The Huron Expositor, 1987-01-28, Page 3N EXP;..
THE HURO OSITOt�;• JANUARY' 28, 1987 •A3
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iversal programs
Hy September 1987 the Huron County '. applies• to the Hensell` and Usborne contract
Board of,Education will be providing Family, buses.'
Studiescand Industrial Arts courses to Grade Mr, Allan' pointed out however,that the
•• 7 and 8. students in the southern half of the , establishment of .the courses at McCurdy may.
county. - involve extensive fundin: to. u . rade elec-
The two part plan has Seen the estab is - trice' services, He Anther notes that
ment of such courses for students in the <. renovations at the school would provide the
central and northern parts of the county and opportunity to rearrange the Developmental
tliv second-ptrase— ' r• . H d p-p"ed-fa-Gni p
accommodation in the southern district. location' within the building;
Education Director Bob Allan reported to The Family Studies and Industrial Arts
the board, at its January meeting, that a program has .been • well received in 'other
space review of schools in the' south and areas of the county. The courses have been ',
indicates that the most appropriate place- .provided to students in the centre of Huron
ment would be at McCurdy Public School in• County for several years through facilities at
Centralia. Sufficient space is not available at " Seaforth Public Sdiool andlVictoria Public
,,. Exeter Public -School, H•ensall Public School, School in Goderich.
Stephen Central Public School;' Usborne . The north program, was established at F.E. •
Central .Public School or Zurich...Public . Madill Secondary School in W ingham in the.
School. Space at South Huron District High ' fall of 1986.
School. in Exeter is being utilized by the Bruce Robertson, principal. of . W Ingham
extension of Basic Studies classes and the Public School told board members that the
'development of a music•program: new program has been successful and has
aMr. i1ab1 Allan t reported. that two classrooms are -• received favorable support from teachers,
available at McCurdy Public School. They are parents and pupils. '' In support; of the'
French
ren htly acing used the a Sctiool Resource cssroom for the McCurdy location to service the southern half
Teacher, Both rof and
programs can be ' of thecounty, Mr. Robertson noted, "Special
• relocated within the school. needs children particularly profit from the
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Location • of the Family Studies. and Program:' .
Industrial. Arts program at McCurdy Public Plans and preparations to implement liie
School, rather than in Dieter, will create only : program by September 1987 will continue at
minimum increases in bus costs • since board the board level, and. Mr. Allan pointed out,,
owned buses may be used -by Zurich, Exeter ' `The program is seen as a bonus to whatever
and Stephen and since the minimum charge " school it goes to. •
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IFI HADA HAMMER — Steve Murray; left, gives Michael Murray Murray and his wife Agnes are weekly visitors at St. Coiurnban
and Gary Cronin a lessonin how to use a hammer 'properly. Mr. School
County council ' votes against fox bounty
- After some study, Huron County Council
has decided against placing a bounty.on.
{foxes.
Council made the decision at its January
session, based on a recommendation. in-
cluded in the agricultural and property
committee report presented by Tuckersmith
Township Reeve Bob Bell.
Mr. Bell,. at a December council meeting,
liad asked that Huron County give considera-
tion to introducing a bounty on foxes as a
measure of control against rabies. Just prior
to that meeting. M r. Bell said his cat and dog
had been attacked by a rabid fox and had
been placed in quarantine.
Council decided then to refer Mr. Bell's
request to its 'Property and agricultural
committee for consideration andsince that
-time, Mr. Bell was named as chairman of that
committee by Warden Brian McBurney.'
Asa result of the committee's recommend-
ation, council is instead considering subsidiz-
ing compulsory rabies clinics as a control
measure against the disease and in conjunc-
• tion, with the Huron County Health Unit,
plans to advertise and promote the idea that
county residents should have their pets
imniunized against rabies.
During its study, the committee consulted
the Ministry of Natural. Resources, which
• suggested?eda number of points that should be • 1 }ttbtfc . \ fox brO�rb.s:at '
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Employment,
Those considerations include: "Skunks are ten times worse than foxes'for
-That any accounting system established to rabies." he said; "A dog may not be able to
pay bounty would likely require the handling catch a fox bot he sure as heck can catch a -
of fox pelts by. staff Arid- the public and, skunk." •
therefore, any pelts of rabid foxes brought However, he' also said that, although he
into township or county offices could increase was in favor of making the , immunization
the risk of exposure hi the disease.' clinics compulsory, he was not necessarily hi
-Payment of the bounty on foxes is not agreement that the county .should be
likely to reduce fox numbers nor will it solve subsidizing them.
the rabies problem, since skunks are. also a ' Also agreeing with the committee's
major carrier. recommendation, Mr. McBurney told. council
•The $25 -Per -pelt bounty could cost the . that statistics compiled following the air drop
county approximately $35,000 for animals last fall of fox bait.coated with anti -rabies
that would normally be taken by trappers or vaccine, indicate the program was a'success,
hunters anyway. Currently there are about Foxes trapped following the dropwere
1,000 foxes harvested in the -district, most pp g
taken from Huron County. found to' have high enough levels of the
-The temptation for some to bring pelts vaccine in their system to "guarantee their
from animals caught outside the county immunity against rabies."
boundaries in order to claim the bounty, since The government was pleased enough with
f the surrounding counties have fox ...the results that it intends to continue with the
none o ' bait dropping program, Mr. McBurney said.
bounty bylaws at present. - . Although he said he was not in agreement
-Hay Township Reeve Lionel Wilder spoke with the committee's recommendation, Mr:
in support of the committee's reconimenda- Bell said -he would go along with council's.
tion to reject the bounties. He said •there is decision.. -
already a reasonable return for furs, a factor The MNR, is concerned mainly with
that should be enough' to enc6urage hunting the protection of animals, he said, and. their
of foxes. • • . statistics relating to the fox bounties would
He also agreed that council should be reflect ;that concern. "It's unfortunate that
looking toward making the rabies immunize- we get conflicting reports,". he said.
-tion • clinics mandatory. for dogs and cats - •:+w ••
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education approved by 'HC
The Huron County Board of Education will
be working with Conestoga College to
develop adult academic upgrading and
employment preparation programs.
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The new line of educational services has
been requested by the Canada Employment
and hnmigration Centre in Goderich, as the
result of the recent termination of a similar
program at the Vanastra Campus of Cone-
stoga College.
In his rert of the board of education
trustees at their January meeting, education
director Bob Allan noted that alternatives
have been outlined between the three
groups, and, "It appears that the Il rcin
County Board of Education could offer s a
program in the central part of the county for
approximately 15 adult students at no cyst to
the local taxpayer. (The services will be
funded entirely by Employment and hnrni-
gration Canada."
Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton
has been chosen as the site of the program,
Mr. Allan noted that consideration will also
be given to other facilities within the school
in his report to the board members Mr. community service to offer, and it is funded
• Allan further noted, "The Huron County .entirely by Employment and Immigration
Board of Education is becoming a provider of Canada. There is no local cost attached to
upgrade education. It ' is an important this." ,
Goderich firm given contract to supply kid Goderich firm hasbeen awarded a. Petro Canada Products in Clinton, failed to
two-year contract for the supply of fuel to the meet the specifications and was not consider -
County of Huron at a total cost of 1220,401. ed.
The bid of Edward Fuels Ltd. was the - County council, at its January session,
lowest of five tenders submitted that met approved a road committee recommendation
• specificationssetbythecounty. A sixth, from to award the contract to the Goderich firrrt.
(McIlwraith photo)
BUILDERS OF THE FUTURE — Agnes Murray of RR 4, Walton, along with her husband
Steve, are welcome visitors In the Grade 1 and 2 classroom at St. Columban School. The two
are always busy making things from wood and have been sharing their latents with the
students on a weekly basis, as part of the school's language arts and environmental studies
program. Here, Kara Murray learns the fineart of hammering. Other skills the students
have conquered to date Include sawing and measuring. in the future they hope to use their
new-found knowledge to construct something. (Mctiwralth photo)
Education director highlights board initiatives
Change, renewal, commitment and re-
sponsibility were words highlighted in the
annual report made by Bob Allan, director.of
education to trustees of the. Huron County
Board of Education when they met for the
first meeting of the year on January 13. .
- to his report• , Mr. Allan highlighted some
of the major beard decisions that were made
over the past year of office, frdrr► fUly 1, 1985
tine 30 8 Thirded:
system.. to , 1586. eta' mei
..'Gino Giannandrea was appointed as the .
beard's personnel officer and chief negotia•
tor. His work commenced in mid-October of
1085,
..The board made a commitment to
establish the I3luewater Secondary School
and an agreement was ratified between the
Ministry of Corrections. and the Huron
County Board of Education.. Later that same
year, an initiative was taken to provide
full=year programming at the Bluewater
Secondary School arida nhotion was passed to
design an experimental school year calendar
to accommodate the needs of the students
attending the school.
.. Contracts were ratified with the Gusto=
diens; with the secretaries -and teachers
aides.
.. A significant new program was intro-
duced - the Values. Influences and Peers
Program to all Grade 6- classrooms in
2 ti -Dennis lilac airieyy'Centre; and Greg' O'Reilly; right, and another firefighter
1S l �_ °T ',.-"^ "6 • ° ""' f early Monday morning'. The car, owned by BI•ff
caught Ire 1y `y g
. .rhe e"ngtne of a oaf w cif{ _ _ . once'
'hood of McKilio townsfif was parked in close proxlnitty to the Smith house and
Smith P P:
were extinguished was towed by firefighters a safe dietaries away. In another instance
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firefighters were called out at 2 a.m. Saturd'ay ' to a fire at a home located 33/4 miles scurf{of
Seatorth. The Pone previously owned by .brio b'Leary, was reported gutted, but fire chief
f t (Mcll'wralth pti-oto)
George Garrick was unavailable or common
Catholic
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be 5:3 to 6.b teachers witAlh a projected cost of
$185,000 to $210,000 respectively. .
BIUYNGtfAl.TEAC11 EIiS
In order to have an early choice in selecting
the best qualified bilingual French teachers
to instruct French beginning September 1:
1987. the ` Huton-Perth County Roman
CatholicSepar'ateSchool Board is advertising
now for...he:additional teachers_ needed.
At least two additional feathers must be
hiredfor the French immersion classes
taught at St. Mary's Schoe] in Gederich and
Si. Aloysius- 'School in' Stratford and for
teaching the core French classes across
Huron and Perth Counties, at least one more
teacher is heeded
There is an expansion of Corm French in
Grade Pour resulting from mandatory in
creases from $0 minutes to 40 minutes to
meet the new Ontario Advance Credit •
requirements demanded by the Ministry of
Education At graduation from secondary
school a studentmuusthaVe had a total -of 1080
hours of French ins(iuction
Named to the hiring committee for
selecting the 'French teachers are trustee
David Durand'; board ehaitmari; Superinten-
dejit Gettan Blanchette and at least two
school principals
]arty Cook of Dublin, coordinator of
Computer Inafrtictron,. for the schools spoke
tothetnrskeeson �yf'ttgre sinestablish'ng•
iri on n..:.. o have
doe chalien a is t
ptogram. He said , 4r
g
enough computers' so that each child has
acc 'ss to a computer for thirty Minutes a day,
toirave them; in the one secondary school` in
the system Sf. Michael in Stratford and to
iiu'ork'dir'ectlywith the teachers to famdianze
thenwith the Use of computer's in the sch'onl.
September, 1986,
A budgetary restraint 'initiative was
taken. 'The board asked all groups and
individuals who recommended allocations in
excess o£ 104 per cent of 1985 allocations, to
identify a corresponding area of reduction
from within the scope of their responsibility.
The Boardof Mutation initiated cooper-
ative dialogtte when the Huron -Perth Sepa-
rate School's Executive Committee was
invited to a meeting to discuss items of
common interest.
.. Family Studies an' • :trial Arts
programming for Graph dents in
Huron County was expanded so that it would
be available throughout the system, with
intpienientation in the north part of the
county in September 1986 and in the south
part in September 1987. .
Comprehensive summer school pro-
gram's evolved when the board agreed to offer
programs at Central Huron Secondary School
in Clinton, Seaford' District High School,
BluewaterSecondary School, .1.A.13. McCur-
dy 1'ublic School, Victoria Public School in
Goderich and Wingham Public School. The
board provided transportation from each
town to Central Huron, and, appropriate
transportation arrangements were made for
the students to attend other programs.
Vanastra Public School became, a full
grade school with the introduction of Grade 7
studies iri September 1980 and Grade 8
programming effective September 1987.
The board set its directions for its terms
to develop Hie potential of each individuals
within the school system, to develop an
awareness of the positive aspects of the
school system within the Huron County
community; to develop' a cooperative tom- ,
muncations program to enhance the know-
ledge and understanding of the Huron
County Stfiool system.
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t�you're organizing a non-prSfft eVent of triter'est to other Seatorth area residents*
hone the recreation office at 527-0$82 or the Expositor at 527-0240, 'or Mairthee
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Wednesday, Januairy 28
9:30 10:30 a'.m fitness is F1til, itstans
1 3'p m Parents and tots Skating
1:30,4 pin. Senior' Siitiffleboard
4 :30 5 30 pain.'1' of ee Practise
5:15-5145' fait patio 3 5 yrs:
5 A5-0:45 p -iii Paned 6-10 yrs.
5:0-0:36
im 6 30 p Atari 1 practise '
p.m. Centenarres practike
7:3'0 9 p m. Minor Broomball,•
9-1:1 30 0,111, Ladies Brooriball '
8-10 p m 14lxed volleyball -at Hrgh School
Thursday, January 29
4:15-5:15' p.rn Atom U practise
5:15 6 15 p.rn_ Bantam practise
6:30 7 30 p.m. Minor )3roomball'
110-1110 a.tt Mens Broombalt-
i •ar
�f�ldey� . arra
y
:46 LO` 3(I'. a,rh. F'i£:n'03' fs Hurt ftipstaiis
arena)'
4-5°p m Sento? iiottseleagne Pmdtfse
=6 p.m..t0Yirol` l diiseleai tie°i actise
6 7
p.m., Twe fl fiiiigettc etrse'•
:144,- i •Seafoithbi tall TO -aril
Saturday, January 31 -
s a.m. - 1. a.m. Seafoi'th Brn'mball
Tournament
1:30-2:30 Story flour at the library
Sunday, February 1
6 a' m.- 7. p.m. Seaforth ' Braombail
Tournament
78:30 p m. Brurn'sys Rangers'
8:30-10 p m'. Canadians vs• Flyers -
Monday, February 2.
4:30-8:30 p.rti Agin*Skating .
7,3.0 p.m. Dessert Euchre and Bake Sale,
,rilendville Cinited.C'hurch.
Tuesday February
5 t'0':6:30 p.tn Pee Wee Practise
60-8p. m;, Ba4ttniri' Pizactise
R
7 30 p m ,ngette Meeting; etnnhifttee
Rot* Arena •
6460.K Cett£etaire's Vs Clinton