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The Citizen, 1999-06-02, Page 20Destroyed Blyth firefighters were called in to assist with an East Wawanosh Twp. fire, Thursday afternoon, but returned to the station as the Wingham department dealt with the blaze. A barn, at Lot 35, Cone. 9, owned by Larry Robinson was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived, said Blyth Fire Chief Paul Josling. Local students do well at national science fair Today’s Child Students from local elementary schools showed their science know­ how against students from across Canada at this year’s Canada Wide Science Fair in Edmonton. Six students from this area won the chance to compete at the national fair by having the top projects at the Regional Science and Inventors’ Fair held in April at the Seaforth and District Community Centre. Thomas Ash (Seaforth PS), Dwight Schiestel, Hannah Hall, Michelle Ortlieb, Crystal Bailey (all from Wingham PS) and Justin Soudant (St. Boniface Catholic School) presented their projects against a total of 328 projects from every corner of the country. The local students, in competition with students from 100 other regions, did extremely well this year. Schiestel won a bronze medal in the Junior Physical Sciences division for his experiment dealing with popping popcorn. Bailey and Ortlieb won an honourable mention in the Junior Life Sciences division for their team project dealing with sensory interpretation and Soudant also received an honourable mention in MS FACT #1 Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world. Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada 1-800-268-7582 the Junior Earth and Environmental Sciences division for his work on landfill sites. While Ash and Hall did not receive formal recognition for their projects, judges comments to both students were favourable and encouraging. Students participating at the Canada-wide fair had a hectic week which began Sunday, May 16. The fair officially opened Monday morning in a rainy outdoor ceremony followed by a day and a half of judging by volunteers from the academic and business communities. Later in the week the students were treated to tours in and around the Edmonton area including Jasper, the Royal Tyrell Museum and the famous West Edmonton Mall. The fair wrapped up Friday with public viewing of the projects and an awards celebration. Approximately 600 weary students and chaperones boarded the planes for home early Saturday morning - all of them taking with them new friendships and new ideas for future study. Kelly is a sweet little girl who is 2 l/2 years old. She has brown hair and eyes and is of Native Canadian background. Although she has special health needs, she is a pleasant and responsive child and enjoys the attention of the adults and children around her. Kelly has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and is developmentally delayed. Despite her setbacks, she is now making progress in her nursery school and has started to take some steps by herself. She is registered in a part-time specialized daycare program, which will help in her development and social progress. A smoke-free environment is important for Kelly’s health. She will need a family that understands her range of problems and can work with professionals who provide help for her conditions. It would be good for Kelly to have older siblings who could be role models and playmates. Kelly’s Children’s Aid Society will provide ongoing support to her adoptive parents. If you are interested in inquiring further about adopting Kelly, please fax a letter to Today's Child at (416) 327-0573 or write to Today’s Child, Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, Adoption Unit, 2 Bloor St. West, 24th floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3E2. In your letter, please describe School bd., teachers ratify 2-year contract The Avon Maitland District School Board has announced a new two-year contract for the period Sept. .1, 1998 to Aug. 31, 2000 between the board and the ‘Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario - Avon Maitland Teachers’ Local. The new collective agreement is consistent with the Education Act, including the changes commonly known as Bill 160. Salary, benefit and staffing harmonization will occur during the life of the collective agreement, ensuring that the working conditions for teachers will be consistent across the district by September, 1999. While the salary grids for the predecessor boards have been harmonized, no further economic increases are slated for the life of the collective agreement. Class sizes are addressed in the collective agreement, ensuring that elementary school classes will be staffed in accordance with the maximum aggregate average class size of 2.5 mandated by the government. PEOPLE WHO READ NEWSPAPERS ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNERS It all starts with Newspapers Kelly your family and activities and how you think your family might be able to meet this child’s needs. Please be sure to include your telephone number. Adult adoptees and birth parents (as well as adult siblings and birth grandparents of adult adoptees) are welcome to place their names on the provincial Adoption Disclosure Register. This register is a way for adopted people and these birth relatives to find each other in cases where an adoption was completed in Ontario. Please write to: Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, Adoption Disclosure Register, 2 Bloor St. West, 24th floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3E2 and ask for a brochure and an application to register (please state whether you are an adult adoptee or a birth relative). The new collective agreement also successfully addresses all other terms and conditions of employment of the teachers which were formerly dealt with in previous collective agreements. IPM shuttle Continued from page 1 Probus Club, and Seniors from Exeter, Grand Bend and surrounding areas. IPM ’99 in Huron, will have one of the largest Plowing Matches ever held - but this unique shuttle service will make IPM Huron the most accessible Plowing Match ever. Come and ‘SHUTTLE’ with the new accessibility service at IPM ’99 - scheduled for Dashwood, Sept. 21-25. PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING regarding Maitland Academy A Montessori Based Preschool & Elementary School (to Gr. 3) Wednesday, June 9,1999 at & pm. ...at St George’s Anglican Church Hall, 37 North St., Goderich For further information, please call 524-5375 J THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2,1999. PAGE 21. DONNA MARIE NAY Donna Marie Nay of Gorrie passed away at London Health Sciences Centre - University Campus on Friday, May 28, 1999. She was in her 70th year. Bom in Woodstock in 1929, Mrs. Nay was the only child of Peg and Earl Cudmore of Brussels and the beloved wife of 42 years to Bill Nay. Donna was very active with the United Church Women unit of Gorrie United Church and was an active Girl Guide in her youth in Brussels. Donna will be sadly missed by her husband Bill, her mother Peg Cudmore of Brussels and her children Rick Nay and his wife Sherrie of North Bay and Jeff Nay of Kitchener. She was also loved by her grandchildren Sarah, Ashley and Christopher. Mrs. Nay was predeceased by her father Earl Cudmore. Friends were received by the family Sunday at the Gorrie Visitation Centre of the Schimanski Family Funeral Home. The funeral service was conducted from Gorrie United Church on Monday, May 31 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Jeff Hawkins officiating. Carrying floral tributes were Darlene Payne, Wanda Connors, Kathy Edgar, Edna Fairies, Marg Johns, Sandra Edgar and Heather MacLean. Pallbearers were Norma Fairies, Norman Johns, Bill Doig, Bob Edgar, Rick Nay and Jeff Nay. Interment was in Gorrie Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice. <55 Medic Alert SPEAKS FOR Y □ U y 1-BDD-66B-15D7 www.medicalert.ca HURON SUPERIOR MEMORIALS ESTABLISHED OVER 70 YEARS Serving Blyth and all of Huron County MICHAEL FALCONER Beattie-Falconer Funeral Homes & Tasker Chapel 153 HIGH STREET, CLINTON Bus.: 482-9441 Res.: 482-3664 Evening appointments available