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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-06-04, Page 70 Three heads are better than one. At least that seemed to be the rule Saturday as over 600 cubs, scouts, beavers and venturers gathered at Falls Reserve Conservation Area. The boys endured a heavy rainfall Friday and Saturday participated in a series of events including a campfire lighting contest. Here, three boys work hard at getting a fire going. (photo by Dave Sykes) Clinton Spring Fair is biggest yet By Shelley McPhee Everyone at the Centrale Huron Agricultural Society in Clinton has his or her fingers crossed, hoping that the overcast skies and the cool weather of the� ast.week will hold its own 'for the three-day spring fair that opens this Friday afternoon. The 126th Clinton Spring Fair is one of the biggest annual at- tractions that the town and Agricultural Society hosts and is billed as the largest class `'B" spring fair in Ontario. Last year the fair celebrated it's 125th birthday in a big way,and over 9,009 people -.turned out to enjoy the midway, parade, grandstand show, livestock com- petitions and ladies' handcrafted goods. Special attractions lined up for this year include a sanctioned mini. tractor pull on Friday night in front of the grandstand and an ex- citing display by the Trans Canada Hell Drivers on Sunday evening. The Clinton Pipe Band will be performing on Saturday night and a special feature as the grand finale to the, horse show will -be held -with the - Sunfield • Equestrian- nettes, a precision drill • team of young people from Benmiller and Machie, the disco dan- cing horse. And-.. -if that's not - enough, the Clinton Kinsmen Club will be operating their annual beer tent under the grandstand and will also be holding'a Monte Carlo Casino tent, during the three day fair. For t.he younger generation and the young at heart, they're be the midway and the popular Old MacDonald's Farm. Draws for school aged children will beheld and • a bicycle and calculator will be given away, as two of'the prizes: As well, young fair goers can enjoy .a special puppet 'show on Sunday af- ternoon. - The ladies' baking and handcrafted goods will be. judged and their exhibits can be viewed from Friday to Sunday'. The Ontario Spring Jersey show • and the Huron County • Holstein Show will be judged on Friday, beginning at noon. Many other livestock com- petitions are also scheduled and ° include poultry, swine, sheep, the horse and western games show. And don't . forget the parade on Saturday. It begins at -1 -pm • and winds its way down the main streets to the fair grounds for a 2 pm official opening. Mothers will geta chance to show of their little ones lb the annual prize winning baby show which is held on Saturday and 11 area girls will vie for the honor of Queen of the Fair in a Friday night pageant Vin the arena. 'Merchants will also he setting up their displays in the arena for the three days Kids Pick contest It's time children had their say! Now,children will be the authorities on Canadian books in the KIDS PICK contest. KIDS PICK is a chance for the children of the Goderich Branch Library, and other public libraries in the Mid- western Regional Library System, to tell, adults what they think the best Canadian book is. The contest is presently underway and Will 'have its grand finale during Children's Book Festival, November 15 - 22. During that time, children who have read any book of Canadian fiction, poetry, or folklore, may ask for a colour coded ballot with • the word, which they think best describes it: Great!, Ok, or Blah. Votes will be collected from the libraries in Midwestern's four counties of Perth, Huron, Waterloo and Wellington, and a region -wide winner will be chosen. The authors and illustrators of the three most popular books will be invited to make appearances around the Region during the Children's Book Festival. So watch out for politicking and ballot box stuffing, KIDS PICK is on its way. Ask about it today' at the Goderich Branch Library. DO ,S THIS REMIND YOU OF YOUR DAD? TIRED...LISTLESS...NO SPUNK � Well why not give him a lift this FATHER'S DAY (June 15 th) with a gift that is sure to please him. Such as a new Arrow ultrablend sport -shirt. Made of 6O% Cotton, 40% Polyester, you have the fit, style and most important, the comfort that you expect -from Arrow! • Available in 10 Colours Priced at $18.00 uauid E. Wiute Maim 36 THE SQUARE GODERICH drWMOtiterenktaleisiseirm 524-4312 GQ'DERICH SIG AI+ STAR tudents pr test demise w ' econd English course BY CATH WOODEN A large delegation attended the regular June 2 meeting of the Huron County Board of Education to protest'at'he elimination of the second Grade 13 English course at Central Huron. Secondary School in Clinton. The board passed a motion that encourages the principal at CHSS to offer the English 551 course if a teacher volunteers to accept an overload in his timetable as a result of the delegation's requests. In an address to the board, Jack Holmes, a parent of a CHSS student, complained .' that ."the credit system has fun- neled certain students. so as to make it vital for another english course at the year five level. If they had been told before Grade 12, they could have planned alternatives." Philip Street,, a third year student at the University of Toronto and a former student at CHSS, told the board that the course has proven "invaluable" in his English studies at university. He reminded the board that there are three maths and three sciences offered at the JANA NATURAL -FOODS 75 HAMILTON ST. 524-7561 HOURS: 9:30-5:30 WED. 9:30-12:30 year five level and that they are also necessary. "Two English courses are scarcely enough as it is, and ' I feel that the elimination of English 551 at CHSS is a discrimination against students who wish to take it," Street stated. English 551 is a course that deals specifically with Canadian and American literature and is not a requirement for university entrance. Director D.J. Cochrane said he sympathized with the delegation, but that "we're looking at teacher loading here and contract problems—The only way it can be done isy hiring a half time teacher at CHSS. "I realize that there are some ' doors closed to some students based on past decisions," he shrugged. During the board meeting recess, the Education Committee met and returned with the recommendation that the course should be offered if a teacher can. be found to accept the additional course. 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