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The Citizen, 1989-02-15, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989. The Grey Central Public School boys team was among the contenders at the North Huron Volleyball Tournament held at F.E. Madill Secondary School on February 4, shown here playing a team from Howick Central Central P.S. Other competitors were both boys’ and girls’ teams from Brussels, East Wawanosh, Wingham and Turnberry Central schools, and everybody was a winner in the non-competitive play. j Grey Central Echo THE NEW PUPILS by S. Boyd and K. Kerr On Monday, January 30, three new pupils came to Grey Central from Hickson Central School in Hickson. The students names are Leanne Zehr who is in rhe 2/3 class; Jeff Zehr, in the 4/5 class and Tricia Zehr in the Grade seven class. They moved to Brussels from Hickson. They live in the house at the Brussels Stock Yards. We interviewed the three new students and asked them what they liked to do. Tricia likes to play sports such as: volleyball since she made it on her old school team, also she likes to play baseball and basketball. Tricia said her old school is bigger and she had made a lot of new friends at Grey Central. Jeff Zehr likes to play all the same sports as Tricia, he also has made new friends at his new school. Leanne likes to play with her toys, and her favourite sport is baseball and she likes her school Grey Central. RED DAY AND DANCE by S. Boyd and K. Kerr On February 10 at Grey Central we had another fun day. It was “Red Day” this is when you wear as much red as you can. The winners were judged at the noon hour recess last Friday. If you were in grade 1, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, and 4/5 you would receive a pop. And if you were in grade 6, 7, and 8 you would be able to get in the dance free. The winners in the grade 1 new classroom were Nathan Conley and Crystal Gulutzen. In grade 1/2, Brownyn Dunbar and Matthew Keupfer; Grade 2/3 Matthew Cox, and Darlene Hemingway; Grade 3/4 Shannon Conley, Cheryl Kerr, and Brett Fisher; Grade 4/5 Paul Huisser, and Andrea Willis. In grade 6 Josh McCutcheon and Erin Mitchell. Grade 7 did not get MTA reps say plan can benefit communities Continued from page 1 with advocates urging the province to purchase some of the 1,500 miles of abandoned rail lines for conver­ sion to multiple-use public parks. Local interest centres on the 77.2 mile Goderich-to-Guelph corridor, abandoned by the CPR in January. Chief among the Ground Hog’s Day Committee’s concerns if the rail lands go public are what its supporters see as increased dan­ gers to farm property through vandalism and irresponsible use of the trail system, as well as the loss of access to property split by public land, and the loss of privacy. “When a train passes through your property you knew it was transportation with a purpose,” Mrs. Kirkby said. “But with bikers that could wander in at any time ... I’d be terrified to be alone.” The committee also expressed its concern about the public cost of a provincial trails system, pointing out that if the land were returned to the farmers, they would become responsible for the costs of maint­ enance, fencing, drainage and access. In seeking Morris council’s assis­ tance, Mrs. Kirkby said, “It would appear as if the railways want to dispose of their lands as expedient­ ly and as cheaply as possible. Ethel Compiled by Mrs. Margaret McMahon. Phone 887-9250 Margaret MacDonald 'high man'at euchre Eleven tables of euchre were played on Monday evening, Feb. 6 at the Ethel hall hosted by Helen Alexander, Cindy Robinson and Doreen Sutter. The winning prizes were: high man, Margaret MacDonald, (play­ ing as a man); low man, Keith Turnbull; high lady, Becci Ruppel; Hullett Happenings VOLLEYBALL by Chert Kryzanowski On Saturday, February 4, the Hullett boys and girls volleyball teams attended the tournament at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. The Hullett boys got off to a blazing start and finished in first place with the best possible score of 25. The Hullett girls got off to a good start, but finished in third place, one point behind the second place finishers. On behalf of both volleyball teams we would like to thank our coaches Mr. Griffin, Mrs. Hoernig and Mrs. Pletch. Congratulations to all team mem­ bers. Way to go Hullett. PUBLIC SPEAKING by Erin Horbanuik On Thursday, February 16, Hul­ lett Central School will be having their speech competition in the morning. During the past week they have been competing in their classrooms to determine who goes to the gym. Everyone from grades 3, to grade 8 will be participating. judged because they were at Wing­ ham High School at the time. Grade 8, Manivan Laprom. Everyone enjoyed the “Red Day” and thought it was fun. On February 10 the grade 8’s also had a dance. It cost 25 cents to get in to the dance. The two D.J.’s were Manivan Laprom and Lisa Marchitto. “If (Morris) could act as our agent to acquire the land, then sell it back to us at cost, it would save the township the hassle and cost of having it surveyed, because all it would have to do in most cases is rejoin the fences.” But although council appeared supportive of the committee’s pro­ posal during its hour-long presen­ tation, it later told the group it could not formally support them at this time. Instead, it suggested the farmers seek the support of other landowners along the Goderich-to- Guelph line in presenting their case to the province. The move left the Ground Hog’s Day Committee with barely two weeks to plan a strategy to present to a meeting in Toronto on Febru­ ary 28 of the inlcrministerial com­ mittee formed last December to hear submissions from special interest groups interested in the abandoned railway lines. Mrs. Kirkby said Monday she couldn’t comment without the direction of her committee, which she said would likely meet again later this week. The February 7 Morris council meeting was also attended by Susan White and David Kilgour of the Maitland Trails Association low lady, Dorothy Cox; lucky tables, Scott McLean, Shirley Ver- stoep, Iola Subject, Brenda Perrie, Lloyd and Beryl Smith, Margaret Beirnes, and Agnes Harrow. Tally card draw winners were Iona McLean, Mary Bell, Jean Rolof, Dorothy Hamilton, Margaret Adams, Clifford Beimes, Allan \ Cranbrook Compiled by Mrs. Mac Engel. Phone 887-6645 Bad weather cuts crowd J The Canadian Foresters hosted the euchre held on Friday evening, Feb. 10, in the Community Centre. There was a smaller attendance than usual owing to the weather and other activities. Nine tables were in play with the following winners: high, Beryl Smith, Lloyd Smith; low, Wilma Higgins, Stan Alexander; lone hands, Dorothy Hamilton, Harold Bragg; lucky tables, Shirley Ver- steop, Annie Engel, Stewart Steiss, Bill Eckmier, Lois Hart, Agnes Harrow, Ross Stephenson, Harry Jacklin; tallies, Ken MacDonald, Blair Davidson, Bill Eckmier, Stan Alexander, Ken Crawford, Shirley Versteop, Agnes Harrow, Helen Grey boys win all by J. Miners On Saturday, Feb. 4 in F.E. Madill High School the North- Huron Volleyball Tournament was held. A boys and girls team from each school, Howick, Turnberry, Wing­ ham, Brussels, East Wawanosh and Grey took part. The boys team from Grey won all of their games and the girls won three games out of five. Everyone had fun at the tourna­ ment and hope to return next year for another tournament. (MTA), a Goderich-based group pressing for the conversion of the Goderich-to-Guelph corridor as public recreational land. Both offered to answer questions about the Rails to Trails proposal, stress­ ing that all those involved would do all they could to address the concerns of any landowners who would be affected if the project became a reality. They noted that studies of suc­ cessful rail conversions to public use indicated wide-ranging bene­ fits to their communities, and said that one of Ontario’s major inter­ ests in the Goderich-to-Guelph line was a land bank for the future. But it quickly became apparent that neither the landowner’s com­ mittee nor several members of council were ready to discuss the matter with the MTA representa­ tives, and the meeting ended without resolution. Hullett Township council has planned a public meeting on Febru­ ary 24 to hear any concerns its ratepayers may have about the eventual uses of the rail line; while Grey Township council will send a delegation to learn more about the issues at a major meeting of potential rail abandonment user groups in Linwood on February 25 before taking a stand. New charmer in Dobson family Bill and Helen Dobson have a new granddaughter, Michelle Nichol, daughter Darlene Nichol. of Allan and Wight, Cindy Gill, Lois Mc- Meryle will be Kennedy, Annie Robinson, Mildred Lean, Mac Smith, and Bowes. The next euchre Feb. 20 at 8:30 p.m. Birthday greetings go Marjorie Gebhardt, Cindy son and Pamela McLellan. Anni­ versary wishes to Joan and John Smith. out to Robin- Alexander; anniversary, Lloyd and Beryl Smith; birthday, Adrian Ver- steop; lucky cup, Marjorie Mc­ Court. The euchre on Friday, Feb. 17 will be in charge of the Hall Board. APPOINTMENT NOTICE Citizen Publisher, Keith Roul- ston is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Classified Advertising Representative MRS. HQ7648-24. “Hi I’m an HQ7648-24 I’m said to have an attractive voice I’m not really good looking but my 36-24-36 microprocessor can challenge any of mysilicon rivals. 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