funetionally'iliiterate._
This means that reading instructions on
a pill bottle -or figuring out a bus
schedule is beyond their capability.
For more information about Conestoga
College's literacy programs, \ call.
Rosemary Rognveldson at 291-4621 or
Marilyn Cunningham at 271.5700.
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• Officers em include tithe front Fire Wayne Stanley,, captain and Prt r Steer, t u n and Greg Blake, captain.
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Huron County Waste Management_
_Preliminary completed on identifying potential areas and markets
The Huron County Waste Management Master Plan .study, which began In ,Pune 1988,
is being undertaken to develop a comprehensive,long term strategy for dealing with
waste in Quron County. in May 1989, the Stage 1 Report "Data Collection" was ,com-
pleted. Stage 2A Preliminary Report Identification of `Potential Areas and Markets is
now available for review by the public, This report contains constraint maps of Huron
County, identifying areas whieb are satiable for further investigation in order to identify
potential landfill sites. The report alsovides iinforrnation. about markets for materials
which maybe recovered from the waste stream, outlines possibilities for future waste,
management administration, and discusses: tentative considerations with respect to the
appropriate components of, a waste management system for Huron County. •
Copies of the Stage 2A Preliminary Report are 'available at the- iuclurow Public
1.lbmry, all main branches of Ruron County Public Library, Huron County Municipal
offices (not for loan outside office) and the Huron County Department of • Planning ami
Development.
" Copies of Stage 1 Final Report are also available at the aforementioned locations. •
A limited number of copies of both reports are available for sale at the Planning and
Development office, at cost.
Following the public review, .period- (ending March: 9, 1990) public comments will be
incorporated in the Stage 2A Preliminary Report document, which .is then issued as.;
the Stage M Final Report:
Comments from the public are requested and•public meetings to discuss the Stage
2A Prete are'scheduled for March 7, 7:30 p.m. at the Ilona Arena and March
8, 7;30 p.m. at the Blyth Arena. Informal open houses will be held,prior to the public
meetings, 3:30 to 7 p.m,
Open bousea, from 3:30 to 7 p.m., will also be held as follows:
Seaforth Municipal Office, February 26
Goderich Municipal Office, February 27
Exeter Municipal. Office, February 28"
Wingham Municipal Office, March 1
These open houses provide an opportunity. for the public to trop in and .review' the In-
formation contained in the report, discuss: questions or • ciiikbetus` with staff on an in-
dividual basis, and to provide your •comments and input.
If you would like further information, wish: to provide comments or input, feel free
to contact Jo -Anne Richter, Waste Management Project Co-ordinator at 524-2188. Call
collect if long distance.
Information on a number of waste management issues, including composting, recycl-
ing, hazardous wastes and environmental concerns are kept on file at the Project Co-
ordinators office,; Court House, Goderlch, Ontario, N7A. 1M2.
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