The Citizen, 2006-02-02, Page 23meanwhile, spoke about what it
means to have a Catholic church
standing beside a school, as is the
case for several of the churches
recommended for closure in a recent
report by the London Diocese.
"For some children who do not
attend church regularly, it is their
only opportunity to participate in
mass at a church," she said.
Saying the group "understand(s)
this will be politically difficult for
you to do," the youth group
members called on the board to hold
an in camera session (behind closed
doors) to come up with an official
board position on the issue. They
requested two statements from the
board: one regarding the situation
across the board, and one pertaining
specifically to the Kingsbridge
community. '
Board chair Vince McInnes
assured the Kingsbridge delegation
the issue would be discussed.
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Kingsbridge school will close
Local band wins
battle at Beach
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
St. Joseph's Catholic elementary
school in Kingsbridge will close its
doors at the end of this school
calendar, a victim of declining
enrolment.
At a regular board meeting
Monday, Jan. 23, trustees of the
Huron-Perth Catholic District
School Board were informed
enrolment had failed to meet an
agreed target of 54- students by a
deadline of Jan. 1, 2006. According
to a set of recommendations
approved almost a year ago,
following consultation with
community members, the board can
now move to close the facility
effective Sept. 1, 2006.
The board's preference is to have
all 42 students relocate to St.
Joseph's elementary school in
Clinton, although business
superintendent Gerry ' Thuss
admitted there are some parents who
expressed a desire to have their
children attend schools in Wingham
or Goderich.
But he expected the vast majority
will choose the Clinton option, since
secondary students from the
Kingsbridge area already are
transported to St. Anne's high school
in Clinton.
The elementary school in Clinton
is a brand new facility, having just
been built to replace an aging school
of the same name.
Also at the Jan. 23 meeting, the
Huron-Perth board announced it had
sold the former elementary building
to the municipality of Central
Huron, which aims to connect it in
some way with an adjacent
community park. No other details
were provided, but a news release
stated "the municipality will be
investigating a number of potential
uses for the site over the next 12
months."
A group of Kingsbridge church
youth group members attended the
Jan. 23 school board meeting, along
with parent Jennifer Miltenburg.
Miltenburg spearheaded the
community's efforts to extend the
By Heather Crawford
Citizen staff
Perish, a local punk rock band
took home yet another award at the
Winterfest battle-of-the-bands
contest in Sauble Beach on Friday,
Jan. 27.
The group faced 14 bands and
took home first prize which was 10
hours of recording time at Vert
Productions, a recording studio in
Owen Sound.
The contest was sponsored by the
Sauble Beach Chamber of
Commerce and representatives from
local radio station 94.5 The Bull
were present.
"It's an excellent opportunity for
young bands," said Mark
Wunderlich, who organized the
event and started it 10 years ago
with the help of his two children.
"The idea is to get everybody out
of basements and give them a
chance to play," he said.
Wunderlich said this year's event
was an "overwhelming success," and
that over 200 people came out to
listen to the bands. Money raised at
the concert has gone to drama and
music programs at local high
schools as well as beach volleyball
programs.
"Not every young person wants to
grow up to be a basketball or hockey
star," he said. "Some people want to
be a rock star and it is proven that
music will help your academic life."
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group are lead singer Shaun Henry,
formerly of Blyth, guitarist Joshua
Gropp of Brussels, drummer Rob
McKercher formerly of Brussels and
bass player Tom Ireland of
Teeswater.
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McKercher were in elementary
school. All members graduated from
F.E. Madill Secondary School in
Wingham.
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school's life, eventually convincing
the board on Feb. 28, 2005 to
undertake one last attempt to build
enrolment.
She introduced the youth group
members, and also thanked the
board for agreeing to give it a try.
"That meant a lot to the community.
It really did," she said.
And speaking about what is now
certain closure for the school, she
said, "there's a lot different mood
this year than there was last year . . .
We're sad to see the school close, but
we also recognize that it's something
that's going to be good for the school
board in the long run."
Two members of the youth group
- which is made up largely of
students older than elementary
school age - echoed Miltenburg's
praise for the board regarding the
impending school closure.
But they also called on the board
to develop a position on the possible
closure of several area Catholic
parishes within the board's territory,
and make that position known to the
Catholic church's London Diocese.
"We feel (the closure of small
rural parishes) will adversely affect
the faith education of students in our
board," said the group's treasurer.
The recording secretary,