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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-01-21, Page 18PAGE 2A —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987 at 11...CIIMPE2.21=1=12.M1.01.1®ate®tea®mom ®4g,a,.®eS, aloe °Is Bakery Tito U0Ino of the Testy bray 9577 to 1987 49 West St. Godewleli 524—n41 \AL JA:t►,LL COUPON Save 50° on the purchase of one Dozen Donuts. Reg. $2.99, with coupon $2.49. OFFER EXPIRES FEB. 3/87. i .Y se 001 There is talk in some circles of raising. the legal school -leaving age to eighteen, or the completion of Grade XII, whichever comes first. The fact that this is an agenda item in any circle, means that there is some panic about our inability to hold many . Canadian youth in school long enough to ensure that they are sufficiently educated to secure employment. Perhaps this item sits on a political agenda as governments sense that, the longer we can keep young people out of the job market, the less critical our unemployment situa- tion will appear. (In the same vein, discus- sions about raising the legal driving age to eighteen could be another political gesture to effectively eliminate many young peo- ple from securing employment and thereby to stall their entry into the work force.) While, on the surface, these solutions to an acute unemployment problem for out- of-school adolescents will be easy to legislate, we must ask ourselves if this will be either a humane or an effective solution to a complex, multi -faceted problem. For- cing young people to stay in school when the education they are receiving is,in their words "irrelevant" to where they want to be or what they want to do will create hostility which, to my mind, will hamper learning and could aggrevate disruptive behaviour in our secondary schools. Rather than a legislated approach to a Focial problem, Iwould prefer to see our ederal and Provincial Governments in- crease funding to school boards to promote creative learning situations more suited to the learning needs of youth who do not thrive in the traditional academic environ - LL ON T L'WIFTY! OUR JANUARY SPECIAL $13995 I'I 1011 1987 Toyota CorollaTHEFrf �C 5248311 . RIEKNIANII 1 WEEK Includes 700 FREE Km. OYOTA ndate must than e TRUSTEE TALK Joan Van den Broach ment of our secondary schools. Recently, we have seen some very positive move- ment in this direction and increasing co- operation between schools, industry, and • Employment and Immigration Canada bid good tidings for the future. Current initiatives available to Ontario School Boards, which' the Huron County • Board of Education is participating in, in- clude co-operative education programs currently in place at Central Huron and South= Huron Secondary Schools and in a formative stage at Seaforth District High School. In the fall of 19$7, this program will be expanded to include all the secondary schools under the Board's jurisdiction. This program allows students an oppor- • tunity for hands-on experience in the work place. In addition to this program, a varia- tion of this project, "Transttiontp Employ- ment" is also under study. Another Ministry of Education program 'Ties to Business and Industry' has recently been formalized which will hopefully establish meaningful links between Champion Road Machinery and G.D.C:J. with an eye to in- troducing school students to contemporary .technology in a manufacturing environ- . ment. These high -interest programs :en - courage youth to stay in school yet do not necessarily address the more -difficult -to - serve student group. The Huron Board is also in its first of a five year co-operative education program in co-operation with Employment and Im- migration Canada and has recently par- ticipated in a job -entry program for unemployed youths. As well, negotiations are underway to provide an adult academic upgrading and employment preparation program as a result oLthe ter- mination of a similar program at the Vanastra campus of the Conestoga College. These fresh approaches to providing secondary education will encourage our high schools to become more flexible as their mandate changes subtly from that of being subject -oriented instruction to a student -oriented provider of educational services. It is significant that; finally, an attempt is being made to address the diverse learning needs of the student population. Hopefully, the day will soon be passed when we expect everyone to con- form to traditional learning styles and we are ready to give up the notion of force- feeding education at the expense of the in- tergrity of the learning experience. A bet- . ter and more realistic approach would in- clude a multiplicity of, learning situations, some outside the classroom altogether, enabled by a grant structure which would nourish innovative programs developed to meet. the needs of the community and sup- plementing existing programs. wit y7 * I 1 'A' " : f k • �V�i`ri�iT�L�i�1TLTiTaT��i�iTa`i�i a a a �: �y �� y y7 - 1r iii ,� :�;,, �►:,.>•; � •-�= a^..-^^+w1.1y'lffgltj' r.� s!t`-•tJ.)T 1-.. t1 :n. _�T ,"�.�''isi•"*•!, u �•�� �,� %Pratm. -'�M The January meeting- of the.. Humanitarian Services Committee of • Rebekah and Oddfellows todge was held at the home of Sister Elva Osbaldeston. Sister Elva Osbaldeston presided for the election of officers. 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Someone has ratted ®n the village cat • from page 1 way to work Al sees Tinker waiting at the pet shop door, Jennifer has a word with him when she goes to buy his food and lit- ter. Not long ago they both walked by.a ribbon -cutting ceremony at the gift shop next to the pet shop and there was Tinker, front and centre and" blinking at the flash bulbs with the mayor and local dignitaries. But then one day a few weeks ago, Tinker's travelling road show was derail- ed. A complaint was made by an employee in another shop in the plaza who doesn't like cats. Tinker occasional- ly 'wanders into the back to check the plumbing in a common washroom and' .the somebody pulled the welcome "mat out from wider him. The edict was delivered from the owner of the plaza - Tinker is out, `it's not in the lease!" ' Now I ask you, if a pet can't go into a pet shop, what's this world coming to? I mean, have you ever walked up to the front door of People's Jewellers and been • faced with a sign that read "No People!" I'm steamed. Darcie's mad. "And .Tinker is a beast to live with" says Jen- nifer Brooks. "He vion't eat, he won't meow, he just sits around and sulks." When a 30 pound ball of fur that scarves down two tins of catfood a day at home and all the Purina products he 'can knock off the shelf at work - when this heavyweight won't eat, you know that life as we know it is in serious peril. That's why I've appointed myself na- tional chairman of PETT - the associa- tion whose sole aim is to "permit entry to Tinker". If the Red Checker prospers, the plaza's owner makes money and though I'rn not a customer I'm hereby pledging my 1987 budget for cat food and. litter to that store IF Tinker's banish- ment is rescinded. I wonder if the lady whet) doesn't like cats, likes mice and rats any better? I. wonder if some enterprising retailer jumps in with a contract for Tinker and sets up "Tinker's Pet Shop" across the street? I say beforreethis thing gets out of hand - "PETT!" I mean, really, if a petitan't go into a pet shop in this day and age - where the hell can - he go? . . Not in the lease? 'Please! This is not, nor *ill his fans let it be your proverbial kickat the cat. Tinker ought to be award- ed a key to city hall and declared a town treasure. Move over Marlene!