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The Citizen, 1993-04-14, Page 18HURON COUNTY HOME CARE PROGRAM Requires an OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST (part time for School Health Support Services) Part time position available for an Occupational Therapist to wnrk as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the School Health Services Program. QUALIFICATIONS: - A degree in Allied Health designation and eligibility for membership in your profes- sional association. A minimum of 2 years experience is pref- erential. JOB DESCRIPTION: Your position will involve assessment and treatment of children and some adults. You will travel throughout Huron County as a member of a co-ordinated multidisci- plinary team - Excellent opportunities for personal arid professional development - Competitive salaries and excellent bene- fit package. Apply in confidence by April 23, 1993 to: Joanne M. Jasper, Director, Huron County Home Care Program P. 0. Box 458, Clinton, Ontario NO 1L0 Purchasing a vehicle is a big decision! Let us help you make the right one! GARRY WOODCOCK Quality Cars & Trucks We Can Save You Money Drive A Little - Save A Lot 1KON IGOmERY; LUCKNOW 4_1 i_..E;(illStiF.R0 528-2813 40E0 PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1993. `Slice of Huron' educates students about agriculture . ns •• ., / '''''''' By Keith Roulston In an age when urban isolation from the production of food leaves children thinking food comes from the supermarket, and when special- ization on the farm means that even farm youngsters may not know what happens on a neighbour's farm, its difficult bringing the reali- ties of food production to children. In April, a Huron group will make a massive attempt to educate young people in the school system. Nearly 1400 grade 4 and 5 stu- dents from Huron schools will be served "A Slice of Huron" this week at the Exhibition Centre at the fair grounds in Seaforth. The idea, says Kevin Kale, chairman of the event, was bor- rowed from a successful experi- ment in York region where students were given an opportunity to see where their food came from before it got to the supermarket. In the York experiment, children learned where their pizza came from: learn- ing about the dairy industry (cheese), grains (crust) and fruits and vegetables (tomatoes and top- pings). The Huron group, says Jane Muegge of the Clinton OMAF office, wanted to let students know there were other things produced in their county so added eggs and fowl and a "rainbow group" cover- ing many more specialized kinds of food production. "A Slice of Huron" reflected the old pizza pro- ject name with a Huron County spin. Students arriving at the Slice of Huron exhibition will visit two of six different display areas to learn more about dairy, meats, vegeta- bles, grains, eggs and fowl 'and spe- cialties, from sheep and rabbits to maple syrup and honey. The youngsters will wear coloured rib- bons to identify which of the inter- est groups the students will visit. Volunteers will pick up their colour-coded groups and take them to the various stations in the build- ing. Students visiting the grains exhibit will participate in rolling oats and making flower. Centralia College will have a display of wheat at five stages of develop- ment, with and without fertilizer. In the dairy section a fibreglass cow and milking parlour, provided by Surge dairy equipment, will show the internal workings of a dairy cow and how she is milked. There will also be live animals on hand for the children to see. Origi- nally, says Mr. Kale, who was a dairy farmer himself until he sold his herd last year. the group had considered actually milking a cow but felt that with several groups going through a day, it would be too hard on a cow to milk it so often. Volunteers explain to the youngsters why a real cow can't be milked. Curling awards Continued from page 17 Bremner, Dave Linton and Felix Weber. The D.A. Rann Trophy for the overall winners of the mixed curling was presented to the team of Michael Alexander, Mary Ten Pas, Orval Bauer and Frank Breckenridge with 54 points. The Walter Scott Memorial Trophy for the overall winners of the ladies' curling was presented tc the team of Velma Locking, Mary Bernard, Janice Becker and Debbie Kroll. The Curling Club sold tickets throughout the year on a pig which was donated by Ernie and Annette Lewington and family. Winners of a half a pig each were Pat Shaw of Blyth and Gary Pipe of Brussels. Visitors get a chance to weigh out feed to the cow so they can get an idea of how much feed a cow needs (the same procedure will be done for beef cows and pigs). The meat section lets students see all the areas where by-products of the slaughtered animals are used. Sausage making may also be demonstrated. In the poultry section, students see chicks being hatched and other aspects of producing chickens, turkeys and eggs. In the fruit and vegetable sec- tion a local grower is demonstrat- ing the grafting of fruit trees while another grower is showing show plants from a green house. The Maitland Valley and Ausable-Bay- field Conservation Authorities are providing seedling trees for the stu- dents to plant. The specialty section has, among other things, a maple syrup demonstration. The event is organized by the Huron Agricultural Awareness Committee, a coalition that includes three agricultural societies, OMAF, Centralia College, the Huron County Board of Education, the Huron/Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board and the Clinton and District Christian School. The group first met last July after hearing about the York success. They wanted to provide the kind of hands-on learning that students couldn't get in the class- room. They decided to expand the York program to give information on more types of food production. They sought out Mr. Kale to head the event because one of the members knew he was interested in agriculture in the classroom as part of his studies in the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program. Kale had done a survey of teachers and found that many were interest- The Huron County Board of Education TENDERS for 1) ALTERATIONS TO SOUTH HURON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL FOR D.H. & C.L.N. FACILITY 2) RENOVATIONS TO VICTO- RIA PUBLIC SCHOOL 3) PARTIAL RE-ROOFING TO HOLMESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL For HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Sealed tenders addressed to The I town County Board of Education will be received at the office of Kyles, Garratt & Marklevitz, 516 Huron Street, Stratford, Ontario NSA 5T7, until 1:00 p m on Wednesday, April 29,1093 Bid Bond amount of $20,000 00 is required to accompany tenders. suc- cessful bidder will be required to pro- vide 50% Performance Bond arid 50% Labour and Material Payment Bond A limited number of tender docu- ments will he available to General Contractors only from the office of Kyles, Garratt & Marklevitz. upon deposit of certified cheque in the amount of $50.00 per set. LOWEST OR ANY TENDER NOT NECESSARILY ACCEPTED Bob Allan Director Bea Dawson Chair ed in teaching about agriculture but found it difficult to get the teaching materials. The group put together a pro- gram, then mailed packages of information to teachers in the coun- ty. Within six weeks, much faster than they expected, Mr. Kale says, the maximum 48 classes were booked in. Each paid $100 to help pay for the event. Teachers have been provided with activities to do before they take their students to the exhibition, says Ms Muegge, including a serv- ing of pizza to whet their appetite to learn more about where their food actually comes from. Another package includes things to do when the students return to their class- room afterward. Since each student is only visiting two stations, they'll share their experiences back in class so every student knows what went on in all six demonstrations. All the activities, Ms Muegge says, are hands-on and "fit directly into the curriculum". Students will use their math and science skills, for instance, in figuring out haw much feed animals should get. The project is not one to take on lightly. 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