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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-06-03, Page 12Page'12 . Times -Advocate; lune 3, 1998 CQMM UNLTY Dog Walk-A-Thon HQ MANE 50C!ETY Ai.K'- A -TION Over $1,400 was raised for the Huronia Humane So- ciety on Saturday when they held their Dog Walk-A-Thon in Exeter. Over 30 dogs and their owners took part in the event: News from. St. Antic's Catholic St'condaril by Philip J. A1c.vlillarr - Vice -Principal Next year marks the beginning of Co-operative Education at Si. Anne's. In addition tu,the traditional halt -day placement. the pro- gram will'otler a unique all -day co-op experience liar students throughout Huron County. Students provide their own transportation toand from the.placenlenl and arc monitoredregularly.- Employers should consider the billowing reasons to participate in Co-operatjve Education. The student worker will help to get, work done and not require payment. The student can offer a fresh, perspective and share wiib you things they have learned in their courses. The employer gets an excellent chancc.to check out new employees. This will raise the profile of your business and as Education Officials, and other co-op employers hear about you: ii will increase your contacts and ability to network as you manage your business. Students learn on the job and become more aware of career opportunities as they benefit from on • the job training. It provides you a chance to share what you know and to contributc,to an enriched cdueational process. This provides you an opportunity to put hack into your community some of what yo'u have gained without making a cash disbursement. If you are interested in.getting involved.in St. Anne'. Co;operative Education program. -Call Jayne Walsh at 482-5454. Your.interest is dgeply appreciated. • Religious Retreats are a. yearly event at the school. This year Grade IO students went to Midland and visited the Martyr's Shrine. They attended a Eucharistic Celebration and went to the historic St. Marie Among the Huron. Grade 1.1 classes had their retreatin Clinton. They spent the day. after attending a prayer service. at one of three churches in Clinton. Thc theme of "Living Your Dreams" was explored by students as they were led in the retreat M Rcv. John Boyachek from Emmanuel Bapttst,Church in Exeter. Father Dino Salyator of St: Joseph': Roman Catholic Church in Clinton and Rev. Nan St. Louis from Knox Presbyterian Chtirch in Goderich. This week. all Grade 9 students will explore -the theme of "New Beginnings'. A Youth Ministry Team from the London Diocese.will lead students in'a day ot; games. prayer. reflection and meaningful dis- cussions. Hats off to all staff who have made these spiritual journeys more meaningful for all to our scht►ol community. A journey of another sort is 10 also take place as two Grade 10 casts Of actors and technicians set out to entertain the children of our ele- mentary schools with two shows. Ms. Kuran's class will present ti► children in.Godcrtch. Kingsbridge. and Seaforth. They Will present "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". and Ms. Shore's cast will pre- sent to children in Exeter. Wingham and Zurich. They will present "The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf'. There will he a full showing of both at St. Anne's. So come out Wednesday. June 3rd to see both shows at 7:00 p.m. Admission is a donation at the door. Our track team attended the Ontario Regional Finals. Bethany Stuart who placed 4th in the 300tn hurdles at WOSSA-was not able to attend the regionals. Mike Fines who placed 4th in thc 110m hurdles at WOSSA placed 10th at the regionals and the relay team of Mike Fines. Brent Glavin. Rob Janmaat and Jeff MacCuspcy. who placed 4th in the 4x I OOm. placed 12th in the regionals. This marks the end to a great season for the track team. We look forward to next years ell orts as the team continues to challenge themselves and work as teal,. Well done all' VON works in partnership HURON -PERTH - Thc Victorian Order.of Nurses has created several partnerships to provide services to people throughout Huron and Perth counties. In Huron County, the VON. in partnership with the Huron Alzhei- mer Society. offers training to the volunteers involved in the Special Steps Program..As well, in a joint venture with Huron Hospice. the VON Palliative Care Volunteer Program held a Level I Palliative Care training session.. • During the' past year. VON opened another Adult Day Service in St. Marys for the residents of St. Marys and area communities. This was made possible with thc gener- ous support and help of the Si Mar- ys:Mcriuorial.Hospital who provid- ed the site location. .The Alzheimer Day Away Ser- vice in Stratford is now offering an extended day of service from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., one day a month. In col- laboration with Family Services Perth -Huron, the extended day of- fers a "Family Information Night" to caregivers. In Listowel. there arc several new development. A new Supportive Housing service has been initiated at Mankind 'Terrace. VON adminis- ters the services and works with the Community Care Access Centre for Perth County, Para -Med Health Services and Maitland Terrace Board of Directors to promote and deliver the service. The North Perth Friendly Volun- teer Visiting service is . "spear- heading" a local north Perth trans- portation initiative in conjunction with the Community Transporta- tion Action Program; In conjunction with VON Cana- da, the VON Perth -Huron Branch has had the opportunity to offer Wellness Clinics in both Counties at Wal-Mart, Zellers and Zehrs stores and through the Reach Well- ness Clinics at a number of local pharmacies. Through "Caring for Life" the Victorian Order of Nurses will con- tinue to work and serve the commu- nities of Perth and Huron Counties. Panther Profile By Sarah Vermunt SHDHS hosted the WOSSA tournament for junior and senior boys soccer on May 28-29. Both the senior and junior teams advanced to WOSSA by winning the Hui-on/Perth title. The junior boys soccer team lost their first two games of the tournament and were put out. The sen- iors advanced all the way to the finals and were put out after overtime and shootouts. Congratulations to both teams for playing so well! Student of the year nominations took place in grade 12 home rooms on Friday, May 29. Students were asked to nominate five males and five females who are graduating this year. The ten students who were nominated are Sunny Dinney, Terri Hamather, Preslcc Mayer, Meagan Ratz, Jenn Wilbee, Ian Becker, Dave Farquhar, Jeff Reid, Scott Reid, and Jacob Weber. Congratulations to everyone who was nominated! The entire school will vote on one male and one female student of the year on -Friday in home room. The winners will be announced at mid- night -at the formal which also takes place on Friday. The annual formal for students in grade 12 and OAC will run from 8 p.m. to midnight on Friday. The theme this year is "The Secret Garden" and thc formal committee ha. been working hard planning for the big night. Thank you to everyone on the formal committee who put so much time and effort into makingthe formal a night to remember for everyone. . A reminder to students attending the formal that nobody will be let in past 10 p.m:.The formal should he a night to remember, but not for the wrong reasons. This is the time of year when there are many accidents caused by drinking and driving. We don't want any of our friends to end up in a hospitalor worse yet, -dead because of a drunk driving acci- dent that night. If you're drinking please don't drive. • A reminder to all students to bring in a stamped self-addressed enve- lope to school for report cards to be sent out at the end of the school year. There will be a prize for the first home room with all of their en- velopes in. Yearbooks will go on sale tin June 8. This is an opportunity for any students who have not yet purchased a year book to buy one. This is your last chance to get one! The full price' is $30, but you can get one with a down payment of $15. All library books were due on May 26. If you have any overdue li- brary books, make sure you return them and pay any lines before ex- ams. Students with any unreturned library books or text hooks or un- paid fines will be unable to write final exams. Upcoming events Wednesday, June 3: Trip to air expo and career show in Huron Park; Friday, June 5: Student of the year voting in home room, formal from 8 p.m. to midnight; • 'Monday, June 8: tirade 8 day at SHDHS from 9:30-11:30 a.m., art trip to H.B.Beal;. Tuesday, June 9: Drama"trip to Huron Country Playhouse. l HENSALL DISTRICT otestectco-o? .ENTER C0 -OPERATIVE GARDEN CENTRE SPECIALS GET GROWING NOW! Visit our beautiful Garden Center - Great Selection - Great Prices 3 C.F. PEAT MOSS 479' 8459452 15 kg. CATTLE MANURE 19 9 0 8459-300D BOX PLANTS 79Cea. 20 L BBQ TANK 8702-6776 2'799 (FREE FILL UP OF YOUR NEW TANK AT OUR GAS BAR GARDEN GLOW LIGHTS 6 Light Set Regular $46.99 2349 ROSES 750 w BULK SEED 1J2 PRICE Beans • Corn • Peas LOTS OF PINE BARK AND MARBLE CHIPS ALL PERENNIALS 179 only ea 7-7-7 Do -It FERTILIZER 10 kg. 8459-2119 344 RED DEVIL FERTILIZER SPREADER easy-0ss2 2699 SEE US FOR GREAT DEALS ON RIDING LAWNMOWERS! 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