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Huron CountyBoard.of Education
the Exeter family ofschools fOr iti
tion program over the next few
s and -appointed Exeter Public
Principal Jitn Chapman aS- tbe
m co-ordinator. '
special meeting Monday night the
chose .the, \ Exeter school area
e of its close knit pattern and it
ity to the , London office of the
ryof education.
program, set up by the ministry,
ed at taking a thorough look at the
County program from all angles.
ayers, student, teachers,
es, 'parents and administrators are
olved in the program Which is to,
pleted by the end of the school
The board decided at its last
g to get involved In the evaluation
t up the special meeting to decide
geographic area it would con- '
te on.,
evaluation would normally be
n a county -wide basis but Pat
the ministry regional director of
ion for Western. Ontario, ex -
d to the board that there was not
time to do a county -wide -study:
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He said the board Could have county"
evaluation done but It would have to wait
Until the school Year 1977-70.-
• "In Order to nqriduet,tbe program,new
we have to concentrate on a family of
schools," he said." "Normally an
evaluation of ,the county schools would
take 'front, the beginning of September
until the end. of May:'!• - •
The board selected: the area to be.
concentrated on and turned. the matter
over to theeducationcommittee for,
implementation. The -committee • was
eharged with the task -00fiaining'a co-
ordinator Or the sfudy and overseeing
the project. •
The committee -heard a recom-
mendation from Director of Education
John Cochrane to name Mr. Chaprrian as
the co-ordinator. Mr. Cochrane said the
Exeter principal was fully qualified to
handle the task and could easily be freed
from his duties at the school for the next
few months.
The director said Mr. Chapman was
well oriented at both the elementary and
secondary school level, was well knowrt
in the Exeter community and was
knowledgeable in the teaching
Profession beln
teachers' college...
The director said the'y
.the 'Exeter "school could
chaPmen over the felv:
masti
icij
for the study and., the
supply teacher • •te • handle the. v
• principal's duties. He said
could set uP, an office' In
'
Secondary School .and the'
hire a secretary for him, ferfinktitiraticii
orthe study. • •
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PROVINCE PrilfSl-",
LARGESHARE •
Mr. Fleek explained to the that
the province Supplies the materiallind
questionaires used in the evaluation
provides staff to assist . committee
members in their work, does all the
analysis of the material gathere -
responsible for publishing the reports of
the committees and fupds the external
committee which is the second phase 41
the program. •
He said the board faces eosta tot
secretarial help. telephone:and'mileage,
expenses, pro -rating staff time and itithq
'
*4 ilaPadd pn charges that should total
twee $2,000 to $3,900,
cKillop Trustee John Henderson
suggested that the board make the effort
to have the, entire county evaluated
rather than one specific area. He said he
felt that by limiting the study to one area
the board will end up with. resolutions
that may be peculiar to that area and
non applicable to the county system.
Director of Education John Cochrane
said he felt he would rather see what
•goals the study achieved before the
_board undertook a county -wide study.
He -said it may, be his Scottish blood
combined with his farming background
but he was "leery of buying a pig in a
poke for the county".
He said he did not want to be an-
tagonistic towards the ministry but
pointed out that it was the first-time such
a study had been undertaken in Western
Ontario and the first time only a section
of a county had been done.
"Before we involve staff and tie them
down to the project I would rather see
the board take a small bite and see if it
likes it," he said.
Colborne Trustee Shirley Hazlitt said
id Tirners
1ftorb:Ind
s have been finalized,
m is in shape and the
ich Old Timers are
to leave for Zurich
rland on March 11
they will compete
st teams from the
d States, Canada,
erland, Holland,
d and Germany in the
d annual European
ational Oldtimers'
y Tournament.
Goderich team will
against Rapperswil, a
team, on March 14 and
play St. John,
undland on March 15.
urnament guarantees
eam competing three
teantS
traVe fifig -
ment, representing
from all across . the
ry. The Goderich
rant coming
r celebration
Jubilee Three Com -
in Goderich has been
d by Robert Welch,
ter of Culture of
ation, that a grant for
will be awarded to the
unity.
funds come from a fund
special anniversary
ations and will be used
he general overall
tation of sesquicen-
1 events here in
ch, says Judge F. G.
of the local corn -
t for winter -weary eyes
h the last few days being
er and brighter than
of the previous days of
r, hopes are soaring for
ly spring.
s week,. Mrs. Andrew
• ghan reports that as she
leaving Knox
yterian Church she saw
arch butterfly basking
warm sunlight on the
of the building.
spring be far behind?
contingent will consist of 25
players and anOther 10 fans.
The Goderich Old Timers
were only formed on
November 6 of last year,
although 1the idea had been
discussed many times in past
years. It became a reality
when Don Gravett of the
C.O.H.A. staff came to
Goderich and discussed
formation of the team with
local hockey enthusiasts Ted
Williams and Doug
Cruickshank.
• At the initial meeting the
international tournament in
Zurich ,was mentioned and
that aroused enough interest
to set the ball rolling.
Sixteen players were called
togetheoyet,,Junch .,a
hittlif 'the
deposit of $135 per player was
wired, to organizers in
Peterborough to ensure a
Goderich entry in the Swiss
tournament. During the next
month the selling of pens.
draw tickets and private
donations raised sufficient
funds to practically,cover the
remaining cost of the trip. A
dance held earlier this month
turned a profit of $1,500 for
the team. Local merchants
and private individuals also
came forward with donations.
Practice sessions have
been held weekly at the
Vanastra arena and the team
competed in the Old Timers
she was not opposed to defining an area
for study but wanted to be sure that the
area chosen provided a cross-section of
the county programs. ,She said some
curriculum such as home economics and
shop was provided -in some schools and
not in others and if they were to be
evaluated they should be included in the -
schools chosen.
Exeter area superintendent Robert
Allan said the Exeter family of schools
included kindergarten to Grade 8 at the
elementary level and also included the
programs offered in most other areas of
the county. He said the secondary school
was very similar to other areas and the
home economics, shop and language
programs offered in some county
schools would be included in Exeter.
ORIENTATE PRINCIPALS
FIRST
Superintendent of supervisory ser-
vices for the ministry Jay Lockerbie
said the first phase of the program was
to orientate the school principals in the
area chosen. He said the ministry staff
would meet the school heads to explain
to them t ,t11,
hunt but mere!tak
aYstent,
He Said oce the•
amongst the pr�feaion
established Abe
with their stalk
and get their Optrilonsnn-it. 1ro . re
volunteers would be sought /ap-
pointed by a committee headed Op by the
co-ordinator to Start the wheels in
motion. •
The board selected the Exeter school
area because of its independence. The
family of elementary -schools all feee
into South -Huron Secondary School
something unique in the county.
In the Clinton, Seaforth, Wingham,
Goderich area students attending the
Holmesville Public School in Goderich
TOwnship may, because of the location
of their homes, attend either Goderich
District Collegiate Institute or Central
Huron Secondary School in Clinton.
Students in the Exeter .system do not
suffer that fate.
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tournament at St. Thomas
last December.
The team also played
exhibition games against
London, Ilderton, Kincardine,
Tillsonburg, Morpeth and
Wallaceburg.
The team consists of a
variety of backgrounds with
the majority of players
having played in Inter-
mediate O.H.A. during the
1950's. Players come from all
walks of life including
teachers, salesmen; business
owners, construction,
newspaper, . industrial and
provincial government
employees.
To qualify as an Old Timer,
players must be a minimum
of 35 years of age in the year
of the tournament.
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.j!..04:45:51$47171074,4,_.
The Quebec and Ontario Transport Company Limited (Q. and 0. Lines) lake freighter
Black River will 'show the flag' for Goderich during the upcoming shipping season. In
return, Goderich will be showing the Q. and 0. Lines flag during the Jubilee Three
Celebrations, Mayor Deb Shewfelt and Laird Fulford, captain of the Black River, made
the official exchange last week. Captain Fulford, who is a resident of Goderich, compares
the two banners. (staff photo)
Black River to show flag
The Quebec and Ontario
Transportation Company
Limited (Q and 0 Lines) lake
freighter 13Iack River will be
'showing the flag' for
Goderich during the 1977
shipping season.
In honor of Goderich's 150th
birthday celebrations,
dubbed Jubilee Three, the
ship will fly this community's
new flag and in -return
Goderich will display an
official Q and 0. Lines flag
during special celebrations
marking the sesquicen-
tennial.
The flags were exchanged
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in a brief ceremony last
Thursday by Goderich Mayor
Deb Shewfelt and Black
River Captain Laird Fulford,
a Goderich native and
resident.
The Goderich flag will fly in
the position of courtesy flags
on lines running to the ship's
yards.
TheBlack River is 385 feet
overall with a beam of 45 feet.
She has a gross -tonnage of
3,587 and a cargo capacity of
231,000 cubic feet.
Built in 1897 at Bay City.
Michigan, the Black River
and her sister ship Pic River
(built in 1896) are two of the
oldest boats plying the Great
Lakes.
, The Q. and 0. Lines flag is
no new sight in Goderich as
,ships carrying it make
regular calls at the local
harbor bringing grain and
taking out salt. Among those.
ships are the Chicago
Tribune, New York News,
Franquelin, Shelter Bay,
Huron Bay, Outarde, Golden
Hind and Thorold. . . as well
as the Pic River and Black
River.
Board misunderstood
GDCI grant request
The Goderich District
Collegiate Institute student
body felt somewhat maligned
recently after a Huron County
Board of Education decision
on a request for a $700 grant
for Jubilee Three. The
request was made_ _by. ,a
Jubilee Three Homecoming
committee which is made up
of teachers at the school and
has nothing to do with the
student council or body.
The board heard the
request at its January
meeting and tabled a decision
until Goderich trustee Cayley
Hill could meet with the
Jubilee Three Homecoming
organizers. Mr. Hill returned
a recommendation to the
board at the February
meeting pointing out that
while the project was "hardly
a student council function" it
was worthwhile and merited
the board's' baking,
Mr. Hill was not at the
meeting when the recom-
mendation was brought tip
and other- board members
confused the teachers'
project with a student body
function. They misunderstood
the origin of the request and
thought it was made by the
student's council. On that
basis the board members felt
the students could easily
raise the$700 and the request
was reduced to $200 to help
with postage costs for mail
out invitations.
GDCI teacher and
homecoming committee
member Bill Wark explained
recently that the students had
nothing to do with the func-
tion as yet. He said the
homecoming was for former
teachers and graduates of
the school in celebration of
the 135th anniversary -of
formal education in Huron
County, which began in
Goderich, and the 150th an-
niversary of the founding of
Goderich.
Mr. Wark said the
homecoming committee
members were all teachers
and had no funds to use say(
those from their ownpockets
The committee members are
Mr. Wark, Fran Armstrong
Neil Shaw, Jack Seaman, Bil
Worsell, Richard Madge, Bil.
Murdy and John Stringer.
Mr. Wark said the
misunderstanding was 1.11T
fortunate pointing out that his
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Porter Commission
grants '2500 to
Ormrod for study
Adrian Vos, Chairman of
the Huron Power Plant
Committee, (and
representative of the Huron
Federation of Agriculture on
that body) announced
Tuesday that the Royal
Commission on Nuclear
Power, better known as the
Porter Commission, has
approved a grant of $2500 to
fund further study into ozone
pollution in Huron.
The funds will go to Dr.
Douglas Ormrod, a professor
of Agricultural Science at the
University of Guelph, to
conduct additional research
arising from a study carried
out last summer. That study,
also funded by the Porter
Commission, cost $1,000 and
showed abnormally high
ozone 'pollution throughout
the county.
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The new study will involve
researching meteorological
records for that time period
and comparison studies
between fluctuations in ozone
pollution and fluctuations ir
the climate.
According to the 197f
Ormrod study; sensitive
crops such as white bean,
snap bean, radish, sweet
corn, potato, soybean and
onion "would be expected tc
be injured by ozone
episodes".
"There is little doubt," Dr.
Ormrod said, "that ozone
concentrations in Huron
County are quite frequently
higher than the threshold for
crop plant damage."
Last summer's program
was carried out using tobacco
plants as the test case.
Are teachers passing the buck?
ommittee recommends more special classes
education committee of
ron County Board Of
don will recommend to
Gard at its 'March
ng that about $12,000 be
in the area of 'special
don *Over the next four
S and about $36;50.9 be
ered for projects if the
t ermits.
Ing on a series of
mendationS from
ntettdent of education
enwell, the committee -
ed the possibility of
two additional learning
8tY teachers and. • one
time teacher, :the 4tn'
ent, of an ,.additionalCorrection teacher,.
PIOym(tofaprjm
apejj to b�
- 14) the board offlde
staff and the establishment
of three senior specie
education classrooms in the
county.
Along with the hiring the
-committee considered a
portable ,classroom for
special ieduc ation at Brussels
Public School and a bussing
system for the students of the
senior special education
classes.
In a report submitted to the
board in January and
referred to the 'education
committee, Mr. Kenwell
explained that he had ,,cir-
t. culated a 'questionnaire
among ail elementary school
rinCipals., on the subject of
icial,1 educatibtzw4,The
406tintiire4aa 4lined' at
ascertalnlng - the number of
children who were receiving
some type of speeial
education and their grade
placernent, defining what
type of special education
should be expanded for the
coming school year and what
type should be introduced.'
The results of the
questionnaire, taken during
the months of October and
NoVeiriber, showed that
during that time 1,420
students had taken some time
of special ,education classes. -
The students were from
primary, 1‘ juaior„ and In-
termediate • levels, the
majority corning froin the
,, primary cla ses. •
The requ sts' ft& expansion
included in re in -school time
for learning disability
teachers and remedial ' costs of the implementation
• teachers, opportunity class of the requests. The costs
time' expanded from half were based on the four
time to full time daily as well
months remaining in the 1977
as additional opportunity school
year. and increased in- year. The hiring of two
additional learning disability
school time for a speech teachers and the employment
correction teacher.
et a primary reading
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The requests ,,500.specialist would cost about
. for
introduction of special..
education siasistance involved -,• . The establishment of three
the establishment of senior senior special education
Special education classes, the t,-sclassrooms, proposed for
• employment of a primary Clinton, Exeter and
reading specialist, the em -•;:'1 Wingham, was estimated at
ployment of a teacher for the !;' $36,500 and the added
gifted. Counselling fOrAi:;Classroom space, the hiring of
students With "einotional#1hillf time learning disability
problems and the esiablishsteacher and the hiring of a
Merit of ;'iii': 'ciaili:, 'fir the -speech correction teacher
¬ionally dis tithed. --Were., estimated to eesit,
Mr. Ketiwell deatilied the 1120 ••
THREE CATEGORIES
CONSIDER ED
The committee, under the
guidance of director of
education John Cochrane,
divided the recommendations
into the three groups. Mr.
Cochrane said he felt the
suggeStions had to be rated on
a priority basis and then
considered in a benefit versus
cost manner. He said he had
three categories selected:
should do, nice to do if there
was money and not interested
at this time.
On - that premise the
committee elected to hire the
speech correction teacher
and a part time learning
disability teacher and
provide special educntio
staff with their required
classroom space. The em-
ployment of two full time
teachers for learning
disability and the primary
reading specialist was ruled
out completely and the
possibility of establishing
three senior special education
classes was tabled until the
budget was drawn up to see if
funds were available.
Mr. Kenwell explained to
the committee that the
special education classes
were aimed at youngsters too
young for secondary school
and too old for elementary.
He said the students were
usually 12 to 14 years of age
and were considered to be one
step ahead of the trainable
retarded with regard tc
learning skills.
He said the students may
have a reading ability on a
Grade One level which was
not an indication of their
abilities but merely pointed
out the need for sPecial
education. He added there
were about 24 children in this
category.
Clarence McDonald of
Exeter said he didn't mean to
be cold hearted but asked if
perhaps that wasn't a lot of
money for the board to spend
on such a few childre. 14e
suggested perhaps that.. the
children would have ,• to
remain in the system:,under
its preSentoperatinii.,.
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