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The Citizen, 2003-05-28, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2003. Agriculture theme of WI meeting The members of the Walton Women’s Institute met at the home of Marion Godkin on Wednesday evening with eight members present. The theme for the meeting was agriculture. The guest speaker was Rita Deitner talking on asparagus. She grows four acres of the vegetable which she first started growing 21 years ago. She has three people working with her. Members all had the opportunity to taste a casserole, salad and pickled asparagus. Recipes were handed out along with asparagus. Marion and Marjory served ice­ cream sundaes for lunch. The next meeting will be at Margaret Mclnroy’s on June 19. School council discusses fundraising practices Grey Central school council has discussed current fundraising practices, as well as the increasing costs of busing for field trips. A brainstorming session looked at strategies such as using fundraising to assist with the,cost of field trips, an annual fee or levy, or both. Ideas would be greatly appreciated before the next school council meeting. The fun fair will be held on June 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The next school council meeting will be held on June 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Bowler’s kindergarten class has been working on colour words this week as well as having a lot of fun learning new dances in gym. Mrs. Smith’s kindergarten class illustrated a book called Rain. They are working on the letters U-Z. They are enjoying dancing in gym class and playing alphabet bingo. Mrs. Goodall’s class did colours in their Grade 1 art book. They made really funny flip books and are learning about sunflowers and studying the sun in science. Miss Hill’s Grade Is are starting on place value in the ones and tens columns. Both the Grade Is and 2s are finishing an energy unit in science. Chelsi’s birthday was May 26. Mr. Park’s Grade 2/3 class was doing a measuring unit and went on the front lawn to measure how long the Titanic would be on the schoolyard. Mrs. Taylor’s Grade 3s are working with graphs in math and studying pioneers in social studies. They watched a movie about pioneers. The Grade 4s are dividing two-digits in math and learning about habitats in science. Both grades are learning about medieval Better hurry Scott Phillips takes the lead in a 100 m heat at Grey Central Public School’s track and field day on Thursday. Phillips should hurry though as the rest aren’t too far behind. From left: Justin Hubbert, James Durrell, Ian Pearson, Nathan Prior, and Phillips. (Sarah Mann photo) PEOPLE AROUND WALTON By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 Visiting at the home of Doug and Marjory Fraser were daughter Cheryl and husband Glenn and boys Lucas and Garrett from Hespeler. They caught up on some odd jobs and some visiting. times in social studies. Miss Aarssen’s Grade 4/5s had math, science and French tests this week. They are starting a music project and the Grade 4s are starting a project in social studies in which they have to do one of the provinces. Mr. Walker’s Grade 5s are making TVs in social studies and had presentations on different types of weather and flags in science. The Grade 6s are learning about space in science. Miss Henry’s Grade 7s were studying for a history test this week as well as practising for track and field. Miss Henry was gone Thursday and Friday for the volleyball nationals in Quebec with a Grade 9 and 10 team that she coaches. ' Mr. Payne’s Grade 8s had a test on fractions and are learning about the water cycle in science. They also learned the songs Peaceful Easy Feeling and Take It Easy by the Eagles in music. This week Ms VanBolhuis’ morning class had been working in the earth-friendly garden and growing indoor plants. They are working with patterning and talking about careers. The afternoon class just received their math tests; congratulations to Scott on achieving a mark of 100 per cent. They have now started a unit on algebra as well. The school track and field meet for Grades 4-8 was Thursday, with some activities being finished up on Friday. All students involved participated well and many won ribbons ranging from first place to third. The regionals are in Wingham Thursday, Also in the village, visiting with Helen Brenie, is Dave McArthur (formerly of Cranbrook). He now lives in Gilmour near Bancroft. He is doing odd jobs and visiting other friends in the area. Off travelling last week for a couple of days were Mary Humphries and Mary McCall. They were on a Regency tour that took them north of Peterborough. They visited area sites including original Lakefield church once attended by the Leahy Family singers. This is now a museum. As well they saw the Lakefield Private School that Prince Andrew attended. They toured an emu farm near Whitby as well as the McLaughlin Estate near Oshawa. They finished off the second day with a stop at Cullen Gardens. They arrived home Wednesday evening. Off visiting to our nation’s capital were Ralph and Joyce Treibner and Mary Davidson. They were there to visit Gladys Lx>tt (a sister of George Davidson) for a couple of days. They stopped in Lindsay on the way home to visit with former neighbours of Ralph and Joyce’s. Away visiting in the north are Rod Fritz and daughter Pam. They travelled to Nipigon to have a visit with daughter and sister Kim. Congratulations to Don Nolan on his retirement from the Huron County Department of Highways. He drove the snow plough and road grader for 35 years. He seems to be keeping busy, working around the house and outside too. There has been another passing of an era with the closing of the old creamery in Millbank. A few Waltoners made the last of their regular trips for the tasty cheese, honey butter and other things, as it closed its door for the lost time on Friday, reports Audrey Hackwell. Many of the Ryan clan travelled to Alexandria, which is south of Ottawa to celebrate Joan and Don McDonald’s 40th wedding anniversary. Joan is the oldest girl of the late Lawrence Ryan family. Brother Gerry and Anne left Friday. They returned home Monday. On Saturday they travelled to Plantagenet also near Ottawa to visit with longtime friends Brian and Sheila Prescott. Heading to Ottawa on Saturday were Jim and Betty Ryan, Greg and Trudy and Madeline with son Ryan, Jack and Marianna Ryan, Joe and Rhonda and Steve and Darlene. They enjoyed the anniversary celebrations on Sunday with a dinner and music and dancing. They had a great family visit. The Walton Hall suffered a bit of a flood on Saturday but it was all cleaned up in time for a rental to the Hoegy family for a family function. Saturday was busy at the Hackwell household as it was Howard’s birthday. It seems it was a day for company. Dropping by were Harold and Alma Heighten from Woodstock, Ralph and Amy McCrea from Blyth, Murray and Audrey Mills from Brantford and Dr. Brian and Wilma Traviss from Kitchener. Neighbours Gerry and Anne Ryan also stopped by and family Dean and Kelly arrived with Chinese food from Cambridge for dinner. Graeme, Helen and Michael Craig travelled to Kincardine on' Sunday. Michael was participating in the Special Olympics swimming competition. There were lots of birthdays this past week. Celebrating were Jessica Pennington, Abby McGavin, Alexandra Humphries, Hailey Bachert, Mary Pennington, Rod Fritz, Darrell Dalton, Phyllis Mitchell, Teagan McGavin, Howard Hackwell, Scott McDonald, Mildred Traviss, Jennifer Black and Thea Rijkhoff.. 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They even made up dinosaur names for themselves including Jurassic Jacob, Meat-eater Matthew and Tri-Sara- Top. The favourite is T-Rex because he is the King. They played dinosaur games, made dinosaur journals and dinosaur models. There is trouble in the playground at Walton Little School. Vandals are at work destroying or breaking toys, the outdoor playthings and the fencing. The police have been notified and are investigating the vandalism. The staff is asking the community to keep eyes open for suspicious activity during the evenings or on the weekends. Call the police or notify Shannon McGavin immediately. 8 tables in play at euchre Walton Hall held its final euchre on Thursday evening with eight tables at play. The first-place team was Bessie Boyd and Doreen Hackwell with 76 points. The second-place team was Lois Cunningham and Marie Park with 70 points. There were two couples tied for third place, Carole Daer and Ruth Shiell and Bea Stoll and Betty Hulley with 69 points. The lone hand winners were Frank Baer and Dorothy Dalton.