Clinton News-Record, 1983-12-14, Page 31Pictured doing the Christmas Bell Dance, are the students form the two kindergarten
classes at St. Joseph's Separate School in Clinton. As one of the first numbers for the
Christmas pageant lineup, the kindergarten pupils did a good job of synchronizing dance
steps to music during the dress rehearsal. (Wendy Somerville photo)
Separate Board will
seek parents' advice
BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE
The opinions of parents, trustees and
students will be sought early in the new year
as the Huron -Perth Separate School Board
comes under review.
Earlier this year the board approved a Co-
operative Evaluation and Development of
the School System (CEDSS) study. At the
board's Nov. 28 meeting it heard from
Gaeten Blanchette, chairman of the local
committee preparing the study.
The 'principal of. St. Boniface Separate
School in Zurich outlined the aims and
objectives of the review and indicated who
would be asked questions.
Surveys will be sent to ratepayers,
parents, teachers, principals, trustees,
administration, students and parish priests
in January. Mr. Blanchette said a random
sample from these groi.Ys will be asked
questions on a variety of topics, suet' as
school facilities, school system organization
and the role of the principal.
Three subject areas will also be studied
and are the family life program, physical
education and language arts. The subject
studies will be limited to Grades 4, 5 and 6.
Once the surveys are returned, Mr.
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Blanchette said the committee working
with him will gather all the information and
prepare a report. The committee is made up
of teachers and administration from within
the Huron -Perth System.
A similar study or survey will be con-
ducted by an externa: team, made up of
Ministry of Education representatives and
other school board representatives from out
of the Huron -Perth area.
The Zurich principal said the external
team will come into Huron and Perth
separate schools in April and prepare a
report from its. findings.
"You will never see the internal team
report or the external team report, just a
combined report," Mr. Blanchette told
trustees.
He expects the joint report will be
presented to the board sometime in June of
next year and recommendations could be a
part of the report.
It was noted that the Ministry of
Education is paying the costs of the study
which include teacher relief time when
committee members are conducting in-
terviews.
Weather experts are still trying to find out
what happened to Canada's winter in 1982-
83.
Environment Canada climatologists have
confirmed that most Canadians largely
escaped its bitter sting. Except in the nor-
theastern arctic, record to near -record mild
temperatures occurred across the country.
Weather patterns in other parts of the
world were also unusual. Heavy rain caused
flooding in Ecuador and Peru, Australia ex-
perienced one of its driest seasons, and
vigorous storms lashed the west coasts of
North and South America.
Climatologists attribute these confusing
weather events to El Nino - a weak warm
coastal current that develops off Peru and
Ecuador around Christmas every year,
creating a vast body of warm water in the
equatorial Pacific Ocean. Peruvian
fishermen called it Corriente del Nino - Cur-
rent of the ( Christ) Child.
Last year this 40 - 70 metre deep layer of
warmer surface water expanded from a few
million square kilometres in October to
nearly 30 million square kilometres by mid-
March - an area about three times the size of
Canada. Surface water temperatures were
near 28 degrees C, a startling 5 degrees C
above normal. •
As weather experts try to unravel the
mystery of El Nino, they are discovering a
sequence of ocean -atmosphere events that
usually precede the warm episode in the
equatorial Pacific. One is a fall in air
pressure during the "Southern Oscillation" -
so called because the pressure on opposite
sides of the Pacific follows a see -saw curve.
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its 1982 value was the lowest ever recorded.
The most widely accepted theory concern-
ing El Nino can be summarized as follows:
Abnormally strong trade winds in the
lowest 2 kilometres of the atmosphere blow
a couple of months, raising the sea level in
the western Pacific and lowering it in the
eastern portions. These winds then weaken
considerably, and accumulated water in the
west Pacific returns to the east by way of
the Equatorial Counter -current much like
water in a bathtub. Then the sea level and
water temperature rise along the South
American coast, burying the cool waters off
Peru - and so El Nino is born.
But how does an oceanic process in the
equatorial Pacific affect the winter in
Canada? To find out, climatologists at En-
vironment Canada have been monitoring El
Nino carefully. Computer models at En-
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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1983—PAGE 7A
inter
surface temperature anomalies in the
equatorial Pacific may have a significant
influence on our winters.
The development of a warm episode in the
equatorial Pacific is accompanied by a
general warming of the atmosphere near
the equator. This increases the temperature
difference between the equator and the
poles, accelerating the westerly air flow and
bringing milder Pacific air over most of
North America.
In their efforts to develop seasonal
forecasts, climatologists have recognized
that the El Nino phenomenon may be used
as a predictive tool. Unfortunately, though,
El Nino does not guarantee a mild winter;
some past El Ninos coincided with very cold
Canadian winters.
When will the next strong El Nino develop,
and how will it influence Canadian weather?
As yet, no one knows for sure.
Tips for a safe tree
Sad but true, it seems that every year dur-
ing the holiday season, newspaper headlines
report deaths from home Christmas tree
fires.
These deaths seem especially tragic
since, besides being connected with a usual-
ly festive season, they most always involve
children.
What can we do to safeguard our homes
and families from a Christmas tree fire?
• If you buy a cut tree, be sure it is fresh.
Place the tree away from heat.
* Inspect lighting. Look for frayed wire,
broken plugs and sockets. Replace defective
strings.
* Use noncombustible decorations.
• Keep fresh tree base in water and check
water level daily.
* Be sure to take down a live tree soon after
the holidays. Don't let the needles dry out.
* Greens cut for decorating should be as
fresh as possible.
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