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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-03-16, Page 5For i diarmore ILUECII!PPLIIS offers ® Comprehensive Dental Plan * Comprehensive Drug Plan e Major Medical Benefits ® Vision Plan ® Preferred Hospital Accommodation, ® Direct claims payment q Easy administration with one monthly billing 5100-3 H Wilts for a brochure or call direct Lori Senay 120 York Street London, Ontario N6A 1A9 W(519) 1111.1 111PJTAIRIC1 BLUE CROSS CAN 1? Can I write if I have no ink? Can I perceive, unless I think? Will I understand without compassion? Can I feel without some pas- sion? Can I reason without a mind? Can I be lost unless I find? Will I succeed without a try? Can I feel unless I cry? Do I know without doing? Will it stick without gluing? Can I try without winning? Can I end by not beginning? Can I hear without ears? Am I brave without fears? Do I seek only to hide? Can I live life without a guide? —Liz Wilkins Short story: Bridget How was 1 supposed to know? She was just dis- traught, I had thought at the time! Now what was I going to do? "Really, Bridget, it will all turn out all right!" I had told her. But I guess she never believed me. Why should she? We had only been best friends all our lives. We had E The 1983 SumrnerJob Experience TtierOntario (;<overnlnent wants you to have a job this summer. Summer Experience '83 is your opportunity to work • on one of over 100 employment projects in govern- ment ministries and community organi- zations throughout Ontario. Summer Experience '83 positions are designed to complement your skills and interests. You can apply for projects ranging, from working on • alarm or in a newspaper office, to working with handicapped peo- ple or operating a computer. In many cases you may gel in- volved in providing important • services t) your own community. And, your on-the-job experiences could help you makeimportant career decisions. . Summer Experience '83 positions are open to persons between the ages of 15 and 24 and eligible to work in Canada HOW TO APPLY The Summer Experience '83 Guidebook and application forms are available at. all,c llege and university placement Offices, all s6condary schools, and all Canada Employment Centres in Ontario. Study the project descriptions in the Guidebook and apply to projects which appeal to you–and for which you feel most qualified. We expect to receive many more applica- tions than the number of jobs available. You are strongly urged to explore all other potential jobs in case you are not hired through Summer lxperience'83. DEADLINES 1 Inless otherwise stated in the Guidebook, appli• - cation deadlines are: For Post Secondary: April 5'83. For Secondary & All Others: April 15,'83. Apply Now. Secretariat for Social Development - Ontario Margaret Birch. Provincial Secretary William Davis. Premier been very close. We learned to like carrots together, learned to skip rope to- gether, learned to play checkers together, and learned to like boys together. Why? That is the only pos- sible question I can dare to ask. She was only 17 for Pete's Sake! She had the whole rest of her life to live and experience. Why? Yes, Bridget, why? She thought he loved her. Obviously he did not love her enough. I knew - she was pregnant. She had told me the very next day. That was the only thing we had not learned about together. But then, we weren't built the same either. Yes, she sure had her,problems, but she had ` her share of dates as well. Poor Bridget. Poor stupid Bridget. Believing that a boy would quit Grade 12 and marry her! And poor me. Poor stupid me. For not realizing that she could not handle it before it was too late. Rejection really hits some people hard. Poor Bridget. Poor dead Bridget ! I guess all of her problems are over and done with for good. But mine have only just begun! --Liz Wilkins In my opinion Television or books? "Go and turn on the televi- sion and keep quiet ! " I wonder if you can remember how many times someone has told you this? Probably .many times. But how many times have you heard: "Get a book to read and keep quiet?" Not as much, right? Television has had a great influence on our lifestyle, as did radio before it. Today we see kids mesmerized, their eyes glued to the TV, not even getting up to help with the household chore.. Not only are their eyes glued to "Sesame Street", cartoons, or "Walt Disney", but to the advertisements, while some of the older era quickly go to the bathroom, boil tea or fin- ish washing the dishes. One thing for sure, it takes a lot of patience to tell a child he can't have "sugar -packed nut -covered, color -coated cereal" which costs twice as much with less nutritional value, just because he sees it on TV. r, - I am not saying that all television is bad to watch; that you should sell your set, or not let your children touch the dials. What I am saying is that, not too long ago, parents and children sat on the couch with a mug of warm milk before them, and a story book of "Cinderella", "Kidnapped", or "Grimm's Fairy Tales" to read. Sesame Street does help a child to learn numbers, some French and basic words. But if all he does is watch TV, how will he put this learning to work? Books help build intellect, reading, vocabulary en- richment and an under- standing and knowledge in many aspects of life. Learn- ing about farms, large cities,. other countries, and cultures This week's Special Recor t Knechtels. ASSOCIATE STO trSE oM:1AV, TLJESDAV,WEIMPSOAt 5AT Uta0A1r 1AMteRPM ihtIJESD EY6MOSlEA91T9A11PM is contained in books. Nowadays, people, espec- ially parents are finding - it harder to keep their children out of trouble. So what's the solution? "Go and get a good book and read it!" —Michelle Hooftman WORDS, PAPER, PEN Words. A passageway to other times and places. Everywhere you go, new and different faces. Describing all you see in your mind. Sharing all the wonders that you find. Words. 'Paper. On which r all beauty of the worlds can unfold: Treasures priceless beyond all, so we are told. Containing all that is magic just for those who have eyes to see. All the greatness all our lives can be. Paper. Pen. The fabled key that unlocks the limits of one's mind. All things quietly glamorous, all these things are fine. The dawn, the dew, the crisp fall air. To this and more the world is heir. Pen. The Poem. Each of these things, words, paper, pen, are together more. Any other forms of writing to match it finds a chore. As surely as the sun sets in the west. Writing, for me at least, is best. The Poem. —Bonnie Burchill SUNRISE, SUNSET Sunrise Silver dew Misty skies Cow's soft moo Gentle stirring Morning birds Kitten's purring Golden light Sweet smelling hay Pigeon's flight Brand new day. Sunset Crisp air Dark clouds Night lights flair Dying color Animals bed down The cry of a calf's mother All nowelim All is quiet Waterbeetles across water skim Prominent color, violet. —Bonnie Burchill The Wingham Advance -Times, March 16, 1983—Page 5 :;' \°--c."',-....._:-_-------fr , B Forecast® ®. ,- ., 0 Lif El 0 �' V Q ti D 0 E7 I] I3 d . / hi 5/e1/4)44// v ti it l4 l7li -a CI ti 13 11 Student question Question: Are you hopeful in your outlook as to whether you will be accepted at the universities to which you applied? Why orZwhy not? (Note: Due to the nature of this question only graduating students in Grade 13 were in- terviewed for their com- ments.) "I don't think I will get ac- cepted because my marks aren't stable enough. Cut- offs are depressing." — Ken Atkinson 13A. "The competition is stiff, so I don't think I'll get ac- cepted locally, but I think I'll get accepted out west at the University of British Colum- bia or the University of Vic- toria." — Liz Black 13A. "I'm not hopeful at all, basically because of the lack of interest I have in school." — Doug Blackwell 13A. "I don't think I'll get ac- cepted —• not because of my low marks but because of the high standards." — Stewart Cardiff 13A. "I don't think I'll get ac- cepted because I didn't apply!" — Kevin Coultes 13A. "I think I'll get accepted because I have connections in high places!" — Murray deVos 138. "I think my marks are suf- Somewhere Over The Rainbow" ficient enough to attain ad- mittance for the course of my selection." — Daryl Holmes 13B. "I think I'll get accepted even though it's going to be hard because of the economic conditions and the increased number of appli- cations. Cut-offs don't really bother me because they don't remain constant from year to year. I think I just have to do my best and not worry about them." — Caroline Mulvey 13C. Summary : The Grade 13 student reaction to this question was very diverse. Some students were rather confident, while others were less optimistic. University acceptance is something most students will doubtless- ly have uncertainties about. This is only a natural re- action as the responses from the surveyed students has proven. —Grace Schmidt 13C r COMMUNITY CALENDAR REAL, FICTION, FACT AND MAGIC What is real? What is not? Is it what we feel? Or just a thought? What is fiction? What will be? DosoMe findlt bewitching? Something you can't see? What is fact? Mathematics figures? What does it lack? What there lingers? What is magic? A fiery quest? Tales so tragic? Of them all, which is best? Who is to say what is real? What is fiction? What is fact? What is magic? Who can judge? Who has the right? Who can begrudge? Which has the most might? -Bonnie Burchill THE DAYS GONE The hazy fog drifted over the lightly snow -sprinkled fields To look upon the horizon was impossible, it wasn't there. Just a confused grayness .. . Like the future. All was quiet, except for the faint sound of A woman's melodic voice on the radio And I sat, an empty shell, thinking, staring into the whiteness. I felt sad, as if I had missed something important in my life. So many people had changed and gone away from me. Soon I too will leave to find my life But for now I'll sit and wish things could be As they were before . Yet, knowing that's impos- sible Some call it depression But I think I've grownup .. Too fast. —Valerie Ricker MRS. JOE WALKER r Bluevale Two babies were baptized at the service in Knox Presbyterian Church on Sunday: Sarah Marie Trites, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Terrance Trites, and Cindy Lynne Frieburger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Frieburger. Mr. Trites was in charge of the service. Turn unwanted items around the house into extra cash! Crossroads classifieds 3572320 to iNSURANCF BROKERS` LTD. Insurance - All types. Home, business, auto, farm, life. WINGHAM 357-2636 GORRIE 335-3525 1 Thurs., Mar. 17 to Wed., Mar. 23 Thurs. Mar. 17 Wingham & District Branch of Can. Diabetes Assoc. - 8 p.m. Wingham United Church. St. Patrick's Day, Irish Movie & Program. 1 to 3 p.m., Seniors Day Centre - Wingham Armouries Fri. Mar. 18 Euchre - Wingham Armouries - 2 p.m. Fed. of Agriculture, Annual Dinner Meeting - 12 noon - Belgrave Women's In. stltute Hall Sat., Mar. 19 Salvation Army Annual Sale - 10 a.m. •Wingham Salvation Army Citadel Sun. Mar. 20 Mon. Mar. 21 Tues. 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