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Page 6, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, August 6, 1986 Is your child ready for school? continued from page 5 system if allowed to pursue and develop essential social, verbal and and quantitative skills needed for the remainder of his or her schooling. These crucial skills are the basic tools needed for children to perform through to their college years. Knowing whether or not your child is ready for school is not easy, and can best be decided through observing your child, as well as through an assess- TOWNE CINEMA for a great night out and the best in new theatre releases 825-3771 THE LOBBY who knows movies better VHS & Beta rentals 825-9281 ment from the child's nursery school teacher, family members or friends. Taking an inventory of your children's strengths and weaknesses is a good way to begin. Are they shy with other children? Were they early walkers, talkers? Did they grasp their colors and numbers early on? A day care or nursery school 'teacher can also provide some valuable in- formation about your child. Through questioning teachers, you can find out what areas of learning in- terest your children. Do they like reciting their numbers but have a hard time being read to or iden- tifying letters? Can they focus on one activity for a least 10 to 15 minutes? Do they become easily upset when separated from you? All of these questions are important when evaluating your child's school readiness. Another crucial part of your evaluating your child's school readiness is an in-depth assessment of the school your child would attend. Does the school have too high or too low standards for your child? Are the children encouraged to ver- balize their feelings? Is the format fairly rigid and con- ventional, or 'are the teaching techniques fairly new and more casual? What type of tools do the teachers use to enhance classroom learning? Are there computers available for your child to use? Most importantly, don't let your expectations of what you think your child should be doing as oppos- ed to what he or she is capable of doing cloud your vision. Education should enable children to becomme the best they can possibly be, in their own individual way. continued from page 3 $1.153 million to help fund the cost of a state-of- the-art computer system for MNR's Forest Resources Group. The system will enable Forest Resources Group to update forest resources inventory data quickly, access a wide range of forestry data in- reer 5 approximately, briefly. emergency. L. H. Simons Clerk-Co-ordinator THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF gy TERRACE BAY NOTICE On Friday, August 8th, 1986 at 10:00 a.m. the emergency siren located in the Township will sound THIS IS A TEST OF THE SIREN ONLY The siren is being tested to ensure its availability in the event of a real 2.7 million stantly, and analyse this in- formation easily in order to make the best forest management decisions possible. $63,500 to develop a series of guidelines or pro- cedures for using computer systems in forest industry. $25,000 to survey black walnut/white pine planta- tions in the ministry's Aylmer, Chatham, Simcoe and Wingham districts. Since 1966, more than 200 black walnut/white pine plantations have been established on abandoned farm land in southwestern Ontario to grow high quali- ty timber. To date, little data is available on the growth and yield of these plantations. 'These projects will enable may ministry to continue to strengthen forest management efforts across Ontario,"Mr. Ker- rio said. COFRDA, a five-year, $150 million cost sharing agreement, was signed in November 1984. Perch. "3 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION TERRACE BAY BRANCH 223 KIDS' FISH DERBY & -- FAMILY DAY (MEMBERS ONLY) August 17, 1986 Derby starts at 9:0 Age Groups: Lake Trout, Prizes for each age group & category! B.B.Qs available! Parents to bring their own picnic hampers! 0 a.m. Weigh-In at 5:00 p.m. Speckled Trout, Pike, Pickerel, Free pop, treats & souvenirs for the kids. Legion will be open from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Come on out, have fun and make this a day for the kids to remember! I EO ee Winston Lake Mine Although it is still at least a year or two away from star- ting production, Corporation Falconbridge Copper's Winston Lake mine project is already well underway, with the headframe and hoist room already erected, FMA signed in T.B. A new era of public in- volvement in forest management began recent- ly in Ontario, with the sign- ing of the current govern- ment's first | Forest Management Agreement (FMA). "This new Forest Management Agreement -- which I signed recently with Great Lakes Forests Products Ltd. in Thunder Bay -- is the first in Ontario to meet our new re- quirements for public in- volvement in forestry plan- ning," said Natural Resources Minister Vin- cent Kerrio. These new re- quirements, which call for extensive public input in the preparation and review of forestry plans, are outlined in the class en- vironmental activities. The Ministry of Natural Resources submitted this document to the Minister of the Environment in December 1985, for review and approval under ' Ontario's Environmental Assessment Act. '*To date, the public has been extremely involved in planning the future of this new FMA, Mr. Kerrio said. "We've heard from foresters, outdoors groups, sport fishermen, cottagers, hunters, outfitters, trap- pers, and even the Lakehead Board of Education."' "We look forward to further public consultation, as we work together to complete short - and long- term plans for the area," he added. The FMA signed recent- ly covers three blocks of land north of Thunder Bay - a total area of 5,340 square kilometres. This land was previously licens- ed to Great Lakes Forest Products under a traditional timber license. Under the FMA, Great Lakes Forest Products agrees to do site prepara- tion , regeneration and ten- as shown here in a photograph taken last week at the mine site, located northwest of Schreiber. Also visi- ble in the foreground is part of the mill foundation. Some offices can be seen in the background. ding on behalf of the Ministry of Natural Resources after harvesting. There are now 27 FMAs in Ontario, covering almost 60 per cent of the total licenced areas in the province. Postal service like a hot potato Like the weather, everyone talks about the post office. But unlike the weather, some people try to do something about postal service which gets worse as the price goes up. Now is-a_ particularly good time to add a voice to those who find postal per- formance intolerable, for the proverbial hot potato is back in the government's lap. As summer swelters on, Don 'Lander, Canada Post's new president, is re- maining cool, secure in the We would like to thank all of our cust the past year and offer you PERMS $3500 & up EAR PIERCING $G00 Tanning bed & Hair Care Products Available Specials in effect from August 6th to August 31st. COME & JOIN US AT Lynne's Hairstyling IN CELEBRATION OF OUR 1st ANNIVERSARY omers for their support in the following specials PARTIAL PERMS at "°° a PERM ROD WAXING $ 00 knowledge that he's suc- ceeded in deflecting the heat over postal service to his political masters. With one simple tactic, the bosses at Canada Post have saved themselves a lot of sweat by presenting the federal cabinet with a wide variety of options for the future of the money-losing operation. é Here was Canada Post, faced with an ultimatum in the Febuary federal budget that it must break even in two years. This was an even tighter deadline than one suggested by a private sector task force just last fall. What to do? Well, said the Canada Post brain trust, why not let people who make these ultimatums decide? And that is what they've done. Instead of preparing one corporate plan aimed at achieving the government set goals, Canada Post has offered cabinet a potpourri of alternatives. While the substance of these options is not public knowledge, one can guess with reasonable certainty which 'well-trod paths are on the tentative road-map. One of the most likely scenarios, one you can bet the house on, it to raise the price of stamps, again. There is talk that, well, after all, another two cents or so on a stamp won't be so bad. But let's just think about that. First, the last two-cent increase was on- ly on first-class mail. Other services, in particular parcel post, went up much more, in some cases more than 200 per cent. Second, there's a princi- ple involved here. The post office itself admits service continued on page +