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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-07-02, Page 10 • GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY,`J'ULY 2,,. 60 CENTS"PERCOPY Q Young offenders escape custody " Two young offenders from the Bluewater Centre, who wandered off from a campout at the beach Sunday, are still at large. According to the Goderich detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, the two, who originate in the Windsor, area were last seen on the beach below the Bluewater - Centre before they went missing. - Both are male, 17 Years of age and were last seen wearing blue adidas shorts. One is believed to have been wearing a wine coloured T-shirt. The one is described as 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing 158 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and dark complexion. He has a heart shaped tattoo on his left arm. The other is :5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs approximately 152 pounds and has blonde hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion. He has a tatto on his right arm. Anyone with information regarding the two missing offenders should call the Goderich OPP detachment. " iteo 8 Perfect summer weather meant it was a great day for a.parade. Hundreds of delightfd photo at right, Police .Vhief•Pat King unfurls the ,Goderich flag during Civic Ceremonies onlookers lined the parade route on the Square "for the annual Canada Day Parade, Tuesdy. yesterday. (Photos by Mike Ferguson and Paa'IHartman) Above, Bruce Sully of the Bluewater Shriners hands out goodies to eager children. In the . ,; Local to work doctors returnrng BY SHARON DIETZ ." ._ becomes urgent if left unattended. brought the point across and there is more When the bill was pushed through the ,Doctors in Goderich are returning to Goderich doctors, most of whom ,are public understandingof the issues sur- legislature, doctors felt there would be no their offices and elective surgery' should general practitioners have decided to deal rounding the banlocal.nextra-billing tra- doctors ifg sincestrot le if impacthe y boil loo goat after the bill had passed, resume toward the end of the week, even with these cases, since there is backlog y though the Ontario Medical Association which has 'grown during the strike. that an en masse opting out of the Ontario "They decided to bring forward the (OMA) has agreed tb continue the strike Sanctions will be self limiting on the part 'Hos,doctoral wouldnce have Plan '(OalP) more . ape ble,n est trump Neal as It stakes s t strong, until the overnment withdraws its^ban on of the individual doctor but hospital care, a l ect d tion .and one ,they,. measures to rwaiNeal. It t es sir ng, g d th ro te>EY i' .e .'fit. extra -billing. will be back to normal. pr. Neal sai„t ere p.. p... m Dr. Donald Neal, chief of staff at Alexan- was a significent impact on the hospital's would have preferredito strike action. issue will affect them personally and *hen dra Marine and General Hospital sayid active care ward, where patients are _Dr. Neal explained that,to opt out of they are immediately affected, they begin Tuesday, doctors in the rural areas are treated following surgery, during the OHIP, a doctor ilas to give two months to understand the issues, he commented. - returning to work out of necessity. Chronic strike. When he did rounds Monday, there . notice to the government or face being Doctors have sacrificed their public iin- cases can be leftuntreated for a period of were only six patients 'on the ward, andsaSoned dobs the legerofthoPhysicians icifns agdersta e to force e ofp the issues to ome ethto o ban e es cases do require - care, he because there has been no elstrike. surgery would stay the bill and'permit resulted” in the government saying' they said. Elective surgery while it isn't urgent since the beginning of the strike. government is necessary and often something elective Dr. Neal said he believes the strike has negotiations to produce a comprotnise. , o Turn to page 2 • • ��� French conside nt s and teachers Pare immersion p- is-6gram- '-an.!------ii-n---q-------u----Alified s.uccess'-- • phrases and sentences, Monique explains. She begins by teaching words and pic- tures„ words and objects,- words and gesturesand-then builds on tentence struc `• ture, using the sentence structuresthey re- quire in school. Monique says the children learn to understand, then to speak the word& and then to read. , Speaking takes awhile, she says, but by Christmas the children say what they want but there are tnany mistakes. They begin reading in October which gives them the structures to build on. ' "Songs are a big help," she says. . "They learn it faster because they like to repeat the song since there is a. melody." Learning French at an early age, the children learn without an accent and they don't care if others laugh ,at them, says, Monique. They don't fear ridicule when they speak it or feel self conSciOUs when they say a word.."It's a terrific age to start." It takes time before they start to speak French aniong themselves and begin to use it at recess and in the playground, says Monique, but the advantage is using. it. Monique learned .French ..m the home and English on the street: -"but many of :her friends learned English at school. It wasn't immersion and they graduated withoutbe- ing able to speak the langUage,,a common problem with the core French program. ° "The children are very bright, and eager," says . Monique who doesn't an- ticipate any of her students Witham pro- blems with the program as they proceed Many children reject the type of disci litre and structure imposed on them at school, } Some children have trouble adapting to the st•iicture and they get •a lot of negative BY SHARON DIETZ The first French immersion program ever offered at a local school is deemed an unqualified success according to parents and teachers alike. Parents who pushed for the program are„just as enthusiastic after the program's first year as they were when they were busy lobbying the local public and separate school . boards to establish the program. Michelle Lukachko still feels -French will be. nothing but an asset to her son Michael who started kindergrarten in the program at St. Mary's Separate School* last September. Michelle says Michael has ” had no problems adjusting and she has no , qualms about enrolling her daughter in the program this fall. °Nichaelhas learned so much French," says Michelle. "The children are very positive about it. They are abosrbing it like little sponges." ' Michelle is confident early immersion is y the best way to learn a second langaiige "His accent is perfeeti" she says$,tercause children mimic others so well at a\younig age. Michelle and her husband took the adult French, course offered last year and 'again, this year. This gives .Michael the oppor- tunity to share his new language with his parents. His parents can converse With him as he goes along, but also it shows his parents are interested and that French is not only good for him but for his parents too, says Michelle. "It acts as a positive influence" she says. "We're tremendously pleased." Rosie Wick.is learning a third language since she enrolled in the kindergarten, French inulnersien program. Her parents speak Swiss in the honk and the children answer in English giving . her an understanding of both languages and she.is. learning French at school. • has had Her Mother, Martha says Rosie the immersion. program no difficulty with and she is amazed at ho* quickly Rosie learns the French. Rosie is already looking _ forward to returning t6 school in 'tire fall,: Sharon Dietz) Martha and her husband, Alfons who from French are both very happy .With daughters who have just returned a speaks year pent . where e . tYi+e program, ,worktng in Europe th, y ,:. . - - - a. founlEnglish and French v useful. she oiild dvise, ..ate ha asw a .y ar o Mart si" rerst n . Y. ren ch ilei interested y I think parent who: -.is ramie"Yo to »'t f that• beautiful," she says child i the program. • "ou don et . "Merritt 'Who teaches t .... Louise 11►Ie � t ,. eta S:�.. e lr atri..,. . . ffer n ro , _. are^in a. di f .... they a ,, o the ,:. immer"sion kindergarten clad„ and the language rimes se easy� r , .: e k g, Iroinii Marrs Sehool says the. children' when theyare children. � , a ,rant , � .., .. ., .. . . ._..,..td learn. ile a _ rt and want ,,, , ...:: c five� . , ,... It �e e'p own � es a .><ence,. Martha" ,says it; � ,tact ,::. - � . .,, . �, . ; p §e scilla „ e cru. dre rde in i >r= .ti, More diffc�tilt for' aii adrtYt, to leo a, a �► � They . lit` vo abula ;cards. • They learn language. ° g sand rt,: Martha belie es It. is fiery u et� a is e rrinrlyds fo thea of the body, fruits and a ',second , Ian- OA She. h : ol x":; ` . vegetables arid. eel 'through repot len Joyce Murray wins $11,000 BY MIKE FERGUSON Joyce Murray didn't believe it until she had the cheque in her hand. Murray won $11,621.59,4n the June 7 Lot- tario draw ,after buying a ticket • on a whim." She says she never buys tickets on a regular basis, and.hasino lucky numbers she uses each time she�dbes buy one. But, after purchasing a bottle of diet pop "like we always do," at Simmond's Bluewater' Variety, -Murray just thought she may as well buy a Lottario ticket, too. Murray, a Goderich housewife, used the plastic Lottario "ball drop" device to pick the numbers, so her selection was totally at random. She and her husband Jim didn't find out they had won until June 11 during grocery shopping. Murray looked at the Zehrs-board for the winning numbers, and "the more I looked, the more they matched. I couldn't believe it." . A cashier then ran it through the lottery computer, proving she had won the money. "We went to Toronto the very next day," Murray says: After being interviewed and photographs taken by Ontario Lottery . Corporation of- ficials, she was given' the money. "I just didn't believe it until I was handed the che- que," she says. Murray says the money will be put towards a new home, to "help pay off some of the mortgage." dr\J4L-STAPI reinforcement which turns theta Off school and learning, she explains From Most . aspects 'it appears the e .. ; ,. � , , , French: itttriersion prograin m Goderic ��; The children in Louise Merritt's °kindergarten"elass at St..MVtary, s Separate Sehool were .has been successful' in its first, year, but .encolled`.iii the Trench ii�inersioliprogratia offered forrtiie'first time this year. Parents an i~obletlas hays developed• ' ><n Ytlac're ist c about the program and the rogress the children have made in p leathern are erlihusiasti p .g P .,., ,., .... , stablished programs lit fiorortp, Pia« Shown with Louise are standin , Ghr'ie .,ia and clockwise a eca d language.. ..., .. ,. , . � , . 1�',r blems to, emerge ><nnlude • dtr l tr2rek Yearning s k , ,., . ....le Cu bert.: hoto b. � , bei Jiihn Little Michael Liikaehki aind es, y _ ,,l (p y tie for staff i#n !gliding' frdrii the !eft, l4iiehaelNvla r achdals and t , . ' to maintain a variety of programs; clashes fissions. Louise ' With a limited budget and ;the a fects"`of try begin to bulrl?�o�i c>� , . Oil :.... , ., -:: � � , .. ,� .linin nrollnient ..the loss of: the nom- ` ec e "alae d > ere ,e . res h g et w i 'sued e +gin ' alio s �!a s 1 ��k �g . c ildren,use+ear ph ones to listen to tape munity :school. Where boards design'al Kell, give thein i struetinris •in French, , .schools for ,i errsioii ogra xis only, , es , if. r..:iii. • b 'earl .....: rni lersiott= �Y: if � el;!�i when oris erfo rill y' . �. y ., � . ,,,. o , sir se st ;when . p. _ . _ _ __ _: it does f t! :, idt . Y rrrou u tt matter taught it In era m rm o g ub , oil ti 0 n itstudents_, tli . til i rot and oo�e� y tp ' . ,. � . P h , Specifically trscience and, matt:. r Cortise, tvl�a rias f'bhrt t� .c g rho -1! t'�Plch: ;,. , . ,; .,..,. 'Tench .:. an „ . i . _k the ae hula ,.: i . '.:..., : herre.the lac vo.. a . . . ... :...... .ern afiae►rtr�e�itil . • .. ,. , . .. :. , „ . .. deal., ith the,. rrra>3e,, aotiiis icd d cepte; lack of Welt qualified teaches, , 'poorly , �a ritten : Englis ly i efr'sioni, .stat o d+h" is tack of textbo cs aid. he uses of 'ge;2a hnigyte drhod to ti e Fhere rench •`r.' 'Tite orda� Festival time Over 3000 people flocked the seventh annual Music Festival sponsored by the Goderich and District. Optimist Club.over the holiday weekend. Eleven bands in- cluding the Good Brothers, Richard to Knechtel, Rick McGhie and ,Goderich's own,Nad's performed for listeners of all ages. Sports action • s ii pages men's industrial k the 'sports a es of the Goderich Signal -avatar this week f fastball league action, ladies' slow pitch plajr golf and track and field average. D. Canadamad �O &ha rir:w rnDaylahrated'Canada with rust of activities such, as the Lion's Beef Barbecue which: is featured ort the Com- . :. . Com- ' frtotilt and a parade, civic � wberrrati�oriyr a liray social, a Sun;Sets Twice Ceremony and of course a thrilling 1 displa ' of fifreworks, all. illustrated on ogee '