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The Citizen, 1998-11-04, Page 21This year give a gift that will last all year long 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE CITIZEN FOR ONLY GIFT ORDER FORM Send a one year subscription for The Citizen to: Name Address City Prov. Postal Code Date to start subscription Send a one year subscription for The Citizen to: Name Address City Prov. Postal Code Date to start subscription Return with payment to: The North Huron Citizen Box 429, Blyth, ON NOM 1H0 or Box 152, Brussels, ON NOG 1H0 For U.S. and foreign subscription rates call our office at 523-4792 11. $27.' SAVE $10.50 from annual newsstand prices q Payment Enclosed Please send a gift card from THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1998. PAGE 21. Brussels PS news Activities keep students busy By Brook Wheeler It's been back to school for eight weeks, and already Brussels students have enjoyed some great activities. So far they've gone to the apple orchard, ran cross country, held spirit week, a door decorating contest, a Halloween dance and penny carnival. Each day during Spirit Week they did something different. First, was pajama day, then hat day, backwards day, and finally gum day. The class that participated the most in Spirit Week was the Grade 6/7 class. They won an ice cream party for whenever they want it. The door decorating contest was won by the Grade 4s. Their door was very well done. They decorated it by drawing a pastel picture on paper and taping it to the door. Thursday, Oct. 30, from after school until 5 p.m., there was a Halloween dance. The dance was only for students from Grade 5 - 8. The purpose of the dance was to fundraise for the Grade 7/8 class trip. The dance was organized by Rachel Elliott, and Rachael Speers. Friday was the penny carnival. It The regular meeting of Morning Star #315 took place on Oct. 27 in the Brussels Lodge rooms with N.G. Sis. Elva Brown presiding. She reported on a meeting she had attended on Nov. 16 in the Clinton Lodge Rooms. The Lodge has been asked if it wishes to sponsor the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth Speak-Off in 1999. The winner of the speak-off will receive an all-expense paid trip was held for kindergarten to Grade 3 in the gym from 1 - 2:20 p.m. There were games and activities, including a haunted house, guessing games and pin the bolts on Frankenstein. This was also for the Grade 7/8 class trip fundraising. to Ottawa, New York and a tour of the United Nations. There will be another meeting in November to decide if the Districts (Rebekah and Odd Fellows) are in favour of once more sponsoring the project. A donation was made to the Santa Claus Parade Committee. This year's parade is Dec. 5 at 3:30 p.m. The regular card party will be held on Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in the Brussels Lodge rooms. Lodge gives to parade Leaping high Blyth Public School student Orie Falconer takes his turn at jumping over an obstacle along the Blyth Greenway Trail. Carol MacGregor's class makes a point of visiting the trail each week for some physical activity, fresh air and fun. Adam Young looks on. Blyth students write poems By Amanda Bearss The Grade 6/7 class is getting right down to work. In math they are working with numbers in areas such as factors, multiples, prime and composite numbers. They are also doing number patterning and place value. For creative writing they have been publishing poems and stories for the Legion contest. For physical education they have been going to the circuit training at the Blyth Greenway every Friday. In science they're comparing vertebrates and invertebrates, and rating them as higher and lower species. In history they have studied how the environment of the cultural areas affected how they lived and how they survived. On Oct. 21, Detective Mike Scott visited the classroom and talked about peer pressure, and consequences. He shared many worthwhile ideas. The class appreciated that he took time from his busy schedule to visit them. By Lindsay Nicholson By Bridget Kellington and Nicole Meier In the Grade 2/3 classroom, the students have been studying bugs, reptiles and mammals. They are going to be doing a project on these creatures. On Oct. 21 they went to the Nature Centre to look for signs of winter and for seeds. On Oct. 30 the students went to the Blyth Theatre to watch a play. There are several new students in Grade 2/3 class, Adel Dodds, Morgan Scott, Natasha Van DeWalle and Chris Lee. By Nicole Walker and Ashley Gaunt This year there were some very good runners representing the school at the cross country meeting held at Hullett Central on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Team members were: Skye Cook, Alyssa Gross, Stacy McLellan, Katie Stryker, Brittney Peters, Kerissa Van Amersfoort, Erin Moore, Jenna Taylor, Meagan Campbell, Michelle Cook, Candi Bearss, Darcey Cook, Gordon Brigham, Richard Gregg, Drew Taylor, Jeff Elliott, Adam Young, Raymond deBoer, Jamie Ross, Nick Stryker, Justin Peters, Korey Machan, and Micah Loder. Competing schools were Seaforth Public, Clinton Public, Clinton Christian, Hullett Central, Blyth Public, Huron Centennial, Vanastra Public and Walton Public. The following students were winners in their division: Kerissa Van Amersfoort, first; Skye Cook, second; Alyssa Gross, third; Darcey Cook, second; Adam Young, third; Meagan Campbell, second; Raymond deBoer, second; Candi Bearss, second. When Grade 3/4 teacher Mrs. Hessels went to the London recycling plant she had an idea to recycle pop cans at the school so we can clean the earth and make money at the same time. On Fridays the Grade 3/4s will collect all kinds of pop cans. Mr. and Mrs. Hessels will take them to the recycling plant every two to four months. Because pop cans are so light we need a lot to add up to amounts to make money. The money will go to school funds for school trips and extras. Mrs. Hessels says they might just stick with pop cans because they are easy to maintain. Students study bugs at E. Wawanosh