HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1999-06-02, Page 11THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1999. PAGE 11.
Students hear tales at Festival
The Family Literacy Festival,
held in Clinton this past week, was
a great experience for all the
students from Walton Public
School. They enjoyed story teller,
Allen Morgan. He told the children
about the ‘Bad Dream Box’ which
he had with him. The children
wrote their bad dreams or sad
thoughts on a piece of paper, then
put them in a balloon and he put
them in a box. He called to the
friendly giant of Clinton (he is well
acquainted with all the giants
around) and he would take care of
the balloons.
Laura Bowers drew a picture of
the Walton school and put it in one
of the balloons for the giant. The
box was taken to Mrs. McDowell’s
office and the next day the box was
full of nickels as bad dreams sold
for five cents each. That giant is
such a generous guy.
The children put the money in
the Penny Drive jar.
Some of the children heard
Mary-Eileen McClear who told
stories from other lands. One of her
stories was a Laotian Tale.
Sheree Fitch an author of such
books as Mabie Murple and Toes
in my Nose, read some of her
poems and had the kids repeat
some of the wonderful and
imaginable words she has used in
her stories and poems.
Heather Laurie was stationed in a
tent. She sang all kinds of animal
songs and Chantel, Katelyn, and
Jessica (Grade 1/2) got to play
instruments and sang. Brad Cassel
taught them a few camp songs and
how to make a rabbit from a towel.
Loris Lesynski told stories as
well and made a little wooden man
on a stick dance on a board. She
also had the kids clap to various
rhythms.
Michael Mullin and Vai Laurie
and the children put on a play
where the bear was a hero and the
unicorn was magical. Crystal
Brennan had the children singing
and dancing. They even made and
wore crowns.
Richard Scrimger read parts of
the books, The Nose from Jupiter
and The Way to Schenectady. Lesia
Mustard sang camp songs and had
the children pass a rubber chicken
and a huge beachball, they made a
necklace with a puzzle piece that
said, “I fit in!”
Marion Doucette told the story of
the Very Hungry Caterpillar with
the use of puppets. All the above
information came from the 1/2
class.
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Remember summer eye protection
Most people protect their skin
from loo much sunlight. They use
sunscreens to block or filter out
much of the sun's harmful
ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
Unfortunately, fewer people take
care to protect their eyes from
sunlight. They should.
Your eyes, like your skin, can be
damaged by too much exposure to
ultraviolet radiation. And bad
sunglasses - which may be dark
enough to reduce glare but provide
no protection against UV - can
actually increase your risk. Thai’s
because dark lenses force irises to
open more than usual, exposing the
retina to more UV radiation.
Registered nurses, therefore,
advise to protect eyes both from
ultraviolet radiation and too much
light. Good UV and light protection
arc available at all prices and in all
styles. Do not assume that higher-
priced sunglasses automatically
offer protection. Check the label.
Reputable dealers will include
information about UV and light
protect.
If there is no label, or if the label
makes no mention of UV, buy
another pair. You are safer with
sunglasses that carry a label
indicating the amount of protection
that is offered.
Since UV radiation reaches the
earth in two wavelengths, UVA and
UVB, sunglass labels usually
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indicate the amount of UVA and
UVB absorption as separate
percentages. Since UVA is
considerably less powerful than
UVB, sunglass labels usually
indicate greater absorption of UVB
than on UVA.
To provide adequate protection it
is recommended that sunglasses
absorb at least 95 per cent of UVB
rays and 60 per cent of UVA rays.
UV protection can be built in to the
lens or applied as a coating on the
outside of the lens. To be effective
in bright sunlight and glare
conditions, lenses should absorb at
least 60 per cent of visible light. In
addition«to these standards, all
lenses are required to meet
standards for impact resistance.
Neutral-coloured gray, green or
brown lenses are best for most
activities. They are most
compatible with human vision and
do not interfere with the eyes'
focusing system, thus offering top
acuity. Yellow or amber lenses
increase your sense of contrast and
sharpen details in situations with
haze, fog or flat light.
Check the optical quality of the
glass by checking to see that the
surfaces of the lenses are uniformly
smooth and Finely polished without
waves or blemishes.
Size and shape affect the amount
of sidelight. Larger lenses with
large wrap-around frames that keep
the lenses close to the eyes offer
the most protection from sidelight.
Photochromic lenses response to
different light conditions by
lightening and darkening as
conditions change. This can be a
disadvantage in suddenly changing
light conditions because the
response rate can take from 30
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While Helen Williamson and Doreen Hackwell look after
the desserts, several other volunteers were kept busy at
Walton United Church last week feeding the full house of
hungry patrons.
Guest speaks at Duff’s
Barb Durrell greeted people at
Duff’s United Church May 30.
Guest speaker Melissa Witmore
welcomed everyone and opened the
service with the responsive Call to
Worship.
She announced the UCW
meeting will be Wednesday, June
2. Graeme Craig will be the guest
speaker. He will be talking about
the plowing match.
Roll call will be one item for
Camp Bimini.
The church is participating in the
village yard sale, June 5, so please
bring items to the church during
this week. Anyone who can help
set up and price items Friday night
would be more than welcome.
Melissa’s sermon was called,
“Bloom where you are planted.”
She talked about a time when she
was left to tend to the garden and
when her parents got home from
vacation there was a lovely garden
of weeds. She said she learned that
part of nurturing is not quitting.
Part of nurturing is being allowed
to fail and being allowed to try
again.
She told the story of a minister
who was talking to a group of
children. He turned to one small
boy and asked, “Can you tell me
who made you?”
The youngster thought for a
moment. Then he looked up and
said, “God made part of me.”
“What do you mean, part of
you?”
“Well, God made me little. I
grew the rest myself.”
People are the seed in God’s soil.
But God alone can’t do all the
work.
Melissa ended her sermon with
the words from one of Whitney
Houston’s song.
56 play final euchre
It was a fantastic final euchre at
Walton Hall. There were 14 tables
in play. A full house.
But what a good time and a lot of
fun!
Competition was fierce. The
three top teams were separated by a
mere point apiece. Boyd and Gertie
Driscoll were first with 75_DQints.
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Doing the hula
Brussels Public School student Keisha Bishop tried out a
new style of skipping during the school’s Jump Rope for
Heart Day, May 28, the children were raising funds as
well as awareness for heart and stroke disease.
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