HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-02-14, Page 19Perseverance is the characterattribute being given emphasis atHullett Central Public School duringthe month of February. The children will learn that topersevere means staying purposefuland committed.
The student council is selling
candygrams this week. Pupils can
purchase these sweet treats for
friends and have them delivered by
the council members on Feb. 14. The
Grades 4 - 8 will be attending a
Cupid’s Ball that day as well.
Yvonne Van Hoof accepted a full-
time teaching position at the Blyth
Public School and left Hullett at the
end of the fall term. The newsletter
noted that Yvonne will be missed for
the contributions she made to the
school as a coach, tutor and French
teacher.
A former student in the Frenchimmersion program in the PerthSchool district, Brian Cox, is now teaching French at Hullett. Welcome to our school community.Considering the unsettled weather
the region has been experiencing
since the beginning of the winter
school term, I’m surprised Hullett
managed to get the annual speeches
heard and judged. Mind you a storm
day would benefit the pupils with yet
one more day to fine tune that story
or speech. Following classroom
presentations, the teachers were able
to decide which pupils deserved to
repeat their speech in the auditorium
to a larger audience.
Despite one postponement, the in-
school competition was held on
Wednesday, Feb. 6. Judges for the
day were Lois Tebbutt, Gladys Rockand Barb Bosman. This is never aneasy task. The topics chosen eachyear are always wide ranging and aglimpse into the interests of today’syouth.Eight primary children offered,
from memory, a favourite story.
Emerging as the better storytellers
this year were Leah Caldwell telling
about The Runaway Pancake;
Jeremy Wilts and a subject we can
all relate to, The Terrible No Good
Very Bad Day; Nicholas Aitken with
the question, How Do Dinosaurs Say
Goodnight?; and Jacob Berg relating
Lizzie and the Giant Flower.
Original material on a subject of
interest to them is presented by
junior – Grades 4-6 and
intermediate – Grades 7-8 pupils.
The three winners from these two
levels will complete again theLegion competition. Thiscompetition will include speakersfrom Blyth Public School onTuesday, Feb. 12 beginning at 9:20a.m. at Hullett school.Junior results were as follows:
Claire Fleming who discussed Child
Labour; Ellie Edwards and a
patriotic piece, Canada; Lexi Aitken
who was dazzled by Cirque de
Soleil; and Megan Hoggart who did
an expose on a children’s author,
Robert Munsch.
Advancing to the next level in the
intermediate division will be Jamie
Plaetzer who told about Cadets;
Danielle Waugh who reminded
everyone about Princess Diana;
Nicolle Middegaal and her New
House and Kelly Cooke who spoke
about Bullying.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008. PAGE 19. Hullett kids learn perseverance for Feb.
The Londesborough Happy Gang
Seniors had 13 tables of euchre
players at their card party at the
Londesborough Community Hall on
Friday evening, Feb. 8. Delores
Howatt and Dorothy Dalton won the
first-prize money with a score of 78.
The remainder of the prize money
was split between two couples who
tied with 74 points – Lloyd Glousher
and Doug Hugill and Harold and
Doris McClinchey.
Three couples shared the prize for
most lone hands, each of them
having successfully played seven:
Bob and Pauline McMichael, Stu
Wilson and Alex Townsend and Don
Brae and Roy Krauter.
The next Londesborough card
party will be held March 14.
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FROM LONDESBORO
The Londesborough UCW will
meet at the church on Monday, Feb.
18.
The gathering will begin with
dessert at 7:30 p.m. Elma Plant of
Blyth will be the evening’s
guest speaker. Everyone is
welcome.
To facilitate the annual meeting
for Knox United in Auburn, the
Sunday service at Londesborough
United will switch to 9:30 a.m. for
one Sunday only, Feb. 17. There
will be no Sunday school that
morning.
On Sunday, Feb. 24,
Londesborough United will hold its
annual meeting. Lunch will follow
the morning service that day and the
meeting will convene after
lunch.
George Marshall bent over to pick
an item up off the floor one day
recently and lost his balance. He
spent six days in Goderich hospital
recovering from the fall and the 86
stitches it took to close the tear to the
skin on his head. Currently George
is staying with his son and wife in
Tiverton as John and Jane had
planned to be away. Best wishes for
a quick recovery, George.
It appears that the North Huron
Snowarama will have snow for the
rally on Saturday, Feb. 16. The snow
storm that blew up last Wednesday
has provided a good base and snow
of varying amounts is on the forecast
for every day this week.
Monies raised through this rally
for the Easter Seals Organization
will stay in the community, helping
families with special needs children.
Registration for the 150 km. run is at
the Londesborough Community
Hall between 9 a.m. and noon.
Non-snowmobilers can participate
by sponsoring riders and/or
dropping by the hall that morning
and enjoying a breakfast served up
by the Londesborough Lions Club.
By BRENDA
RADFORD
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PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
13 tables
in play
at euchre
UCW
meeting
begins
with
dessert
Morris-Turnberry councillors
voted money to support physician
recruitment for the Wingham area at
their Feb. 5 meeting, but not before
expressing their frustration with the
whole process.
Deputy-mayor Jim Nelemans
triggered the discussion when he
complained that every community is
spending a lot of money to attract
doctors and cancelling each other
out.
Councillor Paul Gowing,
however, commented that for many
ratepayers there was nothing more
important than attracting enough
doctors to the community. “If you
want to get the right people you have
to spend the money,” he said.
“It really irks me and I’ve had
enough of it,” said councillor Mark
Beaven of recruitment spending.
Gowing argued that it’s necessary
to get doctors to the area before you
can convince them to set up practice
here.
Beaven said he’d rather see the
money spent to finance a student to
become a doctor with the
understanding they come back to the
community to proactive for several
years.
In the long run, council agreed to
spend $1,996.75 for 2008 plus
$449.78 as Morris-Turnberry’s 8.6
per cent share of outstanding costs
for 2007.
***
Councillors voted to give a grant
of $125 to the Huron County
Plowing Match.
Beaven asked for a change in
policy on grant giving, with all the
grant requests for the year being
considered at the same time. “That
way we would be able to judge
according to the budgeted amount
(for grants).”
***
With additional capital costs
needed for the Belgrave Community
Centre, Beaven suggested at some
point council needs to take a look at
what facilities are needed. “We
really need to sit down and have a
heart-to-heart on these facilities —
maybe get residents together to have
a real discussion,” he said.
Gowing, who sits on the
community centre’s board, noted
that in a good cold winter, the
Belgrave arena can make money on
ice rentals. Years with unreliable
temperatures like this, it has more
trouble breaking even with its
natural ice surface.
“The whole centre is a good
facility,” he said, pointing to the ball
diamond, games court, community
hall and arena.
More information on the centre’s
budget will be forthcoming.
***
Council approved installing three
street lights in Bluevale. Two will be
erected on Clyde Street, at Amberley
road at a cost of $3,236. A third will
be installed on Orange Street at a
cost of $638.
Public works co-ordinator Barry
O’Kraftka noted that the lighting on
Clyde street had been badly needed
for some time.
Nancy Michie, administrator
clerk-treasurer explained that the
lights will be paid for through the
lighting charge to local villagers.
Morris-Turnberry council briefs
Council approves funds
for doctor recruitment
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