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Zurich Citizens News, 1977-01-19, Page 1NO. 3 — FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1977 COUNTY ELECTS WARDEN — Douglas A. McNeil, reeve Huron County for 1977. With him are, left, past warden Middlesex, Jack Riddell. Bd. of Education Spec il In his report on Special Education in Huron -County School, Superintendent of Education W.D. Kenwell refers to a number of programs offered under ._this branch of the school system by class or service names which may not clearly describe the program concerned for most laypeople. "Opoportunity Class", Mr. Kenwell explains, is one and the same as "Power Learning Class". There are about 10 such classes in Huron at present with enrollment in each one ranging from eight to 14 students. The classes have been set up for students who's progress is slower than normal. These young people attend the special class for either a part day, or a full day depen- ding upon the individual situation, and the emphasis is on the subjects in which each student is especially weak. Usually this means reading and the related skills of writing and spelling and may also include of Colborne township is the new warden of Jack McCutcheon and right, MPP for Huron - rams in c tit mathematics. "Senior Special Education Class"are designed to fill the gap after the `Opportunity Class'. The Superintendent of Education explains that "Opportunity Classes" are normally for ages from eight to 12. A problem is presented when a student passes age 12 but still needs some special assistance. "They are too young or perhaps too immature to go on to high school," Mr. Kenwell notes, "and they are being squeezed out of the `Opportunity Class' by the — Please turn to Page 5 Mrs. Wilhelmene Beck of Hensall is reported to be im- proving in University Hospital, London, following an accident on Highway , south of Centralia late Wednesday afternoon. A vehicle driven by her husband Rev. Donald Beck was in a head-on collision with a vehicle driven by David Caesar of Dungannon. Mrs. Beck underwent surgery at University Hospital Wed- nesday night. Her husband and 16 year-old daughter Susan received oIlision minor injuries and were treated at the same hospital. They were taken to the London HospitalbyHoffman's Ambulance of Dashwood. The Beck vehicle was following a snow plow south on Highway 4 and the driver was blinded by the snow flying from the plow and struck the northbound Caesar vehicle. Constable D.R. Vance of the Lucan OPP detachment in- vestigated and set damages at $4,500. INJURED IN CRASH — Mrs. Wilhemenia Beck of Hensall was seriously injured in an accident, south of Cen- tralia late Wednesday afternoon. The car in which Mrs. Beck was riding was driven by her husband Rev. Don Beck, is shown above. He was not seriously injured. T -A photo Price Per Copy 20 Cents ix area accidents investig ted by OPP One snowmobiler suffered major injuries and two others were slightly injured in one of the six accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. Murray Pepper, 88 Sanders Street, Exeter, was the most seriously injured of the three snowmobilers involved in a crash just west of Zurich on Saturday. The machine he was driving hit a pole when he swerved to avoid hitting Betty Cochrane, Huron Park, who had fallen from another snow vehicle ahead of him. The HuronPark woman was slightly injured as was a passenger on the Pepper machine, Mary Theriault, also of Exeter. Constable Jim Rogers in- vestigated and reported no damage to the machine. To add insult to injury, Pep- per's machine was stolen from the accident scene. It had been left in the ditch while the three people received medical assistance and when a friend went to pick up the machine later it was missing. - Three of the other accidents investigated were at Huron Park. On Wednesday, vehicles driven by Larry Hockey, Huron Park, and Frank Batty, RR 2, Meaford, collided on Quebec Avenue with damage, reported at $950 by Constable Al Quinn. Later in the day, an unknown vehicle struck a parked car owned by Esther Hillman, Huron Park, on the post office parking lot at Huron Park. Damage was set at $300 by Constable Bill Lewis. The other Huron Park accident involved vehicles driven by Donald Clarke and Arnold Klages, both of Huron Park. They collided on Columbia Drive and damage was listed at $1,200 by Constable Bob Whiteford. On Friday, a vehicle driven by Myrtle Keller, RR 3, Zurich, was involved in an accident on the Zurich Co-op Parking lot. Con- stable Larry Christiaen in- vestigated and estimated damage at $300. The other accident was reported on Monday when a grader driven by Simon Smith, Zurich, and a car driven by Hubert King, London, were in collision on concession 10-11 of Hay during a snow storm. Damage was listed at $600 by Constable Christiaen. Cafeteria a success An interim report to the Huron County Board of Education on Monday afternoon from Seaforth District High School principal Bruce Shaw noted that the ex- periment of a student run cafeteria service was proving a success. Furthermore, since the project was approved by the Board .last August, the cafeteria is showing a profit of $1,091.63 from total sales of $6,075.50. The school cafeteria operates under the direction of a com- mittee consisting of two staff members, three members of the student council and the principal which meets each month. The chairman of the committee is a student, and the secretary is a teacher.Accounting students are responsible for the financial management while marketing students assume the tasks of purchasing, advertising and creating displays. Mrs. Jenny Rowe is hired on a part time basis by the Student Council to oversee and instruct in — Please turn to page 2 Cocil sets Meeting in a special session Monday night, Hensall council members approved a general across-the-board wage increase to all employees of eight percent. At the same time, councillors agreed to hold their own salaries at the present level. The wage increases will apply to the village clerk, works foreman and members of the Hensall volun- I ries teer fire brigade. A couple of hours was spent in an in-depth review of the 1976 budget to familiarize new councillors with operation of most business relating to the village. The next regular meeting of council will be held on Monday, February 14 at 8 p.m. Cosnmunily Centre fu,sd is growing COMMUNITY CENTRE CONTRIBUTIONS Pineridge Chalet Ltd. $ 100 Interested 300 John Tinney & Family 50 Interested Citizen 50 Interested Citizen 50 Snowden Acres 100 John P. Rau 50 Richard Erb 100 Jim Grainger 25 Interested Citizen 100 Interested Citizen 50 Jack Hamilton 50 Bill & Carol Hoffman & Boys 50 Bank of Montreal 500 Total to date $36,028.