HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2013-11-27, Page 1010 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, November 27, 2013
School board looking
for parents' before/after
school input
Gerard Creces
OMI Agency
The Avon Maitland District School
Board is asking parents - would you use
an after school program?
From now until Nov, 30, parents are
being asked to complete a survey from
the school board to help determine the
need for before and after school
programs.
The program is geared toward four
and five -year-olds, however, if there is
enough interest from parents, the pro-
gram could be extended to 6-12 year-
olds.
Primary services coordinator at the
AMUSE, Jodi Regier, said the current
model provides before and after school
programming to Junior and senior kin-
dergarten students, offering them what
she called a seamless day.
Clinton parents have until month's
end to fill out the survey to help deter-
mine the feasibility of an extended pro-
gram, which is determined entirely by
community need.
The focus right now is on kinder-
gartners, those currently in JK and those
registering for the 2014 school year.
I lowever, the extent of the service is up
in the air - whether morning, after-
noon, PI) days or summer and March
Break programming as well, third -party
providers work hand-in-hand with the
schools to provide the care, often in the
kindergarten room, and sites, schedules
and locations will likely be determined
in April. 'Ihe Clinton Community Coop-
erative Childcare program currently
operates out of Clinton Public School,
with students from kindergarten to
Grade 5 participating.
"Ihe programs augment full day kin-
dergarten, which has been around at
Clinton Public School for four years.
Principal Don Rauser said the full-day
classes have been very successful
thanks to the effort of teachers and early
childhood educators.
"Our only growing pain is that we
grew another class," he said. "We have
two full classrooms with EClis in them
and a smaller class with 15 students and
one teacher. All three work very closely
with the children."
The survey is being offered on the
AMDSB site at yourschools.ca.
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Huron County OPP
OPP investigating theft of
pickups and firearms
1 luron County Ontario Provincial Police
(OPP) officers including investigators from the
1 luron County Property Crines Unit are busy
investigating a recent string of vehicle thefts in
l luron County. During a five hour window
between 11:30 p.m. on November 9, 2013 and
4:30 a.m. on November 10, 2013 four pickup
trucks were stolen within it short distance of
each other in North !Ilium & 1 luron East.
A Chevrolet Silverado was stolen from Reid
Road, a GM(: Sierra was stolen from Belfast
Road, a Dodge Ram was stolen from Nature
Centre Road and a GMC Sierra was stolen from
Brandon Road in Huron East.
All of the stolen trucks have since been
recovered in good condition; however a Soviet
Simonov SKS Semi -Automatic rifle with a lam-
inate wood stock remains outstanding. It had
been left inside one of the trucks.
The stolen pickups were all left unlocked.
Some owners left the keys in the ignition while
others left the keys under the floor mat. In all
likelihood, these opportunistic thefts would've
been prevented had the keys been removed
from the vehicle. Huron County OPP urges
property owners to take crime prevention a
step further than simply putting your ignition
key under the floor mat.
A real concern for the I luron County ()PP
Property Crimes investigators is the stolen
vehicles are quite often used in the commis-
sion of other crimes such as thefts, break and
enters and robberies. Often the criminals will
flee crime scenes in these stolen vehicles trav-
elling at very high and dangerous speeds.
"Evidently, some property owners are failing
to take basic steps to secure their property. Our
officers continue to investigate vehicle thefts
where the doors have been left unlocked and
the keys have been left In the vehicle. 'These
are crimes that could've easily been prevented.
Property owners meed to consider the fact that
these stolen vehicles allow criminals the
opportunity to carry out further crimes in our
local communities. Let's not stake it easy for
these criminals. 13e proactive and do your part
around home by securing your vehicles.
Together we can make a difference in reducing
criminal activity in our neighbourhoods," says
1 luron County OPP Sergeant Dale Bray.
Any person with information regarding
these incidents should immediately contact
the !Junin OPP P at 1-888-310-1122 or (519) 524 -
8314.
Should you wish to remain anonymous, you
may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-'T1PS
(8477), where you may be eligible to receive a
cash reward of up to $2,000.
Lambton Shores Communities in Bloom
committee recognized by Warden
Lakeshore Advance
'Ihe Lambton Shores Com-
munities in Bloom Commit-
tee is being recognized as the
Warden's Citizen of the
Month for November for its
work in the recent Commu-
nities in Bloom national
competition.
The committee worked
hard to promote community
involvement and helped
guide the Municipality of
Lambton Shores to "5
Bloom" designation and the
prestigious "Class of Cham-
pions" award. County of
Lambton Warden 'Ibdd Case
presented
committee (:o -(:hairs Cath-
erine Minielly and Grace
Dekker with a plaque at
Lambton Shores Council's
meeting at the'1hedford Leg-
acy (:entre this evening.
"Committee members
dedicated many hours of
planning, coordination, and
promotion to this important
initiative," says Warden Todd
(,ase. "13l'(1antit' of the com-
mittee's efforts, l.annbton
Shores' reputation as a sce-
nic and environmentally
responsible community is
now being noticed 00 the
national stage."
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Warden Todd Case presents Catherine Minielly and Grace
Dekker with the Citizen of the Month award.
in Grand Bend, Arkona,
'I'hedford, Port Franks, and
Forest was mentioned by
Judges as a key component
of Lambton Shores' Commu-
nities In 11100111 entry.
The Warden's Citizen of
the Month award recognizes
residents and organizations
in Lambton County who are
known for their positive con-
tributions to the community.
Recipients may not neces-
sarily be well known but are
generally well regarded.
For more information
about Lambton County, visit
www.Inmhtononllne.ca.