Clinton News-Record, 1978-02-02, Page 160
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Horticultural Society
needs more help badly
The Clinton Horticultural
Society needs help badly, it
was noted at their annual
meeting at the Clinton Town
Student of the week returns
by Ken McBride
I see by the calendar
staring at me from my
desktop a rather startling
statistic. In this school year
there remains only 16 of our
year's supply of weekly op-
portunities to fill this page of
the News -Record.
These weeks exclude exam
periods and the March break,
in which we are usually too
engulfed and revelry,
respectively to churn out the
necessary copy.
The finite nature of the
school year may be a comfort
to the undergrads, but for
those of us in fifth year, the
time seems to slip through the
proverbial fingers.
I, in fact, am feeling the
chronological (no pun in-
tended) pinch in a most
disturbing respect. Alas, I
have only these paltry 16
weeks in which to recognize a
seemingly innumerable
collection of noteworthy
students.
Particularly sad is the fact
that I must necessarily
neglect personal mention of
many deserving fifth year
comrades. This is the type
of problem that arises in the
event of a moderately
CHSS Comment
(The Chronicle will publish
comments made by the
student body. Though this
week's opinion is anonymous,
we encourage students t� sign
their names to their com-
ments. We would hope that
people would have the
courage to admit to their
views. No opinion will be
published Unless the
Chronicle staff is aware of the
contributor's name.)
It has been my observation
in the past few weeks that 95
per cent of this school's
population , is terribly out of
shape. Not that I'm any ex-
ception to the rule, but the
appalling condition of those
who aren't even overweight is
disgusting, y not to mention
those who are smothering in
their own fat. I find -it even
more distressing to face the
fact that many don't even try
to remedy their poor con-
dition and that even more
don't care.
As the snow continues to
float down I can not help but
suggest it as your first
method to shape up. I won't
"walk a block a day" seeing
that it's highly unlikely you
would walk a block, since a
country block is five miles.
Some alternatives to this are
snowshoeing, Alpine skiing,
cross country skiing,
tobogganning, or just walking
with your dog. All of these are
fun, especially when you're
just learning, as was proved.
by the Ski Club on their first
colossal graduating class of
over 50 people.
As for coverage of in-
teresting undergraduate
students, I have enlisted the
aid of Kathy Phillips, who will
have an even more dicey job
in selecting personalities
from the first four years.
Fortunately, should she miss
anyone worthy of note, she
will have an opportunity to
make amends next year.
I lack that luxury; perhaps
my only course of action is to
write those future articles in
the same tedious style as this
one, in the hope that everyone
will beg for ommission.
outing.
If, like most people, you are
allergic to the cold, there are
other things one can do to
upgrade the bod. What with
the return of Participation
period two days a week, one is
given great opportunities to
improve. Either you can join
the teams, work out in the
weight room or jog in the
halls (which, by the way, is a
great way to meet members
of the opposite sex.)
If none of this has inspired
you to make great changes in
your physical life, let me
remind you that the semi-
formal is coming up soon. If
you expect to get a date you
had better shape up, unless
you want to stay home.
Seniors suspended from basketball team
An unfortunate incident
occurred after the seniors
basketball game against
Goderich, which the seniors
lost. It was found that some
members of the senior team
had participated in another so
called sport, gravel running..
As a result, all of the players
have been suspended from
the team for the remainder of
the season.
This action may seem
harsh, when a game or two
suspension might have been
more fair, but the basketball
team is a school team and
must follow the rules
established by the school.
Since the players broke the
rules, action of some kind had
Basketball roundup
Basketball results
On Tuesday, January 24,
the senior boys basketball
team again defeated, this
time by Goderich. Though the
refereeing was not the best, it
did not have much of an effect
on the game. High scorers in
the 80-41 defeat were Richard
Carter with 17 points and Joe
Verberne with 16 points.
On the same day the midget
boys basketball team lost a
close game to Goderich by a
score of 46-40. The boys
played a great game, tying
the score at 38 all near the end
of the game. The Redmen
then went ahead 40-38, but
Goderich was able to tie the
score minutes later.
Unfortunate mistakes
allowed the Goderich team to
pull ahead and sew up the
win. High scorers for the
Midget team were John Elliot
with 16 points and Jeff Sch-
moments
in sports
Mark Battye has been
appointed chief in charge of
testing the strength of the
school's floor hockey sticks.
It seems that Mark was able
to find one defective stick
'when he hacked another
player.
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Junior basketball
In the juniors basketball
game last Tuesday the
Volleyball to
Volleyball results
' Last Wednesday, January
25, CHSS hosted a senior and
junior girls volleyball tour-
nament with the five high
schools of Huron County
attending.
Senior results
CHSS's first game was
played against Seaforth. In
this game the mighty Red -
women beat the Seaforth
team in two easy matches
with scores of 15-4 and 15-4.
In the second game the
Redwomen came very close
to, victory in two matches
against Wingham. The scores
of these matches were 16-14
and 15-13 for Wihhgham.
Watch out next time,
Wingham!
Junior results
Unfortunately the junior
to be taken. It is only un-
fortunate that this leaves the
team in somewhat of a mess.
With these suspensions there
are only about seven players
left on the team. This small
team size, as well as the
qualities of the players lost,
will definitely cripple the
senior team's effort for the
rest of the season.
Redmen lost 58-27 against
Goderich. The high scorer
was Craig Gladding with 11
points.
urnament
Redwomen were not as
successful as the seniors in
their gamies.
In the first game, against
Seaforth, the Redwomen lost
to the Whipits in three
matches with scores of 15-7,
16-14, 15-10.
In . their second game, he
junior Redwomen lost the
Wingham Mustangs in two
matches with scores of 15-6
and 15-9.
Smile
The fourth grade boy
persisted in swearing in
school. As a last resort the
teacher called in the boy's
father. "I know it," he said.
"My boy does swear, but I
don't know where the hell he
gets it from."
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The senior girls volleyball team in action during a recent game at CHSS. (photo by Chris
Baker.)
Sun Life's Soliloquy
adapted by
Mike Thomson
So leave, or not to leave; that's the gpestion:
Whether 'tis nobler in the public eye to suffer
The slings and arrows of economic fortune,
Or to take arms against a language barrier.
And by opposing, overcome it. So stay, to speech -
Not move - and through this speach to say we end
The headache and the thousand natural shocks
That exodus is heir to. 'Tis a transformation
Devoutly to be wished. To stay,'to speak -
To speak - perchance to manage: ay there's a rub
For in that walk of life what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this criterion
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of "So long life";
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time
The government's wrong, the citizens contumely,
The pangs of despised position, the law's delay
The isolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare building? Who would burdens bear
So grunt and squawk in a weary Sun Life,
But that the dread of something after commitment
The undisclosed provise, from whose region
We shall travel not, puzzles the mind
And make us rather bear those ills we have.
Than to fly to others that we.know not of?
Thus conscience does make arbitrators of us all
And thus the native resolution
is sicklied over with the pale color of thought
And enterprises of great size and momentum
With this regard they turn away
And lasso the mane of action.
Just ask
Annie!
Dear Anne: There's this
Grade 9 guy P.T. who is after
every girl who moves. - How
do we get rid of him? - We've
tried to tell him where he can
go. - We've tried, everything. -
What do we do? .
-Desperate People
Dear Desperates : When he
approaches and makes his
leud suggestions slap his face
off. If this leaves the wrong
impression or does not em-
barrass him, I'm afraid
you're just going to have to
liquidate him.
Dear Annie: I am pregnant,
and I am not even a female!
What should I do?
-Confused Biological
Impossibility.
Dear Preggie: I think that
you should go and see a
doctor. Maybe your parents
have been lying to you all
these years, or maybe they
can't tell the difference. If it.
turns out that you really are
having a baby, write us in a
few months and tell us all
about it.
Big Brother's report
Because of last week's
storm, the incidence. of
newsworthy events is very
low. 1 did manage, however,
to note the following oc-
currences:
A certain guidance coun-
sellor (I don't know who,
except that his initials are
G.S.) was seen pitching
snowballs at Cathy W.'s car
on Monday. This is a person
to whom we • are entrusting
our futures? Hmm....
G.M., M.B., and A.Y. were
taking no chances on Monday
in the library. Convinced that
they were being followed they
slipped out very cautiously
and moved to their next
exciting adventure.
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some respects, 'you're like the used car salesman who Invites
the customer to kick the tires. Tho used car salesman knows
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Hall on Wednesday, January
25.
The society is hoping that
with all the newly built
homes, some younger people
will join in making the town
the loveliest in Canada. The
society members said that
they could always set their
aims high and there is nobody
who cannot plant a flower and
admire its beauty.
Despite a poor 'turnout
because of the weather, the
slate of officers for 1978 were
elected. They are: honorary
president, Mrs. Frank
Fingland; past president,
Mrs. Ron McCann; president,
Mrs. Milford Durst; first vice
president, Mrs. Lloyd Bond;
second vice president,
vacant; recording secretary,
Mrs. John E. Smith; assistant
secretary, Miss Margaret
Sloman; treasurer, Miss
Kathleen Elliott; assistant
treasurer, Mrs. Percy
Livermore; press secretary,
Mrs. Fred Sloman; flower
show treasurer, Mrs. Neville
Forbes; assistant flower
show treasurer, Mrs. Robert
Allan; historian, Miss
Dorothy Marquis; librarian,
Mrs. Fred Sloman; flower
bed convener, Mrs. Ken
Williams.
The one year directors are
Mrs. A. Barrett, Mrs. J.
Nediger, Mrs. C. Nelson, Mrs.
R. ' Cudmore, Mr. Stewart
Middleton. Two year
directors are Mrs. Cliff Epps,
Mrs. Frank Fingland, Mrs.
Dorothy Marquis, Mr.
Charles Nelson and Mr.
Charles Cook.
Associate directors are
Mrs. ,Marry Ball, Mrs.
Clayton Groves, Mrs. Greg
Brandon, Mrs. John Peckitt,
Mrs. Robb Allan, Mrs. Harold
Johnston, Mr. Douwe
Bruinsma, Mrs. Ken Cald-
well, Mr. Ted Davies and
Mrs. Ken Johnston.
All the carefully prepared
reports were read and ap-
proved and Mrs. Durst
thanked everyone' for their
time and effort spent In
making Clinton a beautiful
town. All reports will now be
given once a year, at the
January meeting.
A lively and Interesting
program has been planned by
the society for the year and
good attendance at all the
meetings Is hoped for. The
topics will be varied and of
interest to all and anyone will
be warmly welcomed.
The beautiful flower show
will be in Toronto on Wed-
nesday, March 1. Buses are
being arranged for the return
trip, but people are being
asked to sign up early if they
want to go.
Door prizes were won by
Mrs. Dorothy Marquis and
Mrs. Cela Sloman.
Property damage
raised to $400
The Ministry of Tran-
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motorists that the amount of
property damage in a
reportable motor vehicle
accident has been raised
from $200 to $400, effective
January 1, 1978.
This amount reflects more
realistically the continually
increasing costs for parts and
labour to repair motor
vehicles involved in ac-
cidents.
Motorists are further
reminded that if they are
driving a motor vehicle or
moped and involved in an
accident which results in
personal injury or damage to
property apparently ex-
ceeding $400, they must
report the accident to the
police.
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