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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-11-27, Page 12a Page '12—The Wingham Advance -Times, Nov. 27, 1985 HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?—Brenda Edgar tries to attract a young customer while Ivan Metcalfe looks on at one of the bake tables in the Reavie Opportunity Workshop. It was hard to resist the delicious aroma of home -baked goods, tot young Luke Lock - ridge was just looking. Saturday was the workshop's annual Christmas craft and bake sale. madill mirror Moments to remember One Sunday morning I have been working in a local restaurant for a' year now, and during my time as a waitress I have had many odd experiences. Some have been good; some have been bad; some have been funny and some have been down- right maddening. The ex- perience I'm going, to relate to you was a mixture of all these. Very early one Sunday morning I arrived at my Curling club For the 40 members of the curlingclub instructed by Mr. Bender, there is a very busy season ahead. The first two nights will be for beginners. All people who have little experience in curling will Learn the techniques during this time. After the first set of exams the club will begin curling seriously. ' They will be put into teams and they.will get a chance to play against each other. When the March exams have finished, playoffs will begin. When the season is over there is a supper and trophies are presented. For more experienced curlers there is the boys' competitive team run by Mr. Hawkins and the girls' com- petitive team run by Mrs. McKague. The curling club meets every Wednesday night from 3:30 to 5:39 at the Wingham Curling Club. —Nikki Reavie 9E place of employment as scheduled. The- morning started off . fine, which sur- prised me since I had not had the luxury of a full night's. sleep. I got the coffee ma- chine gurgling, filled the till and set the teapot boiling. Everything was right on track. ' Until in trudged two bikers with orders for coffee 'and breakfast. Then came five more with the same. 'Then six and seven until the tiny eatery was filled and the counter was lined with hungry, impatient motor- cyclists. I did not learn until later that hungry and impa- tient were not the only char-. acteristics this rowdy horde possessed. Rude, insulting, and inconsiderate could also have been added to the list. I cheerily made my way to each patron and endeavored to carry out each order quickly, efficiently/ and pro- fessionally. But nothing was good enough for this crowd. They were spoiling for a lit- tle fun and why not pick on a waitress in a dinky little res- taurant, in a tiny little town that they were very unlikely to pass through again. So I suffered through loud insults passed between the tables questioning my merits as a waitress, doubting my IQ and, it seemed at the time, my worth as a human being. I suffered through straying hands, lascivious grins and indecent proposals. But all the while I served each cus- tomer with my chin in posi- tion and a withering glance for those who were unfortun- ate enough to have uttered a derogatory comment within my hearing range. However, inside my head spun; my stomach churned; my legs shook and I was on the verge of tears for over two hours. After the bikers left and I had finished cleaning the pennies and ketchup out of the bottoms of coffee cups and ashtrys, I calmly walked to the back door, stepped outside and screamed. —Kim Gibson, 13A E.W. Public School By Dianne Black and Jeff McKee In November our Student Council at East Wawanosh Public School had a Mr. and Mrs. Personality Day for Grades 4 and up. For Kin- dergarten and up we .held a Backwards Day. On a Wednesday, during the Mr. and Mrs. Personality What's that noise? How many times have your heard this famous say- ing, "Turn that music down-?-' "?—r m sure most North American teenagers .have heard this at one time or another. I believe that rock music is a great pas- time. Today a lot of older indi- viduals in our society believe that as soon as a "teenager -turns on the stereo to listen to some music, the music immediately corrupts his or her mind. I don't believe this to be true at all. Rock music, to me, does anything but cor- rupt the mind. In some ways, rock music helps to relieve tension and anxiety. For ex- ample, -after school year can sit back, put on the head- phones and just relax while listening to your favorite pop group.' Whereas older people that come home from work "twist open a blue" as a way of relaxation. That is another point I must bring to your attention. Most parents have this belief that drugs and alcohol are always associated with rock music. It's true that there is quite a lot of drugs and alco- hol being consumed by teen- agers in our society today, but I don't believe that all of it has to do with rock music. Certainly,, there are kids who drink and "do drugs", but I think they would do it even if there wasn't rock music present! Recently, I was at a party and at the beginning of the evening it was quite dull, but as soon as the stereo was brought in, everything liven- ed up. The party was then a huge success, because everybody was up dancing, singing and having a great time. Some rock music does tend to get the old adrenalin pumping; I am a prime example mygelf. 1 do house- work a lot better if "the ghet- to -blaster is cranked". The work doesn't seem quite so boring when you can sing along with your favorite rock group, your favorite new wave group or your favorite pop group. I hope I have shed a little bit of light on the issue of rock music, so the next time you find yourself yelling at your.teenaged son or daugh- ter, stop! —Heather MacDougall Day, the boys were not supposed to talk to the girls or else they had to give up their ribbon. At the end of the day the girl with the most ribbons was named Mrs. Personality. Then on a Thursday the girls were given the ribbons and the boys had to get the girls to talk. At the end of the day the boy with 'the most __._ribbons was- -named- Personality. a .e.d Personality. Mrs. Personality was Sheila Schwartzentruber from Grade 7 and Mr. Personality was Jason Campbell from Grade 6. The winners will receive a doughnut donated by the Grade 6-7 class. On Friday anyone who received at least one ribbon, boys or girls, had a game of jo-jo ball in the gym. On Thursday at 12:20 all the children who dressed up backwards had a game of pipsqueak and Wilfred. All in all, the activities went very well. WORKS ACQUIRED The National Gallery of Canada added to its European collection by pur- chasing Study for "The Death of General Wolfe' (1765) by Benjamin West. The work is the last and most important compositional study by West for the paint- a ing by the same name. It was purchased under the terms d of the Cultural Property Ex- el port and Import Act. The Gallery also acquired The Virgin and Christ Child (circa 1518-1520), an equisite devotional painting ,by the Flemish artist Bcrnard van Ogley. • at the Wingham ;4 Public School Editors: Andrea Grant Peter Poulin What a week! Matt Maxwell of Toronto, with his side -kick, Jack, came to put on a concert for the Grades 3 to 6 classes. Mr. Maxwell said he writes the songs because he likes working with kids all across Canada. Mr. Maxwell said he likes doing this very much and says, "The kids are fan- tastic." His long-term goal is to create a school for children with drama, music, art and yoga. I had the op- portunity to hear one of his songs, "Frere Jacques Rock et Roll'.' and was it terrific! Mr. Maxwell has a record company named after his cat, Muffin: —Kirsten • Keil The Huron County health nurses have been here in the school to test some of the students' hearing and vision. Students in Grades 1 to 3 had their hearing checked and students from Grades 3 to 7 had their vision checked. Parents will receive a letter outlining any problems found. Several teachers have been out of the school either at workshops or visiting of er classrooms in neigh- boring schools this month. We would like to thank the supply teachers who helped us out during their absence. Student achievement forms went home Thursday at lunchtime. George". Alan was the bowler of the week with a high score of 144 and all the children are planning to attend . a swim meet at Vanastra on Friday. —Marlaine Lindsay STUDENTS IN MRS. SZAREK'S CLASS showed some of their Inuit items from their social studies unit. Some of the things include marsh- mallow igloos, an Inuit boot, soapstone carvings and some cloth pic- tures. 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The Committee invites written submissions from individuals, groups or organizations wishing to comment .on the above -noted subject. All briefs should be deposited with the Clerk of the Committee not later than Friday, 6 December 1985. MICHAEL J. BREA UGH, M. P.P. A. SM/RLE FORSYTH Chairman Room 104, Legislative Building Queen's. Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A2 4T679631462 Clerk of the Committee —Rhonda Leachman Mrs. Robertson's Kin- dergarten classes have, been finding pictures of things that rhyme. Last Wednesday the Kindergarten pupils were filmed by some students in Mr. Lisle's class during storytime and all the children loved seeing themselves on television. —Marcy McKee Mrs. Szarek's class has been making up math quizzes with their multipli- cation tables. Some students Wave been bringing in marshmallow igloos for their Inuit unit. ,Snowball, the gerbil, is growing 'rapidly. He chews up a lot of paper nd if someone picks hint up") e wi1Tbite. 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