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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-10-17, Page 3i lC t v $enitrltel, Wcda�a Oetosher 17 1101141- PINK 3 Bruce -Grey S.S. board will participate in tud ent Exchange program Ii NUV •R. Tc Bit a -they Separate Board will pertleipate rat the•new Ontario Student Exchange Foundation, beginning next year, The foundatatt is being set up to take over ttdntiuisttagiurt of exchana gea in Quebec and Eturepe. Until' uqw, the Minisny of Education managed, the exchanges, but the •ministry i withdrawing from that role in junta 1991. Wilke rton's, Sacred Heart High School now has two exchange students, and will see two of its students go to EWA for the. second:' ,half of the six. tuonth Wedon't have huge numbers, usually one or two a year, said. superintendent Joe Rys. The separate board will pay a $400 initial fee and. $100 a year to belong to the foundation. It is also asking the foundation's boardof directors; have three instead of two separate school representatives, along with, the four public board and one French board members. SKI PROGRAM The Bruce -Grey Separate School Board's 10 -year-old. ski • program. will be' reviewed after this year to see if it needs any changes. Education chainnan Ken Waechter said the review will give parents a chance to continent onthe program, which allows students in Grades 6, 7 and .8 totake two six-week ses- sions of ski lessons: in a three-year period. The . lessons are held at Happy Valley Ski Resort in Walkerton, and cost the board $12,710. Parents pay $28 a student. Figures released atthe board's September 25 meeting show 565 students at Walkerton and Owen Sound area schools took partin the program in a year. COMPUTERS FOR KIDS The weekly family shopping could yield new computers for the classroom according to a program approved by Bruce -Grey Separate School: lid trustees 4 their ht meeting, 'Computers For. IC -7.1s' s' .involves clipping the product ode symbol on more than SQ products .tin sponsoring food . indns companies. The symbols are -collected monthly in the classroom and sent in by the school.-- Eselt UPC has a point value. and the school canuse the points to 'buy' " computer hardware . and software�m a list supplied by the. p ogra e'4 .. Superintendent BillFarent said the: programer avoids the need fix door-to-door :selling by students, and takes fess administration time from staff than usual fend Wising efforts. In return; the schools: can order the equipment and programs they need, as long as _ they are eonu, patiible with the board's existing IBM equipment. "If the average fumy ac- cumulates seven.UPC's a week, the goalis attainable," Parent said. Trustees were told a school with 325 students can. expect to collect enough symbolsand points to earn two IBM computers and programs. The computers for Kids. Program runs from September to March 1991. . "It could be worth $30,000 board :wide," said Parent. "That's pretty conservative," he added. "It may be $50,000 to $60,000.". Parent said he already discussed the program with computer teachers in the schools, and they are en- thusiastic about the idea.. In fact, trustees were told some . teachers wereready to sign up their schools right away, but had " to wait . for trustee approval of the campaign. ED FUNDING The Grey -Bruce Separate Board has respondedto the so called Amabel Task Forte on education costs by -assembling figures that show the - board "has lower as- sessment, lower student costs, and • Donated hides and jaw collections may be left in Blyth this year Deer and moose hunters living in Huron and Perth counties can con- tinue to donate their hides as in 1989. The collection point this year is at the,rear of the Old Mill which is located pne mile south of Blyth on Highway No. 4. Hunters will receive an orange hat for , each .moose or deer hide they turn in and a crest for each moose, deer or bear jaw they donate. The cleaned lower jaw of a deer or moose should be brought along with the hide to the collection point. Jaws must be removed from the head. The teeth provide Ministry resource managers with an estimate of the age of the animal and the age, along with other information provided by the hunter, helpsdetermine the status of an animal population. The Ministry can then adjust, the rules which regulate the opportunities to harvest deer and moose to ensure the use is sustainable. Hides and jaws will not be accepted at the Wingham District office. The Old Mill . is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Thursday. On Friday they are open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. "The use of a commercial hide collector in Huron and Perth coun- ties will increase the quality of hide preparation and the efficient movement of hides from hunters to native people," said John Barker, General Manager of Northern Hides Incorporated. °'We are pleased that the Ministry of Natural Resources is continuingits support of this program whichallows native people to use their traditional skills to lower debt than wimp. "We are the lowest in assessment by any standard," said Bili Brown. director of education, at the boar'd's September 25 meeting in Hanover. Brown said the board is accrued of duplicating services, but pointed to shred transportation, programs and facilities to refute the charge, Noting one member of the AmabeiTask1 has called fora freeze on education toes, Brown. said, "I don't know what they want us to do." "One thing we aim on, there is :a flavi in the hording mechanism for education. Boards Outside Metro don't get the funding they are int tended to,*, said Brown. Callingproposals that school boards collect their owtt taxes 'lidiculrtus" ,PAW, Brown, noted Annabel Township puts the $1 million it collects frontxesidents,foe education taxes into a short term account It uses the interest four municipal purposes "There's nothing wrong wit that, it'a just interesting W note it,° Bron said. • _ . W Sewage three weeks ago on the"57 acr e parcel of hind where the lagoon system for the be 1. project will sit. Contract number five, for tine installation orate sewage treatment site was awarded to Stone Town Const ucdon of St. Marys, tui the amount of $1.151,824:63. The work is to be completed by July 31, 1991. (Pat. Livingston photo) r PARTS VALUE OF THE MONTH. create economic benefits."Norutern Hides Incorporated is the . Indian owned and operated company that markets the tanned hides from our office on the Rama Reserve near Orillia.. 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"Hunters have willingly accepted the task of annually providing us with the biological samples and harvest information. They understand their effort is essential for the confident management of the deer and moose herds. We are pleased with the continued sharing of management responsibility with hunters." The Ministry will continue to operate check stations during both of the Huron and Perth four day controlled gun hunts: Hunters are encouraged to bring their whole deer to a check station so the Ministry can obtain valuable biological information. Part No. 413237R1 16" H.D. Share - 4 -Boil, 318" Thick ONLY $1275 Part No. 463253R1 16" Deep SuCk Share 4 -Bolt, 3Ar Thldt ONLY $• 1199 Part No. 13200002 16"-18" Moldboard Long -wear tempered ONLY $7895 Part No. 132001C1 Shin ONLY $1 220 VOLUME DISCOUNT in EFFECT imam i`Ask about our 5 + 5 program" .A. BECKER EQUIPMENT LIMITED 4UCKNOW 52J-7993