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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-08-28, Page 1BEST W. ROUND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IN CANADA ,(Circulation Class under 2200) • C.C.N.A. Better Newspaper Competition 1985 Misty Humphrey One thing that kids interviewed at the Ladmow pool had in common was a real strong enthusiasm to get back to school. W ell, • not really. Most seemed to think they -would be happy enough, lounging by the pool and -driving their parents crazy during* the neverending (or so it may seem) summer holidays. In fad, the only younster hoping to' get back to school was ,Misty Humph- rey, a grade four student at Brookside • Public School in _Ashfield Township. "Math and gym are my best subjects," • said Misty, wrapped and shivering in her big green towel: _ She said she did "nothing" during the holidays, but her cousin Jodi, a grade seven student at lAicknow Public School interjected, "Sure you did, you went camping with me and grandma." • Misty: agreed, Jodi was one of the bunch who isn't looking forward to going back to school. Her best subject is science, which. made her friends hoot and the interviewer suspicious. "Getting away from school was the best thing this summer," she said. Rob Crich is heading into grade six this year and he's "not really" looking forward to September. He said math Was his best class, which sent the gathering crowd into a sarcastic "000000". Rob stuck by his guns. The best think he did this sununer was go • to Bingeman Park in Kitchener. Another I.nclinow student said going swinuning was the most enjoyable part of the sununer. Russell Sutton is heading into grade seven, though he would rather not go to school, and his favourite subject is gym. Melanie Wylds did not want to be , interviewed. She hid out most of , the • time while her "friends" kept shouting, "Ask Melanie, ask Melanie." Melanie' • subjected herself to. the questions with' good grace, after her friends had pretty • much pulled her over. • She's going into grade seven at Brookside and says 'French is her favourite subject, at which the croWd snickered She had a lot of fun at Bob -lo island this surnmer. While it was virtually unanimous. that school is no fun; the group did concur that seeing friends was a good reason to • attend. • Melanie Wylds Council accepts cheque • Lucknow council has decided to accept a cheque forwarded by Michael Daucherty of, Colorado for some items removed from a • property the village recently bought, even though the cheque is made out for less than council asked. Council had purchased the old water Works building east of the village from Daucherty /to facilitate renovations on the nearby bridge.. A price of $8,500 was • negotiated but according to council, a sliding glass door and some windows valued at approximately $500 were remov- • ed from the site after the transaction was • completed. • . Council requested the $500 from Dauch- • erty while the man was visiting a relative in • Windsor and he countered with an offer of • $250. This week the municipality received a cheque, for - $175 American, which converted into $234.24 Canadian. "I thought he was supposed to send $250," said -Councillor Ab Murray at the August 13 council meeting. Clerk 'Bertha Whitcroft suggested that the fluctuating exchange rate may have had something to do with the discrepancy. Reeve George Joynt reaffirmed at 'the August 13 meeting that he felt council should concentrate its energies on ,the larger project, the bridge renovations rather than worrying about the amount received from Daucherty. "I'm not going to hold up the project for $200," he said at July's meeting. 'nor one • thing,the bridge has to be fixed." Farmers' input needed • In response to a growing number of farmers' concerns about the inadequacies of the Ontario Family Farm Rate Reduction • Program (OWIHR) recently instituted by • the provincial ' government, the Bruce County Federation of Agriculture has called a meeting for the Chesley Conumm- ity Centre on August 29 at 8 p.in. • The federation's press release states that, "This meeting is being called to discussactions to stem the flow of • insolvencies, bankruptcies, foreclosures, loss . of equity,. forced liquidations and evictions in Bruce County. "It's necessary for • all farmers to be in attendance to express their opinions to establish , a course Of aCtion." • • • Federation president, Wayne Robertson of Southampton, said while OFFIRR is a 'good program, it doesn't do anything for thosewho don't qualify and are still having problems. "Jack Riddell has jumped mid -stream with this program but it doesn't help farmers at the edges. He needs to build a bridge' across that stream or else he's • going to drown;" said the president. The program doesn't take in all farmers. with problems; which prompted Robertson • to state the provincial government should "do a complete job and don't band aid it)' • He said the federation executive will try to determine what the majority Of farmers • want and act on those needs. , Jack Wilkinson, the Ontario/Federation of Agriculture's executive director respon- sible for the area isexpected to attend the meeting and RObertson said he hopes that. a majority of the 'conunodities will be represented because, "It's their problem too." ,The meeting win be held August 29 at 8 p.m. at the Chesley .Community Centre.: J j Downward Pr()J ection By Stephanie Levesque .A slight downward trend in projected student enrolment figures won't mean any significant changes in, Huron County schools says superintendent of program Arnold Mothers. • Last week.. Mr. Mothers said the only area showing an increase is at the schools for the trainable mentally retarded. This fall there are expected to be 83 pupilsqn such schools, compared to 68 last fall. "They're almost all directly related to the fact developmentally handicapped students are coming on stream," he said. Previously, these students came under The 'jurisdiction of the ministry of cormnun- ity and social services. There are 5,990 students eXpected this fall in Huron's elementary schools. Last • September, there were 6,065 students in the kindergarten to grade eight classes. • The • expected student number changes • are spread ,throughout the county and no one school s, experiencing a great drop in enrolment. "There are no particular trends in the enrolment figures," said Mr, Mothers. • He said the projected enrolment figures. at J.A.D. McCurdy, Henson and Vanastra public schools won't change much. These, schools recently went through accommoda- tion reviews, and the school board agreed to keep them open. Enrohnent at the secondary school level will remain virtually the same. laid year there were 3,789 students and 3,782 are expected this September 3. One. high school whidi the board has been watching closely for declining enrol- ment over the past number of years, F. E. Madill secondary school in W bighorn, is actually ' predicting an increase of 20 students. A planned emelment change will effect •Central Huron Secondary School in Clin- ton. Starting this September,' all basic level' students will ' be taught in their home schools. That means Goderich basic level stud- ents' who have been going to Clinton will return to Goderich District .Collegiate Institute.