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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-02-18, Page 12Secretary -Manager f Page 12 TEntes-Advocate, February 18, 1998 Hensall Legion to hold public speaking It will be held Febru- ary 17 at 7 p.m... • • By Liz Sangster Hensall correspondesu HENSALL'Memtiers -and execu- tive Of Hensall Legion welcome" new members Robert Brown .arid Dennis Schneider to the' branch. Both were _initiated at the regular February meeting. . Item: of interest brought to the attention of the members were: Public Speaking, February 17 at 7 p.m. at the Branch. Thursday-evening-Fehrua the Ladies Auxiliary assisted by the Legion will be hosts for a Valentine party at- the .Queensway Nursing. Home.' Entertainment .will he pro- vided by a few girls from the Sea-• forth B: nd. . Sunday. February 22..a -.family .tyle dinner will beheld at the Hen- sall Community Centre. • . • Saturday March 14, ;a' Dar Tour- nament will he held at the Branch.. - Registration at 1:30- p:m. with an entry Ice of $5. per person. Play to begin at 2 ,p.m. This will he lowed by a pot luck- supper and dance. Everyone welcome. For more information call Elaine Coop- er. 262-3044 or John Ingram; 262- 2678. _ United Church }1t Hensall United Church. Nancy. Fraser was. the minister with Mark Garlough presiding at the• organ. Kay :and Kcn Elder were the ush- ors.. Thc -.Food Grains _Committee. Ian McAllister, John Thomson and Eric Mansfield also took part in the service. Flowers in the sanctuary were in =miry- of the late- Harold F. Hendrick, given by Elaine and Wayne Cc -rhea and. family. Linda and Jerry Traquair also gave a hou- quc't in memory of Jerry's parents and in honor of Erin's 16th birth- day. Envelopes are available for dona- tions to the . Food Grains Bank. '. Next Sunday Lord Baden Powell's, birthday will be marked by a spe- cial service. March 1, there will be a congre- gation workshop and Shirley McAllister will speak.. - 'Anyone interested in learning to quilt is welcome to" come to the church Tuesdays, at 7;30 p.m. Remember thc Drop -In is. on' Thursday. CaII Marg Cole at 262- r., The regular. hoard meeting will be Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Choir parctice will be 7:30 p.m., Thursday. New members are wel- come. Presbyterian Church AlCarmel Carmel Presbyterian Church, Rev. Kevin Steeper was the minis- ter. In his sermon Rev. _.Steeper mentioned advice he had received from his • grandmother - "If you can't.say -s mcthinggood:say goal=. ing at all.'' Joyce .Pepper was the organist. Harry Smith acccptcd,lhe offering. . The- annual meeting has been re- scheduled ,for Tuesday,- Fchruary 24. •Residents of the Village of Hen- sall are reminded that a copy of the . _ _Draft Cat By-law is available from the Municipal Office. Anyone in- terestcd in. the control and registra- tion of cats in the Village- is en-- . couraged to obtain a copy of; this ' _ draft. - A note to •the community -. the , regular• meeting' of the Village of Hensall .Council will he at 7 p.m. This change will be effective -March 9. with the- regular March meeting. . /For a tasty treat.,.. -I love to throw together a quick square. This -recipe has been used in our home for years now. I even get -- adventurous occasionally and try a new hoist: It is so easy -and yetso-o-o-o good. Try it tonight and enjoy! - Simple toffee bars 1 c up butter or margarine - 1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp-. Vanilla - -2 cup flour.- '3/4 to 1 cup semi -sweet -chocolate chips . 1 cup.walnuts (optional) Thoroughly crearn together butter, sugar and vanilla: Then add flour, and beat till crumbly. Stir in choc: chips and ' . walnuts if used. Press. into ungreased 9 by 13". pan and bake at 3500 for -25 ,minutes. Cut while warn -and cool before • removing. • • ' Try adding 1/2 cup 'of butterscotch Chipits or toffee -bits -- yummy! • Debby Wag -ler *From the Prineipal's'desk By Deb Homuth South Huron District High School Likey$.any of you,.I have been.startled lately.by the stories of violent acts in schools being linked to students. The behaviour -of young people. cspe- cially'when. their actions are violent, challenges some of our most basic assumptions about the edu- cation system. When even a small. number of kids break the law or commit violent acts, their aggres- sion raises questions about our ability as families. schools and communities to transmit the.values of caring; responsible, non-violent, citizenship. We are all forced to look more carefully at our corn- munities and our schools -How -serious -is -the Deb Homuth problem? Are my kids safe -at school? Thc short answer I believe•is yes. At South Huron A Code of - Behaviour is enforced consistently every day. Harassment issues are dealt with head-on. Zero tolerance to violence is enforced and A' Safe-Schools'Committee will meet shortly to review where prob ' terns remain. These are management techniques that represent dill- genre and attention to potential risks and threats to - a safe school.- However, 1 would be naive if I didn't recognise the reality. that . our school, like every..other school in this province, -could suddenly find itself in the"headlines cif papers because ot`a violent act at school. Why? Because the profile of -the -young offender, as identi- fied by the Canadian Justice Department, applies as much here as anywhere. Young offenders are characterized by family problems including conflicts•at home; abuse in its varying forms: school pro- grams including truancy, failing grades or disrespect fortcacliers; antisocial behaviour including drug or alcohol abuse and excessive peer influence. One wonders. &excessive viewing of television • could he added to the list. Common scnsc .tclls,us that television; strongly influences our youth's beliefs and attitudes. By the'end Of . their elementary school education children will have witnessed 8000 murders and over 10.000 acts of violence. By thc tine they com- pletc grade 12. they will have spent between -3000 and 4000 hours more in front of the television than in the classroom. Given those -,statistics 1 wonder sometimes how schools can possibly compete.. Yes, we arc teaching -kids ahout.resolving conflicts and handling - thcir anger: But, are we ever.going to be able to say we do enough as long as there -is even one student who is being picked on. bullied_ or harassed" Will weever he able to do enough as long_as-children and young people come to school with the first-hand experiences Of Violence in movies, television and their honies that they do'? • - We have a tremendous responsibility in school to try to make a difference. We cannot afford as a society tolet up. For as Jeffery • Simpson wrote. in his editorial in the Globe and Mail this.w.eek, -111. the fullness of time..a country's future is.more rooted in its educa- tion system than in anything elsc..What kids Icarn and how they - • lcarn it, what experiences mould them; what skills and interests they develop -are way more .important. than the value of the dollar. the lat- est government pronouncement and lot of what conveniently passes for news." He's right of course. • THE LIONS CORNER. EXETER - Thc Exeter Lions j Club have announccd.some -Trip of the Month" winners.' • December - Steve Johns - Mexico • January: Dale Good - Mexico Thc $8(10 bingo winner was Doug Coward. Thc Lions Club don• ated `30.00) to a new •parkcttc. Food drive bridges generations Community spirit. Representatives of the groups participating in last week's food drive met at Queensway Nursing and Retirement Home on Thursday night. From left, Kenny Al- len, Daniel Campbell, Brandon Consitt, Bradley Young, Lorna Spencer, Connie Townsend, Jennifer Young, Mary Jo Corbett, Jennifer Soudant and Lindsay Allen. By Kate Monk T -A Reporter HENSALL - it started with an idea of Connie Townsend, the food service supervisor at Queens- way Nursing Home in Hensall. With the first week in Fchruary being food awareness week, she thought it would be good to have a focal drive for the Exeter and Area Food Bank. The initial idea was to have Queensway staff donate food stuffs. - Sandra Consitt, Queensway's cook, picked up on the idea and got the Hensall Sparks, Brownies. Girl Guides, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts involved as well. • The children donated food and canvassed the Hen- sall community last Monday and Thursday nights. After the canvassing, representatives of the groups took stock of the donations - 16 boxes in to- tal. Thc food drive reinforced community -mindedness and the leaders were pleased the people in Hensall were so generous. One family gave an entire box of food. Carol Gascho, Queensway activities director add- ed the effort was an appropriate Valentine's gift t� the food bank from Queensway and the community. Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company . ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the policyholders of. the. Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company will. be held in .the Kirkton-Woodham Community.Centre at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, - February 23, 1998 to receive and dispose of the Financial and Auditor's Reports; to elect Directors and to' transact any business that may rightly come before themeeting. - Nominations will be received for the election of two Directors for a three year term. 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