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PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
By BRENDA
RADFORD
Call
523-4296
Some time ago I came across one
of those advice articles, probably in
a Reader's Digest, that listed a
number of suggestions. The one that
stuck in my mind suggested that
periodically everyone should do
something that scared you. That
suggestion came to mind last
Sunday as I soloed home from
Bowmanville.
Now, to a city dweller it would
have been a nothing experience.
However to someone used to two-
lane highways and country roads, it
was an intimidating drive.
It was just a few short months ago
that there was a lot of noise being
heard about the price of oil hitting
the $50 a barrel mark. Somehow or
other the price has surpassed the $60
mark quietly and is now heading for
$70 a barrel. For most of us that is
noticed most at the gas pumps. The
media is full of suggestions as to
how one might conserve gas and cut
expenses. But Canadians love to
drive. Getting to work is a necessity
and rural living means owning a car.
One tip we keep hearing is to save
gas by reducing our speed, perhaps
even as low as the posted limit.
Some persons interviewed around
the time of the last price hike mused
that people will just be choosing to
say home more.
The traffic-encountered on the 401
and 407 on the weekend would not
support that idea. Where are all
those people going? Even at 120
kph I was being passed, sometimes
on both sides. So much for
conservation.
The variability of gas prices was
also a surprise. I filled up in Clinton
for the trip east at 102.9 cents a litre
and filled up to come west at 92.9
cents a litre. Is it any wonder the
government has a surplus with the
tax they are collecting? They take it
from one hand and put it back in the
other by supplying those social
services everyone keeps screaming
for. Who do those people think is
funding those services, anyway?
By this time next week the yellow
school buses will be rolling down
our roads once again with their
precious cargo. School boards are
now concerned with their budgets
for transportation with the current
gas prices. Undoubtedly the
government will return some of that
money for extra education programs
and be praised for their generosity.
Staff at Hullett Central Public
School appears to be the same as
lad year. Janice Ryan and Audrey
Kemp will be introducing the
youngest children to education in
the kindergarten room. Susan
(Wyatt) Barnett and Christa Walden
will attend to the Grade 1/2 class.
Joan Vandendool teaches Grade 2/3
and Nancy Picket] will teach 3/4.
Students in Grades 4/5 this year will
be in Craig Caldwell’s class on the
senior side. Rob Holland will be in
the Grade 7 classroom until
December and Dennis Drennan
returns to get the Grade 8s ready for
high school.
Lucie Turcotte will do French
instruction; music instruction will
again be given by Mrs. Barnett.
Special education is the
responsibility of Marie Webster.
Educational assistance will come
from Helen VandenHeuvel and Ruth
Tuned In
Lianne Hoogenboom, owner of Pianovations in
Londesborough, stands beside a grand piano she helped
turn into a creative planter. The piano was acquired from a
piano mover after finding that the cast iron harp inside was
broken. Hoogenboom and others spent one day
renovating and filling the piano with flowers from
G rey ha Ven. (Heather Crawford photo)
Stauttener. Lois Tebbutt returns as
principal and Melonie Miller will
attempt to keep everything in order
in the school office.
Allan Bosman continues to keep
the building in good condition.
New
clinic at
health
unit
Starting Sept. 8, a breastfeeding
clinic will be offered at the Huron
County Health Unit in Clinton on
Thursday mornings, from 9 a.m.
until noon. These clinics will be
provided in addition to the existing
home visiting services that are
offered to families after the birth of
a baby.
Services available at the clinic
include individual counselling by a
board-certified lactation consultant,
weighing babies, developing a
nursing care plan for mother and
baby, and sales and rentals of breast
pumps.
Individuals can either self-refer,
or can be referred to the clinic by
any health care provider, including
physicians, nurses, and midwives.
The clinic is open to new mothers,
as well as more experienced
mothers who have questions or need
some assistance.
These clinical services will help
to support mothers in providing the
best nutrition for their children,
while ensuring an enjoyable
breastfeeding experience.
Appointments can be made by
calling the health unit at 482-3416,
or if calling long distance, 1-877-
837-6143.