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Whitby Free Press, 3 Apr 1991, p. 22

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PAE22s WII1TYFREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1991 STUDENTS at F.M Heard publi c shool teeted thefr skills in an egtossing contest for Easter. Studenta- had to find ways to keep eg- from breakinç after a drop from the schooi's second storeyindows. CfrIuB>vf. photo By »OeaPèrmni '1eam c hi mebrs were Photographe4 both bAuin and rabesphtgrper estwek for teAsin 91 yabook. Paul Dwyêr High schooi and Austin 1avei joined efforts for credit course. Dwyer bas offered to hold classes for scudents from both b igli chools-*ho, are O..n'Marcb ,20, Mr. IL PalIon., head of the 1religion dopartment, and severai, religion 'students- gathered at St. Bartholomew's Church in -Scarborough for a pec onference. Thase -wbo ated.d wer. entertained. by many speakers -Who touched on subjecta pertaining both to. religion and current events. Austin bas adopted new Wildcat atifetic teams. Mr. B. Wallis bas volunteered bis time to coach juniorboys field lacrasse. Also volunteering are Mr. Sheehan aind Mr. Gerrard Stephenson. They've taken on the task of coaching junior grls' soccer. Practices began Mrh21 for both sports. The final members of the Austin badminton team have been chsn and aré prepang themielves for the Wildcat kli!I A new jazz choir ie in the works at Austin. The music department, including choir members, hope to perform for an audience at -the future Spring Fever concert., Austin's Amnesty International group achieved woridwide succes as their efforts, aided. three prisorters who were 'inhumanely treated. One was being deprived of water whie on a hunger, strike, and the ot#ir woprso- r were beaten on at 'leastthree. occaions. !Th mii rimersight bave'died had Astinos Amnesty.-' group ntwr"itt.n urgent letters ta urne the. Cuban -g<w.ernment to, "-"tr.atmenit held ini accwoance witb .-thi. Urîitedl>. By a -iaArfai Thinge were 1%ow keyat Henry last. weekprobabiy due -ta thie fact tbat etudents were anilously rushing through the. week so the could e goy the Eïùter weekend. On -4arch 21 and' 22, four Henry etudents Iparticipatýed in the DurhamIt egibn- Science Fair. Ail 0f them were:very succeseful. KrisEna Kukk ,and Smita Vail won the. chiropracter and spinal. biomedics, award for their project «Get ta -the. Point.' Lndsay Davidson won a g oid medal'for ber project, 1 SWAT. Winning big again thie year was Buyan Thomas. He won the Science Nations standard Mées for the. treatmnt of prisoners." plaed-pait aving lvs -,Logrtudatices on, the reslt of your nou, efforts. Teach w Association of: Ontario Awar -d --à agoid medai.* addition,9us poetws uà to be."t~ at itrçit science pjct. 'He .Aso le 0 five ete t from 7ba VanSouver in rMy to&ante0fethth AlscnatéoDarr.n Bell, Ptci ~ Nei B.Hardy, Theresa arzzo Nll jd \Lisa French. These exuy\ tude nts were selected to patiëatin WhitWjr's mockcoucimneeting. Surely -tuhis will prove toi,.a great learnig experngnce. Timms, Alizade h'are scholarshipfinlists Stefan Inm, an Anderson CVI etudent, hQsbeen named on. of the 200 finaliste, in the' What are you. doing1 for Earth DiaY? .What are you doing for 'tii. planet tuis Earth Day? If you dont'thave an answer, World Wildflife Fund des. WWF ie urging ail Canadians ta, become wildern.ss crusaders on the Earth Day weekend, April 20-22. The. Earth Day initiative je designed t., raie. funds and awareness for the. protection 0f Canadals sbrnking wilderne. B.corning a wilderness crusader entails a conuitment t. undertake,ý' a personal challenge and tasecuire pledges for the. effort from fritends, famuly and colleagues. AIl ,f-unds raised by wild.rness crusders wiil support WWF's efforts ta etem tii. losa 0f Canadian wiiderness.tbrough the Endangered Spaces 'campaign. The. campaign' is a 'ten-year initiative designed ta ensure that a network 0f protected wilderness areas je esablisied acroes Canada by tii. year 2000. A personai. challenge, wbether it be, a ten-kiloeneter jog, a bike-a-tbon, a quilting bee or a golf tournament, cen qualily as a wilderness crusade. Interested individuals are asked ta contact World Wildlife Fund at 1L-800-387-8660 for an inforýmation package and pledge forme. Response.ta tii. wilderness crusader challenge bas been tremendous -ta date, with more than 300 crusades now planned for the, Earth Day weekend. These-include- edec plep* 4 walking , er dog a mile a day for 21 days to icelebrate tii. 2lst anniversary of Earth Da, 0 *TWO brthers from Maple Creek, Sask. will run 30 kilometers along Saskatchewan provincial highway #21,. and raie. funds for wiiderness protection for their effort; a The Earth Day sub-committee of R~ Bank branches, in Mani iscollecting signatures- ta the, Canadian Wilderness Charter among ail provincial staff and raising funds for tii. Endangered Spaces campaign; 0 A woqnan from Bridgewater, N.S., jes collecting pledges for her peaninaycroce.ndthoon tiie e 'The staff 0f Sam the Record Man in Peterborough are holding' a music-trivia-a-tbon and collecting pledges from customers for the. correct answers; e Margaret Beach and two friends in Sherwood ark, Aita.. are hiolding a bake-a-thon on the. Eartb Day weekend. Thos. wbo -pledge support for the. number of Saked 'items produced willI be invited ta an "leating" party at the' end of theday; e Normai Seli andidds from Ros3edale United Church i Pickering are organizing a pancke-athon ontii.Sundayr * Christopiier Symons, a professional musician from Tr-ail, B.C., je raising pledgee by stagling tbree pianorecitale. For this who dont. have tine ta undertake their ow wilderness crusade, WWF asks' that tiiey pledge$10or more toe support the.widerness cràsàade Bentailthe Juno award-mnnui'g singer. A few days0pro t.Earth Day, B9:. jlb entering a 200-kilometer- bicycle race in Vancouver, B.C. Canadians can pledge their support for Barney'e effort by calling Worid Wildlife Fund et 1-800-387-8660. Torontonians bave an, extra opporuntyto become a wilderness crusader by climbing the 1,760 stepe of the. CN Tower on Sunday, April 21. Climbers wiil bo charged a $10 entrance fe- with'ail proceeds coniing to ii. Endangered Spaces campaign. However, those climberis wbo collect $17.60 <on. penny for'éevery step), or more in contributons and bring that amount ta the tower, wiil have the. fee waived. Tlhe cimb starts at 10 a.m. and eponsor forme are available by caling WWF in Toronta eat 416-489-8800.ý Jostens '>Foundation'-Scho'1arehip Porme 1990-91. Prmover 1,8704 high echool etudènts >from .across, Canada, Timme was chosen to compote for one of the. $1,000 echolar- ehips. Winnereý are 't. b . announced inTeetudentes slected as echo- iarship finaliste are the -Cana- dian'leadere of tomorrow,» saye Ellis Builock, executive *directar of The Jostens Foundation. AliAlizadeh, another Ander- son senior,1 has also been nominated to particiate ini a scholarehi-p program, the. University of Toronto National Schoiarship.'. H. has been selected as on. of the 20 fmnaliets and bas also won the. National Book Award. I DACYPAKERa grade 10 student at tor' , is yea's, Durham Region Anderen V-L-entered b is- 'Swimuia- Science Fafr. - - ----I Iho FATHER LEO J. AUSTIN 1 HENRY STREET HIGH SCHOOL 1 Il < 1

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