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The Huron Expositor, 1982-12-08, Page 18A18 — THE HURON. EXPOSITOR, DECEMBER 8, 1982 4[h@ DtInn6adon SDHS's Jayne studies in BC WOSSA winners ball Recently Jayne Delaney of Dublin took an exchange trip to/ Honeymoon Bay. British Columbia. Jayne saw the information about the trip in a Chatelaine magazine. The program was called Education Canada. She went to Maureen Scott, guidance counsellor at. Seaforth District High School, and Mrs. Scott sent away for an application form. The form came back, instructing Jayne to state her interests. hobbies. preference of places . to visit and other information. This inforthation was matched with other indivi- duals with similar characteristics and Jayne's destination turned out to be British Columbia. She was to• stay with Lisa Rowland and her family. Jayne received her reply two weeks before she was to depart. On Sept. 28 off she went .with no idea what her family in B.C. looked like.' In London, Jayne had to pick up her ticket the day she left as there wasn't enough time to get it beforehand. From London airport Jayne travelled to to Toronto and from there to Vancouver. Jayne had little difficulty in Vancouver even though it was larger than Toronto. From Vancouver she travelled to Victoria airport where she was to meet the Rowlands. Fortunately the family had received a picture of Jayne that morning so they had an idea of what she looked like. Mr. and Mrs. Rowland and family live in a small town not much larger than St. Columban, 60 miles north of Victoria. • For the next four weeks Jayne attended highschool with Lisa in Lake Cowichan, 15 minutes ride from the Rowlands home. She had received work from SDHS to do during her visit. At the school Jayne attended' both grade 11 and grade 12 courses, as B.C. was has no grade 13. Jayne took several excellent phys. ed classes and other. interesting Mr.. Howari f One of the new teachers at SDHS this year is Mr. Howard. He came to Sea - forth because he felt he needed a change, and be- cauSe he was offered a promotion. At SDHS, Mr. Howard is now the head of the history department. and teaches . Grade 12 Man in Society, Grades 9 and 12 History. .When asked about the setnester system, Mr. Ho- ward said that he basically likes it, but feels more work is involved for both the students"' and the teachers. He feels that a student's evaluation over a shorter period of time isn't as fair . In Mr. Howard's opinion, a student . working all day in school doesn't need home- work as well, in his classes, but agrees that in some classes it is necessary. Mr. Hpward notes few differences between students in this school and in other schools where he has taught. One of the main differences in students in general, is the interest shown about the school. An example of this is that in most schools, intra- mural sports don't work, but here we have a degree of success with them. One of ' Mr. Howard's views towards students is if there have been problems in class, or if the student objects to the material being taught, or the method by which it is taught, then the classes. Jayne said she found the standards not as high as they are herebut they had an excellent school 'ith about 300 students. Jayne couldn't believe how huge their gymnasiums was. "It's bigger than Strat- ford". She also visited many places such as Vancouver, Victoria, the Pacific coast. and even had a guided tour of the parliament buildings. Other activities involved visiting the Rowlands grandmother. shopping and sigh seeing. Jayne says there was always something to do and places to go on the weekends. Pretty well everyone is more or less employed in the timber industry. Mr. Rowland is a tree faller, which is one of the best jobs. Jayne got the opportunity to tour a lumber mill which she described as huge. Prices are pretty well the same as in Ontario but unemployment is even higher there than it is here. Jayne loved the scenery. especially the mountains. Excellent scenery combined with good weather helped her enjoy her trip even more. On Jayne s last few days there. it began to rain. Jayne said it rained so hard you couldn't see, just like our snow storms. After returning home October26 Jayne said she felt a little disappointed when she had to . leave but she had school work waiting for her back in Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. Rowland and family are super nice people and Jayne said she couldn't have had a nicer family to stay with. Would Jayne recommend the trip to anyone? She says definitely, adding she had a wonderful time and met many new friends. Jayne is keeping in touch with her new friends and hopes that in January a girl she met in B.C. will come to stay with her and her family. -Debbie Hulley rs life s student should come in and talk to him about it. Mr. Howard noted that when a student comes in he might act like he was right and. be rather intimidating, but says this is only a ruse to get kids to defend their views and talk to him about the problem. Mr. Howard probably feels this way because he used to be a guidance counsellor. Last year, for half of the . year, Mr. Howard was teach- ing in the Bahamas. He feels there is no organization in their system, and that the experience made him appre- ciate our educational system more. When asked how he would improve the educational sy- stem if given a chance, Mr. Howard replied that to rid Seaforth is a work together town KOdoy t o o no and oW-b@tw@@Wo BY TRISH RIMMER I love a parade. especially when excitement from the spectators buzzes through the streets. Such excitement as this was evident as the hands and floats paraded down Seaforth's main street Saturday afternoon during our annual Santa Claus par- ade. Even though the wea- ther didn't seem like Christ- mas. the spirit was there. It is hard to believe that just a fcw years ago there was no Santa Claus parade in Sea - forth. The first parade 1 remember consisted of only Frosty the Snowman. Santa Claus and the S.D.H.S. band. With the co-operation of service clubs, businessmen. churches. bands andother organizations. our parade sure has grown. Just the expressions on the faces of children along the route ex- plain the success of the parade. Naturally. the most wet• :ome character was that jolly old elf dressed in red and white, Santa Claus. With his "ho. ho. ho". and "Merry Christmas!" Santa delighteo people of all' ager' who lined the street. This sense of starting with a little small thing (parade) and building a big success seems so typical of out town Seaforth. Saforth m ay not be a lafge town. hut it is very nighty. We have so much to be proud of in this community One example of something we should be proud of Is the gpening of the new arena Sunday. People will crowd into the newly' built commune ity centre to watch a hockey game between the NHL Old- timers and our Oldtimer hockey placers. Man of the spectators who will he watch• ing the game. contributed and donated to the construc- tion of the new arena WORK TOGETHER This k typical of the citizens of Seaforth and arca. working together to accom plish a common goal and achievement. A couple of Intramural basketball The intramural basketball for house on house compet- ition was headed by the grade 12 phys. ed students Wayne Ryan, Joanne Albert and Joe Dorssets. One point was given for each house member who showed up for the game, two points for house leaders (staff mem- bers) and the winning team received five points. Pheonix House won over all with 11;4 points, AB came in second with 178 points, Comets in third with 162 points. and last but not least Taurus with 114 points. Congratulations Phoenix House. -Sheila Van Dory weeks ago a family was in need of some help with their .farm. With no hesitation whatsoever, "neighbours got together and helped this family through their time of need. It's incidents such as these that ntakc me proud to live in a community like Seaforth. 1 remember. a few years ago. there was no piano upstairs at Northside United Church. One Sunday the piano was brought up from thc Sunday School room for a special service. The effect that the piano added to the music on that Sunday was so great that members of the congregation pitched in together to buy a new piano for the church. In less than two days 52,000 in donations was raised so that the music in the church would continue to be that good. That piano is still played almost even' Sunday. It isn't just different or• ganizations. churches and service clubs that add to our zommunity'. We arc lucky to have individuals in Seaforth who add a lot to our town. We have many talented people that live or have lived here in the past. ATHLETICS Take for instance our ath• (etic. citizens such as Johnny Positive The senior boys volleyball team finished the season with a record of 14 wins and 16 loses and a sixth place standing in a 10 place Jeague, At the Huron -Perth play'• offs, the seniors were elimin- ated in the round-robin tournament. At the tournament in St. Marv's to determine the standings for WOSSA come petition. they placed third behind Mitchell and St. Mary's but because of this placing and the impending Wealsmou students to apathy. he would make schools in' general teach more co-op courses and more life skills courses. I agreed with Mr. Howard ills CO when he said that not does this rid studnets boredom, but it also them only of helps to for life when prepare they leave school. rses 1 am sure that our school has acquired a very good teacher, and 1 wish Mr. Howard the best of luck. -Elaine Dennis in basket in basket The Seaforth Jr. girls' Basketball team finished the season with a 6-4 record. They were tied for fifth plate with Stratford North- Western and Listowel. In the quarter finals, Seaforth de- feated the powerful Stratford North-Western team by 12 points. In the semi-finals, Seaforth defeated the tall. athletic St. Mary's team by four points. This made the team eligible for the finals against Goderich. Seafoth won second overall in the Huron -Perth finals. The jr. girls team went to St. Thomas to compete for the WOSSA title Saturday and with little difficulty. won the championship. -Colleen Mero BASKETBALL SR GIRLS The senior girls basketball team has done very well this year. In an exhibition game with Mitchell, Seaforth won. in the regular Hnron/Perth play the girls had a record of eight wins and two losses. They defeated Mitchell in the quarter finals and lost to Stratford Central in the semi- finals. TOURNAMENTS When the senior girls played against the Algoma senior girls in Sault Ste. Marie they became the con- solation champs. They lost one and won two. At the Setiforth Hal- lowe'en tournament, the S,D.H.S. senior girls were the champs, winning three games. At .the" Mustang tourna- ment in Wingham S,D.H.S. lost one and won two. They did a little better at the Caledonia Sr. Girls Tour- nament. becoming semi- finalists. They won two games and lost the final. The tournament in Brant ford wasn't quite as success- ful although the girls still did a fine job. This time they won the first game and lost the following two. The senior girls basketball team went to St. Thomas on Dec. 4 and won the WOSSA A championship. Congratu- lations girls on a job well done. -Sharon Weigel nappy . Mi oda Happy Birthday to Bill Dale. 16, Dec. 9. Happy Birthday to Jason Tunney 1. Dec. 13. Carol Ritchie, December 6. Denise. happy second birthday from cousin Brandy. Jake S. '1 ucker - the big 2:1 on Dcceanber 16. Anne Marie Malone , 14 - on Nov. 29. Pete. 22, on Dec. 6. Happy birthday to.• Bill Tremeer on December 14. MUSIC TAPE FOR MUSIC LOVERS Yamaha tape provides highly ac- curate reproduction of all types of music with low distortion and wide dynamic range. The cassette shells are precision engineered to insure stable tape transport and ideal tape. to head contact. For stereo music recording. LIFETIME GUARANTEE BOX OF 10 Nielsen and Lloyd Eisler. These guys have really made a name for themselves and made our whole town proud of them. SEaforth follows Lloyd Eisler Jr. every time he. skates and we watch with keen interest. JohnnyNiclsen went to both Seaforth Public School and Seaforth District High School and he has broken all sorts of scholastic records. It's no wonder we are proud of him. If you can remcmbet the concert at thc high school last year for the arena fund. you will know That there is a lot of talent in our arena. The McQuaid sisters arc a good example of this. These girls have really worked hard to be as talented as they are now. 1 am proud of Seaforth. get just as much ribbing about the size of our town and school as anyone else but 1 continue to agree that small is mighty. It is the friendliness of our town that I like the most. There is an elderly man s ho says hello to everyone he secs, He waves to truck drivers and knows many of thc people in town. Just the other day I saw this man helping a little boy' to repair his hike. 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