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The Citizen, 2002-04-17, Page 17By Andrea Hruska Call 887-2605 WILL OLIO" Purr tr44. AYget-P t,41 2..v-, Talk to us instead. (MINH ( .1\ADIAN ( AN( ill S( )( riiIi 1,1 SMOKERS' HELPLINE 1-877.51311333 Looking for local heroes There are so many people out there who do so much to improve their community. Now you have a chance to say thanks. Nominate that special person for the 17th Annual Citizen Citizenship Awards. Each year a committee chooses an outstanding citizen from each of the Blyth and area and Brussels and area communities to receive an award for contribution to the community. If you know someone you think should be honoured, please fill in the ballot and send it in. You may attach a longer explanation of why you think your nominee should win, if you like. If you have nominated someone before and he or she didn't win, please feel free to try again. I nominate Blyth Brussels as Citizen of the year for j & area & area I feel she/he deserves this award because Nomination Deadline April 30, 2002. Name and phone number of nominator THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2002. PAGE 17. Scholastic Book Fair at Grey CPS The Ethel community expresses sympathy to Mr. John Smith and family with the passing of his sister, Mrs. Greta Chapman. For those who have driven past the Schlumpf farm and thought that perhaps a bizarre storm had savagely ripped off half of the barn ... rest assured that half the barn is missing intentionally, to make way for some renovations. Phew! Grey Twp. firefighters had practice this last Monday night. While some of the guys reviewed using the pumper, others familiarized themselves with "the foam"! The foam is used in certain situations as an alternative to water. The firefighters reviewed such details as what mix ratio to use and what level of water pressure is needed. Hopefully, the department will be receiving the new extrication equipment at the end of the week and tonight some of the guys are off to Dashwood for the April mutual aid meeting. Kyle Bateman and James Dillon enjoyed a bit of road hockey on Sunday. Kyle told me that he hopes to play hockey just like his grandpa, the late Mr. Bateman. Kyle said that his grandpa was "a really good hockey player!" If you were driving in or around Ethel on Saturday you may have noticed some people bicycling around the store, not town kids but older kids with blatant disregard for safety and respect for the community in which they were guests. As we sat down for dinner there came a knock at our back door. (I'll mention here that I changed some names!) My husband got up to answer the knock and there stood a young "man" who, as his small hands wrenched the peak of his ball cap, seemed quite distressed. He had been over at the apartments and when he came out his bike was gone. (Funny how this bike disappears at the same time that several "non- resident" teens have congregated around the store on bicycles). He asked that if we saw it could we tell him. "I just got it last year", he explained. It was a blue Supercycle with not a single spot of rust on it. Man," he reminisced, "I babied that bike." Well, at this point I was feeling this boy's pain. He was any child, anywhere, painfully describing his prized bike that had just been stolen — while he was helping someone out. He eventually did get his bike back. Apparently he had told some of the right people and it was returned. "But," he said, "I think it's pretty sad that I've lived in this town for eight whole years and I can't even leave my bike for a minute without it being stolen!" You know something? We think it's pretty sad too. Hopefully some concerned Ethel residents can make it out to the Citizen/OPP meeting in the basement room of the library this Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. It's time to "spring clean" Ethel! Grey Central had a Scholastic Book Fair at the end of March. Special thanks to all the students and parents who patronized the book fair and to Mrs. Eadie for organizing this special event which encourages literacy. On April 17, the Grade 3 class will go to Slice of Huron in Seaforth. On April 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Slice of Huron is open to all students and their families who bring donations for the foodbank. On April 18, the Grade 6s go to an Artitudes cultural workshop that is being held in Brussels. On April 19, Grades 7 and 8 go to Tech 21 in Listowel. March 12, Grey Central participated in a fundraising event to raise money for Jesse's Journey. Thanks to all who participated. Madame Calquhoun is busy organizing the cheese and bake goods fundraiser for the Ottawa trip. Orders are due on April 19. This week, Miss MacKay's morning class followed steps to make a simple paper cup 'phone. Members of her afternoon class are writing a mystery story. Both classes are learning about fiction and non- fiction. Last week Miss MacKay's morning class was learning how to add and read and write legends. The afternoon class was practising multiplication and learning about Ball hockey off to great start There was a great start to the ball hockey season with 60 kids signed up to play at the BM&G Arena. Game one was the Leafs versus the Ducks and the Leafs won 3-2. Scoring for the Leafs were Ty Sebastian with two goals and Chris Corbett with one. Scoring for the Ducks were Adam McClure and Chase Chapman. Game two of the night was the Devils versus the Red Wings. The Wings came out on top winning 9-7. Scoring for the Red Wings were Adam Corbett with two, Christopher Jutzi with two, Taylor Prior with two each and Evan Ducharme. Ryan Sholdice and Mitch Blake each scored one. Scoring for the Devils were Zach Watson, Christine Bone, Ryan Smith, Tyler Deitner and Cory Chapman each with one goal and Matt McClinchey netting two. Come out and watch the action on Thursday nights from 6 - 9 p.m. There will be three games each night with six teams. exponents and integers. The afternoon class is reading about Helen Keller. Both classes made two big papier mache sculptures. Both classes have collaborated on creating a flag and a 3D puppy, which they presented to the school last week during the Jesse's Journey assembly. This week in Mrs. Scott's class they learned the letter "y" and made "y" booklets. They made a graph about their shoes. They are making surprises for their moms. Last week they learned the letter F. The kindergartens are starting to read. They wrote in their journals about the Easter activities they did.. Mrs. Bowler's kindergarten class is learning about spring, weather and measurement. Miss Hill's class enjoyed Easter and the days off school. They have been working away at improving their reading. The class is still studying electricity. Mr. Park's class is looking for signs of spring on the nature trails and observing the growth of their oak seedlings indoors. There are almost 90 trees. Soon they will give them to the Huron Stewardship Council. The Grade 2s are enjoying working with Mr. Park and Mrs. Smith while preparing for the spring concert. In art, they are learning how to use pen and India ink to create At the end of the card party season which the Cranbrook board runs with the help of • volunteers, there was a discussion with participants that other parties could be held as long as the participants found the hosts themselves. I can now announce.that two more card parties will be held at Cranbrook Hall. One Friday, May 3 and another on May 19. The last one will be hosted by Graeme, Mary, drawings. In math this week, they have been learning abOut place value and telling time. Last week, they were doing 3-D solids geometry. Mrs. Murray's Grade 4s have finished researching their Social Studies province projects that they were working on. Now they have •started presenting. In math last week, they were covering decimals and reviewing division. In science, they are covering light and in social studies they have started studying Saskatchewan. The Grade 4s have taken a break from dancing and have gone back to gym. They are doing gym outdoors because of the warm weather. Robin Phillip was the only birthday student in Grade 4 this week. They got a new student last week, Edward Edgar. Mr. Walker's Grade 4/5 class is creating videos. In math, they started probability. They're writing stories on fiction and non-fiction. On Friday, the Grade 6s welcomed Sara Baker's grandfather, Harvey Clarke, and her mother, Shirley Baker, to their classroom. Mr. Clarke and Mrs. Baker were on hand to teach the Grade 6s how to square dance. The class organized themselves in three sets. Because there are only six boys in the class, many girls had to play "gentlemen". This proved somewhat confusing until the girls had to play gentlemen and Ken MacDonald. The annual meeting for the Cranbrook Hall will be held on Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the hall. The public is welcome to attend and of course there are spaces vacant on the Hall board if anyone wishes to join. At present only Sharon Evans and peter Hagedoorn are on the board while Graeme MaCDonald attends hall board meetings as Huron East Councillor. donned their Coats to distinguish them from the ladies in the set. They learned how to allemande left and added more steps to make a dance that will become part of the spring musical, Old MacDonald Had a Farm which will be performed on May 1. In addition to their dancing activities, the Grade 6s have been busy dividing, problem solving, writing and learning new computer skills, Working as graphic artists in the computer lab has been an activity that everyone had enjoyed. As Silver Birch voting day approaches, the Grade 6s are feeling very proud of their reading accomplishments. Most Of' the children have met, or surpasSed, their Silver Birch reading goals and are feeling very positive about the feedback their Accelerated Reader comprehension tests are providing. The display of Silver Birch posters, plot diagrams and letters to Silver Birch authors is impressive.` Miss Henry and her class had a geography test on Friday dealing with climate and vegetation. In science, they are studying ecosystems. They are discovering physical patterns. The class has started a math unit dealing with geometric figures. E arth...our living room... KEEP IT CLEAN! 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