HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-10-24, Page 1^ZIo
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4Q1990
This Tyke runner, Careie Moffat, of LCPS, gave: it her- best of tort as
Ile struggled to- make it to thefinish bine at the 7,0th annual cross-
country meet for Bruce County public elementary schools, held last
Wednesday at Saugeen~Bluff's,, north of Paisley. (Maloney photo)
East AfricanBi$Iiop visits Luckn.ow
BBenjamin 13zimbi end his perience. But, in addition to being means of catching `Ries and.stop-
wife,, ' , of Kenya, East Africa, an Montour, he looked upon the ping the breeding cycle. The flies
Were guests of Rev. and Mrs, Davidappointment as a challenge. con- go up the pipe to escape. but are -
Atwell this past weekend. g the varied ditties required named inside by a .covering over
The Bishop arrived, on his first of a Bishop in the mainly rural area the top and die,
trip to Canada, last Why, The he serves..Bishop Nzinibi'sarea is Bishop Nzimbi spoke of the
central reason for this trip was to comprised of three large districts, social developmentaspect,n which
attend a conference of the Inter surrounding the area he was born his wife Alice is very involved, -On
Church Fund for International in, Their districts." similar to our a regular basis the women come
Development (ICS):-ICFID is a counties.., •, together and discuss their problems.
funding.. coalition representing the Being one of the people he They then prioritize them and Conte
development agencies of the. Roman understands their problems, `cares up with ideas to deal with theta.
Catholic, Anglican, United, and fears, The church teaches sal-'. Dressmaking schools which began •
Lutheran andPresbyterian Churches -` vation of the total man - mind."' in a very humble way now number
in_ Canada with the Mennonite body and soul. They integrate the 11, Dur iga •grip to England in
Central Committee as an associate spiritual dimension in, everything 1986 the Bishop met: an American
member. Its aim is to seek partner -.they do and teach, lady who ex interest in
ship with. those;agencies of the ' The Bishop's•Dioceseis split intoassisting with idea of setting up
Third World which Are engaged an eight divisions` and each division these • schools. She donated money
the work of human development. has' an agriculturalist, health ad- to purchase two machines. Mrs.
As well as offering a means-. for visor, water technician and social . Nzimbi along with another lady
sharing Canadian resources, ICFID development facilitator. each donated one machine.
is a channel through which the With the ,shortage of water in _.. Young . mothers or females -who
needs of : people in developing Kenya, the people are taught to use have dropped Mut of school for any
countries can be brought before the - every drop wisely. Such is the Case number of reasons attend ' these
Churches of Canada, and thtrough with the Faith, Gardens, where the
dressmaking classes.
them',;ta the Canadian people and people use their dishwater to water Other classes offered are.: home
government; , their small gardens, thus . resulting • management,' cooking, preparing .a
Bi blziumbi was born .into .ahome, or bookkeeping.
shop in:'FAITH ' food always'in the • ,
"Christian home in. Machakos..His home. Clever students have gone on to:•
father was an . Anglican evangelist The gospel is used to teach' self start their own small business. Most
from 1929 to 1975, The Bishop was help, putting everything into a very find• employmentor become good
educated in Kenya and attended the living and practical way of life for housewives. Some even become
T. versity of Nairobi, where he. the people. • . teachers of classes that mushroom
studied religion and pl osaphy, ,To date 50 water �. is !e den front „those "established.
after which he became a teacher in built..and. are used in a.,.communal . The Bishop stressed that good
the secondary schools in Kenya and • way. Christian moralsare taught hand in. ,
in primary teachers' colleges. It was Evangelists, in addition • to 'hand with the classes.
while he was working as a colle$e spreadirrg'the gospel, teach hygiene The Bishop said that problems
chaplain that he decided to go into and preventative medicine. They can becalmed by ignorance, so for
full ministry, He was -subsequently also carry a small amount of. drugs_: one hour every -Thursday, all
elected as a Bishop at the age of • to treat, malaria, • diocese -workers go out and do
40. With no flush toilets, pit latrines manual labour. It may be planting
Bishop • Nzimbi was a little . are used. They dig holes 20 feet seeds, fencing or construction. This . .
surprised at his ,being made a deep, into which an upright pipe iso., practice makes it evident that they
bishop, due to what he called inex- . installed. The, pipe is ..used as a _ . Turn to page 2.
coarct of Education puts hoidon
plans for Bauble School. until 1992
Problems with a land deal mean
Sauble Beach ' won't get a new
school in 1991 as planned.
Land zoning problems were
blamed for what,propeerty chairman
Den Tedford admits is :a surprise
change in the Board's` Bust of bea-
ding projects. "We can't move on'
the Sauble School until 1992" Ted •
-
ford said, adding "It , will be a
priority 'then," Instead, the $1,1
million- originally allocated for the
Sauble School will be spent on an
addition ' at ` Ameba -Hepworth,
where there are now 11 portables
on the school grounds.
The amount included a provincial
grant of $750,000. Tedford said the
Board had to use it in 1991 or lose
its right to the money.
There were lively public meetings
last winter when the Board debated
the so Called Annabel project. Oho
group of parents wanted expansion
at the Hepworth and Tara School
and boundary changes so children
could " goy the school ° nearest their
own community. Another group
• lobbied hard for a new school in
. Sauble.
The capital forecast revealed by
'the Board Tuesday now puts the
Sauble School project in 1992, and
sets price tag of $1,2 million on
it.
In spite of assurances' that the
Sauble Beach School is still in`the
works. The Board no longer has
any provincial money to put toward
the job, and Tedford predicts he
will "Get 1 Letters" from Sauble
residents who aren't happy with the
situation.
Capital Forecasts
Maintenance projects and student
growth. are the major factors in a
$38' million list of: "Bricks snit
Mortar" -.jobs the Bruce Board of
Education wants to do in the next
six years. ,v
The Board is forecasting il will
spend almost $2 million a year for
the next six years in maintenance
projects: including roof and window
replacements and asbestos removal.
"We hope to get rid of emergency
(repair) situation -by putting this On
a five year plan,'°said trustee Frank
Eagleson, The Board's forecast also
calls'for amounts ranging from $2
I/2 million•to: $6 million a year for
additions, 'Many ` of ' therm are
planned to provide Junior Kinder-
garten :space and room for con-
tinned enrolment growth.
While trustees went over the list,
of prices andpriorities in some.
detail. It was noted most of the
projects set for 1994-96 will receive
needs studies before they become a
reality. The forecast also must have
provincial funding approval and
Board budget approval before any
of the works can be set itr motion.
So faronly. the Amebel project,
Port ElginSaugeen School, l/V'alket
ton District and Wiarton Public
additions have that funding.
"The property committee feels the
forecastis a responsible one," said
chairman Don Tedford
Director of Education: Paul Mar,
tindale said" ."The 'key : to the
document, is it's a request to : the
Ministry for funds." Martindale said
with student growth of 250-300
pupils a year, the board has
"strengthened it's hand" in that
request...
While the Ministry of Education
requires a multi year forecast, Trus-
tees pointed out that major items in
the last thrce or four years of the
list - could change because of
population changes or the results of
needs studies. Among the biggest
projects on the forecast are the
Amabel-Hepworth addition in 1991
at. $1.1 million; the Sauble Beach
School and. Kincardine District
addition in 1991 at $2.3" million;
$3.8 million for a new school in
Kincardine in 1995; and $4 million
for a new Port' Elgin School and
$2.1 million for Saugeen District in
1996.
Smaller amounts are set out for
.Junior Kindergarten and portable
replacement at the schools around
the county. But trustee Ray Fenton
"said that doesn't commit theboard
to implementing a Junior Kinder-
garten program.
"We don't -know what the grants
are yet,' he said. "This just lets us
apply later (for Jr. • Kindergarten
grants) Martindale agreed with
Fenton "The Board has made its
position on Junior Kindergarten
• • • Tarn to page 3
Former Holyrood woman
appointed AGCare Public
.z
Information- :coordinator
A fonner Holyrood woman,
Mary (Eadie) Wiley, has been
appointed as Public Information
Coordinator to AGCare. •
Agricultural Groups Concerned
about Resources and the En-
vironment (AGCare) acts as a
liaison for various Ontario farm
organizations on matters concer-
ning crop protection materials;
public awareness of agricultural
practices; research and landand
waterresource management.
AGCare has been actively
Involved -in the development of
the Ontario Grower Pesticide
Safety `Course, the review of
federal pesticide . policy, the
.disposal of- pesticide containers,
research into alternatives to
pesticides, land• stewardship.
research into new cropping prac-
tices and public awareness of
agricultural practices.
"Our new in the area of
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Recyc truole '
display t Town
Residettta of the village of
L aal:, which is a sseraber of
Brace Rego** Associatioi
will the coporitimity .this
week' to view do ow collection
vehicle *hick twill be used to
pick-ap Sloe - c' recyclable*,
The track will- be at the Lack -
now Toros on October 26,
fro* 3-+1Span.
itlesidants are are ivied to .mare
out said see these sew vehicles,
and ask arty gamma they may
have the new
cos g ���� are wet.
drop oft aouue of the
noyaiiiiis goads have hese artdrdpraaotar
of tfia ne kw&
Vehicle .
officials" sand the Area
Coonliamor will be on head
sewer' gaesticas about the
• coloterfui, Y
trucks will be moiler vfs
ima of the sine muni ip&idea
to
ond Tattoo
�5.
The Vadatof the new
processing facility sear
Southa:ceon is scheduled for
November 3, at 2 p.m. Rep-eseu-
,tam :faint area atualeipwIaitto,
the Bioof the Ea-
vriro nrfeps sad t7 MI be
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