HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-05-05, Page 30PAGE 30. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011.Hullett carnival called great success
Youths participate in famine
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The Londesborough Lions Club held its second annual fish
fry on Saturday night with the help of the folks at the
Brussels Legion. Londesborough Lion Keith Allen was
stuck inside, despite the beautiful weather that evening,
plating to-go meals for hungry diners. (Vicky Bremner photo)
“Rockin’ to the ’50s, held at
Hullett Central Public School on
Thursday, April 21 was a huge
success. The auditorium and
hallways were full of people and
activities that evening for the
school’s fifth carnival and auction. It
is reported that while being a great
time for those who attended,
$17,500 was also raised for the
school.
The school has just completed asuccessful “Forest of ReadingProgram”. Over 100 students
participated in the Blue Spruce,
Silver Birch Express Fiction and
Non-Fiction and Red Maple Fiction
and Non-Fiction reading programs.
The books and registration for the
program were funded by the
Foundation for Enriching Education
Perth-Huron and the Hullett parent
council.
There are 10 books in each
program and pupils are required to
read at least five of the books before
being eligible to vote. Many pupils
read all 10 books in the program.
Each student was asked to choose
their favourite book.
Voting took place last week. By
voting time 91 Hullett pupils
qualified to vote. The votes were
tallied and submitted online to join
the votes of children all acrossCanada. How great it must be for theHullett pupils to know they are
enjoying the same books as children
in Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver,
etc. A neat thing for librarian,
Glenda DeBoer, to get them
involved in.
The flower to give in this month of
May is the Lily of the Valley.
Perhaps you can pick up some to
give to Mom this Sunday, Mother’s
Day. The other big holiday this
month is Victoria Day, Monday,
May 23.
Such a long list of interesting facts
to relay this month. Animals get
attention this week. May 1 was save
the rhino day; May 5 is the lobster
race and oyster parade day. On May
14 you can let down your inhibitions
and dance like a chicken. The next
day you should consider hugging
your cat. National turtle day is May23, so savour one of those deliciouschocolate and butterscotch treats.
May 28 is return of the slugs day.
Who comes up with these things?
May 6 is an anniversary of the first
postage stamp. This is a good time
for me to tell you that the post office
has a number of souvenir stamps
and items for sale to commemorate
the wedding of William and
Katherine. And the reason I can fill
my space with these odd facts is
celebrated on May 8, World Press
Freedom Day. Another day I smiled
over is May 19, national do-dah day.
Don’t sweat the small stuff that day,
just enjoy. Perhaps we’ll have some
warmer weather to enjoy.
The Londesborough Happy Gang
Seniors held their April meeting at
the Londesborough Community
Hall on Wednesday, April 27. The
seniors enjoyed being able to
socialize over their potluck meal at
12:30 p.m. There wasn’t a great deal
of business to discuss that day.
Marie Flynn is a well-known
entertainer in the Londesborough
area and it seems she has a grandson
who is following in her footsteps.
Lorne Dale played an album that this
young violinist has made of country-
style music which the group
appreciated. Then Marie Bromley
offered a number of interesting facts
and readings to fill out the
afternoon.
The seniors will host their next
regular card party at the hall on
Friday, May 13 at 8 p.m.
The 12 young people who
participated in a 29-hour famine at
the Londesborough United Church
this past weekend came to the
realization that clean water is a
privilege and far more important to
life than the newest computer game
or iPod.
Teresa Atkinson, Mary-Kate
Allen, Catie MacDonald, Nicole
Whyte, Aaly Broda, Paige Gibbings,
Shannon Dale, Damian Riley-
Cronk, Curtis Roetcisoender,
Connor Driscoll, Bradley Miller,
and Kyle Bos conducted the entire
service at Londesborough United
and Knox in Auburn on May 1.
Youth like these will be shaping the
future of our world.
Their service centred on the
children around the world who
suffer from substandard conditions
because of famine, wars and
weather-related disasters. To supply
clean water for these children was
their emphasis and the $1,200 they
raised will be concentrated on that.
Personal ‘wants’ for our world
were expressed by the youth –
peace, change, food, water, love, etc.
Their personal comments and
message included three pertinent
songs. “Waiting for the World to
Change”, “We are the World” and
“Imagine” by John Lennon and
Lionel Ritchie.
Crystal Whyte brought the
message in a real way to the children
when they gathered at the front. And
it made the concept real for the
adults as well. She told all of us that
some children cannot go to school
because they have to draw water for
the family every day from a
community well which may be two
miles from their dwelling. Two girls
journeyed for water about the
building and each returned with a
pail of water. Combined they
brought 20 litres. Crystal then
portioned it out for all to see – four
litres for family drinking, four litres
for cooking, one litre for bathing,
one litre for washing dishes and the
remainder for laundry, gardening
and care of animals. Conservation is
a necessity. A thoughtful service
well done, boys and girls and
leaders.
The official board for
Londesborough United will meet at
7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10.
Tickets for Saturday’s Spring
Ham Supper, May 7 from 5 to 7 p.m.
are available from Ken, Joan, Traci
and Bev.
Items for the church yard sale can
be left in the basement any time
after church on Sunday through
Friday at 7 p.m. The sale will be
Saturday, May 14. Items for the
UCW bake sale can be dropped off
Friday or early Saturday morning.
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