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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-04-23, Page 6ct • .Ativan -Tres. ,April :011, 1.980 y Underwood e E r: nor! Wendel Editor: a Passchier rnE r: Lynno Nicolson Ectitorigl the Olympic boycott As the months rush by the Moscow Olympics draw closer, and as they do, the necessity to take a stand on the boycott issue becomes more and more urgent. The longer we leave Itaianswered the question whether or not Canadian athletes will attend the games the more compli- cated the matter becomes. Back when Soviet troops first invaded Afghanistan and Carter first called for an Olympic boycott, practically every free nation expressed surprise, shock and indi- gnation, and approved Car- ter's staunch appeal. But now, when the real crunch comes, the numbers of - Carter's supporters quickly dwindle. And the more countries that withdraw from the boycott, the more outraged I become. Cheerleaders Wednesday, April 16, the cheerleaders travelled to Goderich for the Huron -Perth cheerleading ccminpetitions. Five schools were rep- resented: Wingham, Clinton, Exeter, Mitchell and South Huron. Each squad was required to do a routine.•between 3 and* 5 minutes ,long. . Unfortunately Weigher didn't ',do well, but we were all glad to see Clinton take the gold medals: Goder- ich followed in second place. Shelley Letteau -School dance • For the +final}Jdance of the year our social convenor, Kemp Carrie, booked "Stutz", a band of four 'men. This dance, from 9 to 12 on Friday, April 11, wasihe last one of the school ear, except for the annual chis WAIT in it The attea atnee Was good for this claim,. amounting to approximately 430 people, and the floor was mostalways crowded with students. Others stood siting the walls and still more sat up' front :to' see the band in action. The baud put on a good performance, play- ing some popular•r'ock as well as their own works, all to the flashing colored lig#its- The next dance;: the formal, will be very different, but itis hopeditwiil be enjoyed just as much and perhaps more. -Dianne McBride The Soviet government, through its advance into Afghanistan, has posed a major threat to world peace, and sending athletes to the Moscow games will only en- dorse this action. Countless people protest that a boycott wouldn't be fair to the ath- letes. With that I agree, but I am sure that I would rather risk the wrath of a few thou- sand athletes than wake up to find World War 111 already in progress. The athletes have worked hard for this event and their right to compete ca o't be contested; but someone, someday, has to be willing to put the world before himself; has to sacrifice sone thing special for the mutual good of billions. I feel deeply regretful that politics should threaten the sports world like this, but the fact remains that politics is now an integral part of sports. Now, before it is too late, all free men should stand to- gether against this injustice. No one will ever be able to fully appreciate the sacrifice of an athlete boycotting the '80 Olympics, but hopefully the pride and satisfaction in knowing that he has helped the world will be more valuable to the boycotting athlete than all the gold medals the games will have to offer. _ Kathy Underwood 121 PURPLE CHASER "Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands — and then eat just one of the pieces." Redbook PURPLE CHASER If angels are afraid to tread there, don't automatically assume the location is fool- proof. DREAM BALLET --Christine Bregman and Scott jMar- riff rehearse the Dream Ballet scene from the mid ical, 'Oklahoma!", this year's producion by the Madill Drama Club. PAINTER Nancy Moore was orie of several students working) on backdrops for the up- coming produc-tion of 'Oklahoma,' Austria tri �4 twas a 10 'ci It was a weary group of tra- vellers which arrived at the Pension Stocklbauer on Sun." day, March 16. Most people <, had been awake since Friday, , with only a few hours sleep on the plane. It was about • four o'clock, Austrian time, when we reached Kirchberg. So, after a delicious supper, everyone was ready for some sleep. By morning we were anxious to begin skiing. Sone 'went to the mountains while others went to ski school. At supper each night the day's adventures would be swapped and everyone would have a good laugh. The country was absolutely beautiful and the mountains defy description. We were fortunate in that the weather was also wonderful. The sun shone every day but one. It was so warm that you didn't even need a coat. Everyone Senior soccer The soccer season opener is only about a week away! This year the Mustangs will play their first season game at Sea - forth May 1. Together with other Huron -Perth schools, Stratford, Northwestern, Stratford Central, Mitchell, St. Marys and Listowel, the Mustangs will vie for the all- important possible oppor- tunity to enter the WOSSA senior soccer championships Mr. J. Mali, Senior coach, and Mr. D. Dennis, Junior coach; have been working with the teams for the past month and the future looks good. As soccer's popularity increases in Canada, wjth such teams as Toronto's Blizzard gaining status as a leading' North, American team, so also is high school soccer improving. Year after, year the game at the high school levpljias becomelnle exciting tt watch and we are expecting many thrilling games this year from the Mustangs. Madill fans (as well as any of -the local public) are en- couraged to support their teams this season. Home games will be played in Wingham; Thurs., May 8, against Northwestern; Tues., May 13 against Listowel; Thurs., May 15 against Mit- chell. Starting times: 2:30 p.m_ Juniors; 4 p.m. Seniors. From last year's Senior team: Ken Metzger, Gordon Alton, Andy MacDonald, Ron Pennington, Mike Dennis, Mark Haldenby. From last year's Junior team: Don Nicholson, Anton Passchier, Kevin Wamsley, Doug Proud, Rick Martin, Nathan .Peel, John Edisbury, Jim LeGrand. Rookies are: Steve Hill, Richard Turtle, Guy Morri- son, Shawn McKay, Andy Weber, Kerry lteibeling, Brent Johnston.:' ,rye,... • sr: eitlr;got a good tan or a gond 4s„ar,, '1,40 {%edihesday evening We a Tyrolean night. :tilergand dances of Aa2s- "; We formed in native Costo, ;teething a little diff was a song per- . ringing different Mak it really .`sounded-: dice. The show was quite enjoyable even though w,e didA't understand what was int; said The people on the trip learned many things. The favorite, of some was to see W thnhir many words they could;; barn. We all learned what,e,.:s'iillings and gros- chen converted to in our mon> system. We also learned some of the Austrian way of life. We 3tnet.people from all over the +'world. Everyone was friendly'and made us feel wel- come. The people are also ex- tremely honest. You could leave your,.skis anywhere and they !WW1 be stolen. As we were on the bus' headed'to .Munich to catch our "planes'.. 'was -hard to believe that ate'°same time the next day we Would be in a class- rooni-4t school. I think it is safe to::,say that we all had .a great time• and would gladly oppurttstiity go back tomorrow, if the rose. School 'natation Mr -'`Mountford, our school librarian; • was born in Thunder ay,� Ontario: As _a child hewas verb interestediti books and lot.' He wept to Lakeh �Iniversity - in Thunder,. Bay, then to the'Uni- versity of Western Ontario: In England for a year, be went to Z141111:17 ty' of Landon, t t#irst school'at which he bas ; eld the position of librarian;: and he's been here Or 12 years... Besides his job` her-e,=`;he plairi and teaches tennis.' -He also plays piano and enjoys listening to au. kinds of music. During the summer months he holidays with,,.., family:.. at their cottage, ''s the Min ne- sota-Manitobi,. t irder. .Beet he enjoys the itlitdoor life of canoeing and fishing. Does he enjoyiiife in a small town? Yes, he d ,as long as ' it's fairly closeto a city. The city is all right•fora while, but there are too many hassles, he say�s`` . Se' this is just a part of the life of the man who runts syr library here at F. E. Madill. Debbie Sjaarda OPTIMISM 'Twist optimist and pessimist The difference is droll: The optimist sees the dough- nut, The pessimist, the hole. Anne Simpson Drama workshop On April 11, during the af- ternoon, a workshop, for drama students was con- ducted by Paul Thompson. Mr. Thompson is the director for Theatre Passe Muraille, a theatre .based in Toronto. Re may be familiar to some from the shows he has directed which have toured the area, such as last year's 'The Death of the Donnellys', shown in Blyth, as 'well as others in - eluding 'The Farm Show' and a collective called 1837', For the workshop the stu- dents gathered on the floor of the gym and Mr. Thompson began a discussion of the sorts of theatrics employed, such as music, to draw an audience. Later he conducted a few exercises to loosen up the stu- dents. One was to "find your own space", accomplished by lying on the floor and then talking. in the beginning laughter quite often broke out because the students were self-con- scious about what they would look like. But gradually, as they Continued talking• laugh- ter ceased as they .con- centrated on what they were doing. The purpose of having everyone do the sounds all at once was that the student would be able to do anything and, not be embarassed; this proved successful as the whole gym soon reverberated with sound. When this was done, the stu- n dents gathered again to listen to excerpts from the CKNX barn dance, that was a regular feature several years ago. The music itself, as well as the methods of the announcer, were lightly studied. This proved to be the springboard for the students to begin making up their own songs and music from a •con- glonleration of ideas and melodies they carne up with. Later, at the suggestion of Mr. Thompson, two students did an impromptu skit por- traying a character with whom they were familiar. When asked if 'he found a difference between workshops he had conducted in the city and the country, Mr. Thomp- son replied that the only sub- stantial difference was possibly the topics students chose to create a song or play on Concerning the emphasis put on 'Canadian' ffiesetre, he said it was basically a matter of. "Canadians doing Cana- dian works rather than trying to i m i to to someone else." If he had any advice to give to an aspiring actor or actress, it would be that the person should not be self-conscious as to what he is portraying but allow himself t find J$ space', enablirig Iligfil ria plore his chariair anutllltd 1 portray it succeggilillY. eorn;ee j 11, j • Huron. '' I ' 15w-11,15-8, int it second place funsh Sava - Tile golden hi � ot'the' . of, •• in' the girls' singles. Janet beatg,�a ail comers andwon an exciting fIn 4 31-5n' u-9, tgiai nst UsteWd; it was a We* performance by a re- > kal$ athlete. • t awe the students wish l Other, Banora, li, and B., Steve and Janet success in the upcoming WOSSA championships this tur'dayatClarke Rd. Secon- dary School in London. T. Brewster Sr, badminton i'. t 01 distinguished' p'xsrt the Hu on rtth' bad icon champion held 0' Mine JeSt fee 1 overall team standings, the. Madill Senior team ca a. within one natt;eni _ thew tem Oa aI tShip, Finishing. the South MOM, 79 76. Usto, placed third. coming' close may be disappointing, but Madill is definitely a power. in conference badminton. Brent Johnston playing in his first tournament, had three tough matches,.beating St. Marys but finally losing to S. Huron, the 'eventual finalist. The Madill mixed doubles team of fan Mann and Heather Brent - provided the most pleasant surprise. of the day. Their matches were far superior to anything they had done in practice; and they played inspired badminton to finish in third place, earning a trip to WOSSA. Along the way they earned 14 valuable team points. The girls' doubles team of Sandra Harris and Kiln Leslie made its way through to the finals undefeated, but ran into a stubborn South Huron team that had grown in strengthas the day wore on. The final was close and the rallys were long but South Huron won. Kimand Sandra are congratulated for a second place finish. The boys' doubles team of Bill Ohm and Steve MacKay produced the crowd -pleasing match of the day, battling its way into the finals in a close three -game match A strong Listowel , team won the final fine and PURPLE CHASER Honesty is the best policy - there's less competition. t, J Creativ, writ Recently the creative writing club had a contest. Variouspoems,essays and . short stories, were :banded in andudgetl $iy tthree.Nn "lash teachers f the school, 11 ra. Douglas,.Mr. Forrest and Mr. Molt*ison. These people gave eich piece : cif literature a mark out of ten These marks were then added by the mem- hers of the creative writing club. The winners were: Hen- rietta Oldengarm, 12F, for her sit "elft story, argline ; Karen. Purdvri, '`, ior her essay, "My Canal "; and Mandy Milder, • 9,E, "Moor her ballad, "Begg t.:tt e..Rein". 'Each of these gut ' wpn two 'free tickets: till the' dance "Stuta„ These tear!!4. plusseveral; were handed 1», in a booklet wI going on sales Alike rticls s that placid' . ilbe y.Klippe GIVING DIRECTIONS—Paul ections to some members of 'Oklahoma!', to be presented Elgfe of the Madill the cast for the Drama May 1-3. • drama department gives Club productlon-of #hle9in e �slcal.: fig PANTY HOSE ONE SIZE Regular or all nude Spice or Beige SPECIAL! 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