HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-07-02, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2009. PAGE 7.Figuratively speaking 13 Grade 8pupils from Hullett Central PublicSchool left their childhood behindon Tuesday, June 23. It wasgraduation evening for the Grade 8sof 2008-2009. In September with
will begin a first stage of the process
to adulthood.
It was a bittersweet evening
despite having been talked about and
planned for and looked forward to
all of this school year. Parents, too,
find these graduation ceremonies
somewhat bittersweet recognizing
their son or daughter has grown
up.
Many a scrapbook page will be
put together in the coming days fromthe many photos taken during theevening.Ladies of the LondesboroughUCW and parents of the Grade 7class served the banquet at the
Londesborough Community Hall.
Greyhaven Gardens were
responsible for the floral
decorations.
Each graduate was introduced as
he or she came through the arch at
the rear of the auditorium. Principal
Joy Antonuik and Grade 8 teacher
John Coups presented the graduates
with their diplomas and offered
remarks about the graduates.
Graduate Kelsey Falconer sharedher musical talent with herclassmates by singing, The Prayer.Courtney Middegaal gave thevaledictorian address on behalf ofher peers.
The traditional video slide show is
always an anticipated andentertaining segment of the evening.The show chronicles eachgraduate from kindergarten throughGrade 8 and includes pictures ofclass/group happenings during those
years.
Graduation a bittersweet evening
Hands up!
Lateesha Veenstra, top, and Catherine Fielding were
among the many performers last week at Hullett Central
Public School’s talent show, which was held on the last day
of school. There were several piano performances as well
as other talent acts, but it was this dance routine to the
song Hands Up that featured Fielding, the youngest
participant in the show at junior kindergarten. (Shawn Loughlin
photo)
The senior youth group associated
with Londesborough United Church
will camp out overnight, July 3 at
Whyte’s cabin. The junior youth
group will stay overnight July 4. The
cost for each youth is $5 to cover
food. Contact Crystal Whyte for
information at 519-527-2937.
There will be a special official
board meeting July 9 beginning at 7
p.m. to discuss the next steps to
replacing retiring minister, Rev. Pat
Cook. All board members are
strongly encouraged to attend.
There will be a second service of
baptism at Londesborough United
on July 5. Then the church will be
on holidays for three Sundays.
Londesborough United thanks
Harriett Shillinglaw for her many
years of service in the church office.
Harriett retired on June 1 and the
new face in the office is Margaret
Bakker, a member of Knox United,
Auburn.
THE EDITOR,
To the people who think taking
someone else’s bike is better then
buying one themselves:
My family has been the victim of
bike theft three times since the
biking season has started this year.
These bikes were parked beside a
building on private property, which
would be a residence.
First of all the thieves walked onto
property that is not theirs and
secondly they took a bike that was
not theirs.
I try and teach my children that
someone’s property is theirs and you
do not enter unless invited, and that
someone else’s bike is just that,
theirs.
The police found the first bike and
it came back with no seat. The other
two bikes were found by another
victim of bike theft at the Arch
beside the Greenway Trail. There
were five bikes found in the water in
total and four of them were
destroyed in some manner.
It is one thing to steal someone
else’s bike, but another to destroy it.
We work hard to be able to have
these extra things for our kids and
ourselves only to have them
destroyed by someone with nothing
better to do with their time.
Next time you need something to
do take a bag and walk the ditches
and clean up some of the garbage
instead of polluting the river with
someone else’s property.
I am pretty sure that the people
who did this know who they are or
someone else does.
You should be ashamed of
yourselves for taking the bikes,
some of them that belong to
children, and destroying them.
Citizen of Blyth
Pam MacDonald.
Letter to the editor
Family victim
of bike thefts
Writer feels group’s time wasted
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architects and the new school would
be like the one they were building in
St. Marys.
At this point, no vote had even
taken place so their statements to our
group about not having made any
decisions was not the truth.
Also during the open discussion,
superintendent Mike Ash reported
on a visit made to F.E. Madill in
May and spoke about the area in the
school the Grade 7-8s would be
housed in. Again, long before any
vote had been taken.
Trustee Meg Westley of Stratford
made the motion that the trustees
accept the recommendations of the
staff, and it was seconded by trustee
Randy Wagler. Ms Westley then read
a several page document that she
must have prepared before the
meeting, telling us how we should
support this decision and
encouraged us to support the
students as well.
As each trustee completed their
reasoning about why they would
support this proposal, they all
referred to the fact that they were
saving F.E. Madill. Trustee Colleen
Schenk also spoke about saving F.E.
Madill, and remarked that we should
support it as well.
What happened to honesty,
integrity and support for your own
constituents when the vote was
unanimous to close all four schools
and send the Grade 7-8s to F.E.
Madill?
The question I have to answer now
is “Why did you waste your time,
when you knew the outcome had
been decided long ago?” I have no
answer for them except to say we
tried.
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Members of the Happy Gang
Seniors Club and guests, 31 in total,
enjoyed a potluck meal at the
Londesborough Community Hall at
noon on Wednesday, June 24.
This was the group’s last meeting
before the summer break. There
will, however, continue to be card
parties for the next three months
with the next one scheduled for July
10.
Musical guests that afternoon
were Gladys Van Egmond, who
plays piano and accordion, Keith
Tyndall on drums and Jack
Ungarian of Seaforth who plays
bass guitar.
This group played the type of
music the seniors know and enjoy
and even sing along with.
After a short business meeting
president Mary Peel wished
everyone a safe and pleasant
summer.
The group will reconvene on Sept.
30.
Happy Gang takes
a break for summer
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