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Thursday, February 1?. 1994 Renowned children’s author addresses literacy By Rick Fralick Staff writer The joy of reading has been a constant inJanet Lunn‘s life for as long as she can remember. “I've always been a reader â€" even before I could read. my older sister used to read to me." the award-winning children's author told a group of about 35 parents attending the first-ever literacy workshop Feb. 12 at Pinecrest Memorial School in Bloomfield. “I never got over the joy of learn- ing to read." she added. “The thought that I could lift those black letters oh” the page and make them into something filled me with Wonder." Unlike television. Lunn theo- rizes that reading a story forces children to use their imaginations. by leading them to envision plot lines beyond what the author has written on the page. “People get stories from TV. but they don't get to add their own ideas and vision." “Everyone who reads. learns how to use their imagination." she said, adding that any writer works in co-operation with the reader. in that. anyone who reads a bookwill have their own version of the story. as distinct from other readers of the same story. Lunn cautions parents that it is up to them provide rich literature and foster a love of readingin their children. ”W is so seductive. it's a geat babysitter. but think about lanâ€" guage such as one finds in the l :- Bible. Where will our children get this language if we don‘t give them the books?" Lunn asked. “But don‘t fall into the Hardy Boys trap." she entreated. “YOU pick something wonderful â€"â€" something they‘ll remember all their lives. and your children will have a sense of language they would not otherwise have had." Lunn recalled that reading to each other was a popular pastime within her family. especially when her five children were young. When her husband was dying six or seven years ago. they main- tained the tradition of reading to each other right up to the time of his death. “It‘s not a bad way to end your life; it's not a bad way to spend your life.” she said of the enriching m; . “-35“ up? Roger Lenney, a trustee with the Prince Edward County Board of Education, chats with Janet Lunn following her keynote address at the literacy workshop Feb. 12 at Pinecrest School. Retail outlet may come to Believille power of the written word. Janet Lunn was born in Dallas. Texas and came to Canada at the age of 17 to study at Queen's Uni- versity in Kingston While there. she met and eventually married Richard Lunn and never did return to the United States to live. Since 1968 she has lived in an old farm house on Pleasant Bay in Hillier Township. Earlier. Pinecrest principal Dave MacKay referred to Lunn as one of the natural resources of Prince Edward County. especially where the promotion of reading with children is involved. Of the Parents as Partners - Encouraging Literacy Develop- ment at Home project. MacKay describes it as an extension of what is being accomplished in the schools‘ peer tutoring progams. where older students help younger students improve their literacy sldlls. Peer tutoring coordinator -THE INTELLIGENCER, Tuesday. December 13, 1994 White Rise to open growing station in Hillier By Jack Evans The Intelligence HILLIER -â€" The Huycks Point Road in this township will soon become the location of Prince Edward County's newest industry. The giant gardening and crafts retailer, White Rose. is in the final stages of purchas ing a l30-acre farm site desâ€" tined to become the company’s second growing station in Orr tario. Marlene Oilgicaer, the com» party's vice president of finance, said in a telephone interview Monday that the company ex- pects to close the transaction in March. "Then we’ll start; getting greenhouses up right away and hope to harvest our first crop there in August." She said the Hillier Township property, about; 25 kilometres south of Belleville, represents both an expansion and a re-alloA cation of growing space for White Rose, specifically for flow- ering shrubs and perennials. “We're looking forward to the extra space and to expanding into the Quinte area,” she said. She added that Belleville is “on the list” as a future White Rose retail location, and could be included in one of the several new stores targeted to open in 1996. Potential new jobs is the most exciting aspect of the project for Hillier Township offi~ cials. “We were told they might need up to 50 or more workers," said Hillier clerk-treasurer Brian Quibell. Oilgisser confirmed that number. but cautioned that it would mean a staff of mostly seasonal workers. Qujbell said he could see no unusual problems in completing the transaction in zoning, as the land is already zoned for agri- culture. “I think the only holdup condition is the provincial per- mit to pipe water from Huyck Bay." he said. Oilgisser said she sees no reason for any delay in complet ing the purchase and getting the new growing area’ on stream. Rhonda Martinussen now h of the schools in the P Edward public system or with peer tutoring alter deve] and implementing pilot pr last year at Pinecrest and Marysburgh schools. “The parents have be pleased with peer tutoring th Parents: Advisory Coun Pinecrest asked me to p something for the whole co MacKay said, adding th workshop was sponsored Ontario Secondary School ers‘ Federation. the Ontario School Teachers‘ Federafio the Parents' Advisory Conn both Pinecrest and Kente s “I liked the idea because nice partnership between th ents and the teachers." he S. This is the first time Pin has tried a project of this n and based on response fron ticipants. MacKay says h hold another next year.