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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-09-24, Page 31PAGE 32. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1986. Mark Hoba is valedictorian at CHSS commencement Mark Hoba accepts an Ontario Scholarship Award from Huron- Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell at Clinton's Commencement program. The $100 prize was one of several Mr. Hoba received as the best overall student at CHSS last year. Mr. Riddell, who once taught at the school, told students “There is only one guarantee of failure: not to take full advantage of the talents given you”. The valedictorian at Friday evening’s commencement exer­ cises at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton was a young man from the Blyth area who carried on the family tradition throughout the ceremony by capturing a number of awards, including one as top Grade 13 student for the year 1985-86. Mark Hoba, 19, won the Sir Ernest Cooper Estate Scholarship, given annually to the student with the highest overall average in Grade 13. Mr. Hoba maintained an average of 87.3 per cent through­ out his final year, computed over eight subjects, rather than the 80 per cent required over six subjects, required for two other awards he also received. One of these was one of eight W.D. Fair Scholarships for Gener­ al Proficiency in Gr. 13, while the other was the Ontario Scholar award given to the same eight Clinton students. Others receiving both awards were Dean Cart­ wright, Jay Brandon, Su Su Myint, Mike Powell, Jackie Norman, Lorelei Robinson and Peggy Van Wonderen. Mr. Hoba’s two older brothers were also the recipients of all three awards while attending CHSS. Ralph, now a mechanical engineer in Whitby, maintained a 92 plus average, while Mike, now an Aylmer pharmacist, held down at 86plus. Allthreeboyswerealso chosen as valedictorian for their final year at Blyth Public School. Mr. Hoba’s final award of the evening was the W.D. Fair Schol­ arship for subject proficiency, earned for his marks in Grade 13 Physics. In the valedictorian address delivered before a packed auditor­ ium, Mr. Hoba recounted the influence of teachers, friends and the community on the success of students, with a special word for parents. “One could say our parents had the greatest influence on our lives. They laidthe foundation for our morals, values and personalities, and gave us freely of their love.” Mr. Hoba’s speech reflected the very special part his own parents played in the success, and that of his brothers, as they spent evening after evening at home drilling the boys in skills and encouraging them to study. More than a few eyes had tears in them as he told his friends, in leaving, that they had all been very special to him. “Now, we have to turn our backs on this familiar environment, which nurtured and expanded our minds during the past few years. The search for knowledge continues, but the real learning process has only just begun,” he concluded. Mr. Hoba is the son of Hubert and Edelgard Hoba, beef farmers at RR 3, Blyth. After working the past three summers at Howson and Howson Ltd. in Blyth to earn tuition money, he has just begun his first year in Honours Applied Chemistry at the University of Waterloo, as the first step toward becoming an optometrist, his chosen career. Two new major scholarships of local interest were presented at the awards ceremony for the first time this year. The West Wawanosh Mutual Fire Insurance Co., with the head office in Dungannon, gave two $500 scholarships to each of the top students leaving CHSS to enter an agricultural university or college. David Pullen of RR 4, Clinton, now at the University of Guelph, and John Brand, of RR 3, Clinton, now at Ridgetown Coll­ ege, were thefirst recipients of this ongoing award. Norris Peever, manager of the company, said the awards were presented as a means of thanking area farmers for 108 years of business with his com­ pany. The Blyth Festival scholarship of $100 was presented for the second year to Lisa Forbes of RR 2, Clinton. Festival General Manager Brenda Donner said the award will be given annually to the top graduating student from the stu­ dent office services program at Clinton, in recognition of the help provided to the Blyth Festival by the program. Other award winners of local interest follow: In Grade 9, Jody WerkmaofRRl, Blyth received the A.H. Carter award for top science student; Maria Verburg of RR 1, Auburn, took the Basic Level 1 subject award for the top student in Girl’s Shop; and Yvonne Pardys won the Mary’s Sewing Centre prizefor top girl in the Clothing course. In Grade 10, Sonya Johnston of Blyth took the Norholme Award for top Girl’s Shop student. Anita Wilts of RR 1, Auburn captured the Grade 11 award for proficiency in visual arts. InGradel2,JohnVerburg,of RR 1, Auburn received the McKer- lie-Millen prize for best Auto Mechanics student; and Joy Mc- Clinchey of RR 1, Auburn, took two awards for top marks and general proficiency, one of them the school’s Scholars Award, and the other the W.D. Fair Scholarship for general proficiency. Guild meets Melville Presbyterian Guild opened the Fall season with a well attended meeting in the church parlour on September 15. Devotions were led by Marguerite Krauter who opened with a moving poem entitled, “Blessings.” After offering prayer she continued with an account of the life of Elizabeth, The Mother of John the Baptist. Business was in charge of the president, Kathleen Semple and refreshments were served by Marguerite, Donna Knight and Winnifred Edgar. Grainhandlers strike could cost Snell’s Grocery Limited BLYTH 523-9332 Blyth’s giant flour mill, a division of Howson and Howson Ltd.. could be shut down complete­ ly by mid-October, unless the bitter grain handlers strike-lockout in Thunder Bay is settled by October 1. Doug Howson, vice-president of Howson and Howson, said his mill will run out of milling wheat by that date, with little hope of getting more unless something happens to get the grain flowing again from western Canada. Since the strike began September 3, Howson’s has been dependant upon shipments by rail direct from the west, but even this avenue is drying up as rail cars become harder to get, he said. “The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool told us today (Monday) that 91 per cent of the Durham and Spring Wheat in Saskatchewan is swath­ ed, with 58 per cent combined. With elevators plugged solid across the west, all available rail cars will soon be tied up in storage,” he said. However, even with rail cars still available, the strike has had a damaging effect on the local mill since it began. “It’s costing us twice as m uch to get grain in by rail; shipping costs are $48 per tonne direct to Blyth from Moose Jaw by rail, compared to $21 by laker from Thunder Bay to Goderich,’’ Mr. Howson said. ‘ ‘That cost has to be passed on to the consumer some­ where along the line.” Howson and Howson is the largest semolina mill in Ontario, the third largest in Canada. Semolina flour is made from soft Durham wheat, used to make pasta, and grown almost exclusive­ ly in the dry climate of Saskatche­ wan. Fifteen mill employees and truckers at Howson’s will lose their jobs if the mill is forced to close, as well as a number of men indirectly employed in trucking flour from Blyth to Toronto, Mr. Howson said. However, he remains optimistic that the situation will be resolved by October 1st, when the House of Commons is recalled. Pointing out thatthe Canadian Wheat Board has indicated that it could still meet its foreign commitments on wheat sales if the strike is settled by that date, Mr. Howson feels certain thatanendtothe strike-lockout will be legislated as one of the first items of business, unless the situation has been resolved. “The best thing that could happen right now is if the west coast grain handlers went on strike, too,” Mr. Howson said. “If both ends of the country were locked up tight, the government would have no option but to take immediate action before too many people get hurt by this.” West coast handlers are currently in a strike position, but have not voted on any action. No matter what happens Octo­ ber 1, Howson’s mill will still be stuck with expensive wheat for a while longer. Rail cars have to be ordered 15-21 days in advance of their actual use; so even if grain is moving down the Great Lakes by the first of the month, the Blyth mill will have to accept its commitment made in ordering grain cars, with grain arriving by rail for at least the first week of October. In Londesboro, Keith Allen of T. B. Allen Ltd. said the strike will not begin to affect his mill until the end of October at the earliest. Most of Alien’s business originates in Ontario, with only wheat screen­ ings, low-grade feed wheat, origi­ nating in the west. “We have about 300 tonnes of screenings stored now, enough to take us through to the end of next month,” he said, adding that other grains could be substituted for screenings if the need arose. OPEN TUES. - SAT. 9 - 6, FRI. TILL 8 1.3910’s 2.99 ★ PRODUCE SPECIALS ★ 500 G. 3.39 175 G. 1.09 BITTNER’S MED. INSIDE ROUND ROAST BEEF “SLICED ”: LB. 4.99 DAVERN SWEET PICKLED PORK Vz’s COTTAGE ROLL LB. 1.59 SCHNEIDER’S BACK ATTACHED CHICKENLEGS LB. .99 SCHNEIDER’S CANADA GRADE A FRYINGCHICKENS lb. 1.29 GRANNY BUTTERTARTS ESTON CHOCOLATE OR RASPBERRY WISS ROLLS 4’s 1.09 ★SCHNEIDERS MEATS★ REGULAR OR RED HOT WIENERS 450 G. 1.69 CHNEIDER’S NO. 1 IDEBACON SCHNEIDERS BOLOGNA, MOCK CHICKEN, MAC & CHEESE, FRENCH ONION, LUNCHEON OR OLIVE & PIMENTO SLICED LUNCH MEATS _________ SCHNEIDER’S OCTOBERFESTSAUSAGE soo G. 2.49 BITTNER’S BOTTOM ROUND COOKED CORNED BEEF “sliced” lb. 3.99 BITTNER’S BOTTOM ROUND BEEF PASTRAMI “SLICED” LB. 3.49 MARY MILES “DELI SLICED” C00KEDHAM lb. PROD. OF ONT. CANADA FANCY MACINTOSHAPPLES 3 LB.1.49 PROD. OF U.S.A. VALENCIA 163’s ORANGES DOZ.1.49 PROD. OF ONT. CAN. #1 GREEN CABBAGE-EACH .59 PROD. GF ONT. CAN. >1 LARGE □ KEEN PEPPERS 3 FOR .99 MR. PURE 100 % PURE GRAPEFRUIT OP ORANGE “UNSWEETENED” JUICE____________2L. 1.69 SCHNEIDER’S “ALL VARIETIES” CHEESESLICES 500 G. 2.99 I FALL SPECIALS | GOOD UNTIL CLOSING SAT., SEPT. 27 Inescafe rich blend IlNSTANTCOFFEE 227 G.5.29j [ALLEN'S PURE [APPLEJUICE 48 OZ..99] ■maple leaf ■CANNED HAM 680 G.3.991 Iavlmer fancy Itomatojuice 48 OZ..891 ■ CHASE & SNABORN REG.. GRIND 2.991IVACPAKCOFFEE369 G. | REDPATH FINE GRANULATED IWHITESUGAR 2KG..99 [beehive or crown ICORNSYRUP 500 ML..99 I MONARCH LUCKY WHIP [TOPPING 190 G.1.49 ■ NABISCO 100% |BRANCEREAL 575 G.1.79 VIVA PAPERTOWELS SCOTTIES ECONOMY FACIALTISSUES 2 ROLL .99 200’s .89 MR CLEAN ALL PURPOSE LIQUIDCLEANER 1 l. 2.79 ★ FROZEN VEGETABLES SALE* FANCYGREENPEAS CORNKERNELS MIXEDVEGETABLES GREEN OR WAX BEANS PEAS&CARROTS ALSO AVAILABLE BY 5 30 LB.17.95 30 LB.20.95 30 LB.18.95 30 LB.18.95 30 LB.17.95 LB . BA<GS. COMPLETE LIST IN STORE. MUST BE ORDERED BY OCT. 2ND, NO LATER!