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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-09-16, Page 7FA M ir.v Schools welcome new teachers EXETER — While controversy over the provincial `government's • Bill 160 has unions and sehoirl boards across the province in ne- gotiations. classes have ,continued for' arca schools, allof whom art welcoming new teachers.' • South • Huron Distract High School has Pete Henney. • who • taught at' the school last year, as its. : ' nes vice principal. while Nicole, Machan .wilt he. teaching. English, phys. ed, Math and law. Tracy McLennan will he teaching history and English and Stacey Park will he teaching geography. Carson • Tea) is the school's• new math and phys ed. teacher. . Exeter Public School has_scvcral new teachers as well as a ncw-prin:. c ipal.and vice prineilial. Ric. Graham;tront Clinton P.S. is the new principal with Willie Lau-. rie. a torn►cr vire-principal at McCurdy P.S:, as the new vice- principal. Teachers new to the school are a Mend of -veteran teachers and .new :timers— to. thc'profession. • Krista •Dalzel will he teaching Gr. I for the first part. of the year during Mrs. Coates' maternity .leave. - - The amalgamation of the limner Huron and Perth school hoards opens the_ dour -for teachers to cross ironi one dainty to the other. Alex Vanderkant from . -Hamlet._ P.S. in .Str ttord is Exeter's nevi resource teacher' •and Pete . Co- chrane front -Anne Hathaway •' school in_Slratlord will he teaching Gr. 5. - Ezete.r ,P.S. is also gaining three ' teachers .with considerable ex- perince. Heather Beattie will teaehT-Gr. 8 and Bob Laye will rake On Gr. 7..Both are former Huron Centennial teachers while Paul Spittall from yanastra Community -School ++•ill teach Gr. 8, • . Kathy Thiel's first permanent teaching . position is teaching half the • self-contained class_ Cathy Westwood ' is. joh-sharipg , with Laura.- McCormick as a French teacher: , Precious Blood School in Exeter has fewer staff changes. Julia Tic -- man is new to the staff as an-cd- ucatiun assistant and Kelly Ander- son is teaching Gr. 5/6. while Terry , Wilhelm 'Sim a leave of absence. Tom 'Lyon . is the new vice: - principal at McCurdy P.S., coming io the school -front Exeter P.S. Ho- ward Lawreitce is returning from a Ieave.of absence .ti► teach a Gr. 4/5. class. Tracy McPcrson-Zachar is iyaching Gr. 7/8 and is the school's resource teacher as well.- ' • Lisburne Central School has tour new teachers. Kine Hayter from Scaforth p:S. is, the new resource teacher. Doris Becker is the new French teacher. from Hensall Y.S. Coming from:McCurdy P.S., Frank McKay takes over Gr. 8. New to the teaching profession, -.Christa Smith is teaching Gr. 5/6,•filling in for a teacher un -leave and Carla Caldwell is the half -tine EA.. •Dave Higgins is starling. his first full school year as principal at- Hu= rim Centennial. .He -came to the school in • March from Vanastra. Huron - Centennial's new teachers are Arlene Hoonard teaching.Kin- dergarten; Jody. Reger teaching Gr.3/4 and. Cathy Thont w ith Gr. 5. Lowell Mount front Hensall P.S. as the acting vice-principal:. Deane Howson from Vietoria` Y.S. and Joanne Durnin from- Clinton • P.S. are new E.A.'s. Over at Hensall Public School. the new principal • is Clive Ed- munds. +i•ho'will also he teaching math and resources. • John Talbot Will he teaching Grades .7-8 and Michelle Beaulac of lJshorne Will he teaching Grades 6-7.. Sharri MacDonald is. the school's– new Grade 3 teacher... - - Grand Bend Public School has ' Judy • McLaughlin as n, new prin cipal, while Shirley. Lassaline is the school's new vice principal and re- source -teacher. - - Norma Vosscn- will he teaching Grade 7 in the- morning, while new teacher Marc , Giampictri will he teaching French. Staffing. at. Stephen Central -School remained fairly stable this year with `only one new teacher - Chris' Eagleson, who last taught in Zurich. will he reaching Grades 1-2 and music leadership. - At Zurich Public Schueil Wayne ,Nicholls, :who last taught in Gode- rich..-is the school': new principal: while Nisa Howe -Lobb of Seaforth is the school's new resource teach- er. Other newcomers to the school include Grade 1 teacher Marlene Thornton and Grades 2-3 teacher Vito Stecea. Bonnie Christie of Hu ron Park is the school's new educa- tion assistant. St. Boniface .has • several . new changes this year. Ncw teacher Shona Whalen will be teaching ' French, while Christine O'Toole of Exeter will be teaching Grade 4.• Carla Revington has also been add- ed as the new resource teacher. l.ucan-Biddulph Central has ••a. new principal. Adelaine Magoon. who last worked in London at J:P. Rubarts Public School • will also serve as part-time librarian. Shelley Barber is the new junior kindergarten teacher; while Kelly Schultz is the school's new music tcachcr. -.Both Barber and • Schultz arc lirsi-year full-time teachers.. At Biddulph Central ,School, the new principal is Paul Berthcletc who will also teach. Bcrthelet took over late last school year for former principal Don Hambley who suf fered a heart attack. Hambley has since recovered and is.tcaching at Coldstream's Val lcyview School. ' Other new teachers at Biddulph are_ new musie/library teacher Ja- nine DeVrcc of London, new D. French teacher Johanne Smith of Luean, new Grade 8 teacher Bill .Knapp of Grand ,Bend. new Grade 7 teacher Wayne Horrill of London and new French teacher Franco Gambarotto of London. St. Patrick's Catholic School also has a -new principal. Michael Mur ray, coming froth Ltindon's St.. Francis., will also teach Grades 1-2 part time. • The school's. new ..11(/ Kindergarten teacher Nicole Van - nesse is a first-year teacher, while the .school's new educational assist: ant is Janet Lathers of London. - Also coming to St. Patrick's arc new' program support tedefier• Hel- ena Parent and new French teacher. Patricia Boost. Our Lady' of Mount Carmel Scp arate School features only one new teacher this year — new Kin= dergarten teacher Keri Lynne Rut - ten .of Mount. Carmel.- •Rutten is a school alumni and a .first-year teacher. McGillivray - Central • has Les Howarth as its new principal and first-year teacher Ghona Truchon teaching music and Grades 5-6. - , Tanneke Blaauboer.. • is -.the . school's new Grade 6-7 teacher. Blaauboer is also a graduate of the school. Ice „Crewe Manhffcturer of the Finest Quality Ice Cream!\ •- TASTES LIKE HOMEMADE! -- 2 Layer.- 9" Round Ice Cream CAKES MADE -TO - 01 DER! ICE 'CREAM PIES & FROZEN YOGURT PIES AVAJLAB AT: • Gtaftd,Bend - Tenderspot • Zurich= Jerry Rader's Market • Hensall - Knecht& pew b e • Exeter.- Darlings Foodland, pvao Heartsbesire, valu-mart • Huron Park -'Poodtown 228-6640 or 1-888-826111 hanksgiving & Hallowe'en Desserts Arriving n r/ Times -Advocate, September lb, 1998 • Page 7 • Get the facts on prostate cancer EXETER — Prostate cancer is the second leading cause.of cancer - related death among Canadian men. after lung cancer ". In Ontario. it's estimated there will he 5,8(0 new casts of prostate cancer and 1,6(0 deaths as' a result. One in eight men wi6 .develop .prostate cancer in his lifetime and one in 27 will die from this disuse. Men and their families will have a chance: to learn more at a prostate cancer forum on Tuesday. Sept, 22 at the South Huron Hospital. Board- room at 7:30 p.m. The guest speaker is Dr. Andrew Hussey from Strat- ford who is a consultant urologist at several hospitals -in Huron and • Perth Counties.. • • • • . • - The evening will include a question and answer period. Registration is encouraged but not required. Family and friends. "community mere: hers and health processionals are welcotne. For more information or to register, call -235-4934 after.6 p.m. or '1-800-294-0086 The information night is hosted by the Ezetcr Branch of the Ca- nadian Cancer Society as part of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Sept. 21-27. Prostate cancer usually strikes men over 50, but many aren't di- agnosed until they're 70. In its earliest stages, prostate.cancer doesn't cause any symptoms. - - Get the facts about prostate cancer by calling the Canadian Cancer Society's Cancer Information Service at 1-888939-33.33. 11 you're di agnosed with_ prostate .cancer, 'remember' you arc not alone. Call the Canadian Cancer Society at 1-800-294-0086 to find out more about the support programs available in your community'. • - • • If you would like to. be.connected by phone with a prostate cancer survivor who can. share your experience and concern, call Can t-ereonnecriun at 1-800-263-6750. Capsule Comments with Ernie Miatello A new. way of quickly assessing the risk of heart disease is to take your blood pressure and subtract the lower number from the higher • number. The. answer is your pulse pressure and is a measure of how "stiff" your arteries are. A pulse pressure of 60 or'more could mean problem's.. Hypothyroidism results when your thyroid gland is underactive. Too little thyroid hormone causes fatigue, weight again and intoler-. ance to cold. Treatment -is easy by simply replacing the thyroid hormones your body is missing. Works well! Nicotine is a very addictive.substance. Did you know that it gets to the brain quicker through inhaling the smoke than via intravenous injection. (only 8 seconds!) There is evidence that marijuana ,may be useful for the nausea associated with chemotherapy: It can- also act as an appetite stim- ulant in patients with AIDS. However these effects are no better with smoked marijuana than with the -oral capsules containing the active ingredient, THC. - - HURON APOTHECARY LTD. Phone 235-1982 440 Main St., Exeter "Your Health Care Pharmacy" COMMUMITYS(JPPORT WILL WJlLD EXETER P�RKETTE ON MAIM ST. Objective is to have $40,000 raised by Nov. 30 which is the completion date for the Exeter Parkette. YOUR DONATION IS IMPORTANT Have your name carved in stone as a permanent record of your support for this project. EXETER PARKETTE DONATIONS TO DATE: • John and Lincla Wuerth $2000 • Rey and Willa Wuerth $500 • Exeter Lioness Club $2500 • Flora Doerr $500 • Al and Marg Flynn • $100 • Ted and 'Donna Jones $500 • John and Liz Stephens $500 • Laverne and Marg Hamilton • $600 • Exeter Times Advocate $1000 • McCann Redi-Mix $750 The same effort that has turned MacNaughton Park into one of the area's finest attractions is being focused on Exeter's Main Street. The Lions Club, working with the Town of Exeter and the Exeter Business Association will build a beautiful parkette/rest area... but community support is vital to complete the job. With your support, • Exeter will have a Main Street attraction which will be used by both local citizens and visitors as well. MAKE YO(JR COMMITMENT TODAY AND HELP CRE�TE R FOCAL POINT IN OJR COMMIJMITY CALL JOhN STEPHENS 235-1214 OR TED JONES AT 235-2415.