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SPS Grade 6 teacher Carolyn Griffin
wins local mentor/leadership -award
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
Just finishing her 29th year
of teaching at Seaforth Public
School, Carolyn Griffin has
won her first award - a
mentor/leadership award
from the Elementary
Teachers' Federation of
Ontario.
"It was a huge surprise to
get it and I'm thrilled. You
'can teach a long time and
never be acknowledged," she
said last week.
Griffin, who runs
everything from the students'
council, the skipping team
and every school
performance involving
music, was picked up from a
Grade 6 class trip at Camp
Sylvan on June 16 to be
escorted to the awards
ceremony in Mitchell.
"The staff was quite
adamant about my attending
the ceremonies. They were
volunteering to take my place
Carolyn Griffin
at camp so that I could go.
And, 11 teachers went with
me to the awards night - I
had lots of support," she said.
Tarra Green, the SPS
teacher who nominated
Griffin, said Griffin was the
first teacher she met when
entering SPS for the first
time last fall.
"She was the first to fill me
in and tell me about the
community. She has a lot of
experience with the traditions
of the school and is a real
leader in the school. Being a
new person, I could really
notice that," said Green.
Green added that Griffin
played a leading role in the
move from the old SPS
building to the former
Seaforth District High School
building in the fall.
"A number of the other
teachers said they'd wished
they'd nominated her
themselves. She's dedicated
and she's available when
anyone needs help," said
Green.
Griffin said she's very
appreciative that someone
thought to nominate her.
"We work together
everyday and everyone needs
help getting through the day,
she said of her fellow
teachers.
A music teacher who has
taught every grade from
Kindergarten to Grade 12,
Griffin said she likes
teaching elementary students
the best.
"I like the enthusiasm of
the primary students, the
maturity of the older students
and the juniors are keen to
learn. I try and bring out the
good of every kid. They all
have talents but sometimes
you have to help them find
them," she said.
Griffin is known among
her students as the teacher to
attend events outside of the
school, such as sporting
events and piano recitals, to
watch her students.
"I'm interested in the
whole child. If they invite
me, I will be there if there's
any possible way I can. The
first time I went to a student's
hockey game 17 years ago,
the student's mom came up
to me and she was crying
when she said how much it
meant to the student that I
was there. So, I have been
going ever since," she said.
Susan Hundertmark photo
Young
huntress
Jorgie Janes, 6, of
Seaforth, takes aim at
the target with the help
of local archery teacher
Mary Barnes at the`
recent Jake's Day at
Seaforth's lions Park .
The Huron -Perth
chapter of the National
Wild Turkey Association
sponsored workshops
for area children in
archery, air rifle
shooting, gun safety
and bird house building.
There's lots to do this summer
when you hear, 'Mom, I'm bored'
By Jason Middleton
Expositor Staff
After one week of being out
of school, kids (and parents)
are probably wondering,
"What is there to do?"
In Seaforth, kids have a lot
of different things that they
can take part in at the library,
golf course, pool and the day
care centre.
On Monday, at the Seaforth
Library, children began the
seven -week TD Summer
Reading program. The theme
for this year is Fire Up Your
Imagination.
"It's important for them to
continue reading over the
summer. Summer reading can
be more for enjoyment rather
than school work," said
Seaforth library branch
manager Rebecca Dechert
Sage.
Each week, children will
read a new book about
dragons and do a craft.
The program costs $5 for
the full seven weeks.
On July 6, magician Owen
Anderson will perform the
Magical Dragon Quest Show
at the library. The 45 -minute
show will cost $2.
The Seaforth Golf Club is
hosting a Junior Morning
every Tuesday.
Beginning July 6, the
morning consists of a partial
lesson and kids are allowed to
play some golf and compete
fora prize.
For non-members it costs
• $5 for a lesson and $7 to play
or $75 for the eight weeks of
the program.
The Junior Morning runs
from 8:45 a.m. to noon.
Parents and their children
can also play on the Wee
course which teaches kids
how to shoot short shots.
Adults are encouraged to be
accompanied by a child. To
play the course all you need is
a nine -iron and a putter.
On July 5 to 11, the course
will take part in Take -a -Kid -
to -the -Course week when
children 16 and .under are
accompanied by an adult.
Every day during that week
clinics will be offered free of
charge.
If your kids are looking for
somewhere to cool off the
Seaforth Lions Pool might be
the place.
During the day children can
take part in open swims from
1 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m.,
family swim at 5 to 6 p.m.
and adults can do lap
swimming from noon to 1
p.m.
The staff at the pool are
also working on theme days
like Hawaiian days.
For children 12 and under
swimming costs $2.50,
children 12 and over cost $3
and it costs $4 for adults.
Three sessions of
swimming lessons are also
available during the summer.
Children can take lessons
which are either 30 minutes,
40 minutes and one hour in
length.
The sessions are July 5 to
16, July 19 to 30, Aug 9 to 20.
The Seaforth Lions pool is
offering swimming lessons at
various times during the day.
Children can also sign up
for the swim team which
practices Monday and
Wednesday at 4 to 5 p.m.
Swimmers of various
swimming levels can
participate and every other
Saturday morning the team
competes against teams like
Exeter, Mitchell and Clinton.
At the Seaforth Cooperative
Children's Centre children
aged 6 to 12 can participate in
the kid's club summer day
camp.
The day camp features
various day wipe to plantlike
the bowling alley, Bingeman's
Park in Kitchener, the hospital
and the fire hall.
Each day the children will
get to participate in different
activities.
Running from 6:30 a.m. to
6 p.m. the children can
participate in the day camp
which costs $19 fora full day
and $13 fora half day.
Huron East man charged with assault
A 27 -year-old Huron East
man has been charged with
assault, assault with a
weapon and break and enter
after a local woman was
choked at her home on June
24 at 7 p.m.
The 23 -year-old woman
arrived home from work to
find the man, an ex-boyfriend
who moved out of the
residence six weeks ago,
asleep after breaking in.
An argument between the
two led to the woman being
physically assaulted an
choked.
Police learned that the
woman had also 'been
assaulted with a weapon
during a previous altercation.
The man was gone when
police arrived but was
arrested and held in custody
for a hail hearing, which was
scheduled to take place on
June 25. He was also charged
with committing an
indictable offence and
overcoming resistance to
commit an indictable offence.
Game system stolen
A Microsoft X -Box, valued
at $500, was stolen from a
Huron East residence on
Brussels Line during a break-
in on June 22 sometime
between 9:30 and 11 p.m.
The door to the residence
was forced open during the
break-in.
Anyone with related
information is asked to call
the Huron OPP or Crime
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STUDENT'S COUNCIIRECW,
On May 18, 2004, the students of Central Huron
Secondary School took part in their bi-annual Walk-a-thon.
Through the support of many generous donors, this event
was very successful. We raised $5700 for the Huron
United Way. The business and people listed below played
significant roles in making RedWalk a big success. Our
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Service to the public at the Clinton
.H.E.L.P./H.E.R.C. site will cease on July 21, 2004.
All past and present clients are encouraged to
come Into the office and have their resumes and
cover lettere copied to their own disc by Friday,
July 16, 2004. For continued service please visit
your nearest H.E.R.C. location
Exeter H.E.R.C. Goderich H.E.R.C.
281 Main Street S 52 East Street
Exeter, ON Goderich, ON
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Seaforth H.E.R.C. Wingham H.E.R.C.
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