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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-10-28, Page 11Dave Smith, President of the Goderich Rotary Club and members, with their new plaques are Rowen Baker and District Governor, Maurice Oliver welcomed two new Gary Shoukllce, (photo by Nephew) members to the Goderich club recently. the initiated Blyth Festival Singers pop concert draws near -capacity crowd By Elaine Townshend A near -capacity crowd gathered at Blyth Memorial Hall last Saturday afternoon to hear a pop concert per- formed by the Blyth Festival Singers. The program was varied from Charleston, Flappers and Razz-A-Ma-Tazz to a medley from West Side Story to movie hits, "Can You Read My Mind" from Superman and "The Way We Were" from the movie of the same name. Another favourite was Anne Murray's "You Needed Me." The program ended with rousing renditions of .movie, lassies "Tuxedo Junction" and "Swinging On A Star". Soloists, John MacLennan of Listowel and Gail Shaw of Huron Park, sang "Don't Cry Out Loud" and "Tapestries" respectively. Accompanist for the soloists was Louise. Lvlcuregor of Clinton. The 80 -voice choir from a 50 -mile radius of Blyth and includes six Clinton residents. Conductor is Laurie Rowbotham, who is also choir director at Listowel United Church and Listowel District Secondary School. New accompanist for the choir is Arlene Darn- brough, of the Goderich area. The benefit concert was part of a Gala Week End in Blyth to help pay off the remaining $12,000 debt from the Memorial Hall ;building program. Other events included a Casino Night and Dance with the band Whiskey Jack at Blyth and District Com- mun ity Centre on Friday evening, and a Medieval Feast following the pop concert on Saturday where King and Queen were Ted Johns, actor, and Janet PC convention held ' By Stephanie Levesque There were 350 delegates from across . the province attending the first Ontario Progressive Conservatives' policy convention in London over the past weekend. Bruce MacLellan, Toronto, provincial PC's vice-president aid four areas were discussed at the convention. They were food produ tion, social policies, econorny and Ontario's role in Canada's energy future. In each area there was a keynote speaker; followed by a panel discussion. Dr. Clay Switzer, dean of the University of Guelph spoke to the food production group, Dr. Brian Segel, president of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute spoke to the social policies group, Dr. Michael Walker, director of the Fraser Institute in British Columbia spoke to the economic group, and Dr. Arthur _ Porter, previously chairman of the Porter Commission, spoke to the energy group. ' Mr. MacLellan said about two thirds of provincial cabinet and caucus ° mem- bers were present, but were not speakers. MPP Phil Andrews of CB Cl Lincoln County, chairman of the food production group, said while.no.specifics were dealt with, four main areas were discussed. Topics in- cluded land use, marketing boards, promotion .programs and interest rates. The panel, consisting of Murray Stewart of Canada Packers, Tom Cowan a farmer and Joan Fieldman, a home economist, discussed the above topics. - tinder land use, more long term production is to be encouraged, "with more governing to be given to the local, municipalities. The marketing boards, and the promotion programs were supported by the group, and it was added a program to encourage new entry into farming should be developed. Nothing concrete came out of the discussion on interest rates, although it was agreed food producers have been hit 'with an unfair proportion of high rates. On Sunday, briefs from each of the groups were presented to Premier William Davis. From there, the briefs go to PC's policy committee to be polished for presentation to w,aucus for approval. ub meets The October meeting of the Circle City CB Club was held on October 18 at 7 p.m. at Mr. Rocky's (Roy Kamin- ska's) home. There was a roll call of 12. Secretary's report was read by' Little Rascal (Lloyd Haskell), adopted by Graveyarder, (John Miller) and seconded by Little Jam- mer (Jim Gaudette) Treasurer's report was read by Modular 4 (Alvin Daer), adapted by Green`' Ranger (Don Bauer), and seconded by Graveyarder. A letter of thanks for help- ing in the I.C.U. parade was received by the club from the hospital. A letter and en- try form were also received for the Santa Claus parade. Some discussion took place on putting a float in the parade. A letter was received from Ken and Mary thanking the club for the donation for the use of their trailer. Talk on a brunch at Sarnia took place. Fun fine chairman for next meeting is Little Jammer. Next meeting is to be held on November 8. Red Cross BLOOD DONOR CLINIC G.D.C.I. AUDITORIUM THURS., OCT. 29th FROM 2 P.M. TILL 5 P.M. ' 6:30 P.M. TILL 8:30 P.M. This Public Minded iMessage Published b0... CANADIAN SALT COMPANY LTD. Amos, Artistic Director of Blyth Summer Festival. Entertainment during the dinner was provided by a jester and strolling madrigal singers. Rounding out the weekend on Saturday night was a giant concert and auction. Ted Johns entertained before the auction. The concert featured' Cal Dodd of CTV, Master of Ceremonies for the night was Jim Swan of CFPL-TV London. Local auctioneer Ron Gethke sold 88 items ranging from frozen geese, a bed and_ breakfast package and a three-day ski trip, to paintings, puppet shows and watches. Although final figures have not been determined, the Gala Weekend has been termed a tremendous suc- cess by President of the Board of Directors Mildred McAdam of Clinton, with about $8,000 raised. On Sunday afternoon, the Blyth Centre For The Arts opened its Winter Music Series with Jan Rubes, a star of television and stage as. a serious actor,, folk singer, opera singer and musical comedy performer. The next performance of the Blyth Festival Singers will be a Christmas Concert to be presented at Blyth Memorial Hall on December 6. GODERICH SIGNAI.,STAR, WEDNESDAY,.00TOBER4,1901--PAGE 11 Huron County Board of Education to develop service plans for exe tional students By Sheila Clarke Co-ordinator, Student Service In response to Bill 82, the special education bill which received Royal Assent on December 12, 1980, the Huron County Board of Education is beginning a series of meetings designed to develop four service plans for exceptional students. The term "exceptional" is used to describe any area of concern with respect to a child's educational program, including giftedness, lear- ning disabilities, mental retardation, physical han- dicaps and emotional han- dicaps. The four special education "plans" will describe programs for four main areas of exceptionality: trainable retarded pupils, developmentally handi- capped persons, residential students in facilities and homes for special care, and exceptional pupils who are not trainable retarded. Boards of Education throughout Ontario will initiate this planning process, with completed plans to be presented to the ministry of education by May 1, 1982. The Huron County Board of Education has convened a special learning needs assessment committee comprised of a steering committee,"- an education sub -committee, and a community sub -committee. This committee shall have responsibility for receiving information and suggestions regarding special education, and for developing the above mentioned plans. Members of the special learning needs assessment committee are as follows: Steering: W.D. Kenwell, superin- tendent of education; Mrs. Sheila Clarke, co-ordinator, student services; Don Fink- beiner, elementary; George ,Cull, secondary; Mrs. Mary Bere, special education; Bevan Lindsay, trainable mentally retarded; and Roger Miller, (liaison) ministry of education. Educational: W.D. Kenwell, superin- tendent of Education; Mrs. Sheila Clarke, co-ordinator, student services; Mrs. Carol Simons, council for ex- ceptional children; John Mann, elementary prin- cipal; Mrs. Verna Kane, Federated Women Teacher's Association of Ontario; Niall Straw, Ontario Public School Ecstatic over fund raising The October 15 door to door fund raising campaign for the ICU was .suc- cessful beyond expectations, campaign chairman Bob Dempsey told the hospital board when it met Monday evening. He said approximately $50,000 was realized. from this campaign which was a com- pliment to the public relations people of his committee who put the importance of the ICU across to the community. "The committee was ecstatic over the ,response from the public," he said. The industry, business and commerce fund raising campaign is continuing and donations from service clubs are .now coming in. "I think we're safe in saying we'll be well over the $300,000 mark once the mail catches up with the verbal pledges," Dempsey concluded. The board gave a vote of thanks to Dempsey and the other 378 people in- volved in the ICU campaign. • • Hospital gets bequest Hospital administrator Elmer Taylor reported that a. $1,000 bequest had been received by the hospital from the estate of Archie Barber. This money will be put toward capital funds. To hold auction sale The hospital ,will hold an auction sale of office furniture at the Suncoast Mali this Saturday. Disaster plan noted Taylor informed the board that he had visited Listowel Memorial . Hospital on September 30 to observe their disaster ,plan exercise. He said Alexandi- Marine and General would be putting such a plan into effect soon as it is a requirement for the hospital's accreditation. Store -Wide SHOPPING SPREE All day Monday November 2nd ASK About our convenient Loy-owoy pion We think this event is so special and the savings so great and timely, we will be open until Midnight November 2nd. OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT OFF ALL MERCHANDISE Except fountain and tobacco, products ) THE MET GODERICH VISA Men Teacher's Federation; Mea. Shirley Weary, Ontario - Secondary School Teachers Federation; Bruce Shaw, secondary principal; Miss Elaine Bertrand, special education. Community: W.D. Kenwell, superin- tendent of education; Mrs. Sheila Clarke, coordinator, student services; Don Campbell, Adult Rehabilitation Centre; Miss Marilyn Hohner, Ministry of Community and Social Services; Miss Sheila McCaffery, Family and Childrens' Services; Thomas Ewer, Family Court; Miss Catherine Walsh, Health Unit; and Don Keillor, Huron Centre for Children and Youth. The four plans will also be reviewedby the apecial education advisory com- mittee, composed of three members of the Board of Education, and 4 members of community organizations: board members - Jean Adams, Dr. J.C. Goddard, Dennis Rau:, Non board members - Barry Clogg, Mrs. Myrna Lovell, Mrs. Florence Reavie, Mrs. Pat Haskell. Following review by the advisory committee, the plans are then presented to the Board of Education for final approval, prior to submission to the Ministry of Education, Dr. B. Stephenson. Upon approval of a board's plans, special education programs are expected to be in place by September 1, 1985. The Huron County Board of Education looks forward to further development of special education services and welcomes the op- portunity to share the design of the four plans with members of the teaching staff and the conununity. As Mr. Kenwell, superintendent of education has noted: "An interesting, informative, and challenging task awaits us." CLIP & SAVE NAVE UNWANTED HAIR REMOVED PERMANENTLYI CALL TO -DAY FOR FREE CONSULTATION at "RACNELLE'S" ELECTROLYSIS & BEAUTY CLINIQUE DAILY AND EVENINGS PH. 2364740 RACHELLE HWY. 21 ST. JOSEPH LAPORTE R.E. 111 *41 410 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IN THE Shamrock Lounge 4e8 .e13 OF THE HURON HOTEL Dublin, Ont. THURS., FRI.. SAT. - OCT. 29, 30.31 "INTER CITY" NEW KITCHEN HOURS Mon., Tues. & Wed. - 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Thurs., Fri. a, Sat. - $ a.m.-12 midnight DAILY LUNCHEON SPECIAL $1 00 ONLY .� Mon. -Sat. EXOTIC DANCER • 12:1S-6:30 P.M. Limited Time Special Offer At McGee's NOCUAPAE. 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