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- Editor's note: The following is a
• : report by Central Huron Secondary
School teacher Bev Smith, pioneer
teacher hi alternative education as
operated by the Huron County Board
of Education. '=Project Reconsider"
is one of to pilot projects in the
province to receive special, funding
from the ministry of education,and
is the effort of the Huron County
Board ,of Education system to
respond to the provincial .gover-
nment's priorities in student
retention and transition..
PROJEC CONSIDER
Ivot°it`der ,otherwise
known as alternative education, is
Central . Huron's newest program
innovation. It is designed to give
high school age students, who have
left the regular school system for
one reason or° other, a chance to
complete their diploma require -
mend in a _less formal _ school _set-
ting.
The program began in January,
with 12 students and one teacher.
Since then the enroent has grawn
to aftd n e tra.ktalt t ►e teacher
d
as
, Mie±see students=_
are working AC -their own . speed
through correspondence courses
that are '.specifically designed to
meet the curriculum requirements
of the province. These courses are
not short cuts to easy credits. They
require approximately 1.20 hours of
work to be successfully completed,
and the students must be actively
involved in their work or it soon
shows up when they hand in lessons
to 13e marked.
:Between the•two teachers involved
reject .Reconsider., qui'te;.a
variety Of ewes. can, be offered,
CRIME STOPPERS
of Huron County Inc.
Phone
14100-265-1777
sCrime Stoppers of Huron County
.Ins• is seeking the help ,of the public
in -solving. this theft which occurred
in Winghain,
.The: employees of the Triangle:
Discount r at. • 289 Josephine::Street,.
Wingham, : arrived` at work Oct.' 15,
1987 and found .they had. been -the
victims Of. an overnight theft. ;They
found five VCIis and.over 00o worth
of lottery tickets missing. The-VCRS
were Sanyo, Sony and 'Magnavox
brands, arid were of the Bete formal
Police believe; that the person or
persons• resprorsible for the theft
may' have hidden in the store just
before closing d�took the items.
after all thet:elrmployees� bad -left for
the:day.:Te totalvalue of the stolen
its was.$750.: -
totu` have appy us•t
before about
this Or Yui out c; irxie, call
a p a 'Oa.County.
xA } 0. ♦.►'t •fit ` MI'�i.
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earkii ea .row` A to 009004f
the inforitiiatton fends to an a: *
eagle wi t be x� .'toreveal
,their'identltyWit` q' a �' `1R5117i
Currently there are six English,
seven math, two history, three
geography, three lav, . two French,
one family studies,one i.atin, one
- career development, twoart, two
science, one computer literacy, and
one accountingcourses being
worked on. The teachers do more
tutoring and responding to in-
dividual. student needs .than, actual
."in front of the • class" teaching.
However, it is very satisfying to see
the progress the students can make
when the motivation is high and the
goals are attainable.
''The unique feature :of this project
is the flexibility of classtime hours.
Full-time students must be inclass
working for .15 hours a week. They
are free to choose which 15 hours
they will attend each week, and. s n
change their time commitments • as
often as they ..like, providing ..the
number of hours remains •the same.,
This flexibility allows students . to-
attend school,' working toward
diploma credits, as well asholdpart-
time jobs .during regular school
hours.
The. b :!J rio
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to
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a , . vATameltt: `, has
sized the~ine
Young people who 'havediropPed out
of school. It has set up the Fu es
program which is designed to' give`
the participants work experience
and skills training to make them.
more employable. Futures involves
classroom time of at least 10 hours a
week, and job training for for 20
hours a week. It pays $100 a week for
.the 52 wee:,the student is employed
through Futures,. and te student
required to complete, three ;credits
by the end Futures end ol, e' hi es year... - .
Project. Reconsider -provides : the
academie flexibility -r-equed ' by
Futures, and the work,experience
training ,,program will, be ad-
.ministered. by Conestoga 'College
through the Canada ".Employment
office in, Goderich. Anyone in-
terested in becoming .Huron
County's first Futures participant
should contact .either Bill Weber of
Central ,Huron's . guidance de-.'
partment or Kati Wade at the Gode-
rich Canada Employment_ Centre to
set up an appointment.
The firsttwo months of Project
Reconsider " have :beea very suc-
cessful.
uc-cessful° Most ' of the original _ par-
ticipants are still in the program.
Ten half -credits and four frill credits
;have beenearned, as Well.as' several.
"almosts" Ones student. -has , com-
pleted this diploma- tiquire.ments;
and isa secondary schoolggraduate
because of Projectiteconsider. 'This
progr'atn: is obviously serving aneed
407:490.0,0140 n ! tinLy k
pe9Pe
fid: a .seeot d 1
and''are wifiin 1 Wt k heard fo it,t
but in a - nen-traditionarway. If
student numbers increase and the
success rate continues, this type of -
program will • no:Ionker be in-
novative,'
nnovativebut a . real alternative to,
the : traditional way : of earning a
secondary school diploma
resent
the As 8
pleased to :he
recent,
da:�sien
°Companies: partic
trade mission prje t l t'$aaf
could increase Per:cent'or
li orethis yearin.those` Ciarlt�. The
nine eo paries that participated in
tingn't
ke'WIrake• of. GATT „ .
dons i :that Tapan- :1
griculturai pow; dairy farm..
an J� der pressure
the
improve, ini' '.quali y�.an 9M
p d%Won .its., .
s.traong. 4emdi
stock toil adest ieir +.vest+o .,.
-4:;,.4 :, nliow-14) to,: leo :tradi m
promotions- took orders; for :chicken'
wieners",, beer, -pasta .wild rice,
cookies .srelti his�key,
I launched" `the trade mission to.
Japan and Hoi7g. Kong to promote
agricultural" trade;' -boost sales of
processed food during Tokyo's
Foodex trade: show, and, meet with
beiyers to learn firsthand about
sales prospects 'tor, ntario's
agriculture and food ex arts.
Japanese traders indicated:. there is
good • potential for Ontario- com-
panies to expand their sales in this
market. The strong yen, and recent
government, annou.ncemen=ts.
promising improved access. to ..the
Japanese market for tood. imports,
along with the high quality of
Ontario food products,.will help us
increase agricultural exports.
Japan is Ontario's major market
in the Asia-Pacific, region..Ontario s
ao;
One
cion, WO 'groups of Japanese pork'
buyers 'With .make, a return'visit . tC
•' Onta,i io tt ysprn� , , K
Ontarj h corapred vaide lc
market; for edible soybeans P
'Japan Because beef pis -so expensive,.
consumers get nuch of• their protein
fad soybeans. .,arty; ��supply,•,.
abd.delivery nf.on�osoybeans .are
held in: high :regard . by... our .
sus ers. •
• In• Hong Kong, I . met with one of
the leading import companies of On-
:tariosoybeans. This company has'
acquired a chain of supermarkets
and is : interested in expanding its
imports of grocery items.
,. Gents to Riding
Ontario - Environment, Minister
Jim Bradley has recently announced
the ' following grants to muni-
cipalities ri:Huron:,
--X7,753 to the Town of Exeter as a
first, payment, toward a needs study.
agricultural:. exports.+ta that country, •
were worth -over $80 -million, in I ,, 7,
,up 23,:percent over 1986. Pork and
soybeans made - up the majority of
the exerts, but I .believe, there is a
re" dy'} h*p'`f r arketore valtie-added
Nichirei, the ..g. PP lar est .su supplier
of.
frozen food in Japan is building its
market :share. in _pork sales by
working :.with . Ontario suppliers to
develop portion -controlled packs for
superinar•kets, restaurants and the''..
schoollunch program.
The market for purebred
rite r��•i livestock, bull semen and frozen
� n s- r f � �b ls,. bovine embryos. should- also expand
� pail
OUSe fir. purpIe.
Dear Editor:
i wonder how many' people have
realized that we no longer have
flocks of purple martins flying
around town.
When I first came here, they° were
everywhere, so we had .a martin
house built and put up on a tall pole
and -each,year it was filled. Then,
along came DDT, and we also let our
hedge grow too tall, not realizing
until too late that they will not stay
where a tree might provide a
jumping-off spot fora squirrel to eat
their - and young. Since then it
has just about fallen apart
However, I heard some news
fr,otn.' the. Ministry of natural,
FESS COON
The, Advan .Tim pis
a member of the Ong.
Press Council which will
Loner written corn -
plaints public*
tort°_ .of news, . opinions
and advertising. if .a com-
plaint can't be remove,
with newspaper, it
.
sl l6J sent t: tom: the
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in the next few years. Prospects are ".
S particularly ,:good for Jersey cattle
because . of. a recent Japanese
resources people : there are
martins in Lucknow! Asa.bird flies,
that is not very -far,. se Ism going to
have my house reffbished, painted
white and 1 t'tope'that by Mid -May we.
might just have a pair.,
It' seems to me the 'martins and
night hawks- disappeared about the
. same time. They both eat
YnosquitoesandPtant f lying pests.
Unf or -tuna tely, like everything
else, providing shelter for these
birds "costs Money. The 'demands 'of::a'
`wild bird ante very exacting, but
copies•of the plans can behad,for-the
asking at the . • MNR office on
Highway 4..,
The birds. need ,a hole about 2.25
inehes in' diameter to get into the
nest box, and it innsthave a two-inch
stteep-below, as afplatfortn Ott Which to
r `lnnlr it s-wor'thit afid •there's not '
much time iliiid1l+Iay. Please, if
you have open space which might be
suitable, do put up ti -martin house!
free swallows will Come too, given
the, type of hou—• se r u '
smaller than the other - and they
ertait* _ wont run; Out O . - feed
around here.
The purple martins are beautiful
birds_ .,like a midnight blue, out-
sized .swallow and . usually net
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grant : for the`' water distribution
for
uehaEbilitation. _.
-448,9 to the Town. of Clinton as
first
erittoiv d'
Pa . ar a total'
� „�, grant of
SOU 00 to LL ' -x� n a the`
rse eworks. V r • ,,. .
-46,077 to the:Village if HensalI as •
first payment : toward -a grant to
prepare a :needs study forthe water
distribution' system.
Stephen Township will bereceiv-
ing $2,766 as first payment on a
$5,532 community planning grant
from the ministry of municipal
affairs.
The County of Huron is receiving a
final payment of $1,988 on a $13,252.
community planning grant to the
Township of Mullett for preparation
of a new zoning bylaw.
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_EXAMINATION ,,,T4 Peter, arr lveh alb eye ae a inatico.
this machine as part of an eye angtear,,prpgrpricarflec4ut l~;
berry Central School.
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