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All Reading Rising tutors literacy -they are Road signs sure do differ across the country continued from page 4 Provinces advise "Passing Lane Ends 300M." British Columbia Says "Form Line." Other "Service Road." B.C. proclaims "Business Frontage Road." Wouldn't Standardization help the Bureaus of Tourism? At Fort St. John on the famous Peace River our attention was drawn to an admission Sign at the door. of the goldrushdays' muse- gy um. With the $2.00 charge how- ever, we gained a free truth- at Our age most of the items are familiar, either from Our Own homes or visits to grand-parents, So we don't need tO visit a muse- um- we are museum pieces our- Selves! In Muncho Lake Prov. Park (B.C.) townsite, we had a good Jaugh from a sign on the grass between the as pumps and the road: "PETS PIT STOP". A nice subtle touch we Saw nowhere else. Then there's the road sign we didn't see that resulted in another 800d chuckle (can't have too many of them, y'know!). In Grande Prairie Alberta, many travelers Probably miss a left turn onto Highway 34N leading to Edmonton. We did, and drove on doggedly, expecting to find just Dast that next bit of road repair, or hat next farm, until we spotted a mall black and 'white hand-print- d sign across a &rass-fringed ntersection. N, Stopped Mitzi hile I read "Edmonton 4 miles ft, 276 miles right." We turned ft, enjoyed the perfume of ung poplars,;-"sweet clover and rawberry blossoms for four iles, and there it was- Highway 'N. A bonus to this unscheduled shtseeing tour was my first ever Ik at a chocolate-brown Sheep- ked good enough to eat, he ! HAZARD" Vy; Say. for the digestion, y'know, Mary Hubelit. In western Ontario the moose crossing signs are being upgraded by adding two words "NIGHT ery progressive, I'd So let's &¢ct up and go, and Provinces indicate have an extra laugh or two- good running Tuesday, Sept. 8, was International Literacy Day. The Schreiber Public Library celebrated the day with balloons, coffee and doughnuts and lots of 800d conversation about literacy, Several People who offered to be tutors had a chance to talk to Else Read who has had experi- ence teaching in this kind of com- munity programme. We are all leaming about how to teach and Else and the other tutors all had great ideas, All our tutors are So keen to read all they can about literacy we are already Tunning short of mate- rial, We hope to order more books SO everyone can learn as much as Possible before they start teach- Last week we incorrectly named the above bike award win- ner as Robert Fenton. He is Chad Sme!tzer, The mee ae PERC BU: a Kf Due to a resignation, thi vacant. A replacement 30, 1988). ICEF cards... es age Or over residents "Ave peta % District RGSS Board and - Peter Ustinoy UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Nominations should be Signed by September 30 EF Ontario lon Avenue East Intario M4P 1L7 (416) 487-4153 ee » \, G. J. Matys free 1-800-268-6364 . Nissen yy 509) Yaw Director Fantaisie gi Se oe 5, Roman / 4 VA 3) Catholic Separate School Board { @| \ é/ Invites Nominations for A 0, we SEPARATE SCHOOL TRUSTEE for Terrace Bay (English Section) Board for the balance of the term (to November Nominees must be Canadian citizens, 18 years of North of Superior District S position on the Board is will be appointed by the of the North of Superior Separate school electors. Submitted to the under- » 1987. E. Drozdowsky | Se keen to read Short of mate '\ September 16, 1987, page 13 9 VW} ) Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wedne . motion oe . ics "Il wa... anyone has material about b : : ' : : Y Correspondence vu, ~ teaching reading, adult education ard to do alone. ": Or appropriate reading material for adult new readers, please let us borrow'them. We have about 17 People who want to be tutors so far; we need ing. a few more. Most of our volun- teers have said that they cannot imagine a life without reading. Around the table at the library on Literacy Day, I heard the follow- ing comments: "What if you could never try a new recipe because you couldn't Tread it?"; "How could you shop, read notes from school, get a job pro- something. McKeever at 824-2657. "My kid is having trouble reading. I hope I'll be able to help if I learn more about teaching Treading through the tutor train- There is something for every- one in our Reading Rising pro- different for eac tutor and each learner but everyone will learn If you want to be involved in this exciting new Programme to Promote adult literacy, call] Pam Notice Evenin use of the high school At the meeting, times will be booked and the schedule set for the 1987-88 €vening School year. For further information, Phone Ed Taylor at the high schoo] at 825-3271. PIN ni! ANIV 'Ta U : NEN : NOTICE TO EQUIPMENT OWNERS TENDER NO. 60-87-53 "RECALL" kg. (30,000 Ibs.) for Single rear axle trucks. Trucks to be fully equipped for Plowing as per M.T.C. Specifications and fully operated. Standby rate for Plows has been established at $60.00 per day. NO PCV CLass R LICENSE REQUIRED. Sealed tenders on forms Supplied by the Ministry, will be received by the Manager, Administrative Services until 1:30 P.M. Local Time WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1987 Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 4x9, Telephone (807) 577-6451 Ext. 292 THE LOWEST oR ANY TENDER NOT NECESSARILY ACCEPTED fo)