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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-05-16, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013. PAGE 7. The Citizen offices will be closed on MONDAY, MAY 20 for The deadline for the May 23 paper will be Friday, May 17 2 pm in Brussels and 4 pm in Blyth Grand Opening Celebrations Friday, May 17th from 6-8 pm Sample a yummy Buttercream Cupcake with a cup of our Organic Coffee Introducing our Made-To-Order Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich Brought to you by the author of The Happy Baker Cookbook 28 Main Street North, Bayfield www.thepinkflamingo.com Hullett annual spring concert a ‘fun, musical evening’ Hullett Central held their spring concert on Tuesday, May 7. It was a fun, musical evening and the pupils from Kindergarten to Grade 4 did a splendid job of entertaining an audience of family members. The classroom teachers and music teacher, Sue Barnett, had chosen and prepared the numbers well. The gymnasium was colourfully decorated for spring with flowers blooming everywhere, and bugs, bees and butterflies flitting amongst them on the walls.The Junior Kindergarten classsang and acted out a song about themonths of the year, mentioning the specialness about each, e.g. Valentine’s, Easter eggs, Halloween and Santa. Kindergarten A and B sang and acted about planting a garden – the steps to follow and the plants that resulted. Hot Cross Buns was the interesting recorder number played by the Grade 3/4 and 4 classes. Grades 1 through 4 presented short operetta about the character attributes they focus on every month. It was a lively presentation with plenty of action and movement andsharing of roles. Small groups ofpupils came forward to identify eachattribute and tell what it meant and then a song was sung to make it interesting. The ‘moral of the story’ was that in order to be a good citizen, one’s good character must embrace home, school, community and country. By improving one’s character, “We Can Build a Better World”, their closing song. The playlet included a short martial arts demonstration to illustrate fighting fairly. The character attribute receiving attention at Hullett during May is ‘fairness – treating everyone in a justand accepting manner.’On Monday, May 6 Hullettparticipated in “Music Monday” along with 600,000 people across Canada. On the space station, astronaut Chris Hadfield sang and played on his guitar a song written in collaboration with the Barenaked Ladies. Schools could sing along with Chris via webcast. This song, “Is Someone Singing” was sung at the end of the concert by the Hullett pupils for the audience aswell.The Student Advisory Councilmembers and all volunteers are to be commended for their successful auction and fun night on May 3. Thanks also to the community for their generous support. The event raised $18,000 for new eco-friendly playground equipment. See what can be accomplished when we all work together. By BRENDA RADFORD Call 523-4296 PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO Hot dogging Jeremy Wilts was one member of the Grade 8 class from Hullett Central Public School who helped put on a barbecue at Greyhaven Gardens outside of Londesborough over the weekend. The barbecue was a fundraiser for the class graduation and year-end trip. (Denny Scott photo) The sacrament of communion was held at Londesborough United Church on Mother’s Day, May 12. Assisting Terry Fletcher with the serving of the elements were Adrian Salverda, Murray Adams, Helen Lyons, Brenda Konarski, Grant Bergsma and Carmen Drost. Flowers on the memorial table that morning were placed by Brenda Radford and her sister, Bonnie Horton, in memory of family members. There was a bouquet on the piano courtesy of the Maines Family estate. Other flowers in the sanctuary were in memory of Kim Hunking whose funeral was held on Friday, May 10. Coincidentally I came across a quote last week that spoke to me about Kim –”May you live all the days of your life.” As a special treat a male quintet favoured the congregation with two numbers, “Each Man Is My Friend” and “Praise the Lord, I Saw the Light.” When the children gathered at the front, Terry remarked that as a child he had wanted to have a really important job when he grew up. He thought it would be great to be a police officer. The children listed several other jobs that are important to the world - firefighter, paramedic, doctor, teacher, etc. An important job the children didn’t mention was that of a mother. Terry noted that a mother does all facets of her jobs because of love. Mothers are an important part of all our lives. The senior choir will meet for practice prior to the service on May 19. The Room2Grow pregnancy centre in Clinton has left baby bottles in the narthex again this year. They ask that you pick one up and NEWS FROM LONDESBORO Wash & Fold Services Blyth Laundromat 191 Westmoreland St., Blyth 519-523-9687 Fletcher underlines importance of the role of mothers Continued on page 9 Annual Hullett school auction a ‘huge success’ The Londesborough Lions Club is holding its annual duck race on Sunday, May 26. The ducks are selling fast so if you are interested in watching them swim contact a Lions Club member soon. The ducks are $5 each and will race to the bridge in the area of Bev and Helen Wallace, just east of the village that afternoon. Ducks selling fast for race There were 11 tables of euchre players at the card party hosted by the Happy Gang Seniors at the Londesborough Community Hall on Friday, May 10. Winners were first, Millie and Ila, 84; second, Harold and Doris McClinchey, 77; third, Helen Dale and Harry Lear, 69 and lone hands, Joann MacDonald and Dorothy Carter, Mae and Lillian, Bob and June Thomas, Kathy and Susan and Janet and Faye. The group will host its next card party on June 14. Next senior’s game June 14 By Morgan Howson Last week in Hullett students had the annual auction which was held at the Blyth and District Community Centre. The auction was a huge success. During last week they also had very busy classes. In the Grade 1 class, last week there was lots of activity centred around Mother’s Day. Grade 1 students read poems, wrote poems, designed cards and created a craft in a box, with a picture of mom. They have also been learning about some of the different crops the farmers are planting just now. Planting time is a busy time in our rural community. In the computer lab students created their own puppet shows on the iPads and shared them with the class on the Smartboard screen. That’s it for now. Tune in again next week for Grade 1 happenings. By Ben Stewart Hello everyone, Ben here. This week in the Grade 3/4 class, students have been growing tomatoes as part of their Continued on page 9