The Huron Expositor, 1979-01-25, Page 1:119th Yea.
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:4 FULL OF ARTISTS — A whale complete with teeth, and this seal
poor wereart of the zoo snow scupture pture these'Grade 7 and 8 students
rom St;: Columban school created at the Seaforth Optimist ptimtst winter
carnival on Saturday, The girls are,. from left, Colleen Malady, Alexene
Ken Moore of Egmondville.tvas named
president of the Seaforth Agricultural
Society at the society's annual meeting ;uii
banquet-on.Tuesday night. He sutccteds past
President W,U.•1Nilson of Brucefteld.
The other members of the executive for
the coining year are first vice-president Ken
-Coleman Seaforth; second vice-president
Bob; Broadfoot;. of RAI: BruceBcld ,and
Secretary -Ruth Beane of- Brucefieldj`
ARE YOU SURE THIS INCREASESEIEEE
MY FLEXIBILITY?—This is elle of
a series of exercises students at Hensall Public c i._
. 5 pool participate In daily
during their rhythmics program, The 'students' heartbeats have
decreased and their flexibility has increased .since they started the
program, 'More photos on the Hensel" page. (Expositor photo)
McIver, Joanne Albert, Margaret H.icknelf;
Eileen Duff Mario Kale'and Anne
Murray,y y, 1 ,
won second rize in the senior diV` 4 ion,
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The directors for the society for the.
coming year . are: Bob Broadfoot. Ken
Carnochan, Ken 'Coleman, Lewis Coyne,.
Robert. Dalton; ,toe Devereaux, Bob
Fotheringham, Joe Gibson, Ken Gemmell,
Just -12 minutes a day
Debbie Brooker,: Suanne
Marie Maloney: The girls
(Expositor Photo)
Francis''Hickheh, Harry J•ohnston.., Ken;.
Moore,' Eric" McIntosh, Brian Campbell
Norma' Riley;' Alf Ross, Helen Thompson and
Stuart. Wilson:
(Continued on Page'3)
es Hensai
students hea
BY ALICE GIBB
Students at Hensali Public School have
sacrificed their afternoon recess for the
sake of physical fitness, and the sacrifice
has proved worthwhile.
A year; ago Ron McKay, the school's
principal, decided to experiment with some
of the late Lloyd Percival's suggestions to
improve :the students' :fitness.
Nov Hensall " Public shoot students
•spend 12 minutes a. day doin ;rhythmics or
a series of exercises to music and itis
;results are impressive.
Last January, when the students started
• a daily rhythmics program, Jean Dunsford,
the school nurse, tested the Grades 5 to 8
students for a variety of fitness indicators.•
The students' heart beats were measured
as they C%"%ere resting, both in a standing
position: and lying down, and then their
' working heart rate was measured after
they'd completed a series' of knee bends, ,
FLEXIBLE
MS. Dunsford also tested the students'
flexibility by having the students sit on the
floor, put their :legs straight it ''front of
them • with a ruler against ,their feet and
(hen lean forward', to sec how far down the
' ruler they could reach.
This sante test of flexibility tS included in
the Ontario Pitiless Test.
Mr. McKay said all the tests were
Conducted' by the school nurse so the
measurements would be consistent.
The students then took part in the
rhythmic exercises from January to June,
when they were re -tested. .
The results were more than' encouraging
4 students showed an overall 11:2decrease
in their 'heartbeats per minute.
Also, students' -flexibility had ;increased
by 1.8 inches when stretching along the:
ruler.
Mr. McKay said the Junc tests showed
the -average heartbeat for 'a resting heart,
with students lying down, was -83.S—beats
per minute: By June, the,exercise program`
had reduced the heartbeats to 72,3 beats
per minute.
The results of the test of the resting
heart while standing showed a decrease in
the heartbeat from 93.8 beats per minute to
79,7 beats.
In the working heart test, the beat perk'
minute decreased by 13.8 beats,
SAVING
Mr. McKay . said by calculating the
average decrease in heartbeats per Minute,
' hc found students were saving the heart an
°average of 19:000 beats per day..
The principal said the rhythmics pro-
gram, which involves everything from toe
touches to kicks. and knee bends; stresses
flexibility, isometrics and increased cardio
vascular stamina, ,
This fall the •rhvthni'ics• program at
Hensall Public School was expanded to
include all the students and as many of the
staff who want to take part,
Mr, McKay said the staff is considering.
retesting students again at the end of this
(Continued -on .'Page 3)
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1-wllett passes
Non-smoking bylaw
5ttiokers beware, 'llttllett Council
Officially passed their smoking bylaw this
month. a`� Although no decision has t a bt.en made
on where to post nota smoking signs, council
has the authority to prohibit 'smoking in
municipal buildings "in such places as
council deenis advisable."
Hulletes new bylaw notes the trend
towards p
Y.
tton of smoking. inp
ublic
buildings an notes that srk ng
is•
recognized as a potential health' hoard, aria
known as a nuisance and irritant to
•non-smokers;"
Clerk Clate Vincent was not stirs if council
• would designate tton•s'moking areas at the
next count it meeting
gays smolt schools hurt
BY W.ILMA OKE
Members of the Huron -Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate School board are
hoping a ministry of education policy they
believe penalizes smaller schools without
gymnasiums can be :changed. `
The local school board plans to seek the
approval of the Ontario Separate School
Trustees Association for a resolution it will
put forward at the annual conference in
Toronto ,April 4 and 5..
The resolution asks that. the ministry ;,of
cd 1eation reinstate a previous policy where
the ministry pays for students to be bussed
to another school for the use of gymnasium.
facilities or bussed to a facility for swimming
programs,
A. recent resolution, Which came- into
effect Jan. I. 1979, allows' only home to
school transportation; transportation of
handicapped, pupils to treatment facilities,
and :school -to -school class trips where the...
same class is transported to and; from the
• saline school. 15 or more trips during the.
school year; to be .funded by the ministry of
education.
TRANSPORTATION °'
Under ' previous regulations,;
School -to -school • transportation was
expanded to include transportation. to a
facility for swimming programs and toan
other school for the use of gymnasium
facilities; '
Neither of these programs qualify under
the new regulations and, if carried out. must
be funded from'ordinary expenditures and
,controlled by the ,maximum pupil.
expenditure ceiling.
Local school boardmembers believe this
regulation imposes a penalty on a • school,
without avmnasiuth. This seems to imply g_ p ya
change in the ministry's philosophy,which
previouslypermitted the: use of another.
school's facilities.. where capital
improvements could not be justified at the
home school.
The board will send copies to all school.
boards in the province asking them to
support the resolution.
In other business at the board meeting
held in Dublin Monday, John " O'Leary, '
chairman of the property committee, was •
granted. S15,000 to carry out maintenance
work in the various schools. In asking for the
allowance he said, You are well, awarethat
there is work to be done and it is better to get
workmen in now when they are not .so,
bus "
Albert Runsteller,' a member of
Mornington Township , council and a '.
separate school supporter, has asked, the
board for permission to put some.
recreational equipfienf--such.. as swings,
slides and other outside game at St, Mary's
School, Hesson. He said the Mornington:
Recreational Association, would give $250:
toward' the equipment, the Holy Name
Society, $500 and the Catholic Women's
League, $100, He said the etluiprnent would
cost approximately $1,400: and he asked, the
board to give about $600.; This the trustees
agreed wasnot possible as board policy will •.
only allow them to install basebalFdiamonds
and basket ball courts.
Mr. Runsteller will be asked to seek other
sources for the remainingcosts or install
equipment to the' value of the money now
pledged.
The Catholic Parent 'Teacher Association;
of St. Joseph's School in. Clinton has written
the board to report the Minister of education
has been asked to agree to provide an
addition to the school in accordance with the
proposal in the five year forecast for such
work by the board, They included copies of;,
letters from three local members of '.
provincial legislature;. Jack Riddell, Murray
Gaunt and•Hugh Edighoffer saying they
supported the addition and had requested;..
Minister of 'Education Bette Stephenson't
g
approve the addition ;to the school.
The board will encourage members of the
Grade 7 and 8 in the 19 schools in the system
to write an essay on. "Mary, the Mother of
God" 'as proposed in the. Catholic Register.
The next meeting will be held on February
12.
CROWNING THE CARNIVAL PRINCESS `Lynn 'Henderson, this
years snow `princess for the Seaforth Optimists' Winter Carnival, is
crowned by last year's princess, Mary Ann Nolan, on Friday afterrfo
Miss Henderson was chosen Snow Queen by students at Seaforth District
High School. (Expositor.photo)
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i Inside thiscweek'
City Cu't`ters d Race Cit Rinks
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Snow Carnival,Pictures . , . ! , , P. 7
JuttforHortIeultural Society 4'P. 20
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