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Times-Advocate, 1983-10-26, Page 21 Ifit's from Anstett's it says, `you're special' 11) Pulsar. Quartz The selection is big. The prices aren't. Pulsar Quartz Watches A perfect gift for Christmas • see our entire collection. Other gift ideas - quality Sheaffer or Cross pens and pen sets. Layaway now for Christmas. We gift wrap free of charge. Albert Street, Clinton 26 Mein Street South, Seeforth 264 Mein Street. f Teter 203 Durham Street fast, Welkarton 133 Outten Street foot. St. Marys ANSTETT MEMBAM ER MO RICAN ( I JEWELLERS GEM SOCIETY Page 2 October 26, Minimum fine reduced farther An unemployed father of two had the minimum fine cut in half when he pleaded guil- ty to not having insurance for his vehicle when he appeared before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake in Exeter court, Tuesday. Oushamone Bovavone, 429 Main St., Exeter, was charg- ed after being involved in an accident on Highway 4 north of Exeter on October 11. The court was told, through the assistance of an inter- preter, that the man had been returning from Clinton when the Collison occurred. He had been in Clinton to cancel the in surance on the vehicle because he could no longer af- ford it. He had planned to discontinue driving tho vehi- cle and it is no longer in use. In view of the extenuating circumstances, Mr. Wedlake reduced the fine to 9250 and gave the accused three months in which to pay. The minimum fine for the offence is $500. A fine of 9250 was levied against Thomas P Ducharme, 129 King St., Hen- sall, who pleaded guilty to driving while under suspen- sion. He was charged on June 4. Ducharme was given 60 days in which to pay and was given a further six-month licence suspension. Town of Exeter Souvenir Spoon Silver Only $750 Available at ANSTETT JEWELLER; 784 Main 5t f -voter • MINGLING— Tapestry Singer Calla Krause stands by to help lead pupils from Ex- eter and Usborne in a rousing rendition of Farewell to Nova Scotia when the singers visited the Exeter school. Learning through TVO is expanded in Huron By Rod Hilts Nine years ago the Huron County Board of Education began incorporating TV On- tario (TVO) programs into their elementary schools. To- day learning through TVO has expanded to the point where the board has designated one teacher on each elementary school staff to act as a television resource teacher (TRT). On Oct. 20 the board held a special tune-up session in Clinton, where 28 TRTs took a look at some new program- ming and ways of developing existing material. According to Dave Bieman, the media co-ordinator for the board, educational television is becoming a basic part of kids and compares it to "what parents remember as books". He said TVO resources have grown and improved significantly in nine years. "TVO resources keep get- ting better and better. I used to know every program TVO offered but now they must have over 1,300. I obviously don't know them all." Mr. Rieman said. The board purchases the programs from TVO but PLAN OPEN HOUSE When the students of Cen- tralia College of Agricultural Technology plan for the future, the future of agriculture, animal health and food service is their concern. Displays and demonstra- tions on the theme, "Pathway to the Future" are featured at Open House '83 on Wednes-. day, November 9 at the Col- lege from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. High School students and their families are especially welcome at Open House. It is the ideal time to meet the faculty and to observe college life. much of 'the costs are offset by a Ministry of Education and a Ministry of Culture grant. TVO is funded through grants from the provincial ministries of Citizenship and Culture, Education, and Col- leges and Universities. Public memberships and corpora- tions also partially fund the network. Presently more than 4,000 English and French TRTs, in almost 100 Ontario school boards, provide a personal link between the province's educational television net- work and more than 70,000 elementary and secondary schools. In most cases, the TRT is usually the school librarian, but may also be a teacher, or the principal. Most TVO pro- gramming is produced in series form, and like a book, offers a cumulative learning experience. The programm- ing is also tied to the Ministry of Education curriculum guidelines and are classroom - tested to ensure student com- prehension and is suitable to grade level. Caroline Young, the utiliza- tion officer for TVO, said Huron County was one of the first in the province to use the TRT system of filtering infor- mation systematically from TVO to the teachers. She is quick to point out that televi- sion isn't taking over the teacher's role. "Don't get the idea televi- sion is replacing the teacher. It's the doing not the viewing that counts," said Mrs. Young. Since many curriculum - related TVO series require in- teraction while viewing, the teacher must guide the view- ing experience rather than just sit back and let the class watch. For the past three years, the Huron Board of Education has been using TVO services toa large extent. With the in- creased amount of television children watch, TVO pro- gramming produces educa- tional guides to extend critical viewing. Some fo the more popular TVO school programming in- cludes Read All About It, paries -moi and Math Makers. Read All About It is a series aimed at developing com- prehension and vocabulary. Surveys indicated that junior students using this learning system gained significantly more in voca bWary and com- prehension than those who had not used the material. Parlez-moi is a series created for intermediate students stu- dying French as a second language. MathMakers is a series of programs that sup- ports the junior math cur- riculum. The series en- courages enthusiasm for math and relates math to the world. Teachers who used the series with their junior classes say they intend to con- tinue using it because of their students' increased learning and retention of mathematical skills and concepts. One of the key items on the Oct. 20 tune-up session agen- da was a new TVO production entitled Artscapp, an eight - part series designed for the --junior art currftulum. Each part takes a theme and is a strong compo: ent to help children develop their own art so that they can better understand their environment. In summing up the impact TVO programming has had on the students in Huron County, Mr. Bieman said that the schools were fortunate to have support from the board. "TVO programs and sup- port have helped our teachers accept the reality of TV in our society in a way that is mean- ingful to kids in the classroom," s..id Mr. Bieman. FINAL 3 DAYS murnoAosw • Quality Appliances for over 100years. $ss IISATE On All White Goods Picked Up Automatic 3 cyclo Washers $5119 3 Cycle wrrtewMtk Dryers •o( box o, Alt with $3 89 .och automatic washout' sold during sots. Two Door Frost Free Refrigerators :639'9 111111 &vs) Rawyes From Only ;469 iiMkrewaves From Only '329" kl WHITING'S WAREHOUSE Furniture and Appliances Sales & Service • Antiques & Things - Tuckersmithlans water ratechang.p e The residents of Vanastra In other business council government. Without this will face new water rates in passed a borrowing bylaw for support it will mean families 1994 if Tuckersmith Township $500,000 to help in meeting beginning in 1886 will have to council votes for the bylaw at township expenses until taxes pay the full rate of baby sit - its next meeting. Tuesday are collected. ting for their children without night council gave it the first Council will present a being subsidized by reading but the increases will resolution at a • meeting of government. be open for discussion at the boards and interested persons Only a family with income November 1 session when of local day care centres in 95,000 or less will be entitled Reeve Robert Bell is back in Wingham on October 25 to to subsidy. his chair. protest the proposed Vanastra resident Harry Reeve Bell is attending a withdrawal of financial sup- Sidney attended the council convention of counties and port by federal and provincial session to complain about the regions in Sarnia this condition his lawn and road weekend. Deputy reeve allowance were left in follow - William Brown was in charge ing the removal of trees. of the meeting. Allan Nicholson, road The new rates will bring in superintendent was asked to about $10,000 for the Vanastra look at the property and add Water System if approved – some fill if considered about 97,000 in consumptionnecessary. charges and over $2,500 in Council was notified that service charges. It costs Dr. Bill Thompson of RR 2 988,000 to operate the system. Seaforth has been named as The new rates porposed are new representative in this (a service charge per four area for the Goderich and month billing period): a single family, duplex and semi -residential units 920, up from $15; multiple units con- taining 3-4 residential units, $30; multiple units containing 5-6 residential units $45; multiple units containing 7-8 residential units $60; multiple units containing 9-10 residen- tial units *75; multiple units containing more than 11 residential units $100; a small commercial building 925 up from 915. In addition a con- sumption charge of 50 cents per cubic metre per four month billing period, up from 40 cents. A 10 percent penalty on all water accounts levied that re- mains outstanding after the due date which is unchanged. The new rates are propos- ed to start Jaunary 1, 1984, Councillor John Brownridge would not support the vote on the first reading of the bylaw as he was not in favour of the increases, "We increased the taxes a few weeks ago and now we increase the water rates. There is a tremendous amount of bitterness (in Vanastra) because the taxes are too high." Curriculum is updated An updated language arts curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 6 Huron County pupils has been completed after two summers of preparation.; Superin t of program Rt bert 11 presented a summary of the new cur- riculum developed by local teachers at a recent meeting of the board of education. One teacher referred to the preparation of the document as "the best professional development I ever had", Mr: McCall told the board. The new curriculum calls for "a positive, encouraging, non -threatening environment that will promote creativity, fluency, risk-taking and feel- ings of pride and self-worth," the superintendent noted. The new curriculum offers daily reading by the teachers and silent reading and daily writing by the students. "A variety of reading materials ( novels, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, tapes, legends, video cassettes, basals, etc. ) of varying levels of difficulty are incorporated into the pro- gram," said Mr. McCall. Essential to having these reading materials become part of the program is a "good class library", notes Mr. McCall's summation A basal (basic) reading series is not to be followed from beginning to end. As reading independence is achieved, basal material should only be used to supple- ment active teaching. The teacher is in charge of the program, not the basal reader. The teacher alters materials to accommodate the needs of the students." noted Mr. McCall. The new curriculum bases the students reading ability on their ability to read silent- ly rather than reading out loud or in front of the class. As for writing. "students learn to write by writing." notes the superintendent Grammar and form, taught during the writing period are part of the curriculum The curriculum focuses on teachers introducing gram- matical concepts and ter- minology while assisting students in discovering how their writing can be made more effective This method is the opposite to teaching grammar before writing. "That is the essence of what constitutes a meaningful language arts program and is a summary of what our new document addresses in theory and practice," concluded Mr. McCall. In the office: "When I think of the work that'll pile up while I'm on vacation, I'm tempted Weak for sick leave instead." Stephen taxes are rolling in Stephen township council has been informed by the pro- vince of Ontario that the tile drain loan allocation for the municipality for the 1983-84 term will be $371,400. A township official said there is considerable monies still available from this amount and further applica- tions will be considered. Of the township tax roll of 9827,288 which was due at the end of June, a total of 9748,906 has been received. The final tax payments for 1903 are due November 30. Clerk -treasurer Wilmar Wein will be attending the Huron Clerk -Treasurers Association annual meeting in Goderich on November 17. A bylaw was passed cover- ing the water service rate. Domestic users will be billed four times a year. Tapestry .Singers Continued from front page. Italian, German, Spanish, Ukrainian and Latin, and have a repertoire of over 650 numbers. Whenever the Tapestry Singers visit a community, they try to sandwich a few school performances in bet- ween their evening engagements. All agreed playing to a young audience was very rewarding and wor- thwhile, and said the Exeter audience was one of the best. "If the children can be that enthusiastic that early in the morning while sitting on a hard gym floor we know we have entertained them," one of the group remarked. Bob Missen was instrumen- tal (if you'll pardon the pun) in forming the group, known initially as the Fi-st Toronto Madrigal En.,emble, A deci- sion to diversify dictated a name change as well. Missen is the only one remaining of the original group. The Tapestry Singers held evening performances in Bayfield and Grand Bend while in this area, and also found time for a program ai JAD McCurdy School for almost 400 students from McCurdy, Stephen Central, Zurich and Hensall. Strang night Continued from front page Providing old time music was the Thames Road Musi- cians Guild including Bob and Harry Jeffrey, Ray Cann, Bill Rohde, Ken Duncan and Jean Hodgert. The Elimville Kit- chen Cuties also entertained. Delmar Skinner and Mary Rowcliffe presented readings, Margaret Hern sang several solos and the Usborne Central School senior choir completed the program. Minutes of the first 1947 meeting revealed the road superintendent received 60 cents per hour and the year's road budget was 925,000. District Association for the Mentally Retarded on the Special Day Care Center Board at Vanastra. Council was informed by Clerk Jack McLachlan that the Koma Boats Division of Charles Chapman Company Limited ceased the boat building operation at Vanastra at the end of May. Council is getting information with regard to holding a con- test for the design of a crest for the township this winter for the township's ses- quicentennial celebrations in 1985. You Are Invited To attend a Free Seminar on Personal Financial Planning Th,u rsday, Nov. 3 7 p.m. Old Town Hall, Exeter Minimizing income tax, how to retire comfortably, learn to invest wisely RRSP • GIC • RHOSP • ISIP • CSB Investment funds • Annuities Interest Dividends • Tax Planning Sponsored by One of Canada's Top Ten Financial Groups weierltoza Profit from our experience Ron Tippel, London, 1-686-5358 To all interested members of our community Here's an invitation to attend HURON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Professional Development Day Friday, October 28, 1983 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Seaforth Public School 11) lc 1 There will be several speakers and workshops of interest during the day. Babysitting services will be provided. Contact your local elementary school for more information. Please plan to join us.