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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-12-13, Page 1•,King'sbri. school. gets. govt grant • lw pT" • .• Fl St. Joseph's School, Kingsbridge, has received a $10,000 community school grant from the Ministry of Education to further the use of the school in the community. The grant will help the school develop further in recreational, cultural and educa- tional activities. It will encourage frequent access to the school and help ;the school meet the needs of people in the community. During the past year, the Kingsbridge school has been reaching out into the community, to draw people into the school. An increase in community activities being held at the school has resulted in the school gym being used eight times a week for ' activities not related to the school day. Volunteers from the community come into the classroom to assist the teachers, which has brought about the realization on the part of the community members that working with children in this setting is rewarding to them and beneficial to the students, The volunteers also point out that they never knew teachers worked so. hard. No volun- teers have quit since the program's initiation and the number has risen from four to nine who come into the -school to help. This fall, a Playtimer,,for preschoolers was started and the program, which is supervis- ed by volunteers and mothers runs two mornings a week and provides preschool education for children who have no local access to daycare or nursery school. The grant money cannot be used to purchase - equipment but wilt pay the salary of a community school co-ordinator. Kings- bridge principal, Dave Zyluk, sees the co-ordinator as someone who will take the school into the community. He/she could work with, the Ashfield Township recreation board to organize their recreation program. The idea of a summer playground program for children would provide summer activities for children and employment for students who would be hired to supervise, said Zyluk. The co-ordinator could also help the township re -organize the summer swimming program they had several years ago. Zyluk would also like to see the co-ordinator promote ringette for girls because girls are at a disadvantage, when it comes to ice time pqn7 .eunpirm during the winter season. Zyluk said an instructor is prepared to offer a course in 'belly dancing for ladies physical fitness at the school in the spring. He would also like to see displays of art from ministry organizations brought into the school for the public's viewing. "These may be dreams at present," said Zyluk but a year ago, the idea of a community school grant for Kingsbridge was just a dream". Zyluk -envisulizes a very active grouping with the school at the centre of the community activity. Zyluk stressed that the programs are not for Catholics alone. Children from non -cath- olic families attend Playtime and he could CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 $11 A Year In Advance S21.50 To U.S.A. and Foreign WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1978 Single Copy 25c 32 PAGES May accelerate road program Lucknow plans to accel- erate the village road pro- giam in 1979., - Reeve George Joynt told Lucknow Village Council at their inaugural meeting on Tuesday, December 5, -that he has applied for- 'an in- crease inthe toad subsidy allowance for road construc- tion -in 1979. Joynt said that in recent years the village has been plagued by payments on bridges, and debentures 'that will retire in„,1979. With these expense g re 684,, he said council could accelerate their road program in 1979. The village had applied for a construction subsidy of $25,200 which, is the sum we have received . for several years. - Joynt said he has applied for.; an additional $10,000 for 1979 which; When matched With The ' share of $35,000, would bring the 1979 road program to approximately $70,000 to be spent on construction of roads in the village. Joynt said, that the comple-, don of the dental suite in 1978 was in expenditure which will not be, laid out again and the cost to Luck - now was less, because the cost is shared by the four municipalities, who are serv- ed by the Medical Centre. The town, purchased the Emerson -house behind Cow- an's grocery store, which will be removed to build a s▪ ^4' :4:1•.. s4w4i3. ce parking lot to relieve .public parking problems on the main street.. This is another capital expenditure which . will not be repeated in 1979, said Joynt. The first of two debentures. on the Medical Centre will CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 tftange inSanta's arrival tine A change in Santa's busy schedule will put him in •Lucknow, for his annual visit with local youngsters at Santa's party, at 2.30 p.m. this Saturday afternoon, instead of 1.30, as reported in last week's Sentinel. The movie will be shown first at 1.30, and Santa will arrive, following the movie, at 2.30 to visit with the children until 3.30 p.m. Vandals strike Kincardine detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are still investigating acts of vandalism which took place in the village on Saturday, December 3. A resident on Havelock Street reported 'that a beer bottle had been thrown through the window of the front porch at the residence at approximately 3.30 a.m. on December 3. Police were notified around 9.30 a.m. on the 3rd that a large chunk of ice had been thrown through the plate glass door at the Honoured guests at the Lucknow District Lions Club Bachelor Dinner The Lions Club hold their Bachelor dinner annually, *it prior to front ofthe ucknow arena on Monday evening were front, loft to right, TOM Salkeld, Emerson Christmas, Mr. Salkeld was celebrating his 93rd birthday Monday, &lid Damage was reported at G & E Sales, , McKim, and Diany NichaliOn. Shown in the background are Walter it story and picture are, featured on page 24,,ISeatlael' Staff Photo] Lucknowwhere a window had been broken, at 830 em the evening of December 3 Arnold, left, Lions president and Lorne Cook, second vice.presklent.