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10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 7, 1978 Section Two Thanks BHS, It's Been Great By Ron Chow Believe it or not, it's now that time of year again to pack up all those books for the summer and to crank out the last edition of the weekly Screech Owl for 1977-78. As I reflect upon the memories of this past year for you, I think you'll agree with me that it's been quite a year. I started my term of office last September as President by attending the Student Council Leadership Seminar at Lake Couchiching. This was an experience I shall never forget. I made friends with other Presidents from across Ontario and received Leadership training for use inStudents' Council. When I returned I was ready to tackle the mammoth job that laid before me. The executive 's concern this year was the difficulty that we've encountered trying to book big name groups for our dances because of the lack of a large stage. Our decision was to make the purchase of a portable stage, our main objective for the year. To raise funds for the stage we embarked on a lightbulb sales campaign. For some, students this idea was original, different and even corn , but it was quite a job distributing 1200 dozen sleeves of lightbulbs and trying to keep track of them at the same time. Response was slow at first, but we did manage to raise $1,500 for the stage. Thanks, goes to the work of our great lightbulb committee. Money was also raised through our dances and the sale of various goods to the students. There was quite a variety of items s year which included Bic pens, rugby shirts, Screech Ow buttons, school jackets, name tags and even BHS Tennis visors (cheer- leaders). Our dances this year have been one great success story. The dances included Harbinger, Chillum, dise-jockey Brian McGregor, Zop, Par Four and finally Charity Brown, who was able to perform on our new portable stage. Turnout at ail dances were really good and I thank the students' for their support. Special thanks, also goes out to Cindy Ward, our dance committee chairperson, who has done such a tremendous job putting our dances together. Thanks, also goes out to the rest of te dance committee, Marie Brooks, Janet Townsley, Rosie Killeen, Jill Stocker, Glen Austin and Russ Carruthers for running the dances and ta Kevin Ward and Kevin Lee for organizing set-up and clean up. In the evening, many adults enjoy the facilities at BHS for nightschool. Students' Council took advantage of the nightschool nights and sold coffee and donuts. Many thanks ta Rob Read, Grant Trlly, Caral Trolly, Dan Marrison, Sherry Greengrass, Gord Walker and Amy Chow for making it a success. Special thanks goes to the custodians John Ovenden, Gary Perry, Bob Perry and Joe Devlin for their great co-operation with the coffee nights and dances. The students of BHS are not only involved in raising money for Student Council, but also in canvassing the town for worthy causes. Canvassing not only helps a worthy cause but also stresses -ommunity involve- ment of the students. I'his year BHS was involved in the Arthritis campaign and the Heart Fund. Not only are the students thanked for their involvement but special thanks goes out to the staff advisors who have done such a tremendous job organ- izing the campaigns, Mr. Cochrane for the Arthritis campaign and Mr. Blaker for the Heart Fund. I'm sure your time and effort is well appread by such School spirit is a vital part of school life and an effort was made to maintain this through- out the year. This was evident in the hard work of our Jr. and Sr. Cheerleaders headed by Rosanne Connelly and the gang who practised hard and showed up for every football game. Even our mascot, the Mighty Bowman Owl got into the act and contributed greatly to the spirit. Students' Council planned numerous events throughout the year which involved the participation of the student body. These included the Christmas concert, Winter Carnival Week and 50's Day. It was certainly "Happy Days" when BHS turned into the days of the 1950's with the slicked-back duck tails and leather jackets along with the pleated shirts and pony tails. The Christmas concert this year was truly exceptional to say the least with the return of last year's Grade 13's. E.P. Chant and company are to be thanked for a fine skit about the exploits of Surely Homely and Dr. Whatfor in trying to discover the murderer of Rotarians. The concert also brought out stars like Bill Dykstra, the Dutch Impression- ist, Mr. Lemieux's annual sing-song, the teachers' skit "Western Omelette", the M.E. Awards, a drama class skit about the dis- appearance of Santa Claus and the annual Gr. 13 girls chorus line. Also at the concert Santa Claus donated a $200 cheque on behalf of the Students' Council ta Memorial Hospital ta help purchase a resuscianne for its CPR training course. This year's Winter Carnival Week was a very packed poram which included a teacher vs. Gr. 13's Moonball game, teachers' tricycle races, smarties guessing contest, Secret Admirer's Day, Inter- national Hat Day and the traditional Obstacle course. By the end af that week, those "post- examination blues" PUC Crew Erects Hire a Student Banner- WHanvilleC O WS Sharon Farrow 623-7485 Education with Terry Hawkins, Workmen put the finishing touches on a sign, which is now flying over King Street, last week. The sign is helping promote the hiring of students during the summer months. Canada Manpower has reported that the situation for students seeking summer jobs this year is about the same as in past years, however, students have to be prepared to do just about anything and can't hold out for a good paying job. One Manpower official said it was probably better to take work from the minute you get out of school till you go back at the minimum wage than sit around until late July and work (or a month for $5 an hour. successfully wore off. This year will also be remembered as the "kick-off" year to raise funds for the proposed indoor swimming pool and squash courts to be built adjoining BHS. With the continuing support of the student body and the town's SPLASH Committee, construction of the complex should begin in the very near future. Our very successful yearbook this year is due to the hard work of our Yearbook Com- mittee who were able to meet all deadlines. Special thanks ta Miss Real, Mr. Thomson, editor Michelle Auger, co-editor Dawn Morris and the rest of the yearbook committee and Screech Owl photo- grapher. The number of hours put into this yearbook is just tremen- dous and the end result reflects your effort. Special thanks also goes out to all the members of the weekly Screech Owl, Mr. Line, editor Sharon Farrow, Chris Bahlken, Diane Brown, Sherry Green- grass and the rest of the committee who has made this new addition to BHS such a great success. In closing I would like to thank the members of my executive, Vice- resident Joe Coyle, Secretary Sherry Greengrass and Treasurer Amy Chow, for their hard work, the members of the General Council, the secretaries for the use of the main office from time totime, staff advisors Mr. Morris and Mrs.- McLean, who have been most helpful and especially to Mr. Wolff and Dr. Hawkins for their great support. I would especially like to thank the Statesman for providing us with this valuable space every week for our weekly, Screech Owl. Finally I wish the newly elected executive, President Glen Austin, Vice- President Gord Walker, Secretary Maureen Crago and Treasurer Carol Trolly much success in their endeavours next year. Again, thanks BHS, it's been great!! BHS ATHLETES WILL PARTICIPATE IN CROSS-CANADA RELAY RUN Bv Sharon Farrow A Cross-Canada relay run began in Victoria, B.C. and St. John's, Newfoundland on Saturday, May 27 and will finish in Ottawa on Sunday, June 18. The relay run is being con- ducted by the Big -Brothers of Canada, a volunteer orginization whose pur ose is to help boys without fathers. Members of our track team and other athletic teams will help to publi- cize the work of the Big Brothers movement. On Wednesday, June 14 BHS will have 10 runners take turns running a portion of the relay run. From 9:00 - 9:25 a.m. they will run in conjunction with students from Courtice High School from the outskirts of Bowman- ville to Bowmanville Arena. From 9:25 - 12:25, there will be a media break. From 12:25 - 1:25 they will continue on their way from the arena to the four corners in the Village of Newcastle. For information about how you can help the "little brothers" as our athletes are, contact the local Big Brothers agency. EDITORS NOTE By Sharon Farrow This Friday, June 9 marks the completion of the second term, and for some, the beginning of the final exams. Best wishes to those raduates who will not e returning to BHS in September, who will be going into the working world or on to further their formal education. Congratulations to this year's Students' Council for a job well done. Certainly, every- Sçience Students Learn about Compost Conservation The grade six science students of Vincent Massey Public School made a composting bin recently with the workers from the Newcastle Community Conservation Centre. The students, who had been studying pollution, dug a pit in which they placed six inches of grass clippings they had collected from neighboring lawns. To keep the recychng project going, they were to brng to school odds and ends from the kitchen. Mr. Green is the teacher e grade six students who were under the direction of conservation centre workers Evangeline Merkley, Brad Gorman and Mark Bryan. Everyone enjoys meeting and being in the presence of a person who is friendly, consid- erate and genuinely interested in other people. This pleasure; however is really the smallest part of the contribution which that person makes. The big benefit is the kindness he or she kindles in others who in turn express goodness to still others and this starts a very positive chain reaction. It's sort of like the situation where you are driving down the road and upon entering a busy intersection, another driver stops and waves you on. You appreciate his thoughtful- ness and before you know it youi are stopping to let someone else tien ahead of you or not blowing your horn at the car ahead as the driver, holds you up. An act of kindness or consideration such as a friendly hello to people travels from one person to another all day long. By being good to one person, you can slightly but positively affect the lives of many by the chain reaction. To sum up what I am saying in one quick sentence I would say, we tend to treat people in the manner in which we ourselves are treated. If in our work, our homes, our schools we are treated with considera- tion it will help us in turn to be considerate of others. If we are treated unfairly, we are very apt to portray that to others as well. That's why when morale goes down among employees theyo frequently show little concern about the customers. The employee feels unhappy and for whatever reason is not receiving good "vibes" from his bosses, so this carries over into the treatment of the customers. The same situation exists in schools too. It is extremely important that a teacher in his or her role of working witi- young ipressionable op exhibit understýanding, stability and friendliness. The student knows how he is being treated and will tend to treat others in the same way. He or she learns both by the treatment received and the example in front of them. The acts of kindness, the under- standing, the friendliness and yes the demand that good work be done will not be wasted. The student will profit from this both immediately and for years to come. The procedure will also be used by the student in his dealhngs with others and the gains will 0 scw, INc. DRAPES Have your beautiful drapes professionally dry cleaned and pleated for summer. They wiI1 look new, adding life to any room of the house. 20 % during the month of June at these locations only Bowrnanvi le Cleaners. 84 King St. West 623-5520 Gradua tes one would agree that Ron Chow has been one of the best Presidents BHS has ever had. Once again, our year book staff has done a superb job putting together our year book. In the future, we may refer to this book and recollect the many happy events at BHS during the 1977-78 school year. At this time, I would like to thank The Canadian Statesm'an for giving us the opportuni- ty to try our hand in the field of journalism. I would also like to thank those who contri- buted articles to the BHS News, in particu- lar, Sherry Greengrass, Diane Brown and Chris Bohlken. Also thanks to Mr. D. Line our Teacher Co-ordinator. Have a fun summer! We hope to see you in September. NEW STUDENTS' COUNCIL EXECUTIVE ELECTED By Sherry Greengrass Our new Students' Council Executive for 1978-79 has been elected. Glen Austin takes over Ron Chow's position of President. The Vice President is Gord Kerry David Noble, son Mr. and Mrs. John A. Noble, Bowmanville, graduated on Saturday, May 27, 1978, from Queen's University, Kingston, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineer- ing. He has accepted a position with Ontario Hydro, Toronto. continue for a lifetime, Being a teacher or a parent, which in my opinion is a teacher role too, is an extremely important job. The opportunity to help young people learn many good things and to assist them in pre- paring for 1ife is a responsibil- ity that should not be taken lightly. Treating the students in the same manner in which we ourselves would like to ba treated is agood basis from which to start. Diver Finds Car Drowned An Enniskillen area resident who was doing some underwater diving Sunday made an unexpected discovery. Durham Regional Police report that a stolen auto- mobile was foundtunderwater at a ponid on the se:cve-nth concession near the Oshawà Newcastle Townline. Police said Mark Simpson, of R.R. 1 Enniskillen, located a 1970 Rebel automobile which had been stolen in 1976. 237 King St. East 623-4189 Walker; Secretary Maureen Crago; and Treasurer, Carol Trolly. Best wishes for a successful year from this years executive, Ron Chow, Joe Coyle, Amy Chow, Sherry Greengrass and Cindy Ward. Also a big thank- you to Mrs. McLean and Mr. Morris for devoting their extra time to working with the Council. The support of the Class Representa- tives and student body helped to make 1977-78 a successful year at BHS. The activities that contributed to student involvement included: many dances, such as those featuring Par Four, Charity Brown, Zon and disc jockey, Brian MeGregor; Winter Carnival Week; the selling of buttons, rugby shirts, BIC pens and ackets; and especially the Christ- mas Party. Proceeds from the lightbulb sales went towards the purchase of a portable Thank you to Sharon Farrow for producing the BHS News and for encouraging us in making the community aware of school activi- ties. Have a good summer! UK uLEANINIG On Friday, May 26th, 1978, Penelope M. Webster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Webster, R.R. 3, Newcastle, graduated from Trent University, Peterborough, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She is presently employed at the Newcastle Community Conservation Centre.