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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-05-12, Page 66 -THE HURON ITXPOSITOR, MAY 12, 2004 When It Comes To Protecting Your Assets.... TUM to the Professionals at GRAY INSURANCE BROKERS INC. n Specializing in • Farm — Commercial -• Auto — Property 5 MAIN STREET, SOUTH SEAFORTH, ON (519)527-2500 It Own Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. • 5:00 p.m. • OR by i tpolnm nt N n..d.d HURON EAST NOTICE To All Residents of the Municipality of Huron East Kindly be advised that the Municipality will be employing a Part Time By -Law Enforcement Officer to enforce parking, property standards and other by- laws within the municipality. J.R. McLachlan Clerk -Administrator 519-527-0160 1 t__ DO- IT -YOURSELF FREE SEMINAR INTERLOCKING BRICKS & WALL STONE Saturday, May ,15 10 a.m. - 12 noon Merv's Patios, Dublin All welcome Call 345-2701 to pre -register _T f T News Robotics workshop creates interest in engineering for St. James students By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff The University of Western Ontario's (UWO) Discover Western camp made a stop in Seaforth last Tuesday. Students from Seaforth's St. James School and Holy Name of St. Mary's explored robotic engineering by creating automated lego vehicles that had to drive and avoid obstacles. "It gives them an idea of what they might like to do ASPHALT SEALING WHY GET DIRTY? "LET ME!" * RENEW AND PROTECT ASPHALT SURFACES * DRNEWAYS APPROXIMATELY 15'x50' $55 RONALD W. RYAN RR 2 Dublin (519) 345-2560 We have it all for Great Casual Livin • GGO it:r 1 P.V.C. TUBULAR RESIN FURNITUR -the ultimate in Elegant Outdoor Living Aluminum Sling WE ALSO MANUFACTURE UMBRELLAS, REPLACEMENT CUSHIONS & FURNITURE COVERS in the future with our new Choices Into Action Program program we like to exposed them to all kinds of different fields," said St. James French teacher Loretta Ayoite. The Robolab Lego program began at St. James last year as an extra- curricular activity and grew when the school hosted a provincal event. The school decided there was enough interest in robotics to host the Discover Western engineering program. "During May and June we do workshops out at schools and during May and June we run engineering camp sessions out of the university or satellite campuses in Goderich, St. Thomas or Port Elgin," said said fourth year engineering student Johonna Mitsopoulos. Eighteen students were chosen for the workshop based on their interest in engineering. "We looked for people who were interested in this area and they were selected on that basis," said Ayoite. Grade 5 student Sarah Kramers of Dublin became interested in engineering after her sister took part in a workshop similar to Explore Western. "I thought it sounded pretty cool. My sister did it before and she liked it so I wanted to try," said Sarah Kramers of Dublin. During the half-day workshop the students learned the four different types of engineers; electrical, civil, chemical and mechanical. They were then quizzed on which kind of engineer would be involved in a variety of construction sites and product development. The students then began construction of their Lego vehicles which all contained Tuckersmith Ward The Blue Box is Here! By now, you should have received your blue box along with detailed information regarding the materi- als collected and the proper way to place them at the curb. If you have not, please call the recycling hotline at 1-800-265-9799. You should enter your address in the white area located on each end of the blue box below the mobius loop (recycling symbol) to identi- fy yours. New blue boxes can be purchased and broken blue boxes replaced at your municipal office. Starting Tuesday, May 4th, resi- dents on and West of Division Line and Kippen Rd. between Hwy #4 and Division Line will begin blue box collection. Residents East of Division Line and South of Kippen Road will start their blue box collection on Tuesday, May 11th. Collection will occur every two weeks (bi- weekly), even on holidays. Store materials such as newspa- pers, magazines, boxboard and cardboard boxes, glass bottles and jars, beverage and food cans, and household plastic containers in your blue box. When the box is full, put it at the curbside as indicated in your information flyer by 7:00 am on your regular collection day. Your recycling program can only be a success if we all participate. This service is brought to you by the award winning Bluewater Recycling Association, a non- profit municipal cooperative. Recycling is Smart: Do Your Part! For more Information please call the Recycling Ho4Nne of 1-800-265-9799 Jason Middleton photo Sara Kramers and Ashley Van Dorp, both Grade 5 students at St. James, design a Robolab Lego vehicle during a recent Discover Westem camp at their school. a RCX computer system or While Mitsopoulos and "brain." second year engineering The brain can be student Russell Palmer were programed to allow the supervising the robotics vehicles to start, stop, turn workshop, third -year left or right, pause or even mechanical engineering respond to heat or touch student Natalie Merner and sensors. fourth year chemical "Everything is built engineering student Mike around that (the brain). McMillan were teaching the They can then program on Grade 8 class about the computer using a very manufacturing processes. simple program using The class was taught how images," said Mitsopoulos. table legs and glass bottles The vechiles had to were made. manuver an obstacle course "They can see you don't made of chairs, lunch trays have to be super smart to piled on others to make a get into engineering. You ramp and the track borders just have to work hard," made of masking tape. said Merner. School's Cool course will be offered again for Seaforth children By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff A -B -C's and one, two, threes are not the only things children going into Kindergarten should be prepared for. School's Cool program coordinator Julie Moore said that children should know a little about the social, reasoning, language and self- help aspects of school. 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So far only two children are enrolled in the Seaforth branch of the program, but Moore hopes that more publicity and an early registration will help this year. "We started registration earlier this year to give people more of a chance to hear about it. That seems to be the problem last year," said Moore. In the summer of 2001 School's Cool began at Clinton Public School. After hearing from local parents about the program's success, Rural Response for Healthy Children received funding through the Early Years challenge fund for an additional two years. "We're just using up the last little bits of the funds right now," said Moore. The program expanded and now there are courses in Wingham, Goderich, Clinton, Exeter and Seaforth. In previous years, the program was free but this year the program will cost $90 per family. The course fee, along with donations from service clubs, will help keep the program going in years to come. This year, the program runs from July 5 to Aug. 15. For more information, call Julie or Amy at 482-8777 or 1-800-479-0716.