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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-07-07, Page 88 Remember when... On June 30 to July 2, 2000, South Huron District High School will celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The Exeter Times Advocate wouold like to join in the celebvvrations by sharing articles or pictures which have appeared over the years. YEARS S 1954-1965 - HI HIGHLIGHTS Dep'tAssist HS Students to Choose Occupations Each year, many SHDHS graduates launch new • careers for themselves. At one time or another, all of these former students have been under the influence of the high school guidance depart- ment. Head of this department is Mr. M. Sanders. His assistants are Miss L. Stegner and Mr. G. Koch.. In grade 9, students are required to have two periods of guidance per week with Mr. Sanders. In either grade 9 or grade 10, the students are given personal interviews. These interviews are conducted by Miss Stegner and Mr. Koch. The grade 12 students are usually ,given one period of guidance per week. In grade 9, the students discuss various careers and become familiar withthe advantages and disadvantages of these careers. Occasionally, these students view film strips on interesting occupations. During a personal interview, the -family back- ground of the student is discussed. When the interviewer and the student talk over the stu- dent's career choice, if the chosen career requires more than a high school education, the advantages and disadvantages of various schools are examined. When he reaches grade 12, the student has usually decided on his future career, and is ready to make defi.n(te plans. Then in the week- ly guidance classes, academic requirements demanded by different careers and universities are examined. Tuition fees for the various schools are also made known to the students. Any additional information is obtained from uni- versity calendars which are available for the stu- dents' use. The most popular career choice of SHDHS graduates is public school teaching. Amongst the girls, stenography and nursing are most frequently . chosen. Amongst the boys, courses in the various fields of science are popu- lar. For the most part SHDHS graduates enter fairly competitive fields. M yet, none of the high school's graduates have chosen careers that are unusual to our society. Due to the efforts of the guidance department, students graduate from high school with it mature, outlook on life and take their first unfal- tering steps nfal-teringsteps into the world of men and women. Gerald McBride, Exeter (left) Howard Rannie, Mensal' and Paul Amacher, Zurich all take agricul- ture and like the course. Gerald, the only farm boy in the group, plans to continue farming. Crops and cropping practices are his main agricultural inter- est FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHDHS "ALL -YEARS REUNION" CONTACT KENDRA ARTHUR 235-4006 (H) OR 235-4587 (W) OR PAT Rowe 236-7167 Exeter Times -,Advocate Opinion&F • Wednesday, July 7, 1999 OPINIONS AND LETTERS Alcoholabuse .abuse Continued from page 7 The driver is conscious but in shock and unable to free himself from under the bent steering column. His face will be forever scarred by deep. cuts from broken glass and jagged metal. Those cuts will heal, but the ones inside cannot be touched by the surgeon's scalpel. The third passenger has almost stopped bleeding; the seat and his clothing are covered in blood from an. artery cut in his arm by the broken bone that protrudes from his forearm just below the elbow. His breath comes in short gasps as he tries desperately to suck air past his, blood-filled airway. He is unable to speak and his eyes, bulged and fixed on me pleadingly, are the only commu- nications that he is terrified and wants my help. I feel a pang of guilt and recognize him as a boy I let off with a warning the other night for an open container of alcohol in his car. Maybe if I had cited him -then, he wouldn't be here now. Who knows? I don't. He died soundlessly in my arms, his pale blue eyes staring vacantly, as if trying to see into the future he will never have. I remember watching him play basketball and wonder what will happen to the scholarship he will :never use. Dully my mind focuses on a loud scream and I identify it as the girl who was thrown from the vehicle. I race to her with a blanket, but I am afraid to move her. Her head is tilted at an exaggerated angle. She seems unaware of my presence and.whimpers for her mother like a little child. In the distance, I can hear the ambu- lance winding its way through the rainy night. I am filled 'with contempt for people who propose lowering the drinking age because they will get booze anyway, so why not make it legal. I am frustrated with laws, court rulings and other legal maneuvering that restricts my ability to do my job, preventing this kind of tragedy. The ambulance begins the job of scraping up and removing the dead and injured. I. stand by, watching as hot tears mingle with rain and drip off my cheeks. I will spend several hours on reports and several months trying to erase from memory the details of that night.. -1 . will not be alone. The driver will recover and spend the rest of his life trying to forget. I know the memory of this fatal accident, will be diluted and mixed with other similar' accidents .I gill be called into cover. Yes, 1 am angry and sick at heart with to do my job and being tagged the bad guy. I pray to God that I might never face another parent in the night and say your daughter Susan, or your son Bill, has just been killed in a car accident You ask me, why did this happen.? It happened because of a young person, stoned out of his mind, thought that he could handle two tons -of hurtling death at 128 km/h. It happened because -an adult, trying to bp a "good guy" bought or sold to some minor a case of beer. It happened because you as par- ents weren't concerned enough about your child to know where he was and what he was doing; and you were unconcerned about minors and alcohol abuse and would rather blame me for harassing them when I was only, trying to .prevent this kind of tragedy. It happened because, as people say, you only believe this kind of thing only happened to someone else. For your .sake I -hope it doesn't happen to you, but if you continue to regard alcohol abuse as just part of growing up, then please keep your porch light on because some cold, rainy night, you will find me at your doorstep, staring at my feet with a me Of death for you. DON SImoPSHALL Senior Constable; Community Services Officer, Huron OPP Detachment Memories needed Dear Editor: For well over 150 years now, plowing matches have been held in Ontario, from the days when plowing was done by a yoke of oxen and a wooden plow, to a metal plow, and to a tractor and plow, and today where fields are planted in corn, beans and grain without plowing. The first plowing match to be sponsored by the Ontario Plowman's Association (OPA) was held at Sunnybrook Farms, now a part of Toronto, in 1913 with 31 single plow entries. While there were no classes for tractor. drawn plows, there was one tractor on the grounds, and this provided plenty of curiosity and caustic comments by the visitors. No doubt one of the questions was: "Do you think that it will ever replace the horse?" In 1946 the International Plowing Match (IPM) adopted a very fitting slogan: "The Victory Match" in view ,of the fact that this was the first match since 1941, due to the Second World War. The site of that year's match (1946) was at Port Albert Airport, near Goderich where the Royal Air Force trained pilots during war years for the British Naval Air Arm. Many British airmen came to Sky Harbour to train and ended up married to Canadian girls. I can think of one couple, Jeff and Doreen Wilkinson of Stratford. Do Resume writiig In the job market you have In market you have make yourself stand out from the competition -- and there is a lot • of competition out there. There are more people looking for work than there are jobs available. Therefore, you need to convince employers you are the best candidate for the position. That means promoting to the employ- er any skills, experiences and ab' 'ties you have and highlighting those that relate to the job: You need to market yourself and your resume is your personal advertisement, listing all the important infor- mation and characteristics about yourself that would att 'act the prospective employ- er. $1''While you are writing your resume keep asking yourself this question: what can I offer to this company or business? The most common informa- tion to put on a resume is per- sonal data, education and training, work and volunteer experiences, interests,` extra- curricular activities and references. The personal data is listed at the top of your resume. It is important to write your name, address and telephone number so the employer knows how to contact you. The information that follows your name and address is up to you. Remember to put the most important informa- tion on the first page. For instance, if you have lots of education and little work experience you may want to specify your education first near the top of your resume. When listing all your work and volunteer experi- ences it is a good idea to include where you worked, your occupational title and a brief summa- ry of your duties. For students just entering the labour market you may want to focus your resume on skills and abili- ties rather than work experiences. Within this sec- tion list the personal characteristics you possess relevant to the job you aielpplyinglor.-Kaiiiiitember you still have certain skills you have acquired from everyday living even if you haven't had any work or volunteer experience. Writing a geasy good resume is not- and it tak' lot of time and practice. Here are some helpful hints when writing a resume: • Keep it brief and to the point • Only give positive information; try to create a favourable impression • Focus the resume toward the job you are apply- ing for • Make the resume neat with no spelling or gram- matical errors • Include the most important information on the first page If any students need help writing a resume or need someone to proofread it, stop by the Human Resource Centre .for Stgdents or call ?35-1711 to make an appointment, USA EAGLESON SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OFFICER you know of anyone else? On October 15, 1946 the first IPM in Huron Country was officially opened by His Excellency Field Marshal, Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada. By the way, he was the last British Governor General. Following him, Vincent Massey became the first Canadian Governor General. Following the opening ceremonies, Mr. McGavin, pres- ident of the OPA, introduced Lord Alexander. -Mr. McGavin recalled the fine war record of Lord Alexander and the part that the Governor General had played in the defeat of the Nazis. Mr. McGavin declared that while the site of the present plowing match was not a battle- field, it was a historic site because many men had trained there for their part in the winning of the war. Mr..McGavirr, a native of Huron County, Walton, Ontario was the owner of McGavin's Machinery. His son Neil McGavin, Walton, Ontario is presently the First Vice President of the OPA 1999. If you have any memories of the 1946 match, please send them to me, Harry Nesbitt. The plowing match 1999 is being held at Dashwood Ontario, September 21-25. This is near Grand Bend. Packages of five advance tickets are...being sold for admission to the Plowing Match and a draw on a Trailer Park home. More information can be found in our Official Match pamphlet or call: JEANNE KIRKBY, Secretary, 34 Queen St. Walton, Ont. NOK 1ZO. 519-887-6038 or HAIRY W. NEsarrr, Chairman, Advance Sales, 39 Elizabeth, Apt. 1, Stratford, Ont. N5A 4Z1.