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Columnist respects Bluewater’s turbine decision
The village offers condolences to
John and Alex Darling and families
on their loss of a sister last week.
Funeral services were held in
Milverton on Friday. An expressionof sympathy and keeping them inyour prayers will help them dealwith this loss.
I haven’t mentioned ‘roses’ for
some time now but this past week I
felt I received a whole bouquet.
Monday was a post office holiday so
John and I went east for a couple of
days. The travel on Sunday was easy,
the sun was shining and we made
many stops along the way to and
from Kingston. It was a most
enjoyable break from the ordinary.
Then it seemed every day during
the week someone stopped by the
post office to consult aboutsomething, offer a thank you, offer acompliment, extend an invitation orjust took 10 minutes to linger and
chat. Just nice moments in every day.
My reason for mentioning this is
twofold. First I thank all of you who
put a rose in my bouquet.
Secondly I want to emphasize how
easy it is for all of us to improve
someone else’s mood. We all need to
take the opportunities to do this
when they arise; to not always be in
a rush; to offer a kind, caring and
supportive comment on a regular
basis. Everyone can use a lift even
on a very ordinary day. You may notrealize just how important yourcontact that day has been.And someone many of you will
remember, could use some support
right now. His old nemesis, cancer,
has come back to haunt Rev. Stan
MacDonald. Perhaps you might find
a moment to send along a ‘thinking
of you’ note or a Christmas card. His
current address is #303 - 200 North
Centre Road, London, N5X 1B0.
Kudos to the Municipality of
Bluewater for seeming to be making
responsible decisions about wind
turbines for present and future
taxpayers. We have all been goinggreen, conserving energy andturning down our electrical needs orBruce Power would not be
compelled to give power away.
Obviously more sources are not
needed considering the small
amount of energy each unit actually
produces.
And frankly I’m tired of hearing
that when hydro is actually sold to
others it is sold at a lower rate than
we are paying to these new
providers. Our government is forever
sending groups here, there and
everywhere around the world
supposedly to investigate these
things. How come nobody looked
into the health issues and the effect
on land prices these new energy
sources might have on Ontario?
By BRENDA
RADFORD
Call
523-4296
PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
The sacrament of Holy
Communion was held at
Londesborough United Church on
Sunday, Nov. 18. Assisting Terry
Fletcher with the serving of the
elements were Cheryl Trewartha,
Adrian Salverda, Murray Adams,
Mel Knox, Tom Duizer and Carmen
Drost. The senior choir offered the
anthem “A Song for Me”.
A large number of boys and girls
gathered at the front for their time
with Terry. He showed them a
picture of a horse wearing blinders
or blinkers. He explained that a
horse is easily distracted by things
around him. The blinders focus a
horse’s attention straight ahead
making control when working or
pulling a carriage easier for the
driver.
Terry’s question to the children
was “What would we miss if we
wore blinders?” The same is true
when one prays. If the pray-er
concentrates on the reason/problem
of the moment, like wearing
blinders, they risk missing lots of
neat things about God’s world and
hearing His voice.
Scripture passages that morning
included Nehemiah 8:1-3, Luke
4:14-21 and responsive Psalm 78.
Mr. Fletcher’s message to the adults
was titled. “Thinking About God”
and was based on the Wesleyan
Quadrilateral. The word theology
broken down translates as theo-,
God, and -logy which is the
study/thinking about God. All
persons of faith, younger or older,
are doing theology, in their daily
lives. John Wesley, the father of the
Methodist movement, ministered in
a radical way for his times. It seems
Wesley used four sources in his
theology, hence the Wesleyan
Quadrilateral.
Scripture is recognized as most
important, the first authority for life.
Secondly are the traditions of
Christianity which have been proven
over the centuries in writings, hymns
and practices. God gave humans
intelligent minds or reason, the third
source, to use to interpret the
scriptures and build society. Lastly,
our response to life, to experience,
unites the messages of scripture and
tradition. That Sunday’s order of
service included the letters, S. T, R
and E to indicate the theology
involved in each of the parts.
Terry suggested congregants try to
identify these four points in scripture
passages, to make self-to-text
connections.
The UCW will conduct the service
on Sunday, Nov. 25. It will be a
celebration of 50 years of UCW in
the United Church of Canada.
The annual white gift service will
be presented on Dec. 2 by the
Sunday school.
Barb Bosman is awaiting your call
about involvement in the fourth
annual Christmas concert set for
Dec. 21. What might you do?
Custodial help is being arranged
for the next few months. Groups
having a function are asked to do
just a little more for themselves. And
volunteers are needed for snow
shovelling.
Contact Carmen Drost if your
shovel is available.
Fletcher asks what’s missed with blinders
Gr. 3 grows beans, communities
By Ben Stewart
The Grade 2/3 students are
finishing their writing assignments.
The Grade 3 class is building a rural
or an urban community. This class
also took their beans home and are
enjoying watching them grow.
In the Grade 4/5 class they are
studying Cubist art by Picasso. They
are also studying bridges and have
started a program called Edmodo.
The Grade 4/5 class also hosted a
guest speaker for social studies. The
class gives thanks to Mrs.
Oosthuizen for sharing their family’s
experience immigrating to Canada
from South Africa. That’s all for this
week I hope you enjoy it.
By Morgan Howson
Last week at Hullett Central
Public School the Grade 1 class had
an exciting week as Mrs. Stanley
came back to work after her one-
year maternity leave with her
beautiful new daughter Erin. Mrs.
Stanley will be teaching the Grade 1
class in the afternoons and Mrs.
Thompson will teach in the
mornings. What a lucky class to
have two teachers!
The Grade 1 class is also working
in the computer lab. They are
working on a program called
Photostory 3. They are ordering
pictures and typing step-by-step
directions on how to make
applesauce.
In Mrs. Thorpe-Hearn’s class they
are using primary colours to make
green, purple and brown. It was
amazing on how they all appeared.
They also talked about the colour
wheel and patterns. Another thing
they did was listen to colour books
called Frogs and Mabel Murple and
made self-to-text connections.
To conclude their week they
talked about the mathematical
symbols plus and minus signs.
In Mrs. Bell’s Grade 2 class they
were working on numbers up to 100
and graphing in math. They also
used Barbara Reid plasticine
illustrations as a model for their
annual research project. In art they
looked at paper cutting.
By Colton Rodger
This week at Hullett Central
Public School the Grade 7 and 8
students have done many interesting
things. In the Grade 7/8 class we
created anti-bullying posters. We
took pictures of Hullett students
pretending to be bullied and put
them on a computer and added
wording to make them more
effective. We are also making
brochures about different countries.
The county I selected is Guatemala.
This is a country that has many
unique features.
This week we were privileged to
have met with a representative from
the Municipality of Central Huron to
offer our input into the
municipality’s 20-year plan. Our
class made recommendations about
leisure and recreation,
infrastructure, meeting the ongoing
and upcoming needs of farmers and
small business people, and we
offered our opinions about
renewable energy resources and
recycling.
As a number of us hope to return
to this area to live and work, after
post-secondary schooling, we were
glad to have this opportunity. We
have moved on in science and are
working on pure substances and
mixtures. We enjoyed our first class
with test tubes and can’t wait to get
back to mixing and observing
mystery substances.
Mrs. Armstrong asked me to
include a message to all school
families to ask them to complete the
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