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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-11-28, Page 2• R*0 2-41icknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 28, 1979 1 The values and morals education program was approved by the Bruce County Beard of Education Tuesday. , The program will be implemented experi- mentally in • January, 1980 in elementary schools. The program will be county wide September, 1980. According to values and morals committee chairman Lloyd Ackert the program will become part of .the already established curriculum. In a report prepared by the committee and presented to the trustees, content of the program was outlined. In environmental studies in outdoor education, the initial task would be to outline those elements in the -curriculum. For kindergarten, the emphasis will be on family life. In primary grades it will. be on self understanding, appreciation for the work of others, responsibilities for pets and plants and care of the environment. • set to .The junior divisions will study 'civic organization, mutual dependence, ancestral backgrounds and foundations of individual identity and the plight of troubled lands such as Cambodia. According to the report the residential 'aspect of the.outdoor education program will be a potentially • valuable setting for the encouragement of tolerance for others, co-operative task sharing and reflective attitudes. Techniques for the accomplish- ment of these goals will be vvritten into the program. The report says guidelines will be pre- pared to assist teachers in selection of reading materials. At the intermediate level, appropriate topic's from existing. curriculum will be redesigned into problem form to provide a setting where a dilemma situation is presented, alternative solutions are consid- Another chance to discuss Ashfield secondary plan Residents of Ashfield ToWnship will have* an opportunity November 29to decide if they're happy with theproposed official plan for the township or just disinterested. The second draft of the secondary plan for Ashfield has been prepared by the Huron County planning department and will be discussed at a public. meeting next :week. According to Gary Davidson? .head of the county planning department, the bulk of the changes put in the second draft centered on the village of Port Albert and the cottage area along the :like Huron shoreline* within the township boundaries. Davidson said a public meeting introduc- ing, the first draft of the plan conflicted with the i' dates of the Lucknow Fall Fair and consequently had very poor attendance. •He said residents of Port Albert turned out in number but very few, if any, inland landowners showed up. He. a s. • federation.. •from page 1 build a retirement. home for :a farmer, who wishes to retire on his farm. Gunby said he doesn't want to make life more ,diffieult for the retired farmer, but the federation must . look at what is good for the industry. In time, these 16ts may be purchased :by someone who would raise objection to noise and odour of the nearby farm. These lets also use productive land. • . ' The Huron federation_ will be promoting awareness of the medical and life insurance plans developed by the Ontario. Federation of. Agriculture. A co-ordinator will be ap- pointed to promote the plans, which must have more participation or they Will fail:: A new committee is being created to promote ,the Ontario Farm Machinery Ag- ency which sells items at a reduced rate and provides a watch dog on farm machinery costs. There is also a tentative plan to work More closely With township federations in the county to increase membership and maintain members. Tony McQuail of West Wawanosh will be spearheading a committee .which will re- search alternate energy sources on the farm. Clete Dalton, Ashfield, is chairing a drain- age and erosion cornmittee. Derk Legten- herg will be chairman of a Committee on insurance and farm safety and Jim Drennan, Ashfield, will chair the properties cortimit- tee. Sheila Gunby, Ashfield, will oversee the survey Paper, a yearly publication wrapping up federation business over the previous year.. The new executive includes president, Merle Gunby; first vice-president, Gerry Fortune, Turnberry; second vice-president, John van Beers, Hullett; executive directors, Walter Elliott, East Virwanosh; Jim Hunter, East Wawanosh, Tony MeQuall, West Wawanosh and .Jim 'McIntosh, .IVIcKillap. Regional directors in the county are Andre Durande, Hay; Merle-Ounby; Jim McIntosh; Gerry Fortune and Jelin van Beets: The planner said the concerns the Port Albert residents had about the first proposal were taken into account and subsequent changes made in the plan.. But he added that if inland residents have 'had virtually no input into the plan to date. He said in the year since the first public meeting no landowner-hasmade any attempt to Comment on the official plan either to the township council or the county planning department, The planner said ihe changes in the plan with respect to Port Albert ba.sically opened the village up to residential development: He said the original plan recommended half acre lots in the village and in the area between the village and Highway 21,. He said , the m'oposal was designed to cOncen- trate the development to use as little agricultural land:as possible. That recommendation now suggests one \ acre lots. Davidson said an attempt was made in the first draft to distinguish between permanent residences and seasonal residences along the lakethore. He said .owners were concern- .• ed about the designation of residential use, and wanted it allconsidered permanent. ; Davidson conceded it was difficult to separate the two types of housing adding the plan now considers it all permanent residential use. He said the secondary plan follows the 'county official plan very closely. He said the Ashfield plan may tighten severance policy in the township ruling out many small severances now being granted. He said the new ,policy will eliminate the severance of small parcels of land to 'allow for the retirement of farmers or for farmers to sever a few acres off the farm to provide a lot for a son or daughter. He said *the main thrust of the plan is to protect the diminishing land resources in the township, especially agricultural land. 1 1 • ered, consequences weighed and choice made and generalizations discussed. Al Leeder, principal of Wiarton Public School, has been appointed project convert- .er. Among other things, he will be respon- sible for the senior administrative staff and keep them informed as to plans and progress. • Four committees will be responsible for the program. Thesteering committee will be made up of the supervisors of outdoor edueation,: special education, guidance, reading and primary education. The principals' committee will provide council and leadership in matters related to the school. They will be asked to recommend methods and procedures which should teontribute to the success of the program. The divisional committees (primary, jnn- ior and intermediate grades) will be concern- ed with the seven aims for the child and deal particularly with values -related items for the curriculum and classroom management techniques. Individual members will explain the program to other groups of teachers in school. The resource committee will be a volun- tary group consisting of six parents, six grade 13 students and 4IX clergy from across the county. Their function will be to generate ideas which may be useful, in the program planning stage and become knowledgeable regarding the philosophy of the,:program so that understanding may be extended to citizens in the county, To finance develninnent, costs of the program financial considerations for 1980 Must be provided in that budget, It would 'mainly involve, for the months of January to Junev supply teachers covering the classes of program convener Al Leeder and the classes of the appropriate committees plus neces- sary travelling expenses, This price would be about $20,000. There may be other costs continuing in 1981 but it is hoped that by that time the development would be completed and the program would become part of the normal education progratn:' If a values and morals education program should be later developed for secondary schools, there would be •additional costs, However; according to Mr. Ackert, much of the earlier •planning ,and research for the elementary program Would be applicable to secondary schools. Appomt a nnnistrator grant page 1 business and was'e.aitor of the Clinton News -Record from 1970 to 1972 and publisher of The Blyth Standard from 1971 to 1977.. He pretently co -publishes the Village Squire and was co-founder of the farm magazine, The Rural Voice, He also writes a column for several local weekly newspapers. As a writer Mr. Roulston has had three successful • productions at the Summer Festival ; The Shortest Distance Between Two Points, His Own Boss and McGillicud- dy's Lost Weekend. As a recent recipient of a short term Canada • Council grant he is currently involved in a new writing project, He feels that with an excellent 1079 summer season, the opportunity of working with Artistic Director Janet Amos and the expansion program that great things are store for Blyth. as plans get underway for the 1980 season. Keith is married and has three children. He resides in the country just outside .the village of Blyth, where he•has a small farm, Montgomery. Motors, have a good selection of used cars..., • Don't be left out in the cold this winter. 1977 LTD 11 4 Dr. Brougham 1977 Datsun F10 Station wagon 1975 Comet 4 Dr., 6 Cylinder Automatic.. .1976 Ford .F100 Pickup 1977 Ford Custom SOO 4 Dr. • ..e."0100.voim,004.0,dmaiappimammomie 1977 Pontiac tationWagon 1978 Bronco 4 x4 • 1975 International Scout 4x4 FORD Montgomery.,. Motors Ltd. LUCKNOW - • • • • _•.111014-g‘..'5,20•40P.T.-.•::.i.:1-'