The Citizen, 1999-04-21, Page 9Walton Public School news
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1999. PAGE 9.
Local businessman takes turn as principal
The Walton kindergarten class
welcomed Erin Siem on of
Slab town and Lisa Blake of
Walton, to their school. They are
ECE'students from Lambton
College and they will be at the
school until the end of April.
Olivia Beuermann brought in
some baby bunnies to show her
fellow students. The children made
a cage out of wooden blocks for the
bunnies to run around in. To go
along with their farm theme the
student teachers came up with farm
type games, made boxes into
tractors and did a guessing game
where a child was blindfolded and
had to guess what kind of vegetable
the teacher was holding in her
hand.
The letter Z was the letter for the
week and the students made zoo
animals (with little add-on features)
in cages. There are pictures of
some pretty far-out looking zoo
creatures hanging out in the hall.
The class also had a little going
away party and said goodbye to
Dylan Vandewiel.
While working on their Earth
unit the Grade i/2s have begun
their independent investigations by
asking questions.
How much rain will fall before
Earth day? (April 26)?
Where will the sun be at noon on
hot dog day?
What will the temperature be
tonight?
They read stories and built charts
of what plants and animals and
people do in different seasons.
On Tuesday they put a stake in
the ground every hour to see how
the sun made a shadow from "Buzz
Bee" (a whirligig) at different times
of the day. They made a booklet
recording their observations. They
learned that the sun rises in the east
and moves towards the west in the
afternoon. The days are beginning
to lengthen.
The Grade 3/4s enjoyed a Slice
of Huron last week. The children
were put into groups and each
group was able to participate in two
out of six presentations. There were
presentations such as, "safety on
the farm", poultry/eggs, meat/fruit
and vegetables and dairy/grain.
Now each school that participated
is invited to create a display about
what they learned and saw etc. and
have it displayed for the volunteer
appreciation night on May 3.
For Neil McGavin and for
Walton Public School, Wednesday
turned out to be quite a day. Neil
was principal for a day. A
provincially-sponsored program set
up through "The Learning
Partnership" allowed Neil to job
shadow Principal Alice McDowell
for a day.
Sometime in May Alice will take
her turn in running McGavin’s
Farm Machinery. We'll hear later
on what kind of mechanic she turns
out to be.
For Neil the day began with him
reading the announcements,
partnering with his grandson,
Brandon in math, and listening to a
group of children read. He helped
stamp books and worked on the
school plan for the Plowing Match.
They loved him at recess
because, according to them, he is
an awesome soccer player. One of
the students begged him to come
back out at last recess because he
was the 'best hoofer’.
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Baans appear on TV
If Walton was never on the map
before, it will be now as we have
two famous TV people in our
midst. I was taking a moment out
to relax. When I turned on the TV
to watch City Line, low and behold
I saw Don and Monique Baan on
the screen. It was their fifth
wedding anniversary and they got
tickets to be on the show. Monique
was chosen from the audience to
have her hair cut. She said this guy
goes through the audience checking
out people's hair and she said he
must have thought she was having
a bad hair day and chose her. She
said that it was a wonderful
experience and she loves her new
hair cut.
Both Don and Monique looked
very relaxed and natural in front of
the cameras. They both said that
the actual size of the studio was
quite deceiving. It is really small
holding maybe 30 people. They use
mirrors to make it look bigger.
Following the taping of the show
the couple toured the Parliament
buildings, went to Casa Loma and
had dinner at the CN Tower.
Congratulations!
Rev. Murray's sermon was
called, "Meeting up with Jesus".
Walton WI enjoyed supper at
JR's in Brussels prior to their April
annual meeting.
Here is a brief overview of last
year's goings on. They learned
about a sign making business,
learned first aid and CPR, had a
speaker come and talk about abuse.
They did some weaving, had a tour
of China, learned about citizenship
and even debated the topic of
"Resolved - that farmer's tractors
are more use to him than his wife."
Secret pals were revealed at the
meeting.
Volunteer hours are kept and it
was revealed that the hours added
up to 782.
The next program planning
meeting will be at Helen Craig's at
1 p.m. April 26.
The president of the WI for
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What a switch
Neil McGavin found out what it's like to be principal
spending a day walking if not in the shoes of Walton PS
Principal Alice McDowell, then at least in her footsteps
last Wednesday as part of the Learning Partnership
program. McDowell will spend a day at McGavin's in May.
In addition to seeing how other professionals work, the
program is excellent for community involvement.
Following announcements, McGavin spent some time
unpacking supplies.
The War Amps
JUMPSTART
into the Winner’s Circle
Morris reinvestment funds cut
DISCRIMINATION and PREJUDICE,
although unintentional, are out there.
JUMPSTART is "the great equalizer"
Tor child amputees missing
multiple limbs.
JUMPSTART provides these
"Super Champs" with a computer /
and assistive devices to keep up with
school work. When they're older, they
will have the career skills they need.
The CHAMP Program gives
additional help.
Continued from page 8
from Bagot, Blythfield an i
Brougham which sought to ensure
that the assessment for Ontario
Hydro would be appealed on the
same basis as all other properties as
well as one regarding fire protec
tion.
There were no objections to the
Canadian Red Cross selling lottery
tickets in the township.
The Maitland Valley Conserva
tion Authority levy is $8,936.82,
the same total as last year.
The township will receive
$491,000 from the Community
Reinvestment Fund from the
province. The 1998 share was
$532,000. A grant of $4,200 was
given.
The recreation budget was
approved at $30,724.07 and the
budget for the Belgrave Communi
ty Centre was adopted in the
amount of $48,100. Morris' share is
$3,000.
The Farm and Home Safety
Association and Huron County 4-H
were both granted $50. Half of the
interest from a GIC purchased for
the Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels
School Fair was given.
The general and road accounts in
the amounts of $135,808.29 and
$22,226.54, were approved for pay-
ment.
A second meeting was held April
7 to complete business.
Drainage Superintendent Gary
Nichol reported to council that he
will begin a log book to record use
of the level by the roads department
and the repairs required. An inven
tory of all equipment will be made
and he will purchase two safely
vests for himself.
Final billing was authorized for
the Higgins drain.
Bill Dietrich of W.E. Kelley and
Associates Ltd. will be hired to pre
pare a report for Cocerline drain.
A maintenance request was
accepted for Cole drain al Lot 9,
Cone. 7.
With regards to the Blyth Creek
drain, a letter will be sent to Don
and Melva Fraser indicating that a
cheque will be issued to them, in
the amount of $153.50, when a
waiver is signed. If the waiver is
not signed by July 22, the cheque
will be returned to Murray Nesbitt.
A court of revision for the Black
hall drain will be held April 29.
There was discussion regarding
the abandonment of a section of the
drain, north and east of Wescast, if
requested by Wescas’ and south
between Wescast and the airport.
The landfill budget, totalling
$56,134.57, was approved. The
Township's share is $35,833.60.
Lloyd Michie will attend a water
rights course, April 22.
A compostcr will be donated to
the Blyth Theatre for Earth Day.
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General Election of 1997
Federal Electoral District of: HURON-BRUCE
Candidate
Doug Fines
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