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The last one, ever!
Toronto, - The Ontario
government has announced
an innovative pilot project
to use waste heat from the
Bruce Nuclear Generating
Station for greenhouse
heating and the farming of
fish.
At 'a press conference,
Premier William Davis,
Energy Minister William
Taylor, Agriculture Min-
ister William Newman and
Natural Resources Minister
Frank Miller announced the
plan last week as just one of
a series of initiatives taken
government to
the province's
wisely and to
continuation of
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1977
It's
been
great!
During the last two years of
editing the school page I have
learned se-'many thiags. I have-
learned the meaning and neces-
sity of punctuality, trust, toler-
ance, and satisfaction.
There have been days when I
felt like dropping everything and
finding a quiet place to cry and
times when I felt like giving
everyone a great big hug.
- There is an endless list of peo-
ple to thank for their contribu-
tions. Mr. Damsma, our staff ad-
visor, has done an admirable job;
I know it hasn't been easy. The
local papers have been kind in
printing our material, and the
school page members have been
the greatest both years.
If the school page has been a
valuable addition to the papers,
and I feel it has, then every mem-
ber should feel an inner satisfac-
tion for a job well done. Next year
I hope Madill will have an editor
who •feels the school page is im-
portant and very worthwhile just
as I did, and a staff comparable
to this year's.
Thanks to everyone who has
helped; it's been great.
—Joan
There have been so many
things which have shaped us in
the past five years at Madill, that
it is hard to believe that soon they
will just be memories. We have
grown into young men and
women who have altered so vast-
ly since 1972.
In my scrapbook there are pic-
tures of my first prom, sports
events, `go Mustangs go" rib-
bons, friends, marriage an-
nouncements, and death notices,
and I realize just how much time
has gone by.
High school was,a very confus-
ing time '— perhaps because we
are teenagers who are searching,
wavering. There was so much
competition all the way from love
affairs, to clothes, to marks.
There was jealousy, envy, hurt
and fear and love.
Often it seemed like a tolerance
test to see just how far you could
be pushed; as if the entire educa-
tional system was trying to des-
troy you, but just when you were
reads' to give up a little glimmer
of gratification came to help you
through another day.
There was always that stage of
`no one understands me' and the
coinciding feeling of alienation.
You gave up for awhile, declined
opportunities, lashed out at any-
one handy, and then sat down to
think. Usually the answer was
simple. We didn't even realize the
complexities of our own selves, so
how could it be possible for any-
one else to.
Cliques were hard to handle.
You wanted in, but there were
pressures and responsibilities, so
you stayed out. Then you felt re-
I'm sitting here trying to figure
out what I should write. Joan sug-
gested last week that this edition
of the Madill. Mirror be the last
one for this school year. Exams
are coming up and many of our
staff are pressed for .time. I just
sPat.ized that this will be my. last
article th'at I write for the School
Page, ever. I'm going to college
next year and I'll never return to
Madill as a student again. Mind
you my mind might wander back
on occasion but basically this is
it.
It is with some regret that I
write this article yet I 'feel that
it's time I handed the job over to
someone else. I found that like
anything else in life if you de-
voted some time into it you gain-
ed a valuable experience. I hope
that whoever takes the job'of edi-
tor next .year can do half the job
that Joan did this year. It is very
frustrating when students don't
hand in their articles in time. I've
been guilty of that myself.
„Writing for the "Page" has
helped me to develop my writing
skills which some people might
say are very limited. Regardless
of whether I am destined to be-
come a writer or not I have been
able to voice my Opinions on -hot
issues around and about the
school through the "Page".
This time of the year is very
trying for students. The sun is
jected and ugly, so you wanted to
join. But you couldn't tell which
ones were the artificial smileS, so
you remained outside.
It was always frightening that
neither staff nor students would
be able to recognize you as any-
thing but one of the mainstream
which flowed regularly, 9 a.m. to
3:24 p.m. five days a week. You
were afraid you would have no
face, or name — only a mark,
either you passed or you didn't. It
really wasn't that way though.
Teachers were not simply talkng
marble-monuments. Some really
did treat you with individual con-
cern. And the other kids — they
were searching too.
There were so many influenc-
ing personalities and morals that
it Was hard to realize if you. it
fact, were really being you, or
just playing a game, best side to
the camera and all that. Were
you only showing others what
they expected and were willing to
accept.
It was kind of like cleaning out
the "old middle drawer". You
weren't sure what to save and
what to throw away.
But now it's on to the future. We
will probably continue to gossip
about that guy we were in grade
twelve with, save beer caps that
say, 'Smile — pass it on,' dream
about cheering the mustangs on
to victory in the freezing rain,
and sentimentally laugh about
the good times in high school.
The textbooks helped but we
got so much more,
—Joan Leishman,
Editor.
bright but some of our spirits are
not when we think about the up-
coming exams. There are only
fourteen days left until school is
out so hang in there everybody.
During the summer some of us
will be working,, others will be
travelling and, some of us will
stay at home, Whatever you do,
make good use of every minute of
the holiday. Corne back to school,
college or university in the fall
refreshed .and relaxed. Be an-
xious to learn again?
As a retiring co-editor of the
Madill. Mirror I'd like to wish
every student at Madill good luck
for the future and "Que, sera,
sera".
Mary Anne Alton,
Co-Editor.
by the
manage
resources
ensure a
Madill gains
prov. recognition
in math contest
The results of the Annual High
School Mathematics Contest
which was written' on March 8,
1977, show that F. E?Madill Sec-
ondary School placed ninth in On-
tario. This contest is written by
senior students selected because
of their excellence in mathe-
matics. The team score consists
of the total of the top three scores.
The students whose marks made
up the Madill score are Tamara
Hayes, Stan Loree and John Day.
There were 331 schools in Ontario
writing the "contest. Tamara fi-
nished eighth in the province and.
Stan was in 49th position provin-
cially. Because of these results,
Tamara and Stan were invited`to
write the Canadian Mathematics
Olympicid which is a contest
written by approximately 200 stu-
dents selected from across Can-
ada.
INSPIRATION:
When down in the mouth,
remember Jonah — he came out
all right. — Found among papers
in Thomas Edison's desk.
PAGE TWENTY-ONE
Congratulations
I am pleased to respond to the
request from the School Page
editors for some remarks in the
last itsue for this school year. I
would like to congratulate the
staff of the School Page for the
excellent job they have done over
the year in keeping the school's
busy activities reported. •
Another year has slipped by
and soon there will be another
group of young people graduating
from our school. The time of high
unemployment will be a difficult
one for graduating students and
for students seeking summer
jobs, 'I ate confident that students
from F. 'E. Madill have the
qualities and preparation neces-
sary to make them competitive
on the job market.
It is always interesting to
watch the change in students
from grade 9 to graduation. Each
year we see people leave and ask
ourselves who can be found to fill
the vacancies left by so many
good people, but each year it is
reassuring to see other students
step in to accept the challenge.
In closing let me thank, on be-
half of Mr. Rittir and myself, the
students and staff for an excel- •
lent school year and to wish the
best for all in the future.
K. Wood
and avocados. While we
might never become self-
sufficient in many of these
items, we cou'.d go a long
way toward replacing'
imports, to the benefit of
both our farmers :and our
`consumers."
The Ministry of 'Natural
Resources has developed
plans for a facility to
produce fish to meet , some
of the needs for fish .
planting in the continuing
program of Great Lakes
fisheries rehabilitation..
"We' are also interested in
exploring the feasibility of
a facility designed to
produce fish for direct use
as food," Miller explained.
Premier Davis said:
"The Ontario Government
is committed to planning
for the long-term energy
needs of the people of our
province. This includes the
investigation of all avenues
leading to the best use of
our current resources as
well as searching for new
oport unit ios and methods
of ni:.•.iing these needs."
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW. ONTARIO
energy supply.
"in. essence, what is
being proposed is the use of
energy, in the form of warm
water taken from the
cooling water_ systems in
the Bruce station, known as
moderator cooling water,"
said Energy Minister
Taylor. 'To to now this
energy has been rejected to
Lake Huron."
Ta i for '-aid abort -
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million B.T.U.s of heat' are
available for use each day.
"This is :equivalent to the
energy in 3 million barrels
of oil for such a station
over the period of a year."
He .praised the town of
'Kincardine in Promoting
this project. "Kincardine
has taken the: initiative and
developed an agriculture
and aquacultural concept,
appropriate to its needs,
based on reject heat from
the Bruce Station."
The use of greenhouses,
inexpensively heated
during the winter' months,
will supplement the pro-
vince's domestic needs for
many fresh vegetables,
'said Agriculture Minister
Newman. "I can see us
getting into production in a
big way with all kinds of
familiar vegetables we
don't normally grow in
greenhouses right now --
lettuce, radishes, peppers,
eggplant, melon, cauli-
flower.
"And we might even get
into production of exotic•
foods SUch as/ artichokes
Premier, three ministers announce
plan to utilize excess hydro plant heat