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By John Schedler
With family films in short supply especially from those hot shot
Hollywood types out in La La land, it sure is nice to see a couple of gems
from other countries receiving critical acclaim and, in the case of the
Oscar nominated Babe **** (MCA/Universal - $24.95 or less), large
receptive audiences. This delightful tale from Australia about a pig who
challenges his preordained place in the world is a delight from beginning
to end. (Rated G)
Also well worth checking out is War of the Buttons **** (Warner)
another charmer from Ireland. The Emerald Isle has been giving us
outstanding films for the last several years and this comedy/drama about
the conflict between two groups of youths from adjacent towns is hugely
entertaining for both young and old alike. (Rated PG)
I wish I could report that the latest release from the folks at Disney is of
equal stature to the above two films but Operation Dumbo Drop **
(Disney) is a surprisingly dull comedy about a group of American soldiers
in Viet Nam whose mission is to deliver an elephant across the country to
a remote village. The cast which includes Ray Liotta and Danny Glover is
OK, but on the whole the film is just plain lifeless despite taking place in
the middle of a war. (Rated PG)
For those of you interested in movie history The University Story ***1/2
(MCA/Universal - $14.95) is a great place to start. This fascinating
documentary traces the studio's history from its beginnings in 1915 to
Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. Between these two events Universal
was responsible for some of the most memorable images in movies.
Hosted by Richard Dreyfuss, The Universal Story does a marvelous job of
compressing eight decades into two hours and includes clips from over
130 movies, rare interviews and archival footage. Highly recommended!
(Unrated)
Among the week's other new releases if The Tie That Binds
(Touchstone), a thriller starring Keith Carradine and Daryl Hannah as two
psychopaths who make every effort to reclaim their daughter from the
young couple (Vincent Spano and Moira Kelly) who have just adopted
her. (Rated R)
The Invaders (Republic) is an updating of the classic television series
this time starring Scott Bakula but I'm told the original series star, Roy
Thinnes puts in a special appearance. (Rated PG)
In Angus (Alliance) an overweight teen longs to date the most popular
girl in school. This film received good critical notices and may well be
worth a look. (Rated PG)
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COMMUNITY
MEETING
to discuss services for
Seniors and adults with
physical challenges
Tuesday, March 26, 1:30 p.m.
in the Art Gallery
Blyth Memorial Hall
Need a Ride? Call us
Town & Country Homemakers
1-800-265-3039
HURON TRAINING AND
LABOUR COALITION
SPRING MEETING
March 29th, 1996
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Benmiller Inn
Groups and Businesses interested in
community and labour market issues
are invited to attend.
For more information, please contact the
Huron County Planning and Development Department
519-524-2188
PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1996
East Wawanosh PS news
Kindergartens work with Grade 1 buddies
By Becky Nethery,
Samantha Gibson and
Mike Procter
GRADE ONE
Grade is have been working on
winter centres with their kinder-
garten buddies. They arc sponge
painting snowmen and making lacy
doily designs. They have been
talking about animals and learning
where they are now that it is winter.
In math, they can count by twos
and fives. They have learned all of
their adding and subtracting skills
up to five.
Dave is their SUPER Kid this
week. Those students celebrating
January birthdays are Trever,
Jan. 3, and Kristopher, Jan. 30.
GRADE 2
The Grade 2 class has started a
new book called Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory. They are going
to perform a play entitled The
Hungry Thing and have started
individualized reading activities.
In mathematics they have started
talking about place value and
measurement. Day 100 is quickly
approaching.
The class has new bank books for
the lay money that they earn for
good behaviour.
Some of the students are
finishing their ABC books. This
class is also enjoying their Winter
Activities.
SKI TRIP
On Tuesday, Jan. 23, many
students from Grades 5-8 went on a
trip to Talisman Mountain Resort.
They would like to thank the
School Advisory Council for
organizing this trip, Mrs. Robinson
for her assistance, and all of the
teachers and parents who went
along to help supervise.
JK/SK
The Early Years arc watching an*-!
amaryllis grow. We measure the
plant each day that we are at
school. So far Mrs. Daer's class has
the taller plant.
We are enjoying our winter
centres with our Grade 1 buddies.
We listened to the story The
Mitten and we cut and pasted the
animals that hid in the mitten.
We used clothespins and mitts
with letters to line up the letters of
the alphabet.
We cut and pasted snowmen
from snowflakes and doilies.
Since there are many activities at
each centre to choose from, we are
very busy.
We are enjoying skating on
Friday afternoons with Grades 1
and 2. Any parents who would like
to come along to help are welcome.
DEBATING
The Grade 6, 7 and 8 students
have been debating in class. Some
of the topics that they have been
debating about are: Is stepping on a
bug murder? or Should Santa be
charged with break and enter. They
have been having fun with
debating.
The top four debaters from each
class worked with Mr. Bartlett in
the library, and presented debates
in an assembly in the gym on
Wednesday, Jan. 24.
From the Grade 6 class Amy
B r-nes and Becky Nethery,
negative; Paul Walker and Travis
Campbell, affirmative, were the
representatives. They debated on
whether debating should be in the
Olympics or not.
The Grade 7 representatives
were: Vicky Black and Holly
Grubb, negative; Heather Black
and Myron Hussey, affirmative. Is
Sesame Street more educational
than the evening news? was their
topic.
Grade 8 was represented by
Lauren Walker and Julie Woodley
as the affirmative side, and Colleen
Van Camp and Kevin Hopf as the
negative side. Their debating topic
was whether euthanasia be
legalized or not. Colleen, Julie,
Amy and Paul were chosen to par-
ticipate in a Debating Tournament
at Central Huron Secondary School
on Friday, Jan. 26.
By Ken McCracken and
Mike Procter
GRADE 4/5 NEWS
The Grade 4/5 class has had
some very interesting "All About
Me" presentations. The people who
have shared their 'All About Me's"
are Kyle Campbell, Emily Elston,
Adam Lutz, Matthew Rochetta,
Leanne Vincent, Nicole Procter and
Kristen Palmer.
They are also working on some
research projects using a variety of
topics.
They are studying multiplication
tables, area and perimeter in math.
They are doing a novel study on
Thank You
The Blyth Christian Reformed
Church Bazaar Committee
would like to thank the
following businesses for their
generous donations:
The Citizen
Howson & Howson Ltd.
Scrimgeour's Food Market
Luann's Country Flowers
Elliott Insurance Brokers Ltd.
Blyth Apothecary
Bell's Discount
Chauncey's Hairstyling
The Blyth Vet Clinic
Picture It Photography
Blyth Mini Mart
Radford Auto, Farm & Industrial
Pizza Plus
Nicole's Hairstyling
Stitches by M.J.
Christmas & Country Flowers
Blyth Inn
Carol's Candies & Collectables
Dressing Room Only
Manning's Building Supplies
The Ranch House Restaurant
Remember When Antiques
BJ's Cafe
Grand View Restaurant
A special thank you
to all who supported the
bazaar this year.
an excellent book called Tom and
the Midnight Garden. They have
some good comments about the
book.
Michelle Nixon liked the way
that the time was different in both
worlds.
Chris Cottrill and Nathan Spivey
liked how there was a mystery to
solve at the end of each chapter.
Emily Elston enjoyed Tom's
friendship with Hatty and their
great adventures together.
Ryan Moran said that every
chapter was different and
surprising. He never suspected that
Mrs. Bartholomew was Hatty.
Leanne Vincent liked the good
pictures that the author made in her
head while she was writing.
We enjoyed our New Year's
package of letters from our British
pen pals. Now we are waiting for a
reply from our January letters.
GRADE 3/4
February has been a busy month
in Mrs. Hessels' Grade3/4 class. A
study of Inuit introduced many
interesting facts about northern
traditions.
Students enjoyed building
snowforts outside at recess time.
Architectural antic activities are
now raising everyone's curiosity.
Math has been a challenge as the
Grade 3s have started multiplica-
tion and division, while the Grade
4s are testing their recall skills on
the facts from last yeat.
The classroom is adorned with
lovely paintings of cats after an art
lesson on painting pets.
Students have enjoyed many
indoor recess activities during the
cold winter months. Skipping,
king's court, line dancing, knitting
and crocheting have all been
popular.
Together with Mr. Kerr's 4/5
class we have prepared skits,
riddles, poems and songs to
entertain at the Senior Day Centre
in Wingham on Monday, March 8.
We are now looking forward to
iAn exciting March Break!!
Day 100 Celebrations
On Monday, Feb. 12, the
following grades took part in Day
100 Celebrations: kindergarten,
Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3/4.
These classes took part in many
special activities to help celebrate
the fact that they had been at school
for 100 days.
To kick off the activities all
classes met in the Grade 3/4 room
where they shared a community
snack made up of various snacks of
100 items. The students sang
"Happy Day 100 To You" and then
the activities began.
The rest of the morning was
spent rotating between four rooms
to experience many different
activities all dealing with the
number 100. These activities
centered around language, math
and art. It was an exciting and
educational morning.