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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-06-26, Page 1BEST ALL ROUND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IN CANADA, (Circulation Class under 2200) C.C.N.A. Better.Newspaper Competition 1985 Wheelingfor Alzheirnei"s Bob Reid, aided' by Paul Helm (left) and Cody Thomas, took part in Pinecrest Manor's an- nual wheel-a-thon for the Alzheimer's Society. A number of residents from the nursing home as well as Grade 6 and 7 students from Lucknow Central School proceeded down the main street to raise money for Alzheimer's. Before returning to Pinecrest, the residents and students enjoyed an ice-cream cone. (Photo by Alan Rivett) Meals -on -Wheels successful The Meals -on -Wheels project ,initiated in April has been running smoothly thanks to the efforts of many volunteers and service clubs in Lucknow, says Alice Ritchie, chair- man of the project. It has been going great. Our customers are really enjoying the meals and the per- sonal contact from the visits," said Mrs. Ritchie at a meeting of Meals -on -Wheels last Wednesday. The community involvement in the pro- ject has been encouraging since the project began. Meals -on -Wheels currently has 35 volunteers delivering the meals, she said. The project has also received monetary sup- port from a number of service groups in town. These are: . the. United Church women's groups, Bill Ferguson, Anglican Church Women, Kinsmen, Kinettes, Royal Canadian Legion, Presbyterian Evening Auxiliary, Presbyterian ,W.M.S.., Lions Club, Lions Ladies, Agricultural Society and the Kairshea W.I. "The community has been excellent in helping out the project. They're just a super group of people. When the community recognized the need for this service, they sure got behind it," said Sharon Creighton, also a member of Meals -on -Wheels. Meals -on -Wheels are currently delivering three meals on Tuesday and Thursday even- ings to elderly clients in geed of the service at a cost of $2.50 per meal. The meals are prepared at Pinecrest by volunteers on the kitchen staff at the nursing home. The meals are overseen by Mrs. Ritchie who is also the food service supervisor at . Pinecrest. According to Mrs. Creighton, who is also Turn to page 3 Reach tentative agreement sides" m describing the tentative agree- ment. The school board will have voted on Tues- day, June 25 while Weary said the tentative agreement was put to the teachers Wednes- day, June 26. The details of the agreement won't be released until after both parties have ratified. Secondary education in Huron took on, a gloomy aspect when the teachers voted in favor of strike action on May 28,. turning down the board's latest offer. `Both parties desired a reasonable com- promise, ' om-promise," said Prof. Whitehead insumming up the two days of talks. "Both parties worked hard and they are to be congratulated." By Stephanie Levesque The Huron County board of Education and its secondary schoolteachers reached a ten- tative agreement after two days of media- tion at the Park Lane Hotel in London. , "Wrung out" is how teacher negotiator Shirley Weary of Goderich described her feelings on Friday after the June 19 and 20 mediation session. Prof. David Whitehead of the University of Western Ontario, appointed by the Educa- tion Relations Commission, conducted the mediation sessions which started about 3 p.m. on the Wednesday and ended, up on Thursday evening. 1 "The agreement is extremely fair to both sides," said the professor. Weary also used the words "fair for both Lucknow central students say farewell to Mrs. Wheeler. By Alan Rivett Last Wednesday's graduation for Grade 8 students at Lucknow Central Public Sehool proved to be not only a farewell to the students entering high school in September, but also a heartfelt goodbye to Grade 8 teacher, Mrs. Mabel Wheeler who retired this June. Teachers, students and guest speaker for the evening, Dr. Glen Oliver, an eye specialist in Texas and a former student -of Mrs. Wheeler's, were on hand to show their appreciation to Mrs. Wheeler. "I have really enjoyed teaching here. I've always liked working with young people. The staff here have always been very sup- portive. They're not only co-workers, but also friends," said Mrs. Wheeler in a brief speech during the graduation ceremonies. Mrs. Wheeler has been involved in teaching for 28 years. She received her for- mal training at Stratford Normal School and attended Wingham High School. She began her teaching career in Grey Township No. 2 school near Walton in 1942. Her mother preiously taught at the school. The follow- ing year, she taught at Turnberry and Mor- ris Township No. 4 school in Bluevale. After taking a three year break from teaching in which she married her husband Ken and settled in Belgrave, she resumed teaching on a part-time basis. Between 1961 and 1968, she taught at No. 10 Kinloss School and Kinloss Central School. She has been teaching in Lucknow for the past 17 years. • Mrs. Wheeler said she took up teaching to follow in her mothers footsteps and because there wasn't an abundance of other oppor- tunities open in those days. "My mother was a teacher and, at the time, there wasn't that much choice. I wanted to work with children so I got into it," she said. She finds the school system today much improved/to the days when a teacher had to deal with 40 or more students in a one room school. She says there was no time to devote to individual students in one room schools because there was always another grade to attend to. • "You had to give pupils time to do. work., You never had time to do marking.or m'ucli blackboard work because another grace was waiting for you. It's different now and better in a lot of ways. You got science equipment/ centralized and shop and home economics facilities. You wouldn't have this in a rural school," she said. She preferred to teach the higher grades because one of her favorite subjects to teach was grammar which the seniors concen- trate on more than the junior grades. She says there needs to be more emphasis plac- ed on grammar and sentence structure in the school systems which she believes is still lacking. "The students are going to have to be taught correct. grammar and know how to use it in order to communicate properly with others," she said. By Grade 8, she says she believes students should come up to her expectations as far as behavior is concerned. This takes into ac- count being self-disciplined and being able to be accountable for their actions. "In Grade 8 they should be pretty well ladies and gentlemen," she says. What has been especially rewarding about the past 17 years in Lucknow is to.. see students, go on to high school and eventually become successful. 'You like to feel you had some small part of it," she said. - "It's satisfying to see some former Turn to page 3 Mrs. Mabel Wheeler, the Grade 8.teacher at I,ucknow.Central Public School who is retiring this year, leafs through. the graduation ceremony program for last Tuesday night. Mrs. Wheeler has been a teacher for 28 years with the last 17 years spent at the Lucknow school. A dance in her honor was held last Friday at the school. (Photo by Alan Rivett)