HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2003-04-02, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2003.
this week’s virtue at HCPSCourage,
An anonymous quote supports the
virtue of courage this week at Hullett
Central Public School. “If you think
you’re too small to do a big thing, try
doing small things in a big way.”
The Grade 7/8 class was probably
thinking they were not ever going to
get their ski trip cancelled twice due
to bad weather. Finally, on March 7
the young folk enjoyed a perfect day
on the slopes of Talisman.
The Options Unlimited workshops
presented by Women and Rural
Economic Development gives
exposure to non-traditional career
options. Hullett's Grade 7/8 girls
took part in these workshops in
Seaforth on March 20.
On Thursday,"March 27 the Hullett
Parent Council prepared a staff
appreciation lunch. While some
volunteers served the hot meal,
others took hall duty, giving the
entire staff an opportunity to enjoy a
meal together.
Hullett senior pupils do Science
Fair projects every other year and
the results of this year’s efforts were
on display in the gym on March 27.
Judging was done the next morning
by the science co-ordinator for the
Avon Maitland District School
Board, Don Potruff.
Students can do their projects on
their own or team up with one or two
other pupils. Although 90 per cent of
the project work is done at home,
teachers help with choosing a
subject and offer advice along the
way. A handbook of guidelines
ensure some similarity of
presentation for all levels of
competition.
Each project was judged in four
parts: scientific thought, original
creativity, the display and the
summary notes. Pupils chose a v. ide
variety of subjects to explore
bubblegum, electricity, dog training,
soaps, etc. One creative project
featured working models made from
Lego.
Four Hullett projects were chosen
to participate in the Science and
PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
By BRENDA
RADFORD
Call
523-4296
The Londesboro Happy Gang
Seniors held their March meeting at
the Londesboro Community Hall on
Wednesday, March 26. Following the
potluck dinner, a short business
meeting was conducted. Then the
attendees enjoyed some games of
euchre.
The spring rally for interested
seniors in Zone 8 will be held at the
Exeter Legion on April 17.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.
Senior Games 2003 are organized
for dates and locations between May
6 and June 11. A variety of events,
cards, shuffleboard, walking,
crokinole, are open to those 55 and
over. Interested participants from the
Londesboro area are asked to contact
Len Archambault (526-7234) and
register by April 14.
While out doing a dog walking
stint on Friday afternoon, I saw lots
of snowdrops, the bravest and earliest
of spring flowers. In the late June
Fothergill’s former garden, patches
of spring’s determined first fruit, her
rhubarb, were showing. And I could
hardly believe my eyes and ears
when 1 disturbed a killdeer.
With all the raking and sweeping
that’s going on these days, it’s to be
hoped old man winter doesn’t give us
another blast.
Inventors Fair in Seaforth on
Wednesday, April 2. Awards will be
presented at this level of competition
in a variety of scientific areas; for
originality, for environmental
concern, for overall excellence, etc.
The brother-and-sister team of
It’s a science
Don Pottruff, science co-ordinator with the Avon Maitland District School Board looks over the
_____science fair project of Hullett Central students Alex Isaac and Jamie Dobie. (Photo submitted)
AMDSB to realign territories
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
There will be a slight realignment
of territories served by trustees of
the Avon Maitland District School
Board, in preparation for next
autumn's municipal election. The
changes are being made to reflect the
2000 municipal reorganization in
Huron County, and were approved
by trustees at a regular board
meeting Tuesday, March 25.
The board had scheduled a special
meeting for March 18 to solicit
public input into possible changes,
but the meeting was cancelled due to
a lack of interest. According to
information provided to trustees at
their regular meeting, the
Municipality of Huron East offered
the only correspondence on the
matter, but couldn’t send a
representative on March 18 because
that date conflicted with a regular
council meeting.
Huron East did endorse one of the
possible scenarios suggested by the
board.
And that’s the scenario which
received approval at the March 25
board meeting.
Currently, the areas of
Bill 81 -
Nutrient Management Legislation
Information Meetings
An update on the current status of the regulations
Wednesday April 9,
Seaforth Community Centre, 8 pm
Thursday April 10,
Milverton Community Centre, 8 pm
SPEAKERS
John FitzGibbon, Chair,
Ontario Farm Environmental Coalition
Chris Attema,
Water Quality Specialist
Michaefl and Jenna Roy questioned
which mouthwash was the most
effective against oral bacteria. Sean
Martin and Justin Plant did tests to
determine if all AA batteries are of
the same quality. Are there gender
differences in the ability to
representation in Huron County are
as follows: Howick, Morris-
Tumberry, Wingham and the former
Grey Twp. are in the Northeast
trusteeship; the former twps. of
Hullett, McKillop, Tuckersmith and
Stanley, as well as Seaforth and
Clinton, comprise the Central Huron
ward; the South area includes South
Huron as well as the former Hay
Township; and the Northwest area
comprises Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh, plus the town of
Goderich and the former Twps. of
Goderich and East Wawanosh.
For next autumn's municipal
election, representation in Huron
will be as follows: the ward of North
West Huron, comprising the Town of
Goderich along with Ashfield-
Colbome-Wawanosh; the North East
Huron ward, including the
townships of Howick, Morris-
Tumberry and North Huron in the
northeast; the ward of Central East
Huron, including Central Huron and
Huron East; and a South West Huron
ward made up of South Huron and
Bluewater.
This scenario “provides
reasonable representation by
population, ie: each trustee would
serve approximately the same
recognize optical illusions, was the
question posed by Kelly Stevenson.
Clothing becomes a major concern
for teenagers and Lindsay Gibson
and Jade Laxton did testing to
discover which fabrics will make the
best garments.
number of electors,” states the
information provided to trustees.
The total number of trustees —
five in Perth County and four in
Huron — will remain the same. And
all trustee territories in Perth will
also remain unchanged.
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communication technology.
We are seeking proposals from qualified consultants who are interested in
developing an ICT infrastructure which will revolutionize the way business is
conducted by both public and private sector organizations and which will
provide citizens with 24/7 electronic access to many of their services.
Submissions from multi-discipline groups will also be considered.
The work involved includes conducting needs analyses, community
consultation, requirement setting, and preparation of a business plan
which meet the requirements of the funding agency, the Connect Ontario
Program of the Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity & Innovation. It
is essential that the bidder understand the requirements of this program.
The consortium includes County of Perth, County of Huron, Perth
Community Futures Development Corporation, . Huron Business
Development Corporation, City of Stratford, Town of St. Marys. The
successful bidder will contract with the County of Perth, which is the lead
organization for this project. An RFP document is available which outlines
the work elements and the deliverables of this project in detail.
To obtain a copy of the Request for Proposals or for further information,
contact H. Brock Vodden, Project Manager, at 519-523-9313 or e-mail
brock.vodden@tcc.on.ca. The RFP will be e-mailed to you in MS Word
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PLEASE NOTE: This competition closes on Wednesday, April 16, 2003.
FROM LONDESBORO
Church news
On Sunday, March 31, Rev. Ted
Nelson’s message was titled Mount
Sermon: Mountain of Teaching.
He chose Psalm 27 for the
responsive psalm. In this psalm
David puts all his trust in God in all
circumstances. The supporting New
Testament scripture was Matthew 5:
1-12, Matthew’s recounting of the
sermon on the mount.
The junior choir will practise at
Hullett Central School on Monday,
April 7 at 3:30 p.m.
The Sunday School is in need of
empty paper towel rolls for a Palm
Sunday activity. If you can help in
this regard, leave them on the desk
in the Sunday school room.
It’s time again to tally up the
grocery tapes. If you are saving
tapes for the UCW from the
Knechtel store in Clinton or Food
Town in Blyth, drop them off at the
church in the next couple of weeks.