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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2012-10-25, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012. PAGE 9. Ironmen Day announced by team, minor hockey group En-Kata Choir As part of its third North American tour, the En-Kata Choir from Africa visited both the Huron Chapel Evangelical Missionary Church in Auburn and the Huron Christian School in Clinton (shown above). The group is raising money for a school in Tanzania through donations at the show. (Denny Scott photo) The Wingham Ironmen Jr. “C”Hockey Club and Wingham MinorHockey Association are pleased to announce the first annual Wingham Ironmen Day Sunday, Oct. 28. The day will consist of fun activities for all ages including a free public skate with the Wingham Ironmen players and organization from 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. sponsored by the Township of North Huron. Kids are also encouraged to come to the North Huron Wescast Community Centre early for a chance to play against some of their favourite Ironmen in a pick-up road hockey game between 1:30 and 3 p.m. The Wingham Minor Hockey Association will also be on hand for a charity barbecue with proceeds split among the association, the Ironmen and North Huron Wescast Community Centre improvements.As part of the festivities, kids canalso enjoy a free public swim, courtesy of Cliff’s Heating and Plumbing from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. The day’s feature event gets underway at 4 p.m., with the Wingham Ironmen hosting the Mitchell Hawks in a rare matinee game. All Wingham Minor Hockey players receive free admission for the game, accompanied by an adult, with the pre-tykes headlining the first intermission activities. There will be exceptional giveaways during the event, including the game’s “superfan” as well as a shoot to win in the second intermission for an Ironmen jersey signed by Wendel Clark. Fans are encouraged to purchase their official 2012-2013 Wingham Ironmen programs for a chance to fill the back cover’s ‘autograph’ pageby their favourite players and for the chance to win a private box for an upcoming Owen Sound Attackgame.For more information visit:http://ohaironmen.pointstreaksites.com/view/ohaironmen/home-pageor http://winghamminorhockey.com/ Lightning wins Etobicoke tourney The Saugeen Maitland Midget AA Lightning competed in the Etobicoke Dolphins tournament over the weekend and went 6-0 to come away with the championship banner. The Lightning only allowed one goal all weekend in the popular Etobicoke “Pink the Rink” tournament that raises funds and awareness for breast cancer. The Bolts defeated the Guelph Storm 3-0, the Durham West Lightning 2-0 and the Clarington Flames 3-1 in the round-robin portion of the tournament on Friday and Saturday. The Lightning then won their quarter-final match 1-0 over the Haldimand River Cats. On Sunday morning the Lightning put up perhaps their best effort of the weekend, defeating the top- ranked Oakville Hornets 1-0 in a semi-final nail-biter. This win set the stage for a re-match with their name-sakes from Durham West in the final. Both teams showed signs of fatigue after a hockey-filled weekend and the game remained scoreless after two periods. The Bolts dug deep, however, and scored three unanswered goals in the third to win the game 3-0. Scoring on the weekend were Tori Terpstra with five goals, Ashlee Lawrence (3), Harley Westman (3), Miranda Lantz and Lexi Smith. Adding helpers were Lantz (4), Terpstra (3), Lawrence (3), Smith (2), Westman, Kailyn Soers, Ciara Lark, Jordyn Sholdice and Courtney Surridge. The goaltenders earned five shutouts over the weekend with Shea Tiley putting up three of them and Morgan Baker blanking opponents in two games. Great weekend girls. Follow the Lightning results at: www.saugeenmaitlandlightning.com Grade 1 studies apples, bats, rats, cats Continued from page 7 concentrating on the number two. Last week in the Grade 1 class they did a mini study using apples. They created an apple tree in art class. They used different media, including tissue paper, paint, glue, pasta shells and construction paper. In the Grade 1 class they also got to know two cats - Pat and Patty, two rats - Tat and Max and a bat named Nat. Now try and guess what letter they worked on using those words for clues. They worked on the short “a” sound. The Grade 1 class even had a word hunt in their classroom for short “a” sound words. They were so excited to tell their Grade 5/6 reading buddies all about their word study last Friday. In the Grade 2 class they were working on research projects about animals. As a class they produced a book on bats and a book on frogs. They are also discussing the six learning skills and they engaged in some activities. They also learned about what initiative, perseverance, organization, responsibility, self regulation and collaboration looks like in school. Last week in Mrs. Gerber’s Grade 2/3 science class, beans started to grow that had been planted a week and a half ago, thanks to Verbeek’s who donated them, also thanks to Mrs. Bell who picked the seeds up on her way home. To conclude last week at Hullett Central the Grade 2/3 students were working on a learning skills booklet so they can understand what their learning traits mean on their report cards. By Ben Stewart This week in the Grade 3/4 class students are using technology (Raz- Kids and the Smartboard) to develop listening, reading and comprehension skills. In writing they are focusing in generating “Ideas and Content” using graphic organizers. For media literacy they are analyzing the information found on labels (soup cans, CDs, etc.). In visual arts they are looking at the works of great artists (Italian Renaissance) such as Sandro Botticelli – creating their own interpretations of Primavera (aka Allegory of Spring), but using a fall theme, and Leonardo Da Vinci – making their own versions of the Vitruvian Man (looking at proportion) and experimenting with “mirror” writing. In science, the habitats are almost finished. Students are studying adaptations and are finding it fascinating that polar bears have black skin (to keep them warm because black absorbs sunlight and heat) under that white fur (for camouflage in their environment). In math, students just wrote their data management test and are now working with numbers, place value, addition, subtraction and rounding. In social studies students are taking home international dolls and comparing their countries to our own. Did you know that the Japanese flag is red and white just like ours? Their flag is white with a big solid red circle in the middle where we have a maple leaf. We also have red sides, but their flag is completely white around the red circle. French is one of their favourite subjects. Mme. Maver is awesome and makes French so much fun. She includes lots of neat songs to reinforce our new vocabulary. The junior girls soccer team won all but one game and came in second. Goals were scored by Myea Fleet, Joy Pizzati and Jazlen Wright. Sara Kerr gets a special mention for assisting with many of the goals. Everyone did a fabulous job and did the school a great honour. Councillors leave table, stay in room for turbines Councillors at ACW have made a habit of leaving council chambers when dealing with conflicts of interest. Driven by a request that said residents would feel more comfortable if councillors with a conflict of interest weren’t in chambers when the issue was being discussed, councillors had been leaving the room as to not affect ratepayers expressing themselves. Council has reversed this action, however, after a letter from seven landowners requested that they stay. Councillors with a pecuniary interest now excuse themselves from the council table, but sit to the side and observe the discussion as to remain informed of decisions. INFORMATION RECEIVED Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Township (ACW) Council accepted several pieces of correspondence both for and against wind turbines during their most recent meeting on Oct. 16. Council discussed the correspondence, which included information stating that wind turbines both do and don’t affect the property value of properties near them negatively. However, no action was taken regarding the correspondence. K2 TURBINE MEETING ACW will host a meeting at Brookside Public School on either Oct. 29 or Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting, which will be scheduled when there is time available, is to discuss the Community Benefits Agreement proposed by K2 Wind Ontario for its project in ACW. Councillor Barry Millian, who chairs discussions regarding wind turbines due to Reeve Ben Van Diepenbeek and Deputy-Reeve Neil Rintoul having conflicts of interest, stated that this agreement was a bonus for residents of ACW. K2 did not have to provide this, but did so at council’s request. The document deals with compensation for neighbours, within a certain distance of wind turbines, who are not participants in the program. Join us on Saturday Oct. 27, 10 - 12AM PM Introduction to backyard birds featuring experts from Nature’s Nest in Londesborough $10 per family, preregistration required. Located north of Blyth at 38854 Nature Centre Rd. Each family will make a platform feeder to take home. Call 519-335-3557 or email maitland@mvca.on.ca Birding Workshop Wawanosh at the Nature CentreALIA TANJAYN Located at Lucknow Travel 603 Campbell St., Lucknow 519-528-2388 or 1-877-582-5669 Mon - Fri 9:30-5 Sat 9:00-12 Ladies Fashion (on all summer clothing) 30% OFFALIA NT AN J AY Ladies F a s h i o n BUY 1 REGULAR PRICED ITEM GET 2ND ITEM 1/2 OFF Clearance Items, Jewellery and Sunglasses included in sale By Denny Scott The Citizen