HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-09-30, Page 3Students hold election
HEAD THAT BALL
September has been a busy
month for Blyth Public School
soccer players, starting with soccer
drills and skills in gym classes,
followed by intramural games.
School team tryouts were next.
The teams will go to Huron
Centennial School to compete
against other schools from the east
region. Once you get into it, it's a
lot of fun and great exercise.
COMPACT DISK READ
put in on December 9. This
computer is useful for students.
They don't have to sign out
borrower's cards, you just scan the
book with a light-pen scanner
which links their book to their
name for the borrowing period.
Mrs. Webster likes it because it
will list overdue books by
classroom and take quick inventory
of books. A great time saving
feature.
ELECTION
THE SEPTEMBER 30,1992. PAGE 3.
ONLY MEMORY = C.D. R.O.M.
Two new computers have arrived
at B.P.S. The C.D. R.O.M. which
has a searching feature which
allows you to go into encyclope
dias, atlases and database to obtain
information instead of books. It has
sound effects and video displays. It
is capable of moving rapidly to
different topics.
The other computer is a
circulation computer, which was
Volunteers needed
Right now at B.P.S. a campaign
is running to elect a president, vice
president, treasurer and secretary.
The election will take place on
Friday, Oct. 2._________________
Blyth
Meeting the teachers
There are four new faces on staff at Blyth Public School this year. From left: Michael Park,
Angela Rea, Wilhelmina Laurie and Principal Al Harrison. A special Open House was held at
the school on Sept. 29 for parents and teachers to get acquainted.
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People
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Snell visited
4 new faces on school staff
growth the last three years," said
Mrs. Elliott. "And it is very good
for the community. It would be ter
rible for it not to continue, but it
has become too big a job for the
same 10 people to do over and
over."
This year's Festival would be
held on June 25, 26, and 27. Any
one with time to give can volunteer
their son Kriss on the weekend.
He's attending Laurentian Univer
sity in Sudbury.
Lome Daer and Jason from New
Hamburg visited on Saturday with
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Daer.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pipe and
grandson Matthew visited on
Saturday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Daer.
Parents of Blyth Public School
students had the opportunity to
meet and talk with the staff at a
special Open House on Sept. 29.
New principal Al Harrison said the
purpose of the night was for parents
and teachers to have initial contact.
As well, Karen Webster was pre
sent to demonstrate some of the
Judge
dismisses
Award winners
charges
Charges of break and enter
against a Blyth man were dis
missed in Wingham's provincial
court on Sept. 16.
David Bell, 19 first appeared in
court before Judge Seneshen on
March 18 on charges of breaking
into the apartment of Joseph Whit
ton. The case was remanded at that
time.
On June 17, Judge R.G.E. Hunter
set the trial date for Mr. Bell to
Sept. 16.
Charges were dropped as there
was not enough evidence to prove
them, the crown said.
computer systems and programs in
place at theschool.
The evening served as an intro
duction as well to the four new
staff members.
Principal Harrison comes to
Blyth with many years of teaching
and administrative experience. He
began his career in Listowel where
he taught for one year before mov
ing to Paisley for two years.
As an employee of the Huron
County Board of Education he has
taught in Turnberry for 16 years
and East Wawanosh for two, then
was vice principal at Howick Cen
tral Public School for four years.
Mr. Harrison, his wife and two
children, reside in Wingham.
He is looking forward to his time
at Blyth Public School, adding that
he has found the community to be
an extremely positive one.
Wilhelmina Laurie has come to
Blyth, most recently from Hullett
Central Public School, where she
was the principal designate for two
years. Prior to that Mrs. Laurie
taught at Huron Centennial for 15
years.
As an educator, Mrs. Laurie has
taught every grade from one
through eight, as well as French.
She is teaching Grade 7 and Inter
mediate French al Blyth P.S. and is
the principal - designate.
In addition to her teaching duties,
Mrs. Laurie is second vice-presi
dent of the Huron Women Teachers
Federation. She resides in Vama
with her husband and five children,
ages four to 14.
Former Hullett Central Public
School Kindergarten teacher
Michael Park is the new Grade four
teacher at Blyth.
His career began in Brantford,
where he taught for five years. In
the mid-70's he accepted a position
in Northern Ontario, then came to
Huron, teaching first in Howick
and Seaforth before Hullett.
Newly married, Mr. Park resides
near Fordwich.
Grade one to five French teacher
Angela Rea will be dividing her
time between Blyth and East
Wawanosh Central Public School,
t his is her third year working for
the Huron County Board of Educa
tion. Prior to that she was an
employee of the Perth County
board.
Married with two children Mrs.
Rea lives in Seaforth.
These four students were the recipients of the Norman
Parks Garrett award for students from Blyth who are going
on to further study at Central Huron Secondary School
commencement on Friday. From left: Rick Howson Kelly
Cook, Cathy Nesbitt and Dave Hessels. Dave is at
Waterloo University studying Urban Planning, Kelly is at
Waterloo majoring in Mathematics, Cathy is at Waterloo
enrolled in the Arts program and Rick is studying
Chemistry at Trent University in Peterborough.
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