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The Citizen, 1992-01-29, Page 7That’s debatable Gaey 7 and 8 students form North Huron County participated in a debating workshop at Grey Central School as part of an enrichment program on Wednesday, January 22. Brussels Public School teacher Dale Wanless, centre, moderates while, from left, Wendy Thompson of Brussels Public School, Wendy Gennings of Turnberrry Central, Marion Haller of Grey Central and Candice Irwin of East Wawanosh Central debate the issue of rails to trails. Storm delays E. Wawanosh field trip THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992. PAGE 7. Students debate rails to trails issue Editors: Ms. Thorpe-Hearn's Grade 5/6 Class Grade 1: Unfortunately, Mrs. Brydges' grade one class had to postpone their trip to the Wawanosh Conservation Area on Thursday, January 23, because all their students weren't at school ready to go due to bus problems and it was too wet to go. They were to go Monday, January 27 instead. This month, two of the grade ones had birthdays on the same day! Tuesday, January 21, both Matthew Cowan and Leanne Vincent turned seven. Many happy returns you two! • Grade 2: Mrs. Dodds' grade two class want to wish a Happy Birth­ day to Amanda Palmer who is eight years old this month. They made a booklet about bouncing and spin­ ning. They also made paper masks and monsters out of clay! Grade 2: Mrs. Hessels' grade two class had to postpone their trip to the Maitland Valley Conservation due to poor weather. They made thermometers with paper and found out that it was officially “cold” this month. They made elephants out of tom paper which created an inter­ esting texture. The grade twos decided to try doing 18 mathemati­ cal questions in a “Mad Minute” game, but found they didn't do as well as when they only had ten math questions to do in a minute. Grade 3: Miss Mather's grade three class would like to wish Vicki Black a very happy birthday. Her birthday was on Tuesday, January 21. They have started centers on magnets and are discovering what magnets are for, and how to turn a nail into a magnet. They have been doing a lot of research. The “Spe­ cial Person of the Week” is Michael Procter. Grade 4: Mr. Fisher's grade four class is having different challenges in gym. Most of the students are looking forward to this. Grade 5: Mr. Kerr's grade five class is writing lots of tests in Math, Music and Spelling. Rodent Research presentations are done! Mr. Kerr is reading a new book entitled Tom's Midnight Garden to he class. The grade fives are pub­ lishing brand new books. The class enjoyed photography out of a book called The Farm for which Reuben Sallows, a distant relative of Jere­ my Sallows, took photographs. Grade 5/6: Our class has been researching Scotland this week. Next week, we study Portugal. We are almost finished our class novel Snow Treasure and will begin novel study projects soon. As part of our Science unit on Animals, we went to the Maitland Valley Con­ servation Area for the program entitled “Animal Adaptations”, although our trip had to be post­ poned eight days. We would like to thank Mrs. Peg Lockridge for going with us on our class trip as a parent volunteer. She is a lot of fun! The grade fives are finishing up their unit on Division this month and then will join the rest of us in our unit on Fractions in early February. We want to wish Luke Lockridge, Jamie McCallum and Amanda Kennedy very Happy Birthdays as each will be celebrated this month. Grade 7: Mrs. Gross' grade seven class had their last week of Family Studies. They are very busy work­ ing on their speeches and putting together a bulletin board with their grade two buddies. They think they have too many tests this month. Grade 8: Mr. Bartlett's grade eights have a series of tests coming up in History, Geography, and Sci­ ence. In Science, they have been THE PERMANENT COVER PROGRAM YOU MAY QUALIFY! v FOR $10,000 In Huror 482-342E the Ont< Agricult i County call JOR 1-800-265-5170 irio Ministry of ure and Food, Clinton fl DEADLINE FOR BID SUBMISSIONS:C Feb. 28/92 I / a project of Agriculture Canada Dehvered by OSCIA Agriculture ■ Canada «« studying Protists and Plant Cells with microscopes. They are fin­ ished volleyball in Physical Educa­ tion, and are now studying Basketball. A Note of Special Interest: Both our Boys' and Girls' Senior Volley­ ball teams will be playing in the North Huron Volleyball tourna­ ment hosted at F.E. Madill Sec­ ondary School by Wingham Public School. Our teams will be compet­ ing against Brussels, Grey, How- ick, Turnberry and Wingham Public Schools. We want to wish both teams and their coaches, Ms. Thorpe-Hearn and Mr. Fisher, a great day of volleyball and all the best of luck. We know that our teams have worked hard in prepara­ tion for the tournament and we are sure that their hard work will be evident on Tuesday. A special thanks must be extended to the coaches, the grade seven and eight Physical Education teachers and Mr. Bartlett who organized and ran the volleyball intramurals. Good Luck! Grade 7 and 8 students from the North Huron elementary schools took part in a debating workshop at Grey Central School on Wednes­ day, January 22. The topic of debate was the rails to trails issue. Co-ordinator Jim Barnes, an English teacher at Cen­ tral Huron Secondary School said the topic was chosen to comple­ ment the study of municipal gov­ ernment issues that the students had been doing as a sesquicentennial project. The students, who represented Tumberry, Wingham, Grey, Brus­ sels, East Wawanosh and Howick Central Public Schools, were informed about the issues by three community volunteers. Rod LaFontaine of the Maitland Trails Club brought along slides and told the students about the advantages of converting the abandoned rail lines to public trails. George Underwood of Under­ wood Farms spoke to the students about the reasons many farmers oppose the conversion of rails to F BRUSSELS 1 VILLAGE MARKET I ■ We reserve the right to limit Open 6 Days a Week ■ quantities Monday to Saturday Prices in effect from 8 a m. - 6 p.m. | January 28-February 1st Friday Nights until 9 p.m. While quantities last W^riMMaiMrrW#’ L Deliveries Monday to Friday only! k 887-9226 J SCHNEIDER'S QUALITY MEATS SLICED SIDE 500 G. BACON 2.29 BUCKET OF 900 G. chicken5.99 GROCERY SAVINGS E.D. SMITH GARDEN COCKTAIL OR CLAM 28 OZ. COCKTAIL.99 cloverleaf skipjack CHUNK LIGHT 6 1/2 OZ. TUNA .79 HEINZ 10 OZ. LIMIT OF 9 TOMATO., soup 3/.99 OLD EL PASO 450 G. nachips2.49 SMALL FRY RIPPLE OR REGULAR POTATO chips -yy ORVAL REDENBACHER 285 G. MICROWAVE BUTTER POPPING O yJQ corn ^.4y KRAFT SMOOTH OR CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER 2.59 KRAFT PURE 250 ML. RASPBERRY OR STRAWBERRY JAM 1.79 KIST 750 ML. GINGERALE AND ALL FLAVOURS pop' PLUS DEPOSIT PRONTO 2 ROLL PAPER TOWELS .89 REG. BLEACH FREE 2 LITRE ULTRA o tide o.yy PILLSBURY 300 G. PEPPERONI OR DELUXE PIZZA . QQ rolls i .yy FRESH PRODUCE CELERY STALKS .69 U HEAD LETTUCE.79ea MANY OTHER IN-STORE SPECIALS trails. He illustrated his talk with references to some of the original surveys that were done when the rail lines were created. Robin Dunbar, a Grey Township councillor, discussed the motion on the issue that was passed by the Grey Township Council. He noted the need for politicians to consider both sides of every issue and explained the rcasioning behind Grey Township's decision. After listening to the speakers the students drew sides and presented their own arguments on each side of the issue. In their presentations the students tried to play the role of the government trying to legislate the change from rails to trails. Stu­ dents also took the role of members of the opposition who were trying to defeat the government bill. The students felt the day was an educational and entertaining expe­ rience. East Wawanosh student Candice Irwin said "The debating program was a lot of fun and inter­ esting. We got to meet all sorts of new people from different schools."