The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-04-10, Page 12Page 12 --The Wingham Advance -Times, Apr. 10, 1985
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at the Wingham
Public School
Editors: Jeff Wall
Nikki Reavie
wkr Last week things finally
slowed down! Easter is the
theme throughout the school,
especially Grades 1, 2 and 3,
• who are busy decorating
their rooms and enjoyingwall
the treats that are coming
their way.
The school pictures also
were taken last Thursday:
. class pictures and individual
,;. portraits.
Our magazine sale has
kicked off. A number off
classes are. busy selling
•, hundreds of Canadian
magazines and the prices
`, are very reasonable. Prizes
likehats, glasses, walk -
,
mans, telephones and even
fancy flashing lights are
awarded to the students for
selling a certain amount of
magazines.
—Ria Linardatos
The students wrote get -
u well cards to Crystal Finley
because she was in the
hospital for a few days.
We are cutting out trees
for the Indian display on the
shelf and in social studies the
topic is Marco Polo.
-'---Jeff Good
• This week Mrs. Martin's
Grade 3 class finished a unit
in social studies. It was to do
with interdependence bet-
ween Turnberry and the
Town of Wingham. Now they
are thinking •of visiting
Centres.. The children have
suggested the hospital, a mill
and others.
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-Joe Walker
In Mrs. King's class (af-
ternoon Grade 1 and 2) they
are busy working on "time".
They have learned every
hour and every half-hour. In
health they are learning
about nutrition. They are
talking about different food
groups.
With Easter coming the
Grade is are doing lots of
interesting Easter activities.
—Anna Sakasov
The Grade 2-3s made
gingerbread men and the
Grade 2s did a play about the—
Gingerbread Boy. The Grade
3s did a play about a tug of
war that was_ between a
rabbit, a hippo and an
elephant. They also designed
Easter eggs and activities.
for Easter.
—Rose Marie Good
Last week Miss Buist's
class did many different
Easter activities and they
made a cross -word puzzle on
the computer.
The class also' is doing a
unit on Eskimos. They have
watched many 'films and
completed a lot of research
on this subject.
--Charles Trapp
Kindergarten read a story
about Peter Cottontail. The
Easter Bunny has been
playing tricks in the Kin-
dergarten room. He has been
leaving different colored
eggs in odd places. The
French Club helped organize
an Easter egg hunt last
Thursday. Special thanks to
these great guys and Mr.
Poulin for their help.
—Mike Cullen.
Next week Mr. Martin's
class will travel to Toronto.
While they are there the
class will visit the Ontario
Science Centre and the
world-renowned CN Tower.
Mr. Martin's class has been
very busy this past week in
making bird and squirrel
nest boxes. Recently in art
class they were modeling
with clay.
Allan Baillie
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a student in Miss Buist's class at the
School, is proud of his dinosaur crea-
The ferocious beast is made of wood
class.
(What's News photo)
LITTLE MANDY ANGER got some help from Jennifer
Hunter to find Easter eggs last week. The Easter Bunny
paid a surprise visit to the Wingham Public School and
found all the children very well behaved. (What's News
photo)
f ; THE EASTER HOLIDAY was celebrated in a unique way last week at the Golden Cir -
de School in Wingham: with popcorn. Paul Dawson and Mary Jane Edisbury offered
some popcorn to .Michael Elmslie and the Easter Bunny, who paid a surprise visit tothe school:' (What's Nervs photo) .
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This astounding piece o
Canadianart was aired
March 24 on Global Televi-
sion; completely commercial
free. It was nominated for
• the best short story at the
Academy Awards and with
good reason. It was only a
half an hour in length, but
I've never seen anything
quite like it before.
The story takes place
somewhere in the Prairies,
in the middle of the winter. A
. man is forced to walk to his
father's farm in order to help
him do his chores, as he is an
old man and can't get around
as easily. It is five miles
there and a ferocious snow
storm is approaching. How-
ever, he promises his wife
he'll return safely and send
his best friend Steven over to
check up on her and the live-
stock. To overcome her
intense boredom, she 'paints
the inside of their bedroom
door a cheerful yellow, in
order to lift her spirits. She
reminisces about when she
' first met ,Steven and when
she dancd practically all
----night-with-him.-at--the yearly -
dance. She remembers, after
all the troubles and bad
469 JOSEPHINE ST. WINGHAM 357-3830
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n my opinion
Signs of th
For generations our so-
ciety has evolved around
many stereotyped notions.
Our women have been por-
trayed as mothers and
homemakers, secretaries
and nurses. Our men, bring
home the "bacon" and excel
as doctors, lawyers and
policemen; roles not made
for f "woman". These"
stereotyped job roles are still
common, even in today's lib=
era ted world.
What comes to your mind
when you picture a male
nurse or a female construc-
tion worker? Does the idea
seem strange or does it ap-
peal to you?
I feel we are too obsessed
with our stereotyped emo-
tions. Man feels he must be
tough and emotionless to fit
in properly with his peers, ,
and women are often seen as
weak and atipotional
we mask our
amongst g Fiends
cause of what we
pected of ua?
In 1 •our on
worid, men
long hair, ,
ing. The liu.,
and woman ,.
stars such:
Our ster
is strain
tions, . 0.4
scandal.
Hut now it;i t
occurrence .Woof,
leaving for work
petent "house
staying behind to*
chores. This woU
shocked peopis,
Maybe theex
stereotyping hook
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irror
..es of stereotyping
et}broltega, (it's about
. Our cheerleaders
ed sgtne male
who finitely do
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were "kidding -
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'leaders„ ,
nuMpaifiCenX Per-
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nniApoving our idealis-
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l•'inally.
- 1/alerie Ricker
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Madill election
As the province is pre-
paring for the May election,
we -too at F. E. Madill have
been gearing up for our an-
nual student's council elec-
tions. During Monday's as-
sembly the students heard
speeches by the candidates
and those appointed by ac-
clamation. Running for
President, and Vice -Presi-
dent are Becky Elgie and
Mike Murray, Bruce Elliott
and Trevor Peel, and Ed
Sweeney and Doug McFar-
lane. The pair voted in by the
students will then choose the
executive council consisting
of: assistant president, as-
sistant vice-president, secre-
tary, treasurer and assistant
treasurer. Competing for
Social Conveners are Jenny
Bender and Kevin McKague,
and Shannon Colvin and
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times she and her husband
were experiencing, how
Steven made her feel like a
woman again. Steven finally
shows up and, after much in-
decision she is unfaithful to
her husband. She' arouses in
the night thinking she sees
her husband at the window
and is overcome with grief
and guilt at what she has
done.
The next morning, she
learns of her husband's
death. He was found no more
than 100 metres from the
barn. Upon removing his
mitten, (which is caught on a
barbed wire fence,) she finds
dried yellow ""paint on his
frozen hand — the paint from
their door.
My first thought after
viewing this fabulous tale
was, "Can you imagine
having to live with the
knowledge that you have
killed your husband for the
rest of your life?” It was a
thought too horrible to even
begin to imagine:
The show was truly heart-
rending and poignant —
unparalleled- -'Canadian-- dray
ma at its best.
—Julie Stewart
SCOUTING NEWS
To celebrate Easter, the
Beaver Colony held an egg
hunt and decorated the eggs
they found. Recently they
visited a dairy farm for one
of their meetings and they
are looking forward to a trip.
to Wingham's new fire hall
this Wednesday evening.
In March the Cubs and
Beavers visited Maple Keys
Sugar Bush to see how maple
syrup is made. They
returned to Wingham United
Church where they enjoyed a
pancake lunch. Two weeks
ago District Commissioner
Jim Carmichael joined the
Cubs for their meeting and
an enjoyable time was had.
Last week the boys worked
on badges.
The Scouts are well into
their gun course and will be
examined on their acquired
knowledge this Wednesday
night. Some Scouts are
preparing to go to the
Canadian Jamboree '85 in
Guelph this July. A pre -
camp warmup with the
Lucknow Scouts will be held
May 3-5 at Maitforks.
All the boys are looking
forward to a bowlathon on
May 4. Please support the
Wingham Scouting
Association when a Beaver,
Cub or Scout calls on you for
a pledge.
Firemen get
donation from
Legion aux.
Firefighters in Wingham
will enjoy the benefits of a
new overhead projector and
projection screen recently
donated by members of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the
-Wingham Legion.
Fire Chief Dave Crothers
reports the new equipment
will be useful for training
seminars for the firemen. Its
estimated value is $2286.
The new fire hall's grand
opening is scheduled for
April 20 at 1 p.m. The
ceremonies will be followed
by an open house at the hall
on Josephine Street.
Cheryl;Smith,.
the positipn :
Publicity
Veronica Pa
Tanya Harris, 'so
Gaunt and .
Those in by cif
are-Activisa
zWilina Vandep
'Shelly Wraat'
Lounge. mop
McFarlane,
Val MeG,
Richey; A
Murray
Simpson,
Carol B.
Publicity ltaa
Gibson arid 1/
Elections w ,.il
Wednesd y; >iA
luck to 'all ea
congratulations
ceiving positioopF•
student's etiUtl
over at the end
thankyou iaset`
presently .talo
making WS
success
their enthtssiaas
the '85-'86 Colin
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bring M'
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eyes} springre— it makes
run, especially if
at the blood donor
tf.10, here at the school.
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and congratul;a-
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information. All
any_ help would be
ly a�eciated.
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week and Weekend
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BOOR
REVIEW
WAITING FOR
JOHNNY MIRACLE
Author: by Alice Bach.
Publishing: published by
Harper and Row, Publishers
Inc. Date: 1 0 copyright.
It just didn't seem fair.
Becky was a popular high
school senior, a basketball
player and a good student.
Becky enjoyed life to its full-
est and she liked to do things.
to help other people.
'Suddenly her life was shat-
tered.
After collapsing on the
basketball court during a
game, Becky and her family
discovered she had cancer.
"Waiting for Johnny
Miracle" tells how a young
17 -year-old cancer victim
fought back against her de-
pression, against -her fears
and against her illness and
was able to live an almost
completely normal life.
"Becky gasped, the child
was bald."
"Her skin was the color of
skim milk. The blueish tinge
frightened Becky. She ran
from the playroom.".
These few excerpts show
Becky's fears at first. She
did not want to believe that
she too may lose her hair due
to her sickness.
"Look at the use to suture
it black thread. I had
thought it would be some-
thing more exotic."
Becky uses this phrase
near the end of the novel. At
this point she has overcome
her fears of the cancer and
she is laughing it off.,
Alice Bach decided to
write this novel after work-
ing as a volunteer at a can-
cer treatment facility in New
York. Many patients from
the clinic asked Alice to
write about how it really is
for families when a child has
cancer. Her novel is based on
the real life experiences of
patent;3 troin the treatment .,
centre:c .
I feel that Alice Bach helps
he reader to understand
why adolescents with cancer
want to give up but with the
right encouragement how
they are able to overcome
their fears and continue their
lives.
—Debbie Hoy
With the Stud
elections coming
things are happen>g
the school dila.
Speeches on stage we
on Monday so that ,the
school population
nominating .and ,eat
speeches. The sea6pl la
with campaign met r
buttons are being wtj
ma
II ntook this opport eld
ask the student, caw
"What influences. ,tat
you vote?
Here are some of ,thee
swers I received. .
The people's appear
what they say and how t
conduct. themsejyes in
lie: =gena Marr tttt 1
Their speeches, what the'
future promis@.a are, ae4
tivities they are inv lved thio
attitude toward, hers. -.-
Melody Ireland
j W GHAM RECREATION
DEPARTMENT
"Spring Into Fitness
Ladies,' fitness class for 6 weeks
4` eginning April 15 and 16
Mem. and Wed. 7 - 8 p.m.
} . E Tues. and Thurs. 7 - 8 p.m.
Fee $1 5.00
Instructors: Wendy Poll
Brenda Werth
Registrations accepted by phoning
357-1208
__or at the
Wingham Recreation Department
.r
How much . tey pnt ., OPTIMIST ' CLUB WINGHAM
into theiipaign,
—Nancy Nixen.l)'::. SERVICE TO YOUTH AWARD
4
for
Ther" n'"-thp_ei_T- lILITY: The award will be open to any
they' put i>�to �, tl;Kir � ^.- � �" � P
politeness and tetany, and
their gimes. —Lorin C TERIA: The award will be presented an -
12H. . nually to a member of the
DISTRICT,
Wingham or area resident.
Whether orpot
a
► community who has ,shown an
be good for tkat joie" unselfish willingness to work with
of. judging by their ca the youth of the community, or
"accessories".-,rl;�':: has demonstrated a major con -
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The whole school
xiously be waiting the
of the voting on Tuesdaaj
next week. • g' ,.,;
—Bennie Piny
St. John Aml:lulalnce 1Ir i'
gade volunteers' in Ontario@
gave first aid trea 'r • s t tQfi
more than 90,000 ps , 4,e las .
year. There are *opt 4,
p vi
of them in the pr ' c. •d
servingtheirgo • Q
1�p�� at
public events of every kindt,
The Brigade is a of Op,
emergency plans'
Ontario commueltj ,"
in touch with thgnq,'
St. John Ambtla
in your localhp
the provincial Of .? at
Wellesley Street Vigo
ronto M4Y 1G5, ply
923-8411.
tribution to the youth of the
Wingham area.
Nominations will be accepted
from the public, in writing, to the
Wingham Optimist Membership &
Awards Contmittee, no later thsn
May 1st, 1985, mailed to ad-
dress below. The nomination
•must include background infor-
mation on the nominee's achi e
ments and reasons why the per
�9.ta_should_b.e_considered _for-.ih
award.
Successful nominee will be an-
nounced in early June. All selec-
• tions by the Membership &
Awards Committee are final.
'Apply to:
Box 2373
clo The Wingham Advance -Times
, Wingham, Ont. NOG 2W0
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