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Times-Advocate, 1985-04-24, Page 30REGIONAL WINNERS — On April 3, two G.B.P.S. students won first prizes for public speaking at Forest -Woodside Public School. Out of the five schools cpmpeting, Kim Crawford was the senior winner, while Mike Clay took the junior prize. Kim will join other senior win- ners from all elementary schools in northern Lambton for a competi- tion in Sarnia later this month. BASEBALL SEASON STARTS — Grand Bend Optimist Bill Unioc and coach Cam Anderson discuss the baseball registration for the '85 season at the Grand Bend Legion, Saturday. Unioc still needs asistants and coaches, especially for the newly formed pee we girls' team. FLAG DONATION - The library at Biddulph-Lucan School has a new flag, thanks to the Lucan Women's Institute. From left: Iva Hodgins, Women's Institute, Laverne Revington, teacher -librarian; Grade 5 stu- dent Neil Froats. 111 01::: z N Nis♦ , J PRIZE LIST READY - Lois Hodgert, president of the ladies" Division holds copies of the advance prize list for the 1985 Exeter Agricultural Society Fair. A BIT TOO BIG -- Chad Willensen and Shone Pfaff try on firemen's clothes while visiting the Crediton Fire Hall. Grade 5 teacher Linda Deelstra organized the trip. Times -Advocate. April 24, 1985 Page 19A Lambton library appoints co-ordinator Lambton County Library announce the appointment of Dawn Crabe as the co-ordinator for their pilot project entitled Catch Them in the Cradle. This special program is designed to prepare children for reading readiness in kindergarten by en- couraging adults to share books, rhymes and songs with babies and toddlers. Besides reading to her own daughter as a baby, Mrs. Crabe has gained experience for this position through her work as Story Hour Con- sultant for the library since 1980. Since that time Mrs. Crabe has travelled throughout the county assisting librarians and volunteers with the preparation of pre-school story hours. For this purpose she has created 10 story hour kits complete with the books, action rhymes, activi- ty boards, sample crafts and instruc- tions. After seeing her kits at library workshops and conferences, other counties have been inspired to assem- ble similar kits for their•story hours. Mrs. Crabe received library train- ing first at the St. Thomas Public library and then at the Music library Mary's Musings By Mary Alderson When Grandma stayed at home to can start with Canada AM, then I raise her children, there were two catch the Mid day news at 2:00 p.m., things she didn't have to contend then there's the six o'clock news, and with: telephone and television. It of course the day's not complete must have been much easier to be a without the National and the Journal. homemaker in those days. Many people are concerned about First - the telephone. It rings all the time. It will always lin whe athin: a y, or when you yourself are having a bath. It will definitely ring if you happen to fall asleep for an afternoon nap after a" crying baby kept you up half the night. It will ring if you are waxing the floor and you have to step on a just -waxed spot to answer it. Now it wouldn't be so bad if the per- son on the other end of the line was someone you wanted to talk to. But nine times out of ten, you answer the phone and wish you had just let it ring. Usually it is someone you don't want to talk to. Often, it is people try- ing to sell you something -- vacuum cleaners, magazine subscriptions, even new cars. I had a call one day from a photographer who,wanted to come and take pictures of my baby. He hung up pretty quickly when I in- terupted his sales pitch to tell him that my husband and I are photographers ourselves. What I can't understand is this -- what did those people do for the last six years when there was no one in our house to answer the phone? How did they know that I was now at home to take their calls? Or has the phone been ringing off the wall all these years? One phone call I received recently was from a television ratings service. They are supposed to be sending me a diary so that I can keep track of what TV shows I watch for them. I said I'd take part in the survey because I figured I was different from the average housewife, and I just' might throw their statistics out of whack. I've been at home for the past three months and I've never watched a soap opera. It hasn't been easy, believe me. But I can honestly say that I haven't watched a single episode -- I don't know any of the characters' names nor any of their trials and tribulations. I did not want to become addicted, so I never got started. However, I learned that game shows can be nearly as addicting. My favourite is Wheel of Fortune. I keep watching it over lunch every day, to see how many answers I can get. I just know that if I could get on the show I would come home with thousands of dollars of prizes. Of course, my journalism education has made me a news junkie -- I have to watch the news on television or 1 feel I'm missing something. The day olden cftmpes i -.• 1• 1 the amount of television their children w . tt:h._Actually, it's-not-surpising when you consider we start them with it early. Chelsey is fed while listening to the TV, she is rocked to sleep at night by the light of the television. Her diapers are changed during the com- mercials. Her feeding schedule co- incides with Mom's favourite programs. So we shouldn't have been surpris- ed the other night when we noticed her sitting up in her little chair, con- centrating on the TV. She was wat- ching a muppet movie. When her Dad stood in front of the TV to change the channel she screamed. He sadly shook his head, saying "and she's on- ly three months old." at UWO. For the past eight years. Mrs. Crabe has been working for the Lambton County Library. During that time she has served as librarian. designed posters for book displays and conducted workshops, pre-school story hours, and creative craft pro- grams for many branch libraries. Mrs. Crabe has been instrumental in developing other projects in Lamb - ton County as well. Two years ago she formed the Grand Bend Concert Association to act as an umbrella for Assessment good news It's good news for the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic separate school board. The assessment on properties sup- porting the school board increased by almost three quarters of a million dollars last year. Assessment figures were presented at the board's April 8 meeting show- ing total assessment of $26.1 million, up from $25.4 million in 1983. This is an increase. of $713,612. The largest increase was in Strat- ford. Assessment there inc a rom`$4:7imilGon to $4.9 million or $263,259. However, there 'was a Targe decrease in assessment in the school board's second largest assessment municipality - St. Marys. There. assessment went from $3.58 million to $3.52 million or a decrease of $58,847. In Exeter, the increase is $19,698, Hensall-$3,669, Hay $22,770, Stanley $1,670, Stephen $17,356, Tuckersmith $25,549. It's down $1,153 in Zurich, $4,022 in Usborne and $3,567 in McGillivray. School board chairman Ron Marcy said the board began with an assess- ment base of $12 million and that figure has grown to $26.1 million. Youth and Music Canada concert series. She now serves as a provincial director director for YMC centers. A few years ago she introduced the historical craft of quilling (paper scroll work i to the Lambton Heritage Museum and added a quilling Dawn Crabe workshop to the program used for school groups visiting the museum. Last year she also assembled a story hour kit and trained two students for a pre-school nature program in Pinery Provincial Park. In the past. she has directed church choirs, conducted school workshops, performed in concerts. and donated her time as an artist. Mrs. Crabe has also enjoyed sharing her talents with other people and say she is excited about the opportunity to introduce books to parents and their babies. FOOTBALL STARS SKIP AT SCHOOL — Jamie Bone (left), Western Mustang quarterback, Sean McKeown, a Calgary Stampeder, and Richard Nemeth, o Winnipeg Blue Bomber, join Irene Lynn, past chairman of the Middlesex Board of Education, in skipping up a storm. Students skip heartily A roomful of children, jumping rope furiously to the accompaniment of loud rock music! Sounds like chaos? It was, but it was also a great fund- raising activity, with proceeds going to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. There were two Jump Rope for Heart programs taking place in this area on Friday, one at Stephen Cen- tral and the other at McGillivray School. Each relied on pledges gathered by the young participants. The children were divided into teams of six, with one child on the floor al The lawn chairs have been put out all times. The jumping went on for on the patio so that residents can en- about two hours at each school. joy the hot summer weather. Are M Stephen Central, they expected there any complaints about the to raise $2,500. Don ('Rourke, who weather this weekend? organized the event, said the four top Monday evening movies were pledge -getters were Dean Pfaff and shown, namely: "Little Dog Lost' . Shane Pfaff, each with over $200 in which was followed by refreshments. pledges. Nina Pritchard with $109 and As next weekend we will be back on Lesky Pfaff with $t08. daylight saving time, the long even- At McGillivray School, they weren't ing daylight hours will prevent us sure how much would be raised, but from showing the movies for the sum- mer months. last year nearly $4,000 was brought in. Please make a note on your bulletin Jumping with the kids were several board concerning our Mother's Day football players, invited to come to tea, plant and bake sale to be held on help promote the event. Jamie Bone, Saturday May 11 from 2:00 p.m. to the former Western Mustang quarter - 4:00 p.m. at the Home. All donations back, Sean McKeown of the Calgary of baking and other articles will be Stampeders, and Richard Nemeth of gratefully received by the Auxiliary the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were bets there. Irene Lynn, past chairman of mem We acknowledge, with thanks. the • • beautiful flower arrangements plac- ed in the Home by Mrs. Elva Metcalf and family in memory of their mother, Mrs, David Dewar and sister Mrs. Anne Rehn who were residents here, also to Mrs. Jill Geiger and family in loving memory of their grandmother, Mrs. Drysdale. On Tuesday evening, the members of the Christian Reformed Church provided a musical program for the residents. The usual activities in the Home have been keeping the residents oc- cupied. The warm weather has brought out many of our tulips, so the men who enjoy gardening will soon be out helping to tend the flower beds. Residents nut during the week were Mrs. Matilda Tetreau, Mrs. Ruth Taylor. Jt4rs. Valeria Armstrong. Mrs. Oriole Westlake, Mrs. Violet Huntely, Mrs. Maggie Campbell, Mrssres. Aaron Gingerich, Ray McKinnon, Loftus Denomme and Stephen Molnar. Bingo was played on Friday even- ing followed by refreshments. The Sunday evening chapel service was conducted by Mr. Edgar Cud - more of Exeter. the Middlesex Board of Education. jumped with the players. The students generally showed more style in their jumping than the players, adding complicated crossovers and jumping in tandem. but everyone was enthusiatic. The Jump Rope showed that fundraising can be fun. and promote good healthy exercise. all at the same time. STUDENT SKIPPERS -- Pictured are a few of the participants in the "Jump Rope for Heart" held at McGillivray Central School on Friday. The students were raising money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. TOP PLEDGE -GETTERS — At the Stephen Central "Jump Rope for Heart", here ore Deon Pfaff, Shone Pfaff . Nino Pritchard and Leslie Pfaff. These four brought in the highest amount of pledges for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.