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Times-Advocate, 1979-11-21, Page 28TOP WRITERS — Debbie Sawyers, grade five, and Robbie Oliver, grade three, were selected by teachers of Grand Bend Public School as the best writers in the school. Best writers get book certificates term," Crawford said. Councillors agreed with Crawford, and decided that they would not extend the length of the lease. The fee will remain the same. Councillor Harold Green reported that three ad- ditional teachers are available to teach night school courses, if there is enough public interest in the classes. Classes could be available in wood working, small engine repair (which is mostly lawnmowers), and snowmobile and outboard motor repair. Green said that classes would start in January if there is enough interested people to sign up. Reeve Robert Sharen was absent from the meeting, and deputy reeve Judy Urine took the chair, At the close of the meeting council went in camera to discuss wages and per- sonnel. WIN PRIZES — A boy and girl with the best essays were selected from grades three to eight and were presented with gift certificates by Ruth Lemon of The Book Store, at Grand Bend Public School, Back row: Ted Lawson - grade 6; Mark Boogemans - grade 8; Trisha Sharen - grade 8; Vida Iskauskas - grade 7; Peter Brenner - grade 7. Middle Row: Debbie Sawyers - grade 5; Hans Kruetzmann - grade 5; Ann Walker - grade 4; Scott Hayter - grade 4. Front: Louise Lawson - grade 3, and Todd Hayter - grade 3. Absent: Cathy Norris - grade 6. „,00isso" 6,01041 tikw-- 59( \‘). tub Sao SENIOR CITIZENS OffIll 0000 ON TUISOAIS TO ANY PEW* 00 YEATS OP AO! ON 01011 UPON NUTINTATION OP 10111 OOVIONMINT Apollo A .11.04 OffOINTCONT SAVE 6% CATO OISCOuNT ON YOUR PUVOMOU ON ANY Minor ExtlUdiri. Claret.' 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President, Brenda Love, Roll call was answered by gave a report, of the London "An advantage of living in a Area convention she at- rural area." tended at St. Marys as a delegate. Nola Taylor reported on attending the fall board Twelve prizes were awarded last week at Grand Bend Public School in honour of the "Children's Book Festival". Ellwood and Ruth Lemon of the Bookstore in Grand Bend gave gift cer- tificates for best essays. A boy and girl were chosen by their teacher in grades three through eight. Mrs. Lemon says the Canadian Book Sellers Association promotes the Children's Book Festival each fall, and asks book stores to give prizes for the best writers to encourage children to read. Mrs. Lemon says that she received full co-operation from principal Betty Fit- chett. Pupils wrote their essays during library period or in creative writing November 21 1979 Council applies for grant to equip parkette 4 My husband and I have discovered something which could revolutionize the green house industry. In fact, if further studies indicate that what we believe is true, it could change the lives of farmers, gardeners, florists, and yes, even house plant freaks. We have found the best way to keep your house plants flourishing. Ignore them. Simple as that - just don't pay any attention to them at all. All this business about talking to your plants and giving them tender, loving care, utter nonsense. We have about 75 house plants that are growing faster and better than ever before. And there's some that we haven't spoken to in weeks. In fact, all they get is the occasional drink of water - strictly the bare minimum. For a long time, I couldn't understand people who say they can't grow plants, who say that plants die as soon as they bring them home. But now I have it figured out - they're plant "fussers." They water their plants regularly, talk to them and set them on warm sunny window sills. The plants will never succeed with treat- ment like that. You see, we, too, were once plant fussers. We used to give the little green creatures generous amounts of water, laced with plant food on a regular cycle. They'd droop. Now we just water them if we happen to remember to do it during commercials while Mork and Mindy is on - and then it's only on a hit and miss basis. Some weeks Mork and Mindy is cancelled and the plants never get watered. But they're growing. We stopped using fer- tilizers and plant foods ages ago, and they haven't missed it. In fact they're better than ever. We don't speak to our plants any more, I used to discuss politics with our big John bieffenbochia, but When his namesake (sort of) NnOrMIINO. 2 roll pkg. Facelle Royale 41 '4' Facial Tissue . co. ^ . • n. 4.. large box Paper Towels '1.05 Facelle Royale 4 rolls Toilet Tissue $1. 7 Facelle R.ovale 238-2512 64( 65 oz. 32 oz. 2.]:=4" died, the talks dwindled, We've found that the plants enjoy a Bob Seeger album on the stereo, and we do let them take turns sitting on the speakers. We used to be concerned re-potters. As soon as a tiny root poked it's head out of the drain hole in the pot, I would spread the newspapers and fit the plant into a bigger pot. Not anymore. Let them wind their little roots around the saucer all they want. We used to worry about the correct amount of sunlight. Now some mornings I don't even bother to open the drapes, if I'm in a hurry. The same with drafts. Now we sit the yucca tree beside the door and the cold blasts seem to be doing him good. Our biggest plant is the one we ignore the most, because we like him best. Or should I say, them. It's actually a family - Clarence, Clarabelle and Carmichael Cactus. (Don't blame me, they were named when they arrived at our place.) The Cacti were a wedding gift. They're kind of Cacti you see growing in the desert in old John Wayne movies. Clarence stands about five foot five tall, and has a nicely shaped head on his shoulders. In fact, the friends that gave him to us, said that they almost dressed him in a top hat and bow tie and brought him to the wedding. Clarabelle is a couple of inches shorter then her hubby, and little Carmichael is only a couple of feet tall, counting the copper tub they're standing in. Anyway, the family seems quite happy, and they've only been watered three times since they moved in. They've never been fed at all. Clarence won't even look at us, so we don't bother speaking to him. So if you're planning a trip this winter, and you're worried about looking after your plants, send them over to our house. We'd be glad to ignore them for you. A by-law was passed at Grand Bend Council meeting Monday night to establish a family recreation area in the small "parkette" in the old. Ward's Court. The parkette is adjacent to the new parking lot which is located behind the village offices. Councillor Keith Crawford explained that the by-law was necessary in order to apply for a grant from the provincial Ministry of Culture and Recreation which will pay 25 percent of the cost of the park. Crawford said he would like to get creative playground equipment for the park, as well as men's and ladies' washrooms and a drinking fountain. Council applied for a $7000 grant. The total cost of the recreation park was estimated at $28000, in- cluding the cost of the land. Council received a letter from Mr. G. Ewasko of the Lambton County Board of Education saying that he was sorry, but he could be of no assistance to council in preparation for their hearing on education apportionment. Grand Bend council is appealing their ap- portionment for the education levy. The hearing will be next Monday. They had requested Ewasko to work out what their ap- portionment would have been had they taken into consideration the resource gave a brief talk on the food and dollar value of milk and eggs. Feature of the afternoon was a workshop on making corn husk dolls, demon- strated by CatherineJunker. Lunch hostesses were Lillian Brown, Olive Webb and Marjorie Mason. Women's Institute members are invited to Parkhill United church, as guests of Cloverdale W.I. to hear guest speaker Jack Riddell, at 2 p.m. on Wed- nesday November 28, The short course on Indoor gardening being sponsored by Grand Bend Womens' Institute will begin on November 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Nola Taylor's home. Couples club meets Ten members of the Couples club met Friday night at the United church. Guest speaker was Lorne Campbell manager of the Bank of Montreal in Grand Bend, who explained banking procedure and special services available. Donna Lovie conducted the business. The annual S.S. concert and the Couples club Christmas meeting were discussed. Lunch was served at close of meeting Couples in charge were Elsie and Leroy Keyes, and Larry and Paula Taylor. Church of God news Children and youth night was held Friday evening at Church of God with 34 in attendance. The youth spent some time in recreation at the public school gym. Other activities include charades,quizzes,story time, puppets, singing play time and lunch. These meetings are being held the first and third Fridays of each month and children and youth from grade three up are welcome to attend. A family night is being planned for November 30. United church news Rev. H. Moore conducted the morning service with assistance from Sharon Miller. Sharon opened with the call to worship, prayer and responsive scripture reading. Rev. Moore's sermon topic was "If we confess our sins," Choir anthems today were "Lord, teach us how to pray aright," and "Precious Lord take my hand." Flowers decorating the United church sanctuary were from the Brenner-Road wedding. The Huron-Perth Presbytery will meet at Blyth United church on Tuesday November 27 at 9:30 a.m. equilization grant. Ewasko said that he was unable to do that, but he pointed out that their apportionment levy would have been $3991 less. A delegate representing the Toronto-Dominion bank came before council to ask if the new bank building could hook on to the storm sewer drain. The new building is being erected on 81 Cresent. Council agreed in principle to the request, provided that their authority was not superceeded by the Ministry of Transportation and Communication. They also made the provision that the T-D bank would be responsible for any problems that might occur in the future as a result of the hook up. Council received a letter from the solicitors of Harold Goodison asking for a long term lease on the land where Goodison's fishing shed is located. The letter also requested a legal description of the land. Clerk Louise Clipperton said that it is impossible to get a legal description of the land. Councillor Keith Crawford said that at present Goodison has a five year lease, with an option to renew for five years. "I consider five years long SAVE 990 lb. * * * Fresh Ont. Pork LEG ROAST whole or butt portion 99 lb. SAVE 504. lb. GRAND BEND For Your Home Freezer Aged A1 Steer Beef Tend-R-Spot whole or by piece SIDE BACON ,b 98t SAVE 30c lb. classes. The school selected Robbie Oliver and Debbie Sawyers as over-all winners. Robbie was not eligible for the Bookstore contest because his story was off-topic. Grades three to five wrote on "Why I like to read" and grades six, seven and eight wrote on "My favourite book," Winners were: Grade 8-- Mark Boogemans and Trisha Sharen, grade 7--Peter Brenner and Vida Iskauskas, grade 6—Ted Lawson and Cathy Norris, grade 5—Hans Kruetzmann and Debbie Sawyers, grade 4--Scott Hayter and Ann Walker, and Grade 3--Todd Hayter and Louise Lawson. The winning essays are on display at The Book Store, meeting at Hensall. It was voted to make a donation of $100.00 from Grand Bend Womens' Institute to the Cub pack of Boy scouts. 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