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Halton Hills This Week (Georgetown, ON), 6 November 1993, p. 3

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By Eileen Ross. Georgetown District High School will begin a fundraising project on Monday with hopes of raising enough money to finance a new computer lab with a new file server and new computers. The new computer lab will cost approximately $20,000 and the new file server is estimated to cost between $8,000-$10,000. The campaign will see GDHS students selling magazine subscriptions to raise $60,000 — only a third of which the school actual- ly receives. * The ultimate objective is to achieve the first comput- er literate graduating class. This goal has been difficult to attain because of the lack of reliable resources on hand at the school. The computers being and there just aren’t enough of them to meet the needs of the students and staff of the school, says Betty Tamas who teaches computer skills. The aver- to five years, but most of the comput- ers at GDHS date back ‘to 1978. . nights a wok the Adult Education Program is run- ning, the computers don’t get turned off until 10 p.m. By Eileen Ross. The seniors bus service provided by the merchants of Georgetown Marketplace will be undergoing ‘a minor change for tee convenience of its passeng The seniors S busiag ser- vice will be moved to Thursday mornings, from Tuesdays, because of what was felt was a conflict over actual seniors’ needs. When the busing service first began on Oct 5., Florence Smith, of the Halton Senior*s Health €ouncil, felt the seniors’ “™ Concerns*had "been over- looked because the pro- posed shopping day con- flicted with activities and clubs that had already begun for the year. “They just didn’t do their homework,” claimed Smith. The merchants ~ of Georgetown -Marketplace were responsible for implementing the seniors busing service with the pur- pose of providing free, reli- able transportation to Georgetown Marketplace. Herminia Henderson, man- ager of Georgetown Marketplace, and also responsible for the seniors busing, said “The idea of a change of shopping day was responded to favorably by. the seniors I have spoken to. Several seniors have con- tacted me expressing inter- Seniors busing to continue est inthe service. The bus- ing will continue Thursdays until Christmas and its future will be decided then.” Although the day of the busing has been changed, the busing schedule will remain as follows; at 10 a.m. the bus arrives at Kin Court near Hyde Park, _(close to Georgetown and * District Memorial Hospital) then makes its way to Cote Terrace (Main and Maple) at 10:15-a.m. At 10:30 a.m. the bus will be aa! a passengers at.8 Du and makes its fi ane arn at Bh Sergeant Rd. a 10: Shopping time cece will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., when the route will be The fundraiser is being sponsored by Maclean Hunter and Reader’s Digest and offers a wide spectrum of magazines to choose from. Some of the Financial Post, Time, Owl, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, well-liked reading material for every audience. Student incentives include various prizes, coupons from McDonalds and a bingo held everyday at GDHS. For the two weeks the fundraiser is on the bingo Tickets aval no Lumbe! ae eTRUCTION * sS0CLATION ALTON at Fi weet Aunaal Dinner and Dane November 13, Saturday; 7:00 p.m. 4 ne ie pone j Entertainme “Dione person ible by callin ‘rin poe at: ertow' er Lumber Soueih ‘associated with Halton Hills This Week, ‘Saturday, November 6, 1993 = Pa 3 GDHS students computer upgrading fundraiser “ used at GDHS are too old, is being used to raise stu- dent awareness as well as school spirit. A bingo card is given to each student for every magazine subscription sold and students get to play for prizes. To reach their goal, each student at Georgetown District High School would: be required to sell only: two subscrip- tions. The same fundraising format was used in 1987 at GDHS and was well- received as well as suc- cessful. The staff of GDHS is confident this time around will prove just as successful, if not more so. More information will be included in the upcoming school newsletter. 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