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The Citizen, 1994-11-30, Page 26PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994. Grey Central Echo ■ Students do research at Metro Toronto Zoo REMEMBRANCE DAY By Leisa McCall This year the primary students at Grey did something very interest­ ing for Remembrance Day. They brought in names of family members who served in World War II. Then they planted a tulip for each name brought. The names were also sent to Ottawa. In Ottawa, a tulip would also be planted for that person in the National Commemorative Garden. Certificates will be given to the families of the people honoured. This was called the Tulip Hullett PS Happenings MR. SANDERS GRADE 3/4 CLASS By Christine Lapp Grade 3/4 recently completed an apple unit in which they did reading, phonics, math, writing and graphing activities. The reading activities included reading recipes and then baking different things such as upside down cake. We used the computer to write stories and to create graphs. We found that apples are 80 per cent water. We also dehydrated apples. We found that Macintosh had the most water and that Golden Russet had the least amount of water. MR. TALBOT'S 7/8S By Julie Cowan The Grade 7/8 class has been making different Christmas things such as Christmas murals. They have separated into groups of two or three and then they picked a picture the wanted to draw. Their murals will be put in the gymnasium for the Christmas concert. They also have been working on their Christmas books which include a multitude of poems, stories and pictures. They will be completed by Dec. 14. BUMPING AND VOLLEYING FOR GOLD! by Carey Elliott In their noon hours from Grades 6 and up the girls and boys have been wishing to get the chance to play intramural volleyball. Mr. Sandes is coach of the girls and Mr. Livermore is coaching the boys. This gives them a chance to improve their volleyball skills and also to have fun! In January and February some of these players and others not on the teams will have a chance to be on the volleyball teams representing the school at various tournaments held at different schools. HAM SUPPER By Katie Snell On Wednesday, Nov. 23 our school had a ham supper to support our school playground equipment fund. We would like to thank our parent support group for cooking the meal. We would also like to thank the students for serving and everyone who came out to the dinner to support us. We also sold tickets for a draw for a spruce tree. The tree was donated by John Gibson. All proceeds from it went to the playground fund. These are just the first of events to help raise money. CHRISTMAS CONCERT By Katie Concert Our annual Christmas concert will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at Hullett Central School. Everyone is welcome. Hullett Central would like to thank Bert and Joan Vandcndool for donating a tree to our school for our front yard. Also, we would like to thank Jim Anderson for moving it and planting it. Tribute. The tulip bulbs were sent to Canada from Holland. In May 1995 there will be a celebration of the liberation of Holland in Canada. Mr. Colquhoun's Grade 7/8 class was in charge of the Remembrance Day assembly on Nov. 11. Peace Initiatives and a choral reading to remember the soldiers, were given. Posters, poems, and essays were also created by many children for the Legion Contest. Other Remem­ brance Day activities among the older students such as reading, writing, word study, visual arts, speaking and drama were also completed. Many events were planned to celebrate Canadian Children's Book Week, Nov. 13 - Nov. 19. The children brought in over 400 storybooks for our "mammoth" book exchange. Many great books were recycled once again. Several guest readers visited our school during the week to share stories with many classes. A big thank you goes to all those By John Schedler It seems as Hollywood stars and directors become hugely successful they start to believe their own press. To prove my point take Kevin Costner and director Lawrence Kasdan whose latest epic and box office dud Wyatt Earp ** (Warner) is now on the shelves of your local video store. This bloated epic about the famous lawman and his family runs for over three hours and the result may well put you to sleep long before the end credits roll. Kevin Costner is miscast as Wyatt and most of the supporting cast are almost as dull as he is with the exception of Dennis Quaid whose marvelous turn as Doc Holiday is the only reason to bother with this film at all. (Rated PG-13 for violence) Much better and deserving of your attention is When a Man Loves a Woman **** (Touchstone), an exceptionally fine contemporary film starring Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan. The story centres on a family whose stability is threatened when the mother finds she can no longer hide her alcoholism. While the subject matter may not sound like the basis for a fun evening, the intelligent script and exceptional performances make this a memorable movie experience. Highly recommended. (Rated R) Other new and unpreviewed releases this week include, Getting Even with Dad (Warner) the story of a small time crook (Ted Danson) whose son (Macaulay Culkin) demands he give up his life of crime and go straight. (Rated PG) In Little Big League (Columbia/Tristar) a 12-year-old takes over the ownership of the Minnesota Twins. (Rated PG) Eric Roberts stars in The Hard Truth (MCA) a thriller about a cop and his girlfriend who steal $3 million from the mob. (Rated R) In the nostalgia department are several episodes of the popular 1950s Roy Rogers Show (Paramount - $12.95). Each volume features two 30 minute programs starring Roy, Dale Evans and comic sidekick Pat Brady. Considered by many as a holiday film classic, White Christmas **1/2 (Paramount) can now be seen not only during the Christmas season on numerous television stations, but in a special deluxe 40th anniversary edition on videocassette. The package contains a widescreen copy of the film, an audio CD of the soundtrack, a copy of Rosemary Clooney's personal script and numerous other items. I personally don't think White Christmas is all that good a movie so if I feel the need to hear Bing Crosby warble the title tune I'll turn on the radio and save $75. One film I do find hard to resist is Time After Time **** (Warner), a dandy thriller that finds H.G. Wells pursuing Jack The Ripper across time from turn of the century London to modem day San Francisco. This film boasts many great assets including a first rate script and direction by Nicholas Meyer, fine performances from Malcolm McDowell, Mary Stecnburgen and David Warner as well as an outstanding music score from my favourite composer Miklos Rozsa. Even though Time After Time has been available on home video for quite a while and also shows up regularly on television, this new widescreen laserdisc version which restores the movie's original framing is far superior. (Rated PG) | video ‘fdl.X. IS BROUGHT TO YOU By7| J.Ft. 'S GAS BAR & TAKE OUT LTD. Brussels 887-6951 NEW RELEASES THIS WEEK Getting Even With Dad, Speed, When a Man Loves a Woman, Wyatt Earp, Beverly Hills Cop 3, The Flintstones, City Slickers 2, Little Big League, Black Beauty, Guarding Tess, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Cowboy Way, Nightmare Before Christmas, Sunriving the Game, The Crow, Blue Chips, D-2 Mighty Ducks, Schindler’s List Children’s Movies 99c Regular Movies $1.49 New Releases $2.49 grandmothers, mothers, neigh­ bours, and friends who took the time out of their busy schedules. Our special week concluded with draws for new books, posters and book marks. PIZZA DAY By Crystal Gulutzen Our Students' Council decided to have a pizza day to raise money for other events this year. They sold 170 mini pizzas io the rest of the school. It was a great success! They plan to have more pizza days later on. They wish to thank Mrs. Oldfield and Mrs. Neville for their help. BEYOND THE BARS By Christianne Neville and Kendra Fischer Kristine Hammel and Michell Lichty had the opportunity to go to the Metro Toronto Zoo for the Beyond The Bars program. Thirty- four students attended. They spent two days there. Kristine and Michelle each had to research one of the animals. Kristine picked the Surinam Toad and Michelle picked the Lathams Brush Turkey. They had to find out about the appearance and needs of their animal and make a poster, and they also had to compare the animal to themselves. At night they went for a walk and saw the nocturnal animals. The zoo is so large that it was difficult not to get lost. On the second day they presented their information to the rest of the group. The program started and ended with one day at the Learning Resources Centre in Clinton. They played a simulation game about poachers and endangered animals and created laws to protect Man and Animal. Kristine and Michelle met some very unique people and they would like to thank all the people who made this program possible. FEATURING MR. PARK’S GRADE 4/5 By Michelle Dewit This year has been exciting. Why? Well, I will start off with Trustees take recorded vote Continued from page 1 arium: Allan Carter, Hensall, Tuck­ ersmith Twp.; Bea Dawson, Zurich, Hay and Usborne Twps.; Liliane Nolan, Wingham; Norm Pickell, Goderich, Joan Van Den Broeck, Colborne and Goderich Twps.; Graeme Craig, Seaforth, McKillop Twp. and Roxanne Brown, Clinton. Three trustees who defeated the motion for the increase to occur in 1997 had earlier supported the motion to take affect in January, 1995. They were Della Baum­ garten, Vicki Culbert and Rick Rompf. HOMUTH, TAYLOR & PARTNERS Chartered Accountants of Business & Dave Vantyghem, BBE Homuth, Taylor and Partners announce that Dave Vantyghem professional staff. Dave completed his Bachelor Economics at Brock University in St. Catherines. He was previously employed with Farm Business Consultants servicing small business clients in Southwestern Ontario. Dave joins a team of individuals that take pride in providing a professional personal service to the owner managers of local businesses. Dave and his wife Darlene reside on Centre Street in Egmondville XX i xxxxx Chess. Mr. Park (our new teacher) is teaching us to play chess. Four students have beaten him already - Vesna, Joel, Tyler and Holly. So now you know how good we are. We have also been researching crickets for a cricket project. We caught crickets to study. Did you know that crickets have a great deal of short, prickly hair on their exoskeleton? Or that only male crickets sing? Now we are studying Canada and how to read maps. Mr. Park is also reading us a story called The Hobbit, and every person in our class is reading a novel on their own. We have also tried our hand at story telling and we gave a special presentation in the Resource Room to the primary classes. It included The Ghoul and such stories as Boom Chicka and The Ghost with the Bloody Finger. We painted a special story telling light which we plugged in when all the other lights were shut off. It had a skull, a cat and a dragon painted on it. Having rejected a remuneration increase, the trustees passed a motion inviting members to return one pay cheque, representing approximately five per cent of the honorarium, on a voluntary basis. The motion allows trustees to return the annual increase of four per cent awarded to them as an example of austerity. While the board as a whole will not receive an enlarged remunera­ tion, the chairs of the standing committees were awarded a 12.5 per cent increase over the base amount, due to the suggested heav­ ier workload. are pleased toji has joined their