Acknowledgements

The class would like to thank the following people and organizations for the information they sent and for corresponding with us.

Bill Cooper
Wind Warden, Punxsutawney, PA for telephoning us with his offer to answer any of our questions
Bruce County (Ontario) Tourism Office
for sending postcards and information on Wiarton Willie and the celebrations there
David Philips- Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada
for replying so quickly to our urgent email about groundhogs as predictors of weather
Sandra Smith- editorial office of Canadian Geographic Magazine in Ottawa, Ontario for faxing us a copy of David Philips' article on Groundhogs
Bridget States- Math teacher and her SSO group of Punxsutawney Junior High School for their package of information and souvenirs
Dan Stuckey- Naturalist at the Kortright Centre for Conservation, Kleinburg, Ontario for his fax about the emergence of groundhogs in Southern Ontario

Last and not least, Elizabeth Donnelly and Julie Brophy for asking us to take on this project. It was difficult, but we had a lot of fun doing it!

Class 703
Dolphin Senior Public School
18 Brookside Drive
Mississauga, Ontario
L5M 1H3
(905) 826-4247
(905) 826-9931 -fax
School email: doplhiss@enoreo.on.ca
Teacher: Mr. R. Murray