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Issue 1 Friday February 7, 1997

Working Guide

Practice your reading and writing skills

  1. Fill in the blanks

    1. Cuts are being made to the ____________ care system.
    2. Wiarton Willie says it will be an ____________ spring.
    3. Paddyfest is a ____________ festival.
    4. Ice jams along the ____________ River caused flooding.
    5. ____________ is Heart & Stroke Month.
    6. Over 2,000 athletes are competing in the ____________ ____________ .
    7. Snow-tubing is a new ____________ .
    8. You can now ____________ 911 in Perth County.
    9. Ringette has been called the ____________ team sport on ice.
    10. Amy Sky's first album is called ____________ ____________ .

  2. Complete the Words

    1. S __ adow
    2. Ground __ og
    3. Stro __ e
    4. Champ __ onship
    5. In __ ertube
    1. Bas __ ment
    2. Hig __ light
    3. S __ iers
    4. Celeb __ ation
    5. D __ al
  3. Define the words (You may use a dictionary)

    1. Rural: _____________________________________________________
    2. Dispatch: ___________________________________________________
    3. Diagnose: ___________________________________________________
    4. Administrator: ________________________________________________

  4. True or False

    1. A "Basic" hospital will not have emergency care. T F
    2. People can snow-tube everyday at Talisman. T F
    3. Tickets for Pied Piper Playhouse go on sale in March. T F
    4. A high-fat diet will help prevent heart disease. T F
    5. Paddyfest is celebrating its 25th anniversary T F


    Write out any false statements correctly

    1. ______________________________________________________
    2. ______________________________________________________
    3. ______________________________________________________
    4. ______________________________________________________
    5. ______________________________________________________

  5. Match the person with the description

    1. Todd Lewin
    2. Amy Sky
    3. Steve Smith
    4. Sheri Stone
    5. Tammy Hunt
    6. Bill Kerr
    7. Dave Hanly
    8. Cheryl Craig
    9. Duncan Sinclair
    10. Dave Mirtha
    1. Ringette coach
    2. Flood victim
    3. Wake Up Willie' writer
    4. Heart & Stroke coordinator
    5. Pied Piper president
    6. Talisman marketing director
    7. Founder of Paddyfest
    8. Provincial health committee
    9. Canadian singer
    10. Perth County planning director
  6. Interesting Facts
    write out five new facts you learned from this newspaper.

    1. ______________________________________________________
    2. ______________________________________________________
    3. ______________________________________________________
    4. ______________________________________________________
    5. ______________________________________________________

Answers on next page...


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