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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-06-04, Page 24Pope 10A Times -Advocate, June 4, 1986 Big 0 sponsoring SHDHS'. student Grade 12 SHDHS student David Dougall has been chosen by Big 0 president Grant Kime as the recipient of a 63,000 company sponsorship to participate in the 1986 Shad Valley summer program, which provides a unique opportunity for exceptionally talented students from across Canada to deepen their interest in high technology while enjoying an ex- hilarating holiday. David, the son of Jim and Mary Dougall, RR3 Exeter, was among 660 applicants from across Canada who was accepted for one of the 250 places among the universities of British Col- umbia, Calgary, Manitoba, Waterloo and New Brunswick. He will be one of 50 young people beginning the four- week program on June 22 at the University of Calgary. Students will live and work on - campus with four professors who will introduce new concepts in mathematics, computing, engineer- ing and entrepreneurship. Graduate Granton By MRS. E. SUMMERS I am sorry that there was no Gran- ton news Last weekend, as I was in Prescott attending my grand- daughter's wedding. So I will combine that news. with this weekend news. Church news At the Granton United Church on May 25, in the absence of the Rev. Bruce Pierce, who was attending the United Church Conference in Sarnia, Wes Stanley of Lucan, was in charge of the service and entitled his message "A Royal Priesthood." Two baskets of flowers were plac- ed in Granton United Church in lov- ing memory of Marjorie Harlton who passed away on Tuesday May 27 after a lengthy illness. We extend deepest sympathy to her husband Art, and family. The following Sunday School pupils received awards: Rachel McPherson, 2nd pin; April Riddell, 2nd pin; Angie Nixon, five year bar; Jennifer 'Croncek, five year bar and Ginger McColl, eight year bar. At the Granton United on June 1 the Rev. Bruce Pierce was in charge of the Sunday morning worship and en- titled his message "Locating and ser- ving your Mission Field". In the children's story the minister tried to explain to them, how coal was students will assist 1n running ed in 1980 to create an environment seminars and other activities. where gifted high school students are Shad Valley (the registered given opportunity and encourage - trademark of the Canadian Centre for ment to develop their engineering Creative Tec ' ' ' ) was establ . - i:: and business skills at an ONO! CONGRATULATIONS — Big 0 president Grant Kime congratulates SHDHS student David Dougall for being the first recipient of the com- pany's sponsorship of a student to the Shad Valley Summer Program. Happy Gang meet found in the ground, it was used to get heat and light, and he called it solid sunshine. Happy Gang meet The Granton Happy Gang held their meeting in the United Church base- ment on May 28. Mrs. Charlotte Kerr, president, was welcomed back, after being absent owing to illness. Following a sing -a -long, the business was discussed and taken care of. It was decided to have a pic- nic in the Lions Park on the last Wednesday in June. The remainder of the afternoon was spent in the enjoy- ment of cards and followed by lunch. Honor Brides Wedding bells will be ringing in Granton in June. There were two bridal showewrs last week. Susan Noon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Noon, was honored with a community shower held in the church hall at St. Thomas Anglican Church. On Thursday evening Diane Cook was also honored with a community shower in the United Church base- ment. Diane is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook of Granton. Both girls received many lovely gifts. Women's Institute The Granton WI met at the home of Mrs. Florence Bryan for the May Sheepdog trials at Willow Bend Farm The first sheepdog trial in Ontario, for the 1986 season, will be held on the weekend of June 7 and 8. There will be two one -day trials. The trials will- start at 10:00 a.m. each day. The judge will be Jim Clark, president of the Ontario Border Collie Club. The trial will be held on the pic- turesque Willow Bend farm of Bar- bara Morrow. It is found on the 14th concession of London Twp., east of Highway 4, north of London. Barbara is well known in the London area, demonstrating her skills of spinning and weaving. A sheepdog trial is a highly com- petitive sport, whereby a handler and his dog work as a team to maneuver four sheep through a specified course, within a time limit, and accumulate as many points as they can. The clog responds to whistle and voice com- mands to persuade the sheep to go through a series of panels, and final- ly into a pen. Points are given for the various stages of the course. All phases of the trial work gathering, driving, penning and shedding, simulate any kind of work that will be done on a stock farm. At ' this trial there will be three classes for sheep. The novice class is for beginning handlers and young dogs just starting their training. The pro -novice class may be an ex- perienced handier with a beginning dog, or an inexperienced handler with a trained dog. The open class is for ex- perienced handlers and trained dogs. If there is enough interest, there will be a duck herding class just for fun. Trying to,herd obstinate ducks can prove to be extremely funny, and dhows the intense control the handler must have over his dog, and the ex- treme patience of the dog. Sheepdog trials are becoming a popular spectator sport. In Great Bri- tain, the B.B.C. television series "One Man and His Dog" now in its 10th season, broadcasts to eight million viewers. Y v 1984 HURON COUNTY HISTORICAL ATLAS Ontario Canada Available at 11::,.,,,,.:.:.,,,,,,,,„:„...........,„..:.:..,,,..• .„,„..„,,,r,„.,,.,,..:,,,,,:,„,,,..., Ames - dvocate 4«rH,..... *ore, Nor*MN.Mw. 1 N.. 1, 1 +6000 1:w. 111711%:' te a 0,,....„„.:,.::,:,§:,,,„„,„..... ...:, 4 meeting. Roll call was answered with the paying of fees. Mrs. Clarence Lewis, area president, gave a report on her term and what her duties en- tailed. She also mentioned how much she had enjoyed her office. Personals Lois and Helen Herbert attended the 53rd weedend affiliated with the Anglican Church, held at Huron Col- lege, London on May 30 until June 1 and also attended the Carey Landry concert at Alumni Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hall of Newbury, Miss Helen Herbert of Lon- don, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ken- neth Hodgins, Mrs. Lois Herbert and John last Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Elmer Summers, her daughter Shelagh MacKenzie of Lon- don and Keith Summers of Toronto, attended the wedding of Mrs. Sum- mers' granddaughter, Sandra Sum- mers on May 24 in the United Church in Prescott and later the reception and dance at a community hall on the outskirts of the town. Sandra became the bride of Robert McNamara also of Prescott. They will be living in Edmonton, Alta. San- dra is the daughter of Michael and Ruth Summers. The family f Kenneth Garrett Sr. had a birthd party to celebrate his 80th birth As the family attend- ed the wedding (Ken is Sandra's grandfather). The party was held on Sunday morning in the form of a brunch and was held at a hotel in Brockville. Choose name The second meeting of the Grantor 4-H club was held at the home of Becky Bryan on May 24. All the members were present. We opened the meeting with the 4-H pledge and answered the roll call "Show your garden plan and explain what is dif- ferent from what was planted there last year. • The club then decided on the name "Granton Greenthumbs" and the pic- ture for the cover. We then discussed , early age. By emphasizing technology and business, the Centre also aims to sow the seeds of 'future en- trepreneurial success in the Canadian business world. The program looks for well-rounded students who not only rank high academically, but have interests in other fields as well. Dougall qualifies on all counts. He has crammed many accomplishmettts in- to a short 17 (almost 18) years. He has excelled in math, athletics, public speaking and music, and maintains top marks while also working part time at a gas bar, tutoring three students through the SHDHS peer tutoring program, contributing to the school's newspaper, and playing the organ at Caven Presbyterial Church. In his spare time he curls, plays soc- cer, badminton and baseball, ex- periments with his oomputer, takes pipe organ lessons, and even finds time to read. Dougall is very excited about what awaits him in Calgary, and is very grateful that the Big O's financial sponsorship makes the adventure possible. "It's an awful lot of money to put out, especially as they are not sure what they will get back. I sincerely hope I make it worthwhile for them," Dougall said. In explaining why his company is providing sponsorship, Big 0 presi- dent Grant Kime said there is not enough awareness of what business and entrepreneurship is all about, yet the business field is very broad, en- compassing most of the professions. He added his belief that part of the responsibility for assisting young peo- ple to develop business skills rests with the community at large. Looking ahead to when Dougall returns from the course for summer employment at the Big 0, Kime said he has already thought of a number of areas where the budding young en- trepreneur can be used "to benefit us, interest him, and give an overview of the problems and joys encountered in the daily operation of a business." The question of future sponsorship will be decided after a year-end evaluation, Kime said. Dougall is also being assisted with the additional 6400 fee charged all ful- ly sponsored participants in the Shad Valley summer program, which is us- ed to subsidize unsponsored students. SHDHS is contributing $100, and another 6100 is coming from the students' services department of the Huron board of education. Dougall hopes the program will give him a clearer indication of which way his future career path should go - industrial administration,1 managerial accounting or industrial engineering. He believes the subse- quent work :experience at the Big 0 will be invaluable, and very advan- tageous when he applies for post- secondary education at either the General Motors Institute in Flint, Michigan or the University of Waterloo's co-op program. Dougall doesn't know what his future holds, but he isn't worried, because "as long as I enjoy what I'm doing, everything else will fall into place." the results of our soil tests. The members read through the booklet and discussed planting your garden, germination, care of garden tools and weed control. For our home activities we will report on the rainfall and temperature conditions for this week. We would like to thank Becky for holding the meeting. Lisa Mardlin Dear Sir: Senior Citizens month across Canada is celebrated in the month of June. What a wonderful time of the year. New growth, flowers starting to bloom and the planting of gardens and sowing the seeds in the fields. Truly a wonderful time of the year. During the latter part of 1985, Ron Van Horne, minister responsible for seniors announced changes in the Social Service program that should benefit the seniors Qf this province. In consultation with Alvin Curling, minister for housing, more money was made available for Low Rental Housing. This program was studied by Ex- eter Seniors Club and a recommenda- tion was made that the Senior Citi- zen's Advisory group investigate this further. In early April Ervin Sillery, Len McKnight and Garnet Hicks reported on some of their observa- tions to the Town Council..€xeter Council approved the idea in princi- ple and instructed them to make fur- ther study to prove there is definite need for this type of program in this community. The committee has talked to many people and has contacted the Housing Authority in London and studied the brochures made available from the London office. A number of interested citizens have been contacted and a meeting was held and an executive named Thursday, May 29, 1986 to proceed with this program. As it was previously stated that June is Senior Citizens month and this program is for Seniors the committee hopes that all Seniors will co-operate and fill in the questionnaire which is prepared by the Authority and all answers will be treated on a confiden- tial basis. This is the first information that has been published since an executive has been formed and the committee hopes to keep the citizens advised through the local paper. ' Ervin Sillery ChairrrrAn.of the local group Legion ladies give donation The Ladies Auxiliary to the R.E. Pooley Branch 167 Royal Canadian Legion held their regular meeting May 26 with 37 members present. President Esther Hillman chaired the meeting. Louise Pincombe won the 50-50 draw for May and Peg Hunter Duvar the mystery prize. Upcoming District sports are euchre in Wingham October 25, crib- bage in Tara November 15, bowling in Waterloo March 14, 1987 and darts in Galt April 4, 1987. A donation of $250 was made to the Girl Guides whom the Auxiliary spon- sors. Lunch will be provided for the Middlesex -Huron Cadet Corp Inspec- tion on Thursday June 19. Marilyn Chappel was initiated into the Auxiliary and welcomed by all. Lunch was served at the conclusion of the meeting by Joanne McKnight's group. Friday May 24 the Seaforth Legion Auxiliary installed the officers of the K.E. Pooley Branch 167 and their Ladies Auxiliary for the 1986-87 term. Following the installation dancing and lunch was enjoyed by all. • Saturday May 25 the R.E. Pooley Legion Branch 167 and the Auxiliary had the pleasure of installing the Seaforth Branch 156 and Ladies Aux- iliary officers. 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