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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2012-11-29, Page 27Continued from page 14 North Huron Township’s Nov. 19 meeting. “I’ve been actively involved on Twitter since June to work with that. North Huron currently has 72 followers and the program is fun. I recently sent out a press release regarding the Wingham Jet Rally and, through the 72 followers, it reached over 3,000 people.” She said that through Twitter, and through a Facebook page that was created at the end of September, she is able to actively engage more people with the township’s communication. “We’re tracking who is looking at our messages and figuring out where each message needs to go,” she said. The plan, according to Goodall, is to start “tweeting” what happens in council meetings to help people know what is going on regardless of whether they can make it to council chambers or not. She was practising for this plan during the meeting using a program called Hootsuite, which allows her to constantly feed information out by scheduling Tweets and Facebook status updates. For more information, follow the North Huron Twitter account @TwpofNorthHuron or visit and comment on their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/twpofnorthhuron THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012. PAGE 27. Continued from page 26 disorder and her experiences with it, Wierenga has headlined a number of speaking engagements and the practice of telling her story to a room full of people, as important as it is to her that her story is told, has always been very difficult for her. She also said the process of interviewing members of her family and her friends was one of the toughest aspects of writing the book. She said it was hard to hear what they had to say and how the situation appeared from their point of view. However, while she didn’t want to hear it, she felt that she needed to. “Communication is the key to finding healing,” Wierenga said. When Wierenga finally released the book, she said she was pleased at how quickly it was received by people. “I was extremely surprised,” she said. “The day it came out, my dad said he went to Amazon to buy the book, but he couldn’t, because it said the book was out of stock.” Wierenga was sure it was some sort of error on the website’s side, but the website told the truth. She said that because she writes a relatively popular blog at www.emilywierenga.com she had unknowingly generated a huge word-of-mouth buzz before the book’s release, which resulted in a stampede to buy the book on its release date. Due to the book’s popularity, Wierenga has since hooked up with a publicist who is helping to spread the word of Wierenga’s writing. What she really hopes to achieve with the book, she says, is to help family members and friends understand the mind set of someone who has an eating disorder. She said that once her struggle with an eating disorder was revealed it was hard for her family members to understand, especially her father. She says she understands how it can be difficult to comprehend the mind set of someone battling with an eating disorder, so she and her family have since made peace with one another over her struggles. Wierenga has already began work on another book called The Mom In The Mirror, which will be released shortly. Chasing Silhouettes can be found on Amazon or on Ampelon Publishing’s website at www.ampelonpublishing.com Wierenga’s writing can also be found on her blog, which is updated regularly at www. emilywierenga.com Author pleased with success Hullett students observe anti-bullying week North Huron taps into social media By Colton RodgerThis week at Hullett CentralPublic School the Grade 7/8 classes have some interesting news. In the Grade 7 class they are reading The Hobbit and they will soon have to draw an important scene out of the book. In gym class, they are playing a new kind of Flags around the track. The rules are simple, stay in the track and if you step on the gravel you are out. In science, they are studying primary, secondary and tertiary consumers and producers. In the Grade 7/8 class, in honour of anti-bullying week, they made and put up the anti-bullying posters throughout the school. In geography,they selected a developing countryand made brochures telling people about the country. In English they are also reading a book called Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel. It is based on a family whose dad is a scientist who adopts a chimpanzee to raise as a child so that the dad can try to teach the chimpanzee to use American Sign Language. It has been fun writing for you all this week. By Ben Stewart Hey everyone, it’s Ben here. This week at Hullett Central it was anti- bullying week so I went from class to class asking students and teachers what they did to promote kindbehaviour in the school. The Grade2/3 class made a caring being. I talked with Ava and Raymond and they said that they would help anyone who was being bullied. In the Grade 3/4 class they had a class meeting and read a few books. I talked with Braden and Brianna. They said they will tell the teacher if they see bullying. In the Grade 4/5 room Mrs. Elder said “Every day is anti-bullying day in Grade 4/5 and we talk a lot about the importance of respecting each other. I talked with Dawson and Myea and they said they would help if they saw bullying no matter who was being bullied.” Well there you have it folks. By Morgan Howson and Jenna McDonald Last week not only in Hullett Central Public School, but throughout the school board, it was anti-bully awareness week. Jenna and I had the privilege to interviewprimary students about bullying. Wealso asked the teachers if they had participated in bully awareness week. Mrs. Thorpe-Hearn’s class read a book named Albert’s Old Shoes then made a list of words they should never use. They also talked about three feelings that you have when you have been bullied: sad, mad and alone. In Mrs. Thorpe-Hearn’s class Jenna and I interviewed Tyson and Amber. Tyson stated that bullying is really, really bad. Amber said that it makes people really sad when they get bullied. Also they both said that you should tell when someone is getting bullied. Tyson also said that in the book they read, bad people were bullying and making Albert feel bad. In Mrs. Campbell Taylor’s kindergarten class, they put posters up for anti-bullying week. In herclass we interviewed Olivia andJake. Olivia said, “Don’t bully even if you’re joking and don’t push or shove”. She said their class came up with a motto “be a buddy not a bully”. Jake thought bullying was bad and the activities the class did were fun. In the Grade 1 class we interviewed Ashley and Shea. Ashley stated that you should never bully because bullying is not acceptable. Shea said to never bully and the bullying posters that the Grade 7/8 class put up were really helping. In Mrs. Bell’s Grade 2 class we interviewed Justin and Jillian. They both said that bullying was bad. Twang Kent Vodden serenaded patrons at the Queens Bakery in Blyth last week. The ukulele player was in town to visit his parents, Brock and Janis Vodden. (Denny Scott photo) Entertainer Extraordinaire Jimmy Keys to Rock Blyth in support of Huron County Food Banks Don’t miss this wonderful performer and at the same time support Huron County Food Banks. Food Donations will be accepted at this event. December 14 and 15 – 8:00 pm Blyth Memorial Hall Tickets just $25 available through the Blyth Box Office 519.523.9300 International musical comedy star Jimmy Keys doesn’t “work the room” – he takes over the room! Dubbed a cross between Robin Williams and Elton John, Jimmy Keys is really just his remarkable self. Come Help Celebrate Betty Campbell’s 80th Birthday Saturday, December 1 ~ 2-4:30 pm Brussels United Church Best wishes only or donation to the food bank Celebrated Canadian and Mental Health Advocate at the Brussels, Morris, Grey auditorium, Brussels Friday, April 26 7:30 pm Presented by Walton/Bluevale Pastoral Charge Tickets: $45.00/ea. Call 519-887-8796, 519-887-9028 or 519-887-9348 Makes a great Christmas gift! Margaret Trudeau