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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 1999-11-10, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, November 10, 1099 News Couple took seniors on garden tour, believes strongly in helping neighbours From Pope • moved• to Seaforth, the O'Brien% have been taking • homemade goodies to the Scafc,rth Manor at Christmastime to .their .elderly customers. Onc Sunday during the summer, they drove three seniors from Maplewood Manor to a garden in Atwood •they'd been wanting to sec **Ode lady just• passed • away so I'm glad we took her when we 'did." •says. Donna. Helping in thc ncighhouurhood with yard 'work. mealprovision, bahysittrng. dogsitting is something Donna says she learned from her mother. - who also liked to be helpful to her neighbors. . For the sccrind year in a• row, the O'Briens hosted a hig ncighhourhr;od party in the .summer with 102 guests. many in wheelchairs and walkers from Maplewood Manor. • ' Local musician Kim Souch and the hand Detour played. tahlcs Were set up .in Marc and Heather Robinet's garage next door for the potluck supper and .another neighbour, Harvey Dale supplied the portapotty: • 'It takes quite a lot to pull off a party that hig but it wasn't just us.".says Bob.. • "When the band finished its last number we could hear people on Market Street applauding." says Donna. And. while their three children have grown up and, moved -away. the O'Briens say their house has always been cipen.to their kids, their friends and now their grandchildren. When -their kids were teenagers.- the O'Briens rented a motorhome to transport a group of 14 young partygoers from thc prom to house parties all night to keep them safe: '"We did' it for. -three years. it: s a tradition we started. And. the kids were just great . so respectful and responsible." says Donna. By 6 a.m.. all 14 of them were asleep in the motorhome and the O'Briens _stopped at Sparky's for breakfast before heading to work for the day. "We were always very. very involved in our kids' lives..That's the way we liked it," says Donna. Both of the O'Briens also •helong --to the. Seaforth Optimist Club -and work occasionally on projects. run by the Seaforth Legion. Something about Seaforth's hockey system that works From Pogo 1 change. He points to the three soccer fields•in St. Columhan,'built in 1995, as one of the major accomplishments of .the minor soccer association during his involve.ment. "i feel really good that the assocation was able to do that." he says. . He says fundraising has been the main focus of his years on the minor hockey association to pay. for ice time. new sweaters. goalie equipment and insurance. .''There's something about our system that works in• Seaforth. I think 'Seaforth players get a lot more ice time than most other places. That's why we usually beat the larger centre: like Goderich. And. that's why more players from our small town have made it in the NHL." he says. Even though his own sons have "retired from minor sports and developed a love of golf. Teichart says he'll probably continue his involvement with both minor hockey and minor -soccer. "Minor sports helps you belong•to a community." he gays. . English as a second language offered in `impressive cost-effective way' By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Staff The Avon Maitland: District School Board is offering English as a Second Language (ESL) courses in an "itnpressisr cost=. eticcuvr way." director 'of - education Lorne Rachlis told. trusters at a recent meeting. -To take the variety of • preparedness and the distance between students and otter the program we do is vers impressive," he said. adding the hoard shouldhe proud. of its ESL teacher Coralec Mathews. Senior principal Marie Parsons added that the Avon NLiitland's ESL program can compete with am across the province. "considering the rural challenges." "it's nice to see something -that is Working so well shen we're;gisen some flexibility in'the delivers model." said board - chair Wendy Anderson.. The ESL program. .which helps students whose first -language is not English •achieve full fluencyin English. •is•offercd to 30 schools .in the' district including 152 students from Junior Kindergarten -to Grade 12. • . Along with Mathews, it employs five educational, 'assistants. who mote across. the district for ,even to - eight -week periods in each Turnbull will continue helping the community From Page 1 kids in there. They used to hang hags of copper sulphite ►n the riser to. kill the algae. and.who knows what that ssas doing °to`(hcir'hcalth," he sass: adding that he helped 1undraisc for the pool. . Turnbull still sits on the Lions Park and Pool committee and "is very concerned about the stale: iiithe iatkaand ensures - it keeps its beauty." says the recreation department's.press •release. • in t.ict. he sans he'll continue to he involved in the Lions Club "as lung as 1 can. make it down the street." "It's .t gotsd night out." he says. He also plans to continue dosing for Meals sin Wheels hut adds. "1 wonder how long it's going to he until I switch. ends" .uid stall messing meals himself: small TALK Because their first words are so important! Huron Perth Pre-school �peech:Language Initiative • 11 you're concerned about the way your child talks. please call - Sma11TAt.K is a Frei' svrvlCe tnii`<i.7Lrttk kcal health agen.ie, 273-2222 or 1-800-269-3683 for information or a speech assessment We Have Plenty Ol Debarked Hard Maple or Ash Slab Wood -Free Delivery within 20 miles- E•RE NOW BUYING.... STAND I NG t• ITIoMBER! CRAIG HARDWOODS LTD. Auburn, Ontario Jt 519-526' school. To operate in the large geographical- area .ef Huron and Perth Counties. Mathew .say s the ESL program, uses, e-mail a lot. She says that while 13 different languages other than. English are spoken as the first language in the' district. the largest groupris German.includiing local and 'Mexican Mennonites as well. as immigrants. from Germanys Holland and Switzerland. The next largest groups are Dutch.. Laotian and Albanian. ",get to meet children from ail 'Over -.the world. There's a lot f 'diversity even within our own board. said Mathew. • "More and more . immigrants are coming into small town Canada: like our area. and I don't blame them for losing it." he said: . She said unique groups include the Laotian students who attend .Vanastra Public .ter j_ ,`. Sumthi� 1r`I Specie creatit rni #% "a bout v arm . ntW . t)ren'Tues. to wt. 5?7-2435'*' p .►cath St.. eatvttis School and McCurdy• Public School • and the Koso'—, refugeestn Listowel The Laotian Immigrants. who caste to the Vanastra 'area in' the -1970s, make up the largest population, in.one iocation ' in Huron County to require ESL services: "They're.a really unique .community because:they`re really beenable to hold cri.i' their culture and language. which is really unusual for immigrants after being in the country for 30.y,ears." said Mathew s. . 'The 18 Kosovo stti}ients who started to Listowel: schools in September have been. getting. extra support the the ESL program "They're been through -a difficult time and everyone's heen. very kind to them•'in Listowel. The•first fire drill at school was a terrible, shock to them. especially for the little ones." said Mathews. 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(Bv-Law 1-1995) Violators will be tick- eted and May have their vehicles towed and impounded. MAPLEWOOD MANOR Retirement Home 13 Church St.. Seaforth At present. we have Large Priv ate & Semi -Private accommodations available; Features inc'hute: • excellent dining and snacks • dietician approved menus • laundry . • housekeeping . - • medication administered by our professional staff • trailsportati'on' ananged-for. appointments • 24 hour friendly professional staff • beauty salon • barber services • daily activities 0 R C ,•� for more information contact Tracy Nash at 527-1440 Fax M 'y" Maplewood Manor 'Your Invitation to Gracious Retirement Living"