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NOW that the provbselalt
election campaign has
inttl fell SNOW ea011,
ea tlit and,party1s
to fliiid a new or fzwo
° platform to stand on.° '
One of the planks hi the
Liberal platform 'is the
banishment of Grade 13.
However that plank has not,
in my opinion, been nailed in
correctly, with the result
that Stuart Smith is tripping
over it and being hit in what
Would be called an approp-
riate location.
Of course, my opinion is
tmabashedly for Grade 13 as
I am in Grade 13 and one
does not like being told that
ane is wasting one's time.
But I do have other points
that are only my opinion,
since I really can't speak for
all Grade 13. I feel that these
points are worthy of con-
templation (Right Mr.
Smith?).
Some of the benefits' that
people automatically think
are part of Grade 13 are such
things as finally being able to
cast a disdainful eye at the
toiling serfs (more com-
monly known as Grade 9ers)
while swaggering into class.
Finally being able to figure
out the system, as far as it
can be figured out by any-
one, and knowing where to
go for it.
Seriously, I find that
Grade 13 is and has been one
of the most enjoyable school
years of my life so far. You
are still in a somewhat regi-
mented system, but you
finally are getting more re-
sponsibility for your own
work. In university you are
responsible for your entire
year's work, so Grade 13
gradually initiates you into
being completely indepen-
In my opinion
it is me
OM,t 1 alto1 pro'
Iargerrarl of subjects,'
Maws .`
a 'Maw... I Inan�l.
cho0eing You r s 3ectrl. frOs
provides an; excellent oppol-
tunity to see what subject
you would really, like. to. pur-
sue as a life -time career.
It also provides an intense
study in areas you like and
allows you 04 0Y; to be`rid
of subjects you, puttingit
mildly, disliked. In my own
case I am taking, or have
taken seven Grade 13
credits, only two of which
are the same as my twin
brother's. -
For many the fifth year of
high school is a necessary
breather to sit back and look
around and see what they
really want to do with their
life. Also it provides a
chance for an individual to
grow and mature in familiar
surroundings, growing and
maturing that could be
(fatally) stunted by the
harsh realities of alien sur-
roundings - though, at
times it is rather inti-
midating to have other
friends who have already
graduated telling how great
their independent life style
is.
In previous grades every-
one was there because they
had to be there since it's re-
quired. By Grade 13 you, for
the most part, are there be-
cause you want to be there.
This feeling carries over into
class too. You came by
choice to learn and so the
discussions in respective
subjects are enlightening
and worthwhile.
'stttdiies,, It also has,g%n .
me a nce to get to know
and ablate bettiehlany
of mty fellow students (re-.
` atihav , b
ds.
**feta bf
save the , fsiipayers Money,
how about seeing the non-
materialefits the stu-
nts will `
dy far the rest
Ur their life How about it,
Mrd iti iti ?
Just a note
Ytan may have noticed
when tYpit read, the Mirror
chap, there are two features
which are very similar. They
are In My Opinion and the
Editorial, the difference
being that one is written by
the editor and the other by a
regular member 'of the
School: Page.
Well, this week you will
notice_ another similarity,
the titles of the two features,
"Grade 43 ° To be or not to
be.°'
Since School Page
members write about things
in which they feel strongly
we were not surprised that
the issue at hand was the
abolition of Grade 13. What
did surprise us though was
the identical titles.
Please do not feel you will
be reading an identical opin-
ion, but instead two valid
opinions from two different
students.
Grady 13: to be or not to be
For those of you 18 and
older, March 19 will be an
important date to Mark on
your calendar. On that day_
you will be voting to retain
the premier of Ontario, Mr.
Bill Davis, or to elect Dr.
Stuart Smith or Mr. Michael
Cassidy, as his successor.
Dr. Stuart Smith, leader of
the Liberal party, has made
the statement that Grade 13
could possibly be abolished if
he reigns as the next premier
of Ontario. He adds that the
only reasons the extra year
of secondary school is of-
fered are to maintain
Grapevine
There was another I.S.C.F.
pot luck supper here in
Wingham on Friday, March
6. ,
Lori Gavreluk, Cathy
Chisholm, Curtis Moore,
,Elizabeth Kaufman, John
Barger, Patty Barger, and
Elizabeth Brydges, all in-
mates of Madill, skated in
Clinton at the Interclub
competition on Sunday,
March 1.
Curtis Moore and his
dance partner placed first
and Curtis placed second in
freeskating. John Barger
won the gold medal and
trophy.
Student
interview
Question. What do you
think of Prince Charles
getting married?
"I think it's all a bunch of
crap. You've never heard
about the girl before." - Liz
Brydges, 11A.
"I think it's great. I think
she's pretty, she's well-
mannered, polite and I think
they make a good couple," -
Lynne Hilverda, 12H.
"Well, let him get
married, he's old. Who wants
an old bachelor anyway?" -
Rosemary de Boer, 12B.
"I think it'll be successful.
She'll make a good queen be-
cause of her ability to handle
the press and the public," -
Larry O'Malley, 13B.
"I think It's about time but
I think he picked someone a
little too young. I hope it
doesn't turn out like Pierre
and Margaret," ® Kathy
Underwood, 13B.
"I don't think it will work
out successfully - in terms
of love," - Nancy Stuart,
13B.
teaching jobs and tokeep the teachers or the graduating
-students fromp�the workforce stud�ye,n�ts. attempting to,enter
anextra'year',A'f e9:, -7 BPk74 1_}A_foree. ....`.t
I perstmelly teal ,b4 Ai - In the and, no matterieho
agree 'wiitil iris roweled. apposes at supports the
Grade 13, in fact, ' create abelltia s et Grade 13, the
many essential 'jobs fair the 'Wats should have the
teachers and provides the opportunity to decide for
students with valuable pre- themselves their choice of
university or college pre- secondary school education.
paration. In Grade 13 stu- One person or party should
dents have two to three hours not deny certain career goals
of homework each night and for adolescents who are in -
when they attend university decisive about their future
some students find this level plans.
of education very de-
manding, even after having I think Grade 13 should be
taken Grade 13. offered until the day no one
With unemployment registers to take the extra
statistics spiraling, Dr. year, because after all, if a
Smith should seriously think student chooses to work hard
of all the important jobs this for four years plus one
advanced year creates. I further year of study, then he
doubt very much that a new must truly be concerned with
premier would want to inflict his education.
unemployment on these Caroline Mulvey HE
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SENIOR BASKETBALL
'Mr. Dennis' finest
finished off the basketball
season yesterday on a posi-
tive note. They discovered
the best set of showers in the
Huron -Perth conference.
The formal introduction of
the starting five players
must have jinxed the Mus-
tangs, because they were
only able to shoot 30 per cent
from the floor. Mitchell
gained an early lead and
held on for the better part of
the game.
The top scorer for. Madill
was Ken Atkinson with 15
points, followed by Grant
Gnay with 11. The final score
was Mitchell 67, Madill 42.
Leaving the senior tears
this Year is the "graduate
line" of Grant 'Gnat', Dave
Atkinson, Rick Martin and
Kevin Wamsley. Staying
with next year's team are
Tom White, Rob Henderson,
Gerard Lange, John Brent,
Ken Deichert, Ken Atkinson,
Steve Lorenz and Karl
Morrison.
This year's team wasn't
too good at shooting, drib-
bling, passing or running,
but otherwise they had a
great team. The team wishes
to give special thanks to Mr.
Dennis for time, effort and
extreme tolerance during
this year's season. The rest
is history.
BASKETBALL NEWS
On Thursday, February 26,
the Mustang teams played
their last game of the season.
MIDGETS - The Midgets
lost 43-40 to Mitchell with a
few players missing. Top
scorer was Phil Rintoul with
n 16 points.
JUNIORS - The Juniors
lost 58-42. After getting off to
a slow start and down 22-7 at
the end of the first quarter
came alive to only be trailing
Mitchell by 34-17 at half
time. The Mustangs
narrowed the lead to eight
early in the fourth quarter at
40-32 but Mitchell came on
strong to take the victory.
Top scorers were Mark
McDougall with 12 points,
Kelly O'Hagan with nine,
Kevin Saxton, six points, and
Rance Willis and Troy
Pocaluyko with four each.
The team finished with two
wins and eight losses but in-
dications are that the Madill
Mustangs future will be
good.
Rance Willis
GIRL'S
VOLLEYBALL
The season's end is, fast
approaching and it seems
fitting to review how our
juniors and seniors have
done over the season.
The junior teem started
strong at the beginning of the
WHAT IS C
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gives you If chant* to ma
This neutpar iso
number of 0ther Csnadifllnp
Questionnatreis Naive be9n t.
published in this riewspapi'
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known, and then, hap
total results With your tttlwt§
GETTING' STARTE,
A. Please note that no name
you'll include your poste),r
from different areas.
B. Please read eaeh-questii
to saying how youleeV
on your answer.
QUI?
Energy? The Constitution? Citizens' Fortin!,
ice heard.
brhis questionnaire in co-operatiAn With. a
Oily newspapers. When the results from the
, they will become part of a report to be
Oximately one month's time.
rum, you'll be able to make your views,'
sure reported, you'll be able to compare the
required on this questionnaire; but we hope
f O help us see how many replies are coming in
fully, then check the box that comes nearest
Wish, make notes or comments that expand,
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• about its ant**, then showthitbyr p
P. There are ne >?trick" questions hei npris•therotiaty
'question,Pleasobageyour anaweronh l+youhappentoYo,,a�,}�,� ,.
could change your mirk' tomortrow:1! you were amswer'itt
question again#, arid that would'be okay. `
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:WHEN YO J' HAVE FINISHE
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nairepage, andmai ttous-ordrOp off a lour0tfce.if ..0tl
Returns rnust `be re ehretl.no I , . the`
results of.the surveyin abo u flit
results.
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POLITICS AND
1. Howwould you descnk
economicclimete,
Poor n,
NOM Y
ga's political and
ie, these days?
Excellent
ENERGY
12. Would you say that our., costs of home heating
will be higher one year from now, or lower, or
about the same?
Much higher D®® Much lower
2. How would you descrit rot' province's politi-
cal and economic climate, on'the whole, these
days?
Poor DEEC1
Excellent
3. Would you say that your ownpersonal economic
• situation will be better, or worse, or about the
same, one yearfrom noise?
Much better nnL,J f ' Much won's
4. Do you expect .the cost of living to rise as fast
during 1981 as it did in 1t
W ill rise("'`j"�j Will rise
faster nn ' . slower
5. Would you say that our mrterrest rates will be
higher one year from. now,.or lower, or about
the same? vrAs
Much higher
g
6. Would you say that housinprices in your area
will be higher one year now, or lower, or
°about the same?
Much•higher DODO Much lower
7, Would you guess-thaty. rtr ers.j'n your area will
have a' better year in.1- 1; n in 1980, or a
worse year, or about sherd ;
rc , t 'flliucnbe r Muchmore*
t(N;
Much lower
4 d rAt- r
A. Weitild you say that canedirsgaild develop a'
closer economic partteuip with 'the, United
States, ��`''''jj - Definitely yes n
nnun Definitely not
THE CONSTITUTION
9. Do you think the federal government should
ask the British Parliament to make changes in
the Canadian constitution before sending it
back to Canada, or do you think the constution
should be sent back without any changes?
Some changes ®®®®� No changes
okayat all
10. Do you think the federal government should
have more power, or would you like to see more
powers go to the provinces?
More federal ®�nnn More prov.
power „ l I power
11. On the whole, do you think we have too much
government regulation, about the right amount,
or too little regulation?
Too much little
nnn
regulation nnregulation
1981 COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT' LTD
season and has notyet
looked back. At an invita-
tional tournament in
Walkerton it won the silver
medal; three weeks later it
won the gold medal at the
Madill Invitational tourna-
ment and followed this win
with yet another the
following weekend in Listo-
wel.
In league play the team
finished first and went on to
again finish first on the
qualifying day last Wednes-
day.
The senior team began the
season on a low key, but hall-
way through the season had
moved into contention for the
top position. In the Walker-
ton tournament it was semi
finalists; in the Madill
tournament it won the gold
medal and in a recent Listo-
wel tournament, finished as
silver medalist. The final
league standing was first
well ahead of the second
place team and it also
finished first in the
qualifying tournament in
Stratford.
The teams had one big
tournament left, the tourna-
ment which decided the top
teams in Huron and Perth on
February 25. Whatever the
outcome, these teams de-
serve a well earned con-
gratulations!
B. Shaw
23. How likely area
Mx, monti s?
r1
13. WoUId you say that our fuel prices for transpor-
tation ' will be higher one year from now, or
lower, or about the same?
Much higher pp®EJLJ Much lower
14. Do you think energy prices should be set mainly
by the provinces, or mainly by the federal gov-.
ernment?
Federal nnnnn
Provinces
15. Do you think the oil companies need higher
profits so they can find more oil?
Definitely do 00000 do not y
YOUR OWN BUYING PLANS
16. Are you willing to buy a smaller car if that will
help conserve energy?Definitely
-,
willing nl
nn®® at alNot willing
17. Are you planning to add insulation to your home
to help conserve energy?
Definitely
plan ��iJ.J'tLJJL._I 'jnnl-'1 Icplansto
do so
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u
18, Wien you buy an appliance or other article
"'that uses energy, how important to you are
energy -conservation features?
Very important
important nOpp�1 atcall
19. If you had to choose between a higher -priced,
energy-efficient appliance, or a lower-priced,
less -energy-efficient one, which would you
choose?
mHoreefefprice, nnnnn
Wet'
20. How likely are you to buy a major appliance -
like a home freezer- in thenext six months?
Very likely Doan❑ Not
t likely
at
21. How likely are you to buy a new colour television
set in the next six months?
Very likely nnnnn Not likely
at all
22. How likely are you to buy a new car in the next
six months?
Very likely nnnnn Noel! likely
yaneiwhorrmeinti
24oHoytr iikeiy.areyou to
what vacation* the ,
ale like
SOURCES OF INFORI{ IA
25. When you are thinking of buying a minor ap
pliance or new car, which sourcea'of informa-
tion do you findmost. useful - newspapers, •
or radio and television?
Newspapers nn
26. Once you have made the decision -to phase
a new car or' major appIfancewhit ttsgpr sdo
you find most useful for infbrmatiofl non where'
tb buy°it?
Newspapers EJ 11J1._.:Jf
ie
27. In addition to this community newspaper, do. -
you also read a dailynewspaper? : .
❑`'Every day _
0 'Occasionally
Q Rarely or never
28. Considering newspapers,
just which -sources
do ...you find -:most useful for information on 1
wheru.to buy"ttlings like major, appliances or a
imnew vet,., ,,s.. ,fth is tM �'..'.
t'.t 9
fay '�y'-� f��
COhnnuniit,y nn n `dam ` s
nom• newspapers.
29. How satisfied are you with the quality and
amount of local news coverage. in . this news-
paper?
1
Very nnnnn vsry
satisfied dissatisfied
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30. What topics would you like to See discussed in I
future Citizens' Forum questionnaires?
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Just a line
from everyone
There is a type of poem
formed by merely penning
down remarks made in
passing down the hallway, or
,thoughts expressed in a
dream, or even graffiti taken
off a brick wall. The
following "verse" is one of
them - heart-rending
comments from many study -
bored students found on one
of ,the library's lamp shades.
I added the title to it, other-
wise it remains untouched:
GRAFFITI
Love
makes the world go around,
Dreamer -
You're nothing but
dreamer,
says Supertramp, and
Supertramp's the best.
the whole world
smiles with you
This joint stinks.
Henrietta Oldengarm,
13B
Creative
corner
TO BYRON
They told me it wouldn't
work
But as usual
I followed my heart
And fell in love
With a handsome face.
It took all my nerve
meet your eyes
a In the hall
And when you said
Ialmost reached the
My heart jumped so
Dreams are what keeps you
going -
without them, You'd have ,
no hope
no purpose for living.
-So?
Commit suicide,
But ...
"don't try suicide,
nobody cares!"
Smile and,
just to
hello
moon
high.
Of course.my hopes
Just had a farther distance
to fall
Ina heap
On the ground
When you walked with some-
one else.
But as long as you are happy
That's all that really niatters
In time I'll dry the tears
Still dreaming
Straight from the heart!
Anonymous
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ONTARIO PREMIER William Davis used a visit' to the,Bruce Nuclear Power
Development last week to announce 910 million of public funding for a steam
pipeline to the plant's boundary. The line is Intended to spur Industrial and agri-
cultural development around the plant. Flanking the premier are Energy Minis-
ter Robert Welch and Gary Harron, chairman of the Bruce Economic Develop-
ment Committee and the Conservative candidate In Huron -Bruce.
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