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Huron Expositor, 2002-02-20, Page 12Students learn parnful lessons in bullying From Pogo 1 hoping this enrichment program, coupled with other programs already in place in the school, will help reduce the number of instances bullying occurs. Students taking part in the workshop were constantly being pulled in and out of character. They were asked to act out scenes in which incidents of bullying took place that helped drive the fictional student away from the school. But once in character, Fricker would surprise individual students asking demanding questions about why they treated the student badly, why they went along with other classmates or why they didn't try to help. "She always asks us 'why' and that's the hardest question to answer," said Randi Wilson, a Grade 8 student from Seaforth. "It really hurts to think about it," said Shan Cooper, a Grade 8 student from Kippen. "I can't stand seeing someone being teased because they don't have any friends," she said, although she has found herself in the same situation as some of the scenes they acted out, standing back because of peer pressure and not getting involved. "Everybody stands around and nobody does anything," said Wilson. "The attention is on the other person. You want to keep it that way. You don't want people teasing you," she said. Cody Rahn, a Grade 4 student from the Hensall area hates seeing someone bullied and said he has gone so far as to make friends with someone on the playground who no one else would play with. Although they said there were some serious fights on the playground this fall and Higgins said some students have lost bus privileges because of bullying incidents on the way home, the students don't think bullying is too bad at the school. "There's just a few that always bug other people and they just get ignored," said Wilson. But they have all at least been the victims of teasing at some time in class or on the playground. And despite playing roles for the workshop, the situations were real for them because they were all pulled from their own situations of being tormented or treated For real peace of mind,. h)ok for this symbol protection. We provide insurance protection that las you sleep at night. That's because the collative strength of our 50 community based mutual insurers makes us among the most financially secure insurance networks in the world. For you, it means friendly knowledgeable service from people who understand your needs and provide the protection and service you want. Scott Hilgendorff photos (Above) Students are thrust into a situation where their workshop leader has become the school principal as she tries to find out from students why a classmate ran away. The students were faced with tough questions as they became the bullies or witnesses who allowed a student to be tormented. (Right) Students act out a scene where they gang up on a classmate, throwing balls at him. badly by other students. "We're looking at what has happened to them," said Fricker. "We'll look at the end of the day and see how the [victim] could be anyone in this school," she said. Higgins said the most• common incidents of bullying at the school involve teasing and name-calling. In some cases, it grows to rumours about a student and can eventually lead to some aggression. Last week, he said one student got frustrated on his bus by another who was teasing him. The victim of the teasing shoved the other kid who hit his head and the matter was brought to Higgins' attention. The school has a "hassle log" which is used to record incidents. Students file a report that outlines what happened to them, where and why. It asks how students reacted from hitting or -talking back to running away, crying or talking about it. Several county roads will be improved as council approves 2001 schedule By Sarah Caldwell Goderich Signal -Star staff Several area roads are on the work schedule for the county's works department in the coming year. The following work is scheduled for the year 2001. The projects include cold in place recycling and resurfacing of County Road 13 (Hwy. 21 to Clinton), resurfacing of County Road 3 (from Hwy. 4 to County Road 12 (Egmondville), resurfacing of County Road 12 through Brussels (County • Road 16 East in Brussels), Mill and pave County Road 4 north of Clinton and reconstruction of County Road 19 (County Road 16 to County Road 25). Bridge rehabilitation projects in the coming year will be completing the Fordwich bridge, extensions on culverts on County Rd. 16, the bridge outside of Blyth, Trick Bridge on County Road 13 and thc bridge outside of Londesboro. The county's engineering department will also be The form works for both the victim and the accused in the incident and asks students how angry they felt, what parts of the school's behaviour code they violated and how well they felt they each handled the situation. Higgins said they now have two years of data from the forms and are looking at the types of incidents that occur and what areas are increasing or decreasing. Proactively, the form also asks students to offer suggestions of what can be done to prevent an incident from happening again, skills Fricker was hoping to leave students with at the end of the program. She said students have three main options when bullying occurs: fight, flight or flow. She said fighting back or running away are not always applying for OSTAR funding to remove the railways bridge on County Road 13. The Huron County Roads Department is responsible for 743 km of road and some 131 bridges; 25 of which are presently County bridges on local roads. At thc end of 2000, the county will have 734 km of paved road and 9 km of gravel road to maintain. Construction throughout the county is done on a needs basis as presented in the Needs Study that is done on an annual basis. Construction needs arc based on an inventory of each road section, and a field review to determine which each section is adequate, requires resurfacing or requires construction. The committee (Of WHO) uses the Needs Study along with local economic and geographical criteria to determine a priority list of projects for construction and resurfacing. This priority list is updated every other year and is presented to County Council as the Long Range Plan. Janine Lavoie, B.sc; RMT For appt. Thurs. or Sat. call 527-0780 Total Image II Becky Campbell Registered Massage Therapist MON., TUES , WED. 9 am to 8 pm; Fridays 9amto5pm Add a regular massage to your resolution for better health in 2001! 527-2058 it only hurts, if you don't call!" 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