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The Huron County Board of Education invites all
new residents intending to register their children
for classes in public elementary and secondary
schools to contact the local school during the week
of August 27, 1990. School staff will be pleased to
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Summer of learning ends for WOW students
BY PAU L A ELLIOTT
"Everybody made win' ,"
smiles Judie ascot:. As co-or-
dinator ut this summa's Warm
OnentaI n Workshop (WOW)
program out of Seaforth District
High School, she couldn't have
asked for anything more.
WOW 1990, a program which
saw 10 selected lugh school
gudeuts placed in wort experience
situations for the summer months,
wound up on Monday night with a
graduation ceremony at S.D.H.S.
Families and employers gathered to
lee the WOW graduates receive
their diplomas and congratulations
un a summer of learning, growing
and taking a bold step towards their
futures.
The Work Orientation Workshop
program was aimed at improving
the students' self-confidence and
promoting positive attitudes towards
education. The; Tants, chows
by teachers sod the WOW co-or-
dinator in June of this year, in-
dicated their preferences fox aM
hoer wort placements and were PM
a minimum wage salary by the.
Ministry of Employment and Im-
migration. The work, combined
with weekly workshops, seminars
and outings, kept the WOW par-
ticgaats on the go throughout the
eight-week program and Jodie Eh-
gootz is confident that this year's
program, at 4cast, has resulted is
some lasung good.
**We achieve0 what we hoped at
the beginning of the summer," she
says.
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SUMMER ACQUAINTANCES - Jeff Tunney (right), taking a break
from his WOW placement duties, relaxes with Maplewood resident
Ernie Toll on Friday afternoon Elliott photo
"I've learned a lot here at
Maplewood Manor."
Jeff had indicated that he might
like to work with seniors, and was
placed at Maplewood four days a
week, from 1 to 9 p.m., running
errands, doing maintenance and
kitchen work, and generally helping
out where he was needed.
"And looking after fire alarms
when they go off," he grins.
Asked what he would tell a
prospective WOW student, Jeff is
all for the program. "It's good - I'd
tell them to try it," 'he says, adding
that you get out of the program
what you put into it. "There are
some people who are more into it
than others."
This, remarks Jodie Ehgoetz, is to
be expected - "Everybody has their
days" - but the overall consensus
about WOW's success at the end of
the summer was unanimous. She
notes that the students also showed
THE END OF THE SUMMER also brought the end of the
WOW program at S.D.H.S. Graduating on Monday night were
(seen here in a July 18 photo, back row) Jeff Tunney, Steve
Jones, (2nd from right) Melanie Holmes, Taunya Brown and
(front) Micheal Stoll, program leader Jodie Ehgoetz, Michelle
Beuerman, Kelly McCowan and Bonnie Bannerman. Bonnie
was also class valedictorian, and attendance awards were
presented to Taunya Brown, Steve Jones, Micheal Stoll and
Bonnie Bannerman. Elliott photo.
a marked improvement in speaking
abilities and self-confidence, one of
the main thrusts of the program.
The practical work experience
was also a big plus for WOW
student Melanie Holmes, who spent
her summer working at the Seaforth
Community Hospital. Busy typing
out a nursing manual on the
hospital's WordPerfect system,
Melanie found that she acquired a
lot of applicable computer
knowledge over the six weeks.
"I haven't learned too much com-
puter in school," said Melanie,
looking very much at home behind
the word processor. Also going into
Grade 10 in September, the 15 -
year -old is not quite sure if she's
cut out for office work - the dic-
taphone was not a big favourite, she
admitted with a grimace - but was
happy with the placement and the
work exposure.
On the other side of the coin,
WOW employer Elsie Willems of
All Styles II also spoke highly of
the program. She points out to any
prospective employers that the
students are "a benefit to them, as
opposed to a hindrance." Kelly
McCowan worked in the
hairdresser's salon for the summer,
and Mrs. Willems was very happy
with her young employee's hard
work and enthusiasm.
"She was a really good sport -
she took a lot of razzing," she
smiles.
In past years, the main aim of the
WOW program has been to provide
work exposure for potential early
school leavers. This year, WOW's
second in Seaforth, the emphasis
shifted to social development and
improving the students' interper-
sonal skills and self-confidence in
the day-to-day workplace setting.
It's a goal that the WOW par-
ticipants have reached, Ms. Ehgoetz
feels.
"They did definitely come
together as a group," she notes. "I
was really happy, since one of the
objectives was to have a cohesive
group of students."
"I think we all learned a lot"
Town invests in new computers
BY SUSAN OXFORD
Computers are here to stay and
the town of Seaforth is looking into
obtaining a new computer program
offered free through the Ontario
Ministry of Housing to all
municipalities.
The computerized Property
Management System (PMS) will
allow the town office to effectively
manage every property in the town.
For the Building Department it will
hold information on building per-
mits and related inspections, any
legal actions or by-law complaints
and will also write letters of
compliance. For the Planning
Department it will have files for
Committee of Adjustment, Official
Plan amendments, site plans, zoning
by-law amendments and plans of
subdivision.
Council
The free program comes with a
cost of $500 to set up a database
for the town and giving one day of
on-site training. Deputy -clerk
Michelle Huard is currently
examining the program to see if it
is suitable for Seaforth.
"I think the (PMS) system is
better for us because the infor
mation will be more centralized,"
emplaned Miss Huard.
"Once all the information is in the
computer we can access it easier.
Now we can look in 20 different
places instead of one. All tax infor-
mation is kept separate and the
PMS is strictly a property
management system."
Council had more work with
information at the council meeting
when it passed a by-law to desig-
nate a head of the Corporation of
the Town of Seaforth for the pur-
poses of the Municipal Freedom of
Information and Protection of
Privacy Act. The 'council as a
whole' is designated as head for the
purpose of the act and this by-law
comes into effect January 1, 1990.
Clerk -administrator James Crock-
er said the act will allow "certain
things to be protected because all
individuals have certain rights to
privacy."
"The act clearly defines what
information you can and can't have.
When the act comes in a list will be
drawn up of information available.
It could include committee minutes
and some closed meetings minutes.
The public can obtain all the files
with the exception of information
outlined by the provincial infor-
mation act."
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The Municipal Recovery Program
(MRP) aims to recover materials
from the waste stream and offers a
demonstration and capital grant.
The MRP may be obtained for
projects to establish facilities to
recover or process paper, refuse
derived fuel, compost, aluminum,
steel, glass or other materials.
The Student Action for Recycling
(STAR) grant aims to increase
student awareness of waste
management, through direct action,
by introducing recycling into
educational institutions. STAR
provides a capital grant and is in-
tended to be operated in con-
junction with the local municipal
recycling system. This grant is
available to School Boards, but at
the request of the Board,
municipalities may apply for 100
per cent funding for a collection
vehicle(s) dedicated in serving the
Board.
From all indications council
seems more interested in the MRSP
grant. In the MRSP grant the
capital portion for buildings is 113
paid by the Ministry of Environ-
ment (MOE) and 2/3 by the
municipality. The capital costs of
equipment are 1/3 by MOE, 1/3 by
Ontario Multi Material Recycling
Inc. (OMMRI) and 1/3 by the
municipality. Household bins costs
are shared equally by MOE, OM -
MRI and the municipality.
Operating, promotion and adver-
tising costs are shared cq•!-a!1y bet-
ween MOE and the municipality.
Councillor Teall recommended
Seaforth send $200 to Blue Water
Recycling to become a non -par-
ticipating member. Blue Water will
be taking new applications August
15 and has one meeting a year that
must be attended by a municipal
representative.
"You turn everything over to Blue
Water and they handle everything,"
explained Councillor Teall. "Some
others (recycling companies) meet
once a month.
"Gerry Nobel (of Nobel
Sanitation) is still trying to put
something together for us. This
(recycling) will be an ongoing item
and this plan is simply a starting
point."
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