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SIDEWALK DAYS ARE FOR DOGS TOO — All the contestants for the dog show lined up along Exeter's main street waiting
to be judged at the Exeter Sidewalk Days. Staff photo
Don't settle for less.
LOTS OF TALENT — Brendd Zadorsky, (right) the adjudicator of the Juvenile
applauds the children who displayed their talents that evening.
Program at the Kirkton Garden Party,
Staff photo
SS board 96res okay
to 'offenders' projecit
PUPPETS ENTERTAIN CHILDREN — Vacation Bible School at Emmanuel Baptist Church last week came alive with these
puppets which captivated the children.
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Staff photo
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Petty lawbreakers could
soon be helping to maintain
the 19 schools in the Huron-
Perth Catholic school
system.
Trustees voted Monday
night to participate in the
provincial government's
community service orders
program which puts minor
offenders to work in the
community rather than
behind bars.
However, the students will
have no contact with these
non-violent offenders as the
board will only permit them
to work during the Christ-
mas break, the March mid-
term break or the months of
July and August. The board
will do tbis ,for a trial period
of one year, beginning
August 1, with the board's
Director of Education the
contact person for the
program.
In April the board had ap-
proved in principle'to accept
the offer from the ministry
of correctional services to
accept offenders as
volunteers for work in the
program called Community
Service Orders (CSO
In June some of the
trustees had second thoughts
about CSO•and it was tabled
until July 21. At that June
meeting Trustee David
O'Reilly defended the
program saying they were
not dealing with hardened
criminals but people "who
have just slipped off the
straight and narrow." ,
When the program came
up for discussion Monday,
trustees , Michael Connolly
. said it was."a serious thing"
and expressed concern about
publicity. His request to hold
the discussion in committee
of the whole was given un-
animous approval.
In other business the board
approved the property com-
mittee's report and
recommendation ,on
asbestos hazards in its
schools. In April it was
learned following tests on
the schools that asbestos
was found in ceiling tiles at
three separate schools but
there was no health threat to
pupils and , staff and '"We
have nothing to be alarmed
about", according to Ontario
labour ministry tests.
In the three schools
affected the board approved
that work be completed as
authorized tb a maximum
cost of $68.495. following ap-
proval of the ministry of
education which has said
grants will be available for
the work.
Mickey Vere, chairman of
the property committee,
said at St. Columban school
the entrance ceiling will be
sprayed with Decadex to
remove any possible
asbestos hazard, at St.
Boniface School in. Zurich,
the corridor ceiling will be
sprayed and at Our Lady of
Mottnt Carmel, the corridor
ceiling will be stripped and
the lights replaced: the
ceilings in five classrooms,
the principal's office and the
staff room will all be
sprayed with Decadek.
Mr. Yere said it is hoped
the work will be completed
before school starts in
September.
The board increased the
Fire hits
high school
at Seaforth
Seaforth District High
School sustained con-
siderable damage in a fire
early yesterday morning.
Much of the administra-
tion area was gutted,
destroying school records.
Principal Bruce Shaw, a
resident of Exeter, lost,
some personal belongings in
the fire as well.
He was called to the scene
of the blaze around 6:30 a.m.
Tuesday.
The Life That Jack Built,
which opens August 5, 1980
at the Blyth Memorial Hall,
will be a cornucopia of song,
dance and comedy in the
style of the revues devised to
entertain the troops of the
First World War.
The show follows the life
of Jack McLaren, who is the
last surviving member of the
Dumbells, the famous com-
edy troupe that began in the
First World War, but which
toured Canada and played in
England and New York long
after the war was over.
Mr. McLaren's life spans
the early development of the
institutions of Canadian
entertainment and art, in-
basic salary paid to drivers
Of board, owned buses 'by
$1.00 per day for 185 school
days in the 1980-81 school
calendar, making a new
basic salary amount of $4,..
Q42,50. The hourly rate paid
to drivers of board-Owned
buses for extra curricular
duties will be increased by
29 cents per hour making a
new rate, effective
September 1, 1980 of $5,50
per both.
William Eckert, Directdr
of Education, said that all
teaching positions have been
filled except for the position
of speech pathologist, made
vacant by the departure of
Christine Kelly to Carlton
Separate School Board near
Ottawa, In spite of adver-
tising no replacement has
been fOund, Mr. Eckert said.
The position• will be adver-
tised and the possibility of a
speech correctionist will be
considered. Mr. Eckert
stated.
Mrs. Carol McDonnell will
be granted a two-month
leave of absence from
September 2 to October 31,
1980 from her teaching posi-
'tion at Precious Blood
School at Exeter.
Lou Kramers will be
offered the opportunity to
clean St. Patrick's school
kindergarten room at the
board office during the
month of August 1980 for
$100.
The next meeting of the
board will be held on
September 8.
eluding birthplace of Spring
Thaw and meeting place of
the Group of Seven and their
contemporaries.
Mr. McLaren has been,
among other things, an
novelist, playwright, actor,
painter and caricaturist, and
his experiences are liberally
sprinkled with encounters
and anecdotes about the
most famous people in our
cultural history.
The show has been created
by the company in rehearsal
in conjunction with exten-
sive research into the period
and interviews with Mr.
McLaren and his friends. It
will contain some of the
original Dumbell songs and
skits, accompanied by
material from the Princess
Pats Comedy Company, the
fore-runner of the Dumbells.
The production will be,
directed by Janet Amos, ar-
tistic director of the Blyth
'Summer Festival. It
features actor David Fox .as
Jack McLaren and other
characters. The company is
filled out by such familiar
names as Seana McKenna,
William Dunlop. Michel
Lefebvre, Thomas Hauff and
John Jarvis Original music
and arrangements will be
provided by musician John
Roby. Linda Muir will ex-
ecute the design.
Revive Dumbells
at Blyth' theatre
AN ANGLED ANTENNA One of the victims of last
Tuesday's windstorm was this antenna at the residence of Earl
Carroll at the coiner of Gidley and. Carling. T-A photo
CLOSE CALL — An auto parked in front of the Frank Wild-
fong residence at the corner of James and Albert received no
apparent damage Tuesday afternoon when -branches felled
by the windstorm landed on the ,iehicle. T-A photo
M.C. ENTERTAINS — Master of Ceremonies Lee Paul provid-
ed entertainment with his jokes between acts at the Kirkton
Garden Party Wednesday night, Staff photo
• ZURICH'S 5TH ANNUAL
Fastball Tournament
Sat., July 26
8:00 a.m. ,
ZURICH BALL DIAMOND
Entries for this action packed day will be from
Lieury, Embro, Hensall, South Zorra, Goderich
Fisher Bid., Clinton, Goderich Zeibart, and Zurich
Buckeyes. Admission $1.00 ddults ,and students for
the whole day.
Refreshments and food available.
LEARNING AT BIBLE SCHOOL • Chris Ridley, from Grand Rapids School of the Bible
and Music, Michigan tenches Tracy Price and Paula Hohner, Exeter, from the Bible at the
Vacation Bible School held last week at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Exeter. Staff photo
PROUD OF TAKEOVER — Howard Hughes and his
Columbia yacht made at the Hughes-Columbia plant
last weekend. Hughes recently bought out Columbia
boat manufacturing company.
wife. Mary stand in front of 'the first
in Huron Park at the open house held
Yachts, a large United States-based
' Staff photo
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JUVENILE CONTEST WINNERS - First place winners at the Kirkton Garden Party
Juvenile PiGejtrii-i T' Family from Stratford (along back) who did a step
dance; Joanne Veri.-th..! RR 2 Herisail, who played an accordion solo; and Ron Brookshaw,
RR 1 St. Marys, who song The Chicken Song dresed in a chicken costume. Staff photo
ALL PUFFED OUT — Jackie Sweitzer, first, Heather Wagner, second, and Shawn McFalls,
third, were the winners of the six-year-old and under Category at the bubble gum blowing
contest at Exeter's Sidewalk Days. Staff photo