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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-03-11, Page 19fo7ITI ra Cleaning up. Members of the 1st Exeter Cubs pack cleaned up at the recent Huron District Kub Kar Rally" held at Londesborough Pubic School including the nod for best pack. Front left: Scott Keys -best youth design, Bradley Keys -most original youth -adult; Mark Seip -2nd place youth -adult; Craig Skochinski-most original youth; Scott McGregor -1st youth only; Terry McLellan -1st place youth -adult; the rest of the 1st Exeter Cub participants,. back left: Kyle Ryan, John Christmas, Kyle Schwartz, Tommy Griffith, Graham Smith, Trent Taylor, Tyler Rob- inson and Edward Heam. • Panther Profile By Sarah Vermunt A few of our own Panther teams have been shining over the past week. The first group of thein are the curling teams who have proved . themselves champions in recent competition. Our boys team won the •A final for the Huron championship and the • two girls teams picked 'up hoth'thc'-A and B championships as well. • All teams advanced to.the Huron/Perth championships. The girls teams are so good that tey ended up playing against each other in the final match! Unfortunately, one 'of the -teams had to lose and the team if consisting of Jenn Mercer; Laura Miller. Melanie .Urquhart: and Bri- ii •annc Webber Caine' out on top of the second team consisting of Beth- - Hcrn. Jenni Dchlock, and'Adrienne.Urquhart. It The 'boys team - also captured. the Huron/Perth championship and will advance to WOSSA along with the girls team. Congratulations to '� 'all the teams lilt advancing as far as they did and good lucks wished • • tit the two teams who will compete at WOSSA! • The Panther music program has once again shown that when put to the test they are at the top of the class. On Thursday, March 5th the , ;! 'junior and senior jazz, hands attended a music festival competition and it .citinedionie c'ittt something to show fin- it. The junior jazz hand which had solo perlormanccs by, Rhonda -Dougall, Jamie Reahurn, and• Kim• Bilinsky won the silver medal: The senior hand which had solo per- tormanccs.hy Marcy Sw}ince and Darryl Romphf won the gold medal. On Saturday, March 7th, at the'same competition, our intermediate- -11 and senior concert. hands performed and both picked up silver medals. Congratulations to the bands! Your hard work has paid off!. All four of thc'bands performed on Monday. March 9th in an music asscmhly put on for.the rest of the school. - Upcoming events ,Weilne'sddv, March 11 - Fun -Night in the large gy.tn from'.7-IOpm, media engtish class field trip to Toronto; • • Frigay. ;tifcrrc•I, 13 - last•day•of classes before March Break! it *From the Principal's desk By Deb Homuth South Huron District High School30. Scxith Huron starts it mornings. like all schools to the province. with the praying of "O' Canada'. Students listen to the alt familiar words. like many people do. with mild indifference: it often takes a hockey game liar an Olympic medal, a baseball World Series or a pending -Quebec referen- dum to get us'to listen differently. As we watch the media court Jean Chart st as the nation saver, I am reminded again that we have arrived_at a turning point. Our country. our societies. our f unilies and, thcrclbrc, our schools are all under tremendous' pressure to redefine themselves. The responses to this unique time we are living in usually tall into - two camps... "Ail things are possible:' versus "All • things are lost." How we act and -what we say during this incredible period of change show our young people our values and our beliefs. As one Writer put it "It is not a time for anonymity and silence.". At SHDHS. the administration believes that it is important to let the students know what we are feeling with respect to thc•tough questions raised by issues like the separation of Quebec. •We do kids .a tremendous disservice when we pretend as adults to have all the answers. Like students. we wonder. we question and we arc con- fused. But how we question is critical. How we question is what we give to young,pcoplc in these tithes of tremendous change. Guided not by thoughts of "what is wrong?" but by thoughts of "what should he?" we promote open-ended thinking and creativity. We focus on the possible. the future and the hopeful. Recently. 1 read about the results of a student survey that examined what students would describe as their most memorable work in school and why. Again and again students cited work that involved 1 in-depth research. stand-up performances. multi -step projects and tasks. Students actually described as fun the•assigntnents that took more time and more effort and that required them to tackle the big issues. in other words. it is difficult for young people to feel good ahout.theinselves il'they do not have anything meaningful to do. As well. every student deserves the opportunity to be -reflective and self-monitoring.- One of the ways.we do that in school, is by ask- ing students for it self-evaluation either in a journal or on a checklist. The purpose of self-evaluation is to encourage students to reflect on . their own strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures. The - • ability to reflect on one's own performance is as important as think- , ing skills such as organizing. analyzing and inferring. Of course, we must teach self -reflection just like any other skills. Whether we arc teachers or parents,'we all need to remember that it is not the instant success but the victory of a significant challenge that gives students a sense of power. Self-esteem is enhanced when • we accomplish something we thought impossible, something beyond us. When we give kids.hig challenges and opportunities to reflect' ori how they handled them. we really say to -them "we believe in you". "You can do this". What better challenge to begin with than this miracle called Canada. Deb Homuth Women's Ministries donates money to missionaries EXETER - Following a lunch at the Ranch House, the senior women of the Exeter Pentecostal. Women's Ministries met. at the home of Ada Triebner. Donations were sent to Marilyn Bush, •missionary. in Africa, for medical supplies, and to Betty Faulkner, missionary in Sri Lanka. • Jennie Kipfer gave a message on the characteristics of the heart. After a session of prayer. tea was served by the hostess. . Your generosity during Heart Month makes tire -saving heart and stroke research possible. Sunday School children design altar cloth for Lenten season • By H. Davis Saintsbury correspondent -SAINTSBU-RY The Rev. Stanley. Jay officiated on March 8 at St. Patrick's, celebrating the Holy Eucharist. The children's focus was "Thinking about how God cares for us:" -Thealtar cloth made by the chil- dren is being used during the Lenten season, showing the sym- bols of Lent. Courtney MacGillivray was serv- er for the service. Prior to the clos- ing hymn the Sunday School chil- dren came -to the altar wearing prayer shawls, made during class; 'Each was decorated with the phrase "We are gathered under God's wings". St. Patrick's will celebrate their evening prayer service on March 14 at 7 p.m. St. Patrick's A.C.W. will,meet at the home of Hazel --Davis on March 19 at 7 p.m. for dessert and coffee for their St. Patrick's Day meeting. A reminder to bring items for Daily Bread. Helen MacDonald and Joyce Sovereign of Lucan, Gladys Davis, Art and Marion Abbott of Exeter and Marylou Rumleski of Alvinston visited with Mary Davis this week. - Ron and Margaret Carroll enter- tained their family at dinner on Sunday. Ron was celebrating a birthday. . Lucan Community Centre Bingo Wed. March 11 Bingo starts 7:30 p.m. Regular Game $1000 Jackpot Game 50 calls or less $300 bonus Total prizes $3000 Due to the licence regulation's, no one under 18 allowed to play Licence #537495 Tines -Advocate, March 11, 1998 Page 19 1111 :Ii• Imagine that you are on a jumbo jetlinerflying at 42,000 feet when, suddenly, one of the two engines blows up and grinds to a halt. Immediately your • peaceful flight has turned into the ultimate experience of fear. Just as you become conscious that you can hear your own heart beating and it. may not be doing that long, the captain • comes on the intercom in a soothing voice... "Ladies and gen- tlemen, this is the captain. As you are probably aware, we have lost one of our engines. 1 am happy to report .to you that this aircraft is capable of flying and landing with only one en • - gine. Please remain calm. We are altering course.to land at the nearest airport. Thank you for your cooperation." • Hope. Assurance. Confidence begins 11-z) build in you that you. will .indeed make it to see another -day. - . - - Suddenly, without warning, the other engine also explodes and dies. All hope is gone. All confidence left with the dead- ly silence of a jetliner minus that reassuring engine "huni". As the nose of the jet begins to point earthward, your heart races ever. more loudly. You know your time has come. No tomor- rows on this planet. Suddenly in the remaining seconds of life, you become ever so conscious of that area of your life ' that you have ignored up until now - that spiritual dimension. What was it the preacher quoted from the Bible, "it is appoint- ed unto man once to die, and then the judgment.". 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