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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-07-17, Page 8Page 8—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 17,, 1985 LUCKNOW DISTRICT • COMMUNITY CENTRE OPEN DATES AVAILABLE • AUGUST Friday 9, 18, 23, 30 SEPTEMBER Friday 8, 13, 27 IBIDi%Y, JULY 19 W al r Ostanek SATURDAY, JULY 20 Harry Van Diepenbeek & Janice Hackett SATURDAY, JULY 27 ' Barry and Dianne Hackett THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AUGUST I, 2, 3 Craft Festival CALL TH LS NUMBER BETW EEN 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ONLY 528-3532 VI= •••111•111•11•MIIMIE•ftleek. • LUCKNOW CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH invites You lb Worship With 'Them On • SlUNDAY, JULY 21 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Nursery downstairs morning & evening EVERYONE WELCOME WINGHAM MEMORIALS GUARANTEED GRANITES • CEMETERY LETTERIN REASONABLE PRICES 4 Buy Direct and Save Business 357-1910 ResIdeUcel; 357-1015 ipley-Huron eterinary Clinic IS PLEASE TO ANNOUNCE THE ADDITION OF Dr. Ben A. Miltenburg . TO IT'S PROFESSIONAL STAFF •• - OFFICE HOURS: 8i30 am. - 6:00 pin'. (Mon! - Sat.) 24 Hour Emergency Service. Phone: 395-2906 Anytime If Long Distance Phone 396-3171 or 528-3020 [Tues. - Sat. 9 - 6 Only] KEEP IT 4rter SYSTEMS Never \heard of a furnace that Will.keep you cool? The WaterFurnace System takes the hot summer heat from your home or •business and 'discharges • .it into the ground.Since it's temperature remains relatively constant, the ground absorb. this •. heat very 'rapidly. The result is total home 'comfort all • year long.. With/ the WaterFurnace Sy. stem, cooling cost reductions of 50% are not„uncommon• Call; your WaterFurnace dealer and find out how • you can let the ground you walk on cool your home! EARTH COUPLED -Tge HEATING AND COOLING Xatural Ertel& Sows Cliff's • Plumbing & Heating ilmanow 5284913 1 Karen Staines falls out 6f the canoe In an enactment of a canoeing accident by Red Cross members from. London during the small crafts safety show at the pool last Friday. She's joined by Tim Nielson and pool staffer Heather MacIntyre for the demonstration. Narrating the event was W ade Porter. •• , Board won't hire additional special education teacher By Sharon Dietz Bruce County Board. of Education decided at a special meeting July 9 it will not hire an additional teacher for gifted students because the cost would be paid directly by Bruce County taxpayers. • The special, education advisory commit- tee recommended previously that an additional teacher would be required in the fall of 1985, but faced with financial restraint, the board decided to follow the recoinmendation of its.- finance .cnnunittee. The question of hiring an additional teacher for the gifted studeritt was brought to the board again July 9 on a motion by Kincardine trustee Barry Schmidt. / yrustee Schmidt told the board . its special education policy is to make an effort . to pay attention to students at the upper and lower end of the scale. The board has 45 teachers for the three per cent of the students at the lower end of the scale and only one teacher for the three per cent Of Ihe students in the upper range, said Schmidt. ' • He observed the same effort is not being placeliron the upper three per cent. of the students. Additional students are being identified and the board is looking at a much greater work load for the teacher of gifted students in the fall. Schmidt said the advisory committee has recommended this feather is required and • heWants another. teacher on this program. •, 'This gtouP must be challenged to reach • their potential:. They should have the opportunity to develop fully. They are the leaders of tomorrow," commented Schmidt. Resources Chairman . of the special education • advisory committee Eloise Colhoun said using mentors from the community as 'resources for these gifted students has been suggested, but the program still require § an additional teacher to co7ordin • ate the program.• ' , . Southampton trustee Frank Eagleson asked whether, teachers already on staff .could be deployed in other areas. Super- ' intendant Chuck Beamr said possibly some resource withdrawal teachers could handle • some gifted caseloads at their schools. whether redeployment of staff would enhance the gifted .program. Beamer aunmented" it was difficult to-. assess • whether redeployment would be • the • • answer. Southampton trustee Mary Chatterton commented the didn't like Beamer's. probables. Chatterton said she would prefer to see another teacher at the gifted level. "These students need morethan -we are • giving them. Surely We can: afford one more teacher," said Chatterton. • Chairman of .the finance committee Leslie 'Abell observed that the finance. committee had to cut essential things in their budget delibertations • and their concern was over the limit in grant money. - Any additional expenditures will be the • sole burden of Bruce County. taxpayers, • said Abell; because the board -has reached its budget ceiling for the next school year. Watered Down Schmidt commented he would rather see the gifted Program •not offered at all than see it watered down to this extent, • Trustee Eagleson suggested hiring in. • January if the probabilities develop in „ October dictating another teacher is ) required. - Schmidt suggested some items in the budget come in over and some are under. • "jf an emergency presents itself we find • the money one way or another." He suggested the board look at hiring another teacher for its gifted program again. Amabel-Hepworth trustee Muriel Aiken • , suggested the board should consider the time and consideration given this by the advisory committee. ' • , "I know finance tuniedit down but we would, look at the program again in. December ifwe see it is spread too thin." • W alkerton trustee Bill Setteringham said he was surprised the motion was brought foward by Schmidt afterthe budget had . been brought down and did not allow for hiring an additional teacher. for the gifted , program. • "Finance turned it down," said Setter- ingham, "We should not be considering it .again." • The board defeated Schmidt's motion. - • with the general consensus that staffing of the gifted program would be under consid- Eagleson • said he wanted to know eration. • Successful tractor pull held Roaring engines and spinning dirt were the attraction last weekend as the 'annual tractor pull, sponsored by the Iiickilew Tractor Puller Association, came to town. Tractor pullers from all over Ontario and Michigan revved up their engines and treated a capacity crowd on Saturday and Sunday to some spectacular pulls. Locally, Art Helm finished ,in a three- way tie for first, second and third .places in • the 52 modified class- with his "Ghost Buster" machine. Mr. Helm is testing a pair of experimental tires for. Firestone Canada. The tires. the onlv two made In 4 • Canada, will be used for traction and durability , evaluations which will be con- ducted through the 1985 pulling season. • Watt Scott of Lucknow placed third in the semi's class with his Kenworth. • The organizers would like to thank Allan Hackett,' Stu reavie, Gerry Priestap and Chuck Becker for the tractors; Huron • Landscaping for the watering tnick; Hully Gully for the four -wheelers; Hamilton Fuels for the generator; Murray Moffat Electric for the lights; Porter Septic Tanks, C & M Transport and Robert Symes Contracting.