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St. Patrick's Cemetery
Sunday attended by many
A huge crowd
attended mass last
Sunday in St.
Patrick's Church
followed by a procession to the cemetery
grounds for blessing of the graves.
Father Charbonneau blessed several as the
crowd offered prayers. People that have
moved away returned in remembrance of
relatives and friends:
Our C.W.L. ladies had set up a table with
treats. At 2 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul held
their Cemetery Sunday.
Dublin
St. Patrick's
C.W.L. fall
regional meeting
will he held in
St. Patrick's parish hall on Wednesday, Sept.
29. Registration is at 8 a.m. and the meeting
will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the meeting will
begin at 8:30 a.m.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Life is like a golf tournament. As soon as
you get out of one hole, you're heading for
another.
by Dorothy Dillon
Queensway baking group
stirs up batch of raisin scones
Exercises in
the sunroom at
Queensway
Nursing and
Retirement Home in Hensall
had everyone off to a good
start Monday morning as
everyone worked their way
through the routine geared to
maintaining and even
regaining flexibility.
Group exercises are
scheduled each Monday,
Wednesday and Friday
morning.
In the afternoon women of
the Hensall Presbyterian
Church provided prizes and
assistance at bingo.
Tuesday morning a group
of eight residents gathered in
Queensway Nursing Home
the family dining room to
enjoy their breakfast made to
order.
The Reverend Alec
McGillvery of Zurich and
Dashwood United Churches
led worship Tuesday
afternoon with Belva Fuss as
volunteer pianist.
Geri Fashions Clothing
Store drew a good number of
shoppers and browsers on
Wednesday as residents and
visitors checked out the fall
fashions.
That tantalizing scent of
fresh coffee drew residents to
News
Coffee and Current
events group
Thursday morning
for discussion of
items in the weekly and daily
newspapers.
In the afternoon, baking
group stirred up delicious
raisin scones which they
taste tested warm from the
oven with Nutter and a cup of
tea. Baking group seems
partial to recipes that hake in
less than 30 minutes so they
can sample right away.
Marie Flynn received a
warm welcome as she
entertained on piano at
Friendship Friday in the
Retirement Home Lounge.
Catholic board has funding
cut for special education
By Stew Slater
Special to The Expositor
The Huron -Perth Catholic
District School Board was the
only board in Ontario to have
its overall Special Education
funding levels decreased as a
result of the education
ministry's most recent
assessment of how much
money is needed.
The Avon Maitland District
School Board, meanwhile,
will receive an increase of
approximately $1.06 million
for the 2004-05 school
calendar, thanks to what's
referred to as "Cycle 5" of the
Intensive Support Amount
(ISA) review.
According to a
memorandum sent out by
ministry officials on July 28,
"boards that have been
spending their entire special
education allocation on
special education programs
and services (will) receive
their full allocation for 2004-
05, as per Cycle 5.
Boards that have had
special education
underspending in 2003-04
and prior years (will) see
their 2004-05 ISA allocation
reduced to reflect this
underspending.
Huron -Perth business
superintendent Gerry Thuss
says it's not that the Catholic
board has been
underspending, but rather that
it was efficient in its
assessment of special needs
students, and in its reporting
of those needs to the ministry.
As a result, it did not
participate in Cycle 5 because
all its special needs students
had already been identified.
Instead, the decrease in
funding -- which dropped the
board's total funding by
$30,000 -- came as a result of
two Special Education
students leaving the board
during 2003-04.
Due to a policy called
"portability," those students
took the provincial funding
with them when they
relocated to another board.
"Unfortunately, it's a
reduction rather than
additional dollars," Thuss
told trustees at the board's
first regular meeting of 2004-
05, held Monday, Aug. 30.
But he added it's "not a big
issue" because it hints at the
board's efficiency of
reporting, rather than a failure
to access available funding.
Additional special
education funding may still
be corning, however. The
ministry memorandum also
explains that money saved by
underspending boards will be
"channelled ... into a new
Effectiveness and Equity
Fund to be reinvested in
special education over the
2004-05 year.
School board officials and
representatives from trustee
associations have been
invited to work with the
ministry on the approach to
access these funds so that
unmet needs can be
addressed.
At the Aug. 30 meeting,
Huron -Perth trustees also
learned about the board's
relatively insignificant but
still noteworthy shares iri two
other recently -announced
government funding
initiatives.
Out of $20 million
committed province -wide for
the "Community Use of
Schools," the Catholic board
will receive $43,405, which
Thuss says will be used to
offset the cost of making
schools available for use by
community groups. And out
of $65 million earmarked for
the 2004-05 Learning
Opportunities Grant, Huron -
Perth will receive $11,309.
The Avon Maitland board,
meanwhile, will receive
$189,493 for Community Use
of Schools, and $90,402 from
the Learning Opportunities
Grant.
Huron -Perth trustee
Bernard Murray expressed
surprise that the Toronto
District School Board will
receive just over $27 million
under the Learning
Opportunities Grant, well
above the second most
fortunate hoard -- the nearby
Peel District School Board --
which receives $4.5 million,
and far exceeding the
allocations awarded to largely
rural hoards.
He conceded, however. that
the grant is designed to tackle
problems -- like poverty and
the struggles of recent
immigrants -- which arc quite
likely more prevalent in
. large. urban centres.
Thuss is also positioning
the Huron -Perth hoard to take
advantage of yet another
funding initiative. expected to
be announced sonic time this
fall.
Hc says the "Good Schools
Open" grant. which aims to
help school hoards conduct
necessary upgrades and
maintenance on existing
schools. will he taken under
consideration as the hoard
proceeds with upcoming
renovations at St. Mary's
elementary school in
Godcrich and St. Joseph's
elementary school in
Stratford.
The projected scope of
work in each case has been
expanded. with the
expectation that further work
will he eligible under the new
grant and can he done as
quickly as possible after the
grant is announced.
Community Calendar
WED, SEPT. 22
10:y
Ontario Early Years Program at
Duff's United Church Walton
1:00-4:00 p.m. - Seniors
Shuffleboard at the Arena
4:00-5:00 - After School Shinney
6:30 p.m. - Ruth's Fitness upstairs
THURS., SEPT. 23
9:00-10:00 a.m. - Fitness Is Fun
with Druscilla
10:00-11:30 a.m. - Baby Time
Ontario Early Years at
Egmondville United Church.
4:00-5:00 p.m. - After Schooln
Shiny
FRI. SEPT. 24
10:00 a.m. - Morning Out at
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10:00-10:48 a.m. and
11:16-12 noon - Seaforth Branch
Library presents Tales for Tots.
Aged 2-5 and their caregivers.
4:00-5:00 p.m. - After School
Sh
Seaforth Co-operative Children's
00-11:30 a.m. - Pia and Leam Centre
SAT. SEPT. 25
9:30-11:00 a.m. - Jumping Gym
Fun Early Years program at
Minor Hockey Starts
MON. SEPT. 27
9:30-11:00 a.m. - ABC 1-2-3 •
Ontario Earty Years program at
St. James Gym.
4:00-5:00 p.m. - After School
Shinny
6:30 p.m. - Ruth's Fitness upstairs
TUES. SEPT. 28
9:00-10:30 a.m. - Fitness is Fun
with Oruscilla
4:00-5:00 p.m. - After School
Shipny
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Dog Obedience
with Anita Hanson In Hall
7:30 p.m. - Seaforth Harmony
HI-Lites rehearsal at Northside
United Church
WED. SEPT. 29
10:00-11:30 a.m. - Play and Leam
Ontario Early Years program at
Duffs United Church in Walton
1:00-4:00 p.m. - Seniors
Shuffleboard at the Arena
4:00-5:00 p.m. - After School
Shinny
6:30 p.m. - Ruth's Fitness upstairs
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Terry Fox run
Larry Langan, director of education for the Huron -Perth Catholic School Board, Chris Van
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Columban school on Friday afternoon. More than 275 children took part in the run at both St.
Columban and St. Patrick's Schools. The run, which raised close to $200, was held to help raise
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