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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-03-07, Page 60 • laideaew Senllnels- -Wednesday, wrirea 1984— 6 y.„1r4 1,`In.'4e4 . - • . , ... • : , ,,,,, •u.•.. 4"....''''. .. t. ..,;,..".,.:,.., ..', .... '..!...,..,..:, .,,,,,,i, • . ..., SAIOSOriti#0.0k;rates 111 c.0..': • -.. • Manager . ' .''' - • .'i .......: - 0 ,......-... ,..' .. ; IA..- *.. . .•••••,,-,...,..„ ,.,,.. • Jo*. , . , e.r... • . , Sn1!tIzens • tSide .014.40,1 ertismg e the e* .advetflsing space occupied *anceforsig1ature,p . • A . • • k.,.4 • mcmosaratausaunAttAsmascia, 7 : • • .g. , • •,, • •N 4anada owes Pierre Elliott Trinkets a great deal. No matter how history treats him, hewill remain a towering figure of our bine. Itis through his efforts that Canada isi it1l 4110011:' t He notonly defeated- the,separatist forces in Quebec French cao400k4004•89YernMent He ittOint to top 0004 in his and .increased the nuntber of fianeeghene$ in,W0;41Fil -service, „ - • The Official Languages Act enables French speaking. g40414$,. to deal with their ,national: government Onat,Aaf. agencies in their own ,Iangooge- as -English speaking Canadians do j theirs. . agt4s)91VP*4614new Constitution with a charter of rights and no matter how flawed, that is an achieve**. Highly respected.. by other, nations of the world he waS. wor'playotOn.th**orld'Sstageoltisieeent peace initiative • Waaa voice time; when the United States and the 0*,..1.4et-P011-*WliuS404411e*Ox1404belnink of Isitllbit;ghe*akineker:'partieelarly, adept at dealing. with: these: who opposed. his ideas and he never really- understood.. ,What it meant to be an average Canadian working to support a family and pay the mortgage; while he is criticized for alienating the west . and being obsessed with the Quebec inARII1-4149. %'4ke 'P..F94,crY01.-14 aling therI�reign d�minati�n �f it areless'i?'tbittP., nirable....,he will be remembered as a man of intellect, inan of qua�tyand substancewho challenged himself and us 1.9 •••• . • • • '':••4:•• '4 `;',‘ A Lucknow niiitistsi.,-ecnpeted'in wreitling at the 1980 Olympic a for weebI in Holland an&CompetedforseveralyeatOithe.preeiheial and national games in wrestling; -sWiriMiliut and trick events: • -, Rev, Arthur Scott shares his interest.ik'Svreatling'seik students at Brookside Public School each year nthere6. e demonstrates the -sport in the ,b00.414,tSleat ethica . en tlaSses, • While foothill] and hockeyattraet men andboyalefa big physical stature, wrestling is for people, with a,:smaiter hoildilsays Rev, Scott,. Heostacintrodueed 0.411:0.400.11 in high Seheetwhere fte belonged te.ithe;wicatibit team and •-Conipeted,An Central and Western Ontario Sewn, Scheol championships, ,•He continuedl_te witIi coaching. .at - the high whoa level after. returning to Brantford from collegtAnd.the ' • Many schools have dropped Ineirlirteatliai.teinnaAnee the _change to:Olympie,relesWhich tnalteallse Volt more demanding and Rev. Scott has notbeen able. to become involved in coaching a high school team since coming to this -area. •. Hees interested la forming a Wrestling -club 10 Lucknow and anyo*ie wi4u:9 Interested in all' sports, he fratoikkaott4i0baiketbati n - to ,:P4tt.04..."0-444Pi40*W : closely. and enjoys jogging anctissOntmin-1, He uses a trampalinelor jogging in the. *intee bemuse only the ommittediiinner jogs in, WinterlWeather, lie says. Legally blindince the age of, 11, he used to.jeg -outdoors ip ,the summer when someone would' hhn, hut lie fin& • , tbe trampoline is useful during the winter months. Rev. ,Seett and hiStanillyhaVeAsted ittluektiewf for four years sinche took the double charge of St Helens and Trinity Mi‘eil Churches. While they,enjoTthe rural life, he missekke services available tohjmatthe,William Ross er, ed as prime minister and new leader. This man next election and quite - Brian Mulroney and the heir new leader, or Ed rats form • the next Jorr allthree political s and work o e the p e a, _ha, looking for Luis ipartreitlinyleuth unemployme t� regai4‘Atitinternitional cop ations United 'States:the gbv, ernmerit private Ifidnitilt of botli labour, programs andhow we can best thciutet erbankruptinteu Veeorturichinthele School fotthe blind in Blither:it& *here he live& prior to Rev. Arthur Scott has• - • - ' - - - : • 11. haterested4n sports, he eontpeted In the -Olympics He (*saves: that peritansAliutespOge of coming toLucknow id: the for the pbys1lly disabled In. 'sireittihig and in the facilities irthe school itearhi*HiOttititt4iiitinit' access "PtovInehdand faidenal games in wrestling, swimming, mut faahities" however,: he- .,:stilli.ntl.t in shape to track and field. He shown here reading to his fotireYeat Pete hi,this year's Olympics for dte _ led which are 111 son, Ian. % Whet° b SharorrDiete] or,. r, • . - 4 y . 1, • • -P.'"`q • • %Oat to page 11* •-*- '41' • — • •-• • i'"2" ,' challenge is there mid tate all the intellect, NOTEBOOK tethination and cominitment146,,tan Oldster. It is tune radians denianded..that their politicians set aside their By Sharon Dietz differences and work together to bring about change thd to find soletions to our problems. The next election should not be centred on personalities. It Should be fought on policies and issues with Canadians deciding which leader and -Which .party will bring to ( government the solutions to our problems, based on the policies they have -set forth in their election platform•. ,Canadians should also expect the leader' and the party will have fresh innovative, ideas and bring to government initiative, intellect, motivation and commitment. Canadians igin't have time for peiftical games and partisan mud ,aling..ring. The country and its problems demand action. 71',4 • • 43'N., 7-$ Last week's storm on Wednesday delayed the delivery of some Sentinels because the truck which delivers them to the Lucknow Post Office ended up in a ditch. • After the Sentinels are printed, the majority are mailed directly from the Lucknow Post Office. The papers arrive in Lucknow at approximately 6:30 on Wednesday mornings for local 4. P. ,a, - and out of town dehvery. .o The truck,did not deliver the:papers to 1.uChnow,indil 9 atn4laal VredneS.- •day and some of YOu May hagifound your Sentinel missing when Yon artived',..iatthe' post office Wednesday morning Others on the inalkiroutei May have reeved theirs linirsday • because their rural mail carrier left :on his/her retite, before the papers arrivedin Lucknow. It'saniiiiingtovv we take something for granted until it is missing. When the papers are not in the mail boxes on WedneSdays, We get calls asking if we didn't print or if it's a holiday: he late 4 ,delivery,Iitst Wednesdae was even • intirelionielieeaiise dire Sentinel itaff • worked Menday night te ge! the paper to preasearlY•oitTieSday. in the •:of .heatingllte incenthitatorim . There.'smore topublishin&4our wee* paper -.01n :4:14e*sptieer puh144110, n very labour intensivethshoisItrid there is plenty of opportunity for things"to -go wrong. • This is the first time lathe seven years I have beenb� with ibe paper that • the driver has been' late with the . delivery one Wednesday morning, so our record there is etrurtioedy 0 page 7. A. second language will provide opportunities for career choice • To the Editor: in response to the letter Russell Irvin, LUcknow Sentinel, February 22. I may not be "man enough" to express my • . opinion, but shall do so anyway. 1 shall also •'add to my opinions some faCtual information that I have obtained from one of the Menibers,of the French inunersion commit- • Immerson is not new, it's been offered by the Ontaria.sehool board since 1965. Forty per centof alt (hntario, school boards offer French ImirierSion programs. Qualified teaching staff l'hae been around for that According to an Education officer of die Ministry of Education, in excess of 800 qualified Monet/Sion teachers will graduate • in 1984. Whether we've realized it or not, •• our taxes have been paying for jammer-. sionprograrris for Ontario for quite some time now. The province provides 75% of the funding necessary for immersion programs. ___Aceordingte-ene-particular study I read; fall there have been Many studies on the TO THE EDITOR affects of French immersion on students) early immersion is, an ideal learning oppor- tunity for children. "Early immersion works well because. young Tchildren leek •self consciousness, prejudice and negativism... and loVe mimicrF. mentorizatten and rePeti:; tion". There are also intermediate and late immersion programs as well (anywhere from grades 3 to however the tam. mittee currently is interested in early immersion. • Early immersion begins usually in kinder- garten or grade one with 100% of instruction in French for at least the first two years. English instruction is introduced at this time as -a -core subject and by grade six 30 - 40% teaching time is in French with the remind- er in English. All teachers are fluently bi- lingual. • If the parents take an interest in the French his/her child is learning and follows the work that is sent home, the French work at such a basic level is. easy to follow. because the child learns French at school, it does not mean that he will stop speaking English and become incommunicado with his/her English speaking parents. Studies have found that there are tempor- ,ary lags in some aspeets of English skills.. until English is4ntroduced into the curricul- um as a core subject. However. by the end of grade 6. it has been found that the vast majdrity of immersion students performed not only as well but better in English Skills at the grade 6 level than their English only ,peers. • As far as the other core subjects, it has been found that immersion has no detri- mental effects. . Immersion students are just average students. Immersion is geared to the I4 average student, All immeritem programs are voluntary; if you, don't want your child enrolled. it:will. not be forced on him/her. Now, why do I think French is a .1 good idea? This country is officially bilingual - that's a fact whether we like, it -or not. We, as citizens of this country are being exposed to more and. more. French arid , burying our heads in the sand and hoping that • the situation will change is . an unrealistic expectation. So why not see that 'Our children are properly educated to -deal with -these changes, rather than digging our heels into that same sand. Knowing a second language can only be beneficial regargless of what type of career our children may choose. It has been proven young children learn a Second language, much easier and faster- adults do. So therefore. clties not stand to reason that the best place td learn French is in the schools? • Sincerely,— 'Jo-Ann Todd.