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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-05-18, Page 12Page 12—The Wingham Advance -Times, May 18, 1983 1 1 MARIAN & THE TOWNSPEOPLE—Marian (Pam Shaw) is joined by the townspeople in singing "Lida Rose"_in this scene from the musical production "The Music Man", put on by the Madill Drama Club. At a Editorial preview of the show for schoolchildren and seniors last Wednesday, the cast won a standing ovation for its effort. Drinking and driving Many teenagers get the same lectures weekend after weekend about how they should not go out and get drunk, just for the sake of getting drunk. It is dangerous, but many of us just get 'angry at being told what to do and we never listen or take much of it to heart, butshouldn't we? The greatest line, fre- quently asked, fbr the com- ing weekend is, "Do you want to go fora tour?" If you Editorial say "no", you fear they think you are an idiot; if you say "yes", what are you getting yourself in for? Many of us teenagers drink and drive and think it is the "in" thing to do, but we never really think about the consequences. We think no- thing can happen to us.. It al- ways happens to the other guy, but how long is this "luck" going to last? Picture this: a teenager Canadians lack respect How can we as Canadians have any self-respect, when we treat our leader with such irreverence! It seems the House of Commons is the only place you'll ever hear someone saying the Right Honorable Pierre Elliott Trudeau. We seldom . give him admiration for his suc- cesses but instead protest his failures. An example of the public's negative response was shown on Trudeau's tour this summer. He was wel- comed with tomatoes and harsh words. I also saw on the news re- port a group of men gathered for a banquet and the speaker got up and said: "Let's all stand and salute Pierre Trudeau on his 63rd birthday" and they all rose and gave him the "royal finger". I do not feel we have to agree with everything he says and does, but at least have some respect for the man. Even if you are not among the majority who voted Liberal, he is still your lead- er. We use him as a scape- goat for all our problems. How can we be so ignorant as to think one man is respon- sible for all our difficulties? Trudeau does his best at a demanding job and I feel he deserves our respect. If we cannot treat our Prime Minister with some dignity and consideration, I am not proud to be a Canadian, but ashamed. —Paula Strong 12H WITH THE SEASONS Softly, quietly and with reverence, the fluffy image of winter disap- pears. In its place torrents of rain, floods and bone -chilling winds. Warmth, ever slightly, moves our spirits as if a cooling breeze had wiped a clean slate. Spring -green foliage creeps out of its hiding place. Spring -green newbirth rivals to live, stretch, grow. Spring -green people change - softly, quietly, subtly, with the seasons. —Michelle Hooftman ROBOT A robot was built And more soon followed Until at last, centuries later Billions of robots were scat- tered across the universe And the scientists decided at last To link them all together. Which they did And they asked the robots the question Is there a God? The robots, as one replied There is now And the robots ruled for bil- lions and billions of years Until, at last, they created life A man, and more soon fol- lowed. —Bonnie Burchill hnder the legal drinking age is drinking and driving, hav- ing a great time with friends, • when all of a sudden the dreaded red flashing light is seen in the rearview mirror. The policeman„stz ojls, .up ,to the parked car, checks it out and finally charges the driver with the possession of open liquor in the car. So what'? That never stops them. Sure there will be a problem getting the money, but they will' pay it and you can bet that they will be out, going strong again next weekend. We never learn! Just think of the money we are wasting and the lives we are risking. Picture this situation also: a sixteen -year-old has just got his licence and to cele- brate, he just has to go on a big tour. He gets a carload of friends, a couple of cases of beer and he is off on the run. In less than an hour, only a few beer remain; the driver is, all over the road and the back seat of friends is roar- ing with laughter. A totally innocent, sober and unsuspecting driver ap- pears over the hill. Instantly a loud, crunch of metal pierces the night air. A man and boy are killed and many teenagers are injured, may- be permanently. You think about this, and ask yourself, "Is it worth it?" —Judith McMichael Winners in typing contest A few weeks ago, Madill typists competed in the Huron County typing contest against students from South Huron, Central Huron and Goderich, with excellent re- sults. Two of the three typing trophies will again be housed by Madill this year. Sharon Martin led the Seniors with her net score of 67.04 wpm. Her score com- bined with Kendra Mc- Kague's, gave us a first in the Senior team category as well. April Moore's 60 wpm won the Junior trophy for us. Her score, combined with Karen Pennington's, also gave us a first in the Junior team cate- gory. South Huron walked away with the Novice trophy. Sincere thanks to Shawna Thomson, Julie Nicholls, Karen Pennington, April Moore, Kendra McKague and Sharon Martin for com- peting in the typing contest and congratulations on maintaining the Madill standard of excellence. —Mrs. Pratt • • THE MUSIC MAN—Rick Martin as Prof. Harold Hill c woos the piano teacher (Pam Shaw) in a scene from "The Music Man", this year's musical production by the Madill Drama Club. Orientation night �i - On Monday, May 9, F. E. Madill SS hosted its annual orientation night for those graduating from Grade -8. Mr. Kopas, Mr. Forrest,'Mr. Wraith and the student's councilI helped to plan this major event. Orientation night was formed to give the new stu- dents and their parents the opportunity to get acquaint- ed with Madill's layout. For the parents thinking of con- tinuing education or work- shop, there were choices of information sessions avail- able. Also a variety of clubs and organizations had dis- plays prepared for everyone to view. In gym 228, Mr. Ritter ad- dressed the students and parents on the changing school system with a stress on the basics, to better pre- pare students for higher edu- cation and future jobs. Mr. Wood put to rest the fears of lunch, money for locks, book deposits, activity fees, buses and extra curricular activi- ties, and moral codes. The students then moved to the large gym (250) for their school subject fears to be further quelled by Mr. Forrest. An enthusiastic group of cheerleaders set the mood by singing and motion- ing "arms out, thumbs down, elbows out, knees together, chest out . . ." and a few cheers. Mr. Campbell joined in earlier and this brought bursts of laughter. The new students' council did a skit shoving the "joys" of being an anklebiter. Later, the students were al- lotted group numbers and were taken on tours of the school. Some rooms visited included drafting, auto mechanics, woodworking, agriculture, data and of course the necessities like washrooms, cafeteria and drinking fountains. Never- theless, all the Coke and Diet Coke were sold out from the cafeteria's pop machines. A few clubs and displays were set out such as year- book, Madill Mirror, geography club and the re- cently -formed gymnastics club and a pole vaulting demonstration by Doug Wood and Tim Mills. Even though many of the new students believed they were lost or did not remem- ber how they got where they were, orientation was a huge success. —Michelle Hooftman A mTHE MIRROR irror is a pane of glass With a black background But am I the one who is look- ing in Or is it the other way around The person I see is the same as me Or am I the same as she It gets me allmixed up to see Which way it could be. —Bonnie Burchill POSTER CONTEST WINNERS—The winners of the 1983 Brussels Trade Fair poster contest from F. E. Madill Secondary School are: back, Suzanne Alton, Bonnie Ablett, Josie Bondi, Frank Bondi; front, Joelle Rea vie, Annette Jorritsma and Lorelei Leachman. Congratulations to the winners from the student body. (Clint Pewtress Photo) Shorthand winners A shorthand contest was held recently, hosted by Madill. Students from Central Huron and Goderich competed with our students in the 80 wpm contest. Com- petition was keen and result- ed in a tie for first place, Kendra McKague of Madill and Janice Daer of Goderich each scored 105 out of a pos- sible 110 marks. Thank you to Kendra, Shirley Dorsch and Nancy Quipp for competing. —Mrs. Pratt ALMA COLLEGE A Residential Secondary School for Girls offer- ing the Ontario Academic Program with options in Music, Secretarial, Computer, Family Studies, Visual Art, Drama, Religious Education and Equestrian Studies. Applications are now being accepted for Sep- tember 1983. Scholarships and Bursaries are available. 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