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The fuss began when we told her
she had to wear snowpants. -
It was the middle of March and
the morning was cold and damp.
Kaitlin, our six-year-old grand-
daughter, had decided the night be -
lore that she warted to ''sleep -over"
with her grandparents.
It. is always.a thrill to have one_
of the five grandkids.stay with us.
Kait lived with us for some
months when she was younger and
usurped a bedroom across the hall.
Ever since, no matter who uses it.
the room has been known as Kait's
Room. The fact that her mother -
our daughter- had mac it her bed-
room when we moved to thc coun-
try 21 years ago did not matter.
When Kait arrived, it became Kait's
Room. And it will remain that way
until we move.
She had a cough, vestiges of a
winter cold that has hung on for
many weeks. After her bath that
night, she had an orange and a glass
of milk and we toddle upstairs, hand
in hand. A few days -ago, she spent
S5 of her allowance on•a new book
::a11e(1 I Will Love You Forever.
"I just love it!" she says. "I cry at
the first page and 1 cry at the last
page. It's a grand book."
And she docs cry a little tear here
and a little tearthere. Then she asks
for a couple of songs and before the
songs arc sung, she is sound asleep,
her silken hair strewn over thc pil-
low, one arm above her head with
the darlin' little fat fingers showing.
She has a couple cl,f favorite
songs, too. Many years ago, Mike
Douglas had a hit record called Dad-
dy's Little Girl. 1. change it to
Grand -daddy's Little Girl and she
loves it. So, when she sleeps -over,
that song must he sung!
In her brief prayers, she always
"puts a bubble of light" around her
baby brother, Izaak, and her three
cousins, Shannon, Ryan and Erinn.
Mom and Dad get tncntioned and
Grandma and Poppa-Bob. are includ-
ed.-
When she is in a hurry, that's it.
But when she wants to prolong
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sleep, her three cats, our horse, our
cat, her teacher, her friends and eve-
ryone of her classmates get bubbled
until -we. laugh and she hops into
bed
It was next morning that the real
argument began: She did not want
. to -wear those snowsuit pants.
"We play and the boys chase.the
girls and these things slow me right
down," she says and kicks the of-
fending garment across the mat.
We remonstrate: You've got a
cold. It's still cold outside. Your
cough is worse.
• The tears arc flowing. We arc all
upset so I make a deal.
"Okay.; Kait! You put those
snowpants on now, until we get to
the school. If nobody else is wear-
ing snowpants, you can take yours
off."
Ahh! A reprieve. Maybe the hated
pants will not have to be worn. She
brightens up on the way into the
city and chatters like a squirrel in
the spring.
We pull into the schoolyard. She
raises -her ekes slowly and we both
view as many children as possible.
A sly, slow grin spreads across her
beautiful, pixie -like face. •I -ler eyes
are sparkling like a mountain
stream. •
No one is wearing snowpants, ex-
cept for a shy kindergarten student
"and she doesn't count, Paw -Bob,
because she just got back frons.
Florida"
"Can I take 'in off?" A deal's a
deal, huh?" •
OlCcomes the coat, off with the
boots; down cork the straps. The
offending garment is off in seconds
and is"stuffed into her knapsack.
She blows me a kiss and her slur=
(iy young legs take her skipping
across the schoolyard, a picture of
joy:and delight, the spirit of spring.
That picture stays with me a long
time and it put some spring in this
old man's step as I walked from the
parking lot to work.
Letters
Dear Ross:
On behalf of the Co-ordinating
Committee for the Bushels for
Bread for Ethiopia campaign, we
wish to thank you for the excellent
coverage your newspaper gave to
this project. Thanks to you, person-
ally, for responding to our last min-
ute calls to photograph special
events.
Our ecumenical campaign was a -
success - our goal of S12,500 was
exceeded and the fund now stands at
over 516,000.
Ross, our sincere thanks for your
assistance with this project.
S incerely,
Lois Morgan
Co-ordinating Committee
Precious Blood PTA
VEGETABLE GROWERS MEET - The spring banquet of District 3 of the Ontario Vegetable Growers Market-
ing Board was held Friday night in Kirkton. From the left are Board chairman Bob Knight of Ruthven, guest speaker
Rev. Roger McCombe of Ingersoll, District 3 chairman Bill Denham and Board secretary -manager John Mumford.
Precious Blood School PTA
Spring Meeting held April 7 in the
School Resource Centre featured a
pay -as -you -pull draw. Winners
were: first prize, two night stay at
Wheel's Inn, Chatham sponsored
by Ellison Travel, Glena Tripp,
Huron Park.
Second prize: ghetto blaster do-
nated by JMR Electric, Sisavay
Sengkhounmany,, Exeter.
Third prize, free fill -up Exeter
Co-op Gas Bar, Bonnie Haist, St.
Thomas.
Fourth prize: 520.00, gift certifi-
cate at MacLean's Hardware, Cathy
Gregus, Exeter.
Fifth prize: Concept II free
shampoo, cut, style, Peter Luyten,
Mitchell.
Keynote speaker Marg Roelands,
Language Arts and Rcsourcc Con-
sultant for the H.P.S.S. Board, ad-
dressed the P.T.A. The topic was
ways of encouraging reading and
writing by practising efforts made
by the child.
Marg pointed out the importance
of reading with your children and
listening to your child read daily.
Parents providing a variety of read-
ing material spark interest in the
young- reader. Gifts of books at
Christmas and birthdays are good
ways for families to build their
own libraries.
Opportunities for children to be-
come better spellers begins by
writing messages, grocery lists,
even reading the cereal box at
breakfast.
pecial thanks to the sponsors
for the draw being successful.
Proceeds from the draw will be
used to add to the school's resource
centre.
Clandeboye
St. James church held thcir euchre
party on Tuesday night.
Prize winners were: High scores
Helen McDonald and Murray Car-
ter, Lone Hands Alice Gilmour and
Gladys Cunningham, Low scores
Helen Drury nd Olive Simpson. in
between sco a winners were Voyle
Jordan and Scott.
The next party will he April 19.
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HONOUR HARRY DOUGALL - Harry Dougall of Exeter was honoured Friday night in Kirkton for his 13 years
of service to the Ontario Vegetable Growers as a district director and past chairman. Above, Dougall and his wife
Marian are being congratulated by district directors Keith Strang of Exeter at the left and Martin Vandenbosch of
London at the right. .
Centennial award
winners out May 2
More than 400 nominations have
been received for the special awards
commemorating the 100th birthday
of Ontario's Ministry of Agricul-
ture and Food. The Centennial
awards will- honor 100 individuals
or families who have rendered sig-
nificant service to the province's
Agri -food industry.
Winners of the awards have been
selected and will be announced
May 2, coinciding with the anni-
versary of the appointment of On-
tario's first minister of agriculture,
Charles Drury, in 1888.
"The nominations represent all
_areas of the province and the farm-
ing, agricultural education, re-
search, agri-business and food pro-
cessing sectors of the industry,"
said Karen Rodman Lavis, co-
ordinator of thc ministry's awards
program. "We were very pleased
with the variety of nominations for
this special Centennial honor. The
quality of thc nominees made se-
lecting winners a difficult job," she
said.
Tlic selection committee for the
Centennial awards included Murray
Stewart, Canada Packers Ltd., Ken
Lantz, former OMAF deputy mini-
ster, and Dianne Harkin, founder of
Women for the Survival of Agri-
culture.
The Ministry of Agricttlturc and
Food marks 100 years of service to
the agri-food industry in 1988.
During the year, the ministry is
paying tribute to the people who
produce, process and market food,
with special events held through-
out the province.
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