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Gert Eagleson 528
Carol Hillier 525
Ina Williams 523
Jean Crerar 502
Hazel McEwen 498
Edna Dietz 496
George Racey 462
Bill Coleman 460
Dianne and Bob
Finkbeiner must have
magic seeds but they
state only adding fertiliz-
er and lots of water will
grow giant pumpkins.The
Finkbeiner family from
Shipka grew pumpkins up
to 400 lbs.this year and
spent Saturday carving
them for Halloween.Top
photo.Dianne is shown
with one of her creations
along with Lindsay and
Raelyn Roberts from
London.At left,Raelyn
and Lindsay demonstrate
the giant size of one of
their jack-o-lanterns.
(Photos/submitted)
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WESTERN REGION – Western Region
OPP will be out in full force Oct. 30 and
31, ensuring everyone enjoys Halloween
festivities in an appropriate and safe
manner.
The OPP encourages parents to be
actively involved in their children’s
activities at Halloween. They are
encouraged to travel with their children
as an extra safety precaution.
Police remind trick-or-treaters they
must act respectfully and responsibly
when they venture onto someone else’s
property.
Trick-or-treaters are reminded to:
• Wear costumes that allow you to see
and be seen
• Stay on sidewalks
• Stay in well-lit and well-populated
areas
• Travel with a companion, parent or
group
• Cross roads at controlled intersec-
tions only
• Ensure your parent or guardian
inspects all candys collected
• Don’t take rides from strangers
• Don’t go into a stranger’s house to
obtain candy. Stay outside
Snacks for students at Usborne
Pat Bolen
TIMES ADVOCATE STAFF
USBORNE – It seems hard to believe
in an area where food production is a
primary industry, children could be
leaving for school hungry, but some
for one reason or another do just that.
School health surveys show while 25
percent of a child’s daily calories
should come from breakfast, 20 per-
cent of Grade 4 students in Huron
Perth miss it. And the numbers become
even worse later on with 2/3 of Grade
12 students in the area skipping break-
fast.
Through the Breakfast for Learning
program, and donations by local busi-
nesses, the Canadian Living Foundation
is addressing this problem by providing
snacks and breakfast to area students.
Usborne Central is one of the schools
beginning the program and hopes to
have it launched by early November.
Nancy Fisher is the Breakfast for
Learning Co-ordinator and says there
are many reasons for children not to
eat in the morning. Early morning
sports, long bus rides and body image
problems are just a few. While some
children are just following their parents
example of skipping breakfast.
Knowing children who are hungry
are more likely to suffer from low ener-
gy, poor grades, apathy and generally
worse health, the Huron Perth School
Nutrition Partnership was formed from
six community organizations in 1999.
The group, which includes the Huron
County Health Unit, Canadian Red
Cross, Avon Maitland school board,
Perth District Health Unit, Huron Perth
Catholic schools, and the Rural
Response for Healthy Children, joined
with area businesses and volunteer
parents to provide snacks and break-
fasts to area children.
Belinda Mills is a parent and volun-
teer at Usborne Central and says even
children who do manage to eat in the
morning, may still arrive hungry at
school.
The aim of Usborne’s program will
be to provide snacks such as bananas,
muffins and juice to children between
8:45 and 9a.m. before they begin class-
es.
Just as no food breeds problems,well
fed students have better attendance,
problem-solving skills, grades and
overall self esteem.
Local businesses are a large part of
the program donating food, money and
equipment.
Every Friday McDonalds will be
donate 10 cents from every coffee sold
to the program, and Dairy Queen will
send juice for the snacks.
It is all in support of the Canadian
Living Foundation’s mission “to ensure
that every child in Canada goes to
school well nourished and ready to
learn.”
To volunteer or find out more about
the program contact Usborne Central
at 235-4594 or Nancy Fisher at 1 877-
837-6143.
Representatives of Usborne Cental Public School receive a $500 donation from
Kraft to support their Breakfast Snack Program.The program is designed to feed
students in the morning who are unable to eat breakfast at home. From left are
Belinda Mills, (Parent/volunteer) Nancy Fisher (Breakfast for Living co-ordinator),
ConnieWeber (Parent/volunteer,) and Gladys Rock, Principal Usborne Central.
Other Business sponsors areMacleans Home Hardware, United Plastic, Huron
Motor Products, SuntasticGreenhouses, South Huron Mechanical, McDonald’s, and
Dairy Queen.photo(Pat Bolen)
Have a safe Halloween
Two gospel concerts fill venues
By Sandra Forster
TIMES-ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER – Residents
faced a tough choice in
entertainment Sunday
night when Trivitt
Memorial Church was
host to the Watchmen
quartet and Exeter United
Church featured Rev.
Mark Curtis, ‘Canada’s
Singing Priest’.
I was lucky enough to
make it to both. And what
a night of music it was!
At Trivitt, about 300
people enjoyed a free con-
cert of Christian music
and ministry sponsored
by Exeter Bible
Fellowship, which holds
musical events twice a
year as a community out-
reach program.
Trivitt provides a larger
seating capacity than the
Bible Fellowship building
on Huron St. W. can hold.
The Watchmen sing
gospel songs in a rich,
deep style similar to the
Statler Brothers. Three of
the members met in
Emmanuel Bible College
about 20 years ago. They
now live in St. Catharines,
Newmarket and Toronto.
Both concerts featured
‘Amazing Grace’. Trivitt’s
atmosphere was cool and
reverent while the United
Church could only be
described as hot!
The church was
jammed to capacity with
550 attending.
Rev. Curtis kept the
audience laughing, clap-
ping and holding hands.
His marvelous voice res-
onated through the build-
ing and a slide show cap-
tured the beauty of this
country.
Musical choices varied
from religious to
Broadway, with an
encore of Joseph’s coat of
many colours.
Susanne Strang was
“very, very pleased” with
the money raised for
Exeter United Church.
All in all, a wonderful
way to spend an evening.
Artist Jo Percival’s show
‘Lesson and Chair for
the Clever Child’
opened Oct.25 at the
Lucan Public Library.A
display of 26 charcoal
and wash drawings and
an inscripted school
chair were inspired by
her mother’s Learning
to Read text book.The
framed series hung in
alphabetical order
depicts art based on
emotions evoked by
Rene Decarte’s Passions
of the Soul.The show
runs until Dec.2.The
Lucan Library is open
Mondays 2:30 p.m.to 9
p.m.,Tuesdays 2:30 p.m.
to 5 p.m.and 7-9,
Wednesday 2:30 to 6
p.m.,Thursday 10 a.m.
to noon,2:30-5 and 7-9,
Friday 2:30-9 and
Saturday 9:30 a.m.to
noon.(photo/Sandra
Forster)
Art show
in Lucan