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Times -Advocate, April 7,1993
711 THF_NFWS
SH students well-behaved
Dear Editor: _
In the past few weeks, there
have been several articles in the
Times Advocate which have
talked about the problem of youth
and gang violence at our'aebool.
Whereas this is becoming a prob-
lem at our school, it is not as big a
itiroblem as your newspaper would
iitave the public believe. As a stu-
dent, I resent the implication that
all of the students of South Huron
are subject to violent tendencies.
Let me assure you and the read-
ers of the T -A that the vast majori-
ty of students at South Humn are
well-behaved. Whenever I have
been out in the community with
school groups, we have received
nothing but positive comments.
This is true of all of
our sports
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teams, music \�
groups and other '� i
clubs.
The articles that
you published have
destroyed a lot of faith that the pub-
lic has in the students here. You
have shown all of the bad and none
of die good. It isrurnstned that the
only reason Oakwood Inn will no
longer allow us to hold our formal
there is because of the negative ex-
posure in your paper.
By all means report the news,
but I urge you to be more careful
in the future in how you report it.
Please keep in mind that there are
many people who only hear about
the high school through your
paper.
Respectfully yours,
Laura Cook,
U.A.C. student at South Huron
School formal plans disrupted
Dear Editor:
We, as concerned students, are
writing to you regarding the article
on "Gang Violence" at South Hu-
ron District High School. With
credits going to this particular arti-
cle, the senior class' June formal
will not "go ahead as planned",
but rather may not even exist. Af-
ter the articles' .appearance in
Wednesday's paper, Oakwood
called to inform the Student Coun-
cil that they did not wish to host
our graduation celebration. Now,
we are forced to search frantically
for a location to hold the festivities
which, if even possible, may now
involve a -rather long and incon-
' element car tide.
Apparently the harsh headline to
Iiis front page article has caused
:Oakwood :to overlook the fine
print which stated that "the prob-
lems stemmed not from the
school's own students, but rather
drop outs and other youths." 'Why
then should the actual students of
South Huron suffer for the delin-
quency of others. The student
body of South Huron cannot be
held responsible for the actions of
individuals who do not even attend
our school, and therefore should
not be expected to politely accept
the consequences for a wrong we
did not commit.
It is also stated that "most stu-
dents understand the necessity" lo
cancel all the remaining clauses.
This statement is simply untrue. :In
actual fact, most stu-
dents are an -
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gered by the de-
cision and even
more . infuriated
that at the out-
come is affecting
our June formal.
This article has seriously dam-
aged the reputation of South Huron
and its many students. It is also par-
tially responsible for ruining the
formal plans of a very well behaved
and deserving graduating class.
Sincerely,
Mark Keller, Chad Arnold, Mau
Lierman, Kerry Manders, Fred Ste-
, Amy Campbell, Jeremy
Brock, Cara Powell, Jay Hitch-
cock, Jen Gardiner, Anne Walper
Editor's Note: It is indeed dis-
tressing to learn the cancelling of
local school dances should affect
the senior formal. We would hope
the management at Oakwood will
recognize these are obviously two
completely different situations and
will act accordingly. There has
'been no final decision, however.
We might point out the exact
wording of the article stated
"While some students may miss the
evening socials, (principal) Wood-
en said most understand the neces-
sity."
But are we to understand that
this article should have been cen-
sored to guard against an unfore-
seen outcome? We might point out
that the police have already cen-
sored some of the information re- -
lating to the fight in the parking lot
that night.
It's the same old story, that the
actions of a few spoil things fti
many.
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Give them a fair chance
Dear Editor:
As a parent with an interest in
the "life" at the High School, I am
concerned about the events which
were reported in the paper follow-
ing the last dance.
As I see it, the student body is
being judged and punished for
having activities at the school.
The problems did not happen in-
-echattle and the students
wan not the ones causing fife trou-
ble.
Too many
errors
Dear Editor:
R.E. T.A. March 31
I don't normally complain about
the T.A. as I enjoy the paper, but
by the time I had read the first two
pages. I was so fed up with the
amount of errors that I started
keeping back of them.
In the first sec-
tion, I had 57 er-
rors, give or take
a few that were
doubtful. Don't you
think that's sloppy
fora paper this size
that is published on a weekly basis?
I kept my copy in case you
would care to aee it, although I'm
sure you are well aware of the er-
rors Iv this time.
Sincerely
Dianne Love
Exeter
ABCA buys
parcel of
wetland
EXETER - A paroel of land in
the Hay Swamp has been pur-
chased by the Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority as a possi-
ble site for a commemorative
woods project.
ABCA general manager Tom
Prout said the authority bought the
S0 -acres from Jim Dinsmore for
$20,000. While some of the prop-
erty has been pastured and cultivat-
ed, most of it is still considered a
wet woodland.
Prout said he hoped the Conser-
vation Foundation would help with
the purchase of the land and per-
haps take it on as a site for a com-
memorative woods project, in
which trees are planted in memory
of individuals.
The property, which sits on the
north boundary of Hay Township
between Hillsgreen and Blake, is
part of what remains of the 40,000
acre Hay Swamp which stretched
'from the Creditors area into Stanley
�'pNrip. Prout noted that 30.000
AWNS of that wetland has been
id adued and cultivated in the past
. Y•
Now because
of the actions of
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a few young citi-
.xens (not students)
in Exeter, the social
events of the school
must be terminated.
This includes the Senior Prom
which now cannot go on as sched-
uied because the publicity has
'ttMiie-tthe businesses uneasy as to
rshe result of having students in their
accommodations.
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I am not condoning the actions
of the few who caused the trouble,
but I do know many students and
they are very responsible and un- -
derstanding. They deserve to be
treated as adults.
Let's give them a fair chance and
deal with the problem makers with-
out punishing the whole student
body.
Sincerely!
Betty Robinson, Exeter
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