The Citizen, 2013-09-12, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013.Goetz welcomed as new Hullett Central principal
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Cathy Goetz has taken over
principal duties at Hullett Central
Public School and as an East
Wawanosh native, she says she can
appreciate the importance of a rural
school.
Goetz began her time at Hullett
Central last Tuesday as principal
after splitting her time last year
between vice-principal duties atMaitland River Elementary Schooland then Goderich Public School.
Goetz said she was excited for the
opportunity of being at Hullett
Central, knowing that now she had a
school of her own, a place
where she could hang her hat and
call home.
“I went to Brookside [Public
School] when I was a kid,” Goetz
said in an interview with The
Citizen. “So it felt a little likecoming home. I love the perspectivethat a rural student brings to school.
Their farm or their home or their
house in town is always unique, so
their perspective is so specialized.”
Goetz now lives just outside of
Brussels with her partner Brian
White, a logger who owns his own
business, and two stepsons who are
18 and 20. Growing up in East
Wawanosh, she was the oldest girl in
a family with four children.
With Goetz and her staff only able
to enter the school for the first time
on Thursday, Aug. 29, just days
before the first day of school on
Sept. 3, she said it was a bit of a
“mad dash” to get ready for the
students’ arrival.
She says that while it was hectic
around the school, what with
construction still to be completed,
every member of Goetz’s staff
pitched in and helped make the first
day of school a smooth one for the
students, something that made her
very proud of the staff.
Goetz said she felt like a nervous
mother of the bride on the first day
of school, hoping only for the best
for the students on such an
important day.
While the school’s gym is still
under construction, Goetz said she
has been assured that work should
be completed by the end of the
month, if not sooner. She says the
construction crew has been great at
the school and that there have been
minimal interruptions while
construction is ongoing.
“It has all been very smooth for
the kids,” she says.
As far as major changes to the
school and how it operates on a day-
to-day basis, she first needs to get a
feel for how things currently operate
before she can think about
potentially changing anything.
If anything was to change,
however, Goetz says her goal would
be to make the transition as smooth
THE EDITOR,
My 13-year-old granddaughter,
Leah deVries, recently shared her
thoughts on the topic of abortion in
the form of a letter to the editor to
her local newspaper near Cottam,
Ontario. I wanted to share her letter.
The letter reads, “I am strongly
against abortion and, even though
I’m young, I think about it all the
time. When I’m in class, I wonder if
there were no abortions, how many
extra people would be in my class?
Who knows, maybe someone
who has been aborted would have
been my best friend. Of course, I’ve
heard people say it doesn’t matter
because the baby inside of you
technically isn’t a human, but that
isn’t true. It’s a living organism, just
like you.
Imagine if your mother decided
to have an abortion. You call that
fair? You have no say. Your life just
ends before it even starts. You don’t
think that’s cruel?
You’re ending a life and there’s
no excuse to what you’re doing. Not
only that, but around 40 per cent of
people don’t even have an excuse.
They have the abortion out of
convenience.
I do understand that the baby may
be a bad memory or something bad
happened, but that doesn’t mean
you take it out on the baby. The
baby didn’t do anything! Adoption
is an option. If you don’t think
you’re ready and you’re scared to
have this child, that’s not an excuse.
Every mother feels that way.
Of course it’s a huge deal, but
don’t underestimate yourself. You
can figure it out. You can survive
and so can your baby.”
Hinke Quartel
Blyth.
THE EDITOR,
BDO Canada LLP, in co-
operation with Farm Credit Canada
(FCC) is proud to support Drive
Away Hunger, a unique food drive
concept that focuses on fighting
hunger in rural Canada.
The first Drive Away Hunger tour
took place in 2004 when an FCC
employee drove an open-cab tractor
trailer around Ontario for eight
days, collecting almost 60,000 lbs.
of food. The campaign has evolved
over the years and this year will take
place across the country from Sept.
8 to Oct. 18. The tractor tour will
pass through the Walkerton and
Listowel areas in mid-October.
BDO first joined with FCC’s
Drive Away Hunger campaign in
2008 and in the five years has raised
a combined over one million pounds
of food from coast to coast. Our
2013 aim is to reach 475,000 lbs.
We encourage you to join us in the
Drive Away Hunger campaign
locally. Please bring food and/or
financial donations to our office at
47 Alfred Street West, Wingham,
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday to Friday. As well, several
businesses and offices, including
The Citizen’s Blyth office, have
agreed to place collection containers
at their places of business for
non-perishable food donations
only so watch for those places
where you can leave your food
donations.
Food donations received in our
office will be divided between the
North Huron Food Share and the
Salvation Army Food Bank.
Financial donations will also be
accepted at our office. All donations
stay in our community.
Yours truly,
Partners of BDO Canada LLP.
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Letters to the Editor
BDO supports drive
with tractor tour
Welcome to Londesborough
Cathy Goetz is now the principal at Hullett Central Public
School and she says she’s looking forward to working with
her team of teachers and staff, as well as the students.
(Shawn Loughlin photo)
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