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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-03-31, Page 100.01.1911Ei7 ill= .. 14,19, NOW: 4 !1"i'ARl esd ed nay, .S.T Included or "'l plus 3� G.S.T. Nancy Macintyre's Grade 1 class at LCPS was busy selling popcorn this winter to raise funds for Project Love. With those funds and proceeds from Mrs. Macintyre's book sale, the class was able to make 80 kits containing a notebook, ruler and pencil, which will be sent to children in Tanzania. The project is sponsored by the Global Education Committee of Bruce County. The class appreciated the efforts of Dave and Wilma at Umbachs In tracking down all the materials, and the teachers' donation of money for postage. Pictured with Mrs. Maclntyre are back row, left to right: Mary Lou VanMeeteren, Jennifer Doerner, Samantha Dyk,, Ashley Irwin, Braden Carruthers. Third row, Shea Hamilton, Nick Bowley, Loretta Weber, Shannon Young, Jay Neron- Rebryna. Second row, Tyler Nicholson, Angle Gillespie, CaI McDonagh, .Stephanie MacLean, Angela MacMillan. Front row, Joey Kingsbury and Cassandra Massena. (Pat Livingston photo) Government cutbacks jeopardize Wingham Hospital's RNA school by Mike Robinson After proudly serving the community for 50 years, the Wingham and District Hospital Nursing Assistant School is in jeopardy due to government cutbacks. The Wingham and District Hospital was advised last Thursday by the Ministry of Health that it will no longer fund hospital based Nursing Assistant Sehools ' and accordingly no funds will be available to Win- • gham's RNA school for the fall term. A press release by the ,Wingham and District Hospital stated that "At its meeting orr Mar. 25, the Hospital Board decided to appeal to the Ministry of Health for"an extension of the funding." In reading the release, hospital CEO Lloyd Koch said, "Student applicants will be advised that they -should---applyy--to—other—programs—OPerated—by—the Ministry of Colleges and Universities pending the outcome of the appeal." Mr. Koch noted the Nursing Assistant program at the Wingham and District Hospital has been in operation for 50 years and has had an excellent record of achievement amongst its graduates. • At present, the hospital is reviewing the options available for the three staff that are employed in this program. Mr. Koch said if the appeal is not successful, the 'hospital will be unable to continue the program in Wingham. It would also mean that the program would effectively end this June. •turn to page , 2 Tax time: libraries take the brunt Libraries took the brunt of Bruce County's efforts to avoid tax increases in 1993, but a Last-minute reversal on another issue means the budget does allow the Port Elgin planning office to stay' open. Coun- cilors set a $6,740,452 budget that would mean a 1.57 per cent increase in the property taxes. But thanks to a 1.9 per cent growth in assessment, the net levy actually drops .33 per cent this year. The bottom linefor each municipality works its way through to, move your clock ahead one hour on April 4 for Daylight - Caving.; Time' the first year of county -wide market value assessment. County -wide reassessment was supposed to mean the same ,increase for all though about half would pay more while half pay less in the switch -over year. But finance chair Bill Ferris noted wryly only six municipalities will see their county taxes go down this year, while the other 25 will go up. "Hopefully next year it will be the same for everyone," he said. While the budget bottom line, more than meets Ferris' goal of a zero per cent increase, it comes at the cost of a 14 per cent cut in library hours across the county. That means unpaid leave of as much as six weeks for senior staff. All 70 library staff will be affected, and hours will .be slashed for a service that the county's own figures show is in increasing demand. The library was facing a $102,000 deficit this year because of a. yet -to - be -approved pay equity plan and an •turn to. page 2 Inside this week • Hockey and ringette special • Jim Reed feature • The fly tie guy • Pay the bail, or go to jail LCPS. adopts STARpower Several classes at Lucknow Central Public School (LCPS) are involved in adopting a problem solving approach to resolving conflicts. Dealing effectively with conflict is a necessary life skill for students and adults. Staff at LCPS hope that these problem solving strategies will be powerful tools as pupils face challenging situations through their lives. Students will learn to use STAR (Stop, Think, Act, Review) power in response to problems and conflicts. Greater understanding and tolerance of others, improved communication and increased responsibility will also be fostered. Teachers are learning a great deal throughout this initiative. At- tempting to implement change requires commitment, courage creativity and collaboration. Teacher learners are modelling these -qualities for students. In order to facilitate and better understand the process of change, the staff is participating in the Ontario Teacher's Federation "Creating a Culture of Change" project. They have joined a network of teacher leaders across Ontario who are working together to create strong, powerful schools and students. The STARpower conflict resolution approach will be highlighted during the week of Apr. 19 to 23 at LCPS with many special events, including a play, a staff presentation, guest speakers, electives and classroom activities. Sheila Green, an LCPS teacher, said the week is a time for sharing information with the parents and the public, and increasing awareness of the program school wide. STARpower is not a short term program, but is a long-term process said Ms. Green. For further information about the project, or the special events week, you may contact the school. Further information will be published as the event draws closer. Book committee is busy wrapping up loose. ends If 'you have beenprocrastinating about getting out those old family pictures or jotting down a few notes about your family's life in West Wawanosh, you had better get moving. The West Wawanosh His- tory Book committee has been frantically trying to tie up loose ends in order to get the book ready for the printers. • If you have been contacted about your farm or home and are just waiting for someone to pick up your information, wait no longer. Call a committee member , and let them know what you have ready and find out where you can take it. The deadline for information is Apr. 12. If you have not been contacted then take up the phone and make the first step. The committee is not that big and there are a lot of farms and families that should be in the book. There ilii contacts in both Auiiti ii "7902 a`nd-Diggirrts or Oi -ctit d -Roves and Dungannon as well as through- •turn to page 19 out the township to take your material to. If you are unclear about exactly what the committee wants, bundle everything up and let them decide. Pictures have been coming in and there are some beauties of children leading 4-1-1 ' calves, children eating big juicy apples while resting along side the gang- way to the barn as well: as the tradi- tional family photos taken through- out the years. Some very old threshing pictures have been turned in as well as pictures of families working in the sugar bush making maple syrup. The committee is very excited about what will be included in the book and is looking forward to a publishing date late this fall. The school section of the book is done with a good selection of photos from each school. The com- mittee is only missing a good photo of the Girvin School which was dismantled when Nile was built in It was the Lucknow Scouting Association's annual "Soup and Sandwich Day" last Saturday, and cub Mathew Selkirk (left) and • scout John VanDlepenbeek were kept busy dishing up the soup. This is a major fundraising event for the association ad a whole. (Pat Livingston photo)