The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-10-12, Page 70•
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Teresa Cannon (left) is this year's winner of the McKim Memorial Scholarship for highest
Grade 11 average and Cindy Hayward is the recipient of the Peter Adamson Memorial
Scholarship for highest Grade 12 average. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
Continuing in GDCI
Bedard, Michael
Bell, Susan
Campbell, Jennifer
Carmichael, Judy
Connelly, Denise
Cox, Deborah
Craig, Ed
Daer, Janice
de Boer, Cathy
DeBolt, Cathie
Dechert, Carol
Denomme, Jeff
Donatis, Teresa
Donnelly, Angela
Duncan, Ann
Dykstra, Lori
Feagan, Glen
Feagan, Jeff
Frayne, Lisa
Gallow, David
Gleason, Lynda
Hall, Barb
Hallam, Keith
Hayward, Cindy
Huyck, Fraser
Hyde, Karen
Johnston, Terry
Keller, Jim
Kerr, Christine
Kuran, Jodi
Ladd, Kim
Lassaline, Anita
Lawrence, Kerri
Lewis, Tim
Lindsay, Elise
Lomas, Sharon
Losereit, Annette
Martin, Paul Michael
Maurer, Martin
Melady, Joe
Mitchelmore, Debbie
Moffett, Doug
Moriarty, Mike
Moulton, Gord
Murphy, Ellen
Murphy, Paul
O'Neil, Mary (Teresa)
Peters, John
Pollock, Janice
Rawlings, Tim
Smith, Brad
Smith, Kevin
Smyth, Carol Ann
Stapleton, Heather
Stewart, Shannon
Stoll, Scott
Sully, Natalie
Sumner, Andrew
Telford, Andrew
Vanden Heuvel, Casey
Van Der Ende, Allan
Vogt, Elizabeth (Liz)
Weerasooriya, Kawmadhie
Westecott, Andrea
Willems, Dean
Wilson, Scott C.
Zoethout, George
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Continued Success 8 Best Wishes
In The Future
BY
RON VANDERLINDE
The road may be rocky
And the road may be long,
But I know I shall conquer
For my friends have made
me strong.
Mr. Murphy and Murdie,
parents, teachers, guests
and graduates,
I wanted to start off my
message tonight with a poem
that was simple, short and
sweet. Now you're probably
thinking that Robert Frost or
Rudyard Kipling wrote that
wonderful little gem. right?
Well, that was actually the
work of a budding poet that
now stands before you.
When I look back at the
past four or five years the
graduating class has spent in
G.D.C.I., I can't help but
compare the time to an
uphill battle on a challenging
course. Picture if you will a
road featuring many
obstacles to test us: fallen
trees when homework, tests
and assignments started to
pile up, large rocks and
boulders during examination
time and several ruts to fall
down in during times of emo-
tional instability.
By no means was the route
all bad, though; sometimes
there were downhill sections
when it was time to enjoy be-
ing part of a school team or
club; sometimes there was a
little place to rest when it
was time to get together with
friends, and I'm sure there
was even a .well or two to
drink from when dance-a-
thons and formals were on
everyone's minds.
The most importance
thing about this particular
road, though, was not so
much what lay on it, but
more so what bordered it, for
stretching back along both
sides lay expansive forests
of people, people that by
motivation and stimulation
supported us on our trek. We
may not often see all the
trees because of the forest,
and for that reason we may
neglect to acknowledge
many individuals that have
lent us their helping hand.
We can however pick out the
thickest groves where we
owe many thank yous to peo-
ple that have been so impor-
tant to us.
We first of all thank our
parents, for up until this
point, they have been
responsible for our well be-
ing for our entire lives.
Whether we needed a sup-
portive sponsor for our
pledge sheet, or just so-
meone with confidence when
things weren't going well, we
could always count on you
being there. You now see the
end results of 18 or 19 years
of hard work and I'm quite
sure you feel a great deal of
pride, as we continue now on
our own, may we only make
you more proud of us in the
years to come.
As well, we extend a heart-
felt thank you to the teachers
that have so ably developed
our .skills and abilities.
Maybe there were times
when we didn't feel like
reading a book for a content
test, memorizing ALL the
trig identities, or even show-
ing up for one of your
classes, but you still manag-
ed to have faith in us and
keep a constant concern for
our well being. When I look
around at the staff here, I
can easily see how G.D.C.I.
has maintained such a high
profile in Ontario's secon-
dary school system.
It is at this time that I
would Lite to offer a special
thank you to a special in-
dividual that I hope is here
tonight. For 31 long hard
years, this man has devoted
more of himself to this
school than anyone else
here. Serving at first as a
history teacher and later as
aSt
our principal, he acquired
the respect, friendship and
admiration of all that dealt
with him either in the school
or in the surrounding com-
munity. John Stringer, we
thank you and salute you,
and will indeed miss you in
the future.
This point leaves me now
with just one group more.
When I look at the Class of
1983, I try to picture
ourselves as we were four or
five years ago. Many
changes have taken place
since then, as together we
have grown up to become
tomorrow's leaders.
Sometimes I just like to sit
back and think. Do ` you
remember all the good times
we had together? The get-
togethers and the parties?
The little chats in the
cafeteria? Do you remember
what happened to Kate after
the formal last spring? ! ?
These kind of memories
become imprints that even
time cannot wear down.
Many of us have gone our
own ways now, and formed
new friendships elsewhere,
but I hope the friendship
formed here will always last.
At our graduation banquet
last spring, our guest
speaker Peter Debaret told
us that the people we deal
with now will be the most im-
portant we meet in our entire
lives. Keeping this in mind, I
can agree with William Allen
White and say, "I am not
afraid of tomorrow, for I
have seen yesterday and I
love today."
In closing, I would like to
offer a message for the
future in the form of a short
poem. It is simply entitled
'Reaching', and for making
the past year so memorable
for me, I dedicate it to the
members of my Grade 13
class.'
REACHING
When journeying on the road
And the door is close at hand,
Look back in the past to see
The greatness you have had.
Stop only for a minute.
For you must go on your
way:
Good things do not come
For those that choose to
stay.
March onward now in faith
And reach for that open
door,
For a man's reach must ex-
ceed his grasp,
Or what is heaven for???
Continued Success
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