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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-05-13, Page 9help make our annual AFI EWORKSDISPLYbigger and better! 4 Cheques payable to Goderich Fireworks Fund. ( heques sir ( ash mar be forwarded to: Chief ot• Poli( c Pal king - F ireworks hairman, Goderic h Poli( e Station, 65 West Street, Goderi( h 7A _'h y or drop- ped off at the station; or rou mar drop them oft al the Tovrn Hall, 57 West Street, Goderic h, Ontario, N '\ ?hi. We've Got Tons of e ding Plants ona;iuding... eg nias 1 Pet «.: nias a° and Snap Drago s tae. is Il s Alyssa t•,,4 Pius any More Also, A Large Selection Of... egetables ®Geraniums ,Tul.,ero=.. s =e.gonias eivy Geraniums ®Hanging :;askets ®Patio P(}ts ®S.,ikes LIDO SPEtVAL.— Peat M�ss Offer Expires closing Monday, May 'Hi, 1987. E 50 ® off 4 cu. ft. bail of Peat Moss Regular Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8 8 Sat.8-6 Sun. 1(' - 4 Open . Sunday & Holiday 'Monday isetiatik. LANDSCAPING NURSERY & GAR EN )CENTRE 166 Bennett St. E., Goderich 524-2645 k ter eric : ,, Gar At the April meeting of the Goderich Garden Club, •Iso mis-named several years ago) by unanimous vote was reverted to its original name of Goderich Horticultural Society. A member of District 8 of the On- tario Horticultural Association we are eligi- ble for a yearly grant in amounts according to membership. Garden Clubs, as such, do not qualify for these grants. Under the name "Goderich Garden Club" an exhibit was displayed at the recent Home and Garden Show held in the arena. This (display was loaned and designed by a club member, Lesley Zolob, proprietress of Mar- tin's Market on Highway 8. Many thanks to Lesley, Annette Sternp and Jean. Adams whose cow bined efforts planning and set- ting up the miniature garden that so aptly represented the Society. Many thanks also to sitters who gave of their time to man the tables, supervise draws., hand out brochures on gardening, supervising draws, etc., namely: Nell Coates, Marian Warren, Jean Buchanan, Margeret Kelly, Vera Margerm, Karen Fooks, Jean Peart, Jean Adams and Annette Sternp. Many thanks also to the friends of the society who contributed props and accessories. The society compliments AI,L exhibitors. The society's proud of the town and the ar- tistic talents evidenced in the many exhibits by local merchants and nurserymen. Winners. of the club's draws were Mary Buchanan, winner of the $20.00 cheque from Dominion Seeds; Mrs. Dorothy Blake, who won the hanging pot. donated by Martin's 'Market: and Marjorie McQuire, who won en Club plants tree Jean plant Barnett and Mayor Eileen Palmer a tree at Gaol.. • the window box, donated by' the Garden Club. (.)n Labour Day the Goderich Garden Club donated a 'flowering. Japanese cherry tree which was planted on the site opposite the Gaol by Mayor Eileen Palmer and Presi- dent Jean Barnett. This is the third flowering tree planted by the Garden Club is this area. There are also two flowering crab trees planted on this location by the two groups of Goderich Greenthumbers, ) once thriving youth groups sponsored by the Garden Club). The Horticultural Society also pro'ide and plant the flowers around the Goderich Hospital. Once again a few dedicated members give of their time and talent to this project. A Garden Walk, date to he announced later, is planned for the summer. The highlight of the year is the Flower Festival, held in the court house on Festival days. The society is again sponsoring the Mayor's Blooming Contest, plan now to enter your garden. After all the care you put into enhancing your home and grounds it would be nice to be given special recognition for it. If you are willing to share the beauty of your garden with the Society 1 all ardent garden lovers) please phone Jean Barnett 4-524-2479 or Jean Peart, Programme Con- venor, on their garden walk. There will be a PLANT AUCTION on Wednesday, May 20th, at 7:30 in the Robert- son Public School auditorium. Bring along any of your "extras" ) those left -over plants after pruning your perennial bed, etc.) - so- meone may find it is just what they've been looking for. We encourage anyone, interested to join the Horticultural Society because we need NEW members with NEW ideas' Bus service improved by board of . education Two additional routes will be added to the transportation plan for the Huron County Board of Education r HCBE). Board members approved the additic ns in order to .better service the handicapped. One route will run in, the north end of the' school district, •and the second will travel through the southerly portion of the county: HCBE board members reviewed the 1987 transportation schedule at .their May meetin.g.• Currently the school buses on 156 routes travel 16,763 km daily in order to provide service to 6,086 students. • • -. The Huron Board of Education owns and olierates 40. school buses on 33 elementary and developmentally handicapped school routes Five :spar•e,buses are also available. In'addition, there is a board -owned activi- ty bus at four' secondary schools, namely at Wingham, Goderich,Seaforth and Exeter. . The "board has jurisdiction over 13 bus contractors who supply service on.121 school bus routes. The seven board -owned and two • contracted buses at Brookside Public School at Dungannon also provide transportation for students attending St. Joseph Separate' School at Kingsbridge. , Integrated busing in Ashfield, Colborne, Goderich, Hullett, McKillop, Tuckersmith, Usborne and West Wawanosh • Townships .is shared with other school boards. ;• The b;,ard also has use of a contracted van' that supplies weekend transportation for the hard -of -hearing and blind students atten- ding the Robarts School 'in London. and the McDonald School in Brantford. • Tw,o students attending the Sir James Whitney School in Belleville are transported- to their home in Huron County via bus, plane and car on.alternate' weekends. The HCBE; is responsible for the cost of transporting Huron County resident pupils to Hillcrest Public' School at Teeswater, Lucknow Central Public School, Listowel District Secondary School, Norwel District Secondary School at Palmerston, Lorne Avenue School and Forest City •School in I.onclon. Four hoard -owned buses provide transportation for approximately 208 pupils attending summer school at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton: ' A new program undertaken "in 1986 sees the use of ,one board -owned bus and, seven contract buses used to transport 45 developmentally handicapped students to McCurdy, Victoria and Wingham .Public Schools. In the annual transportation report, the duties and licensing requirements for bus drivers is outlined. The, report further notes, "The safety of. our students has at all times been a top priority of this department and therefore more time and effort hay been devoted to this important area by intlmittent inspec- tion of the drivers and buses. 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