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The Citizen, 2009-05-07, Page 34The character attribute being givenemphasis at Hullett Central PublicSchool in May is fairness interpretedas treating everyone in a just andaccepting manner. This way ofthinking will be important as the children prepare for this year’s track and field meet on May 19. On April 1 Jason S., Jordan T. and Shelsie P., Justine R. and Kelsey F., Courtney and Nicole M., Derek DeB and Murray D. and Zach D. and Hunter B., all from Grades 7 and 8, competed in the Avon Maitland District School Board Science Fair. The projects from Hullett were presented to a panel of judges who evaluated their work and compared them with projects from across the board. Zach D. and Hunter B. won an Innovation Award for their project. This week Hullett is celebrating Education Week with a variety of special events. One of them, the Scholastic book fair runs from May4 - 7. You might like to drop by theschool one of those days and checkout what children are reading thesedays.Another event you might want to take in is the spring concert taking place on Wednesday evening, May 6 at 7 p.m. This is a K to 8 performing arts and musical endeavour under the direction of Mrs. Barnett. In the past couple of years, pupils and staff at Hullett Central have been working to improve writing skills, investigating a variety of forms of storytelling. The Grade 3s have recently been talking about the parts of a recipe. I thought you might be interested in some of their unique ‘recipes’ for the attributes studied. The first recipe is respect muffins. • Ingredients - 4 tsp being considerate, 2 cups of honour, 1 cup of responsibility, 4 tsp of taking care of people, 1/2 cup of helping people and 1 cup of loving.• Instructions - Take some lovingand some caring and add a pinch ofhumour and then someresponsibility. Pour mixture into amuffin pan, then cook in stove at 250°. Then you have respect muffins. (By Sean W. and Kalvin W.) Hullett Central’s community representative, Joan Goodall, offers this next item. At the April 14 meeting of the AMDSB, the board presented their recommendations for the five schools in the area under accommodation review. The board is now considering those recommendations which involve moving pupils in Grades 7 and 8 into empty spaces in area high schools. Moving these pupils out of the elementary schools is totally against the expressed wishes of the five communities involved. The board set up the accommodation review to explorealternatives. They encouragedcommittees to be creative and ‘thinkoutside the box’ and to ensure theyobtained public opinion.The next board meeting is May 12 at 8 p.m. in the Wingham Public School. This is a chance to rebut the decisions being made by the AMDSB and be proactive once again. The final decision has not been made yet. The hot stove group of the winter intends to make another joint appeal and could use your presence and/or support. You could send letters and e-mails in advance of that meeting to any or all of the trustees as listed on the board website. The village is having a yard sale on the Saturday of the holiday weekend, May 16. If you have items but not enough to hold your own sale, remember that Londesborough United Church would welcome those items for their sale at the church that day. This Thursday evening, from 7 -9 p.m. the community is invited to attend a bridal shower for Dawn Dolmage in the church basement. Dawn and Matt Smith will be married in June. PAGE 34. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2009.Fairness, May attribute for HCPS Services at Londesborough United have been particularly special these past three weeks. Early Saturday morning, April 18, a group of youth from the area began what has become an annual 30 hour fast in order to better understand the lives of people in Third World countries. The young people spent their time at the church in discussions, etc. They also prepared the church service they presented on Sunday, April 19. Following the service they broke their fast with pizza. Crystal Whyte was in charge of this weekend. Taking part in the service were Shelby, Mikayla, Zach, Jordan, Murray, Amy, Fraser, Brent, Tyler, Melissa, Ben, Damian, Derek, Kurtis and Justine. The message for that morning was titled Hear My Story. Justice for these peoples was prayed for during the service. The song, I Will Go was sung by the young folk with the words displayed on the wall for the benefit of the congregation. The song suggested that "I" will go to help the less fortunate. Stories were told by the youth group about the lives/ struggles of people their own age in poorer countries where food is scarce and school attendance is difficult especially for children who are orphans. On Sunday,April 26, Jill Ten Hag, director of Camp Menesetung, assisted Rev. Cook with the morning service and conversed with the children during their time at the front. Jill also entertained the children in their Sunday school time. She reminded them that the time to register for the summer camps is now. New this year at Camp Menesetung is a pre-junior camp and Red Cross swimming lessons. Clean-up day at the camp is Saturday, May 9. The junior youth group from Londesborough United will meet that morning at the church to help with that clean-up. They will return at 2 p.m. Lunch is provided. For more info, contact Crystal Whyte. All volunteers are appreciated between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to ready the site for the summer. The camp wish list for 2009 is posted in the narthex of the church. Please check it to see if there are any items you might be able to donate. Young people were a wonderful part of the service on Sunday, May 3 as well. Rev. Cook conducted a confirmation service for five teenagers who confessed their faith and joined the Londesborough United faith community – a truly special event for them. Those youth Mikayla Allen, Zachary Drost, Kelsey Falconer, Shelby Radford, and Melissa Roetsicoender assisted with the service as well. Clerk of Session, Carmen Drost, introduced the confirmands to the congregation. Assisting Rev. Cook with the sacrament of communion were Helen Lyons, Helen Dale, Betty Archambault, Don Goodall, Adrian Salverda and Carmen Drost. The act of communion was a reaffirming of faith for everyone gathered that morning, a celebration of confirmation and welcome. The senior choir’s anthem was an arrangement of I’ve Got Peace Like a River. Kelsey Falconer shared her vocal talent with the congregation as well. She sang, Waiting For My Dearie, a piece she performed at a Kiwanis Music Festival recently. The responsive reading was Psalm 23. The gospel passage was John 10:11 to 18. It is the story/parable of the good shepherd. Rev. Cook’s message, based on that passage, was titled, Sheep in Action. Too hot to handle Blyth firefighters were busy Monday morning, responding to a tractor fire just east of Blyth on Moncrieff Road. The fire was back in the homeowner’s field, nearly one kilometre off the road. The blaze was quickly extinguished once firefighters arrived. (Shawn Loughlin photo) 63 Albert St., Clinton 519-482-9888 Special #1 10 oz. 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