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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-07-01, Page 27moulds 8t f CROF r ,t.lRN' (AWN JI E1 !BOR TON f 4116 `la1A nt. MR J CHAPMAN Mitt r, . ' I,ONC, EXETER PUBLIC SCHOOL � GRADUATES 1987 :1AurtH .x. Hr,4slN�,C;n, .1AM1F �:ciliroS/l MARK 1tus'ii 11 {;IANC !TOE RNE R SREIt 4 BENDER DIANE MARK JF HMI LR RLCCI CURRE Ll. OANNA Efr(RT rAROUNAR >A,,ti , '1 RGuSON 0.7N , „,,SNORr,7. SC C1,1 41E RL ING RUR HANE (RACY JOyNS MIK E K INGMA TONY KORIANIT IS , AMMu CARRIE- EOViL -GiOrr SANF)ERS IOA VAN DATA COrJ1 SARARAS AWN VINCrNT MORGAN COREY SARCGE ANT JENNY WAREHAM ANrtc A MURRA, DA Vitt NLC.f71JN . PAULA PARKINSON JASON P11111 IPS* JON SCMI NK KAREN wr100 DAV( Crr,VlND! !ROY WHYTE • A!M `.Oct THCO T' Sr1A'WN SIAN; AAA MR l RC 4(.11 Grade eight graduates treated to Chapman's 36th and final speech -Well This is the end. That's a statement that graduation speakers intend only for their au- dience, but it had a two -fold meaning when given by Exeter Public School principal Jim Chapman on Tuesday. He noted it explained the end for him as well as this year's graduating class. The retiring principal said he had difficulty coming up with new ideas in view of the many he had explored ' at 35 other graduations in which he had been. involved. "So what if the theme is the same as long as the details are pertinent''" he asked in explaining that each graduating class is unique. Not only is each class different from the one that preceded, but each member in the respective. classes is different from the person next to him or her. Ile went on to say he would avoid making his brief address a "swan - song" and reported that the life of a principal isn't easy. I'm expected to educate them, act as a surrogate father, deal with broken homes, see that they're happy, fairly treated and productive ... and that's 'just for the staff." Some other highlights in "the end" address were as follows: Over the past nine years _most of you spent a major portion of your time with us developing socially, emo- tionally, physically and, hopefully, in- tellectually and now it's time to move on to the next stage in your life.. Graduation is that short period of time that we can share - that comes between what was and what will be - a sort of {(ridge from one stage in your life to the next - an ending and a beginning - a time to say farewell to some of the helpful people that you've shared with over the years and a time to look ahead to new horizons. Graduations are like Janus the Creek god after whom the month of January was named. Janus had two faces one for looking hack and one for looking ahead - just as January looks back over the past year but also looks forward to the new. We hope that the graduation face that looks ahead for you... - sees all kinds of opportunities to grow and develop' • sees adventure and excitement and love and sharing sees challenges -- mountains to climb and worlds to change - sees visions of things to come that haven't yet been envisaged - sees new paths that are yet to be taken - sees new friends that you've yet to make maybe even sees a glimpse of the person you're going to he. And we hope that the graduation face that looks back will see... - the friends that you've make through the years. - the mistakes That you've made and learned from • the good times that you've shared. - and the helpers in your life. your family, your teachers, your coaches who've done much to assist and nur- ture you. • • - One of the activities that you carry out in your guidance class is the col- lection of data about a particular career or careers. . , While you were doing that, and sharing the- information that others had collected, you should have become aware of the fact that there were many careers that you hadn't even heard of or thought about and - some of them might have sparked a special interest for you. But don't stop there because the chances are that many off you will be working in careers that haven't been invented yet. • - The point that I'm trying to get to is simply this - keep the doors of lear- ning open, as many as you can• as you plan your future education. The broader base of knowledge you have. the wider choice you'll have so don't start training for a career too soon - focus on getting an education. And that task is up to you. i know a leacher who had a little sign on her desk that said - Knowledge; given free but you must bring your own containers. As you progressthrough life there are a number of characteristics which we hope you'll develop and one of them is a sense of responsibility. You can tell the people who have developed such a characteristic. They take part in community activities, they aren't afraid to say I'll do it - then they do it!. they accept leader- ship positions, they recognize that you can't leave everything to somebody .a else, they're reliable, dependable persons. - - And then there are the people who are more or less the opposites of this group. Oh. they may join an organiza- tion but they don't bother to attend the meetings, they may join a team but they don't bother to attend practice or play the game. At work they're the ones who won't go the extra step, who'll walk out because the clock says it's quitting time not because the job is done. Well, now it's time for you to decide which group you plan to belong to - we hope you'll make a responsi- ble decision. in my office posted on the bulletin board -is a little sign that says "ling - somebody today". Did you know that a hug is the best cure for someone who feels depressed or lonely and it doesn't cost a cent - it can even be fun! Social scientist Viriginia Satir says that 12 hugs will cure the blues and -make you grow as.a person - oh not bigger, but better. What I'm real- ly trying to say here is that we want you to become warm, sensitive acc- peting responsive people - sensitive to the needs of others and the feelings they have and responsive to the messages for help and understanding that they send out to you. And we hope that as you grow you'll come to appreciate time, that elusive, sometimes meaningless element at your age, but highly prized commodi- ty in later life. We hope that you'll.... Take time to work - it is the price of success. Take tim_e to think - it is the source of power. Take time to play - it is the secret of perpetual youth. Take time to read - it is the fountain of wisdom. Take time to he friendly - it is the road to happiness. Take time to dream - it is hitching your wagon to a star. Take time to love and be loved it is the privilege. of the gods. Take time to laugh - it is the music of the soul. • And time has a habit these days, of slipping through my hands, so I'd bet- ter stop talking and let the program go on. i think that even though there is much more that could be said - you should have some idea, from what 1 have said, about what we'd like to see 14 ... ,-•I. M• GRADUATES AT OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL The 1987 9radutition class at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Separate School is shown here. Back, left, teacher Terry Wilhelm, Anthony Glavin, Steve Glovin, Deanna Olmstead. Lisa Cullen, 'Kristi Van 'Dongen, Pam rat NI A fA SY 4 S "OW • !tf !MOW .Mf • A+t tam., PAM. alliaa wv Ls ANA* TAPS iw:.• - happen for you. - ' We hope that you'll get lots of C's on your .future report cards. No. 1 didn't make a mistake. You see there are two areas on the report. - the . academic where you hope to get "A's and B's" and the other area where you get check marks. That's where -the C's come in. Courage, conviction, co-operation; charity, charm, citizen- ship, commitment, communication, comparison, compatibility and many others all start with C so we hope that you get many of them. It is my hope that we. your prin- cipal, teachers and other workers in the school, have interfered with your thought processes just enough. Just enough to enable you to recognize your strength, your potential and your self. Just enough to enable you to open your minds to seek knowledge and to create new ideas. Just enough to enable you to recognize the difference between good and not so good, justice and injustice, warmth and rejection and tolerance and intolerance. Just enough to enable you to unfold in a manner that brings happiness and purpose to your lives in the years ahead. Best wishes to all of you. There were many awards presented at the graduation program, with Melissa Blue anct Brett Rideout ,getting the student council awards for academic achievement, while Julia Merner and David Schwind( were named as winners of the A.B. Idle award for best all-around students. Highest achievement in language arts was presented to Becci Far- quhar; highest achievement in mathematics to David Schwindt: citizenship awards to Ian McLean and Julia Merner. Citizenship flashes to Rob Haines. April Lewis, Paula Rohner, lan McLean, David Schwindt, Brett Lam- mie and Julia Merner; academic achievement flashes, Melissa Blue, Carrie Lovie, Brett Rideout, Becci Farquhar, Ian Mclean, David Schwindt, Paula Rohner and Julia Merner; ('hrista Prouty, Shannon McBride and Karen Weido; effort flashes, Mark D'Anna, Tracy Johns, Judy Isaac and Tony Korianitis. The valedictory address was given by Ian McLean. - Times -Advocate, July 1, 1987 Page 15A Avoids serious in•mory BJ` -A The Chuter family held their annual reunion in the park in Exeter this -year. with nearly 79 -Present from— Owen Sound, Brantford, London and the local area. A week ago Sunday, on June 21, Tammy and Jim Sparring hosted a party for Tammy's grandparents, Roy and Nancy Louch of Grand Cove Estates, in honour of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Friends and relatives came from London, Lambeth, Grand Bend and Peter- borough to celebrate with them. On Monday, Tammy was returning from visiting a friend in hospital in London when she fainted and went in- to a water -filled ditch on the west edge of Exeter. The fact that she was wearing her seat belt saved from serious injury, as her car was demolished by the impact. She was taken to hospital in Exeter and releas- ed in a couple of hours. The shaking up left her pretty sore for a few days. but -thankfully she is okay. Tammy is grateful to the woman who stopped and went to get help for her. She's sorry that she hasn't yet •..I... 7 (earnest who the s -- Rev. Mac Parker ( Uncle Mac i was the minister for the dedication of Jor- dan Joseph, sop of Rev. Samuel and Barbara Ann Parker at a joint Varna - Goshen service on Sunday. Jordan's grandparents, great grandparents and other relatives and friends of the family were in attendance. "Nana" Phillips sang a prayer hymn especial- ly for him, and Bill McAsh, clerk of session, welcomed him to the con- gregation. Margaret ( Mrs. Gerald 1 . Hayter presented him with a rose from the women, Regular church services will be held on July 5 and 12, then a two-week vacation will be followed by joint ser- vices at 10:30 beginning in Goshen on August 2. The Goshen community is hosting a bridal shower for Lisa Robinson at the church on August 4. Varna congregation's annual pork barbecue was a great success again. Two busloads of seniors. numbering over 80, came from Ancaster's Oppor- tunity Centre. Many of them com- mented on how well organized it was, and on the excellent food they enjoyed: Goes to bat for turtles Lambton-Middlesex MP Sid Fraleigh- has finally gone to hat for the Ailsa Craig, turtle races. about a year after making such a promise. TheConservative's actions will pro- bably come too late for this year's event, part of the village's Gala Days in mid-July. Fraleigh said Thursday -he has ask- ed federal researchers to study how the Criminal Code can be changed to allowparimutuel betting on the races. The justice division of the Library of- Parliament has started resear- ching the matter and if there are grounds for altering the code, he will approach Justice Minister Ray Hnatyshyn. "There is a section of the Criminal Code that allows exemptions 1 for gambling when members of the comunity are together", Fraleigh said outside the Commons. f plan to appeal to Mr Hnatyshyn to expand those exemptions to include things like turtle races." Fraleigh promised last July to ask - Parliament to allow belting on the reptile races. Controversy -has surrounded the event since 1984 when the last formal betting was snuffed out by the Ontario Provincial Police. At the time, two Gala Days officials were charged with gaming offences were because parimutuel betting on turtles was il- legal. The charges were later dismiss- ed on a technicality. . Fraleigh said he decided to take ac- tion after talking to London lawyer Norm Peel, who has been involved in the controversy over the turtle races. "Right now. events like casino nights and crown and anchor are per- - mitted but as far as the turtle races have gone, parimutuel betting has been the hangup. Existing guidelines permit it for horses but there has been some hesitation to expand it to anything else, including dogs." F'raleigh said he wants parimutuel letting on turtles allowed once a year at the Gala Days. Betting would only be allowed if some of the money rais- ed was donated to community pro- jects. he said. "Right now, we have a narrow in- terpretation of the rules. Mr. Peel agrees the interpretation is okay but we feel something is wrongwhen the province of Manitoba allows it. It's a strict interpretation. It is not necessarily unfair." . Fraleigh said the issue wasn't a big one in his riding but "it's the princi- ple of the thing. People feel they should be allowed the same kind of event to raise money for community projects as elsewhere". Ile said he doubted the law would be changed to allow legalized betting this year. Peel said Gala Days may fit under the federal government's definition of a fall fair and may be eligible for the exemption sought by Fraleigh. Peel. who lives near Ailsa Craig. defended the two organizers who were charged and acquitted. He terms himself an "interested party: I sympathize with them:" One organizer of the Gala Days called the turtle races "harmless. We can't gamble on the turtles but peo- ple can go into the corner store and buy Wintario and other lottery .tickets. I've seen people blow their en- tire pay cheques buying dreams with lottery tickets. We're not talking that kind of betting." BIG CHEQUE - Exeter Public School student council president Ian McLean presents Heart and Stroke Foundation representative Don Young with a cheque for $6,509.79, the result of a skip-a-thon of the .4.4. school. • Dietrich, Nicole Vannesfe, Shaun Glavin, Jim Kesler •and Gary Relouw. Front, Mary Lynn Dietrich, Roberta Mommersteeg, Leona Glavin, Julie Unipc, Darlene O'Rourke, Vicki Roane, Aimee Glavin and Wanda McCann. T -A photo Mass, bcinquet for Mt. Carmel grads A graduation mass and banquet was held for 18 graduates at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School on June 21; with Father Gary Goyeau as celebrant of the mass, and Deacon Dennis Wilhelm as assisant. Bill Uniac Was reader and music leacher, Mrs. Susan Kraftcheck led the choir. She performed the solo "i Will Never Let You Go" during the Communion. accompanying herself on the guitar. The diplomas were awarded in church -after Mass. The banquet in the school gym was catered by the grade seven mothers and the PTA. Teacher, Terry Wilhelm was chairperson for the evening, and was serenaded by the graduates in "To Sir with Love" and presented a gift plate, to thank him, and mark Mr. Wilhelm's departure from Mount Carmel School. Next year he will be teaching at Exeter Precious Blood, and "Sir" will be missed by all (he students. Mr. Mike Ryan, trustee of the Huron•Perth.R.C.S.S. Board gave his greetings to the graduates, as did • principal Laurie •Kraftcheck. Class valedictorian was Aimee Glavin, who gave a great, humorous re -cap of their eight years of school, ending with a personal note for each graduate. Father Goyeau presented the Mt. Carmel Parish Council award for the most improved student to Pam Dietrich. Mr. Wilhelm presented the Congeniality award to Kristi Van Dongen. Top student Jim Kester, won the math proficiency award, (he David Koricina award for en- vironmental studies, the history award. and student of highest stan- ding. Congratulations Jim! Wanda McCann was presented the French award by teacher Mrs. Miolto-Wilks; Deanna Olmstead and Sharon Glavin were jointly presented the David Koricina athletic award by Mr. and Mrs. Koricina, as top 'athletes; Shaun Glavin also won the educational incentive award. Each graduate then received a trophy from PTA president Roberta Walker. Congratulations to all (he new graduates!