The Huron Expositor, 1988-01-27, Page 3HCBE alerted to needs
of potential drop -outs
The Huron County Board of Education
trustees looked at ways to serve people
who fall outside the definition of the
regular student when they met this month
in Clinton and voted to commit to funding
for programs to serve this growing group.
Reports were considered on the provi-
sion of adult education in Huron, as well as
the educational needs of those people who
are drop -outs or potential drop -outs from
e school system. In both cases, the
uron board showed deep concern for,the
pedal requirements of these county
esidents.
In a report on adults and continuing
education, Director of Education Bob
Allen said that schools all over the pro-
vince are hearing from adults who want to
get back into secondary school classes. In
Huron County, adults are showing up in the
regular day -time classes as fuiltime
students or in night school programs tak-
ing credit courses such as English or
Mathematics.
One special program attracting surpris-
ing interest among adults is the "Ties to
Business and Industry" program in
Goderich, a joint effort between Champion
Road Machinery and Goderich District
Collegiate Institute. The director said that
in addition to the target groups, a large
number of other adults citizens from the
area are seeking admission.
Allen indicate this type of program could
well be extended to other communities.
At Central Huron Secondary School,
there is an adult education course sup-
plemented by Canada Employment. Allen
said it would be easy to expand this pro-
gram to include more adults, even though
there would not necessarily be approved
funding by Canada Employment for addi-
tional students. ,
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...undoubtedly
attract a number of
adult students..."
Allen suggested that if the board adver-
tised their courses for adults, it would "un-
doubtedly attract a number of adults
students back into education programs".
The board learned that Project Recon-
sider - a pilot venture in alternative educa-
tion - has been approved for funding in
Huron County. This is a special program
for that hard -to -serve segment of the stu-
dent population where regular classroom
studies have not proved to be all that at-
tractive, resulting in young people leaving
school early, before graduation.
"The Huron submission was the only one
in this region selecteq for funding," said
Allen. "We are under some obligation to
show we can improve our dropout rate."
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report?& the board by Paul Carroll,
uperintendent of operations, it was learn-
ed that surveys in Huron County had show-
ed that dropout males and females who
have been unable to find or maintain
employment since leaving school, would
now consider some form of further educa-
tion in school.
As well, dropout females who are unwed
mothers often desire educational
upgrading to help them find suitable work.
Project Reconsider would be attractive
to these types of people.
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...would combine
academic studies
with training...,,
As well, secondary school students,
primarily in general and basic level pro-
grams, who are not coping with existing
programs and who are likely to dropout of
school soon would benefit from Project
Reconsider. Theprogram would be helpful
too, for elementary school-age students
developing attendance patterns and
behaviours that suggest the students will
drop-out shortly after getting into high
school.
The curriculum for these hard -to -serve
students would combine academic studies
with some training in life skills, job search
techniques and employability as well as
some work placement opportunities.
Counselling and support strategies would
also be a part of this program.
While Project Reconsider will eventual-
ly be extended to all five'- county high
schools, Central Huron Secondary School
is the only one in operation, that one hav-
ing begun in January this year.
Trustees were positive about both
reports. When asked by Director of Educa-
tion Bob Allen to indicate their support
with some concrete evidence of their will-
ingness to pursue programs for adults and
hard -to -serve in Huron, the board voted to
accommodate adults at the same level of
local share to the taxpayer as youth in
schools, taking advantage of, all grants
available for these special educational
purposes.
In other business, the board noted that
April 17-23 is Education Week in Ontario.
One of the activities being considered for
this week is a mock Board meeting with
the "board members" being represen-
tatives of secondary schools in Huron.
The chosen students would be invited to
gttend the regular April Board meeting as
bservers, and then return on Monday,
April 18, to conduct a mock board meeting
in the board chambers at 1 p.m.
Members of local governments, teacher
federation representatives, parents and
others would be invited to attend.
March of Dimes campaign
underway in Seaforth
The local 1988 Ability Fund Campaign for
the Ontario March of Dimes began this
week, and organizers hope to equal, if not
better, the $2,500 total raised last year by
Seaforth, Egmondville and Harpurhey
residents.
The campaign began with the Marching
Mothers in the 1950s and has become an an-
nual occurrence in nearly 300 communities
ill across Ontario in 1988.
This year, for the third year in the
Seaforth area, funds will be raised through
mail campaigns and coin boxes. Approx-
imately 1,200 letters were sent out Tuesday
by the local March of Dimes committee of
Thtlma Dale, Laureen Dale and Marg
Onehin 10 adults in ,Ontario is physically
disabled. After a serious accident or an il-
lness strikes, the Ontario March of Dimes
can help, providing a wheelchair, a com-
EGMONDVILLE HANDYMANEd
home in Egmondville. Mr.
wood products for his
Corbett photo.
Boyes works on a small project in his shop behind his
Boyes is retired, and for a hobby he likes to make and fix
his family, and for anyone who comes to him with a job.
home,
munications aid or an orthopedic brace. In
addition, each summer, the March of Dimes
offers camping holidays to 300 physically
disabled adults. St3meone who had polio 30
years ago can join a Post Polio support
group and learn how to fight the late effects
of polio.
More than 600 disabled adults receive
vocational training or help in job placement
each year. In Northern Ontario there are
wheelchair clinics, orthopedic and
rheumatology clinics. Locally the March of
Dimes has made life easier for a number of
residents with the provision of wheelchairs,
and the construction of wheelchair ramps
into their homes.
In order that they may continue to
"develop the ability in disabled adults", the
March of Dimes urges people to give
generously when they receive an appeal let-
ter in the mail.
A NIGHT WI' BURNS was sponsored by the Van Egmond Foundation last Thursday,
and here Chef Jane Case, piper Greg McPherson, Jock Pine and Gord Wright salute
the haggis. Corbett photo.
Se forth man traces lineage to Burns
Robbie Burns Day was celebrated on
Thursday, January 21, and a number of
Seaforth's resident Scots indulged
themselves with Haggis and a number of
Burns' songs and poems. But for Clare Reith
of Seaforth, Burns Day carries a special
significance, because he is related to the
celebrated poet.
Mr. Reith says he has a cousin in Van- '
couver who has spent many years resear-
ching his family tree. This cousin spent
some time in Scotland tracing his lineage
and he found the connection to Burns.
Robert Burns had a sister named Jean
Burnes (the poet changed his name to drop
the `e') who married John Reith on
December 26,1;.i 1. John Reith was a farmer
who lived in the same area as the Burns and
is Clare Reith's great -great-grandfather.
Mr. Reith's great-grandfather, William
Reith, came to Canada and his grandfather,
William Henderson Reith, was born at sea
on a ship that eventually arrived in' Nova
Scotia in 1843 William Reith was a well-to-
do farmer from the Hensall area, and he is
buried in Hensall. William Henderson Reith
was also a farmer, but he farmed in London
Township. That is where Clare Reich's
father, Alexander Reith, was born. Aare
Reith came to Seaforth in 1940 and has been
here since.
Mr. Reith has known of his lineage for
about 20 years, but he has never made a trip
to Scotland. He says he would like to visit
the country someday, the Inverness area in
particular, and see where his family
originates.
PET PROJECT - Ed Boyes' latest project was this spinning wheel which sat in an attic
for at least 40 years, and is about 100 years old. Mr. Boyes replaced two of the spokes,
made a spindle, and put the wheel back together. Corbett photo.
Handyman kept busy with
t,
odd wordwork i ng jobs
Many retired people have a hard time at the hospital; and had a lot of other jobs.
keeping themselves busy, especially in mid- His workshop behind his house is a com-
winter, but Ed Boyes has found the answer
in a small shop behind his house in
Egmondville.
The shop contains all manner of tools of
the woodworking trade and Mr. Boyes
doesn't let them collect dust. He could be
described as a pretty handy individual, and
he does odd woodworking repair jobs for
people as well as making woodcrafts.
"I like to get something that somebody
can't get fixed and then I go at it and fix it,"
says Mr. Boyes.
The furn :pings in Mr. Boyes' home speak
of his abiL y, since he made maty of them
himself. His kitchen cupboards, coffee
table, lamps, television stand, picture
frames, clock frames, anfya variety of odds
and ends such as layered serving trays are
all his creations. He has also built onto the
house itself putting on a patio and a porch.
There are a number of people from the
Seaforth area who go to Mr. Boyes to have C O �l A M 1 1 N I T V
various projects done for them. A lot of 11(, �J 1®J 1 T
these are frames for plates, clocks, pic- If you're' organizing ti non-profit
tures, and mirrors, and Mr. Boyes knows a recreation office at 527-0882
variety'Of different designs for the frames. iy Calendar, The Huron
But then there are people who come to scheduled date Space for
him with wooden articles they need fixed.
One couple even came to him when their fur-
niture fell off the back of a truck.
More recently, John O'Leary of Staffa
brought Mr. Boyes a spinning wheel to see
what he could do with it. It is the large, old
fashioned variety, turned by hand rather
than with a pedal.ic
wheel had been in
Mr. O'Leary's attie he bought the
house 40 years and Mr. Boyes
estimates it is over 100 years old. The wheel
was in poor shape to begin with, but in get-
ting the huge wheel through the small hole
in the attic it was made worse.
Mr. Boyes didn't know a lot about spinn-
ing wheels so he had to do a bit of research.
He found a picture of the type of wheel he
was working on and used it for a model.
Mr. Boyes put two spokes in the wheel and
repaired it where it had been cut. The hub
was also badly worn, but he got it back on
tight. The spindle was missing so a new one
had to be made. And as a finishing touch a
wool belt had to be put on the wheel.
Mr. Boyes has been doing this type of
work since his retirement 10 years ago.
Prior to his retirement Mr. Boyes was very
much involved with woodwork, and he says
he always did like working at it. In the 1940s
he worked for Harry Edge who built railway
stations from Stratford to Goderich. When
Mr. Boyes was with Mr. Edge he was work-
ing on the first new addition to the high
school.
He has also worked at framing windows,
with Norman MacLean; has driven heavy
machinery; has been a maintenance worker
fpprtrtOle shop for one person, and it sports a
hen%made stove -made from half a barrell-
for colder days.
Even the shop has a bit of a story, as it
was first used qs a garage in earlier days.
Its garaging days ended when a young girl
panicked as she was pulling a Model T
through the bay doors, and drove through
the back wall. Mr. Boyes' brother picked it
up then, and took it to his farm for a colony
house. When he was through with it Mr.
Boyes bought it. He was working for the
Township of Tuckersmith at the time, put
the garage on skids and hauled it to his
home with a grader. It has been there since.
Mr. Boyes says he can't seem to get
enough work to keep him busy enough, but
he loves his hobby and says he is going to
keep at it as long as he can.
OMMB re-elects
chairman
J. Grant Smith was re-elected Chairman
and John Core was re-elected Vice -
Chairman at a special meeting of the On-
tario Milk Marketing Board •
Mr. Smith was first elected to the Board in
1968. He has subsequently been re-elected
five times to serve on the Board by dairy
farmers in the counties of Elgin, Norfolk
and Oxford (terms normally last four
years). He was first elected Vice -Chairman
in 1977 and became Chairman in 1986.
Mr. Core has been Vice -Chairman of the
Board since the summer of 1986, having
served since 1981 as an elected member
representing milk producers in Lambton,
Middlesex, Kent and Essex Counties.
County council approves
seismic testing in area
Huron County Council has given Cangeo
Limited , permission to conduct seismic
testing along County Road 3, four
kilometers east of Bayfield.
The County Engineer explained the
testing involves drilling four inch diameter
holes to a depth of 20 feet along the edge of
the road every 50 feet and setting off a
charge of explosives.
In the motion by Douglas Fraser of Mor-
ris Township, Cangeo is to provide proof of
adequate insurance, agree to backfill the
test holes with crushed gravel and restore
the road allowance to the Engineer's re-
quirements. In addition, they will be
charged a fee of $150 per kilometer and a
refundable deposit of $600 per kilometer.
The deposit will be returned after two
years, without interest, less any costs in-
curred by the County to repair damage
caused by the testing.
Outstanding people
in agriculture needed
You know those people - and we want
them! We want them nominated to be one of
the 100 recipients of the "Outstanding Ser-
vice to the Agriculture and Food Industry"
awards being presented by the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food to
celebrate the Ministry's centennial. The
nominations form and the criteria to follow
can be obtained by phoning your local On-
tario Ministry of Agriculture and Food of-
fice - 482-3428 or 1-800-265-5170.
The completed nominations need to be
returned by February 29, 1988.
We've got great people in Huron - let's
honor them.
Farm families are
invited to workshop
Farm families in Huron County are in-
vited to a one day workshop on keeping
financial records on the farm and analyzing
the farm business. The seminar date is Fri-
day, January 29, 1988, 10 a.m. at the OMAF
office in Clinton.
The program includes completing the
year-end financial statements, taking an in-
ventory, completing a farm balance sheet,
adjusting the cash income statement to the
accrual basis. Also covered will be prepar-
ing a farm plan and cash flow and analyzing
the farm business using your records. The
workshop will help producers in completing
the necessary statements required by
creditors, and the various gdvernment pro-
grams like OFFtR, BFAP and the new On-
tario Farm -Start program. Registration is
not required and lunch is on your own.
Wrong gender
The Expositor must apologize for an error
made in the January 20, 1988 issue
The en -or was on page three, in the story
about the first annual awards night and
celebrity dinner. In that story Sherry
Bassin, the general manager of the Oshawa
Generals of the Ontario Hockey League,
was inadvertently described with the
feminine pronoun "she".
We would like to apologize to Mr. Bassin
and our readers for any embarrassment or
confusion this may have caused.
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or the Expositor at 527-0240, or mail the information to Communi-
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Wed., Jan. 27
8:30-9:30 a.m. - yoga at S.D.C.C.
1:00-3:00 p.m. - Moms and Teti Skating
1:30-4:00 p.m. - Senior Shuffleboard at
S.D.C.C. •
4:30-5:30 p.m. - Tureen Ringette
5:30-6:30 p.m. - Novice practice
7:30-9:30 p.m. - Wood Carving at High
School
7:30-9:00 p.m. - Minor Broomball at S.D.CC.
8:00-10:00 p.m. - Mixed Volleyball at S.D.H.S.
8:00-9:00 p.m. - Fitness Is Fun at S.D.C.C.
9:00-11:00 p.m. - Ladles' Broomball
Thurs., Jan. 28
9:00-10:00 a.m. - Fitness Is Fun at S.D.C.C.
4:00-4:45 p.m. - Movies at the Library,
Ages 5 & up. Free Admission
4:30-5:30 p.m. - Atom 2 practice
5:30-6:30 p.m. - Bantam practice
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Minor Broomball
7:30-9:30 p.m. - Men's Basketball at S.D.H.S.
7:30-12:30 a.m. - Men's Broomball
Fri., Jan. 29
4:00-5:00 p.m. - Senior Houseleague
practice
5:00-6:00 p.m. - Junior Houseteague
practice
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Midget practice
7:00-12:00 Midnight - Seatorth Broomball
Tournament
Sat., Jan. 30
7:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. - Seaforth Broomball
Tournament
1:30-2:30 - Story Hour at the Library
Sun., Jan. 31
7:00 e.m.-4:00 p.m. - Seaforth Broomball
Tournament
8:00-9:30 p.m. - Bruins vs. Hawks
9:30-11:00 p.m. - Penguins vs. Flyers
Mon., Feb. 1
4:30-8:30 p.m. - Figure Skating
7:30-9:30 p.m. - Wood Refinishing S.D.H.S.
Tues., Feb. 2
5:30-6:30 p.m. - Atom 2 practice
6:30-8:00 p.m. - Bantam
8:00-10:00 p.m. - Midget
7:30 p.m. - Ringette Meeting - everyone
welcome
Wed,,
Feb. 3
1:00-3:00.p.m. - Moms and Tots Skating
1:30-4:00 p.m. - Senior Shuffleboard
4:30-5:30 p.m. - Tween Ringette
5:30-6:30 p.m. - Atom I practice
7:30-9:30 p.m. - Wood Carving at S.D.H.S.
7:30-9:00 p.m. - Minor Broomball
8:00-10:00 p.m. - Mixed Volleyball
8:00-9:00 p.m. - Fitness is Fun at S.C.C.
9:00-11:00 p.m. - Ladies' Broomball
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