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Times-Advocate, 1987-05-13, Page 31No m� � irsoknseparate school trustees Come September 1 no longer will smoking ban. Vincent McInnes of tobacco smoke waft through the Wingham stated, "I don't like rules meeting rooms at the Huron -Perth and regulations set down like this". County Roman Catholic Separate He said come September he would School Board office in Dublin. declare his desk space at the board's No longer will ash trays dot the meeting table to be his private office. trustees' desks in the board room. the smokes a pipe). At a meeting in Dublin Monday night the board updated some of its Another policy involved computer: 'policies and bylaws. The Huron -Perth County Roman W Catholic Separate School Board ap- Its new policy on smoking states proves the establishment of the Com - that the board recognizes that smok- puler Assisted LearningCommittee ing is a its trustth eesaadmi adzard, it ministrators mens a d for the purpose of roviding both ing . short and long-term direction to the staff to take strong leadership to en- Board relative to the development sure that adverse health effects from and implementation of computer - both director "second hand" smoke programs. • are minimized and ilial wherever programs. • possible, 'Students under the board's rd.policyt concerned teacher placement following leave of absence care are discouraged from adopting the smoking habit. without pay for the following school Student smoking will be banned -on Year calls for such a request in by April 1, and on return from leave the all property owned by the board., Trustee Ben Brown of Sebringville board will 'attempt to place the • questioned how the board will enforce teacher in vacant positions as close to its new policy, "If we can't enforce it, their home address as possible. why make these rules?" A fourth policy involved authorize - The board left a bit of leeway.. Il tion for use of school facilities and a declared all properties under the lengthy and detailed list of rules are provided to cover this. The board accepted the resignation of Patricia McCormick, a part-time teacher at St. Mary's School, Hesson, effjective August 31. The board hired Pamela Haid as principal's relief and in library part- time at St. Mary's Schol, Hesson, ef- board's jurisdiction to be non- smoking areas, except where provi- sions have been made for designated smoking areas within the existing building structure as determined by a consensus of staff within their own working environment. Only one trustee openly opposed the • Ti9e� Time Stephen Ce_ We had a Spring Program. Grade One put on a play called "Spring is Special in Canada". Vicki came out with the Canada flag.and said "Spring IS Sepcial in Canada". Kerry Lynn andKristy said a verse about Maple Syrup: Melissa, John and Matthew said some poems about kites. Jason and ('risty dressed up in rain clothes to say their part. Christine was a flower and said her verse about flowers all by herself (because Lisa had the chicken pox.) The Spring Cleaners were Stephen and Mark. Stephen pushed the bubble lawn Mower and Mark raked the lawn. David. Nicholas and Heath were fishermen. They were going fishing and they sang a fishing song. Joshua, • Ross and Jacquee skipped around while we sang "Skipping Is Fun". 'Dean, Steven and Keriann brought their bikes out onto the stage and told everyone that they like their bikes. We sang a song about Spring at the very end of our play. Everyone clap- ped! We hope the audience liked our show. We sure had a lot of fun that afternoon. - Room 10. Hi. I'm here to tell you about our concert. We made tulips and daf- fodils. 1t was fun. There were 5 classes. Grades 1,2.3,4 and kindergarten. - Jason Neil. We hada good time at our concert. We had to practise a lot of times. - Nick- St ire We had a good time. The name of the concert was Canada and Spring. We had to practise. - Melissa Marshall We made flowers for the concert. It was fun We were scared. The name was called Canada and Spring. We had to line up. The Grades were 1,2,3,4, and kindergarten. It was fun. - Samantha Edwards. We sang songs and never smiled. We dressed in our good clothes. We made tulips,idaffodils and kites. We lined up. Miss Wallen helped set up. 1 had fun. We sang in front of the parents. - Amy Dearing. We made flowers and kites. We lin- ed up for the concert. Grades 1,2,3,4 and kindergarten. We practised alot. We had fun. We sang songs. We were embrassed. - Cory Nagle. My mom and Chris were there. We forgot our smiles at home. We got set up. We were quiet. - Shawn Lynn. The Stephen Central had a concert. The kindergarten and the grades 1,2,3 and 4. The grades 2 had to make tulips and daffodils and kites. - Tia Schultz. We had a spring concert. It was fun. We sang a song about flowers and kites. We made a kite and some flowers. We all blade six flowers. We lined up. We looked as pretty as can be. I was impressed at all the people. Grade 1,2,3,4 and kindergartens were doing a play at the concert. - Shannon Sweiger. Today we had our spripg concert. We had to make tulips, daffodils and kites. The only Grades that were in it were Grades 1,2,3,4 and kindergarten. We had to dress nice. We had tos 1,2,• 3,4 our songs. We had to bring our smiles. We had to sing loud. We sang songs. We had to line up in our right order. It was fun. It was called Canada and Spring. - Shawn Lynn. On the 29th. we had a spring con- cert. We practised every day with other classes. We sang Spring songs, with our Primary Choir. We sang lots of songs. We had fun at our concert. - Miranda Hayter. Experimenting with Dr. Zed. - In April, Dr. Zed came. -He showed us neat and easy experiments. Dr. Zed wore colorful clothes with lots of pockets to carry scissors, pens, pen- cils and other things for making gadgets. He was nice and gave us each a turn to help himn show us hid experiments. He was great and I hope he comes -back again. - Steven Hendrick. Grades 2-5 went to see Dr. Zed. He was really funny. Dr. Zed would give numbers to us. When Mrs. Deelstra pulled a number out who ever had the number would come up and help him. He showed us some things that he has tried before. One was if you stick a pencil through a bag and fill it with water it won't eak. I really enjoyed Dr. Zed. - Ry Ratz Fire Hall Vi. •t - On Wednesday the grade 5 class went to the Crediton Firehall. We l ft at 1:00 p.m. and when we got there the firemen judg- ed the fire posters. For the boys Bryan Inch got third, Ted Baker got second and Kenneth Desjardine got first. For the girls Lorna Miller got third. Amberly got second and Carla Taylor got first. Brian Elder, Robert Pertschy, Pete Wuerth and Doug Lightfoot were the firemen there. We got a.ride on th firetruck and they demonstrated a lot of things. They gave us pop and ice cream. It was real fun and I hope we could go again. - Richie Dobson Author's Day Near the end of April six students fromtephen Central were chosen by Miis Rath to par- ticipate in Author's Day. Those students were David Morlock, Jodi Desjardine, Robbie `Wagner, Erin O'Rourke, Chad Pickering, Jerry Bierling and Kim Govers. These peo- ple were bused to Exeter Public School with their books at 11:30 a.m. They ate lunch on the bus. When they arrived in Exeter they were split in- to groups. Then they shared their books that they wrote. After, a real author came to share her books. Her name was Janet Foster, a wildlife author. After a snack they were bas- ed back to school. - Erin O'Rourke. Dragons - In enrichment Ryan Ratz, Cary Gallant, Ted Baker, Ryan Taylor. Gail Brownlee, Carrie Wilhelm, Lisa Eagleson, Michelle Lovie, and Carmeron Eveland learn- ed about dragons. We found out that there are large lizards called the .Komodo dragon. They will not eat meat unless it has been sitting out in the sun for two days. We did a play called Huff and Puff the Royal Dragon. - Cary Gallant. NOWNIES SELL COOKIES -- I SShown during the recent cookie sale ere Luc on Brownies Julia Jansen, Angie SleafordCand aryWil doxJphoto. fective September 1. The board approved a cost sharing formula with the Perth County Board of Education when the two boards jointly host Provincial Education Week next spring. Perth Board will pay 70 percent of the costs while the Huron -Perth Catholic Board will pay 30 percent. The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority will attend the next board. meeting on May25 in Dublin to outline the present programs offered and future development proposals for the next five years, to schools in Huron, Perth, Bruce and Wellington Counties at the Wawanosh Nature Centre in East Wawanosh Township. The Huron -Perth Catholic schools are one of the largest groups using the Centre. The Board approved the annual report of the special education ad- visory committee. It provides pro- grams specially designed for pupils with exceptional needs to develop toward the maximum of each child's potentials. As well the board con- tinues to offer summer school for pupils with speech and hearing pro- blems, behavioural problems, and also gifted pupils are given to priori- ty in summer school, and during the whole school year. Name new MOH. in Huron county The Huron County Board of Health has hired Dr. Maarten Bokhout, a Newfoundland doctor, as the new Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for the county, council was advised at its regular meeting on May 7. Goderich Township Reeve and Chairman of the Board of Health Grant Stirling made the announce- ment prior to the reading of the board's report at the council session. Stirling reported the hiring of Dr. Bokhout would effective on September 14 of is year. As for the ter of the hiring, the board of health offered him a starting salary .of $70,209 with regular employee benefits. Moving expenses to a maximum of $12,000 will also be paid by the board. The offer is also based on a five-year renewable contract. The MOH position in the county has been vacant since the departure of Dr. Harry Ceislar in July of 1986. Dr. James McGregor of Wingham has filled in as the acting MOH since that time. According to Stirling, the new MOH was offered the position in early April after an interview with the Board of Health in March. "We were quite impressed with his presentation at the interview. And, in communications in April, he agreed to come to be the MOH for Huron County. He also knows how the health system works," said Stirling. Dr. Bokhout, 35, received his medical training in Ontario before working on a two-year contract with the Newfoundland government in public health. He also has a master's' degree in public. health. DiSpIay top project at Authority office Lakeshore erosion' and conserva- tion; Tanya Ross of Goderich thought that those concerns would make a good science fair project. She was right! The Ausable Bayfield and Maitland Valley Conservation Authorities gave Miss Ross their top award for a con- servation project. The award was _presented at the Huron County Board of Education Science Fair which was held April 10, 11 in Clinton: You now have a chance to view this award-winning project. It will be on display at the Ausable Bayfield Con- servation Authority administration centre, east of Exeter, until May 16. The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority's community relations co- ordinator, Gregory Pulham, said that Tanya's project and conversation showed a high level of research, understanding and experimentation.. "By displaying the project we are acknowledging Tanya's investiga- tions or erosion control, and allowing everyone to see what a senior elemen- tary student can accomplish," said Pulham. The two Conservation Authorities rewarded Tanya Ross with a plaque and a subscription to "Seasons" magazine. She also won the right for the main trophy to be displayed for the next year at her school, Robert- son Public School, in Goderich. Times -Advocate, May 13, 1987 TAXI BURNS -- A taxi owned by Earl's Taxi of Centralia was destroyed by fire Monday morning while parked at the home of Leo Dietrich. The Huron Park fire department was called to extinguish the blaze. T -A photo Pp pay attracts 1,000 Teachers, bus drivers, secretaries, custodians, administration staff, education trustees - close to 1,000 peo- ple in total met in Wingham on May 4 for a Professional Development PDI Day. Huron County Board of Education director Bob Allan called the giant meeting a "memorial occasion" in the history of public education in this county. F.E. Madill Secondary School was the site for this unique event that saw employees and others associated •with the Huron Board taking part in a day -long session that focused on public relations and communications. Keynote speaker Dick Dodds of the East York Board of Education told the assembled crowd, "Excellence in communication is necessary to pro- claim the excellence of your school system". "You have to have a good product. Don't try to sell a poor school", he ad- vised. "Tune up your services before you try to sell them. Make your first impression an impressive one... if you can't communicate ina quality way. don't communicate at all." Dodds said that public' relations in the school system serves several pur- poses including -to help and gain and maintain as many students as possi- ble and to gain public trust. He said that a certain segment of the population feels that public educa- tion is not doing its job. He noted that, "parents are shopping for education". They are examining private school, separate schools and other learning alternatives for their children. Dodds gave examples d of the marketing techniques and newspaper advertisements used by private schools and other learning centres. "I don't knock the private and separate schools for getting out and communicating as much as they can. We can learn from them." he noted. He stressed that afnarketing pro- gram does not have to be a costly ven- ture, but is should be.a priority aim within the school system. He further noted that the first rule in marketing is "do a good job" and the second rule is "tell everyone you're doing a good job". The PD Day featured more than 50 workshops that focused on many public relations aims, from telephone etiquette to school grounds landscap- ing, from working with the media to working with community services. The day concluded with the naming of the winners of the slogan contest for the Huron County Board of Educa- tion. Entries were received from more than :300 elementary and secon- dary school students. Pat Martin of Goderich District Col- legiate Institute was the senior win- ner with her slogan "Blue jeans to life's dreams". At the intermediate level Heather Jackson of Huron Centennial Public School was the top contender with "Enlighten your child's future". Tyler Papple, also from Huron Centennial won at the junior level with' his slogan "Teaching tomor- row's skills today". At the primary division the top prize went to Margaret Ann Stewart from Blyth Public School. Her slogan was "Aiming for perfection". Pa1‘14v<`' TH!S WEEKEND: DONT MISS ONE OF S>" WESTERN ONTARIO'S BEST PARADES! ANA‘t 114°e) CLINTON'S 7th ANNUAL KLOMPEN FEEST PARADE THIS SATURDAY, MAY 16 STARTING AT 11 A.M. T ROUGH 5111DWNTOWN CLINTON ;M%V . 3pj We're proud to feature these Bands in our parade — •Central Band of the Canttian Forces •Mocha Temple Oriental Band •Clinton Legion Pipes & Drums •Seaforth-Dashwood Band •Seaforth Girls Drum & Bugle Band SE - PROGRAM OR PARADE ROUTE •Guelph Royalaires •Goderich Laketown Band •CHSS Band •Mitchell Legion Band •Brussels Pipe 8. Drum Band 1, 11-1 t! 1 / -, s year the Klompon Foest Is proud to feature from Ottawa THE CENTRAL BAND OF THE CANADIAN FORCES with a Cavalcade of Music from Canada's Capitol In concert at the Clinton Community Park Grandstand SATURDAY, MAY 16 AT 1:45 P.M. - 3 P.M. as port of the Klompon Feast Entertainment Program DUTCH PLAY Saturday, May 16 7:30 P.M. CLINTON TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM "Christten" THREE ACT PLAY IN THE DUTCH LANGUAGE PERFORMED BY THE WOODSTOCK THEATRE GROUP Admission: $3.00 per person GIANT CHICKEN BARBECUE Saturday, May 16 3:00 PM 6:30 PM •n. C�•AA, Perk Ad.O', •• CAIN..' •. 0^4 a �...,..�, v+•M. /AO. W TAM AVA,IAhI Al • l M/u..',', . A•k..,• S•pn• C'."6' r..lprmnr•n•. Sep*.n Op*"*, T • Ar,•A lo-d.•bo•o SUNDAY, MAY 17 3:00 PM held inside the Clinton Areno ECUMENICAL CHURCH SERVICE • Featuring: Joint Choir of Churches and o Children's Choir SOCINS001116 MPE FEEST CO LL! 1 1