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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2005-05-18, Page 66 Exeter Times–Advocate Wednesday, May 18, 2005 Opinion Forum News Seniors' perspective Continued from page 5 foresight of concerned caregivers in Huron County. Currently, the volunteer board plans and monitors the Society's programs and services, which are adminis- tered and facilitated by an executive director, a volun- teer coordinator, an office assistant and volunteers. The Alzheimer Huron office is open to the public daily Monday through Friday. A website and a 1-800 number in operation to ensure that assistance and information is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The board remains committed to ensuring its mem- bers represent all regions of the county. This criterion is kept in mind when individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge are approached to join the Alzheimer Huron team. Successful board members commit to a three-year term of office. Meetings are held once a month excluding July, August and December. If you have questions or require further details, please do not hesitate to contact the Society at (519) 482-1482 Fax: (519) 482-8692 or Toll Free at 1-800-561-5012. By mail at P.O. Box 639 Clinton ON NOM 1L0 alzhuron@scsinternet.com Canada winning gold MAY bring Disgust and anger gold to local community! Hockey is in the thoughts of many of us these days, even those of us who profess to be life-long hockey haters. I acknowledge that I was one of them! As a youngster I have memories of fighting with my younger brothers over the selec- tion of "Hockey Night in Canada" over the "Saturday night at the movies" This same battle would persist to -day with my husband, if not for the second receiver and televi- sion in the bedroom. But if the NHL returns next year, I may feel differently. And why is that you may ask? When the Western Junior Hockey League won the World Junior Hockey Championship in 2004-2005, it reminded me of how proud I am to be a Canadian. To think that a group of young adults, one of whom is from London, representing our country are the best in the world is incredible. Everyone has caught the London Knight fever! Even I find myself glued to the radio with bated breath, hoping to hear of yet another win. And how proud I am of a local boy named Jeff Carter, one of the star players with the Philadelphia Phantoms, a farm team with the Philadelphia Flyers. A boy whose late grandmother, I am sure is cheering from the - heavens above. This success spills into our local communities, making everyone winners. The VON Middlesex -Elgin, a charitable community agency, has received a Canadian Junior Hockey Championship signed jersey, a London Knight signed hockey stick and a signed photo of Jeff Carter. These items will be auctioned on June 3rd at the Bear Creek Golf Club, Strathroy, directing proceeds to enhancing Palliative Care throughout Middlesex County. This annual Dinner Auction also offers garden fur- niture, hand -stitched quilts, trips and so much more. For more information please call VON at 245-3170 and ask for Jo -Ann. Help us to bring gold to Middlesex County! Dear Editor: I have just this day (May 9) mailed copies of this open letter to our political leaders and the Speaker of the House. I wrote in some anger on Saturday and after showing it to a group at our church, I was asked to send it to the newspapers. The disgust and anger is just below the surface and takes very little to bring it to the fore. It started with another group meeting on Thursday, unrelated to the church, where the subject came up and the anger and revulsion for the behaviour of our elected representatives was very evident. I have used the first person here, but my husband joins me in this exercise. Leaders and Members of Parliament, House of Commons Ottawa, ON Dear men and women of our House of Commons: The display of discourtesy and name calling in the past few weeks has done nothing to endear your voters to you. You are making the house of Parliament a laughing stock. We would like to see what vision you have for Canada. We have not seen any of that. What is the future for us. We only see a lust or power and is that all you have for us in the future, more of the same. If you throw us into another election and we elect another minority government, are we to see more of the same behaviour in the house; —"-`' $280,000,000 thrown away when we have such great needs. We would like you to start to work together to make this Parliament work. The NDP has made a start. The rest seem only concerned with their own power strug- gle. When are you going to start to do the job for which you were elected, govern the country. Please excuse us if we don't put Honourable in front of your names, as you are not behaving honourably at this time in history. Please give us what we need, elected representatives doing the job for which they were elected. Letters p tO the Edi tOr Lucy and Ken Sage Exeter, ON JACKIE WELLS, Manager Community Support Programs VON Middlesex -Elgin 274 Head St., N., Strathroy ON N7G 4L7 Phone 245-3170 YOUR VERY DISGRUNTLED VOTERS AND PEOPLE OF CANADA SHDHS receives lots of good news in past couple weeks EXETER — In my column last week I recog- nized the individuals from South Huron who received Excellence in Education Awards this year. However, in doing so, I overlooked one individ- ual and I would like to correct that oversight this week. Wally Webster, who is retiring at the end of this school year, was recognized for his contri- butions to the teaching of mathematics, both at South Huron and throughout the board. Although Wally has spent the last five years as a consultant at the board office, prior to that he spent many years teaching math at SHDHS, and he developed numerous resources to assist stu- dents in learning mathematics at both the elementary and secondary levels. Wally was also actively involved in the promotion of math contests for high school students. For these contri- butions, Wally is a deserving recipient of an excellence in education award. With a little more than a month to go in the school year, we are now in the busiest time of the school year. We have several sports on the go and we are preparing for the final activities of the year, including a weekend music camp for the band and the annual year-end art show. At the same time, various community sports are starting up and students are beginning to think about summer jobs. However, we are also into the final assess- ment period, with major projects and assignments hap- pening in virtually every department and final exams JEFF REABURN PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE only a few weeks away. As I mentioned last week, it is important that students manage their time wisely to ensure everything gets completed on time. This time of year is full of distractions for stu- dents, but, unfortunately, it is also the time of year when they need to devote the greatest amount of attention to their school work. We are encouraging them to make one final push to do well in their classes and get ready for exams, and we hope that parents will give them a simi- lar message. In only a few weeks summer vaca- tion will be here, but in the meantime there is a good deal of schoolwork that needs to be com- pleted and we hope that students will work hard to fin- ish the school year on a successful note. In the past couple of weeks, SHDHS has received some good news about upcoming improvements to our pro- grams and facilities. As you know, our music program has received a generous donation of $50,000 from Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church for overhaul of many of our instruments and the purchase of many new instruments as well. In addition, we have learned a new roof will be put on a large part of the school this sum- mer, we will have some major renovations in our tech department, the floor in the large gym will be refinished, and we will be getting new locker fronts, new lights and new ceilings in the tech wing as well. The main floor of the school should look great when we come back in September In addition to the renovations, we have also received funding for the purchase of equipment for an audio recording studio, for a new CNC milling machine in the manufacturing program, and the purchase of some new equipment in various other shops as well. While we haven't won the lottery, this funding should allow us to take some major steps toward upgrading our existing programs and making a foray into some new program areas as well. All this is welcome news for the students and staff of South Huron. This week is OSAID week (Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving) at South Huron and we will have a number of activities throughout the week aimed at reminding students of the dangers of drinking and dri- ving. While the statistics suggest young people have received this message, it is always a good idea to keep reminding them of the importance of safety and com- mon sense when it comes to operating a motor vehicle. Finally, I would like to remind everyone that our final community forum takes place next week on Thurs., May 26, at 7 p.m. in the school library. The topic is drug awareness and this will be a great opportunity for par- ents to learn more about the various drugs out there, and the types of pressures and influences our young people are facing. Our guest presenter will be a commu- nity information officer from the OPP. We hope to see a good turn out of parents for what should be an informa- tive evening. Track and field, rubgy and soccer in full swing at SHDHS EXETER — Next year's Student Council is finalized! The council will be: • Premier — Artymesia Fragiskatos; • Co -deputy premiers — Kay Coutts and Ally Macgregor; • Secretary — Jesiqua Rapley; • Sr. treasurer — Samantha Ainge; • Jr. treasurers — Melissa Melick and Lauren Haberer; • Social convenor — Lindsay Glavin; • Activities coordinator — Shawn Yearley; • Public relations — Matt Miner; • Prefect captain — Sara Howe; r 0 V0 AMANDA ZEHR PANTHER PROFILE • Student trustee — Lindsay Allen; • Formal chair — Vicki Hartman; • Athletics chair — Jeff Baker; • Grade 11 rep — Jerry Rundle; • Grade 10 reps — Marcus Haccius and Janita Pfaff; • Grade 9 rep — TBA. And now, this week at South Huron: • A reminder that the entire week is OSAID week! Wed., May 18 • OSAID assembly, 1 p.m., large gym • WOSSA Track and Field at UWO, all day Thurs.Mav 19 • Grade 10 Science trip to Wawanosh, all day • Boys rugby TBA Fri.. May 20 • Girls rugby TBA • Girls and boys soccer TBA Mon., May 23 • No school! Wed.. May 25 • Grade 9 math testing • Graduate trip to the Stratford Festival to see "The Tempest" at 8 p.m. A reminder to pick up tickets in the office.