The Citizen, 1997-04-02, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2,1997w—The news from Walton Public School news
Pupils enjoy Easter fun
Compiled by Patty Banks Phone 887-6156
Residents celebrate
Celebrating April birthdays are:
April 1, Tad Smith, Alec Gulutzen;
April 2, Steve Gibbons; April 3,
Krista Shortreed, Jason Gulutzen;
April 6, Colleen McCallum,
Shayne Cochrane; April 7, Janet
Mitchell; April 8, Kevin Wilbee,
Matthew Huether; April 9, Marie
McGavin; April 10, Don McDonald,
Kyle Griffiths; April 11, Shannon
Craig, Steven Leonhardt; April 12,
Katie Emmrich; April 13, Crystal
Gibbons, Jennifer Williamson;
April 14, Mitchell Blake, Joshua
Brooks; April 20, Clara Blake;
April 21, Ajnanda Mitchell, Betty
McCallum; April 22, Dennis
Rijkhoff; April 23, Stan McClure;
April 24, Darrell McClure; April
26, Margery Huether; April 27,
Graeme Craig, Malcolm Gulutzen,
Brad Finlayson. Anniversary
celebrants are: April 9, Don and
Monique Baan; April 10, Stan and
Donna McClure.
Euchre
On March 27, euchre was played
at the Walton all. Winners were:
first, Frank and Kay Baer, second
and third prize, split, Lloyd and
Lillian Appleby and Delores
Howatt and Margaret Anderson;
woman's lone hand, Bernice
McClinchey; men's lone hand,
George Love. Congratulations to
Karl MacNaughton who won the
50/50 draw.
The next card night will be April
10.
The Early Year students worked
on Easter crafts this past week.
They dyed eggs, made rabbit ears
and fuzzy chicks in baskets.
They have also graduated to a
new level of fireman-pole climb
ing. The playground equipment has
a pole and now every student has
been able to master the pole.
Another fun activity for the
children was hunting little
chocolate Easter eggs that Mrs.
Dolmage hid in the library.
Mrs. Bennett's Grade Is worked
on Easter activities as well. They
did some tie-dying, paper mach6
baskets and designed huge Easter
eggs pictures that they painted with
oil pastels.
With this week being the Grade 3
assessment (there are 145,000
Grade 3 students in Ontario being
tested). Mrs. Vivian only had 17
Grade 2s. They've been having
egg-stra and egg-citing fun
studying eggs. They even did the
'naked egg' experiment. Actually
what took place was the kids put
some eggs into a jar of vinegar and
they let them soak for 72 hours.
What a change in the eggs!
The Grade 4s are practising their
cursive writing and are ending up
their mystery unit. With Mrs.
Crocker they looked at mysteries
through science and learned how
matter can change. The students did
an experiment and had to guess
what the key ingredient was. There
was glue and water put into a
container, then Borax was added.
Borax was the ingredient that
changed the contents in the
container into a plastic form.
Trio plays Easter favourites
Morris Twp. council
discuss estate grant
Morris councillors went into a
closed session during the regular
meeting, March 4, to discuss possi
ble litigation. A letter had been
received from Siskind, Cromarty,
Ivey and Dowler.
Council was informed of a meet
ing March 20, sponsored by the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture,
to discuss property tax reform. The
OFA and county agriculture com
mittee plan to join forces to request
a share of the $1 billion fund set up
by the province to offset the impact
of the reform.
Support was given to Walton
area residents in their request for
natural gas lines to be installed to
the village. Council suggested the
line run along County Road 25 or
12 so those properties could also
connect to gas.
The $52,170 budget for the Bel
grave Community Centre was
accepted by council and the 1997
agreement was approved.
Approval was also given to the
agreement with Wingham Recre
ation.
A meeting will be held March 24,
at 7 p.m., to read the drainage
reports for Fraser Drain, Grasby
Drain Branch A and Masson Drain.
The petition for maintenance
work to the Hanna Drain was
accepted by council.
Council discussed a grant of
$5,000 from the Lattimer estate for
the Belgrave school fair. Doug Gar-
niss, in attendance on behalf of the
fair board, will investigate the mat
ter and report back to council.
The road at Lot 7, Cone. 1 will
be called Lattimer Road, for the
911 system.
Gamiss also asked council about
the possibility of a roadway north
of the present road, which runs
between Lots 10 and 11, Cone. 3.
The new roadway would divide the
south part of the two lots, but
would provide access to 11 acres
on the south side of the Mailland
River. The land would have to be
rezoned. Council decided to seek
further information before making
a decision.
Art Clarke of Maitland Engineer
ing Services, advised council that
an additional test hole will be need
ed at the landfill site before final
approval for the current use.
A grant of $25 was given to the
Lung Association.
Council will lender jointly with
the county for stump removal and
catchbasins in Belgrave.
A lender call will also go out for
gravel and calcium, due April 1.
No money was donated to the
Blyth Festival.
The 1997 level for the Maitland
Valley Conservation Authority will
be $8,936.82.
Road Superintendent Lloyd
Michie was advised to look into the
price to lower and replace the side
walk at the hotel lot in Belgrave.
The Belgrave Kinsmen are plan
ning to develop the lot as parkland.
Road and general accounts, in the
amounts of $24,769.79 and
$314,187.17, were approved for
payment.
Karen Hoegy greeted wor
shippers at Duffs on March 30
Easter Sunday. With Marion
Godkin at the piano, Phyllis
Mitchell on the violin and Glenda
Carter at the organ, some 'oldies-
but-goodies' Easter hymns were
played setting the tone for the
Easter service.
Rev. James Murray lit the Christ
candle and led the congregation
into the Call to Worship. Darrell
McClure was called forward to
read one of the Gospel readings.
The minister then spoke with the
children asking them if they got
any Easter treats. He asked them if
they knew what Easter eggs
represented. The answers were:
new life and strong like Christ
He agreed and also pointed out
that an egg looks like a rock, like
the rock at the tomb. "What comes
out of an egg? Life! What came out
of the tomb? Life!"
The Sunday School then sang
their song, A Love Song, with
Gloria Wilbee and Joann
McDonald, Nathan Murray and
Sarah McDonald and Jennifer
McClure performing solos.
Rev. Murray then called forward,
Shannon, Jeff and Jacob McGavin
and baby Mackenzie Lee for her
baptism. Standing up with the
BE INVOLVED!
Huron County has prepared a draft new County Official Plan. This
plan details with community, economic and land use Issues.
While a number of additional workshops will be scheduled
throughout the spring, the County of Huron, the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture and the Christian Farmers Federation of
Ontario are jointly sponsoring 3 Initial workshops In early April:
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Meeting #1
Meeting #2
Meeting #3
April 8 8:00 p.m.
April 10 8:00 p.m.
April 14 8:00 p.m.
Holmesville Community Centre
Hensail Community Centre
Belgrave Community Centre
Copies of the draft plan will be available at the meeting and are
available in advance from the Huron County Planning
Development Department (519) 524-2188.
McGavin family were Chris and
Mary Cardno from Mississauga.
Following the baptism, the choir
sang Once upon a tree.
Rev. Murray announced the
death of Bob Mathers and asked
that prayers go out to Bob's family
and friends.
Jennifer McClure came to the
microphone and read the New
Testament lesson. Rev. Murray
then gave the Easter message.
"Today we are invited to believe,
and to experience an optimist view
o the world. For in God’s way of
seeing the world, sins can be
forgiven. Death is not the last
word," he said.
People can change for the better,
he said. God believes the power of
love is stronger than the power of
money and the sword and the
powers of this world.
"So the resurrection is not just a
historical reality. It happened once
to Jesus. But it keeps on happening.
It is happening now for us, and it
will continue to happen in the
future. God invites us to see the
whole picture. To be like Mary
Magdalene and the others, to be a
witness to this wonderful event.
Christ is alive. He is here among us
now. Alleluia!
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The Huron County Board of Education
Who Sets the Mill Rate Anyway?
A Public Information Meeting
hosted by the
Huron County Board of Education
- Budget 97
- Ministry Grant
- Property Tax Trends
Members of the public and municipal
representatives will be invited to offer input and
suggestions.
The meeting will be held
Thursday, April 10, 1997 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Central Huron Secondary School Cafeteria
165 Princess Street East, Clinton
A. Carter
Chair
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P. Carroll
Director
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