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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-12-12, Page 1• -,; • • 1 • 'One Night in Bethlehem was the theme of the CGIT Vesper Service foreground, presented a monologue from the traveller. Members of at Lucimow United Church, Sunday evening. Rev. Doug Kaufman, the CGIT participated in the service and the CGIT choir sang. The • 32 PAGES WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1979 Bruce board At meeting Of theirtickOunty Board. of Education held in ; Chesley, December 4, • 1979, Ronald Gatis of R. R. 6, WiartOn, wis elected chairman -cif the Board the period Decemb,er, 1979, to November 30, 1980. Born in Colpoy's Bay Villagehe attended : the local. public school -and the Wiarton High School; Subsequently he attended the OWeti • Sound Business College and 'later took ,the Radio and Television Arts .program, at Ryerson Institute of Technology in TorontOi Prior to returning to ;Bruce County, where he presently operates a beef farm at Colpoy's Bay, Mr. .Gatis spent. years, on the staffof •the Canadian Broadcasting • Corporation as a cameraman in television productions. After returning to Bruce he also served for several years as the municipal • ' clerk for the Township of Albermarle. He has served his community in .many different vv, ays. He is past president of the • Bruce Peninsula_ Resort Association. He is - past president of. the Wiarton Rotary Club and also past president of the Wiarton and District Community Choir. He is chairman of the Land •Division Committee; secretary treasurer of the Albemarle Cemetery Board; Single Copy .39c Ifu: ron...boar minimum..? class size arriving at. a sawkoff. Class sizs that afforded the best possible educational bene-, •fits while still being affordable to taxpayers. Turn tO page 2* The Huron County Board. of Education satisfied educational and economic concerns Monday when it established policy: for minimum class sizes in county secondary schools. • Realizing that one to one ratios between students and teachers were educational ideals and, economic disasters the board • attempted to split the difference between the two by setting minimum class sizes that were affordable to the board. In a lengthy report to the board Director of Education John Cochrane said that exhaus- tive tests done On class sizes in an American 'university • showed that as class „ size "decreased student achievement climbs, particularly when class size gots below 20 pupils. He said the study' showed than an ideal from an educational standpoint is a one to one setting but added that that is "not always attainable". He told the board that the study also indicated that as class sizes increase the "learning process deteridrates". • He said Ms experience in teaching involved classes so large students were sitting "On window sill and anywhere possible. He said he would be the first to say that situation was "riot acceptable educa- tionally". He said the problem facing trustees was • pprove lan • Ashfield Township Council passed a by-law to adopt the township's secondary plan at their December meeting. • The plan will now be sent to Huron County Council for aperval as an amendment to the Official Plan for the .County of Huron. • Soine changes were approved by council at their meeting December 4 and these changes will be outlined in a letter which will be sent to all land owners in the township, A complete report of the changes will appear in next week's Sentinel. At a public meeting November 29 at Brookside Public School, land owners made Council aware of their objections to the second draft of the plan, which council considered before finalizing the plan. Angela brought the message of Jesus' birth to shepherds hi the field on that first ChristMas eve. Connie Larding Owed the 1, role of one Of the angels In the Christmas operetta presented by the senior titn, dents of Lucknow Central Public School at :their Christmas Concert on Thursday night. • [Sentinel Staff Photo] fr. 1/4711ii ' • ..• kg 111110 g i p , . E• • , • , :.h e Sentinel. Christmas edition , . . Our annual Christmas Greeting issue, to be published December 19th, is an opportunity for business people to extend ' Christmas greetings and good wishes to customers and friends. .,;.f Plans for - this year's edition pe almost •completed, Most businesses 'have been contacted, but if you have deen missed, • please contact. the Sentinel at 528-2822, to reserve space in this issue. • PM— , , ' ,. '''.'. ''',.• • 1-.:- , ' . •• . - , .,., 5 ../.., ,.., , 4 • .‘-.4. , . z ' , • • 41M. 4 'Al 4' Trinity concert Trinity Sunday . School concert cap- ' tured some of the old tyme fun of concerts with children peeking from behind the curtain, not to mention i familiar faces dressed up like Santa and his reindeer. The jolly old man himself made an appearance with gifts and candy for the children. Story and picture on page 18. • . • 1 Name • Bill Morley, reeve of I.Isborne, .was named Huron •County warden on Tuesday. He beat out Eileen Palmer, reeve ' of Goderich and Tuckerstitith reeve Ervin Sifter), for the warden's chair. • Teachers settle ' -' Huron County . secondary school ' teachers ratified their contract settle- ment with the Huron County Board of Education Tuesday morning. Only 60 per cent of the teachers voted in . favour of the settlement. Teachers' negotiator Shirley Weary said the teachers at the bottom end of the salary grid did not like their increases ' but enough of them favoured other work condition clautet in the contract to pass agreement. \the , . . . - -,; • • 1 • 'One Night in Bethlehem was the theme of the CGIT Vesper Service foreground, presented a monologue from the traveller. Members of at Lucimow United Church, Sunday evening. Rev. Doug Kaufman, the CGIT participated in the service and the CGIT choir sang. The • 32 PAGES WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1979 Bruce board At meeting Of theirtickOunty Board. of Education held in ; Chesley, December 4, • 1979, Ronald Gatis of R. R. 6, WiartOn, wis elected chairman -cif the Board the period Decemb,er, 1979, to November 30, 1980. Born in Colpoy's Bay Villagehe attended : the local. public school -and the Wiarton High School; Subsequently he attended the OWeti • Sound Business College and 'later took ,the Radio and Television Arts .program, at Ryerson Institute of Technology in TorontOi Prior to returning to ;Bruce County, where he presently operates a beef farm at Colpoy's Bay, Mr. .Gatis spent. years, on the staffof •the Canadian Broadcasting • Corporation as a cameraman in television productions. After returning to Bruce he also served for several years as the municipal • ' clerk for the Township of Albermarle. He has served his community in .many different vv, ays. He is past president of the • Bruce Peninsula_ Resort Association. He is - past president of. the Wiarton Rotary Club and also past president of the Wiarton and District Community Choir. He is chairman of the Land •Division Committee; secretary treasurer of the Albemarle Cemetery Board; Single Copy .39c Ifu: ron...boar minimum..? class size arriving at. a sawkoff. Class sizs that afforded the best possible educational bene-, •fits while still being affordable to taxpayers. Turn tO page 2* The Huron County Board. of Education satisfied educational and economic concerns Monday when it established policy: for minimum class sizes in county secondary schools. • Realizing that one to one ratios between students and teachers were educational ideals and, economic disasters the board • attempted to split the difference between the two by setting minimum class sizes that were affordable to the board. In a lengthy report to the board Director of Education John Cochrane said that exhaus- tive tests done On class sizes in an American 'university • showed that as class „ size "decreased student achievement climbs, particularly when class size gots below 20 pupils. He said the study' showed than an ideal from an educational standpoint is a one to one setting but added that that is "not always attainable". He told the board that the study also indicated that as class sizes increase the "learning process deteridrates". • He said Ms experience in teaching involved classes so large students were sitting "On window sill and anywhere possible. He said he would be the first to say that situation was "riot acceptable educa- tionally". He said the problem facing trustees was • pprove lan • Ashfield Township Council passed a by-law to adopt the township's secondary plan at their December meeting. • The plan will now be sent to Huron County Council for aperval as an amendment to the Official Plan for the .County of Huron. • Soine changes were approved by council at their meeting December 4 and these changes will be outlined in a letter which will be sent to all land owners in the township, A complete report of the changes will appear in next week's Sentinel. At a public meeting November 29 at Brookside Public School, land owners made Council aware of their objections to the second draft of the plan, which council considered before finalizing the plan. Angela brought the message of Jesus' birth to shepherds hi the field on that first ChristMas eve. Connie Larding Owed the 1, role of one Of the angels In the Christmas operetta presented by the senior titn, dents of Lucknow Central Public School at :their Christmas Concert on Thursday night. • [Sentinel Staff Photo]