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~rOrnoeevyTimes, Wedýesday ýJnie 4, 1997ý k Dance Fest '9 7 BowmanvilleToastmasters Sixteen area public schools stuidents. song "I'm going to be". These joined on Thursday for the Students from grade 4,,5 dancers gave up many noon fifth annual Northumberland- and 6 from Newtonville hours putting this dance Clarington Dance Fest. Orono Public School pelr form their together with th eJr coaches, Park with its natural stage was "Do it Yourself' dance. The teachers Mrs. Randal and an ideaIl venue to showcase dance was performed to the Mrs., Butterly as coaches. the dances performed by the The Orono public school Pictured above are the 32 stu- This team was coached by students performed a dance dents of the dance club. First te'acher Marilyn Hamilton called "Le Bastringue", a cir- row - grade 4, second row - Wicks. cie dance, from Quebec. grade 5, third row- grade 6. Neil Thomton, a mnember of the junior rugby team at Clarke High School, lias been chosen as our athiete of the week. He says that their team this year has the best record s0 far at four and one. They are competing with much larger'schools than Clarke, such as Lakefield and Adam Scott, and Neil believes it is a major accomplishment for Clarke's team to be doing 50 well. When asked why lie miglIt have been dliosen by his coaches as athiete of the week, Neil suggested that it was probably because of hls role of one of the leaders of the team. He is a second-year rugby player so lie knows the game and can assist with the teaching of the sklills to the younger players. Part of Neil's role on the team is to get the others pumped up for the gam-e. He also leads by exam- pie as lie attends every prac- tice and even miissed one day of the outdoor ed trip in order to participate in the p)lavoff gamne. Neil is an intense player -- he likes to win when he is on the field. In the process, he points out hls own errors and also those being made by oth- ers in order to improve the level of play. This applies, no matter what teamn he is on, and he lias been involved with quite a few this year. He played senior soccer, was captain of the basketbail team, and his volleyball team placed well at the Kawarthas. All of this is combined ith academlcs and a busy homre life with foster brothiers. W %hen asked about his goals in life, Neil was very def- inite in hls reply. He wants to be a police officer and may apply to the metro police force. Neil has already taken a step forward in this regard as he spent mornings semnester one with police offi- cer Joe Kapusclnski in the Courtice office of the Durham Regional Police Department. Neil says people ask hlm if le realizes low much paperwork a police officer does, and he is able to reply that he does, fol- lowing lis co-op placemient! This placement conifirmied for hlm the idea of going into law enforcement. Neil says the atmiosphere at Clarke is great. He has had superb coaches and is espe- cially complimentary about this year's team of rugby coaches, Mr. Gillan, Mr. Willems and Mr. Wunderlich. They were alwýays there at practices and games, even if ail the kids weren't. These three coached both the junior an-d senior teamis, working as a team themselves, whîch Neil says was a very effective way of doing business, as they could help with specifie positions more easily. Neil says that sports, happen because of coaches who encourage kids to do their best. Neil also spoke highly of a group of teachers which plays basketball with the guys at noon in the gym. Neils parents have been very supportive of him and his sports over the years. In particular, lis father has had an influence on hlm as they play basketball together, and dad still wins! Dad is also a big rugby fan and a former player, and they watch tapes of the game together. Dad also is a police officer; it looks as if Neil may welI follow in dad's footsteps! Over the years, Nell's mom has ac ted as chauffeur. Her first ques- tion following a game has always been "Dld you win?" Neil says he tries to Win for himself and for his parents s0 they will be proud of him. It's liard to be an example sometimies.! At the May 27th 1997 meeting of Bowmanville Toastmasters Chairman Toastmaster Marilynn Dow chose "Freedom" as her theme. Following up on the theme Toastmaster Nancy Bames, grammnarian. selected "Liberty" as the word of the evening. Many "liberties" were taken as Toastmaster Mike Sullivan presenited the Table Topics. Toastmaster Connie Nelson regaled the assembly with tales of both habits and physical objects she feit at liberty to give up. This eamed her the Table Topics trophy. Toastmaster Irene Konzelmann gave the fifth presentation, in a Parliamnentary Procedures workshop. Kinowledge of Parliamnentary procedure ensures that ail members present have an equal oppor- tunity to express their opin- ions. Come and visit with us any Tuesday evening 7:30 - 9:30 at "Thie Darlington Information Hydro Centre". For mrore information please caîl Irene Konzelmann 983- 94,23. Newcastle Pliotographic ciPresent s Sumîner Of Sing1s 19 King st. eds5t Newcdystle Colour fuit frame oniy 0734O9OfeexisSET1/7 110.126, DiSk & 135 mm9473 0 feexisSET117 Youïare-cordially znvited to attend the Annual General Meetingi Of Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville 4 7 Liberty Street South Tuesday, Junel17, 1997.0,7p. m Hospital Cafeteria (basement level) Guest Speaker: Len Fabiano, Health Gare Consultant & Tramner Topic: "Charting our Future... Together' Refreshments will be served DAWN'S Casual Clothing for Ladies and Men 5 King'Street East, Newcastle, Ontario Dawn Dubeau - Owner 987-3741 Corne sec our "Fat her's Day " Speci als and enter a free draw to win a $40 Gift Certificate r - - - - - - - - DAWN'S Gasual Clothing for Ladies and Men 10% Off (Regular priced items with coupon) Clarke High Sehool News