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Students collect woo cans of food
Food collection
sets student
record
at high school
w wow", Glasser •.
Expos -r student reporter
The food drive campaign
wrapped up at Seaforth
District High School last
week .uyith a total of 2.006
items collected.
The overall average of
seven canned goods per
person is unprecedented.
said.organirers. •
"They Just keep giving and
giving. 1t's awesome." said
student council prime
.minister Sarah Agar.
The successful campaign
is 'a result of a new
.promotional approach
• introduced tly this •year's
student council.
They used a. "Bingo" style
.ompet,ition in homerooms
to generate more interest and
support from the students.
with the winning homeroom
receiving a CD player.
.'An ongoing -chart, showing
each homeroom's • succcis
offered further Incentive for
the students. The senior
grades topped the charts.
setting. an excellent example
for the school'.
The-. community
recognized this ambition' in
;he' students and supported.
•their efforts. Steve,Deichiaro
of -Knechtels gave the
students 'a 10 per cent
`Jtscount on food bank, items
and Joyce Ribey ,ionated 72
-canried goods so that the
student council could reach'a
;oaf of ^2000 items. . •
Scott ;iigenagrff photo
Students from Seaforth histict ,-rigs School collected a record of more than 2.000 cans of `ood
and helped scrim at the Chr stmas Bureau location on caddy at the agrr-plea.
County councillors reflect on final term
as amalgamations greatly change its shape.
By Sarah Ca also$
odench Sgnoi:Star Sic*
with only fire to seen
unty c@unv:illors -returning;
-'after this year's mtinicipal
.electron. some of the
Departing councillors took
h4, :'pp.'rtunit\ to share their
comments about 'the county.
In January. after
amalgamation takes effect.
only. nine municipalities will
be representing the- county
compared , to 26
municipalities.
Coun. 'kta.on Bailey
.B1.01) 'aidhe was never
qualified for politics in the
first place so he was glad he
kept his three lobs to go.
Kick to
He said whenhe was 14.
years old he asked. his dad
chat he should do with his.
• tif"e: His dad said he neves
listened to him dnvways but
gash him the ad„ee to stay
out ot" politics arid never get
Married . Bliley still didn't
listen and did both;
'A lot of us were beat i n
the election.- he said. "but
we shouldn't feel bad. All
asst leaders are shot. burnt
it
the .take or: voted out of
Coon; Bob Szusz tHulktt.
N.11,1 ICs tseen a learning
experience and he's enjoying
working With -the "senior
statesmen." and wished the
n e . . w.
councillors
who were in
the gallerythe.
best of luck.
From East
Wawanosh I
Coun.• Don
• Schultz said
its been a
l earn i n g
ex Ferience
and offered •
his cong-
ratulations to
tile• nese
. oun�tl:
Coun. Brian McBurney
Turnberry','who has sat at
the county level for 2 i years
:said he enjoyed sitting on
county for 12 years. He said
there's allot o1 talk 'about
what's went wrong at the
county whether and .there's
a lot of blame to put on the
• council Itself
"As a council we used to
carry on deliberations.
decided an issue then it was
done. Building the museum
Quoted
'As a council,
we used to
carry on
deliberations,
decided an
issue, then it
was done,' --
Coen. Brian McBurney
and . the..
Homes for the
Aged were
, two -hcitly.
contsated.
disputes
we've had bet
we made a
decision and
tuck withit..
"With the
issues of
amt'ulace
! dnd police
the county
has caused
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wisgracc said McBurney:
"Now when someone -on
county loses they find
another way to "get their
will across. 1 hope the new
council can overcome this."
He also liopeti the new
council would overcome
looking u.it for the interests
cMaster
Siemon
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McBurney hopes the' new
council tries to work as a
.oupty' and nut as reeves and
deputyreev.e.ahat's why we
are called .punt':
councillors. he said.
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Protecting your health.
Barbara Beattie works with her detector dog Rookie and her colleagues at the Canadian good
Inspection Agency. They help stop forbidden itedis from entering Canada that,could damage
ow plants and arumals.or contaminate our food supply. This is just one 'of many services aimed
at protecting the health of all Canadians.
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