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The Huron Expositor, 1998-09-02, Page 5Red dogs and aardvarks make good stories Summer reading program took area children places BY SCOTT HILGENDORFF Expositor Editor Turtles, aardvarks and bears, mixed with time travel, pirates, dinosaurs and maybe a dog named Clifford; that's the stuff of good stories. At least it is for the young people who took part in the Huron County Library's summer reading program this year. And big, colorful pictures are important too. About 30 kids took part in the program each week that featured different themes. Leaders, Jackie Fisher and Elizabeth Ball wove books with crafts and games that fit each theme. Ball said big, colorful pictures help them make their book selections for the program. As much as the story is important, the pictures help keep the attention of the younger children in the program. Another attention getter is rhythm. "If it rhymes, it goes over well," said Fisher. "With a huge group of kids, that's what draws them in." Whenever there's a spare moment in the program, she'll grab a -Robert Munsch book, one of Canada's most popular authors and Fisher's personal favorite, even as an adult. Munsch is known for unusual stories that rhyme and flow. "Always Robert Munsch. They're fun. The kids'really get the humor," she said. She said another important part of the stories is how they are told. They pick stories that they can' ask lots of questions about, asking the kids about what they think will happen next or how a character will react to a situation. Fisher said that keeps the children interested and part of the story. "If there's suspense, you've got to play it up," said Fisher. A story. called, "Mortimer be Quiet," uses the phrase in its title throughout the story and they encourage kids to yell it out each time. Again, it has them involved and drawn in the story. They spend days scanning the shelves for books and stories that fit their themes and go over them to be sure they are appropriate. They read a story as many as 13 times across the county each week so they tend not to practice telling the story ahead of time. While neither are actors, Ball said they will use different voices for each character to make it more interesting. To be a good storyteller, Fisher said, "You have to be a little outgoing and not afraid to be a little silly." Laura Ashley of Seaforth left the library each week with an armload of books. As one of the older children in the program, pictures aren't as important for her. It's the content of the stories. She's yet another generation to discover Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingles and said they are her favorite books. "I have almost the whole set," she said. While other children had a tendency to link stories from books with television and Disney movies, Ashley is too young to have been exposed THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEPTEMBER 2, 1.ee4-5 "Reading takes you places" was the theme for the summer reading program at the Seaforth Public Library. to the televised series of Little House on the Prairie. "They're interesting," she said. She enjoys reading about how the family in the stories survived with what little they had. This year's theme was, "Reading Takes You Places," and featured a day about Canada, about time travel and about space among other themes. (Children Jeffery Denham, Sydney Falconer, Fraser Falconer, Katelyn Riley, Jacquelyn Denham and Ashley Colman shared their thoughts on stories for this story.) Walton man charged with drunk driving A 33 -year-old Walton area man was charged with a drinking and driving offence on Aug. 21 at 1:45 a.m. He was driving a pick up truck when he was stopped on Goderich Street in Seaforth and was found to be a prohibited driver from a drinking and driving conviction in the past year. He appears in Goderich Court on Oct. 26. Drunk driver in Tuckersmith Township A 29 -year-old Clinton woman was charged with a drinking and driving offence after being stopped for a traffic violation in Tuckersmith Township on Aug. 22 at 12:10 a.m. Driver suspended A 24 -year-old Exeter man had his licence suspended for 12 hours after registering a warn on an alcotest. He was stopped by OPP on Aug. 2.2 at 3:15 a.m. on County Road 4 in Hullett Township. Seaforth Jeep stolen A 1988 green Jeep was reported stolen from a party in Seaforth on Aug. 22 at about 4:45 a.m. A short time later, the vehicle was found abandoned on the side of the road at the edge of Seaforth. No damage was done to the vehicle. The keys had been left inside the unlocked vehicle while it was at the party. RIDE check in Seaforth A 44 -year-old Seaforth woman was charged with a drinking and driving offence on Aug. 22 at 10 p.m. Her vehicle was stopped in a random RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) check on Main Street in Seaforth when an officer noticed the odor of alcohol on her breath. Motorcycle stolen A 1999 Yamaha dirt bike worth $2,000 was reported stolen from an unlocked shed on Aug. 22 at 6 a.m. at an RR 2, Kippen residence. Between 10 p.m. and that morning, someone had entered the shed and took the bike. It's model number is PW8OL and it's blue in color. It's vin number is: JYA3RVW05XA111408 and the engine's number is 3RV- 110619. Crime Stoppers Sometime overnight on Aug. 13, thieves broke into Huron Tractor in Blyth and stole a quantity of equipment. 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