The Times Advocate, 2008-04-23, Page 76
Times–Advocate
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Opinion Forum News
Scotiabank supports hospital
Scotiabank donation — Community support for South Huron Hospital's $1.6 million capital campaign con-
tinues with a $20,000 corporate sponsorship from Exeter Scotiabank. Branch manager Brent Gotts states,"I
am impressed with our loyal clients who also contributed via branch auctions and fundraisers we have orga-
nized over the last two years" The bank matches every dollar raised by these events.A branch silent auction is
scheduled for this week and the branch intends to raise over $2,000 after matching. Pictured above from left
are Faye Kinsman,Wendi Schwindt, Jean Jacobe, Lorelei Battram, John Wuerth of the campaign team, Beth
Prouty, branch manager Brent Gotts, Muriel Dalrymple, Lori Baker of the campaign team, Deb Gehan and
Angela Gibson
The South Huron Hospital
Foundation Capital
Campaign recognizes the
following generous dona-
tions:
Leader
• Winston and Laureen
Shapton — Exeter
• Jack and Jean Ford and
families — South Huron
and area
• Andersen Corporate
Foundation — Dashwood
Windows
Builder
• Godbolt Ciufo Insurance
• Haskett Funeral Homes
— Exeter and area
• Rick Frayne — Exeter
Toyota — South Huron
• Thompson Limited —
Bluewater and area
• Bank of Montreal —
South Huron and area
• The Masonic Lodge —
Exeter
Supporter
• Track 21 Graphix —
South Huron
• Marjorie Jean Muma —
Exeter
• Faye and Earl Reichert
— Exeter
Contributor
• David and Bev Cameron
— Exeter
• Audrey Bentley — Exeter
• Clayton and Grace
Merner —Exeter
• Earl and Jean Neil —
Exeter
• S. E. 0' Neill Trailer
Delivery Inc.
• Sandra Green — Exeter
• Eric and Thelma
Finkbeiner —Exeter
• In memory of Jeanne
Phillips
Provider
• George DeBlock —
Exeter
• Dorothy Elliot — Exeter
• Ray and Marg Consitt —
Exeter
• Hal and Barb Snoddy —
Exeter
Hensall Legion executive
Pictured above are members of the Royal Canadian Legion Hensall Branch 468 executive
for the upcoming year. In front from left are executive member Lillian Beer, treasurer Carol
Kendrick, president Dave Smale (seated), executive Sandy Wallace and secretary Sue Riley;
in back from left are Zone C- I commander Stew Taylor, sgt.-at-arms Peter Zwaan, 1st vice-
president Gary Kyle, executive members Bob Lawrence, Kathy Neilands, Betty Taylor,
Kendall Ferguson and past -president Larry Uyl. (photo/submitted)
Alzheimer volunteers recognized — Six volunteers with the Huron
County Alzheimer Society were honoured at the Ontario Volunteer
Awards in Stratford April 7. From left are Ruth Snell of Seaforth, five-year
award; Freda Buffinga of Clinton, five-year award; Betty Warner of Exeter,
I 0 -year award; and Carol Gascho of Zurich, five-year award. Unable to
attend were Evelyn Middel of Goderich, five-year award; and Heidi Grant
of Goderich, five-year award. (photo/submitted)
Update from
South Huron mayor
SOUTH HURON — South Huron may be getting a new FM radio station
located in Exeter.
This radio station will promote news, weather and sports from the South
Huron area first and then from other areas. This is an excellent opportunity
for our area. If we have emergency situations you will be able to obtain first
hand information on this radio station. You will find out road closures and
school closures as soon as they are available. Ken Oke
My Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has applied to the CRTC for a new FM
service for Exeter and the South Huron area. MBC is a small, indepen-
dent broadcasting company that specializes in small market radio stations
in Ontario. Currently their stations serve Renfrew, Pembroke, Arnprior,
Napanee and Strathroy under the brand of myFM. You can listen "online"
to any one of these stations by going to www.myfmradio.ca and clicking
on one of the towns, then click the "listen live" button at the top.
The new FM for Exeter will provide local news, weather, sports and
community events along with various specialty programming.
It is anticipated that there will be a decision by the CRTC on this applica-
tion by the end of August 2008 and hopefully the station can be launched
by August 2009. It will cover an area from Parkhill to Bayfield, and Grand
Bend to Kirkton and all points in between on 90.5 FM.
Principal's message
EXETER — The Semester Two Mid -Term Report will be distributed in last
period on Friday of this week. Students will be required to complete the
Response Form that accompanies this report, take it home for a parent signa-
ture, and then return it to the same teacher who hands it out on Friday.
The completed Response Form will then be placed in the student's Ontario
School Record (OSR), along with a copy of his/her report card. We would like
to have the Response Forms returned to us within two weeks, which means by
May 9. It is always somewhat of a logistical nightmare getting the Response
Form handed out, completed and returned to the school, and we appreciate
any assistance parents can offer in getting this task completed.
Last weekend our music students held their annual Cabaret, with two
excellent performances in front of large and enthusiastic crowds. Although I
was not able to attend the Saturday evening performance, I did get to the
Sunday afternoon presentation, and, as always, I was impressed with the
musical talents of our students. Under the direction of Mr. Moore and Mr. Weston, the
bands performed incredibly well, and I would like to congratulate them for their hard
work and commitment all year long.
The Cabaret is an important fundraiser in support of our extra -curricular music pro-
gram, and this year the funds generated from this event will help to offset some of the
costs of our bands' trip to MusicFest Nationals in Ottawa next month. As a result of
their excellent performances at the regional MusicFest competition, our bands were
invited to compete in the national competition, which is a great achievement, but also
an expensive one.
On behalf of the bands, I would like to thank everyone who attended Cabaret, all the
businesses and individuals who donated prizes for the raffles, and especially the par-
ents who provided snacks and refreshments.
I would especially like to thank the parents who support the music program all year
long by encouraging the students' participation, getting them out of bed and to the
school on time for early morning practices, and by attending the various con-
certs throughout the year. Their support is crucial to the success of our music
program, and, in fact, parental support is vital to all of our extra -curricular pro-
grams. I don't thank the parents often enough: we are fortunate to have a very
supportive community, and this makes our jobs as educators much easier.
College and university applicants and their parents are invited to attend an
OSAP presentation April 30, at 2:05 p.m. in the cafeteria. Students are asked to
check the OSAP website before the presentation to see if their 2008 application
has been posted. This session will give students and parents the opportunity to
fmd out more about the Ontario Student Assistance Program and ask any
questions that they may have.
On a completely different note, you may have read or heard that the London
District Catholic School Board voted last week to impose a ban on the use of
cellphones, MP3 players and various other electronic devices in their schools. I
have commented on this issue several times in the last few weeks, but I would like to
get some feedback from students, parents and the community. Recently, I asked
teachers to have students give me some feedback on "electronic etiquette," and sever-
al teachers gathered responses from their students.
I am interested in getting the perspectives of more students, but I would like to hear
from parents and other adults as well. If you would like to provide me with some feed-
back 011 this issue, please feel free to send your comments to me at the school or by e-
mail at jeffreab@fc.amdsb.ca. Although my main concern is the use of electronic
devices at school, I am interested in hearing your comments on electronic etiquette in
our society as well.
JEFF
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