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MEMORIALS
A SHOPPING BAG CONVENTION?—Not quite. The boys' volleyball
team was apparently embarrassed by its less -than -excellent showing
this season when members were introduced to the student body. The
team had lots of effort and spirit, but not many points or much luck.
(Clint Pewtress Photo)
Teens: what we're told we lack
"So, what time did you get'
in last night?"
"Well, you had better sit
down as this is going to be a
long story."
For all of you parents out
there, this has probably been
the scenario at your house at
least once on a weekend.
About this time you are de-
bating seriously whether the
anguish of having kids and
seeing them do this to you is
worth your while.
Now it's time to stop!
Think about the other side of
the story. Your son or daugh-
ter was out with friends and
having a good Time without
doing anything illegal or
destructive to his or her life.
Is it fair to them if you jump
all over them for being late
even though for the last six
weekends they've had the
car home on time, had their
stereo at a decent decibel
level, had friends over who
didn't eat everything in the
fridge and kept their rooms
clean for over 24 hours?
Duma Club presentation
`Once Upon a Christmas'
"Once Upon A Christ-
mas", you say? Sounds like a
fairy tale! Indeed it is a fairy
- tale of a sort; that is to say it
is a story unlike any other
and was performed live, on
Dec. 6 and 7 at F. E. Madill
Secondary School.
The story takes place in
the mystical kingdom of Ter -
ria, where grass and flowers
grow long after people have
begun sporting scarves and
mittens. For many years,
good King Theoden ruled
from his palace at Andro-
meda with a gentle hand. He
loved Christmas so much
that he dressed as Santa
Claus . every year,' and
named his only daughter
Holly.
But things changed. Hol-
ly's mother passed away and
Theoden took a new queen,
Minerva. He loved her very
much, and she used that love
to help her destroy Christ-
mas because it did not •ap-
peal to her evil tastes.
She went to the sorceress,
Lavina, to procure an evil
potion which would turn
Theoden against Christmas
and gradually place him in
her power so she could then
take over the kingdom. Full
of fear, Laving complied,
and soon Christmas was no
more for the King, blinded
by love and hypnotized by
the potion, gave a royal de-
cree immediately.
Meanwhile Moss, Lavina's
apprentice, was outraged
enough to organize an army
of children t� stop the evil
queen. Laving was still
scared, and conjured up
more potion to be given to
the Terrian soldiers so the
queen would have a fierce
army behind her. Also a
messenger named Luke, who
was Holly's boyfriend, mis-
takenly discovered Miner-
va's plans, and was impris-
oned. As the soldiers took the
potion, Minerva ordered a
public execution of Luke to
OPP to continue
ski identification
Community services
personnel from the Ontario
Provincial Police will
continue "Operation Ski
Identification" at all ski
areas in the Meaford detach-
ment area this season.
The program began' at
Blue Mountain Central Base
Lodge on Dec. 7, when
Constables Pat Murphy of
Owen .Sound and _Bill Tan..
nahill of Mount Forest,
assisted by the Ontario Ski
Patrol, marked a_total:of 86
pairs of skiis and 27 pairs of
poles: Ski -theft stickers also
were issued for placement on
the equipment.
This is a free program
supplied by the OPP with the
assistance of' the ski patrol.
It consists of having a
specific identification
number (such as on a
driver's license) engraved
Red Cross
Youth
on all ski • equipment. A
sticker then is fixed to each
item and record cards are
issued that are filled out by
the owner and carried by
that person. The process
takes a matter of minutes.
Personnel will be available
at the following locations
from 9 a.m. 'to 12 noon and
12:45 to 3 'p.m. during
December and January,
with th`e`exception of Dec. 26 -
and 27. The ski patrol
members also will be able to
augment the program'
whenever they are available
at the same location.
Personnel will be avail-
able: Dec. 21 at Central Base
Lodge, Blue Mountain and
Talisman; Dec. 22 at Central
Base Lodge, Inn Cafe and
Blue Mountain; Dec. 23,
Central Base Lodge, Inn
Cafe, Blue Mountain; Dec. 26
and 27, South Base Lodge
(night skiing), Blue Moun-
tain; Dec. 28, the Peaks and
AlpineSki Club; Dec. 29, the
Peaks, Central Base Lodge,
Blue- Mountain- and -Bee. 30;
Inn Cafe,
During the . month of
January, personnel will be
available: Jan. 3, 4, 5,
Central Base Lodge; Jan. 11,
Inn Cafe,- Central- B -ase -
Lodge, Blue Mountain; Jan.
12, Inn Cafe, Beaver Valley
Ski Club; Jan, 18, Central
Base Lodge, Osler Bluff Ski
Club; Jan. 19, Centrad Base
Lodge Talisman Resort;
' Jan. 25, Inn Cafe, Craigleith
Ski Club and Jan. 26, Inn
Cafe and Osler Bluff Ski
Club.
take place — on December
25! .
Minerva managed to keep
Theoden in the dark about all
this, so it looked as if she
would succeed. But Moss's
youthful army attacked the
palace just as Luke was
about to lose his head. For
some reason the soldiers re- ,
fused to fight against chil-
dren, so they were overcome
and Holly freed her beau.
Minerva, seeing that .events
were taking a bad turn, de-
cided to flee and the battle
went on.
Luke and Holly appealed
.to the king in the throne
room. He refused to believe
what they said about Miner- .
va, the woman he loved. But 1
some old memories and a lit-
tle, Christmas spirit, helped
to bring. the- old king back
again. He exited just as the
battle surged into the room.
Alicia, the .captain of the
guard almost stopped the
two lovebirds, but Moss in-
tervened and gained the up-
per hand., Before she could
give the final blow, however,
a "Ho Ho Ho!." stopped the
fight, as the King and Santa
Claus entered as one. The
plan was foiled, for the'
Queen was then brought in as
a prisoner of Lavina, who
had 'given the soldiers a
"love" potion, so they would
not fight.
The story ended with three
announcements from the
King: that Minerva and her
assistants must eat a Christ-
inas cookie laced with love
potion; that Holly would be
betrothed to Luke, and that
Christmas would be restored
to Terria.
This story was created in
the minds of 20 imaginative
members of the school's
.Drama Club. There was, and
is yet, no actual, finalized
script for the play. The en-
tire story, the characters,
and the theme, were devised
through imagination, discus-
sion and much improvisa-
tion.
Over a period of several
weeks, the actors created
their own characters, and
once a basic story was de-
cided upon, these characters
were used to create scenes.
Finally a full play was pro-
duced, without a-fttll-script-- ..
As the director of the play,
I would like to express my
pride in the club's hard work
and imagination in creating
this play,/
--f3urpllans for -the -new -year -
include participation in a
School Drama Festival at
the Blyth Theatre in late
February, as well as the pro-
duction of a hit musical,
"Bye Bye Birdie!" Neither
of these projects involves an
improvised script, but the
group is just as enthusiastic.
—Thomas Bailey 13A
Just cast your own mem-
ory back to your "teenage -
hood". Didn't you come
home an hour and a half late
at least once? •
I'm willing to admit that
teenagers do have to learn
responsibility, but I'm sure
there are parents who don't
come home when they are
-supposed to. I have my own
personal experience to draw
on for this. I was told to be
home on Saturday night by
two o'clock at the latest or I
would, and I quote, "be
grounded for the rest of my
adult life".
Well, I hustled home and
was half an hour early for
good measure. Guess who
turns up atlquarter after two
without even a good excuse?
You guessed it: my parents.
The excuse, •used was "We
were playing cards and we
just had to finish the game."
Now don't get me wrong;
my parents are pretty good,
but this incident I'm going to
keep in the back of my mind
till the next time I'm late and
I'll bring it int() the conver-
sation as a gentle reminder
of what could and does hap-
pen when with friends.
'So the next time your teen
comes home late, just think
about you and your friends
as well as your youth. Teens,
remember too that parents
will be parents, so if you are
going to be really late, call;
it's not much fun having
nightmares about where
your child isat four in the
morning.
Most teenagers at 16 are
considered mature enough to
drive. Then why do parents
still insist that you should be
home at twelve with ,the 'car
and safely tucked up in .bed
by. twelve -thirty on a Friday
night? Why? We are respon-
sible adults. Most of us'have
part-time jobs which give us
more responsibility than our
parents would ever dream of
handing to us. We do have to
learn how to handle more
and more responsibility and
if we haven't by the time
we're 18 or 19 and going to
university or college, we
can't operate in this world.
All our lives we've been
told either, "Take life and
live it to the fullest," or,
"listen' t� me as I'm your
parent and I know best." My
favorite question is "If you
know, why don't you let me'
experience it for myself, so I
know too and I can relate to
your experiences."
We are at the age when we
learn how important respon-
sibility is. Parents, please
remember you have to give a
little to get a little. Just to
see if your son has learned
responsibility, let him bor-
row the car for the first time
instead of the old farm truck
that he Is usually allowed.
I'm sure it will be a success
.as the car will appear in the
rh iv eway On time-without`a
dent or scratch and probably
with a full tank of gas.
• Another responsibility we
teens have to assume is
deciding what career to
-pursue;-deeid ng-whatschool-
will train us the best for that
career anddeciding how the
finances are going to operate
so you can go to school. This
is a heavy load for someone
18 years old. Yet they man-
age and usually succeed at
their goals. This shows that
they are being responsible
teens -- actually, respon-
c
sible adults is proper termin-
ology.
Yes, teenagers do have re-
sponsibility and, hard as it
may seem to believe, are
really human. For all the
parents who have or will
read this expression of feel-
ing, remember this please.
Teenagers are people too as
well as adults in miniature.
So, please, let us make our
own mistakes through our
responsibilities and don't try
to live our lives for us.
—Shona Rae
Meriy Christmas
and
Happy New Year
to
Dr. Wong, Dr. Ping,
Dr. Street, family, friends
and acquaintances from all
theresidents, staff and
owners.
Pierre and
Marie Rammeloo
of the
Rammeloo
Rest Home,
Blyth; Ont.
NOM 1 HO
At Christmas
we think of
you with
SUSSMAN'S OF ARTHUR
sincere
appreciation
and wish
you every
happiness.
GOTHIC
MASONRY
Gord, Cathy &
Christopher
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