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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-09-21, Page 6PAGE 6, THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2006. Gord's brother Bob and wife Jean's 25th anniversary as well. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful wedding on Saturday for Stacy Linton and Joe Courtney. . The wedding was held at Duff's United Church and the 'dinner and reception were at Ripley Community Centre. The royal blue gowns of the bridesmaid and black with grey tuxedos of the men looked • fabulous. The wedding party was driven away from the church in an array of classic cars, one of which is father Dave's restored Nova. The dinner was delicious and the speeches very entertaining, especially the father of the bride's. Dave gave a history lesson on the Linton and Pryce ancestors and where Stacy's attributes and faults may have came from. In lieu of a table favour, a donation to the Brain Tumor Founda• ion in memory of Stacy's Grandma Linton was chosen. Congrats to the newlyweds. At Patty Banks' home, there was a birthday party for the extended members of the family. Celebrating birthdays this past week were Brdoke Leslie Ribey, Loni Horst and David Haney. Dinner, fun and celebrations for all were enjoyed.. New residents on Canada Company Road are Pete and Suzanne Terpstra along with their two children. . The fall is upon us and with that the turning of the leaves, the turning of the ground with ploughing and of course the harvesting of crops. Many local farmers have been hard at the white beans with some farmer at soybeans. The rain on Monday put an end to harvest for now so other work will get caught up. Grade 9s beat average Returning from a trip to Nanimo, B.C. were Lorne and Bonnie Glanville. They went to visit their son Paul-, his wife Teresa and grandchildren Meagan and Erica. They were away 10 days. They flew into Vancouver, then took a flight to Vancouver Island. They spent lots of time playing and getting to know the granddaughters. They enjoyed their time enjoying the magnificent view from Paul and Teresa's home on the shoreline, and going on a riverboat ride. They took the ferry and went to the mainland to visit with Harold McCallum's sister Donna. Cousins of Lorne's on the McCallum side also made the trip over to Vancouver Island to visit with Lome and Bonnie and their family. They enjoyed beautiful weather while away and already miss the grandchildren. Taking the bus to Richmond, Virginia were Gene and Joyce Marcuccio. They enjoyed a bus trip to the Nascar 400 race that was won by Kevin Harditt. The first day they saw the 250 race and the qualifiers for Saturday. Joyce reports having a great time on the bus. Congratulations to Gord and Janice (Houston) Carnochan on their 25th wedding anniversary. They hosted a party for family and friends at their home in Seaforth and celebrated At South Easthope Mutual the policyholders are the owners. 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The lists were drawn up and members of the UCW should soon have the lists for the day in their hands. There is no service in Walton this Sunday, Sept. 24 but all are invited to Bluevale United Church's anniversary service at 11 a.m. A covenant service for Gail Clarkson will be Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Bluevale United Church. FROM WALTON UCW meets Continued from page 1 In Huron and Perth Counties, meanwhile, Grade 9 success rates have been consistently higher than the provincial average. In 2006, 79 per cent of academic-level Avon Maitland students passed the test, along with 53 per cent of applied-level students. Both are improvements over the previous year. In the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board, 71 per cent of academic-level students and 58 per cent of applied-level students were successful. District-wide math success rates for both boards' Grades 3 and 6 students were also above the province-wide averages in 2006. "Our math accomplishments continue to be extremely strong and the success of our students can be attributed to the board's continuing goal of improving student achievement in all areas of student learning, with a focus on literacy and numeracy," stated Avon Maitland director of education Geoff Williams, in a news release. Avon Maitland results in reading and writing, however, betray that the literacy side of that equation isn't necessarily keeping up, at least in the eyes of the EQAO. Just 58 per cent of Grade 3 students were successful in reading, compared to 62 per cent provincewide. And 57 per cent of students in both Grade 3 and 6 writing were successful, compared to provincewide results of 64 per cent and 61 per cent. "The board's curriculum teams and schools are carefully analyzing these results to determine the reason for the slight decline in reading and writing scores . . . so that learning strategies can be implemented to ensure the board reaches the 2008 provincial target," states the Avon Maitland news release. At The Catholic board, success rates were consistently above the provincewide average in all disciplines — to the point they're almost at the 2008 targets already. "A focus on literacy and numeracy improvement by elementary teachers across the board continues to highlight the great work that is being done in achieving continuous improvement," stated a news release from the Catholic board. 7 children attend Sunday school There were seven children in attendance at Duff's United Church Sunday school. The children continued discussing the adventures of Moses. They pretended to be frogs representing the plague of frogs and they made a cloud snack and a burning bush they - could eat. They are continuing to collect food for their food drive and also have started selling Rheo Thompson mint smoothie chocolates as a fundraiser. Guest speaker, Gloria Wilbee, led the service at Duff's. The congregation was blessed with special music performed by Gloria and the Walton Church band. Gloria's reflection was entitled Blest Be The Tie That Binds.