The Times Advocate, 2006-09-20, Page 17Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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Money raised for cancer research — Exeter held it's Terry Fox Run last Sunday with
164 people participating, raising $9,000.Above left are Ashley Willington, Cassie Eveland,
Rachael Mattucci and Sara McEwan of Exeter.The girls raised $200 for the Terry Fox Run by
canvassing Exeter and setting up a lemonade stand.Absent from the photo is Barb Albert
who also helped the girls. Below are the Terry Fox Run volunteers. Front from left are
Rebecca DeVries, Kelsey Pinder and Ann DeVries. Back from left are Jane Hundey,Tom
Lessard and Bart DeVries.The Ilderton run was attended by about 75 people and raised
$6,000 and counting. (photos/Nina Van Lieshout)
Stephenson Steps to Run for Cure
By Joan Beierling
VARNA CORRESPONDENT
VARNA – The Stan Lee Club met at the com-
plex on Thurs., Sept. 13 to begin the Fall sea-
son. Thirteen members were present.
Thanks was received for the donation they
sent to the Music Man from London who came
to help entertain at Huronview.
Bernice Reid gave a detailed
report on the U.S.C.O. Convention
held in Kitchener which she
attended with Charles who is now the presi-
dent of Zone 8 Seniors.
The Zone 8 Rally will be in Grand Bend on
Thurs., Oct. 19.
Members are asked to go to the Reuben
Sallows Gallery if they think they could help
identify people in some of the photos there.
The next meeting will be on Wed., Oct. 4 at 8
p.m.
Help support the Alzheimers Society and
drop in at Janet and Mac Websters in Bayfield
for a coffee on Thursday anytime from 8:30-?
Church service was in Goshen on Sunday
and will be in Goshen this Sun., Sept. 24 with
Joyce Dowson leading in worship. The Sunday
School seals and certificates will be awarded
as well.
Goshen U.C.W. meets Thurs., Sept. 21 at 8
p.m. at the Goshen Church.
The Stephenson Steps taking part in the Run
for the Cure for Breast Cancer. To sponsor
call Deb at 519-233-9153.
Five Alive presents Father Mark
Curtis, Canada's Singing Priest in
Concert at Brucefield United
Church on Oct. 21st. Enjoy toe tapping, fun
filled performance of show tunes, classic
favourites and upbeat gospel music that will
leave you wanting more! You can get tickets
from any Five Alive member at $10 per per-
son.
Mark your calendar for the annual Goshen
Fall Supper for Oct. 25.
Congrats to Melissa Spading (daughter of
Jim and Tammy) Melissa was crowned the
ambassador of the Seaforth Fall Fair.
Varna UCW meet Thurs., Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. at
the church.
VARNA NEWS
'Autumn Indulgen
GRAND BEND — For the third straight year,
the Rotary Club of Grand Bend's "Autumn
Indulgence" fundraiser has sold out.
All 400 tickets have been bought by those
wishing to enjoy a steak and lobster dinner,
silent and live auctions and entertainment
Saturday night at the Huron Country
Playhouse.
There are still tickets available for those who
wish to arrive after dinner to attend the auc-
tions and entertainment.
"We can only seat 400 for dinner and thanks
to tremendous community support once again
we've sold out. But a lot of people aren't even
aware of the $25 ticket option. We're asking
people to please join us for the silent and live
ce' sells out again
auctions and a marvelous evening of music
and dancing," said event co -chairperson Craig
Scott.
The second group is invited to arrive at 7
p.m., in time for the popular live auction fea-
turing Adirondack chairs and other items
painted, carved and otherwise creatively
altered by local artists. The second group can
also make bids in the silent auction, which
offers everything from more artwork to vaca-
tions to one -of -a -kind experiences.
Entertainment tickets are available at the
Chamber Tourism Office and the TD Canada
Trust branch in Grand Bend, or by contacting
the offices of Paul Ciufo at 235-2740 or Brian
Hall at 238-8892 or toll free 1-877-238-8892.
SHDHS open house tonight
EXETER — Last Friday we sent
home with Grade 9 and 10 stu-
dents our first newsletter of the
year.
Among the items listed in the
newsletter is a reminder of our
open house tonight (Wednesday),
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Hopefully, most
of the newsletters arrived home.
We look forward to a good turn -out
of parents, especially parents of
Grade 9 students. The format will
be informal, as this evening is
intended simply to allow parents to
meet their sons' or daughters'
teachers and see where they have
their classes. Teachers will be
located in their classrooms
and teacher lists and maps
of the school will be provid-
ed.
Also mentioned in the
newsletter is our Character
Education program, in
which we will focus on one
character attribute for
each of the 10 months of
the school year. The
attributes were deter-
mined by our school
board, the Avon Maitland
District School Board, through a
series of public consultation meet-
ings last year. The attributes are
listed on posters that will be dis-
played throughout the school,
including a large one in the main
hallway outside the school office.
Last year I met with the princi-
pals of the feeder schools for South
Huron and we decided upon an
order in which we would present
the traits, starting with "Respect"
for the month of September and
"Responsibility" in October. To kick
off our character education pro-
gram, we have invited Mike Neuts
to visit each of the South Huron
area schools Oct. 3 - 4, with a pre-
sentation for parents in the
evening on Oct. 3. Mike's son,
Myles, died after a bullying inci-
dent in which he was suspended
from a coat hook in an elementary
school bathroom. After his son's
death, Mike and his wife have gone
on their own personal crusade
advocating for the safety of chil-
dren throughout Canada and deliv-
ering a powerful message about
bullying and the need for respect.
We invite and encourage parents
and community members to attend
the evening ses-
most of the same information on
our school website:
www.amdsb.ca/SHDHS/current/ so
that parents and students can have
access to the information from
their home computers.
Keeping parents informed is
important to us, but teenagers are
not always good at taking informa-
tion home; so, we make informa-
tion available in a variety of ways.
In addition to the first newsletter,
which went out last Friday, we
usually distribute one with report
cards. This column and one by the
Students' Council public relations
person usually contain information
about events at the school
and appear in the local
papers most weeks during
the school year. The sign in
front of the school usually
promotes one of our
upcoming events, and our
school website provides a
great deal of information,
including information from
the planner, upcoming
events, Guidance
Department information
and highlights of School
Council activities, including a list of
our community forums. Parents
and students will also find on our
website e-mail links to all of our
staff so you may contact them
when necessary. And, of course,
you can always phone us.
We value parental input and will
happily provide any information
parents need to assist their chil-
dren in being successful in school.
We encourage you to stay in regu-
lar contact with us.
JEFF
REABU
PRINCIPA
MESSAGE
sion in the large
gym at SHDHS
to hear Mike's
message.
The open
house, the Mike
Neuts presenta-
tion and several
other important
school events
are listed in the
student plan-
ners that were
distributed to
each student on
the first day of
school. We
encourage par-
ents to check
out the student
planners, but
just in case you
don't get a
chance to, we
have put togeth-
er a Parent
Handbook con-
taining some of
the key infor-
mation. These
handbooks will
be available at
the open house
and after that,
by request in
the office. We
will also post
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