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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1993-12-08, Page 19Moving up These four girls recently became members of the 1st Brussels Pathfinders at a fly up ceremony. Back row, from left: Christa Smith, leader Janette Bradley, Jennifer Acton. Seated: Katie Harrison, Sarah Exel. SELECT A GIFT HAMPER for Christmas giving include: several varieties of crisp, fresh apples • Empire • Ida Red • Mutsu • Red & Golden Delicious & of course some cider Custom Baskets made to order Order Early 'Working with the gifts of nature" BLYTHE BROOKE ORCHARDS Hwy. #4, north of Blyth AP.> *1. 111 Ifs *•• 0 523-4383 Trustees may return 5% of annual honorarium Wayne Moulton, co-ordinator for might otherwise go unreported and Crimestoppers in Huron County unresolved." made a presentation to the HCBE at the Dec. 6 meeting, concerning The Education Committee pre- implementation of a Crimestoppers sented the recommendation to the program within the high schools. Dec. 6 meeting of the HCBE, that Mr. Moulton said the availability they attempt to extend working of such a program would act as a partnerships with other groups and vehicle for students to report inci- agencies to establish new sites for dents without identifying them- literacy, numeracy and upgrading selves and putting themselves in programs, across the county. danger of reprisal. The committee also recommend- cessful in other school districts "The program has been very suc- ed that the board explore new part- nerships with business, industry and post-secondary education facil-where it has been implemented," he ities to develop new program in says. learning. Mr. Moulton explained. that a This would all be done at no cost mini board would be organized to the board but, through govern-within the school, consisting of six ment agencies, says Superintendent to eight non-police members, of Schools, Chuck Rowland. - which would decide on the reward ***** for tips and help deal with the prob- The board approved a motion lem which was reported. presented by the Executive Com- A teacher would act as the liaison mittee, to work with the Huron- between the board and the police. Perth County RCSSB in The organization would be non- establishing a plan to share space at profit and would raise the reward Central Huron Secondary School money through fundraising efforts, for a Catholic secondary school. he says. ***** The program would work in The trustees approved a motion either of two ways, the victim which would invite them to volun- could report the incident to a teach- tarily return the equivalent of one er who would record the descrip- pay cheque, approximately five tion of the event or a tip line could percent of the annual honorarium. be used for greater anonymity, Mr. Trustee John Jewitt was disap- Moulton says. pointed in the motion, stating the Phone records are kept so evi- members were to receive a four dence is available should a court percent pay raise in January and he case arise. felt it would be more appropriate to He says, "Crimestoppers must be forego the raise. kept appraised of all incidents. " Trustees Doug Garniss and Joan Van den Broeck supported the vol- There would be several positive results from such a program, Mr. untary return of the five percent. Ms Van den Broeck said the Moulton says. "The student body feels good trustees are doing a great job for about their school, the program can the community and should be act as a deterrent, it promotes clos- allowed the increase as Huron County trustees are among the low-er ties between police and the stu- dents and it solves matters which est paid in the province. St. Aloysuis gets addition aiiiton's Okl Mill in Downtown Blyth Celebrates ,Christmas with 20%-50% Off Retail. 1000's of Prod ts! Tannery 0 let Prices! THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993. PAGE 19. The Huron-Perth Roman Catholic Separate School board dis- cussed at its Nov. 1 meeting the possibility of opening a Catholic School in Huron based on sharing space with the Huron County Board of Education (HCBE). In the capital forecast, for addi- tions and renovations the $6.9 mil- lion Catholic secondary school in Huron is a first priority. The addi- tion to St. Columban in 1995 for three classrooms, a gymnasium and changeroorns is second. A $667,000 addition which is to include six classrooms is slated for Goderich's St. Mary's School in 1996, while it is planned that the portables at Precious Blood School in Exeter will be replaced with an addition in 1996. A $775,000 addition to St. Joseph's in Clinton will include sci- ence, junior/senior kindergarten, special education and library resource centre. It is planned for 1997. As well, the board has planned' for 1998 a three room addition to replace the portables at St. Aloysuis School in Stratford. Cost is $309,000. *** A board approved writing a letter to provincial PC leader Mike Harris disagreeing with the content of the party's recent survey, particularly with regards to the idea of a con- federated board. *** A motion was made for the board to enter into a joint agreement with the HCBE and the Perth board for the employment of a Health and Safety Officer. The board also approved the committee recommendation that the custodial representative be selected as the member to receive the training to become certified by the Work Place Health and Safety Agency if possible. *** A letter is being forwarded to Sharon Kelly congratulating her on her achievement. Ms Kelly was the recipient of the Catholic Education Foundation of Ontario Student Award, which recognizes what stu- dents within Catholic schools, are doing throughout the province. a** Congratulations will be sent as well to the St. James School stu- dents who participated in the His- torical section of school exhibits at the Seaforth Fall Fair. a** St. Patrick's School in Dublin received approval from the Huron- Perth County RCSS Board at the Nov. 22 meeting, for the installa- tion of a circular driveway on the east side, at a cost of $4,280. ***** Distributor for 'NAPOLEON FIREPLACES 6 MSTA-FL/1 /1 1 E E. Wawanosh P.S. happenings GRADE 3/4 The students in Miss Mather's grade 3/4 class have paired up with their Grade 4 buddies from Mrs. Dodds' class to start practising their play for the Christmas concert. They are going to perform "A Fanta-sea Christmas." The Grade 3s are learning to add with regrouping and the Grade 4s are continuing their study of subtraction. They are working hard on perfecting adding and subtracting facts. GRADE 6 This week in Grade 6 students are studying France in Social Studies. In Science, they are learning about unsaturated solutions and how they are transparent. In Math, they are learning about division and equations. Mrs. Gross is teaching the Perfect Copy rules to edit work. Some of the students wrote Remembrance poems on the men and women who went to serve for their country. These poems have been entered in the Royal Canadian Legion Contest. SPECIAL EVENTS The school is "beginning to look at lot like Christmas" as many of the classes are busy decorating their rooms with Christmas decorations and art. The junior students of the school and the junior and senior choirs are practising the Christmas concert which will be held at our school on Thursday, Dec. 9. CF/11 Ln. 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