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The Huron Expositor, 1983-03-09, Page 14A14 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MARCH 9, 1983 Wild& t @@ii ©ad Flap The magic flower: short story by an 11-year�old student "How much farther, Roger?", asked a little girl named Karla. "I don't know," replied her brother Roger. A whimper came from their puppy„Toby. Roger arid Karla had Yon away froththeir foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy. The Kennedys had a son Sam. he was fourteen. He had gotten Roger into trouble by putting his father's twenty dpllar bill into Roger's jeans. Mr. Kennedy had asked where his money was. Sara said, "I didn't do it dad. I saw Roger take your money last night." Of course, being Sam's father, Mr. Kennedy punish- ed Roger instead of Sam. Roger's punishment was no supper for a week. He saved some of his lunch so he could have a little bit for supper. After two days of this, Roger decided to run away with Karla and Toby. At night they sneaked out of the house. "We can stop now," Roger said. "Terrific", shouted Karla. "Art," barked Toby. "Keep quiet," said Roger in a harsh voice. "For all we know, somebody is watching us right now." "Ohhhh". Finally they all fell asleep. Roger got up\so quickly his head started spinning. "Karla, Karla wake up. I hear some people coning towards us!"gasped Roger. Karla and Toby got up and grabbed their gear. Karla Tripped and fell. "Roger help Don't me", Karla cried excitedly. Roger picked her up and they started running again, "Karla, they have tracking dogs," Roger told Karla. "We'll have to walk down. that stream so they'll loose the scent. Then we'll climb one of those trees." "Ok Roger, but I'm scared." "No time to be scared. We've got to get a move on." Toby had to be lifted by l oger, because the stream was moving quite swiftly. They reached the tree. and climbed it. "Karla grab Toby.' She clung onto the little pup. The last one to get up Has Roger. He had made it just in time, for the search party was crossing the steam. Roger, ' Karla and Toby watched them 'till they were long gone. "Let's get down." One by one. the untped off the old' birch tree. " ow, that was close." exclaimed Karla, "Hey, Roger, listen." In the distance, they heard a faint "Help" "I think the sound is corning from inside the woods." They walked until they came to where the sound was strongest, Karla looked around. A her was buzzing around a beautiful flower. "Help" "Roger I think that flower is tall ing." "Yes• I ant. Now will you please get this dumb bee away from me." Roger got two'of his comic books and rolled them up. Smack. "1 got him!" exclaimed Roger. "Congratulations' , replied the flower. "Are. are you a talking f -Flower? asked Karla who was trembling. "Yes 1 am", said the flower, "You may call me Brad. if you want. Is that your Puppy?" "Yes it is," replied Roger. "Oh good. Karla could you bring him here?" "Sure", replied Karla. Karla picked up Toby and placed him on the ground in front of Brad. "Thank you. Oh how 1 love puppies.' his leaves around Toby and hugged him. "Now let's get down to business. Roger. 1 want you to take me out of the ground, root and all. Then 1 want you to shake me over each of your heads. 10 times, even Toby's. After you have done that, tell you what it is for." Roger took Brad out of the ground, root and all. He shook it over their heads ten tines. "Ok Brad I've done what you told me to do. Now what?„ 'Put me back in the ground," replied Brad. "Oh please Brad tell us what it's for!" Karla said, her eyes almost popping out of her head. - "Ok, 1 told you to do it because I'm a magic flower. 1 usedto live all ovcrthe world because 1 could go places. I'd just think of a place and Zap,1 was there. 1 wasn't a flower before this. 1 was human and my name was Bradley. 1 was walking through these woods, when 1 met a magic flower. He put his magic on me, then asked me to go to magical places. He also told nie that when I die, or wherever I'm buried, 1 will turn into a magic flower. So 1 have. Now the very same thing will happen to all of you." "Wow", exclaimed Roger and Karla. "Arf", barked Toby. "Oh •yes, 1 forgot to say Roger, Karla and Toby, if you want to escape from those people and tracking dogs, you had better fly." "Fly?" "Yes fly. You had better get a move on, because here they come!" "Good-bye Brad." "Arf'. "Goodbye Roger, Karla and Toby' . said Brad with sadness in his voice. All at once they all were flying. "Karla you think of a place where you'd like to be." "Oh. 1 wish we were in heaven with mother and father," said Karla. Zap, all three were in heaven with their parents. "Mom. Dad", shouted Roger and Karla. "Arf" barked 'Ioby. "Roger, Karla and Toby" said Mr. Cunningham rush- ing towards them. "What are you doing here?" asked Mrs. Cunning, betw a Children's choir to sing The W Ingham and area Voice for Life met Feb. 28. The annual dinner meeting which will be held on April 13 in 'the Lucknow Community 'Centre. The children's choir from Belgrave and area will entertain. An invitation was received from the Walkerton Right to Life to the first Grey. Bruce. Regional Pro Life Conference to be held in May. CLINTON COMPUTER SERVICE LTD. *Date Processing AIR. A/P, O/L, payroll and statements *Record Preparation *income Tex *Cash Flow preparation •tstate Planning Phone 482-9260 Caw' FEENEY UNION ST. CONSTRUCTION LTD. DUBLIN PHONE 345-2405 * QUALITY CUSTOM HOMES & RENOVATIONS LICENCED FOR UFFI REMOVAL Instead of a long drive .. STUDENTS WORK—The art work and story are by 9P8 student Tracy Bosman. Tracy, whose ambition le to be a writer, has been writing stories and doing art work since she was tiny. ham with a puzzled look on her face. "We've missed you!" cried, Karla. "We sure have." "Did you three die?" ask- ed Mr. Cunningham. "No we didn't dad." re- plied Roger. "Then how did you get 'up here?" Mrs. Cunningham asked. "It's a long story, mom and dad," said Karla: Roger and Karla explained the whole story. "We had better be going. Goodbye." said Roger and Karla. "Arf". They each gave their par- ents a kiss goodbye. Toby licked them. "I wish we were on earth, in our club house, back home,' said Roger. Zap. they were in their club house. "Wow, thik is:going to be great," thought Roger. "Roger, if it weren't for us finding Brad, we night never have been able to zap to places." By Tracy Bosnian, 11 BY PATRICIA RIMMER Procrastination is not a four letter word, but it should be. That word causes me more pairs than 1 even care to mention. You may have no- ticed that my column was missing from last week's paper or that The Junction was awfully small. Procrasti- nation is responsible for both of these problems. It is so easy to put things off until tomorrow but not so easy to do what should have been done yesterday or the day before. This can cause Kindergarten Registration At HURON CENTENNIAL SCHOOL. put off until tomorrow .. , . great problems for people like myself who are usually too busy or just too'lazy to do the chores that have to be done. Things seem to pile up and before you know it. you have . so ninny things to do, it will take hours. Take dishes for example. It takes no time at all to wash your lunch dishes. A cup. plate, spoon. knife and fork may only take you about three minutes to wash and dry. However, if you leave those lunch dishes and let them pile up, and wait until after dinner. the job will seem a lot tougher. And if after dinner is over. you don't feel on WEDNESDAY MARCH 30, 1983 Parents are asked to bring birth certifi- cates. Call school (482-3330) for an appointment. ARNOLD MATHERS Principal like ,getting dishpan hands, the chore will get worse, until there are either no dishes left for you to eat from or you finally get up the energy to do all those dishes. Students are great procras- tinators. They may be warned a full month ahead of an upcoming project or essay, but never -the -less, what do you suppose they are doing the night before it is due? You guessed it --the assignment. That's all fine and dandy as long as there are not other things assigned for that par- ticular day. Another prime example of procrastination occurs when you are asked to clean your room. At first it seems hardly worth the energy. Just a few books to put away, a couple of shirts lying on the desk, not much to worry about. But a few days later. it seems like an impossible chore. It is really very silly to think that a job that might otherwise take only five minutes a day might take almost an hour a week. It is not only students and children who procrastinate however. How many adults who read this column waited until the last week before getting the new sticker for your licence plate? And how many adults will have their income tax finishes with a good month before due? It is all the same. Children have to learn to put things off from some one. Putting things off can be good and/or bad. If you wait too long to tell someone something important like you are sorry 'or that you love them. sometimes it is too late. People will not always wait. Procrastination can be good however too. Whoever is holding back winter is doing us all a big favour. And putting off a fight or an argument is often a good thing to do as well. Maybe by the time von get around to fighting, the argument will not seem as important and you may have cooled off a bit too. Well, now 1 have shamed - myself into finishing a few more assignments that 1 have put off for a few weeks. There are some letters that 1 must write and school work to do. And I've written a column, 6. LN @PG°PY Ann McClure, 16 on March take a short walk to your own pool. 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"The problem of education (and parenting) today lies with the adults. When the conscious awareness of what is required in the educational process occurs in the adults, the children easily and gladly respond", he says. The lecture is sponsored by the London Educational Health Centre (LEHC). Dr. Robert Eidt, D.C. Di- rector of the LEHC and stress educator said "our experi- ence at the Centre with individuals from a variety of backgrounds --business, in- dustry. government, home- makers --shows uncertainty and a lack of direction for the parenting role in today's high pressure world. By present- ing Dr. Waskom. we hope to shed some light on effective parenting and harmonious fancily living." Since 1976. Dr. Waskom has lectured at colleges and universities. conducted workshops and seminars. and shared his views on parenting and effective education on television and radio talk shows throughodf Ca da and the United States. is areas of expertise in Jude "Holistic Education", Drugs are topic at On Feb. 28, Constable Gosse from the Goderich OPP came to Hullett school to talk to the grades 7 and 8 and 1 and 2. The grades 7 and 8 talked about the different kinds of drugs. The grades 1 and 2 talked about his job and were shown Constable's Gosse's badge. Both groups enjoyed this information and would like to thank Constable Gosse for coming to our school. Reporter: Deanna Lyon CLEANUP ON OUR CLEAR 0 30" ELECTRIC Range CONVERTABLE Dishwasher 6 cycle with clock controlled oven and deluxe elements —. From 55988 SYSTEMATIC TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE - PARENTING (S.T.E.P.) "Children and Education", "Your Child is a Genius", "Parenting" and "Cycles of Growth and Development On Tuesday and Wednes- day two health nurses came to Hullett School for a special dental program. All the grades from kindergarten and up were shown special 'dental' films and had their teeth brushed with a special cherry flavoured gell which contained flouride. We thank the nurses for coming and for the useful information. Reporter: Lori Bromley CURLING Both the grades seven and eight from Hullett enjoyed their third session on the curling rink in Vanastra. The sevens went on Thursday and the eights on Friday. There were some close games but one team got demolished 16 to O. Both the grades have one more session and won't want to stop next week because of the fun. BOOSTERS On Feb. 28, Mrs. Rouske from the Health Unit came to 49988e 13 CUBIC FOOT NO FROST Refrigerator From 59988. AUTOMATIC 2 speed 6 cycle Washer 59988 Hullett Hullett Central to give boost- er shots to the primary wing and the rest of the senior people. Some of the booster shots were given earlier in the year. Reporter: Lori Livermore PUBLIC SPEAKING March 2 the Blyth Public speaking contest was held. In first place in the junior division was Kim Medd of Blyth, 2nd was Linda Van Spengen of Hullett and tied for third were Anita Gross of Hullett, Michael Prezcator of Hullett and Graham Glousher of Blyth. In the senior division first went to David Sperling of Blyth, second went to Lisa Bosman of Hullett and tied for third were Kerrie Shep- herd and Lisa Prezcator both of Hullett. Congratulations everyone. Reporter: Kelly Vodden Editors: Deanna Lyon Lori Livermore Teachers learn to use fairy tales in class On Mar. 1 the primary teachers from Seaforth and Walton Public Schools at- tended a Fairy Tale Work- shop at S.P.S. The teaches got quite a few good ideas for using fairy tales in classes. Mike Park, one of the ELECTRIC 130 minute timer Dryer 29988 FRANKS KLING General Electric Dealer for over 40 Years Seaforth 527-1320 The Huron Centra for Children and Youth will be offering a parent education programme. Topics to be discussed Include: understanding your child's behaviour and misbehaviour, improving communication, encouraging children, and developing confidence as'o parent. This group 1s for all parents who are Interested In learning more about and/or improving their relationship with their children. LOCATION: DATES: TIME: FEE: REGISTRATION: INSTRUCTORS: • The Huron Centre, 1M Huron Street. CLINTON, Ontario Every Wednesday, March 30th -May 2Sth 7:30-9:30 p.m. There Is no charge for the course, however, 4.50 will be required to cover the cost of the parent manual. Limit of 1• participants Janie Gaftln)rat. M.S.W. Nancy McLeod. M. Ed., Counselling Psychology For further Information, or to register, please call the Huron Cen- tre at 402-31131. 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