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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-05-26, Page 4news • • • The , Luclmow Brownies'Girl Guides, and .Pathfinderii held their cookie day recently and 'glad ill but 10 carton. of cooldes. Proceeds from the cookie sales will go to fund the girl guide programs In Lielmow: Shown selling their tooldei are Ultima Hunter, left, and Megan Johnstone, rIght. • [Sentinel Staff Nieto] Attends seminar Dr. Fraser Ashton and his son, Antoine of Aylmer, Que- , bec, recently visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ashton and Mr. and Mrs, Don Thompson and family in. Lucknow. Fras- er was in Hamilton where he presented a seminar at Mc- Master University and .spent an evening with Mr. and Mrs. Sandy MacKenzie'and family of Oakville. Correction An item in the St. Helens news -in last week's Sentinel read Gordon McPherson, Ross McPherson and Charlie • McDonald recently travelled to Dutton to visit .with Colin MacDonald when in fact it should have been visited ' • with Carlyle MacDonald. We • apologize for any inconven- ience this error may have caused.. Present outline to separate board for focus on faith day • By Stephanie Levesque DUBLIN - An outline for a focus on •faith day was _ presented to: the Huron - Perth Separate School Board at its May 10 meeting.. Trustee • Ray Van Vliet, • chairman of the focus on faith ad hoc committee,. Presented a draft plan to the board for information. When a definite plan, including a date, location and guest •-speaker are deterznined,, it will be brought back to the board. • The theme for the day will, • be the "Catholic Trustee, Faith and the Community." Objectives • are to bring .trustees, community representatives, principals and administration together to think about their faith, its growth, celebrate their faith • and to add to the faith, in the school systern. • "Otir faith is the only , reason for our school board," said Mr. Van Vliet. He said trustees, because they are in.a leadership role, must grow in their faith. He added trustees should not be satisfied with a. grade 8 knowledge of their faith. , Several trustees expressed pleasure for the idea of a focus on faith day and en- couraged. Mr. Van Vliet to continue with his plans. NO ACTION The board will.take no ac- tion regarding recomMenda- tions from a coroner's in- quest into a school bus acci- dent on Sept. 9, 1981 which resulted in the death of five- year-old Paid Riegling of Kingsbridge. • Two recommendations' made by the jury were that • bus drivers keep flashing lights on while in front of a cluld s home and signal to the child when it may cross •the road and also if bus drivers pull over to let other drivers pass, that it be done between pickup points and the flashing' lights be turned off.. "The (transportation) committee feels both these things are being done," said Trustee -Ron Marcy of the ,committee which was re- quested by, the board to look into the recommendations. The committee's 'no ac- tion' decision was also made because the recommenda- tions have universal effect and should be imposed by the • Ministry of • Transportation and Com- munication, not, said the committee's recommenda- tion, by individual school . Wards. • In other business, the board: Accepted the • resignations • of Gerda Vanden Hoven, effective •Aug. *31, a teacher at St. Joseph's, Clinton, and of Mrs. Alma Biesinger, custo-' • dian of St. Mary's, Hesson, effective June 30; Granted a transfer of posi- tion for special education consultant Mary Flannery, • to that of classroom teacher; - Approved hiring Ted Gor- - ski • of London, • as a classroom teacher. No schoa placement has •yet been determined; • „• Approved a transfer tor teacher Justin Tomastdo St. Mary's, Hesson from French teacher at Holy Name of Mary, St. Marys, St. Ambrose and St. Aloysius, Stratford; Authorized Trustee Ted Geoffrey to be absent from three • • regular board meetings. Mr. Geoffrey, who •is ill, missed his third • meeting •on May • 10. Authorization by the board is in accordance with •the • Education Act and must be • done to remain a trustee. Visit Whiceetturch- •from page 3 Falconer on the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Fal- coner, Tony, Tim and Amy, and Mr. and . Mrs. Angus Falconer were Sunday visit- ors with Mr. and Mrs. Hector Purdon of Strathroy. • Visitors on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Beecroft and Karen were Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Beecroft, Kevin, Heather and Shannon of Wingham. Rev. John and Mrs, Bell of Inverhuron were dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. John A. Currie and family following the services at St. Andrews Presbyterian •Church. • Mr. and Mrs. Tom Day d Richard spent the week - a end in Ottawa with their son, John, who is attending col- lege there. • Brian Rintoul spent Mon- day assisting an auctioneer at Mount Forest. Visitors on the weekend with Mrs. Pauline Adams were Mr. and Mrs. John Adams and Sheryl of Wind- s& and Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart, Margaret Ann and Pauline of Blyth. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rintoul, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Robinson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Rintoul. Steven, Stewart and Scott were Mr. and •Mrs. Harry Gutoikie, Michelle and Michael of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Oberholt- zer, Jeffery and Julie, Wat- erloo, and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Campbell and Heath- er, Kitchener.• ' We are pleased to report that Ted McClenaghan of •Kitchener is improving since his surgery: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mc- Clenaghan „ visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sacks of Ayton. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin John- ston, Robert and Graeme attended the funeral of, Mr. Johnston's brother-in-law, Mr. Harvey Tanner of Mil- verton on Monday. • The village has been with- out street lights since the storm last Wednesday. 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