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Steve Saxon top speaker Steve Saxon emerged victorious In the zone championships of the Optimists oratorical contest lor the second year in suc cession last Wednesday Steve is a studtnt at Acton school He logout year In the Central Ontario finals He gets another this year Saturday April when the Central Ontario contest Is staged at Optimist camp at Heldelburg IT he Is suc cessful there he will proceed to the provincial cham This fa Steve a third year In public speaking The other local competitor last week was Victoria Rodriguez of M Z Ben nett school Last year her sister Adela went as far as the Central Ontario championships Last weeks cham ptonships were held In Water- down The principals of both local entrants were among those attending Gary and Doug Magwood There were five boys and five girls competing representing the Optimists clubs of Georgetown Orangeville Waterdown and MUton Victoria and Steve represented the Georgetown club Todays challenge tomorrows success Is the speed which von Steve Saxoc honors ft the Optimists oratorical contests this year Challenge Tomorrow a Success Steve Saxon Thirteen That magical age thai brings cheers from our peers and Jeers from our elders Sack then I was only 12 a mere child But today I am on my way to manhood tarn a teenager As soon a you hit teenage it like th whole world be comes a Society says too old for toys too young for dates too old for Disney movies and else is restricted Dad you re a young man and old enough to accept responsibility But Mom vail try to shield you from life dangers as long as she cai constantly being between childhood and maturity In fact theyve got ui so confused we re not sure who we are anymore And according to the child psychologists we are In a constant search for our own identity The experts say that becoming a teenager is your licence be a slob To create an imaje a teenager must Imitate the cool dude in the grubby jeans and long hair and sometimes even smokes to impress his friends Some say the adolescent has an inner that detects what Irritates parents If tie parents value neat ness they say he will dress wear his hair long and leave his room and sur roundings a mess If the par ents insist on good manners he will interrupt converse tlons use slang and talk dirty If Mom and Dan enjoy an evening with the Boston Pops the kid will drown it out with his acid rock If the parents enjoy good literature he reads comic books One boy while buying a suit in a store asked the sales- clerk If my parents like this suit can I bring It back Society keeps talking about this generation gap Adults see us as the enemy The experts have become so in volved In the problems of communications between parents and teenagers that they have produced scores of books on the subject They even came out with a course for parents How to Stop Fighting With Your Kids So just when we finally got them twisted around our little fingers the adults ganged up ana started a psychological conspiracy to regain their control They call it Creative Parenting I know because our Mom started sneaking off to the high school on Tuesday nights and came back smiling sweetly and agreeing with everything we said Nor mally our mom would go off like a time bomb If I told her I got into trouble with the teacher She accuse me of all kinds of things But this time she murmured softly that must make you feel badly to have the teacher yell at you When my big brother com plained about too much salt in the potatoes Instead of shout Next time cook your own supper Mom just nodded her head and agreed Yea dear there is too much salt in the potatoes Mealtimes were a bore We couldn t get a good argument going no matter how much we taunted her Mom s teacher had instructed her to practise a new strategy called Reflec tive Listening And as if that wasnt enough at the end of the meal Mom calmly an nounced that we would all remain at the table for a family meeting A family meeting according to the book is a time for family members lo get together and talk over their beefs plans questions and suggestions It is supposed lo promote family harmony and equality among the members But It didn take Mom long to discover that we were more equal than she was Including Dad there were four of us and only one of her After we argued over who was assigned to what jobs and everybody had made their excuses why they couldn take part In planned activities it was time for each member to make his own personal complaints about current family Issues It seems all the complaints were aimed at Mom I mean supposed to be the mother and we get stuck with all the work Everyone made jokes and criticized we all ganged up on Mom But the joke was on us Her strategy had worked anyway We were so busy picking on Mom that my brothers and I stopped our fights So now we still wear grubby jeans use slang and drown her out wilhacid rock do it together Realizing her defeat she turned to her mother and asked how she had met the challenge of coping with the stress and turbulence of teenage years fourteen times Revealing the secret of her success Grandma The Acton Free Press Wednesday AprH12 1978 6 operetta Students at will be held April and at Smith are busy preparing for the school Tickets are the Operetta HHS available from students and Pinafore The twonight show at the door Missed Your Free Press Please Let U Know Our carried do their best to give fast courteous service but mistakes do happen so If you do not receive your paper or have any complaints regarding delivery please call our office TOP WINNER at the Optimist public speaking zone championship was Steve Saxon 13 from Acton Other local competitor Victoria Rodriguez 13 lost out in this round Steve goes on to the Central Ontario championships and if he wins there to the Ontario championships Pictured with the two local entrants are their Gary on the left and Doug on the right with George Wagner Georgetown Optimists oratorical chairman in the centre Steve mother Saxon took the picture at Waterdown on Wednesday of last week said I use psychology I found that the best way to apply that psychology book was squarely to the seat of the pants By the time we learn the secret we will have con the challenge of adolescence and sailed into manhood Then we will be faced with the challenge of how to apply the book to our own kids I think I stick to Grand ma method It works 1 1 ON ACTON HOMES USING MACHINE BLOWN MINERAL WOOL INSULATION Hows The Tims To Imufcrtel Tinm of Ctwatx or 0361 Mm Cham W Foam avaiabta for wet wKbSO BILL TAYLOR teacher at the high school took part in Fridays hat day at the school Mr Taylor and Thwaites combine the occasions by adding Society daffodils to their AUCTION SALE SALE CONSISTS OF Ready to assemble wall units gun cases book cases home entertainment I wall unts decorator planters bar cellarets tea wagons sofa sols lamps mattresses furniture for every room n the home ONLY ITEMS One no ono Bra amors Hide a Bad Cons of American goods to bo 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