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The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, October 5. 1988 Rotary Welcomes Guest Speaker Waverley Public School Welcomes Paren ts to Open House i i..I..- n: j „n« No this can't happen to this vear with our got Parents Visit Waverley by Heather Watson and Amy Ramage On Wednesday, September September 28,1988 Waverley Public School had their Open House. Parents, students, teachers, relatives and younger children came to visit Waverley. Open House is when parents come to meet the teachers and to see their child's work. The Open House was held in the school and in the portables at Waverley. Waverley. Notices were sent out to the parents through the school newsletter. The halls and the classrooms were very crowded. It was obviously obviously a great success! Mrs. Pitt's Class by Theresa Edwards Mrs. Pitt has been at Waverley Waverley for four years. She thinks Waverley is a great school. I am in her class. Each day the Toronto Star is delivered to our class during the Summer Olympics. We all read a paper and do Dagmar Busshoff, who runs Bowmanville's Centre for individual Studies, was the guest speaker at last week's meeting of the Bowmanville Rotary Club. She ic flanked on the left by Club President Don Welsh, and on the right by Kay Simler last week's information officer. The dean of the Centre for Individual B and P Club Holds First Meeting of New Season . , it i cntYio nf fho rosnhitinns that the level of aware by Irene Konzelmann After a long, hot summer break, members of the Bowmanville Bowmanville BPW Club came out in full force to their first meeting in September. We were eager to hear the reports reports from our delegates who attended the 42nd Provincial Provincial Conference in Hamilton Hamilton and the 31st Biennial Convention of the Canadian Federation of BPW Clubs in Windsor. We were also very pleased to welcome three new members to the Bowmanville Bowmanville Club. The BPW, a non sectarian and non partisan organization organization with well over 4000 members across Canada, is actively promoting the interests interests of women at the provincial provincial and federal levels by presenting briefs to governments governments on matters of current concern. The organization also keeps members in-' formed and involved, for instance, instance, in public affairs, leg- islatipn, education, and employment practices. This was very much evident evident in the reports presented by Maureen Mumford and Mavis Carlton. The former a novice delegate and the latter latter a veteran of numerous BPW conferences and conventions, conventions, they both described vividly their overall impressions impressions of the conferences and some of the resolutions that were discussed and carried. Free Trade and the Meech Lake Accord are seer, to generate some negative impact on women in the future future in regards to their economic economic position and status of equality, and the government government is urged to monitor and assess this impact. Both the provincial and the Canadian federations have reaffirmed their efforts in gaining benefits benefits on a pro-rated basis for part time workers. Members of the Ontaio BPW Clubs are opposed to changing the Retail Retail Business Holiday Act relating relating to Sunday openings. The Canadian federation will facilitate an election information information package on issues affecting women to heighten the level of awareness and assist women to become better better informed voters. Municipal elections are not far away, and the Bowmanville Bowmanville Business and Professional Professional Women's Club is pleased to host a Candidates' Night for the three declared candidates for Mayor of the Town of Newcastle and invites invites the public to attend on Thursday, October 20th, at the Lions Centre at 7:45 p.m. Each candidate will speak for about five minutes, then the floor will be opened for questions. Everyone is welcome. welcome. If you would like to join us for dinner at 6:45 p.m., please phone Vivian Pickarc at 623-7221 or Amarjit Sodhi at 623-6438 by October 17th. Elect • HAL MCKNIGHT Mayor Events at C.S.S. This week has quieted eating pizza. Most of the peo- r,.! down quite a bit from, last; ,;ple enjoyed the camping trip Except for the basketball and more than anything else, soccer games, it has been Many people have joined up quite normal, with people rushing to their classes. The games were plentiful last week. For soccer, the seniors tied 2-2 against Donevan Collegiate after a nerve-wracking game . where both teams were evenly matched. The junior soccer team tied 1-1 against Donevan. After they both got a goal in the first half, the ball kept going up and down the field with brilliant goal tending on both sides. In basketball, Eastdale and G. L. Roberts were beaten beaten by Courtice. Three- pointers are allowed this year; so we are glad at getting getting our first one against Eastdale. The Outers' Club is for people who like hiking, swimming, camping or just again while new members are welcome. Photography is the main concern of this returning club. The people belonging to it seem to enjoy getting the other people in our school into embarrassing situations situations to be seen by all in the yearbook next year. ILs funny to see other people's comic expressions on their faces..The pictures the people people see of tnemselves sometimes sometimes make them upset, but after a while they smile and laugh at themselves. Starting next week our fundraising efforts will begin. begin. We are again selling (very tasty) chocolate bars. I do not know what the fundraising fundraising is for yet, but we are supposed to find out soon. Lisa Scattergood. BS; ini NLz I Choose the system that's right for you X . . .. ■ . * >< save>> ' r ,v ,^s ■MS-DOS in ROM «torts oultxtWo iy. : juV insoit you poyam diskette and : vou'ie ready to run - no waitno ■ Menxxy -- con m wlin 25iK end a : b&tHri,32£ 72(Xti»k drive ■ fcosv to eiDcnd - use PLUS expans on boards, odd a second 3h" internal : or £>'.»' Gxiitinoi disk drive ■Adopter Included you can plug In : |cy sticks, monitor, p: inter ryhl away ■vMth Persona; Desk Male'* 2 -- six handy programs in one. incivding PAM. 1SXI MUSIC. WORKSHEET, Hl.Ef?, orxt CALENDAR ■Aro-rioDle -- ob'k) Of w th a mon ter, the hx is cro vJ the Pest txime computer txiy* ground (2MC53) ; ►,e.r ; 36-i <:T> tAi kv >•<?* v • II Wion you buy tho Tandy 1000 HX alone 1199.00 save s, 1000 HX (25-1053). C colour monilor (25-1043) 499 140000 5-1053). CM-5 11/ /RSmSS '5-1043) Radio Shack Authorized Sales Centre Bowmanville Audio-Vision 20 King Street West 623-2312 Olympic activities in our scrapbook. This is really interesting interesting and fun. On our Science table we have a.ter- rific rock collection. Mrs. Pitt and the students brought many beautiful rocks for us to investigate. There are also books to read about rocks and minerals. We are really lucky to have three IBM computers in our class. Everyday Everyday each student has a computer time. We are learning many new programs. programs. We also study Spelling, Math, E.S., Writing and Reading everyday. Mrs. Pitt makes learning very exciting. exciting. Soccer at Waverley by Jonathan Plazek At Waverley Public School there have been soccer soccer try-outs for the soccer team. Fifty-three children came out for the team, but only 22 children were picked with some back-up members. Fourteen boys and eight girls were chosen. Mr. Gray, the coach, was looking for sportsmanship, athletic ability and soccer skills. Only Grades five and six were allowed allowed to participate. There are three nights Waverley vs Central - October 6, Waverley Waverley vs Vincent Massey - October October 13, and Waverley vs Lord Elgin - October 18. Insects at Waverley by Heather Youngman On Monday, September 26,1988, we had a visitor at Waverley. This visitor was Mr. Davis and he is an entomologist. entomologist. He became interested interested in this line of work when he was young and he made a career out of it. He started his own lab and became became self-employed. Mr. Davis Davis has has been doing this type of work for about thirty years. He trades his insects for insects from other countries countries and looks for different species. He has twenty six cases of insects and has only been collecting insects for the last three years. He collects collects moths, beatles, butter flies and other insects. He has about 1100 insects. He likes his career very much and is happy with what he has chosen to do in life. Fun In Grade 3 With Miss Mathews by Kristy Quanduk Miss Mathews has been teaching at Waverley P.S. for two years; she taught grade 2/3 last year and now she's teaching grade 3. Miss Mathews' students are studying studying about themselves. She says she likes being a teacher and is going to be starting a workshop program for her parents. Her students are going going to the outdoor center later later in the year. Ben Johnson Ben is the best Even under difficulties Never stop trying Johnson didn t mean it Oh those bad steroids Hard training for nothing Not even a gold medal So sad Oh feel like crying No this can't happen to Canada. by Brandie Rhude. Ben Johnson Believe it, Ben won! Everybody is glad! Now Carl Lewis is mad. Johnson is the best! Other racers too! Holding a world record! Now Ben is really happy! Someday Ben wil be the best man alive! On to the top! Now Ben is the best! by Melissa Gidney. On Your Mark! Get Set! Go! by Rebecca Vatcher Coach Ms. Porter is working working with about 21 children for the Cross Country racing team. The harrier meet will be held on October 19 at Enniskillen Enniskillen Conservation Area. All the children are at afterschool afterschool practices from 3:45 to 4:15 on Monday to Thursday and I think Waverley has a good chance to come in first this year with our good runners. runners. A Sweet Juicy Trip with Mrs. Peter's Class by Christal Reid Mrs. Peter's class took a trip to Watson's orchards on September 22. They left the school at 1:15 and got back at 3:00. Mrs. Peters and her class travelled by car. Mrs. Harnum came and drove some people and Mrs. Peters drove some people. She had seven children on the trip. The class took the trip because because they wanted to see different different kinds of apples. They went to the A&P to compare the cost of apples at the store with the cost of apples at the orchard. Mr. Watson helped find the apples they wanted. Here is wnat they picked: Spartans, Macintosh, Cortland Cortland and Empires, The class made apple and cheese snacks for Open House. They learned four kinds of apples and their uses. It sounds like a tasteful time! employees retirees, and their families MIR GREATEST kv'fv ••'V kv.V.S I mV-. 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