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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-04-18, Page 1knielei to is WBCKMOW. OIitARIO The, Rub' Kar Rally held in Lucknow.last Saturday saw cubs from Teeswater, Ripley, Kat Kincardine and Lueknob+gettogether to racecto seewwast.These'C kJ Rally Cube were th+e starters' of the _heats and include left to right, Jeremy O'Neill, Ben Brophy, Jason Brophy and Joe Brophy. (Marg Burkhart photo) Huron County trustees need.. mare feedback. on junior kndergaarten By Neil Corbett Some school board trustees in Huron County don't know which way to vote in the issue of junior kindergarten, and they want to hear the public's opinions. The Ministry of Education has said that junior kindergarten must be implemented in all schools in the province, but the local board has declared its opposition to school for four -year-olds. But the ministry is now offering grants to help school boards offset the cost of implementing junior kindergarten. The trustees' dilemma is 'do we continue op- posing junior kindergarten (called SA.) and risk mis ing out on grants, or get on with the j.k. and bear the costs with some ministry financial help?' . "Thumbs downs," is the opinion of Nor- man Wilson, trustee from Howick Township. Ile said junior.kindergarten is being forced on school boards as the pro- vincial government's answer to day care problems. "I think if we hold off on implementing �aenaior kindergarten until 19M when we're forced to (the province's deadline for having a j.k. program is 1994), the monies we will have saved at the local level will more than offset what ,.e woHd receive now," said Wilson. "I feel veryngly, that at the .aid of Grade 5 you will not be able to tell children who have taken j.k. over those who haven't," said Wilson, adding that the education system is being "top driven, rather than user driven." "This board has been on record saying it's opposed to junior kindergarten; We can't afford it and the province can't af- ford it," said Norman Pickell of Goderich. He pointed out the specific pro- blems of a lack of space, and a shortage of qualified teachers. Graeme Craig, trustee for Seaforth and McKillop, supported the idea. of waiting until • the 1994 deadline, saying that by then the ministry of education may have a different policy on junior kindergarten. On the • other side Rick Rompf, Goderich trustee, said ."if it's going to be ram jammed down our throats anyway, I'm. concerned about our losing those. in- centives." • Turn topage 2• Maitland Valley Conservation Authority recognizes Earth Day On April 22, people around the world will take time to recognize and celebrate Earth Day. Earth Day is intended to be a day to recognize the importance of the etllvironment, and to look at how we all can make changes in our lives, to make the world a better place to live. Earth Day events have been planned in over 130 countries. The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) would like to en- courage residents of the Maitland River watershed to become aware of the local environnnental issues that threaten the • health of local natural resources such as soil and water. "There is no doubt that local en- vironmental problems are serious", said MVCA Chairman Bruce McCall. "Water pollution, soil erosion and degradation, and loss of wetlands are all problems we must face. If we don't begun to change our attitude toward the environment and these resources, there may be little left to pass onto our children. Fortunately more and more people are becoming aware of these issues," said McCall. To help make .people aware of en- vironmental issues the MVCA, in . co- operation with CKNX Broadcasting and other conservation authorities, will be distributing tree seedlings to area schools. Students receiving trees will be encouraged to involve their ,parents in the tree planting. Turn topage 2e SleepingChildren Around the World Children Around a World (SCA W) is the personal charity of Mur- ray Dryden of Toronto. It was eiarted 90 years ago, after Murray and his late wife, Margaret visited Pakistan and tripper] over children sleeping in the street, Trois ririlque ~WI has psi it ed "bedkits" for over ,000 of the world's poorest children in 20 nations. 100% of the money donated goes to the bedkits, all adminisUative coats are borne by Mr. Dryden and some of his volunteers. SCA ►W' bedkits are made in the conn= tries where they will be distributed. Murray Dryden works with various ser- vice groups: suet as Kiwatais and Rotary clubs as well as Salvation Army and other churches to distribute the kits in. Third World nations. Volunteers travel to these countries at their own expense to deliver the bedkits to each child per- sonally. SCAN supporters donate $28 per bedkit which consists of a change of clothes, pyjamas, a sweater, blanket and a sleeping bag. Each donor receives a picture of the child who receives the bedkit. Bette Sergeant and her husband. of Tillsonburg, Ontario lave travelledto eleven countries including India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia distributing bedklts to\ children. She will show slides and ' tell about SCAW at the U.C.W. Thankoffering in Lucknow United Church on Sunday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. Council opens tenders Lucknow .Village 'council' met .on April 10 et which time Peter Steer, Fire Chief was in attendance. to express his con- cern with a fire hazard located in the village. Council agreed to. meet with the owner regarding property standards. Doug Gollan waited on council re- questing that his name be put on a list of those requiring fill when the sewer project takes place. Council agreed to considerhis .request at that time. The president of the Lucknow Business Association, Brian Knechtel,• attended the meeting and voiced the concerns of the association regarding rumours circulating pertaining to the closing 'Of the local post office. Council agreed to contact Murray Cardiff, M.P., in this regard for clarification. Council accepted the tender of C & M Construction for reconstruction of the Town Hall steps in the amount of $2.290. Council approved the• hookup to the ,Lucknow Waterworks System by Tom Pegg, in accordance with an agreement- of March 9, 1976, and that this condition of the agreement is now fulfilled. Truck tenders were opened and coun— cil cil voted in favour of purchasing an F-450 truck from Montgomery Motors Ltd., for a total price of $19,548.28. Turn to page 3 Lions co -host Convention Close to 500 Lions club members from Lions Head to Goderich to Orangeville will converge . on Kincardine this weekend for the 1990 District. A-9 Lions Convention. This year's speaker is Austin Jennings, immediate past inter- national president of the Lions movement. Convention chairman Dennis Plavell said the convention was last held in Kincardine seven years ago. This year, it is busted by Lions clubs from Kincar- dine, Tiverton and Lucknoiv. He said the main purpose of the con- vention is to elect the district executive for 1990=91 and this year's district gover- nor. overnor. The post, involving visits to district clubs and requests for specific com- munity projects, is being contested by Goderich resident, Mel Bogie and Clif- ford lifford resident, Ivan Campbell.