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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-07-04, Page 26TODDLERS INN GRADUATES —, Thursday afternoon stlidents at the Toddlers I,nn Nursery School gradOoted recently. Back, left, Sean Beattie, Kara Farwell, Carolyn Quinn, ElDonna-dnderhill, Karla Bennewies, Darcy Bean andDavid Farquhar. Front, Gareth Runnalls-Lichty, Michael Ford, Kristy Dundas, Joel Campbell and Aimee Mit- chelll�� T -A photo EXETER PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES — Graduation exercises for grade eight students at Exeter Public School were held Thursday night. Back, left, Steve Ander- son, Jeff Dalrymple, John Windsor, Brad Mack, Randy Mothers, Terry Meikle, Pat Hartman, Shaun Forsythe and principal Jim Chapman. Fourth row, Jason McFalls, Said Osman, Mark Mothers, Tony Baker, Rob Russell, Ron Walker, Rob McKnight, Jeff Ployfoot, Joy Davison and Chris Swartman. Third row, Rhonda Turnbull, Shari Acknowledge it will cost money Black, Vicki Scott, Doug Kells, Chris Chapman, Greg Hohner, David Josephson, Tracy Gilfillan, Kim Paquette, Patty Smith and Tracy Fields. Second row, Karol Dauber, Kim Crawford, Shelley Skinner, Shelly Black, Koren Schenk, Lori -Lynn Wagner, Karen Hoffman, Wendy Weido and Teresa McCarter. Front, teacher Lois Ottewell, Heather Rideout, Cheyenne Mosurinjohn, Vicki Reynolds, Patti Bierling, Brenda Balsdon, Trudi Bornath, Tracy Prest and teacher Larry Black. T -A photo Recommend consolidating separate schools Consolidating the 19 Catholic schools across Huron and Perth Counties is being strongly recommended by the Young people are confirmed Twenty-three young people were confirmed at Exeter United Church,recently.;ome of the confirmation class members participated in the service as well. Among the class members were: Joel Aunger, Michele Aunger, Dennis Crawford. Dianne Dearing. John Hafnilton, Marilyn Hamilton, Raymond Hamilton, Todd Jones. Tim Long, Jodi McBride, Teresa McCarter. Laurel McLelland. Tom Oke, Tracey Oke, Al Benning, Denise Henning, Kathy Robbins, David Russell, Darren Tinney, Sheri Varlet', Jeff Wareham. Suzanne Wareham, and Karen Westlake. Car skids into water hydrant The Exeter police depart- ment investigated two colli- sions over the holiday weekend. On Friday at 3::0 a.m.. vehicles driven by R. William Glover, Exeter, and Sandra L. Ritchie. RR 1 Woodham, sideswiped on Highway 83 West. Damage was $800. Around the same time the following morning, Kevin Small, 566 Main St., Exeter, lost control of his vehicle at the corner of Simcoe and Ed- ward St. and crashed into a fire hydrant and skidded over the lawn of Ron Moore. Damage in that one was set at $1,500. One assault is also under in- vestigation. An arca man end- ed up with a broken; •Iw after an altercation near tle town's parking lot,.( ehind the local administration office_ Charges have been laid as a result of the incident. Ministry of Education. A report released at the Huron -Perth Separate School Board's June 25 meeting. en- titled "Co-operative Evalua- tion and Development of a School System" ( CEDSS presented recommendations which the CEDSS committee acknowledges could cost money. "The ' investigators acknowledge that some of the recommendations contained in this report may, if im- plemented, represented addi- tional costs to the Huron - Perth County RCSS Board in this period of fiscal restraint. The investigators strongly recommend that the Board in- vestigate where necessary in order to marshal! the available resources in a more effective manner to meet the needs of the children in their charge," states the report's introduction. The investigators referred to are two education officers in the Ministry of Education's London regional office. They are Eric Wiley and Ted Johnson. Johnson said the CEDSS report has no bearing on the current consideration of con- solidation in the Stratford separate schools. The investigators compiled reports on the system prepared by an internal team and an external team. The internal team was chaired by acting superinten- dent Gaeten Blanchette and made up of principals, a teacher and a consultant. The external team was chaired by G. Blake, a ministry superintendent from North Bay. This team was made up of other ministry represenative' as well as representatives from the On- tario Institute of Studies in Education (DISE) and Althouse College of Education. The CEDSS work was ap- proved by the Huron -Perth Board about a year ago. Ministry funding was guaranteed up to $20.000. The study cost $14.000. There six areas studied by the teams. Organization and facilities of schools, board and administration organization. the role of the principal and under Grades 4 to 6 cur- riculum, language arts, physical education and fami- ly lite. One of the major recom- mendations outlined in the report calls for the review of the role of superintendent of education with an eye to ad- ding staff. "A majority of respondents By,.Jack Riddell MPP The "Ontario Legislature has recessed for the summer, leaving an enormous amount of business unfinished. Over a period of more than 14 weeks -- 322 hours of debate -- the Assembly has passed some 41 pieces of legislation. Opposi- tion critics charge that "political fluff" took priority this session while matters of substance weren't given the priority they deserved. David Peterson's assess- ment was that: "From a legislative point of view, it was the most unproductive session in our history ... What has been passed has been in- significant". He described as particularly frustrating the fact that the government decided not to push fnr passage of Bill 141 which in- corporates amendments to the Employment Standards Act which mainly affect the women of Ontario. Liberal House Leader Robert Nixon commented "I've been here 22 years and I can't recall a time when less public business was brought before the House." "The only thing that hap- pened this sitting was the decision to fund separate schools. The Legislature had suggested that additional staff are needed at the super- visory level to cover the many tasks necessary at that level for the effective operation of the supervisory system," states the report. Staff wise, all administra- tion, director, superintendent of education and superinten- dent of business and finance seem to be doing a good job. "In summary, the senior administrators are valuable and valued members of the system". The co-ordinators and con- sultants are also doing a good job, but according to the report, some principals iden- tified concerns with theroleof this support staff. "Because of the range of duties assigned to the acL d (90iEiftg3 Recessed nothing to do with it. It was an idea that ripened in the Premier's brain". He pointed out that what is not ripening is agricultural policies to keep Ontario farmers competitive with their Quebec counter- parts. "In the last 15 years Quebec has advanced beyond us and taken a large share of our milk, poultry, swine and beef markets. It's because their government programs have stimulated their farm industries and they're really aggressive. It makes me mad because we should be doing it." Comparing Ontario's rela- tionship with Quebec at this time with that of the past, Mr. Nixon said this had been very vibrant under the leadership of the late John Roberts. "There were visits back and forth with Quebec leaders all the time. Now Ontario treats Quebec as if it isn't there." Opposition members believe that the state of Ontario -Quebec relations reflects a widespread govern- ment apathy which has, they maintain, prevented the development of an effective industrial strategy, for example. In the Throne Speech open- ing this 32nd Parliament of Ontario much of benefit to the people of this province was promised. Ilowever, the pro- mises have not come to frui- tion: unemployment con- tinues to run high, our educa- tional system is in worsening disarray, our hospitals re- main overcrowded with little USRORNE GRADE EIGHT GRADUATES - The annual grade eight graduation exercises at Usborne School were held Monday night. Back, left, Mark Coward, Ken Miller, Steven Selves, Darrell Coleman, Michael Jef- frey, Jamie Parker, Chris Wegg, Larry Miller, Jamie Oke and Rob Hern. Centre, principal, Bill Linfield, teacher Irene Hough, Christine Parsons, Julia Tiernan, Joe Gower, Brian Watson, Julia Wilkinson, Sandra Cottle, Becky Seldon and teacher Niall Strow. Front, Angela Cottrell, Wendy Bollontyne, Carolyn Dykemon, Dionne Hamilton, Lisa Ellerington, Denise Lang, Karen Miller and Tammy Richardson. T -A photo. prospect of relief, our farmers cry out for relief from crushing debt, and our road system deteriorates with hidden costs to us all. Other Unfinished Business Unfinished business in- cludes proposed changes to the Theatres Act which would give the Ontario Censor Board authority over videos and license distributors of the tapes. In addition, amendments to Ontario's Education Act to guarantee every child in the province the right to an education in French or English will not be passed in time to affect students going back to school this September. Ontario's Supreme Court had ruled that parts of the act are un- constitutional -- a decision which permitted the govern- ment to go ahead with the amendments which had been delayed by a met challenge from Franc&-Ontarians unhappy with the govern- ment's position on educa- tional issues. Also left in abeyance is a new child welfare act which would enunciate the rights of children and the respon- sibilities of people who care for them. Over the summer months the proposal will be examined by an all -party committee of Members. Amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act intended to improve the situa- tion for injured workers will also be examined by MPPs. Nursing Home Beds The Minister of Health has stated that hospital user fees for chronic -care patients waiting for beds in nursing homes are "unacceptable" and won't be tolerated. He has been strongly criticized by Opposition Members for failing to ban such fees prior to the question being raised in the Legislature. Apparently his Ministry knew about the charges being levied by several provincial hospitals as long ago as February, and no action was taken against the fees. The Minister rhaintained that he only learned of the practice about six weeks ago. Barrie/Vespra The provincial government called a halt to a "filibuster" blocking passage of an annex- ation bill involving the City of Barrie and Vespra township. It had been hoped that the government would back off on its plans to force the annexa- tion of some 810 hectares (2,000 acres) of Vespra land by Barrie, permitting the two parties to negotiate a settle- ment. The Township of Vespra apposes the annexa- tion and for a decade has fought off •overtures from Barrie for the area which in- Qludes commercial development. Superintendent of Education it has become necessary to delegate many of the ad- ministrative duties to a per- son originally hired to be a consultant. This has resulted in a reduction of the time spent serving as a consul- tant," the report states. The trustees role was also considered in the report. The report says the trustees are doing their duties as required. Trustees and some clergy discussed the influence of ad- ministrative staff over deci- sions made by the board. However, all trustees agreed administration should be ser- ving as advisors to the board. Communication, as it relates to such between the board and staff, administra- tion and staff, the board and the public and the schools and the public, was also noted in the CEDSS report as an area where some improvement is necessary. The recommendations in the report will be studied by a board ad hoc committee made up of chairman Ron Murray, vice-chairman Michael Moriarity, director (acting) John McCauley and superintendent of education (acting t and chairman of the internal team Blanchette. This ad hoc committee will set up general plans for establishing the CEDSS recommendations over a five year period. There were about 80 ratepayers randomly surveyed for the CEDSS report as well as parents, teachers and principals. GRADUATE AT TODDLERS INN — Graduation exerci3es were held recently for the Thursday morning students at the Toddlers Inn Nursery School. Back, left, Sarah Walker, l.aureen Batt, Laura Bowers, Jamie Walters, Bradley Tieman, Shane Wilcox, Tim Deelstra and Dennis Noakes. Front, Cameron Sadler, Scott Rosenberg, David Farquhar, Meagan Ratz, Brent Ratz and Brendan Kraftcheck. T -A photo FRIDAY NURSERY GRADUATES — Students of the Friday class at the Toddlers Inn nursery school are shown at Friday's graduation. Back, left, teachers Barb Wein and Linda Farquhar. Centre, Jessie Bergman, Lucas Forrest, Shawn Forrest, Michdel McConnell, Ryan Freiter, Geoffrey Mayer, Geoffrey Stosik and Jodi Willis. Front, Brion Hayman, Gareth Runnells-Lichty, Jackie Morgan, Natalie Amerongen, Preslee Mover, Jenny McDonnell and Michelle Willis. T -A photo GRADUATES AT McCURDY — Graduation exercises for the gade eight students at J.A.D. McCurdy School at Huron Park were held Tuesday night. Back, left• teacher Andy Fraser, Todd Fahner, Dave Bryson, Mork Sutherland, Campagne Chansamone, Steven Wilson, Brian Lucas Tim Angerman, Scott Hern, teacher Dorothy Coates and prinicpal John Siertsema. Front, Lorraine Varley, Lana Henderson, Lorraine Lewis, Cindy Price, Lynn Major, Annette Wood• Lou Anne Morrow and Showney Brunzlow. T -A photo. l McGILLIVRAY CENTRAL GRADUATES — Grade eight students at McGillivray Central School received their graduation diploma Tuesday night. Back, left, teacher Lillian Robertson, George Coursey, Mark Lagerwerf, Robert VanDam, Peter Pero, Jeffrey Windsor, David Eagleson, David Windsor and teachers Drew Robertson and Wen- dy Anderson. Third' row, teacher Alice Lingard, Stephen Hill, Todd Lewis, Scott Beierling, Valerie Parkinson, Sean Morton, Steven Rowe, Darcy McLean and teacher Jill Freer. Second row, Patrick Phipps, Todd Larkin, Travis Robinson, Brion Johnson, Dennis Craven, Jeffrey Amos, Gerry Lynn and teocher Julie Bronson. Front, teacher Flora Walker, Susan Kelly, Carrie Hartle, Marjie Atmore, Heather Cocksworth, Tracey Kettle, Heather Thomp- son, Jodi Woodburn and principal Eva Brophey. T -A photo. 4