The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-03-24, Page 6Sr
PAGE 6—GODERICI SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 24,1977
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cold and long.
1 flew to my window to
glimpse him,
(Travellers often return with
new clothes,)
But this wise little friend
never alters
His garb, for quite well he
knows
That our eyes, winter -weary,
will welcome
The sight of that little brown
coat
With the gay orange vest, and
the black cap,
And the bib 'round his tuneful
wee throat!
And I thought of Life's long
dreary winters
And the trials and sorrows
they bring,
And how God sends us new
hope and courage
When He sends back the robin
in Spring.
Yes, Robin is back in our
maple, -
"Tis Spring and all things are
made new;
The cold snows of winter are
over,
Nature wakes, flowers bloom,
skies turn blue!
Cheerfully yours,
"Dingle Bell"
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responsibilities
Dear Editor:
Before Christmas the
Board of Education was
presented with favorable
documentation from Huron
County Health Unit and the
supervisor of Vanastra Day
Care Centre on my son's
readiness for a kindergarten
program.
On advice from Mr.
Cochrane, Director of
Education and Advisor to the
school board for Huron
County it was decided mid-
February not to lower the
present ruling that a child
must be five before or on
December 31st of that current
year.
There, are at present two
exceptions to this rule.
Namely two health problems
that are attending Kin-
dergarten, prematurely in
order to receive help in
socializing.This I feel is a
decidedly good step but
knocks Mr. Cochrane's ad-
vice that children should not
be pushed to school too soon.
Both of these children were
referred to the Board of
Education by a Centre that
specializes with children and
therefore the experts must
feel some merit in suggesting
that underage children be
admitted to our Public
Schools whether it be Health
problems or for a child's best
interest to send him.
The second case refers to a
child who attended a Junior
Kindergarten in an area that
accepts children for Junior
Kindergarten who are four by
end of March; so con-
sequently when this family
moved into Huron County this
child is now enrolled in
regular Kindergarten
regardless of the fact that he
will not be five until this
month.
Mr. Cochrane interprets
the "Act" as once a child has
been accepted in the Public
School system before that this
must not be interrupted. This
seems logical if a child is, six
years which is the com-
pulsory age that a child must
Dear Readers....
(continued from page 44,,
boy who leaves his rural
home to go to the big city and
becomes a doctor. He copies
the white man in his eating
habits and feels he must be
eating the right foods
"because the white men, who
make the motorcycles" eat
white,bread and _sugar. Soon
he's developed the white
man's ailments ... ailments
unknown to the African.
Consider this bit of
philosophy. Dr. Burkitt says:
"If in Africa, you want to
find a dead elephant, you
don't walk through the bush,
parting the grass with your
eyes on the ground. You know
that dead elephants and
vultures are - always
associated together, so you
forget• all about . dead
elephants and you walk
through the bush with your
eyes in the air until you find
vultures. Vultures are easy to
find, because they're flying
around in the sky. You walk
on until the vultures are over
your head, and you look down
and you find you're standing
on a dead elephant."
Researchers are looking for
a cure for cancer. Mankind
would welcome such a cure,
perhaps more than anything
else in the whole world right
now.
But it makes one wonder,
sometimes. Are researchers
wasting time, effort, money
and maybe even lives by
walking through the bush
with their eyes to the ground
looking for dead elephants
when it would be simpler,
easier, cheaper and healthier
to look for vultures gathered
in the open skies?
To take artificial.
sweeteners off the market
may be a good idea. But
perhaps it is of greater im-
portance to direct the world's
population toward the
ingredients for a safe and
nutritious diet which may
indeed remove not only ar-
tificial sweeteners but sweets
in general.
• Not only would we protect
against, cancer, we'd
eliminate dental caries,
diabetes, appendicitis,
constipation and overweight
and probably a host of other
problems plaguing men ariid
women the worldovex.
attend a school, 'but I am
discussing Kindergarten
which is not compulsory. How
in all fairness can this rule
apply to some children and
not others?
Mr. Cochrane expressed
some concern regarding the
capabilities of the Health Unit
administering the Denver
Development Test. Is it
possible that since the nurses
have been doing this testing
some four to five years that
Mr. Cochrane has not
familiarized himself with this
reputable test which, in-
cidently, is done in the
maa} r ty of Ontario's
counties by Public Health
Nurses?
There are very few children
in our county who are not
tested by the Health Unit
prior to Kindergarten ad-
mission. This testing
determines a child's per-
sonal -social growth, language
development, fine and gross
motor control. Even though
this test is used extensively in
North America it is not
thought to be a guide line by
Huron County's ducation
leader.
Miss McEwing, Day Care
Supervisor at Vanastra ,very
willingly approached the
Board members re my son's
readiness but this wasn't
thought to be/ an appropriate
source to determine
readiness in all children who
might be mature enough to
handle Kindergarten
prematurely, as how could
they be observed by qualified
Early Childhood personnel?
Most of our towns with the
exceptjpn of Seaforth do have
Nursery Schools with ex-
perienced teachers.
I stress that Huron County
Board of Education are
dodging their responsibilities
to some children; if too late
for mine hopefully not for the
future children who qualify.
Perhaps better com-
munication with other ser-
vices in our county might be a
good place to start.
June Martene
Seaforth Area
Shabby Lancaster
Dear Editor,
Passing through Goderich a
few days ago, after an . ab-
sence of several years, I took
time out to visit 'Sky Har-
bour' Airport. Yes, I was
looking for something special
...a worthy tribute to the past.
from anhistoric and gracious
community - the 'Lancaster'.
It was still there! Peerless in
the bight sunshine. So
natur in the elegantly
mount flying position.
Remembrance came back -
"the years of the Lancaster".
.. the Legion service in '68. .
City and County pride in the
Memorial
Alas, close up, a rude
awakening. Paint peeling,
perspex broken, screws
rusting: a sad memory now to
the men and machines that
treated the legend. It hurt me
the more because the damage,
and decay now occurring will
increase ever -rapidly until
complete breakdown occurs.
An airplane ` even ; s ,; Lan-
caster - is a fragilething and
does require constant upkeep
to weather bla!ing su. n and
freezing storm.
May I make a plea through
your column, Madam Editor?
Will the Trustees responsible
please repaint and repair the
'Lancaster' as soon as
possible? I recognize this will
cost much money but it is
necessary,.1 assure you. If the
Trustees of this Memorial
find the funding difficult it
might be well in the Spirit. of
the original dedication to
allow one of the aircraft
museums - Hamilton or
Ottawa - to restore the air-
plane and display it . . .with
appropriate recognition to
Goderich , of course.
Perhaps I ask too much of
the citizens, of Goderich and
Huron, recognizing their
pride in the 'Lancaster'
memorial. But I appeal to
their sense of justice - to
repair the memorial or allow
others the task before so
fragile and precious a relic is
beyond repair.
Yours truly,
"a concerned
'Lancaster' veteran"
Toronto.
Editor's Note.: it is possible
the writer of this letter is not
aware, of the tlarnoUnt of
money spent by the local
Legion to keep the Lancaster
in repair when vandals do
their dirty work from time to
time. Not all people -respect
the Lancaster and what it
stands for, it has been lear-
ned.
Please, please
Dear Editor-:
The Canadian Save the
Children Fund would like to
bring a special message of
thanks to supporters of
CANSAVE CHILDREN from
CHUNG, Kwong-nung'' of
Hong Kong, one of the many
young people to whom your
donations have brought hope.
Kwong-nung writes: ..."I
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all of you to help me. In these
years, you have given me the
most needed support, care
and love. I sincerely hope that
you will support the "CAN -
SAVE" to help the needy
people all over the world."
CHUNG, Kwong-nung is
now a young man of 23 and
recently graduated as a Civil
Engineer. He works on
government highway
projects which will impibve
transportation and com-
munications for the com-
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poorly -paid factory '.workers
and, despite their sacrifices,
he would have been unable to
progress- beyond : primary
school without the support
and encouragement . of his
CANSAVE sponsors.
His message is "typical of
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a schoolgirl in Trinidad
whose sight has been restored
because her Canadian
sponsor cared enough to pay
for medical treatment to
.remove a growth /from her
eye; from children in. the
African Kingdom of Lesotho
whose learning ability has
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CANSAVE-supported school
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Some $300,000 has already
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