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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-10-12, Page 10Page 10—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 12, 1988 Al's •sport AI's smile Al's snack PARTICIPACTION MAKES PERFECT vafriaaacr/on$ NOTICE VOTER IDENTIFICATION NOTICE Municipal electors in Ontario recently received a Voter Identification Notice concer- ning the upcoming municipal elections. As a result of a re- cent court decision, please be advised that the final date for requesting changes to the information contained in this Notice, has been chang- ed to October 15th, 1988. For further information call 1-800-263-3792 Ontario Ministry of Revenue 16 trustees since redistribution Trustees on the Huron County Board of Education have been advised of their redistribution and the accommodation of two additional trustees to bring their number to 16, in what Director of education Bob Allan called "one of the most signifi- cant political changes that could happen to the board." The clerks of the three highest populated municipalities in Huron County, namely the towns of Goderich and Exeter and the Township of Stephen, formed a committee in early August to discuss trustee distribu- tion for the HCBE. Bill 125, which was pass- ed in June, provided for trustees across On- tario to be distributed according to popula- tion rather than on the basis of property tax assessment. This necessitated the redistribution, and two trustees were added to the local board to reduce the workload on existing trustees through a board decision in June. The implications of the distribution are largely political, as most of the trustees will be running in different electoral districts in the upcoming municipal elections in November. The current trustees could also be forced to run against each other if their home addresses are within the same chang- edelectoral boundaries. Some of the other political implications are: the former division of Seaforth, Hullett, and McKillop which was represented by Graeme Craig and John Jewitt, is now divid- ed into two separate divisions including Blyth, Blyth and Hullett, and Seaforth and McKillop -each with one trustee. Another change of note is that the Town of Goderich has a population that warrants two trustees. Prior to the redistribution there was one trustee for the Town of Goderich, and.. a second representing Col- borne and Goderich. OPSTA ADDITIONAL FUNDING The Ontario Public School Trustees' Association requested roughly $5,000 from Leadership awards • from page 1 to the rural community and agriculture in Huron County. Award winners were Robert Broadfoot, RR 1 Brucefield, Allan Carter, RR 4 Clin- ton, Donald Dodds, RR 1 Seaforth, Neil Dolmage, RR 4 Walton, Ron Douglas, RR 1 Clifford and Brenda McIntosh, RR 4 Seaforth. The awards were presented by Linda Axtmann, President Huron County Junior Farmers and Anne Alton, Provin- cial Director Huron County Junior Farmers. `Huron County: An Agricultural Leader II' was sponsored by the Huron County Junior Farmers with co-operation from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Huron County can be proud of its people and its success. COUNTY OF HURON COUNTY APPOINTMENTS Non County Councillors Certain appointments are made each year by the County of Huron to various local boards or committee's for 1989. County appointments are to be made as follows: HURON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD If interested in being considered for appointment, submit details in writing including telephone number. Submissions to be received by the undersigned by November 3, 1988. B.G. Haply Clerk Administrator County of Huron Court House Square God.rich, Ontario N7A 1M2 SPECIAL REPORT the HCBE for a campaign to lobby the pro- vincial government, but the board agreed to table the request pending further information. The OPSTA claims the money is needed to fund a campaign to protect the right of school boards to tax commercial and in- dustrial assessment. This right is currently being challenged 'by the Ontario Govern- ment, or more specifically, the Macdonald commission. The contribution requested of school boards is 1/100 of one per cent of the board's overall budget -about $4,800 for the HCBE. SUMMER SCHOOL 1988 "Summer school could be thought of as easy marks for dumb kids by teachers from the bottom of the barrel." Frank MacDonald, principal of the sum- mer school, says these words reflect the type of negative attitude he sees in people who don't think summer school is a viable way for students to make up a year's failure. They ask how a person who fails a year can make up his grades in three weeks. Mr. MacDonald and Janice Buist, who was a program supervisor at summer school this year, attended before the board to tell how. Mr. MacDonald says the students who come back for more schooling during the summer have all failed -but they have come to grips with their failure and decided to do something about it. He calls them motived kids, and this motivation combined with a concentrated three hours of study per day, plus homework, gives them what they need to get their credits. The delegation remarked the staff at sum- mer school is generally a good mix of new teachers as well as experienced ones who come back year after year. Generally, he says summer" school attracts an en- thusiastic staff who enjoy the low teacher - pupil ratios in their summer classes. "The bottom line;" Mr. MacDonald says, "is that it's well worth doing." There were a total of 167 students who at- tended summer school in 1988, which was a decline of 18 per cent over the previous year. No reason for this can be given other than the guess that the many summer jobs available to students this summer had an in- fluence. Of the 167 students who attended summer school all but seven were successful. OPSTA CHARTERING MEETING A special meeting of members of the Nor- thern Ontario School Trustees Association, the Ontario Public School Trustees Associa- tion and the Association of Large School Boards of Ontario will be held on September c24 in Toronto. The purposes of the meeting are to pass a resolution authorizing the merger of the operations of the three boards, and to consider the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the OPSTA and the Executive Committee of the ALSBO authorizing their amalgamation pursuant to the Corporations Act. STUDENT AWARD WINNERS David Josephson of South Huron District High School was the winner of 'the `Royal Canadian Geography Society Award' presented ,by the Canadian Geographic Magazine. He also received $1,000 and a three year subscription to the magazine. David was one of 25 winners from across Canada. Deanna Brindley of Goderich District Col- legiate Institute was the first place winner in a shorthand contest sponsored by the On- tario Business Educators Association. Deanna placed first in Huron County with a mark of 91.8 per cent, and placed first in the Provincial Business Educators Shorthand Contest. Said Osman of South Huron District High School is the winner of the Chem 13 News Exam Award from Waterloo with a 96 per cent average. Said was one of 6,000 con- testants from Canada, The USA and Great Britain. DAY CARE IN SCHOOLS The HCBE received correspondence from the Toronto Board of Education stating that board had adopted a resolution stating: "That the Ministry of Community and Social Services be requested to provide financial assistance and a financial plann- ing service to public non-profit Day Care Boards located in schools and operated by boards of education in the province." No action was taken by the local board on this issue, but Director of Education Bob Allan commented that Day Care in schools would be a good thing and this is a good cause for the Toronto board to champion. Couple marks 50 years Tuesday evening visitors with Donald and Sandra Forster were Harvey and Margaret Ann Orr, Bill and Annette Robinson and Barb Gamble. Ken and Brenda Bridge returned last weekend from a conference trip to Calgary and Banff, Alberta. Happy Fiftieth Anniversary to Don and Anne McCosh. Neighbours, relatives and friends gathered Friday evening in the Pur- ple Grove Community Centre for a dinner followed by a delightful program of speeches, music and a hilarious skit put on by the Bible Study group. On Saturday an open house tea was held at the Ripley Legion Hall to mark this happy occasion. Among the out of town visitors were their daughter Mary Anne Kukoly of Kitimat, B.C., Verine Hawkshaw McPherson and Mrs. Bev Hossmon of Summerland, B.C., Olive Steen of Camrose, Alberta, George Knight of Picton, Ruth Colwell and Ellen McBride of Toronto, Audrey Schandlen of Port Credit, Ken and Betty Morrison, Kyle and Neil of Sudbury, Ken, Anne and Andrew Reid of Listowel, Jamie and Barb McEwan of Mississauga, Ken McEwan of Stratford, Leona and John Johnston of Molesworth and Jean Barnes of Clio, Michigan. PURPLE GROVE Don and Anne McCosh and family visited on Sunday with Currie Colwell and family in Kinloss Township. Tom and Maryse Cale, Cameron, Christopher and Suzanne entertained Graham and Bradley Cale from Greenock Township overnight on Saturday. Jean Barnes of Clio, Michigan is holiday- ing for a few weeks with Marjorie Thomp- son in Ripley. Also a recent visitor with Marj was her cousin Dorothy Reghi Of Tisdale, Sask., who also called on other relatives here. Spending Thanksgiving Monday with George and Susan Tesseris of Clinton were Bert and Marjorie Thompson, Jean Barnes, Kay Thacker and Kay Collins. Jack and Janet Farrell entertained their family on Sunday and visitors Kay Martin and friend from Calgary and Donald Hutton of Ripley. Jim and Fran Farrell, Christina Carmen, Jamie and Glen visited on Sunday for dinner with Derk and Tinie Logtenberg and family at Dungannon. BARRY W. 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