HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-11-18, Page 29311. Auotdoa Salo 30. Auotloe Sale
AUCTION SALE
To be held for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
at 49 Rattenbury St., E, Clinton, Ontario
Wednesday, November 25th at 6:30 p.m.
FURNITURE: Round Dining table w/3 leaves; 0
Approx 106 Wooden chairs (painted blue grey); 8
Table w/2 wicker shelves (approx. 4 ft. Ion ;
Quantity of joining Tables various lengths , 4
ft., 5ft., & 8 ft. Extenders); 3 -Wooden Dividers
approx. 7ft. long; Large Blackboard on frame
w/wheels; 2 -small Electric Organs; 2 door
Wooden Cupboard; Settee; 3 drawer Chest fil-
ing cabinet; 2 Saw horses; Oil Lamp. DISHES
& MISC: 18 Blue Bowls; 112 Blue Dinner
Plates; 96 Blue Cups; 112 Blue Saucer; 87
Bread & butter Plates; 40 Sherbets; several
Salt & Pepper Shakers; Alfred Meaken
Overland Dishes: 48 Dinner Plates; 60 Bread & 0
Butter Plates; 48 Cups; 39 Saucers; Approx. II
Knives; 100 Forks; 100 Spoons; 3 boxes
of Linens; Misc Tea Towels & Dish Cloths; ,
Trays; Lexmark Z42, VCR; TV stand.
AUCTIONEER: Richard Lobb
519-482-7898, Clinton. 8
ESTATE AUCTION SALE
To be held at Seaforth Fair Grounds Agri -Piex
Building for the of Estate of Alvin Lobb of Clinton
plus additions.
Saturday, November 21st at 10:00a.m.
TRACTOR: Case IH 485 diesel Tractor w/Case 1H 2200
loader. SNOW BLOWERS: Lucknow 7 1/2 ft; Cub Cadet
10.5 HP 30 in. walk behind Snow blower w/power steer-
ing (nearly new).FARM EQUIPMENT: 5ft. Bush Hog Ro-
tary Cutter; Kongskilde 91/2 ft. cultivator; MF 74 2 furrow;
Ferguson 7 ft. Cultivator; Walking Plow; Steel Wheels; 2
HP Gas water Pump; Danuser Post Hole Digger. GEN-
ERATOR: 950 Watt (New) McCullough 8 HP :LAWN
MOWERS: Cub Cadet 50 inch deck (, approx. 2 yrs.
Old); Murray 20 in.3.5 HP gas Push Mower; Cub Cadet
6 speed self propelled. GARDEN TILLERS: White 5 HP
rear tine; Mantis mini Tiller. WEED EATERS: Troy Built
straight shaft; Homelite & Weed Eater w/ attachments;
SHOP EQUIPMENT: Lincoln Welder; Air Compressor;
Hand Tum Forge; Jack all Jack; Shell Oil; Grinder on
Stand; Aluminum Ladders; Battery Charger; Disc Grind-
er; 4 Ton jack; Circular Saw; 220 Volt Electric heater;
Chain Saw (new); Battery Chargers; Drills; Clamps plus
lots of other tools. 1 BEAMS: 6.18 in. x 71/2 in. x 65 in.
long. TRAILERS: Trillium Fiber Glass Camping Trailer;
Utility Trailer 52 in wide x 92 in. long with loading Ramp
(new; Old 82 in. wide x 10 ft. long heavy Trailer; Other
Trailer 48 in. x 84 in. long; SNOWMOBILE: 1990 Ya-
maha Snow Sport (small).ANTIQUE SCHOOL BELL:
Large 31 inch Rumsey Cast Iron School Bell from either
Porters Hill or Taylors Comer School. GUN STORAGE
& AMMO CABINETS: PIANO: Willis low profile Piano
and Bench. TOY : Lincoln Dump Truck (old). APPLI-
ANCES: Modem Fridge; Chest Freezer; Vacuum w/
Power head; Barbecue; Phones; Fans; Dehumidifier;
TV; Record Player; Washer & Dryer(good ones); Sew-
ing Machine. FURNITURE and ANTIQUES: Old Brass
bed ;Black Walnut Dining Suite; Maple Kitchen Table &
4 chairs; Washstand; 6 Piece Antique Wash Set; Power
lift & tilt Recliner Chair; Recliner Chesterfield & recliner
Loveseat; Antique Tables; Bedroom Furniture; Press
back High chair & Chiles Rocker; Wall Units; Chest
of Silverware( 8 Place setting); Lantems; Glass Butter
Chum; Organ Stool; Garden Bench; Crockinolp Board
plus much more Fumiture that listed. Dishes, Glass-
ware & Bedding etc. OTHER: 10 ft. Wooden Boat on
Trailer (in good condition); Seniors Scooter; Filing Cabi-
net & Office Chairs.
NOTE: Another excellent Large offering - the Building is
Full.2 Auctioneers selling starting at 10:00 a.m.
TRACTOR, EQUIPMENT, LAWNMOWERS; TRAILERS
ETC. SELL AT 12 NOON.
TERMS CASH or CHEQUE w/PROPER ID
AUCTIONEER: Richard Lobb
519.482-7898 Clinton
See www lobbauctlon.on.ca for Pictures
and Listing
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311. Auotiow Sale 31. Auetloa Sale
RICHARD LOBB
Auction Calendar
Clinton 519-482-7898
SAT. NOVEMBER 21 at 10:00 a.m.: To be
held at Seaforth Fair Grounds Agri Plex
Building for the Estate of Alvin Lobb. Full list in e
this weeks Edition
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25th at 6:30 p.m.:
To be held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church v
at 49 Rattenbury St. E., Clinton. Full List in this
weeks Edition.
DECEMBER 5TH at 10:00 am: Approx. 600 to
700 lots of Model T Ford Car parts and 2
Canadian built Model T Ford, 4 door cars. To
be held for Hilda Jackson (Estate of Jim
Jackson) @ 77212 Airport Line, south west of
Clinton, Ontario.Pictures of Inventory will be on
www.lobbauction. on. ca by Nov. 14th.
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AUCTION SALE
Furnishings of Dorothy Bonham, Walkerton; Earl Gross,
Hanover, Teeswater Library Fundraiser at Yokassippi
Auctions, 8 Mitchell St., Hwy 4 Teeswater
Saturday, Nov 28 at 10:00 am
Preview at 9:00 am - Lunch Booth
Pequegnat Regulator wall clock (Berlin); Krug captain
chairs; new quilts; Oak - ext table & 6 chairs, flat -to -wall
cupboard; Supplies from Automotive Shop
Check out full listing on website.
www.yokassippiauctions.com
www.auctioneersassociation.com
www.metcalfeauction.com
Ken: 519-392-8967
Len: 519-367-2791
by Yokassippi Auctions, Teeswater
1-877-392-7037
39.. Eduoatlonal
TUTORING
AVAILABLE for ele-
mentary students in
reading, phonics, gram-
mar, etc. Call Melanie
at 519-524-4311.-47-
49x
ACADEMIC TUTOR
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
AND HIGH SCHOOL
CHILDREN. Do you
want to ensure that
your child receives the
best educational sup-
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Let me help your child
achieve academic suc-
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bring services to you, if
necessary. Call 519-
565-4025.-46, 47x
40. Lost and Found
LOST - Gold 10 karat
chain with cross.
Reward. Phone 519-
524-9467.-47
dA- Lnatang_Eound
FOUND - Pair of
prescription glasses at
Goderich Rotary
Beach, November 8.
Call to identify. 519-
345-0611.-47-48x
FOUND - Man's bicycle
on Saturday, October
31. Please phone to
identify. 519-524-
2006-46, 47nx
Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - Page 29
"Canned" report card
comments ca
When my children started
school the report cards they re-
ceived three times a year were
a good indicator of how my
children were doing in school.
There was no mistaking that
the comments on those report
cards referred to my own chil-
dren.
Teachers spent hours to get
the comments just right so that
parents had a clear sense of
what their child had learned,
when they learned it and if they
needed help to improve.
Educators also told us that, with the
onset of a new, standard curriculum, and
a litany of other major changes, they felt
overwhelmed by a process that should
have been a rewarding part of their job.
Who can forget the parent complaints
back then of how their children watched
way too many Disney videos or had sub-
stitute teachers so that the regular class-
room teacher could meet the report card
deadline date.
The province's answer to ease the
stress of report card writing for teach-
ers was what I call cut-and-paste canned
comments, more officially known as
"standard comments."
If you've had children in the system
over the last 10 years you'll know ex-
actly what I'm talking about.
Standard comments were those which
teachers could select from a school -
board -approved list. Boards create their
own inventory of comments that are
supposed to reflect student expectations
at each grade level.
Count me among the growing number
of parents who, over the last number
of years, found the canned report card
comments to be sterile and impersonal
enough to be meaningless.
For a system that prides itself in see-
ing that each student gets the individual
education they need, the rather robotic
report card comments work against that
effort.
It wasn't until Toronto grandparent
Tom Sullivan, a retired teacher himself,
raised the issue of the bafflegab report
card comments in a very public way that
the Minister took notice.
Mr. Sullivan was dumbfounded to
understand the
comments in his
grandson's Grade 4
report card.
Comments like,
"Johnny sometimes
represents fractions
using concrete ma-
terials, words and
standard fractional
notation, and ex-
plains the mean -
use confusion
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ing of the denominator as the
number of the fractional parts
of a whole set, and the numer-
ator as the number of the frac-
tional part being condensed,"
left Sullivan wondering what
the teacher was trying to say.
Mr. Sullivan contacted his
local newspaper and his story
took off in a big way over the
summer.
Since Sullivan's initial story
ran in the Toronto Star he has
amassed over 140 signatures
on a petition presented to the Minister
of Education.
It asks the Minister to get serious about
reviewing the whole report card process
for he next school year and include com-
ments that are clear and actually mean
something.
Sullivan has also fielded 350 emails
notes and letters from both education
professionals and others sharing their
own experiences with "canned com-
ments."
For its part the Ministry claims that
the comments list is not mandatory for
teachers to use.
Oh really?
Perhaps someone forgot to mention
that to local board and school adminis-
trators because if the pressure on teach-
ers isn't coming from the province to
use unpopular comments, where has it
been coming from?
Provincial parent groups are split on
the issue.
Some feel that the province needs to
let teachers get back to the more per-
sonalized reporting of comments on the
report card, while others feel that this is
the first step in eliminating the issuing
of report cards and measuring skills, pe-
riod.
The Minister of Education, Kathleen
Wynne has said that a revamping of
the report card will be reviewed, with
changes in place for the next school year
which hopefully will move to clarify the
selection of comments teachers may in-
clude on the report cards.
For parents, it's an opportunity to feed-
back to your school council and school
board. Don't wait to be invited to com-
ment. Councils are in place to take your
message forward.
There are many parents and educators
in Ontario today grateful for a Toronto
grandfather's advocacy.
We often forget to include grandpar-
ents in our education communities, but
could stand to draw on their experiences
in a big way.
At 77 years of age Tom Sullivan has
been approached to run for trustee in the
next election.
He's not considering it.