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k.(M ,1 I l: 1- rn VekyTms A[d-edy October 30, 1996 ffl Pumpkin Patrol WiII Be Out To Ensure Celarke High Sohool News a Oàfgan. ua Uàm.e.mu golu nou.mim R zîIU EN nu ppy na.uuwuw. .This Halloween marks the 12fh year thaf Rogers Cablesystems will be keeping an eye ouf for children's safefy wifh if's Pumpkin Patrol in Whitby, Oshawa & Clarington. In Ajax, Rogers Pumpkin Patrol 1rolîs info t own for the second year. The program runs throughouf communities in Ontario and British Columbia. More than 800 employees and Community Television vol- unfeers, many of them parents themselves, will be ouf patroiling neighborhoods in al Rogers divisions across Ontario on halloween nighf befween 6:00 pmand 8:30 pm. A total of 400 Ràgers Cablesysfems radio- equipped vehicles wili work with the police and other emergency services, notfiing them if vol- unfeers spot frick-or-freafers who need heip. Prior f0 the evening's pafrol, volunfeers meef with a Police Deparfmnenf represenfafive who will brief them on how f0 gef help righf away in the event of an emer- gency. "The Pumpkn Pafrol is our way of helping look ouf for the children in areas that we serve" says Karen Feeley- Pumpkin Pafrol Co-ordinator for Pine Rdge. "Our people enjoy the opporfunity f0, meef bofh the kids and their parents and give a liffle somefhing back fo the communifies in which we work." The Rogers Pumpkin Pafrol will be publicized fhrough schools, daycare centres, com- munify centres, print and radio adverfising and on Rogers Community 10 - Pine Ridge. In the week before hal- loween, employees will be dis- tribufing trick-or-freaf bags and reflective safefy sfickers f0 schools. For safefy, children are encouraged f0 wear the reflec- tive sfickers on halloween nighf and every other nighf affer dusk. Parents can also pick-up a free trick-or-treaf bag af local Rogers Gable Centres in Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa. On the evening of October 3Ofh, Rogers employees and volunteers will be sfationed af the local GO Transit stations in Ajax, Whifby and Oshawa. They will be hand- ig ouf bags and sfickers f0 al inferested. Rogers Cablesysfems Limted, Canada's largest cable network operator, provides enterfainenf, information and communications services f0 approximately 2.5 million cus- tomers in Ontario and British Columbia. The company also owns and operafes just over 140 Rogers video stores. 0f Wtches, Ghosts, and Monsters insfead fakes possession of a body in order to continue enjoy- ing the pleasures of the living. Perhaps the mosf famous of ail vampires is Count Dracula, the anfagonisf in the story DRACU- LA wriften in 1897 by Bram Stoker. The book chronicles the asc ent and destruction of Count Dracula, a vampire who feeds on human blood. Set in Engiand and Transylvania, the sfory is fold in dîary form by a young Englishman who gradu- aliy unravels the secret of Dracuia's aftacks on young women, who fhemseives are transformed int o vampires. A Dutch mefaphysician and sci- entisf named Van Helsing is summoned to deal w'ifh the menace, and ultimately kills the vampire. The sfory of Dracula is loose- ly based on flhc life of Viad the impaler (1431-1476) prince of Walachia. Vlad fouglif bifterly againsf the Turks, and because of his sadistic crueity f oward subjects and Turkish prisoners alike, became the source offthe Dracula legcnd. Ris father was known as Vlad Dracul (Viad the Dcvii) hence the son's namne Dracula (or son of the devil). In some isoiated regions of east- cmn Europe, peasants stili hang wreaths of garlic over their doors -- a preventive measure citcd in Dracula--as protection againsf cvii spiras. Tlhe Frankenstein monster is fthc work of Mary Shelly Wollenstonecraft, a 19th centu- ry author. Rer book FRANKEN 'sTI (or The Modern Prometheus) was writtcn in 1816 as a resuit of a confest among Mary Shelly, her hus- band Pcrcy, Lord Byron and Byron's physician John Polidori, fo write a ghost story (Polidori's enfry f0 fthc contcst, THE VAPR, was one of fthc firsf widely rcad stories on vam- pires). Shelley's book is about a young German scicntist named Frankensfein who leamis how f0 make dead tissue come f0- life. Horrified by his creafion, Frankensfein drives the mon- ster away. Thc monsfer, innafely good but turned f0 cvii when Frankcnsfein refuses f0 accept him, destroys Frankenstein's wife and broth- er, and flees f0 the North Pole with Frankensfein in pursuif. Bofli characters die at fthc North Pole. Mummies are embalmed bodies dating from ancient Egyptian times. The ancient Egyptians piaced 'great stress on fthc preservafion of fthc human body after deafli because fhey belleved that the spirit of the deceased returned f0 if when visifing fthc fomb. The mummy as a monsfer first became popular in the 1930's, alter many ardheological expe- ditions unearfhed mummies in Egyptian fombs. in European folklore, a were- wolf is a man who at nieht transformn himself or is ttanC- formed into a wolf (a procNss called lycanthropy) and roams in search of human vicfims fo devour. The werewoif must refurn fo human form af day- break by shedding hîs woif s skin and hiding if. If if is found and destroyed, fthc werewolf dies. A werewolf who is wound- cd îmmediately reverf s f0 lis human formn and can be defecf- cd by the corresponding wound on his body. In confemporary wrifingfs, werewolves can oniy be killed permanerîfly while in wolf form by shooling fhem wifh a silver builef. Clarke continues f0 be a busy place, and many activities wcre compressed into a four- day wcck. Motivational speak- er, David Foote, spoke f0 the entire student body on October 2 1. In a very entertaining way, he reiterated the necd for stu- dents to be aware of the future and ifs realities. He empha- sized fthe message of "stay in school", that fewer and fewer jobs of tomorrow will be possi- ble wifh only a high school diploma. He also focused on the need for transferable skills which can be developed at home, at school and on the job. These include things such as communication, literacy, com- puter and, most of all, attitude skiils. Employers can teach knowvIedge but those without a positive attitude will not last long in a position. Soccer, volcybail and bas- ketbail continue f0 be the "happening" sports this fali. Co-operative education stu- dents are reaching the haif way point ,in their placements, and mid-term evaluafions are bemng submitted by local employers. Many of these students are experiencing consîderable suc- cess in their placements and are already planning college or university programmes around the career area they have cho- sen. Thursday is Halloween, and it is expected that ghosfs and goblins wiii walk the halls that day. Door decorating f0 cele- brafe the season occurs Thursday as wel. and we are ail waiting f0 see if Mr. Matsusakij's class can outdo ifs efforts of last year. Does that sound like a challenge Mr. M.?!, COME AND MEET SEE WHAT YOUR PUBLIC UTILITY IS DOING FREE Guidance continues f0 have a full roster of guesf post sec- ondary education experts. A representative from the apprenticeship branch will be here during period two on October 30, and a guest from Durham College visifs October 31 af 11:30. Brock University wîll be here November 5 at 9 a.m., and Laurentian University at 11:45 on November 6. The pressure is on for those universify-bound, students f0, make decisions regarding their pîans for next year. INTRODUCING .... CLARKE RADIO This year an idea was brought forth f0 the Students' Council by three very innova- tive students. Chris Garfsen, Merissa Dolman and Shannon Hannigan approached the council with plans f0 play music over the P.A. f0 lift spir- ifs and erase the morning blues. Affer getting the infor- mation and equipment they needed, the new Clarké Radio was put int o action. Music can be heard through- ouf the halls every morning from 8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. 1If can also be heard in the cafeteria in the morning and at lunch from 12:00 p.m. f0 12:30 p.m. Various types of music are piayed as the inîfiators of Clarke Radio are fryîng f0 incor- poraf e everyone's faste in music. To deferminejusf what should be played, a survey was sent around f0 homerooms ask- ing students f0 answer some questions on their favourite artisfs, bands and types of music. They also asked some questions as f0 how the stu- * YOUR PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS * STAFF - CLARINGTON HYDRO'S ENERGY EFFICIENT PARTNER "ýGREENCAP" * TO IMPROVE RELIABI LITY * TO LOWER COSTS * TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE DRAW FOR A HONEYWELL "PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTAT SIGN UP FOR A FREE GREENCAP HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT This Ad cost oully $600 CLARINGTON HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMISSION 2849 HIGHWAY #2 AT LAMBS ROAD INVITES ALL CLARINGTON CUSTOMIERS TO AN OPEN HOUSE NOVEMBER 2, 1996 FROM 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM dents would like the DeeJay aspect of the station to be organized., When the resuits came back it was found that the favourite type of music at Clarke is by far alternative and that The Smashing Pumpkins are the most popular amongst the students. The radio's organizers have processed the information received in the school-wide sur- .vey into a Clarke Radio Hi t list. Some of the most popular bands among Clarke students are: Bush X, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, The Tragicaully Hip and AC/DC. The idea for Clarke Radio sprang from last year's annoy- ing song-a-thon. Last year one of the students' council fundraisers was the song-a- thon. The song "Peaches" by Presidents of the United States of America was playcd repeat- edly, and students raised money to have if taken off the air. If was one of our most suc- cessful spirit activifies that year. So the idea of playing music in Clarke's halls devel- oped into our very own radio station. There has been a tremendous amount of support from staff and students alike. Overaîl, Clarke Radio has been a smash hit!