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* f 1 16 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, October 27,1993 Letter Writer Has Emotional Views About Proposal For Creek Area WHAT's LEFT? Dear Editor: On the topic of the proposed development development near Bowmanvillc creek, I want to share my. thoughts with you and your readers. I would like to summarize them under the title: In less than a couple of decades, life has become an increasingly heavy burden for most of us. In these days of recession, we are struggling to keep a roof over our heads and our families clothed and fed. Being successful successful in the nineties simply means keeping the family unit together through lost jobs, lack of security and the slrcss, irritability and anxiety that comes with it. Our cities are overcrowded, overcrowded, our space bubbles are severely severely restricted, our mental and emotional well-being is out of balance. balance. Durham Christian High School Report by Sarah Ridley Communication: the key to a good organization. A cliche, perhaps, but true all the same. This doesn't pertain only to business, it is necessary in every formed group. But how would one keep a whole school informed? DCHS has a few ideas. For one, every Friday, the school gets together in the gym for an as sembly. This is a great time to announce announce important events, because you are sure that everyone will hear your announcements. Sometimes, a special speaker will come to speak at assembly. Students are always encouraged encouraged to contribute. There arc also some regular features of assembly: assembly: "Word of the Day", the top ten moments of the last week, Mr. Super Structure Made of Straws and Tape f&m A one-metre high structure built with straws, paper clips and masking tape was put to the test at the second annual Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle 1993 Science Olympics at Courtice Secondary School on Friday, Oct. 22. Here, Klaus Walkau carefully adds brass weights to test the strength of the structures as Reg Parker notes the number of grams they can support. This tower, built by a four- "member student team from Courtice High School, held 150 grams before it sagged and the weights slipped off. Some other stuctures held 110 grams while others held 220 grams. Students were given extra points if their stmetures held the obligatory 100 grams. Ward's "Globe and Mail" excerpts, and "Sports Desk" - an informative (and usually hilarious) look at what's been going on in Durham Christian High sports. Wc arc also kept informed by the Daily Page, a sheet of announcements announcements distributed every day to homerooms. homerooms. Every other week, a newsletter newsletter goes home to keep bur parcnts'up- to-date, but is is helpful to us students students too. And, of course, there's our school newspaper: The Shoebox Times. The Shoebox Times editor is Vik- ki Seymour, a grade 12 student from Port Perry. Vikki sees her position as editor as a personal challenge. She aims to make this year the best ever in The Shoebox Times' history. This requires a lot of hard work and dedication dedication on the part of Vikki and the paper's staff. Vikki's personal duties as editor include: making sure the articles arc in and chasing down those that aren't, organizing the stories so they can be printed, taking on extra article assignments, editing material, writing editorials, and doing all the extras required required to make the paper a success. Vikki also prints out the paper herself. herself. But as she says, "It's not just me, my staff works really hard, too. I couldn't do it without their cooperation." cooperation." There arc 10 students on the staff of The Shoebox Times, with Mrs. Hicmstra as an advisor. The staff consists of all grades, both guys and girls. Most of them have their own columns that appear in each issue. The paper comes out once a month, averaging six pages per issue. These pages arc crammed with interviews, articles, poetry, classified ads, a report report from every grade, a student council report, music, cartoons, sports, and special features. The first issue this year came out in September and the feedback since has been very positive. Teachers and students alike arc enthusiastic about what's going on. "Basically, it is the school's paper," Vikki says, "It's what the students want to read." The next issùc is due to come out at the end of the month. Education Elections Held for Cabinet at St. Francis of Assisi School ST FRANCIS of ASSISI SCHOOL Students in Grades 4 through 8 at St. Francis of Assisi School in Newcastle listened to speeches from children running for cabinet positions and the office of Prime Minister at their school. Elections were held on Monday for Minister of the Environment, Minister of Recreation, and Deputy PM. Students with good grades, good behavior and good sportsmanship were invited to run. Ten Ontario 4H Teams Go For the Gold Competition On Saturday, October 16, 1993, the Peel 4-H Program hosted 10 teams from across Central Ontario to compete for the opportunity to participate participate in the provincial Go For The Gold Competition on November 13, 1993, at the R.A.W.F. The 10 teams represented 4-H members from Durham East, Durham West, Halton, Peel, North Simcoe, South Simcoe, Victoria-Haliburton, Waterloo, Wellington and York. Durham East, Halton, Peel and Wellington qualified after a series of round-robin games to playoff in the semi-final competition. After the very close matches came to an end, Durham East and Halton came ahead to head in the championship game. This was a wonderful match up and it was the very last question of the game that determined who would be travelling to Toronto to compete in the provincial competition. Durham East edged out Halton with a score of 135 over 125. Les Dolson, President of the Peel 4-H Association and Steve Fraser, President of the Peel 4-H Member's Association, congratulated all 4-H members and presented medallions to the finalists. Halton was represented by: Coach - Carolyn McDoncll, Tyler Brander, Jason Brownridgc, Laurie McDonnell, Todd Livock and Jennifer Jennifer Livock. The Durham East team consisted of: Coach - Tom Barrie, Jeff Kemp, Tom Bcnschop, Mike Metcalf, Tom Tamblyn and Kathleen Dcwell. Over five years ago, my husband and I turned our backs on Toronto, even though it meant commuting to our jobs. Wc found a home here with hardly any back yard, but with grass, old trees and Bowmanvillc creek in the back. After a draining week at work, I felt like Scarlett O'Hara when she returned to Tara. The Land never failed to soothe and renew, refresh refresh and revive. Then the children came along. We take our two preschoolers preschoolers to the creek, rain or shine. We meet other hikers and friendly fishermen, and wc sec toads and snakes, foxes and fish and fossils, wc observe the changing seasons. It is this piece of nature that teaches our boys about life and death, and respect and compassion for animals and plants and ultimately humans. It is out there where they learn to climb trees, about composting and reclaiming. reclaiming. There is where the Easter bunny finds the best hiding places for treats, and there we take our Christmas tree to rest when its time has come. There wc find our healing herbs for all kinds of ailments and our bouquet for the Thanksgiving table. Out there wc arc close to the pulse of nature, and even though our relatives live far away, we feel a link in the chain of generations. A while ago, a sign has been posted posted at the comer of this piece of land. A proposal has been made to build 140 new houses, on partially environ- mcntal-protcctcd grounds. It means bulldozers chasing away the animals, destroying the plants, interfering with the creek, setting up 140 additional families in a restricted space - in a community that can hardly keep up with its cnonnous growth of the past decade. And it means this jewel of land with its wildlife will be gone forever, lost to today's seekers of tranquility and to future generations. And those of us who need nature to retain or regain our sanity will be driven from place to place like the animals. We feel it is time to reflect and rethink rethink and protect our most valuable grccnspticcs. We appeal to any and all with their senses and values intact to speak up in order to put a halt to constructional development at all costs, Alter till, what's left? 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