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TH HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 25, 1981
wife worth $ • :2
week, F of A hears
Exceptional Ed,
NEW EXECU IVE The Feleration
of Agriculture elected a new eicecutive' at its
annual. meeting NEW. .17. From left Bill Murray,
second vice President; Ken Scott, president -,
I
Kevin Kale, first vice-president; Chrieta Eckert.,
secretary-treasurer,
(Photo by Campbell)
BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE
The scene opens in the
Student Services room of the
Huron County Board of Edu-
cation in Clinton. Exception-
al Ed, thinking the board
office was a restaurant wan-
dered in and has been
discussing special education
with Sheila Clarke, Student
SerVieerCo-ordinator. After
a coffee break, which Ed
enjoyed very much, Ed's
curiousity allowed the dis-
cussion to continue back in
the Student Services office.
Ed - We've discussed what
Student Services is, right,
but when does it start? Like,
how soon do you know if a
child is exceptional?
Mrs. Clarke - The Ministry of
Education has Stated that
early identification has to be
placed in the school system
by September of 1981. In
Huron we began an early
identification program two
years ago.
• Ed - (Scratching his mou-
stache and looking very
thoughtful indeed). What is
an easy, uh, earlyidentificat-
ion, phew what a mouthful.
performance?
Mrs. Clarke - (Smiling)
That's program, not perfor-
mance. What happens is that
each elementary school prin-
cipal submits a list of antici-
pated kindergarten students
to Student Services in the
spring before enrolment.
Ed - (Getting a little excited
and speaking much too loud-
ly) Kindergarten, Kinder-
garten. what kind of a garden
is that? What does growing
flowers have to do with
school? (Pause) Oh, you're
groping students?
Mrs. Clarke - (Trying des- . per#tely to hold back a laugh)
.No, no, although it is a good
IVIonsparison. Kindergarten is
the' liass level' before grade
one. The' students are aged
from four to six years and
they are developing pre-
academic and social skills to
prepare for grade one.
Ed - Hey I'm sociable too,
that's great, ya know. Any-
way enough for now about
myself, tell me more about
this identification program.
Mrs. Clarke - After the
principal submits his list,
part 3
student Service staff will
imple t a program of
individu development sur-
veys which will be followed
o
by interviews with the par-
ents.
Ed - (Perplexed) lmple - who.
d-develop-what?
Mrs. Clarke (Patiently) Stu-
dent Services staff meet with
the new students and their
parents. The students play
several simple games with
the Student Services teach-
ers, games which include
basic indicators of child
development. After the
games, the Student Services
teacher discusses any quest-
ion the parents might have
and suggests games and
activities the parents might
enjoy with their child. Infor-
mation about the incoming
class is then •given to the
Kindergarten teacher so that
she can provide a program
that is suited to each new
student.
Ed - (Thinking) Right. Well
can I come back tomorrow. I
have to- think. this all out.
Mrs. Clarke , That would be
fine. See you tomorrow then,
okay.
Ed - That'll be great.
TO BE CONTINUED
tends to last. Farmers have a
lOw.eudivorcerate, she noted.
perhaps they curet afford
divorce or . don't have the
time.
In a less humorous vein,
Mrs. Ireland said the object,
iveof farm wives' groups that
are springing up is to inte-
grate with mens' groups to
give all farmers more political
clout. Women make a lot of
noise, she observed, and are
a lot meaner than men. When
women want it, she said, they
want it right now.
Mrs. Ireland said simple.
division shows only a maxi-
mum of 250 farmers can be
helped by the $45-million
infusion into the Farm Credit
Corp. announced in the re-
cent federal budget. She also
took a swing at low interest
small business development
Voucher packages for
the 1982 season of the Blyth
Summer Festival have gone
on sale, just in time for
Christmas giving.
Following two record-
breaking years, with another
appearing to be in the offing,
voucher holders for the 1982
season will have several ad-
vantages when the rush . for
tickets comes next spring.
For one thing there is the
saving of up to 25 per cent on
packages of vouchers good
for four admissions over the
single ticket price. In addi-
tion, voucher holders will,
(along with groups bookers)
have exclusive opportunity to
exchange their vouchers for
reserved seat tickets between
April 19 and May 18, before
single ticket's go on sale.
An added benefit for those
bonds which were extended
to farmers* the fast time in
the federal, budget, 'We got
anotherffip oft." she said, the
interest rate appears to be
higher than we assumed.
instead of half of the prime
rate plus two per cent which
was the old tate, it appears
the new rate is half of prime.
plus two, plus another six per
• cent.
Secretary-treasurer Marie
Bicknell, who resigned at the
meeting because of- other
commitments, reported the
McKillop federation has a
balance on hand of $625.82.
Chrism Eckert accepted the
nomination as Mrs. Hick-
nell's replacement. The re-
mainder of the executive was
returned: president Ken
Scott, first v vice-president
Kevin Kale and second vice-
who buv before Christmas is
that they can take advantage
of the Wintario Halfback
plan, getting SO cents off for
each Wintario ticket used up
to S8. That means an ( adult
voucher package costing $20
can cost only S12, a senior
citizens voucher package for
'S18 would cost only S10 and a
child's voucher package,
regularly S10 would cost only
S2.
Another record breaking
season appears likely at the
Festi;a1 following two enor-
mously successful seasons in
a row. This past year saw
more than 26,000 people pay
admission to Festival plays
during an extended 10-week
season. Average paid attend-
ance for the entire summer
was 80 per vent of the
capacity of Blyth Memorial
president Bill Murray,
John Nesbitt, a Vest- re-
presenting the! Huron Feder-
talon of Agriculture on which
he is a director. spoke from
the floor on his concern Of
foreign ownership of farm-
land becoming an issue in. the
Blyth area. Because of the
pmence of the p he was
reluctant to identis.
," s
the indi-
vidual or individuals • in-
volved, but said 4,000 acres
have been purchased by
foreign investors, who won't
farm it but rather use it
strictly asan investment. Mr.
Nesbitt said he doesn't think
this land will ever be broken
up into small parcels again.'
and he urged anybody con-
cerned with the prospect to
contact area MPP Jack
Riddell.
-Hall. Leading the hit parade
was Ted Johns' "He. Won't
Come In Frorn The Barn"
which played to 96 per cent
'capacity in an extended run.
Anne Chislett tad two hits to
her credit, "The Tomorrow
Box", which played to 95 per
cent capacity and "Quiet in
the Land" wh ch did nearly
92 per cent bus ess. Voucher
sales last year a so reached an
all-time high.
The 1982 seasim will• be
announced in late February
or early March. At present
Artistic Director Janet. Amos
is working with several play-
wrights on new scripts for the
1982 season which promises
to be the most exciting yet.
Vouchers may be ordered
by mail from Blyth Centre for
the Arts,. Box 291, Blyth.
GoeXt speaker Eisele
Ireland told the Nov. 17
annual. meeting of the MOO.
lop Federation of Agriculture
at St. Columban Hall that at
going rates, she figures a
farm wife is worth about $882
a week. They have to be very
versatile. she said, and
know a lot of little things
about a lot of thingt."
Mrs. Ireland. a Rural Voice
columnist and activist who
with husband Brian runs a
hog operation nearTeeswater
gave alunnorotts talk on the
trials and' tribulation's of
being a farm wife. although
with higlrinterest rates and
the country's economic slump
she noted "it's getting harder
and, harder to find funny
things to write about."
"Romance and farmers-
they just don't go together,"
Mrs. Ireland said, however
most farmers get married
young because "things get
lonely in the barn". And once
a farm wedding takes place it When does it start?
Theatre vouchers on sale