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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-03-05, Page 3A great cook Huh Johnson said she wasn't an accomllshed flap jack flipper, but she ably turned out hundreds of pancakes at the Varna United Church's annual cake and sausage dhmer on Tuesday. As usual the UCW put on another bountiful spread, complete with cheese trays and dozens of homemade pies. (Shelley McPhee photo) stuck in the middle b shelley y me hee It was my turn to take dessert to our meeting. It was the last thing I wanted to do. I had no ambition or time to bake and besides, I'm on a diet (again) and the rich smell of chocolate chip cookies baking in my oven nearly drove me crazy. It never fails, no matter what the occasion, food is somehow connected, whether we need it or not, and most of the time we don't. There's no denying that food is essential to our existance on this earth, but most of us have lost touch as to what is necessity and what is over- indulgence. Is there noescape? A new organization Overeaters Anonymous (OA) has been started in the area in an attempt to control our eating habits and complusive desires to open the fridge door, but still eating is not an easy habit to regulate. At every turn we're bombarded. On television every.. second commercial shows some wonderfully gooey chocolate bar or Kraft's newest con- coction. On the radio we hear about all the gormet restaurants and their elegant menus. Every other magazine on the newstand features some taste bud tingling recipes, and right on the next page is a feature on dieting, exercises and tips on how to hide your figure flaws. It's so defeating. Just name an occasion and you can be sure that food is connected. Go to the movies and you'll fill your stomach with popcorn and Coke, an evening at a friend's home will surely wind up around the cheese ball and even a meeting will finish with a "social hour," complete with little goodies and refreshments Christmas and New Year's are im- possible to celebrate without food, so are Thanksgiving and Easter. Someone came up with the -idea --that we have to eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and drink green beer on St. Patrick's Day. Valentine's Day wouldn't be complete without a romantic dinner with your sweetie and the May 24th weekend and Canada Day are celebrated with barbequed hot dogs and potato salad. Hallowe'en is a sweet tooth's dream come true, and rarely is a birthday or anniversary - celebrated without the, traditional cake and meal to go along with it. It's forecasted that nuclear warfare, pollution and over population will someday destroy the human race, but it's entirely possible thattaste buds will get us first. Food it seems, is the all-important element of our lives, and few are at- tempting to exercise some control when it comes to over -indulgence. We know that smoking's not good for your health, and we try to stop. We know that too much booze will cause all kinds of problems, and we try to check our liquor intake Yet when it comes to food, we're like wolves drooling over a piece of red meat. We ignore the studies and fin- dings that certain foods cause sometimes fatal illnesses. We don't seem to care that too much fat on our little bodies is not good and instead we calm aur fears with a slice of apple pie. OA, who meet each Thursday evening at the Vanastra Recreation Centre feel that complusive eating is a symptom, related to a variety of physical and psychological problems, and they're probably right. The American based group stresses abstinence from those certain trigger foods that start people on their eating binges. Yet while we all have weaknesses for particular foods, like chocolate or pasta, it seems that we must learn to abstain from plain over- eating. You're not a compulsive eater you say? Well just take a look at your daily food intake, that bran muffin at coffee break, those extra crackers lin your soup, the second helping of potatoes at supper -and that` midnight --bowl- of ..... cereal. Those extras, not to mention all the tidbits we digest at meetings and social gatherings, are what's turning North Americana into a quivering mass of blubber. it's a small world travel ltd. ea' Mown bell Where good travel advice is always free "E ANNOUt1CCMEIIT Mrs. Moira Couper We ore pleased to announce that Mrs. Moira Couper has been appointed as an outside sales representative for It's a Small World Travel in Exeter Call Bayfield 565-2522 or toll free 1-800-265-7022 BAYFIELD AREA RESIDENTS Call and Discuss your travel needs with Moira. She will be pleased to help you with your travel arrangements Cali 235-2000 or Toll -Free 1-800-265-7022 Parents, citizens plea for BY SMILEY J. KELLER A huge delegation from the Clinton area packed the Huron County Board of Education chambers Monday afternoon to plead for the retention of machine shop courses at • Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. Although their presentation was well organized, complete and at times eloquent, it was evident the board had ample cause to discontinue the courses. The Year 3 machine shop course will not be offered at CHSS in the fall of of 1981. Provision was made, however, to offer the machine shop course at the Grade 12 level for the year 1961-82 either through the regular day school program or the night school program at CHSS. Insufficient enrollment in the total technical program at CRSS was cited as the main reason for curtailing the course. Twelve students are presently enrolled in the Year 3 machine shop program; 14 in the Year 4 program for a total of 26 credits. Machine shop programs are offered at F_E_Madi?lseconthrySchool Ln Wingham nd.at.Seuth.Huron District High.School p Exeter. Wingham has a total of 32 students enrolled in Grades 11 and 12 for a total of 64 credits, and Exeter has 30 students in Years 3 and 4 for a total of 60 credits. The main argument of the delegation for the retention of the machine shop course was the growing need for qualified machinists in industries around the county. Spokesmen from Clinton's Industrial Promotion Committee said the town is working hard to establish an industrial park in Clinton. Several graduates from , the CHSS machine shop courses were on hand to tell their personal experiences in the business world. One graduate, Dean Reid of Clinton, said he is a graduate and so are five of his employees. Another graduate, an employee • of Excello Wildex in Clinton, said lu c m- pany enploys•three graduates direct from CHSS. One young man who is a third year chemical engineering student at McMaster University in Hamilton, said his knowledge gained from the machine shop courses at CHSS has been a tremendous asset to him. "You are defeating your purpose to provide full education for students in this area if you cut the machine shop course at CHSS," said this graduate. Mrs. Moira Couper of Bayfield presented a well researched brief which detailed -the history of the Clinton school which originally was to provide techical training for students from all over Huron County. . She asked why the board pd deviated from this original intention. Director of 'Education John Cochrane answered by saying the technical aspects at Clinton were in place a full five years before the county board came into existence in 1969. He said the parents of students throughout Huron County wanting technical training were not satisfied with the long distances some young people had to travel to Qinton. They wanted technical opportunities in their own local schools. All high schools in the county with the exception of Seaforth have some technical opportunities for students. Exeter and Clinton each have eight shops, Wingham has nine shops and Goderich has four shops. Music backers deterrnined BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER A small but determined group of Music enthusiasts from the Clinton area stood eerr ground in a crowded board of ducation chambers Monday afternoon to present a petition bearing 460 signatures of taxpayers who want a credit course in instrumental music included on the Central Huron Secondary School curriculum for 1981-82. Thedelegation showed that combining 28 students from CHSS's feeder schools coming into the system this fall, and 17 Klompen Feest.:.. • from page 1. area to put the Feest over successfully. So even if you are not actively working on one of the committees, you are all the most important cogs in the machine, the part that makes your committee feel very • satisfied with their efforts." While the committee is pleased with the interest and help they have been receiving, more support is needed. A general meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 10 at 8 pm in the Clinton town hall. All area citizens are encouraged to at- tend the meeting and support Clinton's Klompen Feest, which means Wooden Shoe Festival in English. students already enrolled at CHSS, there are a total of 45 students who want First Year instrumental music for the next school year. An extra -curricular music course is in operation at CHSS now and working well. Students arrive early each day for classes via personal transportation, and out-of- town students are able to go home by bus. Board members who were on the education -personnel committee had met with members of the delegation earlier. At that meeting, a recommendation was hammered out whereby a credit in- strumental music course could be .provided at the morning hour, through the auspices of the night school program: ,. To qualify for night school funding, the 'course .must be offered outside ' normal school hours and be available to students . from the general public. That recommendation was approved at Monday's regular board session, along with an amendment made by Trustee Joan Vanden Broeckat the meeting. That amendment gives approval in principle to the establishment of a music credit course at CHSS in the fall of 1982, pending favorable reaction from feasibility studies undertaken by a com- mittee composed of parents and board members who are also serving on the education -personnel committee. . A ' recorded vote showed that only Trustee Frank Falconer was opposed to the recommendation. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MARCS 5 ,1 —PGE 3 achine shop course Cochrane agreed that if the original concept of one technical school for the county had been satisfactory to ratepayers, it would have been the most economical way to handle it. It was pointed out to the Clinton delegation that Clinton student* deter- mined to take machine shop in Year 3 and 4 would travel to South Huron or F.E.Madill for the courses. Mrs. Couper suggested that students from the outer parts of the county be brought to the centre at Clinton for machine shop. She was reminded it was false economy to bus 124 students from Exeter and Wingham, rather than the smaller number of students from Clinton to Wingham or Exeter. Board members also pointed out that if that decision was reached, the next meeting would have delegations from Wingham and Exeter to hear. "We're having rough times at the moment," agreed Mrs. Couper. "But we've instilled in our children that education will get there a job. Canada is in needof skilled.workers -It. seems -now is the time to expand techological studies, not reduce them." "If this course is so necessary to the Clinton students, why haven't there been more parents encouring their kids to go into it?" asked Trustee M. Mulvey. "The machine shop equipment at CHSS is going unused because there are not enough kids signing up," reasoned Trustee Dorothy Wallace. She suggested that Conestoga College start a ma 'ne shop course in co- operation with Trustee R.J.Elliott said that the education thrust of the Ontario Ministry of Education is.�,c,��h�anging. He noted that the mararanuni y t.:Iege now 'UCtw i tb C high school and the university. He claimed that in the future, any extra funding for' specialized technological training would be going into community college coffers. High schools, he said, would be charged more and more with the responsibility ot giving young people the basic skills of mathematics, communication and science to prepare them for post secondary school training at the community college level oi elsewhere. It has been discovered, Elliott went on, that a solid comprehension of basic academic skills is vital to the success of people in today's competitive work force. "It's time to get back to the basics," said Elliott. There is no intention at the present to disco:tin= tin shops at the Grade? and 10 levels ;.� "It is my personal view," said Chairman Donald McDonald, "that shops give a place for students to make up their minds where they excell and where they will do well when they go on to community colleges for further education." A charge that the machine shop course at CHSS was being discontinued to solve a staffing problem was dismissed. 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