The Brussels Post, 1977-12-14, Page 13IT ALWAYS H APPENS IN DECEMBER...
CHRISTMAS TREES ".DECORATIONS GIFT
WRAPPINGS . . THEY. ALL ADD UP TO GREATER
HOME FIRE DANGER. THIS IS THE TIME TO TAKE
THE UTMOST CARE TO MAKE SURE THAT
HOLIDAY FUN WILL, NOT TURN INTO FAMILY
TRAGEDY. WATCH SMALL CHILDREN MORE
CAREFULLY AT THIS SEASON THAN AT ANY
OTHER TIME . . AND N EVER, NEVER LEAVE
THEM UNATTENDED,
BRUSSELS FIRE DEPT.
Mrs. Shaw
By Marni Walsh 12H
Early before school hours and
of ten late nights after school,
one can usually find a very
dedicated Phys.. Ed. teacher
patiently coaching a group of
spirited students. That to acher
is Mrs. Shaw.
Mrs. Shaw was born in Ottawa,
where she attended Champlain
High School and. Queens Univer-
sity. At Queens she studied
Physical Education, Spanish and
Biology. Later she attended.
McArther Teachers College.
Guest Editorial
Gravel
just for
By David Bennett, 13A
Sixty, sixty-five, seventy, now
eighty. Ditch on the right. Tree on
the left. The driver's a maniac but
everyone's well "lit" so it doesn't
matter much. Th is is a summary
of either a drunken truck driver
with a load of fireflies or a car
load, of weekend "gravel
runners'
The term "gravel runners" will
not likely, need much explaining
to anyone under twenty-five or so
but for the benefit of any older
folks who might_ read this,
"gravel running is defined as one
or all of the following: 1) drinking
liquor out of residence, 2) drunk
driving, and, occasionally, 3)
drinking under age. I have been
told by one of the few reliable
sources over twenty-five that the
grand ol' sport of "gravel
running" was at one time called
"roading" which is also a
suitable term. But no matter what
you call it, it is a game of the most
dangerous kind, about which
something must be done. I think
it is safe to say that all who read
this will be among the many who
have had friends or acquaintances
killed, or seriously injured, while
playing this very old and fast-
growing sport.
The first recorded "gravel
runv ended in tragedy as did so
many after it. In the year fourteen
B.C. A Roman gladiator drove his
chariot into the stadium with . a
wine skin around his. neck. It was
his job tochase assorted undesira-
gles around the ring with the
object being an untimely death
for diem. As it turned out he
continually took sins from the
wine skin while chasing the
heathens around and around.
After about 57 rounds of the
stadium and about as many from
the skin, Dorkus (that was his
name) was becoming quite light
headed and was felled from• his
chariOf by a daisy thrown from the
crowd. Dorkus then promptly
stood up to retain his dignity and
then w alked into the lion's pit
with a roar from the crowd. I am
sure that he woke. up somewhere
with a terrible headache.
From Dorkus on down through
history the incidence of this
Her first job was at F.E.M.S.S.
teaching Phys. Ed. and grade
nine science.
'' Mrs . Shaw enjoys t eaching,at:
Madill and says the students are
keen to learn. She is impressed
with how well the students carry
out their responsibilities in the
Physical Education program.
"The intramural programme
which is run entirely by students
from grades 11, 12 and 13, has
had good participation and a lot of
spirit. There have been good
running is
fun
appalling reality has increased
steadily until finally chariots
were banned from the roads
which is why you'll never see a
• chariot on the road anymore. This
didn't stop the afflication,
however. Now it was the case of
drunken sailors passing out and
falling overboard, singing
cowboys falling off horses and
landing on sleeping rattlesnakes!
Even today when we can drive
down our ultra-safe highways, in
our ultra-safe automobiles, at an
ultra-safe 80 kmh there are the
occasional incidences of people
feeling ultrasafe driving into
trees, other cars and people just
because they've had a few too
many.
Now, obviously, the authorities
can't do anything about it or they
would have done it already. So 1
propose this idea as a way to stop
the accident statistics from rising.
First, we have the car companies
make a few rubber cars that will
not go more than 45 kmh; build a
45 kilometer track and then for a
price anyone can come and drink
and drive all day and night at
their own risk.
Bookmobile
By Steve Johann 12 C.
On Tuesday, December 6, a
blue bus pulled up in front of our
favourite school. What was it'?
What else, the Bookmobile, Book
buying time is here again.
Due to our stormy weather it
arrived an hour late, but it arrived
and people started buying books
as usual. The bookmobile will be
here until Friday the ninth; in that
time most students, will have
visited it with their English class.
if you have been to this school
before, y- ou will probably notice
that this blue bus is not the old
bookmobile that we'have come to
Imow.The former bookmobile was
the unfortuante victim of a one
vehicle accident •• in which it
"jackknifed", and was written off
by the insurance company, and its
operator. Mr. Robert Bland,
suffered a.broken leg.
However, the replacement is
here, and the book sales so far,
are not bad.
turnouts to try out for the school
teams and the students who
make the teams are faithful in
coming to practice:, and work
hard." She believes our sports
programme is becoming st ronger
and stronge'r each year, because
of more interest shown in sports
by the public schools and the
willingness of the students to
work, "All in all" she says "I
wouldn't want to teach anywhere
else."
Mrs. Shaw's favorite hobbies
are naturally sports. She enjoys
cross-country skiing, swimming;
biking, jogging and a bit of tennis
just to mention a few. The scope
of her activities is phenomonal.
She also enjoys travelling. She
and her husband have travelled to
East Pakistan. She also had the
opportunity to see Expo 70 in
Osako, Japan and see China as
well, She has also been to Indid,
northern Europe, Russia and
Southern America.
After all this one might find it
hard to believe that Mrs. Shaw
could possibly fit snore into her
busy schedule, and yet she is also
raising her fourteen month old
son, Peter.
We of F.E.Madill would like to
take this opportunity to thank
Mrs. Shaw for her hard work and
dedication and wish her
continued success in her
teaching.
Coach works long hours
THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 14, 1977 —13
SHOVELLING TIME — Area people dug out their
snow shovels and put them to work for the first time
in many months this weekend. Here an unidentified
shoveller has her hands full coping with a sidewalk
on Main Street. (Photo by Langlois)
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