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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-05-27, Page 5li tl • ullt,,Ftil ria r r > ► th a .lam• Ila r us ill IS;w •"I� n . 1 „ 9 PIS �1f1 nc n;:.tr letnt . as Wel roe .t'i ;r. !aft, #fin c' ,rlittnapp' t. goy �ftwIuh Gel► f 991 1t. F4.,n. Ont, NOG2WO4: • ' and re- ed until !ey face and he raining. . I wake instantly auty to wet my brothers e and shut off est ide, water here. Mom Bed, then be - tend furious ;ready any the hose to es over with t I decide to the joke's R CiTI., r%. , HURON ;COUNTY BOARD F RDUCATif s, SeContaifand limentary'.. Stuthmtt Summer school exists for your benefit. Take advanta e of the opportunities available tolcotclilup or get ah and still have an enioyabli,sumn»r.. ,• „ cETRAL HURON-. SECONDAintstHOOL z� CUNTON ONTARIO:: • Jury 2 to July 28, 1981 9700 a:m. to 12:00 Nbon 1. SECONDARY A JULY 2 JULY: 28 • Mathematics 140 • English 140 •Mathematics 150 • English 150 <' Mathematics 240 • English 240 Mathematics 250 "'English 250 Mathematics 340 • Science 140 .: . Mathematics 350 • Science 150 Mathematics 440. Mathematics 450 JuIy 6 - July 17 Driver Education 9 '.71. F. • 2. ELEMENTARY -.JULY ',JULY 241 , - Grade 7 & 8 Remedial friglisl .' •• Grade 7 &8 - Remedial Mathematics; . Grade? & - Remedial English 8 Mathematics English as a•Second`Languagp "' . Beginner 'Advanced r _ ' Summerschool booklets are available . freer .yoter secondary school cguldcincs office, eiimentbry\ school . principal or by contacting: A.R. Ha�rris A4m!nh$trot r' Summer Set Turnborry ..C'enfrai School R.R a WInighc ;.listeniing Mayb answer e Mope. '444.47 ` <4 a• ',10:011egnef ••linabethr' " Ooo, now she �tateiness., "Coming, .: A 118. " . What does she have or mato do now? ` 1 try, for iMoin':0e nd. mine; to look- enthusiastic. about, vacuuming', the car. Who!knows? It•mighteven be fun. Fat channel Matter, mutter, mutter., , "hat's- that 'Elizabeth?" 'Mo stands with hands on, • hips. X. ; smile sweetly; and honestly and 'makey way to the blasted M. Finally, it is done Axid once again Ile enthe grass It's not the dame though. I rn tnsid! et, ra ah lotion, sung1ass aaganine ter1111191 ke . own and proceed •bra Once again he 1b1 and ,ABBA ,blares, tlx: iw, radio I drift off slone re surprised suddenly I ughter and ding on end, the end of my covers. my r` t. baps the day hal waste as ;' r'in at each be I gladly help , after I had "decent" on, ;nifty 0 n c First of -a all; I wouldlikeita apologise to all our faithful • readers. For these of 3!011: .whoread hely article,'In lgy Opinion ugh Is change to .a slinky hikiiii a d Op A La Good settle , down with :the radio and blanket. gyp. • All is peaceful. The eats chase butterflies around the house and the sheep munch on the ,grass -- chomp, munch, chomp, munch, chomp,-' mun... Soon 1 `•I'm slumbering peacefully in the sunshine. "Elizabeth.". . I'm dreaming and some- one is calling my name. "Go 'away,'":I .mumble as I v yy, ,i,t aw [ �1 'some ` : so d.t , as my urgers- ouch e ace p gingerly, then my eyes. cau- tiously Open. t close them'. again. Mom very :affectionately„ tickles my-cibs.and I shoot into Ihe air, wide awake now. I stand sleepishly as I'm told I must get lunch ready. • • "But . of course, ' Mother - dear. I'd be more than de- lighted to make lunch" I say, and thinking, "After I run off . D FOR. JUST $2 ONE DA's ONLY TUESDA • CNE 40'REG. $300 Each dinner contains 3 pieces of finger lickin' good Kentucky Fried Chicken, Golden Brown French Fries, Creamy Cole Slaw and a slice of Grecian bread. %s<T WINS K.titueky frkdk44elOnein Josephine Street in the Zdhr's Plaza Corner of Hwy. 04 $ 4 M WINGHA 16, For You",. I would simply ' like to state-tthat:allof it Was -, , not quote true. The ' part 3t;' about loving my. friends was very true "and will always last but. the part about laughing' all the time was exaggerated Slightly: A good writer should always tell:°the truth.'and here I have #ailed. Being a teenager has many ups and downs. Some- times it • seems ;like ,it's mostly downs; abut, we • all -on bh Ar ane eroeens to •drugs or drinking or grave running. Some become loud . and boisterousand cover up their ,,true feelings. • - The others withdraw into them selves, in a world which lets good thtitgs•in and keeps things out.' .Then there. are . the very fortunate few,. ,rho keep things, under control and don't seem to become depressed or. loud. But at this stage in out lives; nil one really matters more trips but we, ourselves and that's the-Way°it should Int* be. This;is themost difficult titre of our :entire;li� es, the teenage years, but:.also the most happy and :.carefree .years. - ..<• The "growing" years should be less strenuous, less hectic, also fess demanding. However, that's not the way things tur,' out. We're so busy with our lives,, growing up, 'handling. our emotions, trying to understand each other and ourselves, that school work, peer and parent pressure, push us to the limit at times. Perhaps this is why teenage suicide is so high. Many kids just can't handle all the demands that go along with adolescence. There are many feelings of "Why?" this and "Why?" that; there are so many things going on we want to see,` do, experience, and learn about that we can't grasp it all and so we become confused, worried and tired of day to day living. We can't very well hide in our rooms, until we turn 20 years old. Think' of all the things we'd miss out on, but think also of the pain we Would have caped. But, perhaps we can learn some- thing from all the trauma and disappointment we have faced. I don't really know. Right now everything seems pointless and useless, and rightly so. Teenagers today have many more things to 'face then our parents at our age. Sure, they had to help on the farm a lot and they didn't go out as much, but life seemed so much simpler then com- pared to now. Those were the days of guys giving the girl dowers Were a date and fun on a Saturday night Meant a. barn dance or a hayride. Maybe one reason teenage years are so hard is that everywhere We turn there ticleat statliig'«kiyl tip!your. ll�+pheil..bt° ,Y91s,�,9,911't , be own i' .ourjoUrf :mak -aged, this?, our4"clo Mole standj we =• w ass, Liz Brydges tp A! PETE GOODALL and Steve Morrison, both of *big= ham, discover that maneuvering a canoe can. have its rough moments, especially when it upsets. The bgys are Grade 12 physical education students, at F. E. of our lives? "lflave white h breath or hate you." All this w inderful ere they must lothes, no body. IVehair. • teens ran our for a change. people design A61d ladies design Jo and. middle- ite.our music. awe fit into all ple who make °cosmetics and "' really under - t exactly it is need. They t 'leg jeans il1''bemstyle the teens. and try' it odt• . W ° e don't rein have a choice• tPerhaps s me people like wide leggedeans and �iinged4ackets'b we Must • lr.VU AND ,AN17 C. , Asking,..you to dance was shier embarrassinent,,o But then • , ;;. The minutes weere;stopped by Time's own hand And we Were together ' Just you and me • and Chtistopher.Cross We were sailing. Still, time can't sip forever • Moments must let'go Back to embarrassment Anda polite nod of the head You back to your friends Me back to mine And Christopher Cross was silent • • I Sailing on a dark sea. • Time has passed quickly piling minutes on minutes Til' only I remember' How gently you`heldme How slowly wedanced And when I hear that music It's just me And Christopher Cross Alone and sailing. L. TEARING DOWN A HOUSE ' The walls stand straight .• corners and cabby holes flecked like dark emeralds on white naked breats and exposed thighs. A house, beautiful when Whole, now without the outer walls, her silken robe and under- wear. Bricks and planks .. • lie in the careless heap yon- der. ll A bus of school k`ilds lumbers by on the road, Laughter. Pink walls! And turquoise! Hey, here's some nice paint " on sale price. ' `1'11 take the putpie." Cruel laughter, exploiting eyes probing the ret'riains of that silent house. They only see the ripped toilet seat and aborted ki tc hen maks.q They miss the grad arches and flowered wallpaper not wear those for fear of being out of st ie. We become ''so obsessed. with • the idea to be right in with the crowd that we fail to see ourselves clearly. We know in a ,flash who's going with whom, who .broke up whom and who's going where, but we don't really know where we're going to or coming from. 'Perhaps -some do and perhaps some don't. We know everyone else, but we don't know ourselves. I've preached long enough about this now, but I'd just like to say that we really can't laugh all the time. Maybe we should try, but '"uteri` we'd all to .crazy from keening things bottled up in- side. • I hope I've given some of our'"older" readers a bit of an insight about what it's like to be a teen, for those of you who have forgotten.- If these are supposed to be the best years of our lives, what are the rest of the years going to be like? Liz Brydges This week's qua tions Wh is your opituon of Bobby*ands and the other IRA terrorists, who are star- ving themselves for political prisoner status? "I think it is kind of a waste of humanity ... if star- vation is . the answer to seeking demands, the world is kind of going nuts." Mary Luanne Claire 12B. "... good publicity stunt ... many of these people are in for life anyway so they have nothing else to lose." Tim Webster 11N. What is your opinion of the shooting of the Pope? "It gives publicity to the' church people return to church in times of trouble." Tim Webster 11N. "Well, it is not right for anyone to shoot anybody, whether he's the Nope' or not." Anonymous. "I think he's pretty good, 'cause he stands up for what he believes 'in." Karen Fox - ton 11C. The creative writing club The Creative Writing Club in the past has produced a number of creative writing booklets. These booklets have contained many ex- cellent essays, lyrics, poems and short stories from Grade 9 through Grade 13 and re- flected the creative talent of our student body. It is hoped that this yearly tradition of producing a creative writing booklet will be ,continued this year. A nuniber of students already have shown an interest. Still, others have been submitted food for thought, lines for aughter and prose for pon- dering. Many more short stories, Poems and essays are re- uired if we are to succeed to create the best book ever, Time is running short so be a sport, create now. the feoiigup in Karen Purdon Mactil.k The co-ed.class;'!eras; • . GRADE 12 physical education students from F. E. Madill had a practical lesson in handling a canoe and portaging. The co-ed class received practical training. last Friday morning at the river dam. Media menagerie Society today is the most informed, society that has ever been on earth. We have the sort of meclia coverage that is fast and efficient and well 'informed. The only question is, is all that is written or conveyed to the general population from the Chocolate bar drive successful The major fundraising event of the year, the choco- late bar drive, was held from April 24 to May 4. This year's contract was awarded to Funds Unlimited of Hyde Park and they provided the student's council with al- mond chocolate bars. This year's fundraising campaign was very successful and all 7 200 chocolate bars were sold. The tdp sellers in this year's campaign were: Sandy Morrison (201 bars), Aileen Underwood (60 bars), Mike McDougall (54 bars). First prize for selling the most bars was a $150 gift certificate from Sears. Second prize was an AM -FM cassette recorder and third prize was a clock radio. We would like to thank the students for their support for this important fundraising event. A special thanks is given to the residents of the area who -supported us by buying the chocolate bars. Larry O'Malley Student Council President various tirlieS of media true? This question has been asked more frequently in the last several months after the Washington Post admitted that one of its staff; Janet Cooke, fabrieated a Pulitzer Prize -wining story. It later was revealed that Ms. Cooke also had fabrieated her credentials in order to get the job on the Washington Post. The furor .over the legiti- macy and accuracy of the • media has increased through some of the difficult cover- age given to the presidential assassination attempt and the strife in Ireland. During the aftermath of the assassination attempt it was boradcast that the presiden- tial press secretary, James Brady, had died; this later proved incorrect. However such coverage could have had a serious effect on society by causing panic or fear concerning the vtalner- a bility of the government. In Ireland journalists have been accused of either in- citing or fabricating sen- sational news stories to in- terest the population. This charge cannot be discounted entirely by the media due to some of the methods used by reporters in obtaining news items. For example, in Ire- land an Anierican reporter promised complete anony- mity to a British soldier in exchange for a story about the disturbances caused by children versus the soldiers. In reaction to this article the British press called it a classic example of biased re- porting designed to cause ant i-Bril ish feeling. The difficulty in 'counteracting something like thit with a . verification of. the Story,,, that the' main eharacter Of the story is anoitYmous ind even if he did tell, who could prove him wrong? • Beyond the, quettion of questionable methods of ob- taining information lies the question whether the re- porter can be taken at his word. So often one believes beyond question that what is transcribed through and by the media occurred. What can be believed? The repor- ter, today, must be beyond doubt and be of unshakeable It is a difficult situation trying to decide whom we can or can't believe. Thus re- porters have an incredible responsibility to report accurately and without bias because the public often has no choice but to believe what is written. The viewers or readers of the news media have a responsibility, in turn, not to accept anything that is questionable and to demand accuracy if not per- fection. Today more than ever. with stories of un- settling practices in the busi- ness, of reporting surfacing, those in the media business a re under fire. The quickness and accur- acy of the mass media is an important influence on society today. Thus. because of this important influence, members of the media must, themselves. exainine what they are doing. The media can be a constructive tool or a destructive bludgeon. However used, it mustn't get out of hand. Bernice Passehier 1311