The Citizen, 2000-04-05, Page 13THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2000. PAGE 13.
The news from
alton
Compiled by Patty Banks Phone 887-6156
Down to it
The food must have been great at Walton’s roast beef
supper on Sunday if little Sean Mitchell’s concentration
was any indication. (VickyBremnerphoto)
Mclntoshes home from Jamaica
Walton students study W
Rob and Brenda McIntosh went
to Jamaica with good friends Rose
and Gord Whiteley (from Atwood).
Rob said they had an awesome
time. The weather was hot and
beautiful. They enjoyed surfing,
sailing, going out on the Hobie
Catamaran, water skiing and
joining in all the beach games that
L. McDonald greet at Duffs
Leona McDonald greeted
worshippers at Duff’s United
Church on April 2. The
congregation welcomed Margaret
Engeland, from Stratford as their
guest speaker.
A reminder that the UCW will
meet Wednesday, April 5 at 8 p.m.
Morris discusses
If speeding continues on Cone. 1
of Morris Twp., council agreed at
the March 23 session, that the OPP
should be brought in.
Councillor Neil Warwick told of
a complaint of gravel trucks speed
ing on the road. The OPP will be
asked to set up radar if it continues.
A letter will be sent to the county
and East Wawanosh Twp. concern
ing a planned subdivision for Hut
ton Heights. A copy of a reasonable
drainage plan will be requested due
to land draining into the Johnston
Municipal Drain to ensure no lands
in Morris Twp. are adversely
affected.
The membership of $25 and reg
istration fee for Reeve Bert Elliott,
Councillor Edna McLellan and
Clerk-Treasurer Nancy Michie to
attend the municipal officers meet
ing, April 14, willdje forwarded to
the county.
The membership for the Ontario
Good Road Association was paid.
went on during the day.
They did some snorkeling and
saw lots of colourful fish as well as
some stingrays.
At night they went to a few
shows and were entertained by the
Playmakers a group which
performed dances and other acts.
Don’t forget that it is the 'Toonies
for Friendship’ contest.
The Sunday School will be
holding a Palm Sunday breakfast
April 16 from 8:30 - 9:30. More
information will follow. Ms
Engeland’s sermon was called, Are
you Working or Rusting?
speeding concern
The budget for the Blyth Union
Cemetery was approved as was a
donation of $750.
Bob Trick will be contacted
about assuming the job of animal
control officer for the township.
A grant of $100 will be given to
the Salvation Army.
There were no objections to lot
tery licenses for the Red Cross or
Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Council endorsed resolutions
from Wellesley requesting the
provincial government turn over a
percentage of the fuel tax, gas tax
and license and registration tax to
the lower tier government to main
tain downloaded roads; from Kin
cardine seeking support for an
application to the SuperBuild Cor
poration for a $100 million
repayable loan in order to extend
the TransCanada Pipeline to the
Bruce Nuclear site to fuel a co-gen
eration plant and methanol plant
and another from Uxbridge.
The letter W was the hit of the
kindergarten class this week. They
blew like the wind, constructed
things with wheels, played with
wooden blocks, sang songs like
Wheels on the Bus. They also
worked with weights (balances)
and weighed such things as rocks,
nuts and bolts, feathers and shells.
Their weather predictions turned
out to be very accurate as well.
They said that March came in like a
lion (the radio station had said that
it had come in like a lamb) and had
gone out like a lamb and it sure did.
In the seven years that Mrs. Scott
and her students have been charting
this saying, it has been accurate
four times.
Women bowl in Portugal
Area women were sightseeing
and lawn bowling in the Algarve,
Portugal for three weeks with
perfect weather every day.
Marion Harrison, Jean Bewley,
two women from Montreal, two
from Calgary, two from Whitby
and couples from Saskatoon,
Wasaga Beach, Hawkestone, and
Midland toured Portugal, Spain and
Gibraltar. Two or three days were
spent touring then a relaxing day
bowling was enjoyed at the
Vilamoura Greens.
The greens were good, a little
longer than the Canadians were
used to but they soon caught on.
They played “Fours”. Each player
has two bowls so do it right the
first time. A game consists of 21
ends with a 15-minute rest after the
tenth. Prizes were bottles of
champaghe. The women did
manage to bring a few back to the
hotel.
Skipping fours in Vilamoura is a
challenge, they said. By the time
the skip plays there are already 12
bowls in play and six players
standing in a row on the green at
the far end. Bewley said, when she
aims she usually picks a spot at the
far end of the green as a base.
“With six people lined up across
the green, what part of whose
anatomy do you aim at?”
The first opponents were Scottish
seniors who had been there for
three months. All the Canadian
teams won.
The Scottish were used to
playing on indoor carpeted greens
in Scotland as their weather is not
favourable for a long season. They
weren’t used to the variations of
natural turf.
The Scottish players were all
dressed the same, ladies with grey
skirts and men grey slacks and
white shirts.
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away from children.
Children are naturally
curious about fire.
Always keep matches and
lighters out of sight and
out of reach.
The Grade l/2s made health
ribbons. Juice can lids are joined
with a ribbon to show four healthy
choices people can make. They
drew pictures on the lids, of
brushing their teeth, sleeping,
exercising and eating good food.
The Grade 3s did some creative
writing starting with this sentence,
“All was quiet in my room until I
heard the sound ... What sound?,
coming from where?”
In reading some children
completed Chocolate Fever. Would
they like to have it?
They are finishing up their
money unit and will be returning to
multiplication. In phys ed they are
working in team ball games, eg.
Murphy Ball, Protect the Crown
The Canadians wore their whites.
“It does make a better spectator
sport with a variation in dress
between teams,” said Bewley.
The next jitney was different.
“We weren’t as good as we thought
when we came up against the
Portuguese teams who bowled all
year long on these greens.”
The last bowling day, everybody
drew names, English, Portuguese
and Canadians.
“We envied the Vilamoura
Club's opportunity to help finance
their club charging tourists
approximately $12 per game each,”
said Bewley.
Portugal, she said, is a “great
place to visit. Many people speak
excellent English.” Children must
have to work hard at school
learning at least three languages
and all that history.
The country has been invaded by
nearly every nation in the
Mediterranean area from the
Carthaginians, Pheonicians,
Romans on. They all left their mark
on language customs and
landmarks.
The money is a bit confusing.
Cash a $50 travellers’ cheque and
get six 1,000 dollar bills and
change.
“We wondered whether we
should have a bodyguard carrying
so much money. We soon
discovered that 1,000 Escudos
didn’t go any further than $10.”
Food was quite expensive other
than oranges which were delicious
and cheap. Restaurants were good,
serving Piri Piri chicken, steak on
stone, pork, lamb, and various fish
dishes including fried sardines.
Tourism has become big business
so all the young people are leaving
the farms and cork production to
work in the tourist areas.
Spain too, had labour problems.
and Dandy Shandy.
In French they are still working
on the unit, In my neighbourhood.
The Grade 4s have done an
incredible job of doing book
reports in the form of an
advertising poster. A very fun and
unique way of doing a book report.
Principal Alice McDowell is
home from the hospital now and
plans to be back on the job very
soon.
If anyone has class pictures from
when they attended either the one-
room schoolhouse or the present
Walton Public School contact Barb
Durrell or Vai Pethick. They are
trying to put together a yearbook or
a book of memories.
Illegal workers from Africa worked
for half the wage required by the
Spanish. Algeciras, in the Gibraltar
area seemed to be the main entry
point. “We were warned not to go
out at night as there would be
people hiding from the authorities
in all sorts of places,” said Bewley.
They have homeless people in
Lisbon also. Some were living in
boxes under overpasses or in
streets. The Lisbon area is usually
fairly warm in the daytime but
freezes at night during the winter
months. March 5 the spring flowers
and blossoms were just coming out.
The Algarve, the most southerly
province, is sheltered from
northerly winds by a chain of
mountains so is milder in winter
and not quite as hot in summer due
to the proximity of the ocean.
Spring was more advanced with
lots of flowers in bloom.
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