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An Auburn area student
and a Bayfield area student
_were -die top award winners
at " the annual com-
mencement exercises held at
--Central—Rurpn--Segendary
School on Friday September
26.
Julie Armstrong, daughter
of Mr. and 'Mrs. Howard L.
Armstrong of RR 1, Zurich
and David Gross,
son of Mr.
and Mrs. and Mrs. Carmen
Gross each received seven
awards and scholarships at
vent.
s Well, as Ontario
Scholarships, Miss Arm-
strong and Mr. Gross each
won Carter SOiolarships,
and W. D. Fair Scholarships'
for general prpficiency in
grade 13.
Julie took home the Sir
Ernest Cooper Estate
Scholarship, while David
won the E.A Fines -award in
Mathematics.
th also on three W.D.
Far scbolarShip each for
subject proficiency, with
David being tops in
mathematics, chemistry and
physics, while Julie was best
in English,-ltittofy-and-'
foreign languages.
Julie also gave the
valediCtory address. •
Other top grade 13
graduating students were •
Paul Newland with five
awards, and Betty Konarski;
with four awards. Each won
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Ontario Scholarships, while
Paul also won the George
Jefferson Memorial
scholarship, a Carter
scholarship, anda W. D Fair
scholarship, ;and a 'Fair
subject scholarship in
biology. ,
Betty also won a Fair
ottbject scholarship in
geography, a Fair general
proficiency scholarship and
the Corrie's Red and 'White
aw arid for general
proficiency.
Other Ontario Scholars
included Michelle Corbett,
Teresa Radley, Elizabeth
Reid; Julie Shobbrook and
Laura Taman.
Teresa Radley was the
other Fair scholarship
general proficiency winner,
and Janice Webster took
home the Fair subject
scholarship for family
studies.
Fair scholarships in
general proficiency for other
grades were presented to
Michael Coleman, Erin
Phillips and Christine Carter
for grade 11, and to Judy
Carter, JaniceWebster,
Joanne McBride, Steven
DeGroof and Joan Dale for
gra de 12.
In the citizenship -awards
•this year, Brenda Sowerby
and David Harman won the
Clinton Town Council
awards, while Michelle
eld students sweep awards night
Corbett won the CHSS
teachers' award.
Grade 12 scholars' awards
went to Judy Carter, Joan
Dale, Steen Degroof,
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Durnin, Karen Erb, Jack
Hendriks, David Liebold,
Joanne McBride, Duane
Malcolm, Ian Reid, Lydia
Schuurman, Arnold Veen-
stras, and Janice Webster.
Other general proficiency
awards were presented to:
Grade' 9, Bartliff's Bakery
award, Wesley Delve; Grade
10; Fairholme Dairy award,
Darryl Fox, Grade 11,
Anstett Jewellers award,
Michael Coleman; Grade 12,
Technical Teachers' award,
Steven DeGroof ; Grade 12,
Murphy Bus Lines award,
David Leibold; Grade 12,
Women's Auxiliary of the
Legion Branch 140 bursary,
Christine Burgess; Grade 12,
J and J Pharmacy award,
Karen Erb.
The Grade 9 Special
Education Teachers' awards
went to Susan Harman for
girls' academic; Donna
Keller for girls' shop; and
Rhonda Hay for beauty
culture; Dave Bernard for
boys' academic, Harold
Baker for auto and welding,
Ian Norden for smal
engines, and Tim McQuire
for safety award.
In Grade 10 last year, top
subject award winners
were: Bert 1Vliddegal and subject awards were given
Brenda Sowerby; K- out to: Cheryl Rau the
Decorating' awards; David Clinton News -Record award
Harman and Paul Smale, in English; Duane Malcolm
Ball -Macaulay awards; the Dr. D.B. Palmer award
• dWise-_Jgengrasi Keith Madill
Heating award in sheet the , Cyanmid of Canada
metal; Karen Farquhar and
Darryl Fox, the Norman and
Verna Carter Memorial
award in science; Pam
Golding and Darryl Fox,
English teachers' award,
Darryl Fox, IODE
geography award; Barbara
Gross, Mary's Sewing
Centre award; John Cornish,'
the Arbor award for artistic
proficiency; and Barbara
Gross the junior award for
proficiency in the visual
arts.
For being the tops in their
subjects in Grade 11 last
year the following received
awards; Rose Dupuis
Clinton Community Credit
Union award in program-
ming; Tanya DeGroot the
Epps Pumps award in
mechanical technology;
Susan McKay -the IODE
award in French; Tanya
DeGroot the Mercury
Blueprinting award in
construction technology;
Cathy Leppington, the
Intermediate award for'
proficiency in visual arts,
and Richard McBride, the
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award in science; Julie
Armstrong, the Clinton
Kinsmen award in foreign
languages; Judy Carter the
E.B. Menzies award in
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3.W. , Counter award • in, Julie Armstrong, who was one of the top award winners ai
building construction. ' the commencement exercises, also . delivered the
At the. Grade 12 level validictory address. (Jack hunt photo)
Door to opportunity ready to be opened
By Julie Armstrong
Honoured guests, Mr.
Murphy, teachers,
graduating students, and
friends:
Have you ever, at any
given time, asked yourself
the question, "What arn
doing here? "? It is a
question we've heard
echoing in these hallowed
halls ,more times than it is
possible to remember, and
often without a satisfactory
reply. But tonight we can be
sure of the very special
reason for our being here.
We are honouring
achieve ment -- achievement
that has resulted from our
studies and experiences at
Central Huron, and that has
brought us together again
this evening to acknowldge
our "commencement" --- our
new beginning. We have
come to the end of a corridor
in our life. Now we are
standing on the threshold
that leads to another, with
the promise of great ad-
ventures ahead.
What happens now? The
sign upon the door reading,
"Enter at Your Own Risk"
can make us a. little wary.
Should we patiently await
the invitation to enter, and
allow someone to lead us by
the hand through a new and
unfamiliar passageway? Or,
should we knock at the door,
having gathered together
every ounce of confidence we
possess, in order to discover
the secrets that wait beyond
this barrier between past
and future?
Well, let's analyse the
situation. If we sit here on
the doorstep, chances are
that a friendly soul will come
to the door from the other
side and lead us in, directing
us toward our destination,
but it is highly unlikely. Oh
traf-tenineentarlorseitolars-at-the-scho
were present for commencement exercises. Left to right ,
are Julie Armstrong, David Gross, Michelle Corbett,
hobbrookr-Paul-Newiamt-and
Teresa Ra,dley. Missing was Elizabeth Reid and Laura
Taman. (Jack Hunt photo)
the other hand, while we sit
here wallowing in indecision,
those who are passing
through the door are moving
ahead into worlds
unimaginable. It is ironic
that this door be so im-
mediately overwhelming,
for in terms of the realms
that lie beyond, it is a minute
Obstacle. We cannot turn
back and rightly so. The
energy we possess is a
resource that should be used
wisely, and not wasted
retracing our footsteps.
1 do not agree with the
belief that "opportunity
knocks". I am not stating
that it never does, but rather
that it rarely does. To me,
waiting for an event that
very possibly will not occur
seems almost futile. Many
are disillusioned because
they anticipate, perhaps
subconsciously, some
magical day when op-
portunity will knock at their
door, and immediately their
dreams will be transformed
into reality- In the mean-
time, they themselves
reniairCstagnant.
Surely none of its believes
as did the ancient Greeks,
that life is strictly a matter
of fate beyond our control.
Who can say that he lives his
life from day to day without
ever having a bearing on .ts
outcome? Even .the least
significant of our decisions
is responsible for the
situations in which we find
ourselves. SuccIT is not'
simply/ a comr ty that
fate finds fit 'to „,ve to a
chosen few. Our own per-
sonal success is something
we are very much respon-
sible for. In order to succeed,
we must do the knocking at
opportunity's door, instead
of expecting that opportunity
will beckon us. This zon-
scious effort is the first step
toward making our lives our
own.
Having overcome the
initial task of knocking at -the
door does not mean that we,
have conquered all poten-
tially adverse cond-
-tions.Even though we knock,
opportunity may not be in,
and if not, persistence and
patience may be required
before there is an answer.
At sortie doors, one can
gain a dm ittance-maCh more
readily than at others,. and
the passageways beyond are
less difficult to navigate.
Indeed, some decide to take
up less complicated routes
even though for theft a true
challenge and real success
are found beyond another
door altogether. We all knoW
ourselves much better than
we realize or wish to admit.
No one can hide from his
innermost dreams,
curiosities and goals, for
once they have surfaced,
they do not fade.
Just as a building, once it
has been constructed, claims
its own space in this world,
scrAo dreams claim .a place.
in the soul. If not pursued,
they naunt • the soul. To
succeed is to have
dist ove red what truly
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