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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-06-07, Page 13"CNE Queen opening 121st Hensall Spring Fair Friday 11JNSALL - The 121st edition of the Hensall Spring Fair will be officially. opened Friday night of this week by the 1988 CNE Fair Queen Kathy MacNaughton of II- derton. She will be in attendance at 7 p.m. along with area politicians and Hensall South Huron Agricul- tural Society president Donald Dearing to get th,% fair officially rolling. Included in Friday evening activi- ties arc opening of the homecraft and junior and school displays in the arena auditorium at 5 p.m., a western horse show starting at 6 p.m., followed a half hour later by a mini pedal tractor pull for area youngsters and a junior talent show at 8 p.m. Nine young ladies from the com- munity will be vying for the title of Miss Hensall Fair 1989 and wear the crown won last year by Jane Papple. The crowning of the new queen will take place at 10 p.m. Saturday's busy program gets un- derway at 8.30 a.m. with an Appa- loosa horse show. Poultry show judging begins at 11 a.m. and par- ticipants in the always popular pa- rade will lineup at 12 noon for the march from the area -of the Hensall Co -Op to the arena fairgrounds. Following the parade at 1 p.m., activities slip into high gear with the 4-1-1 calf show, the market cattle show and a dignitary rodeo. At 1.30 p.m. the baby show judg- ing begins in the arena auditorium and on the arena floor, the calf club show and sale gets started. The annual horseshoe pitching competition "throws off" at 2 p.m. and will again feature the top throw- ers from the area. A beef barbecue goes from 5 to 7 p.m. to complete the two days of fair scheduling. A midway will be on the fair- grounds Friday and Saturday and the very popular Old McDonald's farm display will be available on Satur- day. Newsletter cites food crisis GUELPH - The North American drought of 1988 has put the world food system on the brink of a major crisis according to the lead article in a new newsletter. The first issue of the Family Farm/Stewardship newsletter is be- ing published for Environment Week by the Jubilee Foundation for Agricultural Research. The news- New executive - The Hensall. Legion installed their new executive last week to take care of the organization's events for the 1989- 90 year. They are: 2nd v -p Val Kyle (front left), v -peter Zwaan, president Dave Smale, executives Roy Brock (2nd row left) and Bob Breen, PR officer Helen Ferrigno, sec-treas. Bea Uyl, youth education officer Jerry Traquair (3rd row left), executive Charles Cooper and John McAllister, service officer Larry Uyl, executive Sharon Fink (back left), seniors program officer Hilda Smale, exec- utive Wilmer Dalrymple, and track and field officer Carl Zimmer. letter highlights the unique collec- tion of literature in Jubilee's Fami- ly farm/Stewardship Library. On Friday and Saturday June 9 and 10 the library will hold an open house for the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. "What we've been describing as surplus food for the past five years has suddenly turned into a much needed cushion," says Elbert van Donkersgoed, Jubilee's research di- rector, in the lead article. "World- wide weather patterns were unusual- ly favourable for food production is not keeping up with a growing world population." Copies of the newslcttcr are avail- able free while quantities last. Con- tact Jubilee, 115 Woolwich St., 2nd Floor, Guelph, Ontario NIH 3V1. (519-837-1620) Publication of the newsletter was made possible by an Environment Week grant from Environment Canada. The de- velopment of the library itself has. been supported by Ontario's Envi- ronmental Youth Corps program. The Jubilcc Foundation for Agri- cultural Research is the research and education arm of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario. • Jubilcc is developing a user- friendly reference library on resource stewardship and family farming. The documents, books, magazines, articles, ncws stories, tapes and vid- eos collected by the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario dur- ing the past two decades arc being catalogued on computer and is ac- cessible to the public. The library welcomes the dona- tion of appropriate books, docu- ments, tapes or videos to add to this unique library Times -Advocate, June 7, 1989 Page 13 Nine contest Fair Queen title Lori Dewys Miss Julia's Hair Styling is 17, a grade 12 Central Huron student who wants to go on to study social work at university. Lori Harburn Miss Ron's Health Centre is 18 and a grade 12 South Huron student who would like to be a commercial artist. Shelly Miller Miss Erb's Garage is a 17 year-old South Huron grade 11 student who wants to get into accounting. Sheila Dougall Miss Hensall Co -Op, age 17 is a grade 11 South Huron student who is interested in public relations. Joan Kerslake - Miss Bank of Montreal, age 17, is a grade 11 Mitchell District High School student who would like to become a teacher. Lee Ann Dow Miss McTaggart's Food Market is 18 years old, is in grade 12 at Mitchell District High School and wants to pursue a career in nursing. Debbie Lawrence Miss Kyle's Garage, age 17 is a grade 12 South Huron student who is interested in pursuing a career in social work. iof Dianne Stebbins Miss Kozy Korner, age 17 is a grade 12 South Huron student who is looking toward a future in accounting. Heather Tinney Miss W.G,. Thompson is 17, a' Mitchell graduate and is heading for Durham College in the fall for their dental assis- tant program. Reding is happiness! Reading is happiness Mrs. Telford's grade 1-2 class at Hensall Public School recently earned "Reading is Happiness" t -shirts, which they are all wearing here, by reading over 100 books. In fact some students in the 'class have read almost 200 books. Mrs. Telford, right, "is shown here reading to Tara Campbell during a special reading day Thursday afternoon. Also pictured reading are: left row Alicia Lawrence. Second row, Shannon Wilcox, Dawn Corbett holding Cuddles, Cari Reid, Michelle Zwart. Third row, front to back, Melissa Hunter, Cheryl Hoffman, Lisa Rooseboom, Danny Lepington, Kelly Damen. Fourth row, (front to back), Benji Rayburn, Jeffrey Campbell, Jeremy Willard, Gord Radford. Miss- ing, Ben Forrest, Mark Hubert, Joshua Alexander, Jason Boyd, Douglas Bernard, Jennifer Masse, Gerry Corbett, Julie Forrest, Tif- fany iffany Sheppard. Hensall teacher encouraging book habits with her own special program IIENSALL - A Ilcnsall Public School teacher is going the extra mile in encouraging her students to improve their. reading skills. Joanne Telford's grade 112 class has bccn working under a unique "I Read" program all year, and some students have read nearly 200 books. "I Read" is Telford's own crea- tion. Hcr philosophy is simple: children who read more, learn more. Telford's classroom has its own library of books suited to the read- ing skills of grade one and two stu- dents and the children arc encour- aged to take the .books home and read_ them to their parents. In the case of difficult texts, parents can read to the child. For every 10 books read, the student receives an incentive gift, such as a bookmark or a pencil. Once the 100th book has been read, the student is awarded a "Read- ing is happiness" t -shirt, along with a certificate of achievement. "The e so proud of them when they Lret them," said Telford. Every student in the class now has a t -shirt of his or her own. In fact, Telford says one of her grade 2s has already passed the 172 -book point on the chart. When Telford is asked io sup- plies the hooks, incentives and t - shirts, she confesses she docs, but quickly adds that the benefits far outweigh the cost. "I think if they develop a feeling for reading at this age it will carry right through," she said. I notice such a change from the beginning of the year," Telford ex- plaincd. Her students arc asking more questions about what they are reading and. they are going .to the dictionary more often to search out meanings of new words. While illustrated stories such as the series by Mercer Marc are popu- lar with the students, Telford will accept other reading materials, such as magaiines, as eligible literature. "To me, reading is so much better than being stuck in front of a TV set," she said. Anolher part of this special pro- gram is "Cuddles" - a teddy bear the children can take home for three days at a time, read to him, and write talcs of his adventures upon his return. "The parents tell me this bear is really teaching the kids responsibil- ity," Telford explained. "This bcar has bccn everywhere. tic's bccn to restaurants. lie's been to a fair." There are other benefits to the "I read" program, not the least of which is the time parents arc able to set aside for reading sessions with their children. Telford says she has had nothing but positive feedback from parents about the program. Telford knew of the benefits even before she began "I read" two years ago. She remembers the effect such a program had on her own daughter several years ago. "1 think it's worth it, I really do," said Telford, meaning that the.pro- gram is not an achievement in it- self, but is a means to what the stu- dents can achieve. "They're worth it," she concluded.