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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004. PAGE 23.
Eric Coates, artistic director,
announced Feb. 17 that one of the
Festival's most cherished artists
returns to the stage for the
Blyth Festival's 30th anniversary
season.
Amos plays Giselle, an
adventurous widow holding on to a
new love while trying to hide it from
meddling neighbours and offspring
in Heat Wave by Michel Marc
Bouchard.
Amos is also starring in Ted Johnss
Cricket and Claudette. Paired with
perennial favourite Jerry Franken,
she portrays Bridey, a rough-hewn
woman who has been ousted from
There was a good turnout to the
casserole supper and euchre party
held by -Morning Star Rebekah
Lodge.
Winners were door prize, Judy
Hahn; share-the-wealth, Viola
Adams. .Edna Pearson; high lady,
Isabelle Craig; high man, Ross
Cunningham; low lady, Annie
Bryans; low man, Bush Whittard;
ladies' lone hands, Anna
Cunningham; men's lone hands,
Allen Edgar. Eleven lucky people
had their tally card drawn for a
her job as landfill supervisor.
Amos led the theatre as artistic
director for two terms (1979-84),
(1994-1997). She has also provided
laughs and tears on stage through
memorable performances such as
Rose, opposite Ted Johns's Aylmer
Clarke in He Won't Come in From
The Barn, Mom in Norah Harding's
Sometime, Never and Wynn in
Gordon Portman's Fireworks.
For more information or to order
your tickets for the 2004 season or
special events, visit the website at
www.blythlestival.com or phone the
box office at 519-523-9300/toll free
1-877-862-5984.
prize.
The next card party is being held
March 15 in the Lodge Hall.
WEDDINGS
Performed - your location or our
iindoor or outdoor chapel
(non-denominational)
For brochure call:
REV. CHRIS MORGAN
ALL FAITHS PASTORAL CENTRE
BENMILLER, 524-5724
WEDDINGS
Grey Central'~ Grade 7 and 8
students who are interested, in great
Canadian literature are meeting one
morning each week to discuss this
year's Red Maple nominees.
Similar to the Ontario Library
Association's Silver Birch Award
program which is run for junior
students, the Red Maple program is
for intermediate-level students.
There are 10 new Canadian novels
nominated for this award each year.
Students across the province who
read at least five of the 10 nominated
books are eligible to vote on which
book they feel best deserves the
prize.
Funding to support the
implementation of this great book
club has been received from the
Foundation for Enriching Education.
On Friday, Feb. 20, a special
kindergarten orientation day was
held for new students who will be
starting JK or SK this fall. Parents
and students were welcomed into the
library and had the opportunity to
hear stories and meet a host of
resource people, all of whom are
interested in making the beginning
of school for these students the most
positive experience that it can be.
Personnel from the Early Year's
Centres, Rural Response for Healthy
Children, Small Talk, and the Huron
County Health Unit, as well as a
teacher of the deaf, a teacher of the
blind, speech pathologist, Leanne
Armstrong, and primary resource
teacher, Ruth Lovell, were on hand
to present information to parents,
interact with and observe the
children as they participated in
activities. These were planned and
carried out by a county librarian,
Early Years Centre's teachers, and
Mrs. McGavin, the kindergarten
teacher.
On Feb. 17, Grades 5-8 went
skiing at Talisman and Grades
kindergarten to Grade 4 went skating
in Brussels.
This week in Mrs. McGavin's
kindergarten classes students are
learning about shapes and other
objects. They are also talking about
the letter G and all the words that
they can find with the letter G in
them. They are making "G" books.
Last week they learned about how
to speak in a friendly manner to their
friends and others.
They made friendship-bead
bracelets. They also read a book
called My Friends and each child got
a small version of the book to take
home with them.
Miss Hill's Grade I/2s have been
using Valentines as their theme for
everything. They wrote a Valentine
story too.
Mrs. Smith's Grade 2s have been
studying the . characteristics of
mammals. These characteristics
include having a backbone, having
hair and fur, being born alive, and
drinking mills Irom then mothers.
The% have also ht_•en doily. flips,
slides and turns in math.
Last week. the) made love hugs to
deliver their valentines in.
They started a unit on animal
habitats, as well as a study on the life
cycles of the frog and the butterfly.
The students are working very hard
on reading and spelling and they are
learning their number facts for 14.
Mr. Garland's and Mrs. Elliott's
SCC class has been doing geometry
and are about to start data
management. They are finishing
poetry this week.
As they approach the conclusion
of their King of the Castle novel
study. the Grade 4s are identifying
character attributes and providing
evidence from the hooks.
In math the Grade 4s are learning
how to multiply two-digit numbers
by one-digit numbers.
In Miss Aarssen's Grade 6 class
they have been creating farm safety
posters in art. In math they are
working with the names of shapes
such as quadrilaterals and in gym
they are playing basketball. They are
studying First Nations in social
studies too.
In Mr. Payne's Grade 8 class, they
are adding and subtracting fractions
and mixed numbers. They are also
playing basketball in gym and in art
they are doing coloured sketches of
animals.
They had a test in geography.
Hopping through the snow
The falling snow and freezing temperatures didn't seem to
bother residents of Ethel as they held their second annual
Snowfest on Feb. 21 at Dobson's Ethel Community Rink.
Children of all ages participated in numerous events
including horse-drawn sleigh ride, tug o' war against the
Huron OPP, a hockey game against a "surprise team" and
the MVCA hosted a session of Inuit winter games.
Stephanie Zaba, among many eager kids, had a great time
hopping down the track during the sack races. (Elyse DeBruyn
photo)
Amos returns to Blyth
Morning Star Lodge hosts
casserole supper and euchre
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