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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-03-15, Page 6PAGE 6 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1979. Kids love classics BY CAROLINE E. CASS Since earliesttimes animal stories have been favourites ' of young children. In fact, Aesop's Fables still provides the pattern for modern-day tales. The Goderich Public Library has a wide selection of animal classics from which to choose, but one of the most popular stories today is the Paddington series by Michael Bond. You. initially meet Paddington in A Bear Called Paddington in London, England at Paddington Station. The cuddly little bear arrives from darkest Peru as a stowa ay on a ship. The Brown family im- mediately adopts him. Poor Paddington has much to Learn about life with a typically English family. How does a bear know you're not supposed to wear the cream from a sticky bun on your face? How is a bear to know taking a bath does not include splashing the entire room? He causes a great commotion at the beach when he sails to sea in a . bucket with the outgoing tide! Fortunately, his mistakes always end well at the conclusion 'of each chapter. Children find Pad- dington's escapades thoroughly enjoyable. The pencil drawings are .appealing and Pad- dington himself is an adventurous, lo.vable character. Other titles in the series are Paddington Helps Out, Paddington Marches On} Paddington at Work, and More About Pad- dington. Find -out how Paddington manages to get himself out of trouble ineach of these books. Maybe you'll want „ to follow Paddington's cooking advice in his own personal cookbooks! Because Michael Bond is a British author, the Paddington• stories reflect a family with very proper human qualities and a hero who is a gentle, loving creature. Very young children might like to hear the tales read aloud and to marvel at the pictures, while readers eight and up might like to read them on their own. k, 8 Y 0 a a .,. ,a d 1 a mY teal :.•. 41e � A 4' a � a a0 4 Dear Captain Comet: My name is Shawn Currie and I turned eight years old on March 14. I live at 126 Wilson Street with my parents, Doug and Gail and my two brothers, Ray and Bryan and my sister, Trish. We would like to send birthday wishes to our friend, Tara Carrigan, who lives in Ottawa. Tara was 10 years old on March 12 and her family also receives •the Signal - Star. Happy birthday foo, to Doug McNeil, a dear friend of my family, who also celebrated his bir- thday March 14. Thank you Captain Comet. Bye for now. Love,Shawn Captain astounded by c Captain Comet visited the office of The Goderich Signal -Star earlier this week and was absolutely ° o astounded by the number of entries sent in by Goderich and area boys and girls for the Super- man coloring contest. Brookside Broadcast On Friday night the girls' hockey came to an end. The Slapshooters tied the Teeny- boppers with a score of 1 - 1. The girls who scored were, Janice Cook for the Slap - shooters and Peggy Gibson for the Teenyboppers. The ping pong tournament `also came to an end last week. The senior girls' champions were Janice Pol- lock and Judy Carmichael, Robin Markham, and Steven Alton were senior boys' champions. In the junior girls, Lisa and Janice Dougherty were win- ners and in the junior boys division, the winners were Paul Hackett . and Jamie Alton. On Wednesday, March 14th the Students' Council is sponsoring skating .for all students at the Lucknow arena. On March 16th the Sfudents' Council has obtain- ed° a film for the students called "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken". It will be shown to celebrate the last day of school before the spring break. Trish wins the contest ! Trish Currie is the winner of - the February Captain Comet birthday contest. Trish .or her parents can pick up Trish's prize at the Signal -Star offic-e anytime during regular working hours. Congratulations Trish. 'Captain 'Comet hopes you enjoyed your birthday and will make good use of your prize. One of Captain Comet's buddies pointed out that Alison Curran was listed as the February winner. Of course, Alison was the January winner. We're sorry about that error and hape it didn't cause too much confusion for our January birthday kids. Brad Armstrong was one of many little skating stars In Ice Nicks '79 held by the Goderich Figure Skating Club on the'weekend. Here he keeps his balance as he makes/his way around the rink. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) The February contest had 11 new members... and it is a big "happy birthday" • to. each of them. If you are having a birthday in March .or April, send in your name,. your address, your age, your birthday and a picture of yourself. Each one of these legitimate birthday notices will be published in the Signal - Star free of charge on the Captain Comet page. Captain Comet assigns a number to each entrant, and at the end of each month, asks one of his helpers to select the winner. The winner's name is then published in the Signal -Star and a cash prize is awarded to that lucky boy or girl. It is a fun way to add a little extra. sparkle . to your birthday celebration, so send those birthday announcements along to Captain Comet. His address is Box 220, Industrial Park, Goderich, N7A 4B6. By the way, itwill soon be one year since Captain Comet initiated his birth - ,day column. May is the anniversary month. If you have a birthday in May .... and if your name and picture was in last year's Signal -Star's Captain Comet page.... you may be the winner of a special prize. Keep watching this page for further details. Kingsbridg€ Kurriculum BY DIANE VAN OSCH AND LIZ VOGT • On Monday, March 5 Constable Bill Wilson came to St. Joseph's School to discuss what the bus patrol is all about. He also showed a film and discussed bicycle safety. John Wilson from the Ministry of Education came for a brief visit to the school and spoke to principal Mr. Zyluk and to Denise Dalton, com- munity school co- ordinator. Heather Ann Stapleton and Maria Dalton ad- vanced in the public speaking finals. Maria spoke in Dublin and Heather Ann spole in Brussels. The senior girls' Turn to page 7 e "There were 97 kids entered," Captain Comet said. "They ranged in age from four years to 13 years. It made me very happy to see all those drawings from my good buddies." The names of the winners appear elsewhere unthis page. All will receive passes to Su�S`erman The Movie that starts at the Park Theatre on The Square this weekend. Captain Comet wants to thank all the kids who entered. It was a really tough job for the judges to pick the winners from among so m -any good efforts. "Some kids used ing contest crayons, some used colored pencils, some used magic markers,," commented the Captain. "But most of them looked ust like my friend uperrnan from the S planet Crypton. He'll, be - so proud when he sees, how well the boys and girls from Goderich and area know him." Captain Comet men- tioned • that since the kids responded so eagerly qo this coloring contest, 're may try for arrange another one real soon. Keep watching his column. HERE AR -E CAPTAIN COMEr's "GREAT S UPERMA .NCOLOUR-CONTEST" WINNERS If yours is one of the 10 names. below, CONGRATULATIONS! Your entry has been selected as one of the'10 BEST from all the entries submitted. You can pick up your Prize of ai'PASS' to see "SUPERMAN THE MOVIE" at the Park Theatre box office. Your entry will also be on display at the Theatre for everyone to see. . A special Congratulations goes out to 'Lonny Doherty°. Your entry was judged "THE BEST". Along with your 'Pass' to the movie, you can also pick up your added prize --the paperback novel "LAST SON OF KRYPTON" at the Park Theatre. rua•r r I QPmee thotpize5St a i a i P4o1..x- #4.A.L/2„a-- it -4±1 0 4 it AG G co c*to 1010011.1111 01.111111.�I! i1 • OUR NO. 1 WINNER EY 07, sus Vicky Sudyk Elgin Ave. Goderich Penny Sampson Warren St. Goderich Christopher Walker Mill Rd. Goderlch tir Jared Whalen Delbar Ct. Rhonda Bean R.R. s Goderich/ Goderich 2 Andrew Wilton Bayfield Rd. Goderlch Susan Curran R.R. 1 Dungannon Scott Brindley Regent St. Goderich CONGRATULATIONS KIDS FROM CAPTAIN COMET AND ALL HIS FRIENDS AT THE GODERICH SIGNAL- STAR! J°. e ,1 t: