The Huron Expositor, 1990-09-19, Page 1INDEX
COUNCIL BRIEFS - SA
OBITUARIES - 6A
BIRTHS - 6A
WEDDINGS - 8A
GRADUATE - 8A
RECREATION - 10A
Listen to consumers, merchants urged. See page 4A.
Fair Queen and her court are chosen. See page 8A.
Seaforth Squirts take Tri -County title. See page 11A.
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HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1990
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A BIG YEAR AHEAD FOR THE NEW ROYALTY - Leanne Whitmore, left, the 1989 Seaforth Fair
Queen, passes her crown, her sash and a big hug on to her successor, Kate Papple. Kate, the daughter
of Jim and Janet Papple of Seaforth, was crowned Miss Seaforth Fair 1990 on Saturday night at the
Seaforth and District Community Centres Ten other hopefuls vied for this year's title. Elliott photo.
Alternate Education is a
BY PAULA ELLIOTT
For many, it's the second chance
at schooling that they thought they
would never have. But like many
other education programs that offer
an alternative approach to school,
Seaforth's Alternate Education
program could go under the knife if
the funding pursestrings continue to
tighten.
Kay I,ogtenberg has been the
facilitator of the Alternate
Education program for two years
now, working from the second floor
of the Seaforth Town Hall. From
Monday to Friday throughout the
school year, she welcomes drop-in
students who are working indepen-
dently on secondary school credit
courses in everything from com-
puters to drafting, biology to
English.
The program, which is beginning
its third year of operation in town,
is offered via the Seaforth District
High School and is geared towards
teenagers and adults who want to
upgrade or obtain their diploma.
For Alternate Education students,
working within the structured con-
fines of the high school system may
not be possible. Many of Kay's
students left school early, and are
now in the workforce. While going
back to school full-time to obtain
credits is out of the question, they
have the chance to work towards
their diploma by dropping into the
Alternate Education centre for three
or four hours a week.
"People come in for whatever
amount of time they can spend
here," explains Kay, noting that a
minimum stay of three hours per
week in the Town Hall 'classroom'
is the rule of thumb. But she adds
that Alternate Education is very
flexible in that respect. If the
student needs a specially tailored
credit program, a program is
tailored.
"We can change courses for
them...we have that freedom."
That freedom, along with the
personal touch of one-to-one
teaching, is what attracted Kay
Logtenberg back to the Alternate
Education program in Seaforth. A
math, science and Phys. Ed.
teacher, Kay was supply teaching in
Wingham when the Alternate Ed.
posting first came up two years
ago. She ran the program for a
year, then took a teaching job at
S.D.H.S. in the first semester last
fall. But when the Alternate Ed. job
opened up in the winter, Kay took
the challenge again. With no
regrets.
"There's a lot of one on one," she
says. "That's the greatest thing
about it." With a good number of
students dropping in daily between
9 and 3, taking everything from one
business course to a full course load
of four or five credits, Kay's
teaching experience now ranges
over the whole strum. This, she
finds, is a specie challenge.
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Hensall Co -Op considers merger
The Exeter District Co -Op is
looking to a possible merger with
the Hensall District Co -Op in an
effort to boost flagging profits.
Meeting at the South Huron
Recreation Centre on Tuesday,
September 4, the membership of the
Exeter Co -Op gave direction to the
Board "..to enter into merger
negotiations with the neighbouring
Hensall District Co -Op."
Board of Director's President
Wayne Ratz added that the Exeter
Co -Op will have to start taking a
close look at its marketing
strategies, and focus on a mix of
rural and urban sales which could
incense their profitability.
"We may have to look at other
markets to create more profits and
better margins," said Mr. Ratz.
The Exeter District Co -Op knew
that it was in trouble last November
at their annual meeting, when the
organization reported a loss in a
year when other Co -Ops were
seeing profits. Their larger counter -
pan, the Hensall District Co -Op,
has been recording banner years
recently. An extensive expansion
was added to their Hensall facility
last summer, and the ribbon was cut
on their grain processing plant in
Seaforth this July.
Mailrouting affects n
Systematically, the delivery will
actually be quicker, but it's just a
matter of working the bugs out
right now, says Mrs. Ott.
"We're still working on it."
Clarence Holmes, postmaster at
the Seaforth Post Office, also notes
that an alteration in the first-class
mail delivery times may mean that
Seaforth post office box holders
will receive their Expositor earlier
than usual. First-class mail is now
arriving at the Post Office at 8:30
a.m. instead of 6 a.m. The Ex-
positors are now being sorted
before the mail, and subscribers can
pick them up in their boxes earlier
than before.
If your newspaper isn't getting to
you quite as fast as you it to,
remember that patience is a virtue.
The dropping of a number of mail
routes in the Huron and Perth
County delivery area has made for
late Expositor arrivals in a number
of locations, specifically Hensall
and the Staffa area, but the bugs are
being worked out of the system.
"There's been quite a drastic
change in the Canada Post truck
routes," says Irene Ott, head of
mailing operations at Signal -Star
Publishing in Goderich. "All the
new routes have been tendered out."
Before the route shuffle, the Ex-
positor bundles were picked up in
Goderich at 6 a.m. on Wednesday
..and taken to Hensall. This mail
truck now ends its run in Kippen.
Also, as it now stands, the direct
mail route between Seaforth and
Clinton has been discontinued, and
the mail truck that serves Seaforth
from Kitchener ends its daily run at
8:30 a.m. The driver arrives back in
Seaforth at 5 p.m., picking up mail
- including the Hensall papers on
Wednesday - and taking it back to
Kitchener. Thus, if this route were
used, Hensall newspapers would
travel from Goderich to Seaforth,
Kitchener and London before
making it to Hensall, a number of
days late.
To by-pass this Kitchener -L tdon
route, Signal -Star has opted to have
the Hensall-bound Expositors
dropped off in Clinton at 8:30 a.m.
on Wednesday by a company
driver. A second delivery driver
will arrive in Clinton later in the
morning to take Clinton and
Seaforth papers to newsstands in
Bayfield, Varna, Kippen and Hen-
sall. En route, he will deliver the
Expositor to the Hensall Post Office
before noon.
Mrs. Ott explains that Hensall
subscribers will be able to pick up
their Expositors at the Post Office
anytime after noon on Wednesday.
Rural subscribers will receive their
papers on Thursday morning.
"This is the best that we can do
to avoid them going to Kitchener or
London," she says. "These are all
Signal -Star additional expenses."
Staffa subscribers may also notice
a difference in delivery, as the
Staffa routes have been con-
solidated into Mitchell routes. Sig-
nal -Star will be dmnnino nff
newspapers in Mitchell on Tuesday
night, between 11 p.m. and mid-
night, and these papers will be
delivered Wednesday morning.
Two -car collision
claims infant's life
A Dublin infant died on Saturday, September 25, the victim of an
early morning two -car collision north of the Perth County town.
Jacob McNamara, who would have turned two next Saturday, was a
passenger in a 1987 Dodge pick-up truck driven by his father, 32 -year-
old Peter McNamara of R.R.1 Dublin when the vehicle collided with a
car driven by Bruce Pearn, 21, of Logan Township.
Police report that the McNamara truck was eastbound on Concession
6-7 and the Pearn car was northbound on Sideroad 30 when the crash
occurred at the intersection at 6:55 a.m.
Jacob McNamara was taken to Victoria Hospital Children's Unit in
London, whore he died at about 12:47 p.m. Saturday.
Peter McNamara is listed in stable condition at the Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital, where he is being treated for lacerations, fractured ribs
and neck injuries. Mr. Pearn received minor injuries and was not
hospitalized.
Coroner Dr. Dieter Bruckschwaiger of London has advised Police that
an inquest will no be held.
The son of Peter and IVfarlene McNamara of R.R.1, Dublin, Jacob is
survived by brothers Connor and Joseph, and by a sister, Shelley. A
private funenl service was held yesterday at the Lockhart Funeral
plorne,
crucial second chance for many
"Last year, I had a couple of
people taking drafting. And that
was completely new to me!"
One of the success stories of the
program was a high school student
who came to Kay last year. He was
having difficulty functioning in the
school environment, and picked up
some courses via Alternate
Education while taking on a job.
His success with the 'classes' and
the informal structure of the
program gave him the boost that he
needed, and swayed him from drop-
ping out of school completely. This
year, reports Kay, he's back in
school full-time and working
towards his diploma.
Cliff Biggam of Seaforth is also a
case in point. Cliff left school early,
but decided to look into the Alter-
native Education last year. Today.
he is working on a computer course
and a law course, two credits away
from his high school diploma. A
diploma that might have been out
of reach, otherwise.
"I tried correspondence courses,
but 1 couldn't stand doing the
work," he says. "1 was going nuts."
For st&t'nts like Cliff, who want
to learn, the Alternate Education
program is very rewarding, says
Kay. But with only about a dozen
students enrolled so far this year,
she fears for its life. Ministry of
Education funding is provided ac-
cording to the number of hours of
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ONE ON ONE and one step at a time, Alternate Education facilitator Kay Logtenherg helps student
Sandra Wyn{a. Seaforth with a Lotus lesson while Cliff Bipgan, back, tackles a law assignment F Mott
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