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HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989
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Junior kindergarten
Junior kindergarten in Roman Catholic
:schools in the Huron -Perth separate school
• system will begin in September of 1991,
:providing a report on •the subject is
:adopted by the board.
Trustees have complained of an
:estimated start-up cost of close to $500,000
• which they said puts the load of day care
onto the local ratepayers. They also said
junior kindergarten will be used by "very
few" parents and threatens the family
•unit.
Trustee Ron Marcy said he .doesn't think
:government mandated junior kindergarten
.has anything at all to do with education. -
He said it's the province's response to
"people hollering for more day care
:spaces. The cost figures scares me."
Finance superintendent Jack Lane said
the $500,000 represents 25 per cent of the
current levy.
Superintendent John McCauley said most
•of the start-up costs are capital costs to
:provide facilities for junior kindergarten
.classes and "a great deal" can be reduc-
ed with provincial grants. He added that
the Ministry. of Education has indicted it
will assist with the costs of materials,
:which is "the smallest cost of all."
Trustee John Devlin said while he can
see there might be a need for junior
kindergarten in big cities, he thinks there
will be "very few" parents in Huron and
Perth Counties wanting to send their four-
year -olds to junior kindergarten. He asked
if the board will have to approve the pro-
gram if only three people decide to send
their children.
Mr. McCauley said each school board
must produce a plan for junior
kindergarten in 1990 and phase in the pro-
gram over the neat five years. If the
numbers are small, he said it is possible
to bus students to schools where the
numbers are larger or include junior
kindergarten students in the same
classroom with senior kindergarten
students.
Father J.P Hayes, the board's spiritual
advisor, spoke against junior kindergarten
saying the government is trying to destroy
the principles in which he believes. He
added he is concerned that all ratepayers
will be forced to pay for "something that
should be the responsibility of those who
have chosen to work" and asked why The
people who are making the sacrifice of
staying home with their children should be
asked to pay for -junior kindergarten.
Mr. Devlin suggested the board send a
to start
letter to the provinrial government saying
that people who choose to send their •
children to junior kindergarten should ac-
cept a pro -rated cost.
Although junior and senior kindergarten
is optional, Mr. Marcy said there is almost
a 100 per cent attendance rate in
kindergarten classes because of peer
pressure.
Trustee Louise Martin said the board
should make an effort to let parents know
that both senior and junior kindergarten
are optional programs.
Director of education Bill Eckert pointed
out that if only 50 per cent of the eligible
children attend junior •kindergarten, the
costs of providing the program will 'drop
by only 10 to 20 per cent.
Trustee Debbie Rabidoux said the
teacher -pupil ratio allowed for junior
kindergarten, which can range from 18:1 to
28;1, is outrageous for four -year-olds when
the ratio allowed at day care centres for
the same age group is 18:1.
The board will try to itire teachers with
an Early Childhood Education (ECE) cer-
tificate and provide trainingfor junior
kindergarten teachers.
Vice-chairman Ben Brown asked the
Turn to page 14A •
"Almost"
home -town girl Miss Canada
The daughter of a former Seaforth native
is now a national celebrity. Robin
Ouzonoff, a 19 -year-old McMaster Univers-
ty student and Miss Niagara 1989, captured
the crown of Miss Canada on Monday
night.
Robin is the daughter of Sandra
Ouzonoff, the former Sandra Savauge of
Seaforth, and Boris Ouzonoff. Her grand-
father was Ross Savauge, proprietor of
Savauge Jewellers here in Seaforth in
•
years past.
Miss Ouzonoff has been interested in and
attending pageants for a number of years.
She was awarded the title of Miss Niagara
this past spring during the Niagara area's
30th Annual Blossom Festival. Monday
night's Miss Canada pageant and the cap-
turing of the crown was the culmination .of
years of dreams and months of activities
for Robin, a stunning green-eyed blonde.
The pageant contestants were judged on
such attributes as personality, poise and
talent. Modelling and personal interviews
rounded out the judging criteria.
"She is proud of our area..very sincere
in her feelings about Niagara Falls", com-
mented her mother, Sandra Ouzonoff, after
Robin was Browned Miss Niagara.
Seaforth congratulates Robin Ouzonoff,
an `almost' home -town girl who will repre-
sent the country in the year upcoming as
Miss Canada.
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ENOUGH TO TURN YOUR HAIR WHITE - This gruesome visage was one of the
first things to leap out of the dark at the intrepid visitors to last week's Haunted
House in Hensall.Elliott photo.
Five charged with trafficking
Five area residents have been;charg-
ed with -trafficking in drugs, and
another six people with possession of
drugs following a four month long police
undercover operation in Huron County.
Marijuana, hashish, hash oil and
magic mushrooms worth about $6,500 on
the street were seized early Friday
morning as 36 police officers from nine
detachments searched residences in
Goderich, Clinton, Hensall and Huron
Park.
Six people were still being sought by
police on Monday,, while in addition to
the five charged with trafficking, six
others have been charged vvith a varie-
ty of offences including possession of
drags, breach of probation and exposing
pornographic material • to public view.
One young offender has also been
charged.
At a press conference Friday after-
noon, police said the related arrests and
seizures marked the largest crackdown
on drugs in Huron County in three
years.
No cocaine or crack cocaine was seiz-
ed in the raids. But police spokesmen
from drug squads in London and Toron-
to said that does not mean crack is en-
tirely absent in Huron County.
"I don't think the crack situation and
the cocaine situation have hit epidemic
proportions in .Southweste!' Ontario,"
�d Morris • bert, Mho heads , e l on -
don drug enforcement ent unit.Even in
'oz onto, he added," "were ,about two
years behind the drug problem in the
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resident are charged with trafficking,
while two Goderich residents and a
Clinton man are each charged with
possession for the purpose of trafficking.
One Goderich man is charged with
possession.
Police also said at the press con-
ference that the drug problem in Huron
appears to be no worse that it was at
the time of the last major clean-up
several years ago.
"We're at least keeping our head
above'' water," said Inspector Jim Gor-
don, of the district headquarters in
Mount Forest.
Gordon also said while police can
take responsibility for enforcing drug
laws, communities, schools and parents
must assume responsibility for drug '
education. "It's a community problem..
More has to be done by the public at
large...We have to get to the young peo-
ple before they get involved with people
on the street."
Difficulties lead
to murder -suicide
STANLEY TWp - Domestic difficulties
led to the murder -suicide of an area cou-
ple, Goderich OPP say.
Sometime between 2-5:30 p.m. on Oc-
tober 16, Richard Aisenpreis, 43, shot his
wife •Elsbe , 37, and then turned the gun
un : ` t• Both died from gun 'shot
wounds to the bead. The couple had four
c tf�dren.
e faniily,had moved from Germany
to,:,Gattada five years .ago; and were liv-
ing on ,a farm .house, located on lot 9,
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VOA 2, five kilometres north-west.
of, p
c;C le•:JQ,bn-Phillips,is investigating
the ease d he -said it should be wrap-
ped ,up by ,end • of this week.