The Citizen, 2012-01-26, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012. PAGE 7.
Snow angel: You’re doing it wrong
Whether Mitch McNichol of Blyth Public School got a little confused or a little creative when
trying to make a snow angel is something only he knows. McNichol was one of many students
at Blyth Public School and other schools across the area that had their first few days of solid
winter weather this school year including snow last week. (Denny Scott photo)
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a list of all the things they would
like to do before they died after
being diagnosed with cancer. There
was only one wish to help others on
their lists, the rest were things that
they wanted to do for themselves.
Jesus gives us a way to do things.
Here are five tips to help us: 1) Start
small, don’t bite off more than we
can chew; 2) Scale up. Start small
and increase our opportunities; 3)
Let Jesus live. When we have Jesus
with us we can do many things; 4)
Take love seriously. Love is like a
garden, if we don’t care for it the
weeds take over. Love allows us to
see the glory of God; 5) Pay
attention. Pay attention to others
around us. People of faith will
change the world.
The choir sang the anthem, “I
Stand Amazed in the Presence.” The
receiving of the offering was
followed by the offertory hymn,
offertory prayer, the prayers for the
world, a silent time for prayer and
the singing of The Lord’s Prayer.
The last hymn was, “He Leadeth
Me” followed by the commissioning
and benediction. Everyone was
invited to stay for coffee and
fellowship after church.
Lessons to live left by Jesus
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Tootles – the train who believed in
himself and made it over the high
hill.
The Senior Kindergarten class
concentrated on the C, K and CK
sound while learning about
kangaroos and camels. They have
put together a math toolbox and will
begin solving math problems using
the Bansho method of problem
solving.
They made New Year’s booklets
with important dates and birthdays
to remember as they journey through
this new year. They learned two new
songs about the months of the
year.
By Courtney Bachert
The new year is boosting off to a
great start. All of the students are
learning a lot and having lots of fun
in the winter weather.
In Mr. Gole’s Grade 2 class,
students created Inuit settlements
with materials like marshmallows,
styrofoam cups and paint, to make
igloos and things like that. They are
studying their lifestyles and
comparing the differences from now
and then.
In science they are learning about
solids and liquids and the water
cycle. To make it interesting, Mr.
Gole had each student make their
own little snowman and put it on a
small plate. Then they put food
colouring in it to make it look pretty.
Once they were done, they
watched it go from a solid to a liquid
and are now relating it to the water
cycle and how the water will
eventually evaporate.
In Mrs. Middleton’s Grade 3/4
class, the students made brochures
about Blyth for social studies. They
talked about rural and urban
communities during the whole
process and compared the
differences. In science, each student
made their own habitat for their
favourite animal. They all had a lot
of fun and did a great job. In art,
Mrs. Middleton had five winners
who won the Legion poster contest.
Mrs. Middleton is very proud of
them.
In Mrs. Decker’s Grade 4/5 class,
they are learning about forces on
structures in science. The students
are building bridges with toothpicks
as a fun project. In math, they are
learning about area and perimeter.
For language, Mrs. Decker is
teaching them how to give effective
assessments, as speeches are going
to be said in the upcoming weeks.
The class is having fun using the
program “Edmodo” for a variety of
projects and assignments.
In Mrs. Zembashi’s health classes,
the Grade 7/8 students are learning
about making important and good
decisions in their life. The Grade 6/7
students are learning about
harassment and who to talk to if you
get into a situation involving it. In
gym, she is teaching the
kindergarten to Grade 2 students to
play co-operatively in all of their
games.
In French for the Grade 4/5
students they are learning about
different winter sports, activities and
destinations.
In Mrs. Todd’s classes, the Grade
7 students are reviewing area and
perimeter and learning a few new
things. In the Grade 3 reading class,
they are reading Robert Munsch
books and applying reading
strategies for improving their skills.
They are talking about predicting,
asking questions, clarifying the
meaning of words in sentences and
the summary.
Gr. 2 class studies Inuit
Huron East approved its portion of
the 2012 Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority (ABCA)
budget, just over $12,000, at its Jan.
17 meeting.
ABCA General Manager and
Secretary-Treasurer Tom Prout was
asked to make a presentation to
council about the budget, answering
questions and discussing the average
5.5 per cent levy increase.
Prout said that initially a 16 per
cent increase was being considered,
but that eventually it was brought
down to 5.5 per cent.
A breakdown shows total costs to
municipalities of $977,053 with
Huron East paying $12,379 of the
cost.
Prout said that in the 2011 budget,
as well as the proposed 2012 budget,
there had been a lot of fluctuation
between line items and that there
was a number of reasons for that
happening.
“There is a lot of fluctuation from
budget to actual (costs) for a number
of reasons,” Prout told council.
Prout, for example, explained one
line item that was budgetted for
$90,000 that ended up costing
$490,000. He said that when
government grants are made
available, the money can be used for
various projects, which is why line
items may jump substantially.
He did outline, however, that there
had been no significant staffing
changes made with the ABCA.
Prout explained that there is a
substantial amount of leveraging
that takes place with the ABCA’s
annual budget. Of the 2012 budget,
which tips out at $5 million, Prout
said, only $1 million comes from
municipalities, while the ABCA is
left to leverage the rest.
Huron East Mayor Bernie
MacLellan asked about what kind of
a “float” the ABCA carries, saying
that judging from the budget
numbers and the interest the ABCA
was banking on making from the
money, that it would likely be in the
neighborhood of $1 million.
Prout said that was accurate and
the number was around $1 million,
but that it has traditionally been
around that number.
He said the funds are held for
various projects as they come along.
He said the money is in an
unrestricted reserve, but that much
of the money is designated for
certain projects.
MacLellan said he had no problem
with that practice, but asked if the
account had a top limit, asking if the
account reaches a certain amount, is
there a provision to require the
ABCA to spend some if it reaches
that ceiling.
Prout said he has been with the
ABCA since 1981 and the reserve
has never been above $1.2 million.
“I just think it’s not a bad idea to
have guidelines,” MacLellan said.
Huron East Council approved the
budget after Prout’s presentation.
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Huron Eastapproves ABCA
budget portion