Clinton News-Record, 1978-06-22, Page 3•
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People in Profile:
Karen off to Haiti
BY JOANNE WALTERS Karen also had to
While many Goderich gather a list of 16 prayer
students will be working
at ordinary summer jobs
this year, Karen Rodges,
17, will be going on the
adventure of a lifetime.
Karen will be living in
Haiti for approximately
two months as a work
missionary with 29 other
young people.
Karen, a Grade 12
student at G.D.C.I. and
daughter of Leonard and
Eileen Rodges of RR2
Clinton says she is really
excited about the whole
experience which is
awaiting her and her
parents are excited for
her -too although they are
also understandably a bit
anxious about having the
second youngest of their
nine children move so far
away from home. Karen
is the first one out of six
sisters and two brothers
to strike off on such an
adventure.
Karen first heard about
the work missionary
program in an in-
terdenominational
church publication which
comes to her parents'
home entitled The Moody
Monthly. She wrote for
,more information and
sent in an application
form which was ac-
cepted. Since that time,
she has been busy
learning Creole, a
language not unlike
French, used on the
island of Haiti, a former
French colony. She uses a
language tape and says
the crash course in Creole
is quite difficult. In fact,
one of the first things she
learned to say was, "I
can't understand..."
Karen has also been
busy raising her own
support for the trip in
both money and prayer.
People are anxious to
support- her she says and
already she has sent in
about $600 for the trip -
which costs about $850
including food and
lodging. About $100 of this
money goes toward the
building fund since
Karen's work team of 30
will be building a dining
room and kitchen area
for a secondary school in
Verettes, Haiti.
Altogether then, her team
will be supplying about
$3,000 toward the building
project.
partners, people who will
pray for her daily while
she is away. She even has
a small prayer card with
her picture on it to
distribute to these sup-
porters in reme.nbrance
of her.
The work missionary
project which Karen is
participating in,.. is
sponsored by Teen
Missions International,
an interdenominational
church organization
Karen herself is a
member of the Free
Methodist Church in
Goderich and she is also
president of that church's
young people's group.
Free Methodist Youth
(F.M.Y.) which meets
every Friday night for
Bible study, discussions
and games nights.
Teen Missions Inter-
national sponsors dif-
ferent projects all over
the world. This summer,
about 1,360 young men
and women, ages 14 to 19
from all over Canada and
the U.S. (and even a few
from outside North
America) will be spread
out in teams of 30 all over
South America, France,
England, Ireland,
Scotland, Israel and the
West Indies just to name
a few places. Some of the
teams are evangelical
says Karen. She knows of
one team which will work
in Mexico holding Bible
studies for children and
another team which will
hold crusades while bike -
hiking in England. All of
the projects are designed
to let the participants
know what missions are
all about.
Karen was most in-
terested in the Haiti team
project and- chose to be
involved in this one even
though it will involve
some hardships. She -
knows, two full-time
missionaries already
living there as well.
They are Ron and Linda
Curl. Mr. Curl used to be
the minister at Huron
Men's Chapel in Auburn.
Karen has to be in
Florida by June 10. Here
she will attend a two
week training camp
known as boot camp.
There are two such boot
camps and some of the
other projects start two
Scores hole in one
Derek Divok, 17, of
Clinton walked off the
Bluewater Golf Course in
Bayfield recently with a
hole -in -one.
Derek, who has been
golfing for five years now
and plays the game daily,
hit the perfect shot on the
fifth hole of 134 yards
with a nine iron. His shot
was witnessed by Steve
Colclough, Rick Carter
and Doug Downey.
The boys also wit-
nessed Derek's low
scoring game of 64 for 18
holes. The game was the
lowest scored ever at the
course. As well, Derek hit
the second hole -in -one
this season at the course
which is a record. The
first hole -in -one was
scored in May by Ed
Oddliefson.
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weeks later than Karen's.
At boot camp, Karen will
receive Bible training
and will even learn brick
laying since her project
involves construction.
She will also be taken
over a seven minute
obstacle course which
includes going through a
jungle, over a mass of
ropes twisted together
like a spider's web and
scaling a seven foot
smooth wall.
After leaving boot
camp, Karen- will fly to
Haiti in the West Indies
with the rest of her team.
She can only take 35
pounds of luggage with
her including her
sleeping bag which
weighs four pounds.
Once in Haiti, Karen's
schedule will consist of
getting up at 6 a.m.,
spending time on per-
sonal devotions, break-
fast, working on the
construction of the dining
room and kitchen from
Monday to Saturday with
Saturday afternoon off,
group devotions at lunch
time, Bible study in the
evenings and visiting
other missions in Haiti on
Sundays. She has seven
religious doctrinal
statements in which she
must believe. And while
in Haiti, she will be busy
writing to family, friends
and supporters about her
progression.
There are two adult
leaders to guide the team.
Karen thinks her team
will be sleeping right at
the school, on the con-
struction site but at boot
camp they will sleep in
tents. She says it is very,
very hot • in Haiti from
what she has heard and
often goes up over 100
degrees Fahrenheit so
she plans on taking lots of
lotion with her to prevent
burning. As far as she
knows, she will be eating
much the same food as
she is already ac-
customed to.
She says she doesn't
have too much in-
formation on Haiti yet.
She knows it is a small
island, half of which is
Dominican Republic. It
has one of the. poorest
economies in the world.
This economy includes
light industry,
agriculture and tourism.
The natives are mostly
Negro and some practise
the Roman Catholic
religion while others
follow voodooism.
Karen will be in Haiti
until August 15. She's not
sure what she'll do after
she returns- home. She
could decide to go back to
G.D.C.I. for her Grade 13,
or on to college or out to
work. Her favorite areas
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Karen Rodges.
Grandstand to get
official opening
The Clinton Town Council, in co-
operation with the Clinton Kinsmen
and Kinettes is planning gala official
dedication of the new grandstand, with
a special ribbon cutting ceremony and
mammoth street dance to follow.
Original plans to officially present
the new grandstand to the townspeople
on the first race date Sunday, June 25
were reviewed by the racing com-
mittee. It was decided at that time that
the event should cater to the people in
the area, rather than just the racing
enthusiasts present on that Sunday,
many of whom would be from out of
town. The grandstand, it was felt, has
potential use for all of the community,
as witnessed recently by those at-
tending the spring fair.
In accordance with this decision to
share the dedication and celebration
with as many Clinton and area people
as possible, Saturday, September 9 has
been chosen for the occasion.
The Kinsmen and the Kinettes feel
extremely fortunate to have been able
to engage the six piece orchestra from
London which is fast becoming one of
the most popular dance bands around,
"The Group Called Brown." The
dancing will take place around the
grandstand area and in the event of
inclement weather, the ceremony and
dance will be held under the grand-
stand.
Ira order to attract as large a crowd
as possible, tickets have been reduced
to a low $2 per person in -advance and $3
a person at the gate. A midnight lunch
of Oktoberfest sausage, saukerkraut
and coffee will be available.
All proceeds from the event will go
toward paying off the grandstand debt
which has already been reduced from
$249,000 to approximately $35,000 at
this time.
So make it a date on your calender
now: Saturday, September 9 and come
out and take part in this fun street
dance and show a vote of confidence in
the work of your Clinton Kinsmen and
Kinettes.
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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY. JUNE 22, 1978—PAGE 3
Principals appeal for help
BY JEFF SEDDON
Elementary school principals ap-
pealed to the Huron County Board of
Education last week not to take their
secretaries away from them next year.
The principals took a proposal to the
board objecting to a recommendation
made by the board's fiscal and
property policies committee to cut
elementary secretarial time by 760
hours per week in the county. The
principals said that the policy in force
before the suggested cuts was "barely
adequate" but considerably more
reasonable than the suggested
revision.
Arnold Mathers, principal of Huron
Centennial Public School south of
Clinton, told the board a reduction of
principal's secretarial time would
further cramp the already tight
schedule of a principal. He said the
elementary school principal's
association had appealed to the board
every year for the past five years for
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for 17 years he devoted his free time to
the `Kingsway-Lambton Church as
Clerk of the Session.
Mr. Morrell has preached at many
other West Toronto churches and most
recently was a guest at Windermere as
well as Runnymede for their 50th an-
niversary service.
This month, Mr. Morrell will install
the Reverend Dr. R.B. Graig of
Humbercrest United Church as the
succeeding chairman.
It is unlikely that Mr. Morrell will
have much free time on his hands now
that his duties as chairman are com-
pleted. Along with his wife Florence
and daughter Julia, the family spends
the summer months at the Georgian
Bay hideway. As well Mr. Morrell is an
avid collector on antiques and
Canadiana.
stuck in
One of the favorite and most
dreaded days that I celebrated and
mourned for years was the last day
of school.
From day one, up to the finishing
day of university, I can vividly
remember both the fond and
gruesome memories of summer
vacation. I remember how the joy of
th9 first happy holidays were always
,ruined by the fact that the envelope
containing my report card would be
arriving in the mail soon.,
Each morning, with the cloud of
doom hanging over my head, I would
dash out to the mailbox before my
mother could get there, hoping to
retrieve the incriminating piece of
paper that would undoubtedly lead
to my grounding for the entire
sum mer.
How I wished that I'd been nicer to
my math teacher, and studied
harder for my English exam instead
of reading another book.
I felt exasperated, I'd tried as
hard as I could in science, but those
experiments and operations just
more secretarial time and was asking
the board to not only ignore the
recommendation to reduce secretarial
time but to consider authorizing more.
Mathers suggested that the board
consider giving principals of schools
with less than 199 students a secretary
28 hours per week where they now get
one 24.5 hours per week. He suggested
schools with between 200 to 399 students
get 35 hours of secretarial help where
they now get between 31.5 and 35 hours
and schools with 400 students or more
get 42 hours per week where they now
get 35 hours.
The revised policy suggested by the
property committee granted schools
with less than 150 pupils, seven hours
secretarial time per week. Schools with
between 150 and 300 students were
given 24.5 hours per week. Those •with
between 300 and 450 students were
given 31.5 hours per week and those
over 450 students were given 35 hours
per week. -.
Mathers argued that adequate
secretarial assistance was of
paramount importance to the smooth
operation of any elementary school. He
said all but six elementary schools in
the county had teaching principals
pointing out that the proposed policy
penalized smaller schools. He said the
added secretarial time could be
justified by the principals if the board
wished.
Mathers said public relations en-
couraged in elementary schools has
encouraged increased visits to the
schools by parents, more telephone
calls from parents, school newsletters,
parent -teacher interviews and other
duties that the principals must assume.
He said along with that principals
were required to spend time counting
and banking milk money, typing class
list, bus lists, O.S.R. cards, monthly
reports, ministry reports, reading mail
which has doubled in the past three
years, organizing field trips, camp
programs, money raising projects,
class picture money collection and
accounting, organizing school testing
programs, handling library duties,
handling administration of school
supplies and organizing special school
events.
Bill Black, president of the county
elementary school principal's
association told the board in a letter
that the secretarial cuts will not really
save money.
"In our striving to provide leadership
in our schools and quality of education
for the pupils under our care we really
cannot feel that it is money saved to
have principals spending more time
counting milk money, answering
telephones, typing letters, sorting bills,
bandaging knees and checking sup-
plies."
The board asked the propel ty
committee to meet with the principals
to work out a policy for secretarial help
and make a recommendation to the
board for its August meeting.
Qptimism....
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policies and wage demands.
In the last 15 months, the active beds
were 76 per cent occupied, with a total
of 1,809 admission, 105 births, and 56
deaths.
There were 527 surgical operations;
7,529 X -Ray examinations; and 6,335
persons treated in the emergency unit.
The hospital also did 296,350 tests in
their own lab, and sent an additional
13,831 tests out.
The hospital washed 96 tons of
laundry, and served 24,003 meals.
Five governors were elected to the
boa -rd of governors. They include Hugh
Flynn, Leen Rehorst, Art Aiken, Duff
Thompson, and a new member, Iner
Smith, who replaces Bess Fingland.
Mrs. Fingland stepped down after
serving as a volunteer on the board,
saying she wanted to see new blood on
the board and "12 years is long
enough."
wouldn't sink into the memory
banks of my brain.
Prior to the arrival of nay report
card, I'd always have great schemes
to destroy it or have planned an
extended vacation, as far away from
home as possible, but I never was
dishonest enough to do either.
Some years I'd fare alright and
would end up coming close to my
sister's top grades, but of course
there were the other years when I'd
be faced with a grilling from my
mother.
Remember the favorite excuse?
"Mr. Smith gives me crummy
marks because he doesn't like me,"
I'd swear.
"Why doesn't he like you?"
Mother would retaliate.
"Um, I dunno, he just doesn't," I'd
reply intelligently.
At least when worse came to
worse I could always rely on my art,
English and musit marks. I always
did well in English, I really enjoyed
music, and my art teacher always
gave everyone the same marks on
reports and never failed anyone.
My standard report always read,
"Shelley has tried hard this term,
but seems to be a little behind in her
arith metic."
When I look through my old
reports from Grade 1 up to Grade .10
the comments were always the same
and poor little Shelley was always
behind in her .math. That era in my
life came to a quick halt in Grade 11
when I promptly dropped the subject
and all other scientific related
courses. Luckily for me, calculators
have been invented by that time to
aid me in any mathematic queries.
(Unfortunately the newer models
are even too complicated for me
now.) ' _
But, despite all my days of anxious -
waiting and feeling of failure, I
always managed to pull up my socks
and made it through public school,
high school and university.
That sure was a long way to go,
but at least I don't have to worry
about getting any more of those darn
reports again. (Editor's note: this is
only worth a "B" minus)
Millions of tourists spend
billions of dollars a year
in Ontario.
That means jobs!
Would you believe it.' Tourism creates
over 400,000 jobs in our province. It
hrings.in more than 4 pillion dollars a
year. In the end it helps pay for
government services that the people of
Ontario need.
That's why Ontario is launching a
special promotional program to tell
people in other parts of Canada and in
the that they are
especially welcome as
visitors to Ontario.
We're saying "we treat
you royally"
Last year, over 100 million visitors
enjoyed Ontario's hospitality. This.year
we're expecting even more. Here's
where you came in. You can make every
one of these visitors glad they're here,
and give them a good impression to take
home. That way, they'll want to come
hack, and will tell their friends to come
here, too. That's good business.
Let's all treat visitors royally. We'll
not only he helping to create jobs...
we'll he making new friends.
Your Ontario Government actively
helps develop tourist facilities, staffs
travel information offices, and promotes
Ontario as a most attractive
vacationland and convention centre.
Travel Ontario yourself this summer.
For your free "Get to Know Ontario"
kit, xx hich includes our Traveller's
Encyclopedia of ()mara° and our
"Summer Events" brochure, call collect
or write to:
Ontario Travel
Department 3
Ministry of industry St Tourism
Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
Tel: (416) 965-4008
John R. Rhodes,
Minister of
Industry & Tourism
William Davis, Premier
Province of Ontario