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,est tOt Vincent Massey Students Host Dairy Princesses The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville. June 1, 1988 3 Final Rehearsals for St. Stephen's Play Vincent Massey Public School played host to both the 1987-88 Ontario Dairy Princess and the Durham County Dairy Princess on Thursday, May 26. Students Students were treated to a tour of a dairy farm via a slide presentation and also received received important nutritional tips on milk and many other healthy foods. Pictured Pictured above, from left: Devon Draper, a junior kindergarten student; Andrea Lange, Ontario Dairy Princess; Wilma Benschop, Durham Dairy Princess; and Laura Rowe, a student in the senior kindergarten class. Plenty of Heartburn at Chili Contest by Carolyn Hepburn There are many differences between between the competition for Ontario Dairy Princess, Durham County Dairy Princess and the much- publicized beauty pageants. There are no swim suit contests to claim a dairy queenship, and the talent talent portion of the competition would probably send any beauty pageant contestant running. The winners of both the local and province-wide titles don't have to sing, nor do they need to answer a question about how they would deal with being Prime Minister Minister for the day. The winners do, however, have to know plenty about the dairy industry and its prime product, milk. Andrea Lange, the 1987-88 Ontario Dairy Princess and Wilma Benschop, the 1987-88 Durham County Dairy Princess Princess stopped by the Town of Newcastle last week at two area schools. During their lunch hour both ladies talked about the past year and their many different experiences as ambassadors ambassadors for the dairy industry. "It was all I asked for, all I wanted and more," said Andrea of her year spent as a full-time employee of the Ontario Milk Marketing Board. The outgoing 21-year-old native of Thornton Thornton (southwest of Barrie) has to date logged 44,000 kilometres and will have attended close to 300 speaking engagements by the time she passes onher crown at the 1988 competition at the Canadian National Exhibition this summer. Andrea notes that one major highlight highlight of her reign was a week-long trip to England to work for the local milk board there. Wilma's role as Durham County Dairy Princess has kept her pretty much in the local limelight. She just finished her first year of agricultural studies at Guleph University, and the 20-year-old reports that one day she hopes to be a farm manager. She is no stranger to the farming industry as her parents own and operate a 120-cow dairy farm on 420 acres north of Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Since she has spent much of the last year in school, Wilma's reign as Durham County Dairy Princess really really kicked into action in April of this year. Since that time she has travelled travelled from one end of the region to the other promoting the industry, its farmers and the many products it produces. produces. She did find time to attend Bowmanville's Santa Claus parade last November. Wilma will pass on her crown at the Durham Central Agricultural Agricultural Fair at the Orono Fairgrounds Fairgrounds later this summer. When asked why she would wish to enter such a contest, Andrea explains that much of the reason is a pride in her family and the farm they own. "My parents started their own farm' and I m proud of that," said Andrea. "What better way to represent the industry that I'm a part of," she adds. For Wilma, the year has meant a boost to her self-confidence, increased increased her speaking abilities and allowed her to inform other people about the dairy industry. Lest anyone think that the dairy princess competitions are more of the beauty pageant fluff, here are a few requirements for the contestants. Each girl must know six speeches and be able to give any of the six upon- request. She must be familiar with the dairy industry, milk and milk products products and have spent considerable time researching various subjects. If that's not enough, each contestant goes through an interview and must also milk a cow. That was no problem for either Andrea Andrea or Wilma as they won out over some stiff competition in their respective respective contests. During their presentations at both Vincent Massey Public School and Newcastle Public School last week both ladies proved why they were chosen chosen to represent one of Ontario's largest largest argicultural industries. Andrea led off the half-hour session session with a slide presentation that took the students on a tour of a dairy farm. Along the way she fielded questions and dropped some of the many facts and figures she has learnt in the past year. Wilma kept the presentation going with talk of the nutritional value of milk and its many products. Much information was given to the interested interested classes about proper eating habits and general good nutrition. While neither dairy industry representative representative is a stranger to the farming farming way of life, they both admit they have run into some pretty far-out ideas ideas about how people perceive the rural parts of the province. Andrea claims her goal is to open a few eyes and teach the audiences something about the dairy industry. Wilma echoes that thought and adds that through her speaking engagements engagements she hopes to promote not only the product but the people who make it happen. For both, the past year has been spent learning even more about a part of their lives they've lived with for many years. Both Andrea and Wilma Wilma say they will miss their year of travel, promotion and learning. Andrea Andrea plans to continue studies in nursing and Wilma will return to Guelph University this fall. Providence-Shad's W.I. Holds Interesting Meeting "Road Kill Chili" was the imaginative name given to the specialty being served up by a group of chili cooks from Pennsylvania. They were among the 32 teams participating in the Great Pine Ridge Chili Cook Off held in Orono on the weekend. The group claimed to hunt the meat for the chili by running down deer on the highways. That's why Jeff Pracejus is shown preparing his specialty from under the hood of a pick-up truck. The cook-off took place in Orono May 28 and 29. Furniture Royale SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR QUALITY We Are Never Undersold An interesting evening for Providence Shaw's Women's Institute started at 7.30 on May 19th at Allouise Fashions Fashions inBowmanville. Shirley Brown introduced the owner Lou Lyle who explained the fashion industiy from the buyer's point of view. Buying Buying starts at the market at the King Edward Hotel six to nine months in advance of the season. Each traveller has three to nine lines toi choose from. This year's materials materials consist of more blends and wools, and cottons are not so wrinkled. Popular colors colors for this season are fus- chia, royal blue, cream and black with navy very strong for fall. Most materials are washable with care except crepe and rayon which should be dry cleaned. Mrs. Lyle then had three W.I. members: Margaret Killeen, Killeen, Marilyn Martin and Annabelle Rickard model some of the fashions suitable for the middle-aged woman. She also demonstrated how a different belt or adding a scarf could change the appearance appearance of an outfit. Mrs. Lyle's presentation was greatly enjoyed and Marilyn Dow thanked her and presented her with a gift. The twenty-two members and two guests then returned returned to the home of Doreen Doreen Barrie where Thelma Gilbank opened the business meeting, with a few thoughts about women. Women make up one-half of the world's population, one- third of the labor force, put in two-thirds of the working hours, earn one-tenth of the income but only own one percent of the world's property. property. The minutes and financial report were given and programs programs and membership lists given out. Shirley Moffat told about her visit to the 85th anniversary anniversary of the Solina W. I. and also_ gave a report on the convention at Kingston on May 13-15. Waste Management Management was one topic discussed discussed with the theme of the four R's - Reduce, ReUse, ReCycle, and Recover. She also learned tips for keeping the fun in fund raising and program planning. Her tip for public relations was to, use the five W's and their' cousin 'How'. The roll call was a personal personal fashion tip. These were quite varied from wearing the proper colors to using castor oil on your skin instead instead of creams. Margaret Killeen spoke on the motto - Ever Notice? When you reach a certain age everything you have seems to wear out, spread out, or fall out. This took the form of a prayer entitled "I'm Showing My Age Lord." The meeting closed with the Mary Stewart Collect and a social time followed. The next meeting is June 16, at 9.30 a.m. with a visit to the Campbell School, Oshawa. Doreen Barrie P.R.O. This scene from "Daughter's Pride" includes .(left to right): Keri Vande- rEnde, Remi J. Pleasance, Jeff Laforet and Karen Dillon. The play, which is presented by St. Stephen's High School, takes place on Friday and Saturday evening at the Bowmanville High School Auditorium, June 3 and 4. We interviewed Karen Dillon, who portrays Sarah, the nervous mother of Veronica, Veronica, who is upset about her daughter growing up and she reacts to these fears 'by setting strict rules. Karen finds her part very challenging but as most productions productions it's very hard work and practice. Karen finds that Keri Vanderende. her "on-screen" daughter, plays her part of Veronica very well with much emotion. She also comments that Mr. Sheridan, Sheridan, director and writer, has been very helpful, understanding understanding and patient. Karen recommends Daughter's Pride for parents and their teenage children. "Daughter's Pride", Karen says, "is a lot of fun and we put a lot of time and effort into it." The play is about present day conflicts that parents and their teenage children experience. A young girl and her boyfriend struggle to understand understand their own parents and realize through love that life is not as simplistic as one might perceive. As the play starts out, Sarah Sarah and Peter are celebrating their daughter Veronica's 16th birthday party. They present her with a Daughter's Daughter's Pride ring which con tains three birthstones, Veronica's Veronica's in the middle and her parent's on either side. Veronica feels her mother is too strict, forcing her to wait until she is 16 to date. This causes problems between Veronica and her mother. Performances will take place on June 3rd and June 4th at 8:00 p.m. at Bowmanville Bowmanville High School Auditori um. Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $4.00 for students. students. They are available at the door or can be reserved by calling 623-7583. Senior citizens are invited to attend a dress rehearsal, free of charge, on Thursday, June 2,1988 at 8:00 p.m. We hope to see you there, by Linda Ellis and Nazrcen Perris. Vincent Massey School Report The plants that the children children planted are starting to grow and the children are growing excited. It's like - having their own farm in the classroom. Their favorite song is Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Participaction Day was fun and the kindergartens kindergartens hardly got tired the whole fifteen minutes. Mrs. Cavanagh is getting the children children ready for Grade 1, the BIG 1, and the kids can't wait. by Carrie Jackson On Wednesday May 25th Vincent Massey had a Participaction Participaction Day. Each class from Jr. Kindergarten to Grade 6 ran, walked, or jogged around the field for fifteen minutes. We ran from 10:15 -10:30 and we also had a delicious pizza lunch. Thanks again to the many parent helpers that made our hot lunch a suc cess! by Hannah Whately Sports Wh; lat's happening at Vincent Vincent Massey/ Right now we're into baseball and track and field. The baseball teams are not doing so well, we haven't haven't won a game yet, boys or girls. Well maybe we'll catch up. Let's thank their coaches for their excellent support. GIRLS: Mrs. J. Van Camp and Mrs. J. Dolan, BOYS: Mr. G. Murdoch. Everyone participates and enjoys track and field. We have a school competition competition in one week. When we're finished we have all the people who placed in the top three to go to the high school and compete for the school and themselves. We have won the trophy nine years in a row and we're going going to do it this year! by Alisha Conahan. Distress Centre Ho sting Annual Walk-a-dog -a-thon •fÆ j istress PSPA? ° A f DurhamRegion is hosting Above, Carey and Kelly were warming up last week its third annual Walk-A-Dog-A-Thon on Saturday, with one of the participants, Duke. The money raised June 11, at Darlington Provincial Park. The fund will be used for further promotion of the region-wide r n W S for - eight ¥? metres throughout service, which now includes offices in Oshawa Ajax the park with the canine and human volunteers, and the Town of Newcastle. 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