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Times -Advocate, December 22, 1987
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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
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Christmas ever.
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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
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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.
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