The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-03-12, Page 1VOL. 124 WIC. .11
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 120 1997
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Spellin
• `by Pat Livingston
Those .oidrfashioned spelling bees
made a resurgence if only briefly - in •
area schools last week..Lorraine Brophy, a
Member of the.locail Optimist Club and :a
teacher, spearheaded the spelling competi-
tion 'which is. • `a provincial project , of
Optimists, `
Brophy said -the bee was open to Grade
5 students only andwas strictly voluntary.
"I found the number of students : partici-
ma es
artici
makes a comebac
gating to very interesting," said. Brophy..
She was impressed with the overall
• spelling capabilities of these who entered.
,.. On March 3 the first spell off was held
at each .school. The .spelling .bee .of the
`90s .was a written one, rather than verbal.
The top speller from each school then
competed in'the next round last Thursday
again. spelling 60 words - to determine
the,two spellers who would advanceto the
zone competition'' .with Ripley, and -
Mildmay -Carrick; Those four students
were Jessica Klip,. Joni Miltenburg,`.T►m
Luchies and Loretta Weber: •
Tim Luchiesfrom the • Lucknow
Christian school, and. Joni Miltenburg
from St. Joseph's were the winners.
All the students are to be commended
for their -interest and placement. at the two
•levels:' Those students . who competed'
were: ; Lucknow Central - Braden'
. Carruthers, - Samantha •Dyke, Shea
Hamiltrin, Nick Bowley, .Whitney.
Taylor, Cal McDonagh, James Mann,
Mary Lou Van Meeteren, Joel Eadie,
Stacy King; Loretta Weber, Angie
- Gillespie, • from Brookside � Peter
McEachern, Jessica 'Klip, . Jessica
Logtenberg, Amber. 'Ritchie: and
Emma Fisher; from St. Joseph's
Shawn Refflinghaus, Laura Stanley,
Brennan Hogan, Jonathon Lalonde,
Colleen' Caesar, Abby :.Simpson, Joni
.Miltenburg, and Mark Van Osch;'
from ..Lucknow • Christian 4' Heather
Geertsma, Elizabeth Askes, Tim
Luchies; . Scott ',Hennessy,: Tim
Luymes and Mans: Eisen. •
Joni •Miltenburg. ` Tim •• Luchies,
Jessica Klip . and Loretta Weber
advanced :to :the second'level' of the
Optimists' spelling: bee ,list week.
Joni arid., Tim now advance to the
Zone level with,• spellers from
:.Ripley, . and., Mildmay -Carrick.,:
(Livingston photo)
Policy.: c:
allows
vice principals
by. Pat Halpin
A' policy change by; the Bruce
county board of education clears the
Way. to keep vice -principals .in smaller.
elementary schools.
The new- policy gives the direector
of, education : and the board discretion
to appoint a vice-principal in any. ele-
mentary :school,: rather than tyingthe
position to the, size of the school:
"We're endorsing the viceprinci-
pal position as a. leadershipprogratn,'
said education director. Paul
Martindale:'
He argues the board. needs "flexi-`
bility" if that program is going to be
Maintained when ' elementary ;school
enrollment is declining.
"It's clear in some smaller schools,
enrollment will continue to decline.
That world mean automatic doss' of
vice -principals," Martindale said.
The old policy required a vice-
principal to be appointed in, ,elemen-
tory, schools widfeight or more class-
rooms.
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by Andy Bader
Not only :will ;hospitals in the Huron
Perth district be more streatlined in terms
of administration by; next April, but they
could also come :out with enhanced service
if a government "rural health" policy does-
- n't
oes--'`n't ask for further cuts., ' DHC' Executive
Director Fraser Bell said Monday.
Bell, while discussing the ,DHC's'+
Hospital and Related Health, Services
Study, Task Force and, their ...movement
-towards restructuring, noted that : the
province appears to be wavering on hand-
,ing , down' additional. funding, cuts. If that
indeedis the case, rural. hospitals' such :as
those in Huron and Perth will, benefit, he
said.
"If there are no further cuts, it puts us in
great position," he said, referring to- the '
task force's commitment ;tear saving $10.4
million over the next two years, or approx-
imately
13 percent 'of their Ministry of
Health funding.
"If you had said back in September that
the government may not be going ahead
with additional Outs, I would have been
very, very, shocked," he: continued. "We
were expecting, very serious [18-20 per
cent] cuts....but the -earth seems to <be shift
ing a' little bit.. •
"It's good news."
The,provincial government has., delayed
the restructuring of rural hospitals', but Bell
says that restructuring must take place, and
the DHC and task force will continue
towards that end.
"there: isdefinitely room for restructur-
ing in 'rural. .areas, but the policy the gov-
ernment is working,on seems to recognize
that• rural hospital are unique in terms of
the emotional attachment they have within
the communities,", he. said. "That's ' what
we've•tried to;do and: seems to be,what the:
.;province is flagging."
tie added that a retreat •held March I in::
.Mitchell with the existing hospital officials
"went very well'", with all in agreement `.
that the targeted savings :are achievable,
Moving towards a single board and•admin-
istration for the district by April of 1998. is
"exciting", With all their efforts focused on
that goal. An interim governance commit-
tee should be established by this June, the:
,task force recommended; with the recruit-
ment and hiring ;ofa chief executive officer.
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In last week's issue, ,a story . about
two -new tournaments - oldtimers, and
puck and ball in April was attributed
in the headline to the wrong club;
It is the Lucknow.Lancers who will
sponsor these two new .:tournaments,
NOT she Kinsmen:
The Sentinel apologizes to- both
clubs for the error and for causing any
Confusion.
:akin a
Members of, three area churches
gathered last Monday evening in they
Presbyterian Church to hear about the
work- of the Canadian .Food. •Grains `
Bank. *John Tollenaar, atMonkton area:
farmer: ;and John Papple, a Seaforth
Partner and. ,coordinator CFGB
Ontario, . provided an .informative
update .On: this ;Christian response to
:hunger
.Ethiopia; -through the .'efforts of
'CEGB, has recently.become self-suff
:cient in producingfood for their coun-
try. cPop
ountry..CFGB is a cluistian-based' agency
:that 'provides food anddevelopment
assistance to countries in•need.
Since its -formation ` in 1983, grain
and cash`donations collected on behalf
of its '11 church .partners have bed
thousands 'of .hungry people. through
out the world. The United: Church of
Canada, 'the Christian. 'Reforined
Churchnd the Presbyterian church of
Canada are some of the 13 church
' partners currently responding to ,the:.
needs of $00 million huntgry,people inn
our world.
• There issome local interest for . a
crop 'growing project in this area.
More information will be available at
later. date:; .
Bus v rill travel:
h
u. town
Area residents wili now find it eas
ier to travel :to London, and further,,'
Effective March 17, the route travelled
by the Grey Bruce Air Bus will include;
Ripley,Holymod, Lucknow and points
in West Wawanosh township,
The bus' .will make return .trips
seven 'dayi a week • through to the
Greyhound terminal•itt'London, where
a traveller can make connections to.
other destinations
Bract pickup locations,. will be
advvcrttsed in the future.