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THE HURON IXPosn•on, Nay 9, 3001-9
News
Quartet qualifies
for major competition
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Staff
For the second year in a
row, Dave Campbell, of
Seaforth, and the rest of his
barbershop quartet is
representing Ontario at an
international barbershop
competition.
His quartet, intrigue, won
the provincial competition
two weeks ago and will be
going to Nashville the first
week of July.
"We won the provincial.
We weren't as good as last
year but we were good
enough," says Campbell.
He says while the quartet
had an off night the Friday
evening of the provincial
competition, they pulled
through to win it on the
Saturday.
"Sometimes off nights just
happen and you can't
prevent it. But, the - more
experience you gain, the less
apt that is to happen," he
says.
While singing for 12,000
people at the international
competition of the Society
.for the Preservation and
Encouragement of Barber
Shop Singing in America
(SPEBSQSA) last year in
Kansas City was "quite a
thrill," Campbell says he's
not quite as excited this year.
But, he adds that one of
the highlights will be
performing in the arena
where the new NHL team,
the Nashville Predators play.
Members of intrigue are
the same as last year with
Campbell, Dan Wilson of
Dunnville, Al Baker, of
Hamilton and Chris Arnold
of Kitchener.
Campbell, who has been
singing in barbershop
quartets for 17 years, placed
second five times at a
provincial level with his last
quartet called Pastime. His
latest quartet intrigue was
formed last year and won the
provincial championship its
first time out.
The Seaforth Harmony
Kings placed l l th at the
provincials, which is an
improvement over last year,
says Campbell.
"Our points in singing and
quality improved but we've
still got a long way to go
with the chorus," he says.
This fall's annual concert
of the Seaforth Harmony
Kings, scheduled for Sept.
29, will feature intrigue as
guests.
Parents seek bussing
to get kids to Clinton
By Stew Slater
Special to the Huron Expositor
The hopes of a group of
Walton -area students and
parents were left hanging on
results from a meeting on
May 8, after debate on their
concern was cut short by
what Avon Maitland District
School. Board chair Wendy
Anderson called a point of
parliamentary procedure.
Val Pethick, spokesperson
for the group, made a
scheduled delegation to the
board at a regular meeting
Tuesday, April 24. She asked
trustees to consider a refusal
by the board to provide
specialized transportation
next year for three students
within the Seaforth District
High School (SDHS)
catchment area, who have
been accepted to attend
Central Huron Secondary
School in Clinton.
Following the delegation,
Pethick answered a question
from Stratford trustee Meg
Westley, explaining that her
son and two other students,
currently in Grade 8, wish to
attend Central Huron
because it offers a wider
range of technical -based
courses than SDHS
She also told Wingham-
area trustee Colleen Schenk
she would like the board to
provide some reason not to
give up on the transportation
issue and seek admittance
and transportation to the
Huron -Perth Catholic
District School Board's St.
Anne's secondary school,
also in Clinton.
"We'd kind of like to
know where we stand for
September," Pethick said. "If
a motion could be made
tonight, that would be great."
Following that response,
Northwest Huron
representative Butch
Desjardins proposed
deferring the issue to the
May 8 meeting, while
directing board staff to
gather relevant information
in the meantime. Desjardins'
motion was approved, then
Anderson obliged Seaforth
trustee Charles Smith in his
request to speak.
However, after Smith had
only succeeded in
introducing a desire to
discuss the board' border -
crossing policy, he was
interrupted by Anderson and
asked to stop. Anderson
claimed.she had made a
procedural error in allowing
Smith to speak, stating the
matter must be officially
closed after a motion to
defer.
Following the meeting,
Pethick explained she was
told by Avon Maitland staff
the only solution would be to
drive 20 miles per day to
take her son to a
predetermined pick-up point
for students destined for
Clinton.
However, she is aware of
one other student from the
Walton area who already
gets bussed to Winthrop,
then transfers onto a Clinton
bu§, through a cooperative
effoit with the Catholic
board. She wonders why a
similar arrangement couldn't
be devised for next year's
three prospective' border-
crossers.
"We would prefer not to
change systems. We would
prefer to stay with this
board," Pethick said.
Council open to public
From Page 1
at 7:00 p.m.
I'd like to remind all
residents of Huron East that
meetings are open to the
public.
We plan to take "our
show on the road" later this
year in order to provide
better access to the public
to some of these meetings.
Watch your paper; these
meetings will be advertised.
If you have any questions
or concerns about the
present or future plans of
Huron East, please feel free
to contact either your local
representatives or me.
It's my wish and the wish
of the Huron East Council
to be readily available,
accountable and accessible
to our constituents.
Standard test not a solution
From Pogo 4
standardized tests in each
and every grade, with plans
to hold back students who do
not pass.
I'm not against tests and
high standards. I'm not
against students being
expected to spell correctly,
communicate well and with
proper grammar and succeed
at mathematics.
But, using one test to
determine a child's success
at school, and in the case of
the Grade 10 literacy test, to
determine a young adult's
abiality to graduate high
school and enjoy any success
at all in life is something else
altogether.
If that math test had been
the deciding factor of my
success in Grade 7, I might
still be in that class today.
And, some kids are never
going to be able to pass that
literacy test. In an era where
you must have a Grade 12
diploma to work at The Beer
Store, what sort of future are
those kids going to have?
Forget getting into college or
university - what kind of job
are they going to qualify for?
I guess they'll be facing
yet another literacy test - the
one Hams is now proposing
for welfare recipients.