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The Christmas Story
By Cameron Sweiger
Grade 7, Stephen Central
Once upon a time not so long ago a girl named Carrie wanted to tell San-
ta herself what she wanted for Christmas. So she saved all her allowances
and did extra chores around the house.
In a month she had earned enough money to travel to the north.
The next day she wrote a note to tell her parents where she was going
and not to worry. Then she headed for the train station.
When she got there she got a ticket to the north. She waited for an hour.
During that time she was thinking about her Christmas list.
Just after she got on the train and it started moving her parents drove in
but they were too late. So they raced after the train and they hoped she'd
be alright.
Carrie was not talking to any strangers on the train because her mother
told her not to talk to strangers when she went on her first trip.
The ride was about live hours long. When she gotthere she asked the
police officer that was there, Do you know where Santa Claus lived?' The
guy answered, "He lives up in those mountains," as he pointed.
So Carrie headed off in that direction. Carrie was walking along and
suddenly she saw a small brick house with two big barns behind it covered
with Christmas lights and decorations. Thcn she started to run towards the
house. When she gotthere she stopped and knocked on the door. Mrs.
Claus opened the door and softly said,"Hi, what arc you doing here little
girl?"
Carrie asked, "Is Santa here and I'm Carrie? Can I talk to him?" Mrs.
Claus answered, "Hi Carrie and he's in the living room looking over the
letters from all the little children." •
So Carrie walked into the living room and saw Santa and stopped. Santa
looked around and saw her. He said, "Hi little girl and what's your name?"
Carrie answered, "My name is Carrie." Santa replied, "Carrie and what
would you like?"
Carrie said, "I came here to tell you my Christmas list-" Santa said,"You
didn't have to do that and since you're here and I don't get very many visi-
tors 111 show you around but first since you came all this way to tell me
your Christmas list then you should come over here and tell me it."
She walked over and sat on his knee and said, "I would like a doll and to
go for a ride in the sleigh on Christmas eve."
Santa and Carrie talked for awhile and then went outside to the two
barns. In the first barn they kcpt the reindeer. Santa showed all the rein-
deer to Carrie and Carrie knew all their names.
After they were done looking at the reindeer they went to the workshop.
In the workshop Carrie saw a whole bunch of toys and little men and
women making them. Thcn Carrie asked `•an'a, "Are these all the little
elvesthat make all the toys?"
Santa replied, "Yes, they arc my little elves.
All of a sudden a big clock rang and said, "One day till Christmas eve
and all of a sudden all the elves started to work a bit faster and started to
sing Christmas carols.
Santa and Carrie walked around the workshop for awhile and helped the
elves.
It was getting late so Santa and Carrie went into the house and had sup-
per and went to sleep.
The next morning Santa got up bright and early to feed the reindeer -
while Carrie slept in. When Carrie got up Mrs. Claus was making break-
fast while Santa set the table. Then Santa called,"Carrie breakfast is
ready."
So Carrie came out all dressed and sat down at the table. They said grace
and started to cat. Mrs. Claus had made eggs, bacon, toast, and mixed
some juice.
After they were done breakfast Santa. and Carrie went out to the work-
shopto help the elves make toys while Mrs. Claus cleaned the house. San-
ta and Carrie worked and sang in the workshop all day.
As soon as they were done Santa checked his list while the eaves got the
sled ready and sprinkled the reindeer with magic powder.
Once Santa was done checking his list twicc he packed all the presents
and got ready to leave.
When he was ready he put Carrie's clothes in the sled and got Carrie and
left to deliver the presents. They flew all over the world to all the different
countries and finished off at Carrie's house. Carrie went down her chim-
ney with Santa and Santa gave her her presents.
As he was leaving he yelled, "Ho, Ho, Meng Christmas" and then Car-
rie went in and woke up her parents and they lived happily ever after and
had very many Mcrry Christmases ever after.
From American optometrists
Times -Advocate, December 20, 1989
Page 19
First Canadian recipient of award
By Yvonne Reynolds
GRAND BEND - There is life
after 40. Beckoning, unexplored
vistas await the daring and the
dedicated. Just ask Anne Wilson,
OD.
The 46 -year-old optometrist was
in New Orleans on December 10
to accept the prestigious Julius F.
Neumueller Award in Optics for
1989 from the American Academy
of Optometry.
Wilson is the first Canadian re-
cipient of the award. She is also
one of the oldest graduates of the
University of Waterloo School of
Optometry, receiving her degree
in May of this year. Adding to her
achievements were two honours
conferred at the Waterloo convo-
cation: the Harry W. Hind Award
for outstanding achievement in
contact lens studies, and the Cen-
tral Optical Award for excellence
in special studies.
What makes all this so remarka-
ble is the fact Wilson began her
second career at age 40. The Man-
itoba native trained originally as
a high school math teacher. She
taught in both Manitoba and East
York, Ontario "to put bread on the
table" while her husband Al com-
pleted post -graduate studies. (He
is now professor of music at the
University of Western Ontario.)
Like so many women of her era,
Wilson returned to the home dur-
ing her children's important grow-
ing -up years. Once her two sons
and one daughter were in their
teens, Wilson was ready to strike
out in a new direction.
A battery. of tests Wilson had
taken at the University of Manito-
ba at age 38 revealed a strong ap-
titude for post -grad work, espe-
cially in optometry. Two years
later, while she and her family
were living in a rented farmhouse
near Stratford, she enrolled in the
two-year pre-med course at Water-
loo. The dean of science, "a won-,.
derful, encouraging woman", set
up a year of science for the mature
student.
"My 20 -year-old degree was
useless. I had to start all over,"
Wilson explained.
Going back to school was "a real
eye-opener - all theoung kids
were so smart". At first, Wilson
was too proud to ask fellow class-
mates any questions. She got over
that. Another hurdle was physics.
"1 hated it. I thought I would die,"
she said.
That, too, was overcome "with
help from the kids".
Wilson credits a very supportive
husband and children for getting
her through the four years at Water-
loo's School of Optometry, the only
English-language optometry school
in Canada. She regrets missing
events like her daughter's Christ-
mas concert because she was pre-
paring for an exam, but studying
had to come first.
All the sacrifice and hard work
have paid off. The Neumueller
award was for research carried out
during her third and fourth year on
change of pupil centration with pu-
pil size or, in layman's terms, the
optic qualities of the image on the
retina. And a "nice cheque" came
along with the plaque.
Wilson has brought honour not
only to herself, but to her university
and to Canadian research. She
also hopes her achievement will in-
spire others.
Wilson has some advice for
women contemplating a second ca-
reer. "Do it. Maybe it's not for
everybody, but make the best deci-
sion for YOU. A woman's right to
choose is where it's at. The barriers
are coming .down for older wom-
en." She noted that women now
comprise half the student body at
the University of Waterloo Optom-
Prestigious award - Dr. Anne Wilson is the first Canadian recipient
of of the 1989 Julius Neumueller Award in Optics presented by the
American Academy of Optometry in New Orleans on December W.
etry School.
The Wilsons have moved into
their own home, south of St. Jo-
seph. •
Anne has notched up another
first, by opening an optometry prac-
tice at 28 Ontario St. in Grand
Bend. The modern office is
equipped with the latest in optical
machines for testing, prescribing
and fitting for glasses and contact
lenses. Wilson designed the en-
trance and the washroom for wheel-
chair accessibility.
Wilson is at her Grand Bend of-
fice on Mondays, Thursdays and
Fridays. She is an associate of op-
tometrists Bardecki and Kline,
working in their Exeter offices on
Wednesdays, and on Tuesdays and
Saturdays she is to be found in St.
Marys, assisting optometrists
Bruce and Ross Andrews.
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