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Whitby Free Press, 5 May 1982, p. 35

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Anderson, Henry Street, Denis O'Connor HIGH SCHOOL NEWS WEEK Andersonians meet Queen, Prince Philip at celebrations "Going to have lunch jwith the Queen", was the headline in many local papers a few weeks ago as Susan ,Bissell, an Anderson student and some 500 Young Achievers across *CÇanada travelled to Ot- tawa to spend an even- ing with Her Royal Highness, Queen Eliza- beth and the Duke of ,Edinborough. For Susan, the dream began weeks earlier when she first received her invita- ion to accompany local 'federal representative Scott Fennell to Ottawa for the Constitutional festivities. "At the dinner which was held on Friday, April 16, 1982, Susan had an opportunity to meet both the Queen and 'Prince Philip, and chat with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. At this formal affair Susan met dountless Canadian celebrities, Olympic athletes and dramatic artists. Susan also attended the ceremonies for the signing over of the Con- stitution on the follow- ing day, on Parliament Hill. When asked how she felt about the Consti- tution .being brought home, Susan said that she was "sorry that it eut final ties with Bri- tain" but that she, felt that it was "good to achieve total independ- ence from Englandc and grow independently." She added that she was also impressed with the Prime Minister's inspir- ing speech. Although the Constitu- tion is now safely in Canada, Susan's Cinder- ella story is over and she has now returned to her books and grade thi•teen studies for the rest of the school year. Further representa- tion came from four other students from An- derson who participated in the Durham Regional Science Fair. These stu- dents won overall in the Annual Anderson Inter- school Science Fair and were chosen to repre- sent the school. Congratulations are extended to, Jim Oke who received third prize in the, Intermediate Physics category of the Regional Science Fair for his project on "How a Vacuum Tube Ampli- fies". Other partici- pants were: Scott Joàquin and David Crouch who worked jointly on an "Acid Rain' project; Stephen Ridgely whose topic was "The Wonders of Light", and lastly, but by no means least, Paulo Penedo whose theme was "Computer Animation". Well done to all these participants. An upcoming event at Anderson is their Open House on May 5. This is a time for parents and students alike to find out what is going on at An- derson. There are dis- plays from every aca-, demie department as well as the Parent's Association. A parent can attend a band re- hearsal; see scripts written and performed by students; inspect.our new computers at work; or take part in a chemis- try demonstration, all in one night. So, be sure not to forget the Open House on the 5th of May. Newspaper Staff: Lori Brimbecom, John .Orm- ston, Blair Morrison and Lisa Stewart. Girls' soccer squad earns third shut-out By LISA JEPPESEN Denis O'Connor H.S. DO'C is dilapidated but nevertheless in good health1 The senior girls' soccer team achieved its third straight shut-out of the season. The game was played against Ux- bridge and the final score was 2 to 0, with both goals scored by Beth Jubenville. The track team com- peted in a meet at Dun- barton on April 22. Shot- put gained a red ribbon for DO'C. The Science Fair held on April 25 and 26 demonstrated the tal- ents of many DO'C stu- dents. The first prize in Junior Chemistry went to Marg Rzymski and Marie Green for a pro- 'ject-on Acid Rain. A pro- ject of the same title won in the Senior Chem- istry division. Melinda Fong and Carla Miche- lin were the recipients of this award. In Physies, the senior winners were Peter Vandemeer and Chris Kanters with a project on Spectroscopy.'First place in Junior Physies went to Denise Favit for Colour and Light. In Senior Biology, DNA by Trevor Pa- quette and Paul Van Doleweerd tied with a project on Antiseptics and Disinfectants by Andy Cheeatow. The Junior Biology was won by Radiation and Plants by Amy Louise Houston and Maria Calanglang. The sixjudges in Bio- logy had a difficult job (as did the other judges) because many projects were of high quality. Speakers from Alco- holics Anonymous visit- ed the school on April 27 and 28. (This has no connection with the pre- ssures of Science Fair incidentally.) The three speakers related their experiences with alco- holism and their strugg- les to sobriety to several health and religion classes. Whitby's share of science faitr winners The following is a list of local award winners for the Durham Region Science Fair, which was held at Pickering High School, April 15 and 16. These award winners were picked out of the 173 projects in the fair, from 42 schools around the region. Senior Physical Science: Wade Szilagyi of Henry Street High School received an honorable mention for meteorology. Intermediate Physi- cal Science: First prize was taken by John McKelvey and Amy Ware of Port Perry High School for elec- tronic music. Second prize went to Alan Crossley and Richard Daily from Henry Street High School for home computers at work. Tim Oke of Anderson High School took third prize for how a vacuum pump amplifies. Grade 8 Biological Science: Paul Hutchin- son of Kathleen Rowe Public School received an honorable mention for beanstalks. Grade 7 Physical Science: Second prize was won by Amanda Cavannagh of Meadow- crest Public School for electromagnets. Honor- able mentions went to Tanya Christ of· Kath- leen Rowe Public School for rainbows as well as Don Zilstra of Whitby Senior Public School for sun power. I WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 5,1982, PAGE 19

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