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PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21,1992.
An apple a day
Blyth school news
Tasha Cook and Melissa Wilson, kindergarten students at Blyth Public school, took the advice
"an apple a day keeps the doctor away" to heart while visiting Orchill Farms and Orchards in
Walton Sept. 13. Orchill is owned by Boyd and Muriel Taylor and the couple regularly gives
tours of their apple farm to school children.
Potluck dinner follows service
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lives as that of being thankful in all
things, for He is present and
working in difficult times as well as
in the good times.
Among those who undertook
special ministries for the day were
Lynda Lentz, who was the Bishop's
Chaplain; Stephanie Lentz and
Mark Nesbit, who were servers;
Ella Ives and Linda Kerly, who
read the scriptures and Barb
Graber, who led in the prayers for
the confirmands. The organist.
Michelle Blake, and the choir
• provided special music for the
occasion. Flowers for the day were
provided by the Stephensons,
Todds and Ken Hurst.
Following the service a good
crowd gathered in the church
basement for a pot luck supper
which was well organized by the
St. John's ACW. After the supper,
the Bishop stopped at Trinity
Church in Blyth to see the new
sidewalk ramp and the lettering on
the archway over the chancel steps,
recently done there.
PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES
Jon could 6e this year's
luchy winner.
Come to the
SUITCASE DANCE
Nov. 6, 1992
Blyth & District
Community Centre
Students visit orchard
by Zoey Onn, Abigail Ramirez,
Jennifer Brigham and
Shawna Walker
KINDERGARTEN
On Tuesday, Oct. 13
Kindergarten class visited Boyd
Taylor's apple orchard. They saw
the apples on the trees, the cold
storage room, the sorting machine
and all the other equipment They
all received some apples.
Later at school they tasted apple
butter, made apple sauce and
played apple games.
GRADE 1/2
As Halloween approaches the
grade 1/2 class prepared for the
occasion. They wrote creative and
traditional stories about Halloween
and made cut-out paper pumpkins.
The students have also been
studying spiders and have learned
some interesting facts.
In French they have learned the
names of shapes.
GRADES 2/3 AND 4
Grades 2/3 and 4 shared a
wonderful experience at the
Wawanosh Centre.
Jane Thompson and Ester Buck
introduced the students to owl
the
pellets, owl feathers, pictures of
different kinds of owls and what
they sound like.
Then they played a game called
“Owl Prowl”.
After the game they went back to
the Centre and concluded the day.
Then they went home on the bus.
They learned many things.
1) Owls eat small animals.
2) Owls will regurgitate 12 hours
after a meal.
3) Owls have good camouflage
because their feathers are colours.
4) Owls make funny noises.
5) Owls can not move their eyes,
so they move their heads around.
6) Owls have no sense of smell.
LIBRARY
A book purchasing trip was
recently made. Approximately 120
books are in the library. The grade
eight class has volunteered time to
get them ready for the shelves.
GRADE 5
The students have potted the
flowerbed plants in order to look
after them for winter.
GRADE 8
On Friday, Oct. 16, three grade
eight students went to the Blyth
Memorial Hall to help the Legion
Ladies Auxiliary cater to the Huron
Pioneer Threshers banquet. Kim
Lee, Margaret Ann and Zoey Onn
had a ball washing dishes, mashing
rutabagas and serving. Brenda
Burkholder, Karen Lee and Mary
Lou Stewart also helped serve and
wash.
CROSS COUNTRY
At 11:45 each day the students at
Blyth Public have been practising
for the cross country meet at
Hullett Central in Londesboro.
Several schools in Huron County
are participating in the meet on
Wednesday, Oct. 21. The first race
starts at 12:45, the distance of the
course is a total of 2.5 km.
The course is marked with chairs.
Any pupil who doesn't follow the ‘
course will be disqualified. The
identification of the student is a
piece of numbered material placed
on the front of their shirt.
BOok Your
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Party Today!
East Wawanosh school news
School elects council
KINDERGARTEN
The students have been working
on a Thanksgiving theme, making
napkin holders, vegetable prints, a
pie plate turkey, and a book. They
are thankful for: corn, flowers,
hands, books, family, dogs, beans,
and rabbits. The list could go on.
GRADE TWO
Grade two enjoyed their trip to
the Blyth Library on Oct. 8. They
discovered that you can borrow
audio tapes and video tapes as well
as books from the library. Mrs.
Brigham helped them make a
Thanksgiving turkey and even gave
them a homemade cookie. Back at
school they made posters
advertising Ontario Public Library
Week, Oct. 19-24.
GRADE FOUR/FIVE
The class is still having a
“threshing” good time working on
Thresher Reunion activities.
Students are learning about the
history of steam power, writing
different kinds of poems,
publishing a Thresher Reunion
newspaper page and a variety of
other activities.
They have had two lessons
working with tom paper and did
pictures of the Thresher Reunion
visit and decorated tom paper cards
for Thanksgiving.
GRADE FIVE/SIX
The beautiful fall colours this
year have been inspiration for
autumn art. Students have created
oil pastel leaf panels, sketches,
paintings, and tissue paper
overlays.
After getting acquainted with
their grade three buddies, students
have made pictures of them, and
written their biographies.
In health, they are studying food.
Did you know that each of us eats
approximately one ton of food a
year?
SPECIAL NEWS
The school was just a buzz this
week with students from grade
seven and eight campaigning for
various positions in Student
Council.
On Friday morning after the
announcements, everyone met in
the gymnasium to listen to what the
different candidates had to promise.
The successful candidates were
Kendra Leishman, president; Erin
Cook, vice president; Michael
McBurney, secretary and Todd
Walker, treasurer.
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