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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-12-22, Page 28Page 8A Times -Advocate, December 22, 1987 • 1 Ministers discuss tripartite and- .trade SANTA VISITS SUNSHINE KIDS - Santa Claus made his annual visit to the Sunshine Kids Nursery School Thursday morning. Shown with the jolty old fellow are students Matthew Triebner, Danielle Knip, Lindsay Rotteau and Tanya Oestreicher and teacher Ruth Mercer. Province allocating $600,000 Projects to reduce dropout rate The Ministry of Education has al- located 5600,000 to fund projects aimed at reducing the dropout rate in Ontario Schools, Education Minister Chris Ward announced this week. Agriculture and Food Minister Jack Riddell said that a project of the Huron County Board of Educa- tion had been selected. The project is a rural school board plan to meet the individual needs of high-risk students that includes: strong links with CEIC, CAAT, Futures, social agencies, local business and indus- try: and alternative programs in sec- ondary school that include continu- ous intake, individualized program and development of learning materi- als. ' The 12 projects, which were se- lected from a total of 75 submis- sions, will be published and circu- lated to school boards across Ontario. Projects selected include: North York Board of Education, Lakehead Roman Catholic Separate School Board, West Parry Sound Board of Education, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Board of Education, Hu— ron County Board of Education, Sault Ste. Manic Board of Educa- tion, Lakehead Board of Education, Halton Board of Education, Metro Separate School Board, Durham Board of Education, Nipissing Dis- • trict Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Ottawa Board of Ed- ucation. Projects selected contain: 1. Dropout prevention programs for students at risk, including visible minorities and Native people; 2. Re-entry programs for those who have already left school; and 3. Counselling programs focussing on career planning and transition to the work place. "We believe that the intervention strategics contained in the pilot projects will assist Ontario school boards in significantly lowering the dropout rate across the province," Ward said. "Through these and other endea- vours, this government is seeking to preserve and enhance Ontario's unparallclled educational opportuni- ties for every one of our young people." Ward said that he was looking forward to releasing the work of George Radwanski. In" March of this year, Mr. Radwanski was ap- pointcd to unearth ways of mak- ing Ontario's education system more relevant to the needs of young people and to the realities 9f the la- bour market. His focus will be on the issue of high school dropouts. "I am confident that the work of our Student Retention and Transi- tion Pilot Projects, coupled with our other endeavours in conjunction with Mr. Radwanski's rcport, will enable us to construct solid and useful strategies to reduce the d,op- out rate from our schools," he said. An old-fashioned Christmas Mon., Nov. 30, 1987 By Anne Conlin, Mt. Carmel Grade 4 We all know what Christmases arc like today, but they aren't half as wonderful as the old Christmases long, long ago. Just picture it. There are old stone buildings and Small houses with thick grey smokc coming out of thc brick chimneys along the ice crust road. The clip - clop of a horses hoofs is heard as the sled is drawn. Up in the sled sits a young couple. The fine lady has her hair tied up under her Christmas bonnet. Inside her warm swan -down coat, she has on her calico dress with the ruffles around her sleeves and neck. The young gentleman takes the leather harness in his hands. He is wearing a woollen jacket that his. wife had just made him for Christ- mas, and a hat, too. His checks are not cold because he has a long brown beard. At the skating,pond, all the boys and girls, men and women put on their skatcs. The ladies and gentle- men skate together, hand in hand, or Huron Apothecary Ltd. J. T. WILSON PHARMACIST PHONE 235-1982 440 MAIN ST.. EXETER, ONT. PRESCRIPTIONS We accept most major drug plans Blue Cross, Green Shield, Drug Benefit, etc. Hours Mon. Tues., Thurs. & Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Wed. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. "Your Independent Pharmacist" c AloorMi • • ito VIMnmi�ldl� •„.nnt i • NOEL May the sights and sounds of Christmas bring joy and peace to your heart. We wish you and yours the hest, . Christmas ever. ,IfigobE/ From the Management and Staff Hay Municipal Telephone System 44 Agriculture Minister John Wise, Minister of State for Grains and.Oil- secds Charles Mayer and Minister of State for Agriculture Pierre Blais met this week with their provincial counterparts to continue discussions on tripartite stabilization, and ad- dress concerns on international trade and farm income security. As agreed at their last meeting in July, the ministers discussed how to encourage the participation of more provinces in national tripartite sta- bilization programs. The ministers considered a report prepared by a federal -provincial com- mittee and discussed a new concept for ensuring a level playingfield among red meat producers, in all re- gions of the country. They agreed to consult producer groups on this sub- ject early in the new year. On the subject of the Canada -U.S. . free trade agreement, Wise responded to a number of provincial concerns. Thc. Minister emphasized the feder- al government's firm commitment to maintaining Canada's animal health regulations and supply man- agement systems. "Wc have among the highest ani - Mal health standards in the world,” Wise said. "Nothing in the agree- ment with the United States will in any way jeopardize our international ikpi tation for high-quality livestock, semen or embryos." v1aycr added that Canadian cattle and hog producers have expressed support for the agreement. Wise also stressed that under the agreement Canada has maintained its farm .marketing systems and their underpinnings. dance around the pond. The boys and girls have races. At the other end of the pond, a big ship is coming in. There is a man, selling and trading goods from other lands. The little children rush to sec the candy. There arc little heart - shaped cakes with messages" in- scribed on them. One girl has a pen- ny to buy ,a cake. Her's says "Season's Greetings and Bcst Wishes for the coming Year." She cats it slowly enjoying each bite. In anoth- er jar there are candy sticks. Some are red, green and white, others arc yellow, pink and purple. A boy buys a red, green and white one, for a penny ,too, but instead of eating it slowly he breaks off big pieces with his teeth. This is a Christmas Day long ago. Everyone is happy and glad Christ- mas has come. Everyone is having fun on this merry Christmas Day. Merry Christmas by Brent Gibson McCurdy, Grade" 5 - anger where he lay E - very child should be happy on Christmas day. R - udolph, the red -nosed reindeer R - cd as Santa's suit Y - ulc, the,big Christmas foast. C - hrist, our holy Lord H - olly hanging from the doorway R - eindcer that pull Santa's sleigh I - titles that hang on the tree S - tockings full of goodies for chil dren T - he star over Bethlehem ti1 - ary the mother of Jesus A - lone by the manger S - aviour for our sins. Santa's Best Christmas by Shannon Sherwood McCurdy, Grade 3 On Christmas Eve Santa went to An's house. He put her present un- der the tree. He went to the door to leave just as a whole bunch of chil- dren came in. One kid turned on the light. The house was decorated with balloons on the walls and on the doors. It was a surprise party for Santa. All of thc children gave Santa a present then An came down stairs with Mrs. Claus. Santa was sur- prised. Then An went into the kitchen. She came back out of the kitchen with a very big present. Santa opened it. It was . robot elf. Santa said this is the best Christ- mas in my life. Then Santa said well I have to go now. The children said goodbye Santa. Then when Santa was gone An heard a voice say Merry Christmas. The End. Happsuo11C1S Best wishes for a holiday in all its finery, fashioned with !Peace, Love and yoy,... and trimmed with our thanks for your very kin(business in the past. ,From aft of us at: mrei rAfril " 1 w,krng Yr rung and Sfyhch 360 Main St., Exeter 2154412 "We retain the right to put into place new supply management pro- grams, as well as the right to un - pose import controls that arc in con- formity with rules under the GATT," he said. Responding to some provinces' questions about the fruit and vegeta- ble sector, Wise said many producers will benefit from increased access to the enormous U.S. market. "Concerns that Canadian produc- tion would be displaced by products from California and Florida arc over- stated," the Minister said. He point- ed to the flourishing horticultural sector in several parts of the north- ern United States: The major advantage U.S. fruit and vegetable processors have is their larger and longet''hroduction runs., With the gradual removal of tariffs, Canadian processors can compete with their American coun- •tcrparts to specialized product lints. Both Wise and Mayer acknowl- edged provincial ministers' concern . and frustration that the legal text of the agreement has not yet been fi- nalized. They assured their counter- parts that .best efforts arc being made to complete the task as soon as possible. In other matters, Mayer assured Atlantic ministers'he would be act- ing on the recommendations of a recent federal -provincial review of the Fecd Freight Assistance Pro- gram. ` HOI HOI HO! May the joy of peace, love, health and prosperity be yours this holiday time. 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