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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-01-08, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8,1997 B elgraveThe news from Families home for holidays Compiled by Linda Campbell Phone 357-2188 Gordon and Louise Bosman celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 28. 'Gordon's brother Harold of Edmonton, Alta, attended. Clayton Bosman and Debbie Wilson of Prince George, B.C. have spent the holidays with his parents and other family and friends. The "Come and Go Tea" at the WI Hall was well attended. Family and friends enjoyed a delicious meal at JJ's Fireside Cafe in the evening. Guests attended from Prince George, B.C., Edmonton, Alberta, Woodstock, London, Goderich, Brussels, Wingham and Belgrave. Beth Procter returned home from Wingham Hospital and spent a few days over Christmas at her daughter's Sandra Mayberry in Londesboro. On Boxing Day dinner guests at the home of Sandra, Larry and Darryl Mayberry were Frank, Dorothy, Karen and Kevin Procter .of RR 5, Brussels; Marilyn Mayberry and friend of Kitchener; Maxine and Howard, Sherry, Amanda, and Alicia Zettler, of RR 4, Walkerton; Marjorie and Phillip Stopforth and Alexandria of Oakville; Joyce and Ron Hill and Robbie of RR 1, Tavistock and Iris Johnston of London. John, Linda, Jeremy and Justin Campbell spent a few days in the Christmas holidays at Grand Bend. Boxing Day dinner guests at their home came from Calgary, Brantford, London, Merlin and Grand Bend. Garner and Alice Nicholson spent Christmas with Rob and Judy Nicholson, Listowel. They also attended a family Christmas at Ray and Cindy Nicholson's cottage at Talisman. Also attending were Victoria and Alexandra Nicholson, Elmira; Margaret and Glyn Wide, Kimberly, Trevor, Jennifer Wide, Hamilton; Rob and Judy Nichol­ son, Listowel, Ron and Lynda Nicholson, Barrie. Madill Mirror Steps to build the future Landmark Louise and Gordon Bosman of Belgrave celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, Dec. 28, with family and friends. Couple celebrates 50th The Brussels United Church manse was the setting for the wed­ ding of Louise Coultes and Gordon Bosman, Dec. 30, 1946. They were wed by Rev. Hugh Wilson, a former minister to the groom, with Mrs. Laura Wilson and her daughter, witnessing the ceremony. The Bosmans have five children: Allan of Londesboro, twins David of Goderich and Donald of Bay- field, Joan of Westerhout and Clay­ ton of Prince George, British Columbia; 11 grandchildren (one deceased and four great grandchil­ dren (one deceased). Mrs. Bosman retired from her position as a public school teacher in June 1986, just six months after Mr. Bosman retired from farming. Members of Knox United Church, Belgrave, the pair keeps busy with lawn bowling, cards and curling. Mrs. Bosman is also a member of the Eastern Star Lodge. The couple, now of Belgrave cel­ ebrated their 50th anniversary, Dec. 28, with an afternoon tea for family and friends at the WI Hall in Bel­ grave. Dinner was enjoyed at JJ's Fireside Cafe. Guests attended from Prince George, Edmonton, Goderich, Lon­ don, Woodstock, Brussels and Bel­ grave. VICE-PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE By Joseph Porter At this time of the year, there are two themes: first, the holiday time to be with family and friends enjoying all the comforts of home; second, the start of a brand new year with all of its resolutions and plans for the future. In 1997, we will very quickly conclude the first semester and begin a fresh set of expectations with the new year. It is a time for planning. Educational planning is like baking a cake. If you leave out some ingredients, the cake won't rise. If you leave out some basic elements building your individual program, your educational benefits won't rise either. Most parents and students I talk to make educational planning too complicated and it's easy to see why. They are bombarded by opinions, perceptions and myths, which suggest high expectations can be met with little or no effort in studying. Reality requires constant effort. Here are the steps good students need to take, in order of priority, to build their educational future. 1. Put your plan in writing. You must write down what you need to do and keep it in a visible place where you can constantly check up on your progress. A plan put away in a drawer is a dead plan. Put yours on the refrigerator door where you can see it every day of the week. 2. Attend all your classes. This is not as simple as it sounds when you consider the excuses (note: not reasons) that poor students use in missing instructional time. Every hour on task in class is an hour of time available after school for you to choose other activities. 3. Stay on task. This means you pay close attention to your own learning. No one can learn for you. You must not just remember but comprehend and be prepared to apply your knowledge. Homework certainly helps to reinforce learning new material, if it is done faithfully. Very, very few people are successful in cramming a great deal of information in a relatively short time. 4. Honour your time lines. This requires preparing well ahead of due dates, not just the night before. Stress builds unnecessarily when you get behind in assignments. Good students are not constantly stressed since they do the necessary studies even if it means giving up social time. 5. Finally, ask questions. Your teachers will be impressed that you are asking about relevant features of a lesson. Good students add to their learning when they clarify what they need to know. Have a safe and happy holiday and remember that exams are soon upon us. STRESS By Cara Marks Exams are coming! That means a lot of pressure which results in stress. If you find yourself under stress, the Huron County Health Unit has set up some guidelines to follow to help you cope: - Talk to someone they trust. - Make time for fun. - Take one step at a time. - Use deep breathing or other relaxation exercises. - Know their own limits/feel comfortable saying "no". - Be positive. - Get enough sleep and eat healthy food. Exams start on Jan. 17 and end Jan. 23. Keep these guidelines in mind. Good luck on the exams! THANKS By Arlene McKeon Our time on the school page has come to an end. The semester is almost over and it is time for our last submission to the paper. The time and effort we put in was well worth it, I know now, because the knowledge I have obtained is great. The school page group, that consists of Dennis Adams, Cara Marks, Alysha Metcalfe, Jessica Fraser, Kendra Hopper, and me, Arlene McKeon, would like to thank Citizen Editor Bonnie Gropp for letting us write these articles about our school. She let us learn a lot about writing newspaper articles Continued on page 18 Meetings begin at 7 p.m. SHARP DEALS Continued from page 1 for 7 to 9:30 p.m. In an effort to establish a consoli dated group, the committee held a joint meeting for all hospital citi­ zen's action groups, Tuesday evening in Wingham. McBride said Seaforth Community, South Huron (Exeter), Clinton Public, Wingham and District and St. Marys Memori­ al Hospital action committees have said they will be present. The committee will also be urg­ ing residents to pressure local politicians, health council members and the task force to consider a funding cut of 10 per cent, rather than 18 or 20 per cent for rural hos­ pitals. Approximately 6,000 letters will be mailed to residents in the Wing­ ham and District Hospital catch­ ment area encouraging residents to continue writing letters to those involved in the process. After an action committee meeting last week, McBride said some points for inclusion in the letters were detailed. They are: our hospitals serve rural Ontario, which is con­ siderably different from urban Ontario in all aspects of financial and accessibility requirements; small rural hospitals are allotted less than 10 per cent of the min­ istry's hospital funding budget; small rural hospitals have proven themselves to be very cost efficient, causing difficulties in cutting fur­ ther when already efficient; the Huron Perth District Health Coun­ cil arbitrarily set a reduction goal of 18 to 20 per cent which would seri­ ously impair the quality and acces­ sibility of service now being delivered and a cost reduction of 12 per cent, shared by all Huron and Perth hospitals would allow for the continuation of present services at all locations. Addresses for the letter-writing campaign can be found in the side- bar. Address Concerns to: Helen Johns, MPP Huron: P.O. Box 520, Exeter, ON N0M 1S6 Bert Johnson, MPP Perth: 556 Huron Street, Stratford, ON N6A 5T9 Barb Fisher, MPP Bruce: 904 Queen Street, Kincardine, ON N2Z 2Y2 Premier Mike Harris: Room 281, Main Legislative Building, Queen's Park, Toronto ON M7A 1A1 Minister of Health: 10th Floor Hepburn Block, 80 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, ON M7A 2C4 Honourable Noble Villeneuve: Minister of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs 11th Floor, 801 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M7A 1A3 Hospital Planning Concerns Deborah Campbell, Duncan Sinclair, Fraser Bell, Chair, Huron Perth District Health Council P.O. Box 610, Mitchell, ON N0K 1N0 Chair, Health Services Restructuring Committee 56 Wellesley Street West, 12th Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2B7 Executive Director, Huron Perth District Health Council ON QUALITY - CLEAN READY-TO-GO USED CARS Great Savings on These Used Cars & Trucks. 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