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Mann THE HERALD French courses urged Ha I Ian board of education urged Thursday to ap prove a French immersion program tor elementary schools to begin by September ma The French program offered by the board Is totally inadequate Pat Webster president of Ho I too Home and School Association told trustees In the board a core French programs not enough time is devoted to the language to achieve any meaningful results Mrs Webster said Beginning In Grade only 1 hours of trench In on is offered during the students career It Is the ministry of education minimum requirement If trustees opt to continue the core program it should start In Grade and be minutes a day she said But by Instituting an program In Grade 1 students would learn almost no livelike and suffer no drop in other skills she said An immersion program would offer hours of French instruction during the students career She said that according to a survey done by the Home and School Association a potential pupils or per cent who will enter Kindergarten Grade 1 or Grade In Sep tember 1978 wish to enrol In an immersion program North had 53 potential students for a Grade 1 program Research on immersion has been carried out almost from the beginning of the first Canadian program in Mrs Webster said Without exception the results have been amazingly jood so good In fact as to be almost unbelievable An immersion program Is not expensive to operate Mrs Webster said Citing ad ministration figures she estimated that start up costs would be per year for 1978 to 1983 Again citing administration figures Mrs Webster said that the board has enough qualified teachers to start the program In Grades 1 and In 1978 Teacher supply also should be no difficulty as sufficient time exists before the expands to hire more she said Gravel trucks to roll soon Within the next two weeks hired trucks will start hauling gravel steadily from pit on the Sixth line and Spitzer pit on George Mugford manager of highway construction for Arm Construction Informed works committee Monday The pits should be completed by November although the contract signed for the gravel used In the construction of widening the interchange of Highway and Highway 10 does not run out until next August he said Mr was asked by Council to answer all pertinent questions of works commitee He assured Coun George that hauling of gravel will occur only during the daytime and although crush is being continued for hours it cannot be beard from the roadway Trucks will travel Trafalgar Road Sideroad and 17 Side- road and roads will be restored to Its previous condition to the towns satisfaction Mr Mug ford said A tour with the department of highways and the town was completed before the opening of the pits and will be conducted after the pits completion He also assured councillors that the two wayside pits will be restored to original condi tion by putting topsoll back on seeding And be said there is a continuing source of re sources and neither pit will be depleted With councils permission Mr Mugford said he could erect highway signs on and 20 to warn drivers of trucks turning andloldCoun Maltbyhecould Investigate the possibility of erecting flashing signs at the entrance on Sixth Line which Is on a hill and therefore Is dangerous He soothed works commitee by saying only tons of gravel is being hauled not the or figure which was originally asked for by Arm In Its contract Trucks will not be exceeding the speed limit he said If anything the trucks will be travelling too slow because on short runs the trucks can get up any peed WE PICK THE BEST FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND SO YOU CAN TOO ALL PRICES SHOWN IN THIS AD GUARANTEED EFFECTIVE THROUGH SAT SEPT CANADA PROVINCIAL TICKETS AVAILABLE AT ASP FOOD STORES WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES TONORMAL FAMILY REQUIREMENTS ALL STORES WILL BE I LABOUR I WON SEPT 5th CLOSED SINCLAIR GEORGETOWN Open Mon thru Friday 9 Saturday FOR YOUR SHOPPING CONVENIENCE We pick the best Then back it up with 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