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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-10-20, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011. PAGE 11. Londesborough United write lists for ThanksgivingWhen the children gathered at thefront of the sanctuary for their timewith Terry Fletcher on Sunday, Oct.9 he asked them to give each of the congregants a small pencil. Then they discussed the fact that each adult had thanked the children. Terry thanked the children for doing that task. They talked about the fact thatthis particular weekend folksgathered together to give thanks toGod for all the good things in their lives. Then Terry explained that that day the Londesborough faith community and the Adams/Vodden family was giving thanks for a new child, MilesGraham Adams, through theSacrament of Baptism. Miles’baptism incorporated him into the living body of Christ. The children were told that through the power of prayer, the ordinary water in the baptismal font became special for Miles’ first step along his faith journey. Darrell Bergsma and Sherry Postma assisted with the sacrament. Later in the service Terry suggested the adults use their pencils to complete the thankful list included in the morning’s order of service. The senior choir chose to sing “Sing to the Lord of Harvest” for the Thanksgiving service. In 2 Corinthians 9: 6-15, Paul spoke to the people of Corinth about the act of giving. The responsive reading was Psalm 100, a hymn of praise. Fletcher acknowledged that people recognize the obvious things when considering what to be thankful for, food, water, the basics of life, friends, family andcommunity. However he suggestedone should not forget to be thankfulfor their Londesborough church and congregation and the freedom to worship. And to be grateful for the fact that the United Church of Canada has flexibility for membership. Thanks should also be given for our government which is an example of democracy and generosity to the world, Terry suggested. However Terry reminded everyone that these things are possible because God sent His son. All the things we are thankful for come from God our Creator. Londesborough United will hold its annual anniversary service this Sunday, Oct. 23. Bruce Whitmore will be the guest speaker. Special music by a ladies choir will be a part of the service as well. The sanctuary has a new clock, well chosen for a building of the church’s age, donated by Arnold and Bev Riley and Tom and Marjorie Duizer in memory of theirparents. NEWS FROM LONDESBORO Hullett focuses on empathy The character attribute being given consideration by everyone at Hullett Central Public School for the month of October is ‘empathy’, understanding how someone else feels. The day of the Terry Fox run at Hullett was not an outdoor day. Consequently the children did some hall walking and there were indoor activities as well. Seems Principal Allen does a great chicken dance in costume. The event raised $1,208 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Hullett Central Public has a new student council for the 2011/2012 school year. Brooke Middegaal is this year’s president and Mary Kate Allen is the vice-president. Paige Gibbons will be taking notes at the meetings and Emily Wilts will be keeping track of the finances. The student council organizes a few dances each year as a way of promoting school spirit and Aaly B. and Teresa A. will be looking after those vents. The October spirit day will be Oct. 28 and everyone is encouraged to wear their Halloween costume or black and orange. The day for the regional cross- country meet held at Hullett and on adjoining properties was just a perfect day for the event, Wednesday, Oct. 5, midweek in our late summer weather. Five area schools participated in the meet, Huron Centennial, Hullett Central, Seaforth, Clinton and Blyth Public schools. When the scores were tallied up, Huron Centennial won the meet with Hullett Central in second place. Well done, Hullett runners! The district run was to be held in Benmiller on Oct. 14. If a school placed first in a particular division, al four scorers at that school went on to the district meet. The top five scorers from all the schools in that division also advanced. The Hullett runners placed first in the eight-year-old girls and eight- year-old boys, nine-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls and 10-year-old boys and 12-year-old boys divisions. So 24 team members advanced as a result of division wins. Ten other individual Hullett winners also advanced for a good showing by Hullett Central. By BRENDA RADFORD Call 523-4296 PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO By Phaedra Scott Are you smarter than an 8th Grader? Grade 8 students are currently working on BEDMAS in math and received a question that left the students completely baffled. If you would like to try the question for yourself here it is: 2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2 -2+2x0 =? Try to answer the question using BEDMAS and the answer will be revealed in next week’s column. Also in the Grade 7/8 class, the next art project will be traditional “Fence Weaving.” Groups of students will be working together to create a 3D project using both recycled material and items from nature. Students are getting their plans in place and have been experimenting with leaves at recess. In other news, Ms Badham is looking for anyone in the community who would be willing to share stories of when their parents or themselves went to Blyth Public School. She is looking for background history of the school and the town. If you have any information, please call the school with contact names. The Grade 7/8 students are researching into British North America and the War of 1812. Grade 6 students are investigating aboriginals and explorers to North America. The Grade 6/7 class is working on writing biographies on a musician of their choice and made a class CD with examples of their songs. By Courtney Bachert Students have definitely had a great week so far. The cross country district meet was postponed from Friday to Monday this week. Students who moved on were a great success and everyone had a great time. The kindergarten students are having lots of fun with their “ColourFall” unit. They’ve started learning about secondary colours now. The first colours they learned about were green and purple. They read a booked called Frogs for the colour green. The main character kisses a frog and turns it into a prince. Many other frogs are kissed until there are too many princes and lots of problems arise. Each senior student wrote about an animal they would kiss and imagined what it would turn into and what problems would arise. They mixed blue and yellow paint together to create green, made frog crafts, sorted paint chips, taste- tested pickles, broccoli and kiwi. For purple day, they had their class photo taken and ate plums, grapes and blueberries, mixed blue and red together to get purple and stamped purple words with purple inked alphabet. They read the book Mabel Murple by Sheree Fitch. They made text-to-self connections and wrote about what colour they would turn the world and what their hero- heroine would be named within the newly-coloured world of their grand imaginations. The Junior Kindergarten students began a new unit on handwriting skills. They practised the correct pencil grip and spent tie drawing straight lines, both vertical and horizontal, vertical lines going from left to right and right to left to get them comfortably used to forming alphabet letters correctly. The Grade 1/2 class has had a great time performing a play called “Who Can Help?” The play is about a kitten who wants to make applesauce with her friends but none of her friends want to help. So the poor kitten has to do all the work herself. The students made a text-to- text connection with the story, “The Little Red Hen.” As they explored the big idea of the story, they talked about the importance of co- operating, helping others and willingly participating in activities. They also read a book called Ten Apples Up On Top and used this book to explore the quantity of 10. The games created around this book provided many opportunities for the Grade 1/2 students to work with the concepts of more than, less than and equal to and how many more and how many less. Math games are a great way to learn and reinforce fundamental skills in numeracy. The Grade 2 students have been having a fun time in science learning about insects, specifically the ants. They are learning an ant’s life cycle, how the ants work together in a Blyth PS Grade 8 students learn BEDMAS in math Yum Al Storey, a member of the Londesborough Lions, was on hashbrown duty on Sunday as the Lions held an olde tyme country breakfast at the Londesborough Community Hall. The meal raised money for the Goderich and Area Disaster Relief Fund. (Vicky Bremner photo) There were just 10-and-a-half tables of euchre players at the Londesborough Community Hall on Friday, Oct. 14. Winners were: first, Stu Wilson and Alex Townsend, 88; second, tied, Wilmer and Marie Glousher and Eilleen and Gwen, 73; most lone hands, tied, John and Marina and Charlie Shaw and John Pollard, four. The Happy Gang Seniors will hold their next card party on Nov. 11. AA NN NN OO UU NN CC EE MM EE NN TT Van Nes Drying and Storage Ltd. (formerly K&L Bray Farms Ltd.) has entered into a satellite grain elevator agreement with Varna Grain Ltd. a division of Hill & Hill Farms. With our 25 years grain merchandising experience, we are anxious to carry on the service tradition established by Larry Bray and solicit your support for this and future harvests. For further information call Van Nes Drying and Storage at 519-887-6288 or Kevin Campbell Grain Merchandiser Peter Rowntree Seed Sales Varna Grain / Hill & Hill Farms 1-877-433-7908 Wilson, Townsend win euchre Continued on page 28