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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-03-01, Page 26Debateable These 10 Huron County students participated in the first annual Ontario Student Debating Union Junior High School Debating Championships recently. Eight Grade 7, 8, and 9 students from across the province took part in the tournament, held in Cambridge. Left and second from left are Bronwyn Dunbar of Grey Central School and Ashley Gropp of Brussels Public School respectively. Front and centre is Stephanie Erb of Zurich, who finished in fourth place and will be representing Ontario at the National Junior High School Debating Championships this May in Halifax. Students debate at prow. level 100TH BIRTHDAY Bailie Parrott You are cordially invited to attend an OPEN HOUSE Sunday, March 5, 1995 at Huronview, Clinton 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. "Best Wishes Only" 40th Wedding Anniversary The children and grand- children of Mery and Gay Datema Invite you to celebrate with them their 40th Wedding Anniversary. This celebration Will take place at Clinton & District Christian School on Saturday, March 4, 1995 from 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. Best wishes only. O By John Schedler Last year's biggest box office hit is also this week's best new release. Disney's The Lion King **** (Buena Vista - $26.99 or less), is the company's 32nd animated feature film and the first to be based on original source materials, rather than an existing story. It took a team of more than 600 people over three years to complete this film using conventional methods as well as computer generated imagery. Like all Disney animated features this one boasts not only outstanding visuals and memorable characters, but an exceptionally fine music score (Hans Zimmer) and several original songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, which, by the way, are all nominated for Oscars. The Lion King is a must have title for your home video library. (Rated G) After you've had your fill of The Lion King you might like to check out Princess Caraboo ***1/2 (Columbia/Tristar), an engaging and delightful comedy starring Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline and Stephen Rae. Set in 1817, the plot follows a young woman who mysteriously appears in an English village speaking an unknown language and wearing strange clothing. Before long she captures the imagination of the local aristocrats, convincing them she is a princess from a faraway land. Of course there are still many skeptics including a suspicious butler and a nosey newspaper reporter who suspect she may well be a fraud. (Rated PG) Also worth a look is Colorado Cowboy: The Bruce Ford Story *"1/2 (Kino/CHV), a first rate documentary by Arthur Elgort. Colorado Cowboy observes the life and lifestyle of rodeo bareback rider Bruce Ford, five- time world champion and member of the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Kino Video also offers another Elgort film, Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story, a homage to one of the world's greatest living tenor saxophonists. (Both films are unrated) The movie connoisseur will be delighted with several new releases on laserdisc from the Voyager Company's Criterion Collection. Among these exclusive special editions are Barbra Streisand's The Prince of Tides which, in addition to a director approved letterboxed digital transfer, features a wealth of supplementary material including audio commentary by Barbra Streisand, interactive documentary, alternate versions of key scenes and outakes from Nick Nolte's gag reel. The same kind of deluxe treatment is also given to This Is Spinal Tap, the groundbreaking rockumentary which has outlasted many of the bands it spoofed. This disc features over two hours of supplementary material plus running commentary by director Rob Reiner, cast members and crew. The 1945 film I Know Where I'm Going by British movie legends Michael Powell and Erneric Pressburger's also receives the special Criterion treatment. The story follows a headstrong young woman (Wendy Hiller) on her journey to the bleak coast of Scotland where she unexpectedly finds romance. This disc also features loads of extras from Michael Powell's home movies, a secondary audio commentary and more. Vide0 'FA .X. IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY, J.R.'S GAS BAR TAKE OUT LTD. BRUSSELS 887-6951 NEW RELEASES THIS WEEK Lion King, Time Cop, Andre, Little Rascals, In The Army Now, The Next Karate Kid, Little . Giants, Color of. Night, Clear and Present Danger, It Could Hpppen to You, Natural Born Killers, A Troll in Central Park, True Lies, Wolf, The Shadow, The Mask, The Client, Wagons East, I Love Trouble, CHILDREN'S MOVIES 990 REGULAR MOVIES $1.49 NEW RELEASES $2.49 Continued from page 1 other boards. HCBE is already complying with the policies which may be legislated, he says. "We are already one of the low- est costs per student boards in the province. Perth shares that position with us in various categories. There are no cost savings to be gained." In a similar reorganization com- pleted in 1988 in England, it was recommended that 85 per cent of the budget go to instruction and 15 per cent to administration, says Mr. Carroll. "We are now spending 2 1/2 cents on the dollar in elementary and 3 1/2 in secondary for admin- istration." "With the lowest administration to student ratio, I don't know what else we can do." Board Chair Roxanne Brown supports the perspective of Mr. Carroll, adding that co-operation with the Perth and Huron-Perth boards with regards to transporta- tion has led to significant savings in that area. "I don't believe that bigger is always better," she says. "Ministry statistics have shown that the most efficient size for a board is 10,000 to 14,000, which is where the Huron board is." There have been examples, such as the London-Middlesex and Windsor-Essex (amalgamations) which have proven more costly, says Ms Brown. "I don't know where the savings would be." The Education and Training Min- istry has appointed a four-member task force to redraw the public and separate school board boundaries to be released by September, 1995. The cost of the task force, over 34 months, will be $250,000. The amalgamations suggested by the task force are to be in place by January, 1998, with the previous fall's elections held in accordance to the new boundaries. The Ministry expects to see sav- ings, due to the economy of scale, in areas such as purchasing, ware- housing, transportation, payroll, administration, reduction or elimi- nation of duplication of services and reduction in non-classroom expenditures. Ten Grade 7, 8 and 9 students from Huron County competed at the first annual Ontario Student Debating Union Junior High School Debating Championships at Jacob Hespeler Secondary School in Cambridge on Saturday, Feb. 18. Eighty students from across the province took part in the tourna- ment which was held to select Ontario's junior high school team to the national debating champion- ships. Sixteen intermediate pupils have been participating in a Linkway Project based on "The Essence of Canada." After researching a particular facet of Canada (present or past) and its influence on our lives the pupils are busy preparing computer presentations on their topic. On Feb. 28, Grade 5, 6, 7, 8 pupils will sharpen their skiing skills at Talisman. They are looking forward to this activity. We also will have a Parent Support Meeting at our school on Feb. 27. KINDERGARTEN CLASS REPORT February is Valentines month and time to think about friendship. Although we are always thinking of ways to get along with others,we have been doing some special activities for February. In the gym we have been doing activities with a friend. Sometimes we choose our own friend and other times we are each given half a valentine card and then find a partner by matching the Valentine cards. We especially liked making an upside down heart with our bodies and making bridges for our classmates to crawl or walk under. We also made friendship soup. Everybody brought a few vegetables and we put them together to make a delicious treat to enjoy after skating at the BMG Arena. Each class, sent a giant Valentine to one of the Brussels Kindergarten classes asking them to be our friends. We were really glad when they sent us Valentines saying "We would love to be your friends." We gave Valentines on Valentine's Day and graphed the colour of clothes that we wore. Red was the definite winner. We are anxiously awaiting our red amaryllis to bloom. We have three really special new Students from Huron County were chosen at a special workshop held at Central Huron Secondary School. Stephanie Erb of Zurich placed fourth in the tournament and was one of six students selected to represent Ontario at the national debate, to be held in Halifax on May 11 to 13. Other students who performed well included Bronwyn Dunbar . • centres in our room since -Christmas. One is the Pizza Centre. The crust and toppings are -made with felt. We practise our social skills and writing skills by writing down the orders. The next centre is the Phone Centre. Thanks to Mr. Tim Prior and Bell Canada we have two phones that are connected by a real switchboard that rings and allow us to hear a friend's voice. Each phone has its own number to dial. "We are practising to be teenagers," Mrs. Douma says. Our third special centre is a wooden car minus the wheels that our teacher's father, Gerald Gibson made. from Grey Central School who tied for 19th, Sarah McMullin from Howick Central School who tied 21st, Elizabeth Lutgendorff from Usborne Central who tied for 33rd, Meaghan Straw from Exeter Public School who placed 41st, Jamie Reaburn from Hensall Public School who placed 45th, Dan Hammill from Central Huron who placed 50th, Ashley Gropp from Brussels Public School who placed 60th, Jean Paul Leeper from Central Huron who placed 64th and Everett Smith from Seaforth High School who placed 65th. Teacher Jim Barnes said, "This was the first debating tournament for the Huron County students, but they performed very well against experienced teams from such private schools as Ashbury College of Ottawa, University of Toronto School, Branksome Hall of Toronto, and St. Andrew's College of Aurora, Grenville Christian College of Lakefield and St. John's Kilmarnock of Waterloo. PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1995. Carroll says bd. one of lowest in cost per student Grey Central Echo