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REGIONAL WRAP UP
Curfew catches nine youths
ESL courses planned in Exeter
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — The Centre
For Employment and
Learning will soon bring
English as a Second
Language (ESL) courses to
Exeter.
Held in conjunction with
the Avon Maitland District
School Board, ESL instruc-
tor Sarah Cieslar said she'd
like to see the courses start
in Exeter over the next cou-
ple of weeks. She told the
Times -Advocate last week
she can start classes with as
few as three students and
can teach classes according
to the students' levels and
needs so those with differ-
ent levels aren't mixed
together in the same group.
Cieslar will teach students
English skills in speaking,
listening, reading and writ-
ing.
She can also offer business
English and preparation for
proficiency exams and can
teach those at any English
level.
If there is enough demand,
an in -class driver's educa-
tion course for immigrants
is also a possibility, Cieslar
said.
Cieslar said she ran suc-
cessful ESL courses earlier
this year in Goderich and
noticed there were students
LAMBTON — The Lambton County Property Crimes Unit and the Community Directed
Patrol Unit have begun their project, deterring mischiefs, thefts, thefts from vehicles by start-
ing a seasonal curfew for youths 16 years old and under.
Between the early morning hours of July 4 and the early morning hours of July 5, nine
youths under the age of 16 years, and out in public after midnight, were apprehended and
turned over to their parents.
Seven of the nine apprehended were in Corunna and returned to the OPP detachment locat-
ed there, where the parents were notified and required to go to the detachment to pick up
their children.
In Petrolia, two youths were apprehended and turned over to their parents.
Centralia project ahead of schedule
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Lambton Shores will act as
the lead municipality for the
project.
Other council notes:
Sewer update
Brown reported the
Crediton/Centralia sewer
project is moving ahead well
and the Centralia collection
system has been
completed
ahead of sched-
ule with
Centralia prop-
erty owners now
able to connect.
Council offi-
cially passed
policies and
agreements
allowing
Centralia prop-
erty owners to
voluntarily con-
nect to the sys-
tem before
mandatory con-
nection goes
into effect.
Brown said the
Crediton portion
of the project
should be fin-
ished on sched-
ule in the fall.
Centralia residents con-
necting now will be charged
the same rate as in Huron
Park (150 per cent of water
charges). Rates will change
when the municipality's
water/sewage rate study is
finished. Brown said the new
rates should be in effect in
2008.
Later in the meeting Coun.
Tom Tomes said work in
Centralia was done well and
he hasn't heard any com-
plaints. He added he under-
stands "it's a different story"
in Crediton, but said he
thinks given the layout of
Crediton, it would be difficult
to work on the project there.
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from Exeter. She'd also like
to start classes in Seaforth
and Clinton, depending on
the interest shown.
Cieslar, who lived over-
seas for most of the last 10
years, said when she
returned to Canada she
realized there weren't
enough services for immi-
grants in Huron County. In
addition to English skills,
she can help people with
employment services and
computer training.
Cieslar said most of her
students are looking for
work and need to improve
their English skills to find a
job.
Some of them are "very
qualified" but can't work
because they don't know the
language.
"They're very motivated to
learn," she said.
Pointing out there are
many migrant work-
ers in Exeter, Cieslar
said improving their
English skills helps
them become part of
the community and
taking the classes is a
good way for them to
meet other people in
similar situations. She
said immigrants tend
to be isolated in the
community because of
language barriers.
Cieslar said courses
tend to run for about three
months, depending on the
needs of the students and
how often the classes are
held.
"We're flexible," Cieslar
said, adding she can also
teach students offsite.
Classes will probably take
place in the evenings and
will last three hours each.
There are some fees associ-
ated with the classes,
including those for text-
books.
Those interested can call
Cieslar at one of the
employment centres to
make an appointment for an
assessment to see what
English level they are at. In
Exeter, she can be reached
at 235-0471.
Other locations are
Clinton (482-1700),
Seaforth (527-0305) and
Goderich (524-2515).
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