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Visitor brings piglets to school
The Early Years class talked
about the letter't' this week. They
held a tea party where they ate
terrific toast triangles. The children
also worked with tools and used the
toy telephones they learned to dial
their own phone numbers.
Maxine Houston visited the
classroom with two little day-old
piglets. The boys and girls enjoyed
holding them and passing them
around, despite the squeals from
the pigs. They sang a pig song for
Mrs. Houston and had a lot of
questions for her about the piglets.
The kids were surprised to learn
that her pigs play soccer in the
barn! Almost everyone thought
pigs were cute and pink when they
are small.
The Grade l/2s are working on
maps along with the Grade 2/3
class. They are mapping objects,
things in their desk and their
classroom. Along with mapping
they are learning their North,
South, East, West directions. Using
graph paper they did a little
exercise on the paper following
Mrs. Bennett's directions. Their
homework this weekend is to map
their bedrooms.
The Grade 2/3s using plasticine,
made detailed maps of their
classroom. They also mapped the
playground and the whole school.
Mrs. Crocker took the Grade 3/4
kids to the bush for their aquatic
creature studies. There at the pond
they found tadpoles, salamanders,
frogs and other creatures in the
pond. They took all the critters that
they had caught back to the pond
on Wednesday to set them free.
In Mrs. Vandendool's Grade 3/4
they finished up their story about
James and the Giant Peach with a
giant peach pinata. Candies of all
kinds spilled on the floor and they
were pretty well distributed evenly
to all the children.
The students are in various
reading groups and one group is
reading about a little blind girl.
They had to paint a picture that
showed what would be different if
they couldn't see. A rainbow,
tropical fish, sunset and autumn
leaves were all painted.
New service
B.J. DeJong is always finding
new ways to add service to our
town of Walton and now she has
come up with a laundry service.
People can simply drop their
laundry off at her store and she will
do the rest. Give her a call if
interested.
Olene Dennis greeted
worshippers at Duff's United
Church Sept. 28. Rev. James
Murray opened the service with the
Call to Worship followed by the
singing of the Introit. The choir
sang, Out of Deep Unordered
Water.
Rev. Murray then called the
young worshippers to the front of
the Church and invited them, as
well as the rest of the congregation,
to participate in his telling of the
story of Esther. There were boos
and hisses and yeahs and 'oh! ohs!
when certain key words were
mentioned in the story.
His sermon was called, 'Just Like
Salt'.
When Rev. Murray lived in
Newfoundland he learned that their
favourite food was salt cod and salt
beef and moose meat. It was their
traditional food. Salt was used
years ago when there were no
refrigerators and ice boxes.
Actually salt has been used as a
preservative for thousands of years.
It was a very major commodity.
The salt mine in Goderich was a
major factor in opening up the area
for development
Throughout history the need for
salt was a major economic activity.
It was a great compliment to be
told that a person was 'worth their
salt'.
The Roman soldiers were often
paid in part with salt. That is from
where'salary' comes.
In Europe the traditional
welcoming gift is bread and salt. It
is a sign of hospitality and trust.
So when Jesus said to be like salt
that was an important message, said
Rev. Murray. "Saying to be at
peace, be willing to provide
necessities of life for each other, be
welcoming and hospitable is like
being salt in the world."
Jesus was a wandering preacher
because he wanted to use the ideals
of offering hospitality and showing
a caring trust foT each other as
examples of what God is like.
For Jesus' God is hospitable,
caring and welcoming all into the
Kingdom of God. The salt today is
purified and refined. In Jesus' day
they had no way of doing that.
Often there was lots of sand mixed
in with the salt and it had to be
thrown away, so the quality of salt
was important. Individuals and
communities thrived or perished
depending on the quality of their
salt. Individuals and communities
thrive or perish today depending on
their quality of spiritual/social salt,
Grey PS School news
School hosts tourney
said Rev. Murray.
"How good is your salt?" he
asked. "It is still a very important
question for us today."
When the disciples saw a
stranger successfully exorcise a
demon in Jesus’ name, they were
jealous and were trying to protect
their turf. Jesus told them that
whoever is not against them is for
them.
For Jesus, the Way, Truth and the
Life is not a copyrighted program
which he held exclusive rights to. It
is open to all. Jesus is the symbol,
the embodiment, the way, the truth
and the life of God.
"He points us to God. He is the
road map, very different from the
actual road we travel on. But there
are many ways to read maps and
can reveal many different ways to
get to the same destination. May
God help us to welcome all who
seek to join in following the way
given by Jesus," said Rev. Murray.
By Chris Henry and Kevin Smith
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A head of the play
This Tumberry Central Public School soccer player gets ahead of herself as she challenges
the surrounding Grey Central players during a North Huron soccer tournament, Sept. 23.
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[Thie news from
Euchre winners
WEST WAWANOSH
TOWNSHIP
TAX INSTALLMENT DUE
Bill and Helen Dobson hosted 12
tables of euchre at the Ethel Hall.
Winners were: 50/50, Bob Brem-
ner; high lady, Viola Adams and
Isabell Grey; high man, Stewart
Musgrove and Marion Behms;
most lone hands, Margaret Crowe,
Norman Coghlin, Harold
McNaughton, Adrian Verstoep;
tally card, Betty Kennedy, Douglas
Hemingway, Marie Stute, Ken
Crawford, Helen Cullen, Harold
Metcalfe, Dorothy Dilworth, Allan
Edgar.
The final tax installment for West Wawanosh Township is due
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1997. Interest at 1 1/4% per
month or any part thereof will be charged after this due date.
NOTE: Persons who have acquired properties and have not
received a tax bill should contact the Clerk's Office. Failure to
receive a tax bill does not relieve a taxpayer from responsibility
for payment of taxes, nor from penalty for late payment.
Liliane Nolan - Clerk
West Wawanosh Township
R.R. #2 Lucknow, Ont. Ph. 528-2903
Plenty has been happening this
week at Grey. Big events last week
included the soccer tournament and
Hotdog Howdy.
This year's soccer tournament
was a success - although we were a
little bit worried due to the showers
in the morning. Luck prevailed, and
the sun came out just in time, Our
boys' soccer team had a record of
2-2-1; girls had a record of 2-1-2.
On Thursday, Sept. 25, Grey
Central held its second annual
Hotdog Howdy, from 5:3.0 - 7:30
p.m. The event gave parents a
chance to see the school, meet the
staff and take a guided tour of the
environmental learning grounds.
Hotdogs and fun were had by all, as
well as a chance to catch up with
friends and neighbours.
The Student Council met for the
first time this week to discuss
coming events - Hallowe'en was
already a hot topic for discussion.
As well, the SAC (Students'
Advisory Council) met for the first
time, with excellent attendance.
Elaine Armstrong is the chair of the
committee.
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