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Teachers Bill Farnell and Elaine Haney are retiring after many yearsjt Seaforth Public School.
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Seaforth Public School retire
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
While Bill Farnell is
retiring from teaching, he's
not hanging up the costumes
from different historical eras
he's so well known for.
The. Seaforth Public
School teacher, who most
often taught Grades 3-5
during his 31 -year career -
almost 15 of which he's spent
in Seaforth - has been
engaging children's
imaginations by building
pirate ships or transporting
students back to ancient
Egypt in his classroom.
"I've always done that sort
of thing. I've loved the
challenge of meeting the
curriculum's expectations but
still creating an eagerness by
students to be here," he says.
At his first school at Hullett
Central, Farnell met another
teacher in 1976 who loved to
create the same sort of magic
in his classroom and the two
paired up to create a
Halloween centre in a shared
classroom.
"We were so similar we
just sort of fed off each other
- that's when it started. We
worked together for eight
years," he says.
And, since then, Farnell has
always spent a week
celebrating Halloween in his
classroom, using the holiday
to teach math by measuring
pumpkins and language by
creating a creepy Halloween
newspaper for the whole
school.
"It has all the features of a
regular newspaper with
creepy, crazy things
happening in it. You can get
all kinds of language and a •
lot of math out of
Halloween," he says.
One of the first big projects
Farnell took on was holding a
Japanese meal for 50 in his
classroom, complete with
every student dressed in a
Kimono.
As well, he's had Hawaiian
luaus, medieval feasts and
Egyptian meals.
He says students love the
experience of transporting
themselves into a different
era or culture and has always
been impressed how parents
will support the ambitious
projects helping with
costumes, props and food.
"I've always had the
commitment of parents and
of course, we couldn't do it
without them," he says.
At the Grade 3-5 level,
Farnell says students are still
spontaneous, honest and
eager to learn.
"They want to get involved
at that age," he says.
"Most teachers think I'm
crazy because it takes a lot of
extra work. But, you do it
because you love it," says
Farnell.
Because he loves to travel
through time himself, Farnell
has also gotten involved in
reenacting Canadian history
with a group from Chatham.
He's hoping to bring his rote
of a surgeon in the War of
1812 to the classrooms as a
presenter for the. Avon
Maitland school board after
his retirement.
He says if the first
experiments with presenting
are successful, he could begin
presenting characters from
other eras and cultures for
students and he planks to use
Seaforth Public School to test
his new characters.
With an attic full of boxes
containing treasures from
many eras in history, Farnell
is holding a yard sale for
teachers this August so they
can add some of his supplies
to their classrooms.
"I've always gotten a lot of
requests for resources," he
says.
Along with Farnell, Elaine
Haney is also retiring from
teaching after many years at
Seaforth Public School.
Haney looks forward to
spending more time with her
family, and enjoying the
pleasure of doing whatever
she likes.
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if they began the process to
make St. Columban a
heritage building they
would be at no risk and
could withdraw their
involvement at any time.
Armes explained that St.
Columban has a "significant
cultural
heritage
value" under
part of the
Ontario
Heritage
Act.
Gerry
Ryan, a
member of
the St.
Columban
Church
transition
committee,
said that
plans are
already
underway
for the site.
Ryan explained that at the
April 9 meeting of the St.
Columban parish council a
recommendation to
demolish the church was
made.
"There were other options
available, but this was the
option we felt suited the
conimunity the best," he
told council, adding the
parish council approached
the church's congregation
and found most were
supportive of the
demolition.
"If last week weren't so
busy on the farm, we would
have had a demolition
permit in place," Gerry
Ryan said. "That's a fact.
"If any councillor thinks
they are doing us a favour
by stalling this, postponing
this, staying
this, they're
not," he added.
As part of
the St.
Columban
transition
committee,
Ry an
explained that
it is their job
to deal with
the church's
buildings and
assets.
"If you go
forward and
designate this
property it will
basically tie our hands and
it will be in your hands,"
Ryan said, adding the
diocese does not have the
money to support a heritage
building.
Seili explained that
although council would not
lend their support to the
heritage designation, he
hopes everything will
remain civil in St.
Columban.
"I truly hope that
whatever happens in the end
that everybody can continue
to be friends," Seili said.
Quoted
If any
councillor
thinks they are
doing us a
favour by
stalling this,
postponing this,
staying this,
they're not,'—
SI. Columban Transldon
Committee member
Gerry Ryan