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Bus tripto Kitchener ame this Friday
Junior A Hockey Game? Won-
dering how Boyd Devereaux is
doing? This is your chance to
see both. Seaforth Minor
Hockey will be hosting a bus
trip to Kitchener to watch the
Rangers face-off against the
Windsor Spitfires on Friday,
Dec. 1.
Wanting to go see a major B. clean 376 The show and sale will be
held on Saturday, December 2
from 12 noon to 5 pm and
Sunday, Dec. 3 from 10 am to
4:30 pm at the Seaforth
Agriplex, High School and
This will be Seaforth Minor
Hockey Night at the game with
the Seaforth Tykes playing a
mini game during the first
intermission. Tickets arc going
fast. The bus will leave the
Seaforth arena at 5:30 pm. For
tickets or more information
please call Paul VanderMolen
at 527-1750.
ecreation
Preview
by Marty Bedard
Senior Shuffleboard con-
tinues every Wednesday after-
noon from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. All
Seniors are welcome to enjoy
an afternoon of fun and fellow-
ship. Last week's winners:
Ladies:
V. Preszcator 354
M. McMillan 307
I. Lindemann 296
Men:
K. Preszcator 424
S. Doig 423
The Seaforth BIA would like
to invite everyone to this year's
Christmas tree lighting on
Friday, Dec. 1 at 6:30 pm.
Come out and join in the holi-
day festivities. Santa and Mrs.
Claus -will be at the Town Hall
to greet all the children.
Santa's Elves will be present
to help Santa and serve hot
chocolate, and wagon rides and
carol singing will be held from
7 to 9 pm.
Following a busy night on
Main Street, you can stay in
the Christmas mood by visiting
the Agricultural Society's
Annual Farm Toys, Dolls,
Miniatures, Crafts, and Sports
Cards SHOW AND SALE.
Arena. Admission will be $3
per person 10 and over. Free
Skating will be held. Fun for
the whole family.
The Huron County Library's
will be accepting book dona-
tions for the Huron County
Christmas Bureau. Donations
can be dropped off at your
local library branch before Dec.
2. Help make "A Book for
Every Child" possible by giv-
ing a gift that can be opened
all year long.
Clarke worried about 17-year-olds on their own
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replace the first year of univer-
sity, so students could stay at
home one more year to help
with the expense of moving
ilfway. That left a three-year
university program rather than
four.
"Ontario is the only place
where you can get a degree in
three years," says McKenzie.
"There will be no time for
the students to take courses of
interest or extra -curricular
activities that enrich their
lives," she says.
In order to qualify for univer-
sity in Ontario, students must
have six Ontario Academic
Credits (OAC) and these are
usually taken in the fifth year
of high school. However,
students can graduate from
high school in four years if
they meet the required 32
credits needed to receive an
Ontario Secondary School
Diploma.
"Seventeen -year-olds will be
moving away from home and
that scares me," says John
Clarke, Ontario Secondary
School Teacher's Federation
officer for district 45.
Students starting Grade 9 in
1996 will be the last class with
the option to graduate after five
years, says Clinton principal
McKenzie. Those starting
Grade 9 in 1997 will be the
first class to graduate after four
years and will be graduating at
the same time as those who
started in 1996. "Both grades
will be applying to university
at the same time," she notes.
"Will a provision be made by
universities to take extra first
year students or will it just be
extra- competitive? There are
too many unknowns."
A press release from the
Ministry of Education and
Training outlines highlights of
the new system, which include:
high graduation standards for
all students; eight course re -
Planners pitch for business
Two representatives from a eager.
firm of engineers, architects An architect from Waterloo
and planners, attended the Nov. gave examples of some of the
14 meeting of Seaforth Council compa:•y's recent renovation
to make a pitch for future work at the Stratford Armories
business. Don Pletch, originally and in Cambridge and Simcoe.
from Brussels and now the He noted with Council "now
manager of Totten, Sims, talking about a feasibility
Hubicki Associates, said the study" for Seaforth Town Hall,
company is competitive, ex- this would be right up the
perienced, ;expanding and company's alley.
Main streets win back shoppers
Main streets in Britain are
thriving from the challenge of
out-of-town shopping centres
and winning back the hearts of
consumers, despite gloomy
predictions by experts that such
town centres were doomed to
become wastelands of boarded -
up shops.
"Big and small retailers are
returning to the high street,
attracted by lower rents, new
planning approaches, the need
to cater for an aging society
and increasing demand for
specialized and local produce,"
reports The Sunday Times.
The trend has been revealed
in a series of new studies.
"The combination of affor-
dable rents and retailers' ex-
pansion plans means the main
street today is as healthy as it
has ever been," the analyst who
compiled one study says.
A survey of 180 of the UK's
leading retailers now shows
planned store openings in town
centres outnumber by two to
one those in out-of-town
locations.
The number 'of stores in
Britain's high streets has grown
by five per -cent in two years.
Further growth is predicted.
That survey calls it Britain's
main -street revival, which it
concludes is "starting to
reverse the drift of retailers to
out-of-town locations".
. "Now they have got rid of
the traffic it is a much better
place to shop," notes a resident
of Derby, where few city -
centre shops are now vacant
compared to more than half
five years ago.
"I can get everything I want
here and the market square is
lovely," notes another Derby
shopper, who came from her
village 20 miles away.
"In recent years the trend had
been towards Targe stores on
the edge of town. Now we are
looking for opportunities to
develop smaller supermarkets
close to town centres."
The big BhS chain recently
unveiled the first of a new
generation of main -street
department stores, and has
identified 60 similar sites in
Britain for expansion.
Shops and stores on main
streets have been forced to
innovate to survive, setting the
stage for this unexpected
revival observes the manager
of a firm of retail analysts.
He used for example the
success of Thresher's "Home
Run" stores in the UK, which
combine take -away pizzas,
video rental, an off -license
(liquor outlet) and convenience
shopping.
"Schemes like this deserve to
succeed," he says,"because
they have adapted to modern
shopping patterns."
The revival of specialty
grocery shops has also fired
main street's resurgence. These
specialty shops sell high-quality
foods, local produce and per-
sonal service.
The manager of a cheese
store in the historic market
town of Horsham in West
Sussex notes her staff is ar-
ticulate and knowledgeable.
The respected London
national newspaper reported
that a hairdresser from a near-
by town who was shopping in
Horsham agreed small stores
"were vastly superior to sou-
lless' out-of-town develop-
ments".
"I love it here. It is a much
nicer way to shop," she says.
quirements for students plan-
ning to go to college or the
workplace; improved guidance
and career counselling policies
and programs; expanded co-op
education and work experience
programs; and a new, struc-
tured school -to -work transition
program called "Bridges".
"University -bound students
will continue to get the high
quality instruction they need to
meet university entrance re-
quirements," the release states.
"Mr. Snobelen has provided
more questions than answers,"
says Clarke of the teachers'
union. "What will happen to
those students who don't get
their diploma after four years
or who can't find a job?
Unemployment for those aged
18 to 30 is the highest of all
age groups and that concerns
me...This is just another way of
downloading costs on the
public system."
"It will definitely reduce the
number of options students can
explore," says Herb Murphy,
principal of South Huron
District High School in Exeter.
In some areas, he says, it will
not make a difference, such as
in science programs where the
course is offered in Grade 11
or 12 and another in OAC.
Therefore, he says, it could be
done in four years, but "there's
not much chance to look at
other options. It will not likely
hit the core courses such as
math, science and English, but
students will likely not have
the chance to take courses of
interest."
* With notes from Gregor
Campbell.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Nov.mbrar 29, 1995-7
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