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Whltby Free Press, Wednesday, December 18, 1996 , Page 19 I -~ Only a week be: Christmad, and for thos you who haven't yet fini your shopping, it is ind time to panicl At thi. Pickering re SWIm meet, Henry Sti won ribbons in ail but1 events., Iu the.top thre their respective events w~ Iain Burnett, Brian Le Matt Blanche,. Jerei Taylor, JeffArMstrong, K Robins, Jen Moutneni Kyle Burnett, Heather Mi and Erika Nicota. At a nov swxm meet, Julie Lidat Erika Nicota, Beth Sha Trisha Watson, Mi Blanche and Kyle Burng won ribbons. Henry Street wrestlers p in a fine showing at t] recent Cobourg novi tournament. hichaü Senior, Jesusa Amata, Jci Conners, Andrew Arbuci and Mike Simonetta finishi in the* top three of the weigiit classes. The Henry Street Ban, choir and 14 co-op studer showed the. true spirt Christmas by volunteeri their timne to make t] ChIldren's Christmas pari for Dupont (one of ou learning partners) a rousin sýucces9. The Henry Street Bafflec r the. Bande, sponsored by th music council under th direction of Kim Cris3p, was great succese. Finalists weri Froggie Style, Nebula, F.T.S. Kore (firat), Grîyn (second and No Name (third). At th, finalistehowdown, a specia guest appeariance was madf by Out of Hand, last year> Battie of the Bands winner, Tii. senior girls' voileyba] team recently opened theii season with a taurnament win et McLjaugiiuin. Tii team flnisiied flrst in tiieir pool with a 7-1 record. Lu the playoffs, Henry defeatec McLaughjin in two straight games and then playec game 15-13, then servers Chandra Hough and Kelly Hoeg evened the game with a 15-O shutout. In the. third game, Henry prevailed by a score of 16-14. Today is the last day af HenzYés anual Dare to Car. food, clothing and toy drive. Each iioreroom was esigned a faniily and given the opportunitY to provide a speciel Christmas for their family. The. iimerooms have been competing to see wiio enids up with the. largest number of points. Final winners will be annaunced after taday's tally. Henry Street's annual holiday concert,- I' Sonya Gonsalves St Charles Garnier Big & bad KYLE DUCKWORTH attempts to J.E. Farewell Publie School's play, blow the house down as Allison 'Les Trois petits Cochons, (Thre Thompson huddles inside during Col. Litte Pig. QhlbyFe.Pra Jennifer Haynes Father Leo J. Austin ir Witii only week left until It tiie big day, the. students of e Austin are flhed witii the -r spirit of the season. Tiie hallE e have been decked elaborately Iby our student council, and bthe. doors around the, schooj iare looking a littl. more t festive' as homeroornu 13 compete for the. titi. of 'Best r Decorated Door.' m Te sale of 'Candygrarns,' 1one of our fevourite tChri stmas traditions, was once again a tremendous success, with ail proceeda going to Amnesty International. Ail memnbers cf the group should be proud cf their efforts as hundreds of dollars were rais.d for this worthy cause. Austin students have elo been opening their hearts and their wallets for our annual Christmaas food drive. The donations received have been overwhehning, and tomorrow rnorning, the. top horneroom will receive a muffin and juice breakfast courtesy of the. athietie association. Last Wedn.sday, many cf aur students had the, opportunity ta experience a taste of the. arts as they voyaged to the. beautifu Pautages Theatre ta see The Phantonz of the Opera. That same day, Austin's flrst ever Medieval Feast wes held. mhe festivities began at 3:30 p.m. with entertainrnnt including mumrning plays, songs and fashin- show. Thisi 1 was followed by a 14-course f meal in the. caf and the, Bfinale, the. %Grand 3 Tournament.' The evening r was, from ail reports, a great 1success, and will ne doubt 1become an annual event. > I sports news, thi. iidget iboys' basketbail teem receutly competed in the. Bowrnauville tournamnent. Tii. boys defeated t.erns from Port Perz and Danevan to secure a place in tii. final, but unfortunately came upý short in a heartbreeker agaiust Sinclair. Ail Wiidcats interested in being a part of aur flrst Aerobathau should speak toa Mis Polidano for details about the. eveut. ,AnYone who is still looking ta buy that Perfect Christmas gSM should consider buyingj an authentic Austin towel. Tume towels are a great way ta show scliool spirit, and the. best part ie, they can be- purciiased for the. bargain price Of $5. Beginning- Monday, Dec. 16, a special math chic will be held in rom 232 faort Grade 9 and 10 students every Monday until exanis. Ail students are welcome to corne in for extra help every I Tuesday and Thursday aflerC school.v Tuat's about al for tus week. A happy holiday ta and ail the best meet &gain iii 97. the news safe and everyone, until ,w. Tiie midget, junior and senior girls volleybell season i. 1 already ini full gear. Ou Dec. 5. the. girls trevelled to G.L Roberts in Oshawa where they chellenged both GL Roberts and Port Perry. Tii. junior girls menaged to beat Roberts. On Dec. 12 the. senior girls beat Central. Ou Thursdey.Garnier is hosting Pereyrna and Brock. On Dec. 13, Grade 7 and 8 students got a chance to party at their flrst high 'achool dance. Tii. student couneil organized a special Christmnas 'dence just for tiiem. The turnout was great and the. students smered to have a great time. Sheldon Smith and Renée Giroux won thie dance contest. This week is alsa our last week to seIl raffle tickets and bring in the. proceeds. Remember, prizes are awarded to tiiose wiio seli and the. big seller will win cash. A renunder that Richy Hébert in Grade 8 is ini the lead with nine packets and Mme. Matkds clasm is flrst in the nrunning. Have a greet holiday season' and, a Merry Christrnas and a Happy New Janice Saywell Anderson C.V.I. Well, Anderson, rm sorry to say that this wiil b. my Iast article for a while, due ta powers beyond niy contraI. The junior boys' basketball teem defeated Donevan 89- 35 and Eestdele 62-28. Tii. team aiea played Henry on Friday, but et time c f publication, 1 was unable ta get the score, mhe senior boys basketbell team won aver McLauglilin 70-59. The junior hockey team lest 6-3 ta Austin. Ini other nawss, independent living students were selling tickets for e raieffo f three gingerbread houses and a jar af jellybeane. ickets were just 50 cents each or three for a dollar. Ail proceeds went ta families in need. Speaking cf families in need, the And6rson food and toy driv, cornes ta an end tornarrow. Each horneroorn was given two grocery bage, and a farniy ta support. For example, my herneroorn had a farnily cf four with two boys, aged tiiree menthe and tiiree years. Students brougiit ini food, clathes, tays 1 and anytbng tiat they couldJ spare for their own farnily ini order ta give thern ak Christmas. Least year there( were over 200 items brought; a in. I hope we are able ta E shiow that we could do it ]b again.J Wiiet are you deing C Lonigiit? Wetching TV egain? C Whiy net corne down tetii t] annuel OAC Drame Nigit It starte et 7:30 p.rn. and il only Costa twa nen-perisiieble food items ta get in. As always, tis promaises ta be a nigiit full cf leughs and surprises. Wiiile we are ou the subject of drame, Romeo and Julia& tickets areelrnast sold eut! That's right! As well as Saturday night being sold out, yau cen add Thursday and Firiday ta that list. However, there are still goad seate lefi fer opening night. Thet'e Wednesdey, Jeu. 8. Tii. third issue of the Final Word came eut lest week. Inside, students found e, raffle ticket for mare then $100 worth of merciiendise, including e hat sigued by Raptar Marcus Camby, a gym beg, posters of sports stars including Michael Jordan. and rnuch, much mare. Students were allawed unlimited entries, raffle tickets were only 25 cents, and the contest wes open ta eny Anderson student or staff member. Tii. draw is tornorrow, so gaod luck ta alI Liepefuls. Lest night, the music iepertrnent held its- annuel Christmnas concert. Frieuds and famnilles af Anderson nusiciens were entertained by the, talents cf Anderjazz, Jazz Ic., Junior and Senior Concert Band, Senior Jiiember Choir, as well as' hfe Concert ýChoir, Junior' Jazz and more. Good luck te ail the choirs and bauds in their quest for grold et the. festivals ini February and Marcii. On Friday marning, Anderson will iiold its annuel Christmnas assembly. Annual- favaurites are the, ever-popular OAC ekilt, the teachers' skit, and solo performances -by v'ariaus talented (and not-sa- talented) Anderson students. Until furtiier notice, that's ail from me. Have a saf.' and happy holiday, and don't drink and drive. LUdETTERS Dear Santas How do you get eround tiie world in one night? The, cookci.s are ou the. kitchen table. The carrots are on the porch. Corne ta rny room. Morégan Alan Grade 1 E.A. Fairma P. Dear Satu 1 will be et my Grandma's houa. on Christmas Ev. Now, hew do your reindeer Jémdica Oud < Grade 'i E.4,Ffran "PS.