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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 24. 1988-5 Clarke Student Council Above the newly elected Student's Council at Clarke High School. (Back row) Richard Maki, Steve McClead, Ian VanderSchee and Alecia Solcojuik, (front row) Patrick Woods and Jeff Graham. blur, another Red Tail Hawk hit the gull, clutched it in talons and'both drove down to the ground. It all happened but in a few short seconds. As is usual the hawk covered the gull with its wings and was administering administering the death blows with its beak. I'm kicking myself now for 1 drove off to get back to the office. 1 should have stayed to see what was to further happen. But I was and I am satisfied that the two hawks were working together and that the original Red Tail was in fact distracting distracting the gull with its aerobatics while the second hawk flew in from above for the kill upon the unsuspecting unsuspecting gull. Certainly the hawk would fly-off with its prey, eat it on the ground. I now wonder if it was dinner dinner for two, certainly it was a team effort. This incident reminds me of others, such as a Red Tail Hawk flying at quite a height with a two to three foot snake in its talons. This happened on a trip to the Garden Hill pond,, I had never thought of snakes being being food for birds until I had witnessed the above but this was not the most recent such incident. Last summer at Presquile Park 1 was walking a wood trail and came put into a grassed opening to observe a crow pounding its beak into something on the ground. After three or four minutes the crow picked up a sizeable snake in its beak and fleW into a dead tree where it hung the dead snake over a limb and proceeded with its midafternoon midafternoon lunch. I doubt I will ever see such again as on Monday afternoon. Incidentally a pair of Red Tail Hawks do make their home in the Staples' bush, both winter and summer, summer, at least this has been the case for the past two years. JOB PRINTING 983-5301 Clarke High School Report STUDENT COUNCIL Thursday, February 18th was election day. The student council runs from February to February so that at the beginning of the new school year we already have an experienced experienced student council. This year the nominees for the six positions were: Prime Minister: Jeff Graham, Kevin Mumford arid Blaine Leal; Deputy Prime Minister: Doug Bedford Bedford and Ian VanderSchee; Secretary: Richard Maki arid Jeff Waiters; Treasurer: Pete Klose and Alecia Solcojuik; Social Convenor: Paula Smiglicki, Marni Basic, Patrick Woods and Mike Nalminen; Communications Minister: Steve McClead. The newly elected student council at Clarke High School are: Jeff Graham; Ian VanderSchee; Richard Maki; Alecia Solcojuik; Patrick Woods and Steve McClead. The Student Body is thankful to the outgoing Student Council for all their hard work. Thanks should go to: Dylan Parker - Prime Minister; Cathy McCullough - Deputy' Prime Minister; Tina Bryant - Secretary, Stephanie Nemis - Treasurer, Marcia Marcia Blaschke - Social Convenor and Kim Lycett - Communications Minister. SPORTS As of now, Clarke's sports teams have been performing outstandingly. outstandingly. Currently practicing hard and winning games are the Senior Boys' Basketball team, coached by Mr. Matsusakie; the Midget, Junior and Senior Girls' Volleyball teams, coached by Shawna Kelly, Lyn Lowery, and Kim Knight; and the Boys' Wrestling team, which is ' coached by Carol Jacobs. In the spring new teams will be popping up; specifically Track and Field, Midget Boys' Volleyball, Coed Coed Volleyball, Boys' Rugger, Girls' soccer, and Boys' and Girls' Three- pitch. Feel free to come out and cheer on the Clarke High School teams. WINTER CARNIVAL DAY On February 25th, 1988 an exciting,. exciting,. fun, worthwhile, physical, stimulating event is coming to Clarke High School. It's Winter Carnival' Day!! Winter Carnival Day is an annual event during which the students of Clarke raise money for the Cancer Society through winter sports. There are many activities to choose from, including including cross-country skiing at 'Mosport, downhill skiing at either Kirby or Blue Mountain, skating, hockey and much more. Please show your support for the Cancer Society by sponsoring our students in their various events. by Janet Crowther Was it dinner for two? Its surprising what you see when you least expect it and this certainly was the case Monday afternoon on returning from a trip into Oshawa. I had just turned off highway 115 and was atop the overpass when 1 noticed a Red Tail Hawk carrying out some most unusual aerobatics. These aerobatics were partial rolls and steep swoops done between the top/ he tall pines along the valley ridjk, ..id ih.c ground. At that instance I felt that the bird wants to be seen and it is putting putting on somewhat of a display, never have I seen such antics. It all happened so fast but I did null over to the side of'the road and watched the hawk as it continued its display across the highway east: and disappear behind the Staples' bush. But in the meantime l had also noticed a gull keeping an eye on the aerobatic hawk. As 1 turned my head back the gull came into view again just under the : car window line. Just as 1 saw it a. Canada 1*1 Environment Environnement, Canada Canada Environmental risks aren't only Acid Rain or Industrial Toxic Wastes. Each one of us in his or her own way has a'daily impact on the quality of the environment. It may be cigarette smoking. Or the washday detergent. The cleaners and polishes in the kitchen cupboards or the paints and solvents in the basement. 1 Each family home, regardless of how safe and cozy it'appears, contains chemicals which should be carefully controlled. Make sure you're doing your best to control household hazardous wastes; • Become aware of the chemicals you use and dispose of every day. ' • Educate your children as to the hazardous products in your home and store those products , safely. • Buy only those products which can be used and disposed of safely. » Buy pesticides gqd other ' household chemicals only in quantities that you can actually use. ' • • Help to organize special refuse collections for hazardous material! • Discourage overuse of plastics and styrofoam. •' Encourage the use of re-usable materials. Do your part to make sure the world is safer for yourself: . That way we'll all benefit.