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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1999-04-07, Page 11AValtonThe news from THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1999. PAGE 11. Walton Public School news Pupils create colourful eggs Compiled by Patty Banks Phone 887-6156 Service begins in splendour Fred and Heidi McClure were greeters at Duffs United Church on Easter Sunday, April 4. Following the organ prelude Rev. James Murray and the adult choir took their places. At the back of the church 10 children garbed in black pants and white knee-length choir gowns began to line up waiting for their cue. The tape player behind the choir was turned on and the Celtic beat of Lord of the Dance began. The dancers with hands on-hips stepped down the aisle to the beat of the music. The choir began singing with the tape and one of the most magnificent openings to an Easter service took place. A free style dancing Jesus, performed by Nathan Murray, came down the aisle picking up fishermen Peter and Scott Murray and Josh Baker on his way. The dancing troupe was Shannon Gibbons, Crystal Gibbons, Jennifer McClure, Cassandra Banks, Sarah McDonald, Mandy Mitchell, Peter, Scott, Nathan Murray and Josh Baker. The highlight of the dance was Jesus leading the children skipping around the church. With white gowns flowing in the movement they truly looked like Duff s Angels. After singing many Easter favourites Rev. Murray delivered his Easter sermon. He talked about his aunt who had lost her husband but always talked as if he were still Second-hand shop opens Doug, Heidi, Tess and Duncan Wey of Guelph, Deborah Wey and Tom McIntyre of Port Colborne, and Dena, Larry, Karla and Cameron Kale, of Hampton, New Jersey visited with Campbell and Edith Wey for the Easter holidays. How exciting to welcome a new business into Walton. The Treasure Chest, located beside the Walton Country Store will have its grand opening April 10. B.J. DeJong is opening the second-hand store filled with a wide variety of used goods such as Londesboro Lions, John Hoggart, left and Carl Nesbitt were at the grill on Sunday morning for the Old Tyme Country Breakfast at Londesboro Hall. Proceeds are going to the Blyth Arena heat hook-up. (Mark Non^s photo) alive. It caused him to think of Mary Magdalene who also faced a terrible loss. But unlike Rev. Murray's aunt, Mary was willing to face the pain of her loss and ready to deal with it and thus she was more able to move forward with the situation. "When we are faced with painful losses, we have several ways of dealing with them. We can deny the problem exists, and keep on doing business as usual. We can become stuck in the moment of agony, and never let the wound of hurt become healed. Or we can grieve our loss, and by our mourning, we are comforted and healed," he said. Mary chose to face the reality of the pain of her loss. She arrived at the graveside and met an angel who comforted her. The resurrection of Jesus is different than that of Lazarus who came back to life. Jesus is alive in a new way, a spiritual way, and he will never die, said Rev. Murray. Because Mary was willing to face the reality of her loss, she was transformed. She changed from being the last mourner of the dead Messiah, into the first witness to the living Lord. "Our task, our calling as Christians, especially at Easter, is to be a community of people who are able to recognize Jesus as the risen Lord. We are to be people who are able to recognize and participate .in the gift of resurrection, and all the new possibilities resurrection offers us." dishes, tools, toys, games but no clothing. B.J. said that any donations of used items would be greatly appreciated. The store will be open the same time as the Walton Store. She is very excited about the prospects of getting rich quick and having lots of fun doing it. It's a new adventure-full time yard sailing. Customers coming to the store on opening day will be treated to refreshments. Good luck B.J. in your new venture. The Early Years students had a fun week making Easter crafts such as - pompon chickens in a nest, bunny booklets, painted some Easter eggs (pastel colours), and made Easter baskets from old strawberry cartons. They had a chocolate Easter egg search with each child finding up to 10 eggs each. There are some still hiding. (Good thing they are only chocolate eggs). The children watched the video, "Madeline's Easter Bonnet" and then they got to design their own easter bonnet. This week with the help of Shelly McGavin and Michelle Bennewies the Grade l/2s tie-dyed eggs and did some other neat forms of colouring eggs. One way to colour eggs is by adding water to crepe paper. The dye makes the most brilliant colours. To make a marble effect you put l good-bye to nightshade, nutsedge and annual grasses tsp. of oil and l tsp. of vinegar into l cup of dye water (from the crep^ paper) and dip the eggs into that. The students read books about the development of chicks and made lists of creatures that lay eggs. With the help of Mrs. Reinick the Grade l/2s began the seed planting for their garden which will be over at the Murray house across the road. Tomatoes were started, sunflowers, cabbage even watermelon have all been put into little planters. The Grade 2/3s are using K’nex to construct machines that move. K’nex is made up of axles, wheels and gears and other parts that all fit together to make any machine imaginable. The students also finished their letters to their penpals. The Grade 3/4s began their swimming lessons in Vanastra this past week. They made Easter cards, and their assignment for the weekend is to invent a machine to make and decorate eggs. There were a few April fool tricks going on last Thursday. Rumour has it that Mrs. Bowers tried to pull one over on Mrs. Haney but Mrs. Haney couldn't be fooled. That famous bus drive Brian Pryce tried to fool the students by telling them he was going to go into the school and tell the principal they weren't behaving. Well he went in but they all knew that he was just bluffing. Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world. Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada 1-800-268-7582 Say elloto . .Dual Magnum or Dual II Magnum in your soybean prog rail) Proven performance. New technology. You’ll get the same great control of problem weeds like nightshade and nutsedge1, plus a wide range of annual grasses. Make Dual® Magnum™, Dual II Magnum or Broadstrike™ Dual part of your soybean program in 1999. Find out more at 1 -800-459-2422 or www.co.ca.novartis.com