The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-09-06, Page 1Flower show exhibitors should know judging standards.
The quality of the cut flowers in the
annual section was very good said Marjorie
MacLean, who judged the annual flower
show of the Lucknow Horticultural Society.
"The petunias and pansies were beautiful
considering the wind and rain we've had,"
she commented.
The number of exhibits was up this year
and the overall quality was good. The
house plants were especially fine she said.
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It was a good display but Mrs. MacLean
offered the criticism that exhibitors should
be required to know the judges' standards
as they are set out in the book, Horticulture
Judges Standard, publication 34, put out
by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
In some classes Mrs. MacLean only
awarded a third prize because there were
no entries worthy of a second or first prize.
African violets for instance must be
clean and free of blemishes. A corsage
must have wire, ribbon and a pin. An
arrangement said Mrs. MacLean should
use an oasis. An arrangement cannot just
be stuck in vase. Annuals must be free of
damage, insects and the judge looks for
size .and quality.
Every member should know what
flowers to take to a show and what to leave
home. To do this they must know the
S10 A Year In Advance $14 To U.S.A. and Foreign
Enrolrneii
down
Enrolment at Lucknow
Central Public School is
down this year. Approxim-
ately 250 students registered
on Tuesday whereas about
275 attended the first day
last year.
There is only one staff
change this year. Deb Price
left Lucknow Central and is
teaching ,at Kinloss Central.
First day
at school
These smiling faces reflect
the excitement of the first
day at school. Nancy Macln-
tyre's morning kindergarten
class gathered around the
piano to learn new songs
during their first morning in
school. Classmates are, back
row, left to right, Robin
Neabel, Adam Krogh, Peter
Neufeld, Adrian Raw, [be-
hind the piano], Karen
Miller, Tracy Ward, Allyson
Haldenby, Jason Humphrey,
Mark Andrew,Luke Cran-
ston, David Leddy, and Dale
Priestap. Front row, left to
right, are Kristen Owen,
Andrew Glenn, Mary Marg-
aret Miller, Meagen John-
stone, Cailin Clarke, Mich-
elle Cross.
ministry's standards.
Mrs. MacLean said she would be willing
to attend a meeting of the Horticulture
Society to discuss the standards for
competition and to outline • some. of the
reasons for her placing of flowers entered
in last week's show.
She added that judging is only one
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Bruce board of education changes bus route
Four Madill Secondary students who live
on the 10th concession of Kinloss Township
will not be picked up by a Madill school bus
at their gateways this year because they
are attending school outside their own
school area.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob MacDonald, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernie Hanna and Mrs. Anne Nicolson
have been paying tuition to send their
children to F. E. Madill and until this fall a
Madill bus always passed their homes on
the tenth.
They were informed by the Bruce Board
of Education in August that the Madill bus
should not have been travelling along the
tenth concession last year because the
tenth is no longer in the Madill School
area.
The boundary line between the Kincar-
dine School district and the Wingham
School district was changed in September
of 1972, when it was moved to make the
tenth concession of Kinloss the boundary
line.
At that time, any student '`who had
entered Madill Secondary before 1972 was
allowed to continue going to Madill until
graduation. During this phasing in period
the Madill bus continued totravel along
the tenth. The bus travelling the tenth last
year was a mistake that was caught in the
middle .of the year according to Director of
Education Jack Bowers.
This year the Madill bus travels along
the eighth concession and up the sideroad
towards the tenth to the farm of Claude
Dore where it turns around and goes back
to the eighth. Last year the bus came down
the tenth.
PROPERTY IN HURON
Ernie Hanna continued to send his
children to Madill after the boundary
change because he owns property in Huron
County and in the Madill area of Bruce
County. He was informed that he could
send his children to , Madill because his
Huron assessment exceeded $5,000.
A Madill bus continued to pick up his
children after the boundary was changed.
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Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald and Mrs.
Nicolson elected to pay tuition and send
their children to Madill because the Madill
bus passed their gateways to pick up the
Hanna children. As the Hannas are no
longer eligible to go to Madill, the Bruce
Board is not obligated to send a Madill bus
down the tenth and the other two families
lose their transportation as well.
A MISTAKE
Director of Education, Jack Bowers said
Tuesday that the bus should not have been
travelling the tenth last year and that the
"bus operator was informed that the route
was changed and he was not to travel the
tenth this year.
When asked why the bus travelled the
tenth last year, Mr. Bowers said it was not
supposed to be travelling thetenth last
year and that it was possible the bus
operator was not following the bus routes
set out by the Board of Education.
The parents believed that the cost of
transportation was paid for by grants to the
Board from the Ministry, of Education
based on the number of children picked up
by the buses. They felt that there would be
no extra cost to the Board to pick up the
children on the tenth because they received
grants from the number of children picked
up.
Mr. Bowers however, said Tuesday,. that
transportation is paid according to the cost
of transporting the ,students. The money
available to the Board from the Ministry is
paid according to a base price for the size
of bus and the cost per mile.
He estimated that the bus would travel
an extra four miles a day, if it went down
the tenth. While this would not be a great
deal of money, he said that, if they
provided transportation in this situation
there would be requests in similar
boundary line areas throughout the county
and the cost for transportating students to
schools outside their school area would add
up.
Ernie Hanna commented that if his child
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