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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-05-29, Page 22 (2)i- • 1 School students enjoy three days of outdoor education COUNTY HONOURS PRESENTED — At Saturday's 4-H Achievement Day in Parkhill, Middlesex Home Economist Carol Ferguson presented County certificotes to Sondra Neaman, Joanne Cunningham, Brenda Lee and Kris McIntosh. T -A photo Chimes will soon be ringing By JOY SCHEIFELE Last week we mentioned that melodic sounds were being heard Appointment Canada Manpower in Goderich is pleased to announce the appoint- ment of Mary Ann Gielen as Graduate Assistant for the Summer Student Offices for 1975 in Goderich and Exeter. Mary Ann will be pleas- ed to assist students and employers. Contact her at Goderich 524-8342 or Exeter (Huron Park) 228- 6651. throughout the village as chimes had been installed at the top of the old silo at the Craigholme Mary Ann Gielen Summer Student Officer See Us TODAY For Your Farm, Lawn and Gardensty Seed Supplies All Varieties and Types * Forage Seeds * Lawn Seeds * Garden Seeds Plus Lawn Fertilizers and Peat Moss Maple Leaf Mills Ltd. 15 John St. E. EXETER 235-0363 Nursing Home. In case you haven't heard them, and are wondering why. we would like to report that one of the tran- sformers at the home was hit by lightning last week during one of the severe storms. and damage was suffered to some of the wiring of the chimes. It is an- ticipated that this will be corrected shortly and the chimes will again be sounding out the hour. Parents — do you really know where your children were 'ast Wednesday. Thursday and Friday??? We had a report that the grades seven and eight students from the East Williams public school were on a special outdoor school session at Pinery Provincial Park during that period, .and drove out Friday morning to•try to catch some of the action on film to share with you. but could find no trace of them whatever in the park!!! However. we've had several concrete reassurances from both staff and children, that they were truly theretbehind a barricaded road with sign reading, "road closed"!!I By the way, we weren't the only one who had difficulty locating the group: one of the men who was scheduled to lend a hand with some instruction also had similar problems! It is great to see one of the older buildings on Main Street getting a face lifting. The store, formerly owned by "Dutch" Meadows is being renovated and prepared for a new opening. Baseball season is in full swing once more, but one of the most entertaining took place last Friday evening when the Ailsa Craig Business Association took on the Lions club in a game of donkey baseball. An enthusiastic crowd of spectators fully appreciated the struggles of banker Bill Scott, and Lion Don Shipway along with others to gain control of their donkeys! With much prodding and pushing from both teams the final score was 4-4. To determine who were the victors, a "donkey race" was held, with Scott ilartop coaxing his donkey first over the finish line . By JOY SCHEIFELE By JOY SCHEIFELE "It was just great!", and "I wouldn't have wanted to miss it for anything!" were just a few of the comments made by the grade 7 and tl students following their three day "Outdoor School" held last week at the Pinery Provincial Park. Two classes of 52 children and their three teachers and one staff wife and one class mother, left the school at 9:30 a.m. Wed- nesday by bus for the park. Each student had to provide his own food and cooking utensils - which had to be fitted into only one backpack. After locating the assigned area, the group each had to set up his tent for sleeping. I1 was soon evident who had camping ex- perience and who didn't. However, all were set up before the rains descended upon them later. Studies in subjects related to the out-of-doors was the main thrust, and included compass orienting, topography, forest studies, profiling, belt to transect study of vegetation and climate, and geomorphology - all of which was related to the unusual sand dunes at the park. ('antp naturalists from the park gave instruction em- phasizing that the park itself is one of the rare spots in America Ailsa Craig news with the sucession of sand dunes which are a most significant physical feature. The naturalists also conducted nature trial hikes, pointing out many of the sub- tleties of the park's environment. Eirch student was assigned to keep a daily journal of events during the school, and this week the classes will be taking up the work studied during the period and expanding further on it. 1;1 addition to the more formal lessons, each of the students was re.piatsibie for planning and cooking -his own meals and cleaning up afterwards. up afterwards. Prin- cipal teacher, Glenn Stott, felt that next year perhaps more structure should be added with lesson included in cooking out-of- doors. He confessed Mrs. Emily McLaughlin a parent who assisted with the program, "came to my rescue one evening when my supper burned too!" Each evening, hikes and a sing song around the camp fire with a snack was enjoyed. In previous years the school had been held at Camp Ki-mo- kee, where the children had their meals cooked for them and cabins were available for sleeping, but rising costs made this plan prohibitive this year. The trip to the pinery last week involved only costs for the buses. 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