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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2001-09-26, Page 13Offering all the best in: A- Fresh Flowers A, Floral Creations Gift Baskets Percy MacDonald 482-8222 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2001. PAGE 13. Sunday was a beautiful day for the Walton PeeWees baseball team's wind-up party. It was a good season with the team taking second in the B division. Coaches, Brian Black, Fred McClure and Keith Wilbee, and manager, Gloria Wilbee welcomed all the players at the baseball dia- mond where they played a game against the parents. After the game everyone went up to Brian's for sup- per. The hit musical, The Rock Slinger was once again performed. The Mennonite church in Brussels host- ed a retreat and the Walton Troupe was invited to perform. Their last performance of the play was in June so participants had to relearn their lines and work on a few new dance steps to get ready for Saturday. There was a little bit of apprehen- sion on the port of the producer as to whether the King (Graeme Craig) would get back in time from the plowing match. He did and he and the rest of the cast were well reward- ed with loud applause and standing ovations. Bike stolen On Sept. 23 just before 2:45 p.m. a theft was reported from a residence on John Street in Brussels. The owner told police that some- time in the last two days a person took a yellow Vagabond BMX bike out of the yard. Anyone finding the bike or knowing where it can be located is asked to call the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers. FROM WALTON Check out The Citizen's WEBSITE at www.northhuron.on.ca • Finding other ways to entertain With the damp weather pouring on the Brussels Fair this past Wednesday, youngsters found entertainment indoors at the craft table. (Bonnie Gropp photo) Children do artwork at Duff's Joan Tuchlinsky welcomed wor- shippers to Duff's United Church on Sept. 23. Following the singing of the first hymn the announcements were made. Holmesville United Church is celebrating its 122nd anniversary on Sept. 30 at 9:30 a.m. with guest speaker Paul Steckle, MP and spe- cial music by Beyond Bliss. That evening at 7:30 p.m. the church will also be holding a musical experience featuring Beyond Bliss and other local performers. Everyone is wel- come to attend. Walton Unified board meeting is Oct. 2 and the WUCC meeting is Oct. 3 with the Theme of A little Good News. Ms Tuchlinsky's reflec- tion was called, Living in a Covenant Relationship. On Monday, it was Hepatitis B shots for Grey Central Grade 7s and pictures for Kindergarten A. Grade 7 and 8 students head to the Tech 21 Centre in • Clinton on Wednesday. There is a dessert social for par- ents, students and staff on. Wednesday, Sept. 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Everyone will gather in the gym at 7 p.m. for staff introduc- tions. The school council meeting will follow the dessert social at 7:30 p.m. A reminder that there will be no classes for students on Friday, Sept. 28. Teachers will be attending PD workshops in Stratford. Upcoming events include school pictures and cross-country on Oct. 2. Miss McKay's morning class is making character sketches about characters in the Harry Potter book. They plan to make books about these characters. The afternoon SCC class is going to be making travel brochures about settings in their novel, Tuck Everlasting. During French the Grade 4s are studying pets, the Grade 5s are studying sports and Grade 6s are studying ants. The Grade 7s are working on "er" verbs and the Grade 8s are doing irregular verbs. Mrs. Scott's kindergarten class is reading about The Little Red Hen and The Little Yellow Chick. They made Little Red Hen paper bag pup- pets to go with their story. The kindergarten students have been Following the service, muffins and coffee were served and all money collected went to the Alzheimer's Society. There was a pleasant surprise as people left the building through the kitchen door, and discovered the decorated sidewalk. Shelley McGavin's Sunday School class used coloured chalk to write Welcome, and God is with you we pray and both the American and Canadian flags were drawn. One of the children from the class, Beth Black, said that afteethe bomb- ing in the States there were a lot of Muslim churches being destroyed and people being picked on and they just wanted everyone to know that they are welcome in this church, no matter what nationality or religion. learning about playground safety and talking about kindness to others. Miss Hills' Grade is hosted a fall celebration party, to which they invited the Grade 1/2 class. They are learning about all of the seasons. Mr. Park's Grade 1/2 class has been learning about grid co-ordi- nates in math. They are also learning about geometry using chessboards. Their aquarium is ready to go. It will be a great resource in environmental science. Last week Mrs. Hemingway's Grade 3s learned about things that live in the soil. They made compost bags and are learning how to solve problems using money. Students learned the letter B in handwriting. In music, they learned the music scale and the songs Zodio and Pollywolly Doodle. The Giade 4 class had a super week. Mrs. Murray reports that her students did a fabulous job on their Canadian title pages. The Grade 4s were also painting using one colour and making the final copy of their colour wheels on their art portfolios. Four students in Grade 4 celebrat- ed birthdays this week. Many happy returns to Randy, Shalynn, Kirk and 'Adrian. Mr. Walker's class has started writer's workshop.. His students are presently reading lots of novels and writing book reports. Mrs. Mitchell's Grade 6 class completed some exceptional book Continued on page 14 Grey students get shots