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Snow sculpture fun Knights and castles at Harbour school by Barb Skelton Staff Writer Tread carefully around the Victoria Harbour Public School yard. You may come across a huge green dragon hiding in the snow. It's the creation of Linda Banks' grade 4-5 class. They are learning about medieval life. The classroom is guard- ed by Sir Mordred, a stout knight in armor, lent by Paul Desroches of the Castle Village Shop on Balm Beach Road. The medieval political STOP Shopping for Auto Insurance RATING EXAMPLE 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity 4 door Pleasure Use ¢ With mature driver discount. Premium $392°° | COVERAGES: $1,000,000. P.!. & P.D. Accident Benefits $250 Ded. Collision. $50. Ded. Comprehensive . | SEF 44 Endorsement (Underinsured Motorist) / | Phoenix Continental GERVAN & ASSOCIATES Insurance Brokers Ltd. 512 Hugel Ave., Midland Monday-Friday 8:30-5:30 526-9345 system de Ete haat ba eis Quesnelle is tracing a pyramid of - political power in the middle ages; his classmates, Christine Mackay and Carrie Sallows, are tracing a similar power route in the education system starting with the director of education. (And you- ie MIDLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL Open to all parents and Area 3 Grade Eight Students who will be attending M.S.S. in September, 1989. know-who is at the bot- tom, Christine and Car- rie, to name two.) Castles are appearing on the landscape in the school, some on the classroom computer. Another, in the library, is made of sugar cubes glued together with egg white and icing sugar -- "Mr. Delaney calls it mor- Tuesday Feb. 7, 1989 7:00 p.m. tar," Lindsay Todd reports. Paul Delaney is the school librarian. Tim Patey explained why the castle has a tur- ret: "To see if there's any enemies,"' he says. Desroches has made a hobby of studying castles and he has invited the class to his shop to learn more. The pupils are learning medieval craftmanship, with a demonstration in stained glass from 79-year-old Ted Williams. "The kids were fascinated. They did some cutting of the glass," says Banks. They will try some of the life of the monks with calligraphy instruction. The classes are tracing their own noble lines in heraldry. A few sporting sorts | will learn jousting from Wayne Richards, a special teacher from the Simcoe Board of Education. The whole production medieval costume, in- cluding court jesters, and they hope to put on a play from a story one of the pupils has written. Some will play the recorder and jousters will demonstrate their art. A medieval feast will wooden bowls, mulled cider to drink from their own handmade mugs, and bread pudding. The young experts will end their study with a trip to the Royal Ontario Museum to see the ex- hibits of armor and follow: stew made by the musical instruments, and youngsters, eaten from to take part in workshops. rere Ee a i will come together in a '.~ show and feast later in the year. The class will dress in Canada Post Corporation Delivering on our promise in rural Canada Accessibility and convenience In the spring of 1988, Canada Post Corporation made an important commitment to people living in rural areas of Canada: a promise to make postal products and services more accessible to these important communities. By working with businesses in communities more and more postal outlets are now operated by local merchants, resulting in more accessible and more convenient postal services than ever before. The facts and figures are in-- the promise is paying of Accessibility to our products and services has been dramatically improved. In the past, hours of service averaged 29 hours per week. Our new commitment has improved the average hours of service to 65 hours per week. An increase of 126%. More proof of our promise Our efforts are working. Independent surveys continue to show that an overwhelming majority of rural Canadians surveyed believe that the post office is moving in the right direction towards better service. Just as we promised. Canada Post is in rural Canada to stay. That's a promise. CANADA POST CORPORATION Our commitment: better service for you Page 10, Wednesday, February 1, 1989 Brave knights John Lidstone and Kevin Quesnelle stand guard with Sir Mordred -- a medieval "'visitor'" who brought his weapons from the Castle Village Gift Shop to take part in a study of medieval life at Victoria Harbour Public School. February TA 2,3,4-9,10,11 HURONIA PLAYERS PRESENT DRAGONMANA A Musical Play "The Hobbit" Thursday, Friday and Saturday February 2, 3, 4-9, 10,11 Midland Secondary School Curtain Time 8:00 p.m. Special Early Performance Thursdays February 2 and 9 Curtain Time 7:00 p.m.