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The Citizen, 2003-02-26, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003. Grey Central school honours readers NEWS 3 I /J FROM CRANBROOK F. Crawford hosts Knox WMS group On Tuesday, Feb. 11, the ladies of the Cranbrook Presbyterian Church held their WMS meeting at the home of Frieda Crawford. Donna Knight was the leader. She read about love from 1st John: 4. Then two wartime stories were read. The stories told of two couples who fell in love in Canada. The men were sent overseas. The ladies lost track of them. After the war they lived many years without word from their early loves but later they were both reunited by accident. Eleanor Stevenson read the min­ utes of two meetings and followed that up by reporting on the annual meeting of the Huron-Perth Women’s Missionary Society held in Stratford. North East Hope women were in charge and 65 mem­ bers registered in Knox Church. The Grey Central Public School has started honouring Readers of the Month. Each student is invited to participate in keeping track of the reading they do at home on a reading log sheet that goes home with the monthly newsletter. At the end of the month, students tum in their reading logs and if they read the most, they get to have lunch with Mrs. McDowell. In January, the following readers had a McDonald’s lunch and got to choose a book: Mady Deitner, Chelsey Terpstra, Curtis McKinnon, Nick Seibert, Jesse Rapson, Mark Dammier, Kelsey Rathwell and Jasmin Smith. Last week, the primary student enjoyed a variety of Valentine’s financial objective of the two pres- b}terials was set at $56,000. Fi the afternoon Jean Aitcheson of Avonton dressed as as a Salvadorian woman in fancy everyday apron showed slides of the work she was involved in. Guatemala and El Salvador have received aid and help in teaching women skills. The Presbyterian Church supports this cause with the Presbyterian Sharing envelopes. Mrs. Stevenson presented an entertaining and informative story of how the WMS Women plan to begin a quilt. They learned to mark it off, then began to stitch the quilt. The Cranbrook community extends sympathy to Lori Bentley and her family in the loss of her sis­ ter who passed away in Toronto last week. activities. On Valentine’s Day, everyone went skating at the Brussels arena and did some snow­ shoeing. On Thursday, the Grades 5- 8 students had a day of skiing at Talisman. The Brussels Lions club provided monetary assistance with the costs of busing. Mrs. Bowler’s kindergartens are reviewing letters and are busy read­ ing little books. They are also learn­ ing how to write words in their jour­ nals. The kindergartens enjoy read­ ing books by Eric Carle. Mrs. Smith’s kindergarten class is learning the letter M. They are read­ ing a book about mittens and coloured matching pairs of mittens. Mrs. Goodall’s Grade 1 class learned about healthy teeth. Right now they are learning about time. In science, they are studying backyard birds. Miss Hill’s Grade l/2s are com­ munity helpers. They are learning about time as well as the five senses. Mr. Park’s Grade 2/3s had a won­ derful day of snowshoeing and win­ ter activities on Monday. They are studying 3-D solids in geometry. Ladies get carnation At the darts for fun evening, held in Cranbrook just before Valentine’s Day, Keith Williamson scored 108 and Annette Lewington scored 102. As an early Valentine’s Day gift a carnation with baby’s breath was presented to each lady attending. The next darts evening, Feb, 19, saw John Gillen win the high score with 132 and Gayle Spenser was the high lady with 117. The euchre party, held on Feb. 21 was hosted by Gary and Sharon Evans and Frank Workman. Six tables were at play. This week Mrs. Taylor’s Grade 4s had a test on the eye and they also had a test on the book called Clifford Grows Up. They were busy learning about division in math. In gym, they were doing skipping. The Grade 3s are learning to count money. In social studies, they are taking notes on Canada. In science they are learning about animals that live underground. Miss Aarssen’s Grade 4/5 class is learning properties of matter (solids, liquids and gases) in science. The Grade 5s are having a social studies test next week and have been study-^ ing hard for it. They are doing factu­ al recount in language. They also had a major French project on them­ selves entitled Moi. They will all have the opportunity to present these projects. Mr. Walker’s Grade 5/6s went ski­ ing at Talisman. In social studies the Grade 6s are doing projects on the explorers. They are doing presentations on music composers. The Grade 5s are studying the ancient Romans in social studies. In Winners were: 50/50, Viola Adams; high lady, Helen Dobson; high man, Lloyd Smith; low lady, Jeanne Ireland; low man, Bill Craig; most lone hands, Beryl Smith, Tom Stevens, Lloyd Weber (tied); travel­ ling lone hand, John Subject; tally cards, Iola Subject, Eleanor Stevenson, Kathleen Whaley, Merv Schneider, Dorothy Dilworth, Norm Dobson, Linda Stevenson, Max Whaley, Brenda Perrie and Isabelle Bremner. The next euchre party will be held March 7. art, they are doing ice sculptures. In math, the Grade 6s are doing frac­ tions and the Grade 5s are learning about decimals. In science, the Grade 5s are learn­ ing about force factors and the Grade 6s are studying electricity. This week Ms VanBolhius’s class­ es have been extremely busy. The morning class is continuing their fairy tale study by reading and dis­ cussing the common elements like the beginning, middle and end. They are also retelling fairy tales. In math, they are doing a measure­ ment unit. They are learning units of length, perimeter and area. Five stu­ dents in the morning class are read­ ers of the month and three get to have lunch with Mrs. McDowell. Ms VanBolhuis’s afternoon class has been continuing reading buddies and are celebrating Taylor Prior’s 12th birthday. They are also learning about measurement in volume, capacity and mass. They have been reading an article about nutrition in bugs and are reading a fairy tale novel entitled The Princess and the Goblin. Ethel euchre results Ethel euchre was held on Monday, Feb. 17. Winners were: share-the-wealth, Jim McGillawee, Velma Sleightholm; high, Isabelle Bremner, Mac Smith; lone hands, Violet Smith, Isabelle Gray, Bill Myers; low, Betty Kennedy, Lonnie Myers; tally, Jim Smith, Alice Shearer, Walter Harrifield, Helen Cullen, Marguerite Beirnes, Bob Bremner, Hilda Holmes. 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