Times-Advocate, 1988-10-05, Page 25OPSTF invites renowned educator
Educator to give workshop in Wingham
CLINTON - the Huron and Bruce
Districts of the Ontario= Public
School Teachers' Federation are
pleased to have one of Canada's -best
known educators, Lloyd Dennis,
coming to Wingham to present his
progressive views on the realities of.
-education in today's society.
His workshop entitled "The
Learning Circus" will focus on the
"great and horrendous" that make up
the world of teaching and learning.
The purpose of the presentation is
to portray soma of the trials and
tribulations and 'the successes and
joys. that children, teachers, trus-
tees, administrators, pgliticians.and
parents experience in our greatest
public enterprise, education. Capti-
vating and entertaining the presenta-
tion is laced with threads of modern
classroom experiences and tied with
the realities of education in today's -
society.
Enlightening for consumers and.
uplifting for teachers, -the Learning
Circus is guaranteed to enhance
you, and send you away with an en-
livened view of -the school and what
it seeks to do.
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS - Taking home iridividual trophies in their cate-
gories were (back left) Tony Armstrong, MVP, Pee Wee II, Jim Brand,
Sportsmanship, Pee Wee I, Tonya Riehl, MIP Pee Wee II and (front) Craig
Hern, MIP Pee Wee I and Kevin Johns, Sportsmanship Pee Wee 11.
Tcacticr,-writer, consultant and ad-
ministrator, Dr. Dennis has a col-
ourful and varied background in edu-
cation. Dr. Dennis was the product
of a difficult and disjointed school
life. He became part of a citizens
group in Ontario during the restless
60's who were to examine the edu-
cation system of that era and recom-
mend -changes.
In 1967 he co-authored a report
called "Living and Learning" that
suggested a major overhaul of the
philosophy and methods that were
being used in education. The report
also known as the. Hall -Dennis Re-
port, suggested an educational sys-
tem based on active learning cen-
tres. This controversial report was
cheered by some and booed by oth-
ers.
It .sparked debate that raged for
years and is still prevalent today.
The philosophy. of this report has
shaped education from its inception
to the present.
Known throughout Canada as a
dynamic, entertaining and inspira-
tional speaker, Dr. Dennis will
present a workshop that is guaran-
teed to inspire.
This O.P.S.T.F. sponsored work-
shop will be held on Wednesday,
October 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Wingham Public School. All
members of the public are cordially
invited. It will give educators a
chance at further professional devel-
opment and will allow the puhlic
to learn more about the directions
of education and why it is going
that way.
It should be a night worthwhile
for everyone concerned about educa-
tion'in the arca, so plan to attend.
MURDER MYSTERY - John Rutledge gives Duncan Macgregor a "jump
start" to revive him from the dead while players Jim Mulhern, Alice Munro
and Mary Gregg watch, in the Blyth Festival murder mystery held last Sat-
urday.
MEMORIAL AWARD - Martin De Bruyn, president of the Exeter Centennial Soccer Club, presented the Scott
Hasselback Memorial Trophy for the family contributing the most to local soccer to the Pfaffs. Shown with De
Bruyn (right) are.Shane. Dean, Sherry and Jeni Mae. Missing: Kevin Pfaff.
Nominations
Notice to Municipal Electors
Township of Hay
TAKE NOTICE that persons maybe nominated as
cant t ates in an election between 9:0) o'clock in the
forenoon and 5 o'clock in the Afternoon of
NOMINATION DAY, Monday. October 17. 1988
but nothing in section 35 of the Municipal Elections
Act, R.S.O. 198Q, c 3Q8 prevents a person filing a
nomination paper with the clerk during his normal
office hours tdpring the four days immediately
preceding nominatio'n day.
Offices for Which Persons May Be Norhinated
A - Reeve, Deputy Reeve, and three councillors
for the Township of Hay Council.
B - One representative to be elected to the
combined Roman Catholic Separate School
Zone Board from any of the following munici-
palities: Township of Hay; Township of Stanley:
Village of Bayfield;. Village of Zurich and
Village of Hensall.
Electors are hereby required to take notice and govern
themselves accordingly. and further take notice that the
manner in which said nominations shall be filed is set
forth in section 36 of the Municipal Elections Act~
Nomination forms and full particulars of procedures to
be followed, may be obtained from the undersigned.
If a greater number of candidates than' required to fill
the said offices are nominated and make the required
declarations. notice of the time for the holding of the poll. •
including the advance poll and notice of the last day for
making applications for a certificate to vote by proxy will
be given forthwith.
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that where the
number of candidates for an office who are nominated at
the end of nomination day is not sufficient to fill the
number of vacancies to which the candidates may be
elected, subsection 1 of section 40 respecting acclamation
applies to those candidates and. on the Wednesday,
following nomination day. October 19, 1988, the clerk.
may. between the hours of 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 5
o'clock in the afternoon, receive and certify additional
nominations for the remaining vacancies in the office in •
respect of which there was an insufficient number of
candidates.
Given under my hand this 5th day of October 1988.
Joan M. Ducharme
Returning Officer
Drug education
now mandatory
TORONTO - Drug education will
be mandatory in Ontario schools
starting in the 1989-90 schodl year,
Education Minister Chris Ward an-
nounced tcxlay.
As a first step toward better drug
education, the Ministry will release
a new draft curriculum guideline on
physical and health education this
month, Mr. Ward said. Developed
over the past two years, the guide-
line makes mandatory a number of
drug education topics from grades
four Ctrough 10.
Under the new guideline, educa-
tion about tobacco will be mandato-
ry for students from grades four
through 10. in grades seven through
10, - learning about alcohol and
drugs such as marijuana and cocaine
will be mandatory for the first
time. •
"Teachers, school boards and
many different organizations have
been working to get a strong anti-
drug message across to our chil-
dren," Mr. Ward said. "But I believe
there is more to do. We have to try
to do a better job at drug education
in our schools."
in addition to the commitment to
mandatory drug education, Mr.
Ward announced other initiatives to
help Ontario schools be leaders in
drug education:
- the Ministry will take steps to
ensure that teachers have access to
up-to-date resource lists of drug
cation materials;
- the Ministry will help cover the
cost of having one representative
from each Ontario school board at-
tend this year's conference of the
Drug Education Co-ordinating
Council on October 31 and Novem-
ber 1 in Toronto. Boards with mi-
nority -language sections will be
provided with subsidies for two rep-
resentatives; and
the Ministry will strongly urge
each Ontario school board to devel-
op a comprehensive drug policy for
its jurisdiction.
"it is my hope that these initia-
tives, together with those already in
place, will help our schools 'en-
hance and protect the health and
well-being of all our students," said
Mr. Ward.
AUTOMOTIVE AWARD - Paul Scott presented the Gerry MacLean and
Son award at Friday's SHDHS Commencement to Deric McCann as the top
automotive student.
October 5, 1938
Page 9A
Mysterious killer
framed at Blyth
Memorial Hall
by audience
BLYTH - In front of over 100
people on Saturday, October 1, the
mysterious killer of Dr. Miller Ber-
nard (played by Duncan Macgregor),
Bruiser McCutcheon (played by Jim
Mulhern) and Chelsey Wilder
(played by Blyth Festival Artistic
Director, Katherine Kaszas) con-
fessed a multitude of crimes ori
stage at Blyth Memorial Hall.
Billed as a fund-raiser for the
Blyth FEstival capital building ex-
pansion project over $2000.00 was
raised through the hilarious murder
mystery dinner co-ordinated by Mar-
ian Doucette, President of the Blyth
Festival Board of Directors.
Murder Most Academic was writ-
ten by Colleen Curran and featured
an outstanding cast of celebrities
which included writer Alice Munro;
theatre critic Doug Bale of the Lon-
don Free Press; Jim Mulhern whose
company, Lyons and Mulhern Insu-
rance Brokers were the corporate
sponsors of the evening; Duncan
Macgregor; Artistic Director of Ca-
rousel Players of St. Catharines;
John Rutledge of Blyth; Mary
Gregg who made her acting debut as
the mysterious killer; Steve Hearn;
Katherine Kaszas; and Ann Elliott
as undercover detective Jamie Cag-
ney.
As audience members entered
Blyth Memorial Hall, everyone was
given a fictitious identity with hu-
morous names such as: Clinton Va-
nastra, Jasper Todd, Tyrone Hwang
and hundreds more. Favorite mo-
ments for the audience included the
"last minute" autopsy in the Me-
morial Hall kitchen complete with
buzz saw noises; bringing Dr. Mill-
er Bernard back to life with make-
shift props including jumper cables;
and the impressive interrogation by
Detective Jamie Cagney (played by
Ann Elliott) who interviewed many
audience members as to their opin-
ion on the identity of the murderer.
Thanks go to Stephen Oliver for di-
recting this popular murder mys-
tery.
If there is any perfect description
of this fun -filled evening of enter-
tainment it was "participatory thea-
tre for all". Here's hoping we'll be
able to step inside another mystery
next year at Blyth Memorial Hall.
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