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If you haven't Already
:been out checking Your
creps., now is the time to
'do it.. Often, the answers
to why there is aG good
crop or a ,poor crop ,at
baarvest comes- (trier what
is happeningin the field.
Watch especially for
bins that gen bee r>
rested new, to help
improve your bottom
line.
The dry conditions
this spring have led, to
same unusual wrinkles in
the cropping field.
Nutrient deficiencies at
showing; up in more
fields than.,normal, sine-
ply
in -ply because the nuerieuts
and the. roots haven't
been able to meet,up.
Most fields will grow out
of it, given time and
some moisture, while a
few will need to be
sprayed with foliar'
microntitriente.. to kick
start the plants;
Weed antral with Pru'
emerge lerbicides, has
been inconsistent in some.'
fields, because there was
not enough ram to acti-
vete : the herbicide:
Respraying may be nec-
essary. het the window
for control can be quite
small for small weeds, so
you have to be on .top of
where things are.
Complicating this is that
both crops and weeds
have snore loves than we
would expect front the
size of tbepiants,
The wide fluetuatiens
in temperatures have also.
put stresses on some
crops. It takes careful..
observation to; sort out
'the effects•of a disease or
insect. from reaction to
environmental. stresses.
None of these things can
be seen from a. "wind-
shield survey - you have
to get Qut and walk ever
yew fields with your
eyes. open, It will be time
well spent!
19*
Bache
by P* lf*1Pin.
Most of 'the 154 teachers who
were given pink slips by the
Bluewater District School Board ear-
• Mier this spring wilt be back in the
4la4sbaom in September.
Personnel superintendent John
Lennon saic>< a reeord.139 retirements
clears the way for teachers with: less
seniority to be celled back to work.
Board chair Jennifer Yenssen
commented on the "loss of experi-
ence and dedication" accompanying
the Targe number of staff retirements,
Out Lennon said the change; means
good news for younger teachers who
had been declared surplus:
"It reduces: that to *put, 13.69
fulltittle:-equ&vatlent teachers yet to .
he recalled who are steeples to the
district," Lennon said,
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"That's appnnurnatety 2D people.
and it's my full exx.peetattan and, high
aptitnism that these tt, hers Will all
be recalled."'
Leunon told trusteesthose pesi...
tiaras are all at the secie dary seheot
level. The 53,5 ,full time equivalent
elementary staff leave bean ell been
recalled as. of'tesday.. Lennon said
An early retirement deal negotiat-
ed iaetween the pravinee and the •
teachers federations is beine credited,
for the large number of retia menu
iti:the /3iueweter board. ,Expansion of
the junior kindergarten program into
Grey county schools will Also pro-
vide.: teacher jobs,. but. Lennon 544
overall teacher, numbers will be,
down because of mandatory increase
in teaching time at the seeondaity
level:!
c�cI, d:ecis.ion
"The number of teachers that the
'Blueewater District School Board bed
last year to the number of .teachers
(iii will have in '98- 99 is about nine
percent . less, which is roughly 138.
teachers," Lennon said.
Art Doughty. president o District
44 Ontario S.eeondery School
Teachers' Federation, is concerned
about that decrease, which he said is
closer to IQ percent at the secondary
level.. Doughty predicted the board
may. not be able to meet class size
regulations with the statftng, levels it
has set under the new funding model,
•Lennon said leavese of absence are
still beingrequested by staff at beth
'the elementary. and secondary level,
and•the board -4;041d be in a position
to hire teachers, for September to. till
those vacancies.
ma g ha
by Put spin
Lackof information about edueeden funding is con,
tpibutiug to fear -mongering among, parents and staff,
according. to a, trUStge far the Blitewater District School
49aed.
The l luewater board is frustrated with the slow:
release of details needed to interpret the new funding
model. itustee Judy Galoska said the pace hampers
good decistpn-making at the local level,
'I mink it's veryimportant that we let the minister
know that this iseertamly a cause. of cpncent," Galoska;:
said
"The feet tie) that. we are making, so. many decisions.
and we feel unsure of the information we have because
it's changing. so quickly
Galoska said schoolhhards.<are interested irk "tlte busi-
ness of educatingg, kids", but needsfacts in the face of
rapid change to education. •
"With the ministry, only able. to provide bits and: pieces
of information that, is changing eonstantty,: it allows us to.
feel we are doing things not quite right; People autoanat-
ieallyy react in a fear mode, and that's not good for cre-
ative thinking and getting ortwith: the job," Galeske said,
Trustee Ruth Hirtenfeld suggested voting against the.
board's stubyeer budget as a wey:ef sending the province
a message that it hasn't provided beards with enough
information to de their Jobe
"This is the strangest budget," said vice -chair Ron
Matz: "We still don't have final figures,
.Business sttperintendent Gary Lewis agreed the budx
r. get lacks provincial grant figures,: but he said he's confi-
dent,the atxditor'sreport and the -balance sheet so far put
• the board iii a: good, position.
"les also sit late in the year it's very difficult to adjust
expenditure -figures," Lewis said.
Trustees approved a $99-ntillion budget for the current
year thet end August 3l Hirtent ld:east the lone opppos,
ing vote
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50th; Anniversary
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daughter of 'Bernaiel
Brenda, graduated June
$th from Georgian:
College, Barrie with a
La.w Sec uri,ty
Diploma. . - She is
currently employed. by
Llewellen Security,
Kitchener,
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Toast wishes. in your
rcliosen, career from:;
yoar, farrz lrand}rieisds,.
Love
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lira, E!:gene:' & daisy,;
for
Dolene Weber
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