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ithool, the elese held.n ate
for our riding. Several stur,
deate on their spare 0140-
dropped In to east &ballot and
the following remake were
tabulated: 'COnaertratiVell, '13;
Liberab,,13; NDP, 12.
_The tie: was broken, how -
Myer, when two late, Liberal
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who can prove thatke
what ,ihe's ta1khg about,
well as 'that they areni
swayed by traditio
fayorijos. .
Alrnta was also taken toeee
what hind of 'govimningot the
alneetelfweetotievoloin.,
the 25 who voted, decided
therewould" probably be a
Liberal minority, two thought'
a Liberal Majority wan more'
likely, and one felt the Con-
servatives would take a
majority victory.
So even thoUgh-this is a very
snail number of students sur-
YeYed! it WAB $W1 interesting
to note the differences in the
history 401 malts and the
February 18 results. If the
class results are any indi-
cation, the future voters will
be much inore willing to listen
to NDP and main -line parties
will have to strengthen their
convictions and policies if they
are to expect support from the
electorate!. •
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NORTHERN LIGHTS
BOOK REVIEW
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DEATH;
• NOT ramp
•, By lobn Gunther
John Gunther tells the
powerftil story 'of his only
sen's struggle. with cancer:
John Gunther, Junior, at 10,
,•• was stricken with a brain
ttunOr.,This book tells the tale
• of the: 15 nionthe tof ilineas
,whielt he sidnret.lt tells ef
his Stubborn end brave refusal
• • to iteee:Pt death; tells Wills
10veand concern for others it
• tells of Ids working to gredit-
, . site at Deerfie,ldAcadetny,
deaPtie the tuinor.
This book ;truly ,ieaves you,
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mother's help, i is a deeply
Personal!accciat of his fight
with the enemy. Sometimes,
though, it gets unrealistic., I
got the idea that Johnny was
'perfect' — brilliant, witty,
sincerea lover of music, cid-
, ture, even ballet. But then, I
suppose that is only expected
When one writes a memoir of
his Son.
Why did Mr. Gunther write
this book? He piltS itvery
clearly and bemillfully
him-
scif:,'. •
"This lathe Otattal pith: and
substaaeeio1What I am trying
to write, as a, mournful tribute
not only to Johnny, but to the
powet the wealth, the tuncon-
thiebe ty Of the
•qu alt • , human •
spfrlt, will antlatin0
, This man Was hot just a vety
loving father Who wanted to
write a story. John Gunther
senior was a real writer. He
often mentions the help his son
gave him with his books. The
book has an interesting layout.
The poem by John Donne,
from which the title is derived,
opens the book. There is .a for-
ward giving us a rundown of
Johnny's character, likes, dis-
likes, fears and anecdotes.
Part Two, after the main
story, consists of letters and
notes which Johnny wrote. His
diary follows. Francis, his
mother, includes her mes-
sage, and Death Be Not Proud
concludes with a prayer which
was written by Johnny. All
this puts together . book
Which is not dull, or boring, or
• repetitious.
Death Be Not Proud 'is
written clearly, precisely and
enjoyably. Medical jargon is
kept to a minimum, or ex,
plained (Thank you Mr.
Gunther!). It nips and tears at
your emotions, as part of you
lives and dies with the Gun-
ther family.
A book to be read, and
reread, Death Be Not Proud
leaves you with a feeling of
loss, that something is lost for-
everaet you gain a feeling of.
strength and will that shall
never be lost.
Debbie Sjaarda
DELIVERANCE
By James Dickey
DeliVerance is a huge best
seller and a sensational
movie. The author is James
Dickey, the famous poet. He
has become a sensational
novelist with his suspenseful
novel about four men caught
in a primitive and violent test
of manhood.
The book was first published
in April, 1971, by Dell Publish-
ing Company, New York.
Since its first publishing it has
- been printed over -19- times:
The plot is based on four
friends who go on a canoeing
expedition; three have 'never
canoed before.' 'The river is
broken by numerous rapids
and the bush is inhabited by
mountain folk.
Two of the men are stopped
and forced to sodomize by two
degraded mountaineers. Their
two companions kill one of the
mountain men With an arrow,
and then the terror of the trip
begins.
You're hooked: you ex-
perience every joy, you feel
every rut, grope up every
swallow water with every spill
of the canoe, sweat with every
draw of the bowstring.,
The format is simple and
,BvnrieAEton
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straightforward. It is Waken
into five sections. Before the:
trip, the three days during the
trip and the wrap-up after the
trip.
The story is narrated by the
character Ed. Much of the
Story ii in dialogue. 'This gives'
us insight into the characters
and their feelings throughout
the story.
Dickey uses a very approp-
riate quote to, introduce the
story and, having read the
book; I can appreciate this
quote: "The pride of 'thine '
heart hath deceived thee then •
that dwellest in the clefts 'of
the rack wheee•kah4ati1M4.0. •
high; that saith hi his heart
Who :shall bring me doWn to:
the grOund?"
• OBADIAH, verse 3
Shelley LeteaU 12E
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peoplet jun has won
onte-',Sigabil4His, trickery and
',freacheryhave led you blindly
see• into bis frap
Can .y�u 'hot yigntohraest tlie
theBoojum not ,
Olit of the Jabber-
tes it also?
1 deadly power
ock is realized,
WheOlht,
of 'the Jab
None* ',1Peifily the Boojum,
for he iallOt solely at fault.
Blairte,'YOUrtelf! Your greed
and •desite,lor wealth over-
whelmedirititters much more
widesprentand serious. In
yeurNtilli$V, selfish minds
yolif,sai0What the Boojum
offered **benefiting your
inenedititkinccess and happi-
ness. slit.*9uid not a small
suffering** he worth the
avoidance •-•rit. the disasterous
• calamities ahead?
•
These calainities could have
been " avoided, 'tin for you;
FOOLISH, FOOLISH People!
•-Anonymous
Anonymity or fun?
Why don't people write?
Every English room in our
school contains posters for
creative writing contests. The
prizes range from $500 to free
books the first year of imiver-
sity. To the best of my knowl-
edge, few people have entered
any of these contests since
I've been at school.
Perhaps fear is one of the
reasons why we don't. The
writer or essayist or poet likes
to maintain anonymity. (I
know I 'do.) The thought of
everyone reading his work
•Sends shivers down his back.
Then, there isan�ther class
of Writer, the one who thinks
that his or her,) writing isn't
good enough. Good enough for
what? Youlhould never judge
your' own work because you
will be too criticall,.
._Writing can be a lot of fun, if
you let it. You can take a char-
acter and make it do whatever
you want. It is a great way to
take out your frustrations.
Take, 'for instance, someone
you don't like and put them in
shark Infested waters or,
better yet, comeup with a new
torture. The characters are
puppets in your hands; 'you
control their destiny.
Ever had a special dream?
Try living it on paper some-
time. The results can be very
surprising •),
Our school contains a lot of
talent. All we have to do is find
it.
Noreen Rahn 13C
Student Interviews
The question for this week
is: "If we had a MOW day,
what would you do?" For
myself, I sure know what I'd
like to do, but what I should do
is entirely different. Some of
your own responses are here:
Marilyn ten Pas 10K, "Slave
away for Ma."
Muriel Huth 9D, "Dream all
day about lirent Day."
Alice - Vanderklippe 12K,
"Hem up my coat, pin on my
skirt, cook if I amid, play
piano for an hour, go to-
boganning, darn sock..."
Anomymous, "Do a disco
snow dance for the next few
days." •
Pat Burbidge, "I'd study for
myexams..7,_
'Fred' 9F, "Phone Mr. Hun-
ter to say good morning."
• Deb Sjaarda 1211, "Stay in
bed all day and watch the soap
operas.".
Nance Stuart 12H, "Depend-
ing where 1 was when it snow-
ed."
Larry O'Malley 12F,
"Depending on where I was
snowed in, but it wouldn't be
what,Nancy was thinking of."
WHAT'S YOUR
FAVORI'M WINTER'
• SPORT
Lori Brendal 12A, "Curling
and running."
Shelley Letteau 12E,
"Downhill skiing, driving
Kawasaki."
Faye Forster 12C, "Making
angels in the snow with
Jimmy".
Ann Webster 12K, "Skiing —,
any kind."
Mush Mali, "Cross country
skiing and hockey."
Linda Miners, "Cross coun-
• try skiing and tobogganing,"
Bev Bell 12A, 'Snow-
mobiling."
Kelly Mackie ,12E, "Sex
the snow."
Diane Dennis 12C, "Trying
cross country skiing,"
Kim Dodds 11C, "Cross
country skiing."
Sherry Green 11C, "Holding
hands while horse back
riding.'
Bev Green 11C "Snow-
mibiling."
So, you pi feetiliervatbre
and the Ubeas 01 ii YOU
stalked outotyOUrhoUse and
knocked on averyone'st door
trying to find OA the person
was who vet, , ter ilk.
dean, Peop1eiooIed yot.,
thongt you were .eroW, and
you yawed that, the net
person who looked into your.
eyes and said they Octet lelow
how the Laherlibi. got in was -
asking to get his head knocked
off.
So, your clock radio Omit
to wake you up at seven and
you had to eat burnt Wet be-
cause the toaster forgotto pop
while you were cutting your
chin with a raw and you
vowed that the next dine your
little brother decided to .use
your best shoes as Wats In the
bathtub you would knock his
head off.
So, you trekked out to your
car in four -foot deep drifts and
when you finally get your tar'
started you found that the
four -foot drifts were behind
the car too. You dug the car
out, got back into the car and
were all ready fo go when the
snowplow drove by and de-
posited five feet of snow at the
bottom of your driveway and
you vowed that if you ever
found out who invented snow-
plows' you would personally
knock his head off.
So, if you intend to be
grumpy for the rest off the win-
ter and knock everyone's head
off because the groundhog saw'
his shadow you need not
worry, you are simply a vic-
tim of the "winter willies".
Life seems as though it is an
endless blanket of snow, an
eternal puddle of slush and
you don't think you can wait to
hear the first robin sing. You
asked your mother last night if
she would consider putting
your body into cold storage
until winter was over and she
only an.swered, "No, you'll
freeze to death." You tried to
tell her you already were and
she told you to stop complain-
ing gid add. a piece of furni-
ture to the fire.
You hold your head between
your hands and aekif life must
go on this way. You are about
to end it all by hyperventil-
ating when, from seemingly
nowhere, a person wearing a
bathieg suit jumps before
your eyes. You watch in
amazement as the person
takes your hand and leads you
away.. "Do not weep," says
the person; "winter will be
Dance report
• Were you one of the 450
people who heard "The News"
on Friday night? No, not the
news about Afghanistan, Joe
Clark, or the Olympics. "The
• News" I am referring to is a
five -piece band that played at
the winter carnival wrap-up
dance held at Madill on Fri-
day, February 8.
• Because the dance, was a
Sadie Hawkins, the oppor-
tunity was offered to the
females of the school tosnare
the males of their Choice.
(Various methods of capture
were employed, such as Bur-
mese tiger traps, lassoes, and
nets).
The band • played mostly
rock numbers and the floor
surface of the gym was evenly
divided' into areas for dancing
and listening.
Prizes consisting of records
were presented to the 100th, •
200th, and 300th person to
come into the dance.
Although the dance was not
as successful as the one held in
January, those who attended
had a good time as the winter
carnival ended for another
year.
This was the last dance to be
held from 8-11 p.m. The next
dance is tentatively scheduled
for April 18.
Special thanks to all who
helped at the dance.
by Shelley Lond 13B
peson
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rs: by divkiying tbeir
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store imitate make you feel
better
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cl�eiful
coittl0"lia:::ereotIrapeor."1f her
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throi
say.
"'.Notice the priCes;0.
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and leads you onward. 'Per-
haps a trip to the Bahamas,"
she says.
',Perhaps a trip to Mac-
Donaldsyousa; would be cheaper,"
• "Look, honey," the person
says, "I didn't ask forthie jab,
"but it paidgood money. Well
let ime tell you lit's :no fun
working all day in A bathing
suit." She vows that the next
person who makes any com•
heed
knocked off. You realize that
this is yet another victim of
the winter wiliest
You decide you, can't go on.
WThiupe,smupctrt getf9r yeorsviiieletiut
But seriously Mks,
Doctors claim ,that the
reason' people, gette "winter
blahs" is because they hiber-
nate. "People," say the pro-
fessionals, "cut down drasti-
cally on activity when the'first •
sign of snow shows itS face."
Instead of switching to winter
activities people feel it is lira
to stop moving. Interest in life
goes to an ultimate low and
everything seems "blahDoctors suggest that even a
little exercise, like a walk
around the block helps the
body and the mind to cope
with winter. Si the answer is
not to hide but to stride.
It has been felt by a few
people that the winter election
made the season a little more
bearable. "Perhaps;" they
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runners-up, and another. in •
Listowel, where :the teamh
came away winners. , ••
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one to defeat Stratford Central •
during the day, the opponents
did go on to win-thetourna-
ment. • .
The senior girls' volleyball
team ought to be congrat*
• lated fOlrita Perseverance and
time, given dining the
season— The' team mem
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blanne-Orien, Linda Taylor,
dize.-liarshritIspso, n,EstherlamilutteauetiterY,;.
Debbie MacDonald, Vicki
MacDonald and Janet Woad.
Manager was Linda Riley,..to
whoin thefikt is mitendtid, as
well as to coach Shaw. It is
hoped that next year will bring
an even better season forthe •
team. •
Dianne Matilde-
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he Howick
Did you know . .?
That Mrs. Fannie Turner of
Little Rock Ark. passed her
written test for a driver's
license on the 104th attempt in
October, 1978.
This week's question is
"What is your favorite TV
program?" According to some
students at Flowick Central
School like Lisa Wilson, Kris
Baumgarten, . Tammy
Dickert, it is "Dukes of
Hazard".
Other favorites are: Flint -
stones, Linda Merkley; Andy
Griffith show, Stephanie
Kaster ; Another World,
Sharon Zurbrigg; Adventures
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THE GROUND -HOG DAY
The Ground -hog Day at
school was Mr, Park's idea
since before Christmas we
could not have assemblies and
get togethers in the gym. So
they thought that they would
do something special to start
the New Year off with. So they
decided to have Ground -hog
Day. Some funny things that
they did were Mr. Fisher's
class did a Charleston dance,
and Mr. Park's class picked
•
Grail Ground'
game. There Wersoitei few
winners. They also had a
Graded Hog Flag and Ground
Hog stories. On the -whole; it
was great
Quetion asked: "Whatiood
appeas to you the niost?"-
Answers &rem- Myfinrorite
food is: toast beef 'with
mashed potatoes and. gravy,
Michelle S.; ham. and pork'n
•beau, Greg Gibson; apples,
Gail D'Arcey; Spaghett, Lisa
Brunnher; homemade' pizza,
Wendy S.; coconut, coral
Lockie; eake, Stephanie Grif-
fith; milk and sugar and
bananas, Sandra Lowry; pork
chops and apple sauce, water-
melons, Sandra G.; egg rolls,
Rochelle Canipbell; chocolate
cream pie, Bonnie D'Arcey;
steak and pizza, ;Cheri Staf-
ford; Big Mies, David A.
By Linda Taylor
BRIGHT F-ELLOW—Nell Murray really stood out In his bright, Hawaiian shirt ands
pair ofslilcies' as he lined up for food in the Hawaiian meal put On by Grade 3-4 Stu-
dents at owick Central School last week.