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Times Advocate, 1997-04-30, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, AKI30, 1997 PANT1!ER pi\G Watch for this page the last week of every month Studeflts survive 30 hour -famine Ryan Groot On Friday, April 4th, fifty-three South Huron students starved themselves for thirty hours to raise money for World Vision. Exactly $2307.10 was raised. The students stopped eating at 12 noon, and then camped out in the school gym overnight. They were finally allowed to eat again at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mr. McLeod and Mrs. Golding supervised the hungry group, who kept their minds off eating by watching movies, playing games, and talking. "It wasn't as hard as 1 thought it would be. We had many things to do and lots to drink. Time went by realty fast if you kept yourself doing something." A special- thank you goes to Huron Park's Foodtown, JEM Variety in Crediton, Holtsmann's EGA, Beckers, Pepsi Cola Canada, Shoppers Drug M' rl McDonalds for the drinks, and also Reel Time for ' 1, and New Orleans who donated eleven pivae id famine. Fifty-three students starved themselves for thirty hours to raise money for World Vision, Nutrition: Good food, good fun! Aaron Bayer . _ • On April 17th. several- South. Huron students participated in the Nutrithon. a healthy eating obstacle course, during. lunch. Teams of five raced through a course that included. eating a -plate of spaghetti.. drinking a glass of milk. eating an orange and a cup of ice cream. The team .of Becky Case. Chad Desjardine, Ben Glavin, Michelle Willis, •and Amanda Glavin finished in first place. and received a. free pizza from New Orleans. All.of the money that was raised goes. towards Peer Mentoring program at the school.• Nutrition organizers (left to. right) Jayne .Ballantyne. Kern -Ann O'Rourke, and Shawna • Rowe dress up as nutritious foods. Grade 11 Family Studies: A positive peer tutoring experience Patty Wood The Family Studies grade eleven parenting class. NFB 3A/G: spends one period a week at Exeter Public School helping children with math: reading, spelling and grammar. and other activities where the young students can use their creativity. The tutors help expand areas the children are • successful, and help with areas that need•improvement. Tutor Amy Cassell_ says. "It is Exeter Publle School rewarding to..see the child student Josh Borten and progress." Grade 11 • student : Carrie • Twenty-nine grade eleven illman review math skills in • students tutor. twenty-nine_ a peer tutoring• session • public school students from grades one to six' For fun, the buddies have gone'skating and have - had a -games day. At the end of May. the students would like to wrap up the program with a picnic and fun a.ti.it.. Grade twelve ' student Judi Wilson say.. "It is a great experience for myself. and my buddy. I enjoy it Regier says. "Peer tutoring is fun." Cafeteria gets a face-lift Kim Covers. grade 12 Over the past few weeks. students at South Huron have entered the cafeteria and discovered that it Zook. somewhat different. As part of. an effort to .breathe new life into the cafeteria's decor, a group of students have generously given up their free time during weekend hours to paint three new designs on the walls. The murals were designed by Kim Clovers and painted by the following Sandra Steck, Jasmin Cornish:Amanda Chambers, Dallas Giles. • Jennifer Taylor. Jenn Cochrane, Crystal'Knee, Shane Wilcox. Jacky . Westlake. Rob Turner, Kim Covers. Karin Lorento, Jen VanBakek Carolyn Quinn. and Miss Brittain. These murals are just the 'beginning of an 'ongoing effort to give our school more colour life and exciternent. Other murals will soon he seen throughout the school. They will be theme murals. related to the classes being taught in she adjacent rooms. Students in the Grade II Visual Arts course will be the creators of these murals. Students involved in these projects would like to thank the Panther Funfest committee for funding this ptojett; therefore, we would also like to thank the staff and students who participated in Funfest and made. 'he event a success. Students Kim t.>!overs, Sandra Steele, Shane Wilcox tltnd,Crystai Knee paint the cafeteria Intramurals: European Handball Jason Glavin In the championship game of European Handball. it- was the "Rumbling Ranchos" downing "My Team" in a thrilling contest by. a score -of 11 9. Members of the winning team include: Jeremy Vanesbrouck, Mat McNall. Joe Bierting, Dean Obre, Suzie Gushie, and Sara Szabo., Intramural activities are played during lunch • hours in the small gym. Next month's sport is going to be bowling. Chess, chess and more chess These days, lunch hour in the SHDHS library means chess, chess and more chess. That's because the library is presently the site of a 210 match roundrobin chess tournament featuring 21 players. The tournament began • March 31st and is projected to wind up close to, the /semester's end, with a . champion announced at that time. Come see our show: Listen to the Wind After months of preparation. the Starch Huron school show. Listen to the Wind is playing tonight through to Friday. •Performances begin at 7:00 ' p.m. Tickets art available at the door - at a cost of $5.00 each. - . Listen to the Wind. by playwright James Reaney. is about a boy, Owen. a child of the I930s. who is unwell. but welcomes his usual friends- for the summer . vacation. Liffe and family relationships are notperfect for any of the. friends and they seek to get away from these problems through their _ pastime. acting. The book they choose to enact is their favourite, The Saga of Caresfoot Court. and this story takes them to another time where the story line is different but the problems are hauntingly similar to those in their 'real' lives. It's pp to the children to choose another ending. -4.To The 30 MtI..Sae* Dri} Nigh 3.b.d About the playwright... from The Cultural Support Services... courtesy of John Miller: lames Reaney is a playwright, poetand retired university teacher in the English Department at the University of Western Ontario. He holds the rank of Officer of the.Order of Canada. His plays include Colours in the Dark and The Donnellys, atrilogy which is now receiving a revival in. many Canadian theatre centres. Dr. Reaney received the Governor General's medal and a Chalmers Award for poetry and .drama. He and his wife. the poet. Colleen Thibaudeau reside in London, Ontario. From the director, Glenda Burrell: This is a play about the magic of imagination or as one character says. "Dreaming it Out". Lite. like our dreams. is full of conflicts but our story- telling can help define and cushion the blows that life deals us. It is worth noting that the imagination of the characters in this play is sparked by a good book. The Saga of Caresfoot Court. I am proud to present a Canadian play written by an exceptional Canadian literary figure who lives so close to us. It has been an exciting and challenging play for myself, the student directors. the young actors and crew. Math students finish in Canada's top 25% Jenn Harrigan In a recent Canadian math competition wnttup at our school. several South Huron students performed extremely well Four students. grade nines Sarah Gardiner and Ben Rader, and grade tens Melissa Prout and _ Matthew Knox. received Certificates of Distinctit+ti. in award '; 'en to students who finish in the top 25% in Canada. .Medals were given to the students who received the top marks in our school: for grade 9. Sarah Gardiner. grade 10 Melissa Proal, and grade .11 Dave Robilliard. P 1nciparts Colkaran rho Push to the End Mr. B. Gerth 1 like to run. • Unfortunately, i am not.very good at it. Because running does not come easily to me, I have to work at it. As every runner knows, the last few kiletneters of.any run is often the most • challenging. When I am near the end. I am often tempted to walk the final distance. I think school isa little like that. - As the warm weather finally arrives. it. becomes increasingly difficult for our students to focus on school. This is made more difficult by the fact that May is traditionally the busiest month in the school calendar. Still, despite the distractions, the last few months are very important. Senior students need to remind themselves that their final marks are'those they will carry with them into their future lives. Not a day goes by without a visit from a former student requesting a transcript so that helshe might apply to a job or school. I know that many of these former students wish that the marks on their transcripts were a little better. Both Junior and Senior students need to remember that what is taught in class this year is the starting point in next year's class.. Want to do well next year? Finish strong this year! In short, my message to students is to riot permit yourself a reduced effort as we near the end of the schoolyear. Parents.can • assist students by reinforcing the same message and by not sanctioning unnecessary student absences. _As we enter, the•last few months of school it is important to remember that this is not the push to the end , but the push to the beginning:.. of a job. or post- . secondary education. or the next year of school: The attitudes that students demonstrate in thenext few months will have an.impact on their future. t hope that the impact is a positive one. • Reach For The Top Off to Provincial Finals by Josh Watson , • South Huron District High -School's Reach For The Iiip team'ot•Jeff DeBlock. Gavin Poole. Josh Watson. Oetry Guerts. Mike Dunbar. Jessica Haddon. and Ryan Gibson completed its season with .i 7-1 record this year: their only loss coming at the hands of Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. They now move on to the Provincial Finals at Jarvis Collegiate •Institute in Toronto fm m May -10 - 12. - • _ At the provincials. the team will be up against thirty-nine other teams. from all over Ontario. and both public to private high schools. The : competition promises to,be tough but the team is confident that they will do -their school proud..The team stands a chance because one of the members. - Gavin Poole; who has" been on the team the longest, has had some , experience at this level. •' . • The round robin competition begins on" May 1d at two o'clock in the' afternoon• and consists of ten games over a day and a half with the top eight teams, those with -the most wins. moving,on to the finals. One -,team will end up on top and go to the Reach For The Top Nationals in Vancouver on May 16 - 19. This year. the eleventh anniversary Of the School Reach Subscripition Programme of Reach For The Top. there will be a celebratory Gala Dinner for.Ieague champions like South Huron. at Burwash pall at the University of Toronto. which also happens to be the place where the teams will ssrend the night.- They will stay at Margaret Addison Hall on the grounds of the - University of Toronto. an experience which will give those members of the ' team who are going to attend university in the future.a chance to see what - university residence life might; be like. jt should be a lot of tun said Poole,' the team's captain. South Huron struts its stuff at "Going Places '97" by Josh Watson On April 3. the South Huron District High School large gym -was the scene of the 1997 "Going Places" fashion show. featuring fashions from many of the shops in and around Exeter. and with Julie Webber as Mistress of Ceremonies. Stores involved included Authentics RSD. Designers. European Addition. Horse'n Around. MacLcans. • SAAN. and Laura Petites from London. The show was put on by South Huronis Athletic Council and raised over $700.04) for. athletics at South . • Huron. . - . The evening was one of the best South Huron. has seen to quite awhile. The - • ighlight of the evening was the many student models. Mrs. Eddy. the . Athletic Councilfs staff advisor. told me that the idea started on • September 28th and Julie -called the end of January to accept the invitation. to be involved. Most of the work was done in.February though. According to Eddy. not all of the credit goes to the Athletic Council. Much has to go to Julie because ishe arranged the stores. came up with the theme, and acted as Mistress of Ceremonies.: Her work at Masonville gave her the idea to ask Laura Petites about being involved. According to Ms. Webber. call the stores in Exeter were asked and it was no trouble filling the time with shops. When asked what the hardest part was. both Mrs. Eddy and Julie both said that it was getting the womenis formal wear because things have to be Just right or the look doesnft come 'off righti in Eddyfs words. Badminton players to W.O.S.S.A. Senior Huron Perth Badminton took place on Tuesday. • April 15 at Wingham. Eight South Huron senior players participated.. Chris Straw. our strong singles player encountered huge competition in that event. meeting the eventual winner in the third round of play. Chris lost a close three game match but played the best of h;. career. It was unfortunate for him to end the tournament one place sh) a W.O.S.S.A. berth. Lisa McDonald played very well to place third in women's singles and in doing so earned a trip to W.O.S.S.A. on April 23. The Junior team fared better at the Conference meet on April 17. The team ended the day second overall to Listowel in point totals but five juniors qualified for W.O.S.S.A. on April 29 in London. Paul Gregus placed second in singles and he played seven hard ni*rches to do so. Ryan Morrison and Nathan Zimmerman also came second* boys' doubles. Not bad in a twenty team draw! The highlight of the day w'aa.girls' doubles where Jamie Reabum and Jen Regier won the Hurn Perth Championship. The pair outclassed field and were not pressed hard in thein .viiituty. They are favoured to win a medal at W.O.S.S.A.