HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-06-03, Page 3LCPS track meet
By Jill Campbell
and Tracy Ward
Lucknow Central has been buzzing with
excitement with students preparing for
track and field and working hard on their
books.
Kindergarten
We are still enjoying the dinosaurs in our
"dinosaur books" which will he finished
next week so we can share them with
everyone.
On Tuesday and Wednesday wewere'
lucky to have some of next year's
kindergarten students visit us. We all hope
they enjoyed their day and Mrs. Lash is
looking forward to seeing them in
September.
Grade 1
Grade one students were really excited
to be a part of the YAC reading conference
held on Friday. They enjoyed the author,
Mr. Frank Etherington, very much and
then shared their books with their groups.
We hope it's not this hot for our trip to
the Children's Museum next week.
Ronnie brought us a Swallow -Tail but-
terfly that he watched coming from its co-
coon. We all watched it fly away.
Greg is "Special Me" and brought his
lion "Lionel" as our mascot.
Mrs. Mali helped us make butter this
week then we had muffins, butter, jam and
lemonade for a treat while we watched
pioneer films. Thanks Mrs. Mali.
Grade 2
We were very fortunate to have Mr.
Passmore talk to us about his occupation -
a machinist at Champion Road Graders
and a D.J. His talk was most helpful
towards our unit on Our Community. He
stressed the services his jobs give to the
community members and how everyone.
must work 'together for the betterment -of
the community. We thank Mr. Passmore
Crime Stoppers
seeks information
on drug smuggling
This week's Crime of , the Week comes
from Canada Customs, located in Owen
Sound.
Canada Customs is another agency
within Grey Bruce which supports the
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce Inc.
Program.
Un November 4, 1986, Customs Officers
arrested a male air passenger at Toronto
Pearson International Airport who was at-
tempting to smuggle 908 grams of heroin,
with a street value of $5.5 million, into
Canada. The air passenger was arriving
on a KLM flight from Amsterdam and was
referred to secondary for a thorough ex-
amination. X -Ray examination revealed
shaded areas in the lining of his suitcase.
After a removal of the sides of the suit-
case, a package was revealed containing
heroin.
On Nov. 11, 1986, Customs Officers seiz-
ed 14.5 kilos of marijuana with a street
value of $50,000. An arrest was made.
On Dec. 3, 1986, Customs Officers seized
4 kilos of cocaine with a street value of $1.2
million. An arrest was made.
On January 30, 1986, Customs Officers at
Toronto Pearson International Airport
seized 6 lbs. of liquid hash from a male who
had the substance secreted in a tent he was
carrying. The person arrested and subse-
quently convicted was from the Grey
Bruce area. Investigation revealed that
the narcotics seized were destined for the
Grey Bruce area.
e issue of smuggling narcotis into
C(nada is of major national concern.
Canada Customs in conjunction with
Crime Stoppers has made several substan-
tial seizures and arrests pertaining to drug
smuggling. If you know someone in the
Grey Bruce area who is involved in the.
smuggling of narcotics, you are encourag-
ed to call CRIME STOPPERS at
1-800-265-3787. CRIME STOPPERS offers
you a method in which you can pass this in-
formation on and never have to reveal
your identity, and at the same time be
eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.
All information received is strictly
confidential.
today
LCPS
and look forward to the other parents who'
will be visiting us in the near future.
We are very proud of all the books made
for the Young Authors Conference.
Special congratulations to Rob Symes and
Kelly Newhook who will be attending the
conference in Walkerton.
Grade 3
Grade 3 has been busy enjoying "Tree
Centres". On Thursday morning, Elsie
Buck from the Maitland Valley Conserva-
tion area visited us. We were outdoors in
the schoolyard and participated in many
tree related activities. We certainly learn-
ed to appreciate our trees and enjoyed
playing "Meet a Tree".
Grade 4
This week Grade 4 has been concen-
trating on reading. They have enjoyed
SQUIRT (Silent Quiet Uninterrupted
Reading Time) outside. The students have
also listened to one anothers young
author's books.
The class wrote thank -you notes to their
many helpers in the past couple of months.
Theyhave had a great many people assist
them with their books, Australia projects
and many other activities.
They are anxiously awaiting letters
from their penpals and their opportunity to
meet each other on the class trip June 10.
Grade .5
In math, volume is now going pretty
smoothly. Everyone is anxious to find out
who is going to the YAC. Mr. Etherington
has come to LCPS and we were very happy
to meet him. We are all looking forward to
Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 3, 1987—Page 3
r roux rinergion, an auor or a numoer or cnud
ummren's book was at the Lucknow Central
School on Friday, May 29 during the school's Mini -Young Author's Conference. Here, Mr.
Etherington answers some questions about being a children's author. (Alan Rivett photo)
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reading our books. Our new unit in En-
vironmental Studies is Plants. We started
on Monday, May 18. We are also looking
forward to the Bike Rodeo on Tuesday and
the Field Day on Wednesday. We have a
full week ahead and we can't wait until
school is out.
Grade 6
It has been a very busy week for the
grade six students as they are learning
how to calculate the tax they pay on ggods
and how discounts work on sale items at
thestore. As busy students, they practised
for the track and field day. They par-
tiuipated in writing and reading their own
story books and they started a program to
read six novels. In the French lessons they
have completed making a tape and slide
pictures showing themselves.
Grade 7
The weather is hot but so are the grade 7
activities. Our class has worked extreme-
ly hard to complete their books for the
Young Author's Conference and for author,
Frank Etherington's visit on May 29. We
are very proud of the results. April
Brindley, Wayne Gollan and Shelly Bruce
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