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NEWS
FROM LONDESBORQ
ucw
meets
The Londesborough UCW will
meet on Monday, Feb. 21 in the
Sunday school room. Dessert will be
served at 7:30 p.m. with the meeting
to convene at 8 p.m.
Joanne Van Amersfoort of Blyth
will be on hand to show slides and
talk about her work with Mission to
Haiti - Canada. All ladies of the
church are invited to attend.
This year’s World Day of Prayer
meeting will be held on Friday after
noon, March 4.
On Sunday, Feb. 20 the senior
choir will meet for practice at 10
a.m.
There will be a potluck lunch fol
lowing this Sunday morning’s serv
ice. You are asked to bring along
sandwiches, relishes and/or cookies
and squares to share. The congrega
tional annual meeting will convene
following lunch. Give thought to
being a part of this meeting for it is a
chance for everyone to have input
mto the life of their church for the
coming year and to gain insight into
why decisions have been made.
There will be activities for the
children.
Prov. to fund portion
of heating upgrades
at elementary schools
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
A portion of the heating upgrades
at elementary schools in Clinton,
Amulree and Stratford will be fund
ed — pending approval — by the
education ministry’s Energy Retrofit
Allocation. And after that approval
comes, the Avon Maitland District
School Board should receive
$285,416 from the fund.
The one-time, $25-million provin
cial commitment is aimed at
"assisting boards) to undertake
energy retrofit projects in their
schools.”
Administrators were required to
submit retrofit plans by Jan. 31,
2005, and business superintendent
Janet Baird-Jackson informed
trustees about the Avon Maitland
board’s plans at a meeting Tuesday,
Feb. 8.
Four projects are included, with
three of them carrying a single price
tag which is greater than the total
amount of the Avon Maitland grant.
But each will be partially funded
through the Energy Retrofit pro
gram, with the balance being paid
through the board’s school renewal
Gang
hosts
cards
The Londesborough Happy Gang
Seniors hosted a most successful
card party at the Londesborough
Community Hall on Wednesday
afternoon, Feb. 9. There were 16
tables of euchre players there to
benefit the Clinton Public Hospital
Auxiliary. Five hundred dollars was
donated from the afternoon’s activi
ties.
Share-the-wealth winners were
Verna Gibbings, Geraldine Dale,
Edythe Beacom, Evelyn
Christensen and June Patterson.
Members of the Happy Gang
Seniors group donated items for
door prizes that were taken home by
Marie Bromley, Berva Cartwright,
M irg Carter and Darryl Wood. A
live auction was held for a donated
quilt rack. The successful bidder for
this item was Reta Kelland.
On Friday evening, Feb. 11, the
Happy Gang Seniors had 12 1/2
tables of card players at their regular
monthly card party at the
Londesborough Hall.
Clarence and Adeline Allin toted
up the most points of 79. Placing
second were Lloyd and Lillian
Appleby with 74 points. With 71
points for this place were Bernice
McClinchey and Mary East. Two
couples had the most successful
lone hands for six, Don Buchanan
and Josephine MacGregor and
Carman and Ila Pollock.
Share-the-wealth winners were
Larry Hanley, Gordon Bosman and
Reta Kelland. March 11 is the date
of the next regular euchre party.
However after their meeting on
Feb. 23, the Happy Gang Seniors
will host a progressive euchre to
benefit the tsunami relief fund. Card
playing will begin at 2 p.m.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Admission is $5 for your donation
to the fund.
budget.
All four projects were due to take
place in 2004-05, according to the
board’s facilities renewal schedule.
At Clinton Public School, a boiler
will be replaced at an estimated cost
of $100,000. Estimated costs for the
other three projects range between
$296,000 and $318,000.
At Romeo Public School in
Stratford and North Easthope Public
School, near Amulree, electric heat
ing will be replaced by natural gas
systems. And at Stratford’s Bedford
Public School, the HVAC (heating,
ventilation and air conditioning)
system will be upgraded.
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Bad breath can
be a sign off more
than garlic pizza.
What you eat may not always be the
culprit Oral complications such as gingivitis,
periodontitis and gum disease can be more
serious causes of bad breath. Book an
appointment with your dental hygienist today
to learn more.
Visit www.cdho.org or call the College at
1 -800-268-2346 for more information on
dental hygiene and oral health.
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Celebrating 10'yean of >ell regulat>on
Cards
A card cavalcade was held last Wednesday afternoon at the Londesborough Community Hall
in an effort to raise funds for the Clinton Public Hospital. Roy Krauter, Keith Tyndall, Marie
Giousher and Joann MacDonald are shown as they enjoy a game of euchre, (jim Brown photo)
Hullett speakers move on
Each January across the province
elementary school pupils become
involved in the Canadian Legion-
sponsored public speaking competi
tion. The pupils themselves, and
sometimes the parents, don’t neces
sarily look forward, to this particular
part of the curriculum. However the
experience the young folk gain from
putting together a cohesive
speech/story and memorizing it is a
life skill. Having to share that speech
with others is a definite confidence
builder.
Speeches/stories are chosen in
each classroom to be given again to
a larger audience in the auditorium.
Anyone who advances to this level
is already a winner in my eyes.
Judging the speeches at Hullett
Central Public School on Monday,
Feb. 7 were Marie Black, Rosemarie
Weise and Ken Scott.
Primary children may tell a story
of their own or repeat a favourite
storybook. With so many wonderful
children’s authors, even choosing a
story to repeat must be a challenge.
But it proves once again that despite
movies, television and computers,
children still love to read or be read
to.
Storytellers who will repeat their
story at the next level are Ellie
Edwards, who told the story of
Andrew’s Loose Tooth: Lexi Aitken
with a story about Alice the Fairy
and Chloe Middegaal who repeated
Blue Eggs and Burnt Bacon.
Other children spoke about tidal
waves, show and tell and Jillian
Jiggs. Children haven’t changed toco
much when they still find these
familiar topics amusing.
In the junior division, Grades 4 -
6, the judges favoured a speech
about Shoes by Heather Gibson;
Summer Camp by Courtney
Middegaal and Alicia Middegaal’s
revelation about The Art of
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Other speeches in this group told
about ballet, rodeos, endangered
species and teaching.
Kyle Middegaal with a speech
about the Evolution of
Communication, Tyler Middegaal
and his topic Phobias and Danielle
Bean with her look at country singer
Tim McGraw were chosen to
advance in the Intermediate Level
from Grades 7 and 8. Reality shows
and a vacation to Holland were other
topics in this division.
These nine students will compete
with students from the Blyth Public
School.
An assembly last week at Hullett
gave recognition for the, yirtues
being emphasized in December and
January. A young girl was recog
nized for exemplifying confidence.
When given a task this girl starts
directly and continues with the con
fidence that she can finish whatever
she begins. A willingness to keep the
classroom routines running at a
steady pace without silliness and
over excitement was recognized in a
pupil for possessing moderation.
Principal Tebbutt awarded the
Hullett student council for the virtue
of caring. The council suggested the
student body raise money for the
tsunami relief effort during the first
week back to school after the
Christmas break. This humanitarian
effort raised $1,000.
The young boy who demonstrated
unity has an inclusive nature making
sure that people are not left out of
games outside or inside. Generosity
was noticed in a girl who shares her
lime and sometimes helps others fin
ish their work. Being calm, accept
ing and understanding of others’ dif
ferences in a student showed toler
ance.
Another young girl continues on
even when the going becomes diffi
cult to be an example of persever
ance to other students.
The virtues under consideration in
February are commitment, love
(appropriate for Valentine’s week),
friendliness and trustworthiness.
Here we are in the middle of win
ter and looking for some signs of
spring and a reason to celebrate. The
Hullett school advisory council has
an idea to chase away the winter
blahs. They have chosen Friday,
April 15 for their annual community
fun night and auction. This fun
evening raises monies for the extras
that supplement the education of
pupils at Hullett.
Mark the date on your spring cal
endar and think about what you
might donate to the auction.
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Darlene Hemingway,
daughter of
Ross and Anne Hemingway
of Brussels, and
Jonathan Schmidt,
son of
Rick and Mary Schmidt •
of Baden,
will be married at
Listowel Evangelical
Missionary Church
Saturday, February 26,
> 2005 at 2 p.m. i