The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-11-04, Page 45Education
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Colborne Central Public .School held Halloween festivities Friday afternoon for children
from Kindergarten to Grade 8. After costume judging at noon, the student& council,
assisted by Grade 8 students, held a Halloween Fun Day in the gymnasium complete with
games and a haunted house. Here, Grade 8 student Leslie Stoll watches as Pirate Adam
(Kindergarten student Adam Durst) attempts to pin the wart on the witch's nose. (photo by
Lou -Ann DeBruyn)
Former resident Mary Anne Misner
recognized for education contributions
Former Goderich resident Mary Anne also involved in the assessments of some
• Misner, sister of Goderich resident Bruce
Erskine and now of Dryden and Dryden.
board of, education trustee and vice-
chairman, has recently been awarded the
coveted Bernadine Yackman Memorial
Award for her outstanding contribution to
• education in Ontario.
During the annual Northern ' Ontario
School Trustees Association convention in
Timmins, October 1-3, Mrs. Misner, was
presented with the award in memory of Ber-
nadine Yackman, who was a dedicated
trustee and former director of. the
association.
Over the years, Mrs. Misner has
demonstrated a sincere concern for the " In addition to her' numerous other con -
educational welfare of students locally; she tributions and activities on the board; she
has made significant contributions to educa- also developed the Dryden board of educa-
tion in the province ;• she has been 'an active tion trustees handbook, now being used by
participant on all committees for the several other jurisdictions.
Dryden board of education and she has From a provincial perspective, Mrs.
acted on a number of occasions, in executive Misner has served on the Ontario Secondary
capacities on the local board. Intermediate Schools Committee, working
Prior to her marriage to Jim Misner, the directly with assistant deputy minister Dun -
honored trustee served as a primary can Green and has also been involved in
teacher in the Goderich area. developing a provincial curriculum pro-
posal relative to early childhood education.
While raising her three children, Mrs. Mrs. Misner is a strong supporter of the
Misner felt she could contribute to education Northern Ontario School Trustees.
through being a parent volunteer, states a Association.
recent press release. In addition to her work in education, she
She served in a voluntary capacity at has had significant involvement in a
Albert Street school for two years and was number of community organizations.
curriculum projects in the school system.
Further to this involvement, she decided
to make a contribution to the school system
through trusteeship.
- She was elected to the Dryden board of
education in the fall of 1974. Her abilities as
a trustee have been publicly, recognized
through her re-election on a number of
occasions.
She has served as vice-chairman and
chaii man of the board. .
Mrs. Misner has a special interest in the
education of exceptional children and has
actively participated in, the • special educa-
tion advisory committee to the -local board.
Board conducting survey
BY JACK RIDDELL, M.P.P.
HURON
Constituents currently receiving
Workers' Compensation benefits should be
aware of a survey which the Board will be
conducting by telephone during the last
part of October and the beginning of
November.
In an attempt to determine workers'
satisfaction with the various services pro-
vided to them by the Board, 1100 persons
will be contacted by a survey firm with
questions focussing on issues such as con-
tacts with the Board at various stages of
their claim, accessibility of Board person-
nel, adequacy of and satisfaction with in-
formation and services provided. Also in-
cluded will be basic information on
employment status, language, and current
income.
Should you be contacted, I would en-
courage
ncourage you to participate in order. to
assist the Board in improving and enhanc-
ing their services to injured workers.
However, those contacted are under no
obligation to respond, and anyone with
queries concerning the survey will be con-
tacted by someone from the Board to
answer their questions.
NEW SESSION NOVEMBER 3
The Legislature will resume sitting
QUEEN'S
PARK
November 3 to begin the first session of the
34th Parliament. Lieutenant Governor
Lincoln Alexander will deliver the Speech
from the Throne.
Some of the priorities for the next ses-
sion include auto insurance and conflict of
interest legislation. In addition, com-
mitments made during the recent election
will form the basis of government
initiatives.
FINANCIAL PROTECTION
I have • just recently announced as
Minister of Agriculture and Food, a new
program designed to safeguard producers
of processing potatoes from losses caused
by bankrupts•, of a processing company.
The fund was launched with $25,000 and
growers will contribute two cents per hun-
dredweight of potatoes sold to a licensed
dealer or processor. In the event of default
by a licensed processor, growers may
claim for 90 percent of their losses against
a fund built from producers' contributions.
1987 - 1988 PETITE Season
DATE
Sun., Nov. 1/87
Sun., Nov. 8/87
Sun., Nov. 15/87
Sun., Nov. 29/87
Mon., Nov. 30/87
Sat., Dec. 5/87
Sun., Dec. 13/87
Sat., Dec. 19/87
Sat., Jan. 2/88
Sun., Jan. 10/88
Sun., Jan. 24/88
Sun., Jan 31/87
AWAY HOME
EXETER
GODERICH
FOREST
ST. MARYS
GODERICH at BLYTH
PETITE TOURNAMENT
SEAFORTH at GADERICH
GODERICH at EXETER
(Hensall )
GODERICH at FOREST
BLYTH at GODERICH
GODERICH at • ST. MARYS
MITCHELL at GODERICH
at
at
at
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GODERICH •
SEAFORTH
GODERICH
GODERICH
TIME
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
5:30 - 6:304p.m.
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
5-30 - 6:30 p.m.
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