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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-06-25, Page 2• • Page2- Luekanew Sentinel, Wednesday, June 25, 199'! 4111 MU& Saturday, June 2ath . &aiiiiprn All Morning Pancakes84,5aaeage5 Entertainment eat 11:30-1:00 .9:30-11:30 "Jamrnin with rhil Main" Berry Many & Magic in Motion's run and Carnes with Children's Theatre The Optimist Club Admission. Fee. for Entertainment ?,ER1Es A Family Farm•Aelventure Hwy 136E Lucknaw, 52E3-2900 SCACs won run schools •Ikoru page 1 related issues. Re did not see SCACs taking an active role in "running the ;.schools" much to the relief of most of the par- ents who have been involved to•this point. The .Education .Minister touched on 'the area. of the "resource .alio- cation model;," This'is the formula the government is developing to deter-. :.mine how much money Will be spent in a given area. on education on a. per, student basis. This model is not complete, 'This is unfortunate as it really is the key in deter- mining.if the proposed reforms are for real, or• whether they are just the window" dressing for an atterrlpt to cut'spending'in` education: 'Mr. - Snobelen stated, that while the putpose .of the funding model'is to provide 'ann..equitable, share of resources to'each school, not every school will .receive the same funding -as the cost Of providing the services varies depending on the location and mix of stu- dents in the school; - • The opportunity to •dis; cuss these issues .first hand with the Minister of Education was_ appreciat- ed. H'e„presented a some- • what Utopian view of what the.: future holds for our children, in the province's schools.. While it is certainly possible .:that this future may dome to pass, there are .still many, many unknowns. • that need to be resolved to make it happen. Feel free to contact • any member •• 'of ,the Lucknow SCAC for information 'br• to, voice your opinion. ` (Editor:s note: • Andy Sande is co-chair; of the. -LuckneW . School. . Community Advisory, Committee.). . ot 41 Tso genekiogists recognized for work The . Ontario• ' Genealogical Society recently recognized two of the members- of the Bruce Grey =.branchat the provin- cial seminar. • . Betty Siegrist of Oxenden, was recognized . • for the work she has done at •the branch level where she is currently the. Cemeteries and pubiica- tion Coordinator. She was co-editor of "Beautiful • Stony Keppel” and co-: author of the updated Porter family history. She also assists other. in putting together their, fam- ily histories. Ken Young was recog- nized for his leadership at. the provincial' level where he has served as regional director for the past six years. he is currently pub- lication relations chairman . with the Bruce and Grey branch. • Both Siegrist and . Young have •served.•as ;chairmen of the local.' branch. + ,. Lloyd and June Saunders, of , the Dutton area (formerly of Lueknow, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 7 with familyand friends.: (photo submitted) 4100P• Enjoy The E3csoka Feature: • Tell the LUC1rNOW SENTINEL which books ,you've'.enjoyed reading: this summer, Students in grade 8°•and under., may -Send Us book reviews• for publication Write a review about the book' you recommend in 100 words or less including the title and the author. Include your name, age,, home address, 'phone; school; grade and date at the .top left corner of the page: Writers should -include -small color photos'of themselves with names written on the back. Sorry, ,neither entries nor photos can be returned. Adults may write children's 'exact oral responses when, nec- : As many .of'the reviews Will be published, as possible. All entries will be placed in a drawing for a $56 cash prize to be held at the eind. of August: Send' reviews to: SUMMER READING REVIEW Attention: PAT LiViNGSTON • LUCKNO'W SENTINEL P.O. Box 400 Luoknow,:Ort. , NOG 2H0. 1 1 ,ti I,ti� IN I ov; tiny i essary. -The sun shone.(in' more ways than one) on: Lloyd and June Saunders.as,' they celebrated their 50th. wed,. :ding anniversary;on :June • 7, 1.997, at the home of their son-in-law' • and. daughter, Ken and Nancy Mott,..R.R '3, Dutton; •Approximately. 150 family and friends_enjoyed�� the.. afternoon .arid evening• of horseshoes, music and: .pig roast Music was pro- vided by Peter -Barren. :George • Lee, Vimy Benwell, Dean .$enwell•,, Bill Paul, KevinRaul ,and,. Lionel' Hebert. , a Guest: soloists. were Bill Gadkei Debbie Gadke and. Cathy Gibson. The celebration contin- ued the.. next day .with.. around 60, attending a brunch.: • ill rate up 2.5% °froim page 3 'that the province delay any transfer of services to the municipal level until Jan. 1; 1998, to allow municipalities .time to make appropriate prepara- tions. Another resolution, .this one from 'the City. of North York, also received coun- cil's endorsement. This one asks the province not to take away the gross •-receipts tax now collected by Ontario municipalities, or make the appropriate amendments to legislation to ensure municipalities are compensated for this loss of revenue, • Mill Rate The mill rate for public school supporters comes in at 13.01 23, and separate :school supporters at 12.7311 This is about a 2.5 per cent • i:ncrease over last year's. An application for an infrastructure grant to asphalt pave Russel Street, Port Albert, will be made. The tender of Levis Contracting for asphalt paving of Various roads in Port Albert was accented. • The Cost - $46 per .tonne plus CST.