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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-11-22, Page 16Times -Advocate, November 22, 1989 David Thiel Special summer program By Michelle Ellison CALGARY - David Thiel, a grade 12 student at South Huron. District High . School, got the chance to develop his entrepreneu- rial skills while attending a special program at the University of Cal- gary for one month last sumer. The University of Calgary is only one of eight Canadian universities which chooses eager young people wishing to expand their knowledge in the Shad Valley program. With 50 other high school stu- dents from across Canada, Thiel met daily with professors for lec- tures on business, mathematics, en- gineering and computers. The pro- fessors encouraged the students to always challenge and motivate themselves by exposing them to new and challenging ideas. "They challenged you. Half of it I didn't understand", said Thiel. "But they didn't care if you couldn't do it. They just motivated you." Student seminars and presenta- tions emphasized working together, and according to Thiel,. there was no competition between students because everyone had to work as a team. Business studies were stressed the most followed by computer sci- ence. Thiel said he found the pro- gram very interesting. "The business part of it (was most beneficial). The presenting and marketing were areas I didn't have exposure to before," said Thiel. Since the university facilities were readily available at all times, the students' presentations could become quite technical and in- volved. "They had everything," said Thiel. "There was no limit to what we could do, just how much time we had." Two or three nights each week, guest speakers made presentations to the students. A man who climbed Mount Everest and Kathe- rine Ford, the person with the high- est IQ in Canada, were a couple of visitors to the program. More leisure time was given on the weekends and the group had time for sightseeing as well as a weekend camping in the moun- tains. Again, however, indepen- dence was encouraged and all ar- rangements for extra curricular activities had to be made by the students themselves. • The final day of the program was an Open Day. Exhibits and demon- strations were on display at the university for parents and sponsors of the program. Thiel was one of the organizers of the hugc event and it was one of his major pro- jects for the month "It took up most of our time for the whole week. We barely slept at all," he commented. Thiel applied, along with 2000 other Canadians, for the program last year. Ile was sponsored by the SHDHS students' council, the Ex - St. Patrick's LUCAN - This fall has seen lots of sports at St. Patrick's School. Af- ter several weeks of training most of the students from grades 4 to 8 attended the Cross Country meet at Regina Mundi College. All partici- pants made a good showing and en- joyed it beautiful Indian jammer day ryrtdoors. Socccr is'another nig sport in the fall. House league soccer has now been concluded for the junior stu- dents. On October 25 and 26 the winning girls and boys team attend- ed the System tournament at Alt- hous,; College in London. We must be doing something right because both our girls and boys won their tournament! Sports activity continues now with volleyball for the junior and intermediate `students both at the house league and inter -school level. eter Legion and the Exeter Opti- mists as well as some of his own funds. Two other South Huron students have participated in the program in the past and have also found it to be a great experience. The school hopes to send another student this summer Thiel definitely encourages other students to apply. "It has really changed me. I'm more outgoing,now and it gave me confidence," he said. "I know now that I want to get into engineering." Job done in one day Biggest bee ever STANLEY TOWNSHIP - The largest plowing bee ever organized in Huron County took place on No- vember 9. Neighbours of a Stanley town- ship family left suddenly without parents knew, as fellow farmers, that the Aisenpreis acreage had to be plowed before winter. This would be the most practical and useful way to show sympathy to four sisters fated without warning with the responsibility of managing a large cash crop operation. Ken Faber, Hugh Hendrick and Gerry Johnston began organizing a bee to get the almost 600 acres around the Aisenpreis' home farm plowed before winter. As word spread, offers to assist poured in. On the appointed day, a host of men were driving tractors, and an- other kept the mud stirred up by all the extra traffic scraped off the township roads. Volunteers who donated their la- bour and the use of their equipment were Hugh Hendrick, Ev Robinson and Jerry McBeath, Bill McLachlan, Ken Faber, Gerry Johnston, Dennis McBride, Gerry Theil and Claire Deichert, Harold Elder, another Eld- er tractor driven by Lindsay La- porte, John Thompson, Grant Jones, D'Arcy Rathwell, Don Bro- die, Edward Broadfoot, Harold Van Aaken, Bob Fotheringham, Lloyd Cooper, Brian Triebner, Rick De- nys, John, Les and Bill Coleman, Jeff Allan, Albert Hovius, Don McGregor with Hill and Hill Farms, Carter Farm Equipment with Ross Carter and Walter Denys and more Carter Farm Equipment driven by Wayne Becker and • Scott Cooper for Huron Tractor. Ron Denys kept the roads scraped, using an Aisenpreis tractor. Working men have to be fed, and that job was left to the ladies of the community. Helen Faber, Elinor Hendrick and Jean Rathwell orga- nized the food for lunch and coffee breaks. Women from the Kippen United Church donated pies, and many ladies in the community brought in individual donations. The all-out effort paid off. Much to everyone's surprise, the job was done in one day. Almost 600 acres of land was plowed and made ready for winter. Everyone who participated could take satisfaction in the knowledge that if he or she ever needs help, it will be there. Plowing bee - Neighbors rallied round to plow almost 600 acres for the Aisenpreis family. The job was done in a day. Photo by Jean Rathwell ALPINESUPPLY EAVESTROUG H I NG INSTALL NOW . IN EXETER REPAIR 235-1951 RECYCLING WEEK '89 November 20-26, 1989 Changing attitudes: Reduce, Reuse, Recycling 1989 is Ontario's fifth annual Recycling Week. Recycling Week is designed to expand public awareness of the need to reduce solid waste. Changing our attitudes about waste is what it's all about. 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