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Final community forum planned for May 26
EXETER — Parents are reminded that parent -
teacher interviews will be held this Thursday from
3:30 - 5 p.m. and 6:30 - 8 p.m.
On the newsletter that accompanied the progress
report mailed out recently, a form was
provided for students to use to arrange
interviews with their teachers. Parents
were asked to list the teachers they
wished to see and have their son or
daughter arrange the interview times.
The interviews are being held in teach-
ers' classrooms, so it would be a wise
idea to leave travel time between the
10 -minute interviews.
If parents are unable to attend par-
ent -teacher interviews but wish to
meet with their son or daughter's
teachers, they are reminded that inter-
views can be arranged for an alternate day simply by
contacting the teacher at the school. E-mail is an easy
way to do this and all teachers' e-mail addresses can
be found on our school Web -page, which can be
reached through the Avon Maitland District School
Board Web site at www.yourschools.ca.
After the interviews Thursday night, parents may
want to stick around to watch some of the annual
Battle of the Bands and Student Fun Night, an event
that will take place in the large gym.
As you may know, we held a community forum on
Internet issues March 24. The event was well attended
and we learned some valuable information about
Internet safety for ourselves and for our children. This
is an area of growing concern and one where a good
deal of education is needed so children and adults
understand the risks involved in some of the computer
activities in which we engage. One of the predominant
themes in the evening was the danger of revealing per-
sonal information over the Internet, whether it be per-
sonal data such as name, address, and phone number
or financial information, such as credit card and bank
account numbers.
Children tend to be trusting and often don't realize
the potential consequences of giving out such informa-
tion. Chat rooms and instant messaging sites usually
ask the users to create a profile of themselves, and
kids willingly provide this information, sometimes even
including a photo of themselves. The creeps and
predators, of course, provide phoney information and
go looking for kids on whom to prey. Young people
need to be aware of the risks involved in giving out
information that could reveal their ASL, which is chat
room talk for Age, Sex, Location. Information for par-
ents on how to deal with this concern and other issues
related to kids and computer use can be found on the
AMDSB Web site as well. To find it, go to
www.yourschools.ca, and then click on "Internet
Safety Tips."
Professor Michael Katchabaw from UWO presented
information on computer fraud, specifically "phishing,"
which is an e-mail tactic by which criminals try to get
unwitting participants to reveal their financial infor-
mation in response to official looking e-mail messages
that appear to come from banks and credit card com-
panies. More information on this topic may be found at
www.antiphishing.org, and we encourage everyone to
find out more about how to protect themselves from
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Our final community forum for this year will be held
May 26 — the topic is drug and alcohol awareness. I
will provide more information on this forum as the
date draws nearer.
cooking with memories
BY DEBBY WAGLER
IT MUST BE TIME TO RUN AN OLD FAMILY RECIPE THAT
ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDS WEIRD IT IS GREAT TASTING AND FUN
FOR COMPANY. WE HAVE PREPARED THIS WITH A GANG IN
MIND AND HAD EACH OF THEM BRING A CONDIMENT
PREPARED FOR THE MEAL. IT SAVES ME A LOT OF CHOPPING
AND HELPS EVERYONE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A PART IN THE
MEAL. MY MOM TRADITIONALLY PREPARED THIS WITH A
TOMATO BASED CURRY AND 1 MAY RUN THAT VERSION
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TRY THIS WONDERFUL MEAL.
CURRIED HASH
1_1/2 Ib lean ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. sage
3 Tbsp. flour
2 cups milk
1 tsp. curry powder
Brown beef and onion in a frying pan. Sprinkle with
seasonings. Stir in flour till well mixed with meat mixture and
then slowly add milk. Cook till it boils and thickens and then
add curry. Serve with rice and the following condiments
chopped and in separate bowls - Red peppers, green onions,
celery, carrot pineapple, oranges, apples and peanuts. Weird
but great!
Singalong for Diners
ZURICH — March 16 Zurich Diners celebrated St.
Patrick's Day. Marg Hayter welcomed all and opened
with the singing of "0 Canada" and the grace before
the meal. The 50/50 draw was won by Theresa
Regier.
For entertainment, a singalong was enjoyed led
Glena Olcen at the piano. Everyone joined in `Guess
the Song' as Olcen played only the first line of various
songs. Draws were made for shamrock plants and
other items. Winners were Elroy Desjardine; Lee
Regier; Marie Gelinas; Gwen McKellar; Gertie Stade;
Olivea Bedard; Ann Finlay; Doris Hamilton. Olcen
gave a reading, An Irish Blessing. And Hamilton had
news of the past.
March 23, the Goshenaires provided the entertain-
ment. March 30 the 50/50 was won by Glena Olcen.
"Happy Birthday" was sung for Mary Jacobi. Bingo
was played with winners Pearl Heimrich; Helen
MacLean; Theresa Regier; Audrey Haberer (2);
Olivea Bedard.
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