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PAGE 24, WHrTBYFRE fIRESSWBEEDAY,,FEBUARY5, 392, people- in the new housing dove- lopment won't be able t cross from their backyard, te the ýpond area, restricting access ýeven more. «Longtime residents liko, Bob Stewart said ho has been skating on the pond for about 55 years. «I'm just flabbergasted that anybody would try te build any- thing on that property," hé said. "I've been watching that the pend is used for skating almost al the time,» saidGre a n. He said if the >,ivilegete ýuse the pend 'area is taken away, what will b. left foîrthe kids. "ý We're just going te end, up like Scarborough ,»h. said.' Shirley' Mohammed-, 'teaded with the developer tô elt uis have our pond, please.» Colin McLachIan, president of the Grand Oak .Group, managing cý company -that lIoôks after, the property, reassured residents that the opportunity te use the pond will continue. .'Thé residents 'have been per- mnitted by the developer te, use the pond qven though it is a private property,» ho said. Some residents:oxprossod con- cerns about traffic incroase in the area.' "rve written several letters te, (regional councillor) Joe Drumm about the traffic problems in the area," said Gloria Tepfenhart. Alan Muhaîji, project manager with Marsha'llMacklin Monag- hani, said a study'shows that tiaffic related teo the new saubdivi- sien will net have much of an impactin the'area. 'The noise las a real problem cemin! from the . (Kendalwood) plaza, said*Ron McLeistér. Hoesad thée is a real problem with garbage as1 well from the steresin te plaza. "Tii. Dundas .corridor is get- ting very busy with plazas," said Jini Priest, Anderson St. rosi- dent. 1Ho said ho was concerned with tii. way tii. develeper is trying te pretect.the environmhent in the area. "In an area like that, it's -boat te beave it alone," ho said. Patrick Dooley, président of the ýCorridor. Area Ratepayorys Association,' said the space in Whitby la becoming'«paved over and paved'over and paver over.» < Dooley accused the,'developer cf having "no .ver, been, willirn te co-operate with, us., Ho said it has beecom e incroas- ingly important for\parts of the town te roemain green with trees and parklands. oIisdvelopor has milked tuis tewn for al ho can get,»- he said. xMarilyn Stewart'agreed that' thero aren'ttemany wildlife areas left as 1comp <arýed te afew years ago. -lto "Thore isn't a lot? pe!n space Looe, cl.residet spekout DENIS Gifte~I stiicInts I h HIi CHO By Marlo Boucher Students from thiree local schools recently. participated in the first academic pentathlon orrnized by the Durhamn Board o ducation. «It was achallenge activity for our gifted students from grades six, seven and eight," says Michael Roantree, programi resource teacher withthe board's gifted department. The event took place on Jan. 23 at the Hopkins Resource Centre in Whitby with students fromn Dr. S.J. Phillips public school of Oshawa Frehman's Bay publie schoof of Pickering and R.H. Cornish public scliool of Port Perry participating in five activities: mathematics, essay writing, science, drama and super quiz. Roantree says gifted students are referred to as "intellectually, SUpro students who have been foray identified as such.» Thsis the first year we've done this," he says. Roantree says the teams accu- mulated points per activity and the group with the highest total, one of t he teams from Dr. S.J. Phillips, won medals. "But a grade six teami came in second so it was fairly well, balanced between grades in for j«U .dto j A talent show wil b. held by studonts at Anderson CVI te rais. funds for the Children's Wish Foundation. 'Variety Show,' foaturing musi-' __clans, singers, dancers and draina prosentations, will b. on Feb. 6, startig at 7 p.m., in the old gym at Andorson. 1Organizor Daina Codlin says the school's abundance of musi- cal talent facilitated production of the. show. Tickets studonts advanoe -$5 for aduits $3 for -are avidl bbe at the. achool (ain terms of knowledge," h. says.. Roantre. says t he new event is similar te tii. academic decath- Ion featuring secondary sciiol students. Unlike the. secondary levol the academic pentathlon is only a local event at tuis time, ho says.. Some local teams have made it ail the. way te tiie national tour- nament of thie academic decath- Ion in tii. last couple of yoars, ho says. Roantre. says tii. event fer grades six te eight has been wel received and has been a auccess in its fiîrst year. We'ro cortainly gring te have it again next year," ho say s. What seems te amazq me Most abou t life is time. It seems onily days ago that Andersonans were awaiting the. firet day of school and here we are ite our second semoster. Students reviewod thoir final marks from firet semester on Tuesday moening last week, and wer. introduc.d te brand new classes tue same afternoon. Wowl Christmas holidays beem te have just end.d, and hore w. are a month later. Incredible.. The beinning of a- new semester always means syn far.well te a group of g5ada-in students and occasionally a few teachers, as well. On. teacher ini particular will be., rememb.rod by many studentsi myself included, lon!g aftor h. bam retired. I-s name is Henry.KiMasen, and h. taught Enghsh at Our echool for the. past 20 yuEarH taugiit ail grades and leveis, and will always b. remombered as a teacher who b.lieved in bis students. Mr. Kisams'level-headed, patient personality and dedi. caton M nverbe ~froten, luck ifuure endeavour and a happry retirement.' W.'d aIse 11k.e ta tke ti oppoeunity te w.loe. bi I- M. . ~- W- ,............ ECOLE SECONDAIRE CHARLES -GARNIER stu- dent Paul Prouix was one of 14 students -from Ontario French high sehools to take'a course at the Ontario Educational Leadership Centre. student. Soveral othor teachers should b. welcomned, or sihould. I say, re-welcozned? Mrs. Blake lias just returned from maternity beave. Congratulations te, former Anderson teacher Mr. Blake and hie wifo on the. blrth cf their daughter Courtneùy Alexandra. Congratulations muet b. extended teo, or librarian, Mrs. Hello, again! After an extended absence, 'y. returned, ready, eager and willing te report on this past week's excitinglhappen- ings. Congratulations goos te Iîenry's alpine racing team wiio recently competed at Creighleigh Ski resort. Phil Beer, Adam Brown, Warren- Tilston and Steve Sakomoto ail finished in tii. top 20, eut of 80 cempetiters. The teani placed third overaîl. Last week, students and staff were encouraged te grab their dusty badminton rackets and a great partner -- tii. student/tea- cher badminton tournament is starting again. Don't miss tiie action. If sports isn't your cup of tea, the. cheas club may b. just right. But act. fast, meetings are already un derwa.- The Frenchx department was efféring tickets te the. French Spragswhio has aise just returnod from maternity leave. 5h. is aIse the proud mom of a baby girl, Erin. Wel've aise wlcomed back Mirs. Shea, our guidance counsellor.. W. niisSsd tues. teachers, and hope tuey, are glad te b. back inte the. sing of Anderson life. Thé ever-active Christian Fol- lowship held a weekend retreat Jan. 31 te, Feb. 2. Students from Andersen, Dunbarton McLaugh- lin and, of course, Ifenry, were all invited te take part in the fun. TRAFALAR M.STL On Friday the. long- awaited raffle draw was finaily held. The. gra nd prize was a choque for $150 -and there were nine consolation, prizes. The. îoney raised fromtii. raffle goes te tth. graduationfund. Anticipation is going through tii. hearts, cf students as thoy look forward te, Spirit Week when a range 'of- activities >and humourous, events lias beon BySonia Bebbingtoe ,Hello'. Sonia Bobbington, here. Of late, ,I hI ave perceived atrend formiing within my weekly instaliments. They have. recently acquired a more creative. flaveur than'ever before, a phenemenon acceuntable, te the work-te-rul e strike. >Nothing -is ýhappening. Saine story, day in, day eut. " Net even the. new semester has brought much change with it, save Scott. Emmett's newfound religieus' fanfaticism, resultinig frein. a-. ýfreak, near-death, encounter with subway doors. Otherwise, ail remains the samne. With the semoster-end crunch behind us, and'the wheels ef sernester two only beginning te turn, there is a definite -hint of laissez-faire in the air., In order te pass the time, I have beguncoplga list of people who say that they will «really., try hard this semnester,' and soonI illp lot, in bar graph format, those wh o actually follow through on their solemn oath. .I look ferward toeoxceptionally disnial results this terni. Perhaps 1'il brief, yeu on the progross within the next few weeks, seeîng as newsworthy tidbits are few and far between. >As I peruse that which. I have written thus far, I find myself entertaining the following metaphor; which loosely pertains te it ail: Like the cultured peari, se is the ovolution of this, column. Given a mere 'grain Of information, around whichwill be craftod a fais. and glorieus sheil, and voila, 'tis complete. How do I fabricate such smarmi we.k after week? Simple: deadilines. My apologies te any of you who were s.eking news about our schoel. Unfortunately, you get non,. Maybe next,,time. Until then.. *at Hairy I 'Tie Olympics' will be the themne of the 'SMILE '92' student leadership conferonce te be held in Whitby tuis weekend.* A total fabout 250 students, from 63 public and Catholic secondary schools in- Durham Rogion, Peterborough,' and- the counties of Vctoria, Northumn- berland, Hastingse Haliburton and Prince Edwarcâ, will attend the event at Henry Street High School. At~ th à SMILE (Students Moti- vated In Lýeadership.Encounters) event, starting Saturday and ending1 Monday, topic, wil in- clude ioadershiip.style commnuni- cations',__grup4yaîic- vi- LAL ~ ~<>' ~~ unxy anaunala =ody (Feb.5)sy n.~~ ~YIueu$~dcmrdre.- .-,hô along Dundas .ttshesaid. Stewart said it la important ps0coeialythat some visual reli fandgen relief" b. retained in the area'. She said some parts of Whitby are .underuseèd and could b. util- ized for housing projects. «It, would b. criminafil te change the 'pond" in anyway... it is unlikely, the wildlife1 would ever come back," she said.. 1Angele Wilson argued, that the new development poot*could «provide moýre afdble housing for young familles.like me." 9c c an si.:aid, the .low-rise, single fainily buildings. will b. ~riced between' $130,Ã"'00 and "To restrlct thi.ngs'. like- that (affordablehousing) are inappre- priate;"he said. "It 1just concernsý me that people don't have the-facts that the pond will romain,» ah. said.- M à «mq im feme mWot iv - m 6% M m - m ý L* M.Wl -- , - --à ANDERSON C.V-J. 1 HENRY STREET HIGH SCHOOL 1