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8 oWek"TIPs W1eda Yarl 8,19 FROM PARLIAMENT HILL Alex Shepherd Sliould MPs be alowed to display the flag in fihe House of Commons? This lias been the absurd and machetes, better for themie of talk radio shows -making one's point? and mlsgulded press reports. Now the Reforrni Party lias Everyday that 1 haýie rep- chosen to cloak thernselves in resented Durhiam in the the flag. It's rare Reforrn House of Commons ï hav;,e mernbers wear the flag on worn my Canadian fîlag lapel thbeir cliest as 1 and many of pin. 've sponsored a bihl to rnY Coleagues do. recognize Flag Day on Reform MPs cliastise thxe February 15,. and have Minister of Heritage for ask- worked liard to prornote the ing Canadians to fly a million flag. flags across Canada. Yet, No one ca-n doubt my patri- sorne of thern walk into the otîsrn. House of Com-rmons wearing Anyone taking lhe Urne to cow.boy boots and jeans look would see that on elther despite the existénce of a side of the speaker's chair dress code. And now they've stand two full-sized Canadian taken to driving around flags. Ottawa in a car paited like MPs sing the national the Canadian flag. anthern weekly and even I, in 1 don't think I have ever spite of being tone deaf, have witnessed sucli crass, shal- led ail the members in slnglng low nationalism. it. Parliament is not a place So wliat is ail the fuss to stage demonstrations. about? .Wliat willbe next? Weil if Well the problem was initi- Parlianientarians can demon- ated by Bloc Quebecois MP strate in the House, relegat- Suzanne Tremblay. She stood ing the flag to nothing more up in fixe House of Commons than a prop, why not provin- and said Quebec athietes liad cial flags, ike maybe that one enougli pressure to deal with in Quebec. at the Olymnpie Games in Or wliat about giving the Nagano, Japan wlthout the separatists a platforrn to say added burden of seeing ail the to Quebecers, "Look you can't Canadian flags around have serlous debates lI Olympie Village. Ottawa which is why we need MPs thouglit there sliould our own country." be some reaction to this s0 Parliament is suppose to we stood up, waved the flag be the higliest court in the and sang, "O Canada." Whule land. Would you conduct this upset the Bloc it reaily demonstrations in the local wouid have been the end of courtliouse? Do you think it the outburst had it not been would be appropriate? for the Reform Party. Talk show liosts and edito- It lias been the Reform rial writers don't seemn to Party and their iack of respect grasp these profound con- and understandlng of the cepts. But it occurs to me institution of Parliament that that if you can't package your has allowed this situation to commients into 10 second deteriorate into, sucli a shah- sound bites then it's not by affair. worth lieaing. That seerns to I even say Chuck Strahl, be the way a segment of the Reformi mernber of Fraser media is treating this issue. Valley East, huri the flag at the Speaker. I have neyer wit- nessed sucl i dsrespect for our institutions and for the C l"aringtonz-ý flgitself.%. People have to realize what Fi U the House of Comnnons is. It F re CnII U. is the Cliamber providing the Th lrnt Fe forum wliere elected men and Te Cargtn Fe wornen debate the issues Department responded to the important to the people of folowlng fire calls durlng the Canada. period of Mardi 10 to Mardi It is a place wliere, regard- 16. 19ý8: 1 chimney fire; 1 less of your political persua- fire; 4 motor vehiicle fires; 9 sion, you can express the 911 cails; 5 alarmn activation views of your constîtuents. calls and 2 chieck-out calîs. ideally, the House of Commons is the cliamber wliere differing approaclies to the way we govern ourselves clash. h And as mucli as 1 despise f the position of the separatists 1 adhere to the riglit of free speech as a fundarniental of democracy we ail share. Isn'tI the use of words and expres- sions, as opposed to gýunsS OSI Newtonville Public Neýws PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE A recent highlight for the ~students was the visit of Canadian Olyniplan, Lori Glazier. Lori has recently retumned from tlie Olyrnpics heid in Nagano, Japan. in snowboarding (hlaf-pipe) Lori lias won many medals at the provincial, national and inter- naUional level. She is ranked in the top 20 in the world for lier event. She rnaintained tliis ranklng by piacing 18tli of 26 compeUitors in the pre- lirninary round of tlie Oiyrnpics. Lori found tlie whloe Olympie experiencejust awe- sorne. Her nexýt goal is to rep- resent Canada in soccer at the Sumnmer Oiyrnpics to be lield in the year 2000. She spoke of the very pos- itive role sports lias liad in lier life. Lori grew; up in the CourUice area and attended a number of local scliools. A parting message was, Tlougli you miglit be frorn a small town or village you can still achieve big drearns." Lori went on to tell the students to not ever let anyone tell tlien tliey can't acliieve a goal tliey have set for tliemselves. Her drive and determination are an inspiration to ail present. RECENT EVENTS On Februaiy l2tli, twenty- four of our students repre- sented tlie scliool in a volley- bail event at Newcastle P.S. The players were dlvided into two teams conslsting of: KaUie A., Sarali A., Sliawnia B., Jessica C., Teresa G., Amanda H., Jamnie H., Devon H., Meglian M., Dana S. and Lisa W. - - - Dan A., Shawii C., Derek C., Greg D., Greg H.,' Mike H., Tn M., Kyle M., Mike S., Devan S., Brent V. and _Mike V. The players adapted to the larger piaylng surface and sliowed lrnproved skills as tliey progressed throughout the day. Many tlianks to ' Jeannie Carter for being our volleyball coacli. Tlianks to our drivers, Donrna Schults, Debbile Dunharn, Duncan Dunham and Dan Vossen. STORY TELLING & PUBLIC SPEAKING On February l6th. we lield our sehool Story Telling (up to Gr. 3) and Public Speaklng Contest (Gr. 4-6). Our participants enter- tained and infonined us wlth their lnterestlng presenta- tions. The participants were: Dustin A., Elllott S, Devon H., Sarali F., Samantha P., Bradley M. and Aislirm C. Frorn this group, our panel of tliree judges chose Elllott S. (Story Telling) and Sarahi F. (Public Speaking) to repre- sent the scliool at the Legion Competition in Bowmanville. SCHOOL BUS LOADING ZONE For the safety of our stu- dents we are atternpting mea- sures to control traffic at dis- mnissal Urne. At Urnes laCe in the day, parents and school visitors have used parking spots in the bus loading area. After the busses arrl-ved the vehicles then becarne blocked in and the drivers have been required to watt untfl after the busses leave. This lias caused confliet at timnes. 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