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Proctor earns spot on educational trip to Quebec
Hullett Central Public School
student Taylor Proctor is heading for
Saint-Donat, Quebec next month for
several days through a special school
program.
Proctor, a Grade 8 student at the
school, was competing against 73
Grade 8 and 9 students for one of 25
spots for the trip by writing a 25 -word
Big winner
Taylor Proctor, right, won a great opportunity to visit Quebec and experience the culture and
language of Canada's French province later this year through an opportunity made available
by the Avon Maitland District School Board. Proctor is shown with her French teacher Madame
Kristin Workman who thinks the program is a great idea and hopes more students can
participate in the following years. (Denny Scott photo)
statement about why she should be
considered for the program.
Proctor, who originally attended a
French immersion school from
Kindergarten to Grade 4 in
Woodstock before moving to the
area, said she wrote about not just
wanting to see the city, but to
enjoy the experience of the French
culture.
Madame Workman, Proctor's
French teacher, said she feels that
students who have been through any
amount of immersion education
have more of a passion for the
language and the experience of
speaking it.
"That early exposure really helps,"
she said. "I find that students from
the immersion stream keep their
interest in the language."
The trip will include snowshoeing,
skiing, tobogganing, games and
other sports and Proctor will be
staying in a hotel with other students
where they will participate in social
activities with a focus on the French
language.
"Learning different languages
interests me," Proctor said, adding
that the furthest she has ever
travelled before was to her Uncle's
in Sudbury.
Students in the program will be
taking a coach bus to Saint-Donat,
and Proctor hopes to see two friends
from another of her previous
schools, Clinton Public School,
during the trip.
Workman said she had never
experienced this kind of opportunity
being available for students, saying
it was a completely new event. The
trip costs approximately $700,
though the Avon Maitland District
School Board covers a significant
portion of that, leaving students and
their families to cover $200.
"I really hope they repeat it next
year," Workman said. "It's a great
opportunity."
When asked which parts of the trip
she was looking forward to, Proctor
said she couldn't pick one.
"I'm mainly looking at all of it,"
she said. "I'm excited about the trip,
the games, the fun and the
experience of it all."
FROM LONDESBORO
Cold moon event won't be seen again until 2034
PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
By BRENDA
RADFORD
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523-4296
There was an item of trivia that I
intended to share with readers some
weeks ago but forgot. Although
many of us have had a great deal of
living since Christmas, think back
and remember how warm it was and
that Christmas Eve was very bright.
Christmas Day 2015 had a full
moon.
Because a full moon on Christmas
is an unusual event, it is called 'a
God, Jesus should be
in all parts of life
I believe the adults enjoyed the
children's discussion with Rev.
Terry Fletcher at Londesborough
United Church on Sunday, Jan. 17 as
much as the children did. On one
recent stormed -in day Terry built a
house with six rooms out of
cardboard to illustrate his topic.
When one becomes Christian,
God comes to live in one's heart.
Our heart is God's house. A
Christian should let Jesus into every
part of his life and into every room
of his heart. So Rev. Fletcher
mentioned how one should live with
God in each room of a home.
For example, in the living room,
the room in which one relaxes,
conversations and activities there
should make God happy. Jesus cares
about how we treat our bodies and in
the kitchen He would want us to eat
and drink healthy things. God loves
us as we are and so, when we look in
the mirror in the bathroom and
consider our self-image, we need to
remember that love.
"A Mother's Faith" was the title of
Rev. Fletcher's message to the adults
that morning. The supporting
scripture passage was John 2:1-11
and was the story of Christ's first
miracle, when He turned the
water into wine at a wedding in
Cana.
When the host ran out of wine,
Mary, who had faith in Christ's
ability to deal with the situation,
simply and quietly stated the fact to
Him. Of course, He would have
been aware of the problem as He
knows all.
In the same way, God knows when
we have a problem. We need not list
our trials for Him when we pray but
simply ask for help and guidance.
With faith we can expect to find help
and peace. God did not promise to
protect us from all of the world's
troubles but, if we have faith, God
will do the right thing for us.
The responsive psalm was Psalm
36. The senior choir introduced a
new hymn to the congregation,
"Dreaming Mary", also known as
"There was a Child in Galilee".
Londesborough United will hold
their annual meeting on Feb. 28.
Anyone needing to file a report
should have it in to the church office
immediately.
The storm of last week forced the
cancellation of Londesborough
United's official board meeting. It
has been rescheduled for Jan. 26.
Circumstances involving the
church family saw the United
Church Women meeting being
rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 25.
Morag Watt, secretary at Hullett
Central Public School, will attend to
describe her South African project.
The community is welcome to come
along to listen to her talk.
cold moon'. And this will not
happen again until 2034.
And speaking of things forgotten,
I've spent a couple of stormy days
poking in closets and boxes
and came across an e-mail from
2004.
The Washington Post had asked
take a word from the
and by changing one
readers to
dictionary
letter supply a definition for the new
word. Some are not for sharing in
this space, but I offer a few:
Intaxication: euphoria at getting a
tax refund, which lasts until you
realize it was your money to start
with.
Reintarnation: coming back to life
as a hillbilly.
Giraffitti: vandalism spray -painted
very, very high.
Decafalon: the grueling event of
getting through the day consuming
only things that are good for you.
The village is reeling from the
third loss of one of our own in just
six months. So, hug those you love
and give a hug by phone to those not
physically close. Life is not to be
taken for granted.
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