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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-12-03, Page 7District "eWs _. November 'us y month. at MacKay Centre GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1i%86 --PAGE. 7 c z �. '1' I, November proved to be a busy month at Spading. Bea and Everett had brought the MacKay Centre. All our regular pro- along a tape taken 11or the C.B.C. Sunday • grams are well underway as we near the morning radio show "Fresh Air". The tape busy Christmas season. contained a reading of a letter sent by e Kathleen Buckley Ico-ordinator at the daughter lebr ed West who sheir 65th who MacKay Centre I travelled to Orillia on Nov. recently ce g 12 to a conference presented by the Older anniversary. as eautiful, moving tribute to her wasults Centrs Association of Ontario. This parents, telling of their life in Herst, a small a three-dayg conference, the theme for t 1986 being "Better Than Ever." The town in they encountered,Ibut the warmth the MacKay choristers travelled to St. Marys hardship for on Nov St to take part in a friendship centres Later othersand ,, made e shared, worthwhile. concern the at the St. Mary's f P tae Bea introduced Mr and Mrs. West that evening the choir sang at St. Mary were in regions nt don's informative commentary this Jasper in the different seasons. Brendan in the seasons. Brendan pointed out that Grande Cache is a little known area of Alberta, sitting between Willmore Wilderness Park and Jasper Na- tional Park. It has all the beautiful mntain scenery, lakes and interesting land- marks of the more well known parks but without the hustle and bustle of crowds and tourists, and I'm sure after seeing the col- ourful slides many of the audience may visit Grande Cache in the future. Brendan then took us on a tour of the Western United States beginning with Mount St. Helens, Washington and visiting Crater Lake, .ifornia and out west to the s p the audience. Oregan, �4 of Utah and Arizona. Bren- United Church They were joined by the St. who w t and slides After a short intermission, Kathleen desert g Mary's friendship centre choir and St. Mary's presented entertaining program of songs and carols to a large audience. Russell Alton introduced an interesting program at the November variety concert. The fog horns opened up the evenings enter- tainment with a funny and original program in the style of the old travelling show, entitl- ed "Dr. Fhoggs Amazing Medicine Show". While the band played, Shirley McMillan tried her best to "sell" their potent cure-all elixir to the audience claiming that it could cure everything and could even make your hair grow! Shirley even enlisted the help of the band's pet snake "Hilary". I'm sure that the fog horns unique brand of humour and their music were all the audience needed to make them feel much better. tt Alton then introduced Bea Buckley gave a presentation on her rete with lum on Kip tole nhddes ribed then workshops she ference in Thad guided tolia. had theur. Jean Schram thanked Kathleen Kathleengand Brendan for their presentation and in - and and g incidents a few of the occurred and interesting incidents that had o Orillia. troduced the �oo>ns° concluded theirr perfor- during her three day stayThe fog Kathleen concluded her presentation by , mance with a musical stroll through the thanking the Board of Management of seasons with old favourites such as "In The MacKay Centre for allowing her to attend Good Old Summertime". The audience join - the conference, and went on to introduce her ed in and sang a couple of Christmas husband, Brendan who had brought along favourites as well. slides of Alberta and the Western United Alton thanked everyone concerned for an States. interesting and entertaining evening. He Brendan this yearfro Buckley amCache, also thanked Irene Todd and Vi Rutherford Goderiah erom Grande for their contribution to the centre over the Alberta, a picturesque little town nestled in years. Irene and Vi are moving to London Jasthe Nationalfooter hills the Park. The first half of the nehe nd will be missed by everyone at MacKay present toshowed Grande tCache and Centre. and Everett Colborne school early mos spirit hits By ALISON CLARK The top-secret float Colborne students • have been working on for the Christmas parade won second prize. The ever -famous Winnie the Pooh, Jack in the Box, toy soldiers and dolls were making special ap- pearances on the tioat wince the parade theme off Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child. Mr. Young's horses were also a hit. Everyone really appreciated the snow that fell 1st week. We were very disap- pointed when it all went away. With the re- cent sunny weather, it is hard to believe that our Christmas concert is scheduled for next Wednesday. Snowball Dance. Everyone had a gr Eve school will take on the Christmas Sp E ryone is hustling and bustling in order time d skd d t to sed parents e music of were ale to before concert time. an Wark. • • ticed before THE RIG NIGHT. Not all of the classes have revealed their plans yet however we do know that Mr. Sander's group is "Searching for the Christmas 'Spirit" and that the Grade 7-8 class are practicing "The Twelve Days of ChrietmaG " As might be expected, the original version has been altered slightly Everyone is invited to joun us on Wednes- day, December 10 at 7:30 p.m. Junior voleyball practices have started. Mr. Harman is coaching the boys team and Mr. Sandersis working the girl's team. One tournament is scheduled for. February. Last Tuesday, the Student Council held a discuss their academic programs with their teachers. The Grade 2-3 class has been studying farm safety, farm machinery and farm life. A kit produced by the Women's Institute for the south part of the county was really en- joyed by the class. On December 3, the „uta .Wi.11.,1W .eisif.ine McTeils Dairy Farm to see if chocolate milk conies irom tirowit cows, The Grade 7-8 class have been very busy this week. They are practicing various folk dances in their spare time so that they can teach them to the other. classes. They have been making Christmas decorations in Art class and during recess periods so thatT• he to get their Christmas songs and plays pias- While the i s a � Joint committee formed to study trustee report jurisdictions into large county boards the The executive of the Ontario School Trustees' Council and Ministry staff will form a joint committee to study a research report on trustee representation on On- tario's school boards, Education Minister Sean Conway announced last week. The report recommends that Ontario move to a system of representation by population, instead of the current method of apportioning trustees based on assessment. The report also states that, "on all counts, equalized residential and farm assessment is no longer a viable basis for apportionment. 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