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i 16 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 5.1989 Valedictorian Addresses Fellow B.S.P.S. Students Run-a-thon Raises $4,300for Kidney Foundation on a : your leafen- By Craig Rickard Thank you, Mr. Murray and thank-you for letting me be part of to-night's celebration. celebration. Tonight is the second time this month that we've heard the term celebration and although it may not seem so immediately, the two-Skydome opening celebration celebration and tonight's graduation graduation celebration have much in common. I'd like to compare compare the two as we think tonight tonight back over our years at B.S.P. There's a camp song that says "We're kids under construction, construction, We're noisy and just bug you so But there's lots of questions, questions, we've just got to ask If ever we're going to know" ...and for two years we've been asking the best construction construction supervisors there could ever be. If we go on a tour of Sky- dome, affectionately called BSP by us, we can meet the construction managers. Let's make our first stop at the world's largest video screen. Now this technologi- . cal wonder could only have been produced by a scientist, a mathematician - who other other than Mr. Harris? You all . know Mr. Harris - he's the one we all looked up to in grade 7 and all look down to in grade 8. He's confided in me that he has 2 items he wants to put on the screen. First he's going to magnify the image of Mrs. Moffat lOx's ana she still won't fill even half the screen. Then he's going to write one, only one, of nis jokes on the screen. Perhaps we can register the joke groans on the elaborate elaborate sound system operated by who other than our music teacher, band leader - Mr. MacArthur. How often have you been in band Wednesday, awaitin musical solo when a ing "Y-O" has come from the vocal cords of Mr. Mac.Although it must be difficult difficult for mm to try constructing constructing a symphony when several of his musicians create sounds that sound more like those made ' of ; hammers and drills, he per- 1 sisted. And I, for one, think > we sounded terrific at last ■ week's concert. i I was going to suggest we i make a record of our musi- '• cal treasures and store it in X the B.S.P. archives but then ; I changed my mind. It would % generate one more an- * nouncement on the P.A.: £ "The band record is now > overdue; would the student * who borrowed it please re- £ turn it to the library?" x Each class has its own A construction supervisor, Ï known as the core teacher. I l wish I could tell you some- * thing about each one of £ these teachers, and believe » me I could, but I've been giv- 0 en a time restriction so let !_• me say that they are the « ones who built strong pillars in the facility - and whether it be Math, English, History it or Geography - they've £ helped us understand the * importance of a solid core for T- anything of lasting value. All that construction - makes us hungry so it's good to check out the food conces- sions. Now you might cor- '■ rectly expect Mrs. Hansen to 5 be construction supervisor in this area but this year she had this untrained as- 5 sistant helping her. Elies ap- pelle Mme. Romanchuk, le S professeur qui a nous en- seigne a rire et aime la langue française. (...Her < name was Madame Roma- t chuk, the teacher who ' taught us to laugh and love * French ...) Madame thought ' cream pies were for face oec- ]: orating, not for eating. As students standing on * the playing field we were 1 given the opportunity to par- > ticipate in many sports. We ' could kick, bounce, volley, i, throw, and vault - always < with willing coaches. We l were on centre stage for special special events - remember the ; Valentine parties, the public speaking and poster con- : tests, the music concerts •; and perhaps the high point, ; camp Tawingo. ; We heard about camp when we were in grade 7; re- ' member Mr. Putnam telling i us he'd go to camp until his J youngest son could attend - - and then remember the Put- > nams having a new baby ? son. We really can't take 5 credit for that but we do : want future campers to : know that it was during our l years that the extension of ; camp was guaranteed. ' Throughout all these ac- [ tivities we and our construction construction supervisors have re- ' ceived excellent support from school administrators, secretaries and custodians. Although we spend a great deal of time at Senior Public, we have never forgotten forgotten the contribution our parents make. We know it's not always easy nor restful for parents who have children children our ages. Our construction construction crew built private box seats for the parents - comfortable, comfortable, yet solid seats where parents are always welcome. For us, these seats are veiy important because we know our parents are always always here to support and encourage us. Ana although we don't say so often enough, thank you for that. Thank you staff and parents parents for doing what the song asks - for letting us be noisy and bug you, for answering our questions. Let's celebrate - let's roll the roof back and show the world the wonderful product you have worked so faithfully faithfully with - US!! Thank-you, and let's all celebrate. Principal Jim Murray of Bowmanville Senior Public School, left, congratulates Valedictorian Craig Rickard at the annual Graduation Exercises on June 27th. He is photographed with his several awards and following is the address he gave to fellow students. Inspired by fellow student Allen Anderson, a kid- cent run-a-thon. Allen's classmates and a group of top ney patient, students at Waverley Public School fund-raisers met Mary Stanley and Berl Thompson of raised over $4,300 for the Kidney Foundation at a re- the Foundation last week to donate the cheque. Protect Your Investment! 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At the same time last year, permits had been granted to projects worth $68.2 million. million. The building statistics for June should give a clearer indication as to whether any sort of trend towards declining construction activity is under way. TOWN GETS CENTENNIAL BOOK--The illustrated illustrated history of Central Public School has been formally presented to the Town of Newcastle. Newcastle. Co-authors Doris Falls and Bill Humber handed over the book to Mayor Marie Hubbard at the council session held Monday, June 26. Mayor Hubbard is, herself, a graduate of Bow- manville's Central Public School. The publication publication of the centennial book was among the centennial centennial projects taking place throughout the school during the past school year. CHILI COOK-OFF WINNER -- Denise Johnson, of Pontypool, won the showmanship competition Saturday in the annual Chili Cook-Off and Flea Market sponsored by the Newcastle Village Lions Club. She also captured captured an honorable mention for her Texas- style chili. The cook-off and flea market took place at the Orono Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 1, and Sunday, July 2. TREE PLANTING PROGRAM -- Homeowners Homeowners have until 4:30 p.m. today (July 5th) to request request the planting of trees by the Town of Newcastle. Newcastle. The municipality has ash, linden and maple trees available for planting this year. Requests are considered on a first come, first served basis. Trees are to be planted at the roadside or on boulevards at locations approved approved by the department, following consultation consultation with the home owner. For further,details, call 623-3379 (Ext. 323). ^ : ESCAPE INJURY -- There were no serious injuries injuries following an explosion on Friday, June 30, at the Bowmanville Foundry. The explosion occurred in a furnace in the foundry, causing damages estimated at $40,000. Two Bowmanville Bowmanville men were treated for minor injuries and released from Memorial Hospital Bowmanville. Bowmanville. OUTDOOR EDUCATION CONSULTANT RETIRES RETIRES -- After a 35-year teaching career, Audrey Audrey Wilson is retiring as the Outdoor Education Education Consultant for the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. The board now operates three outdoor education centres: The Laurie Lawson Outdoor Education Centre north of Cobourg, the Goodrich Loomis Centre in Brighton Township and the Wilmot Creek Centre in Clarke Township. Over 150,000 students students have visited these centres. PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS -- Two members of the Bowmanville Lions Club have received awards for perfect attendance recently. recently. They are Lions Llew Tomlinson and Claude Kilmer. Llew Tomlinson has an 18- year record for perfect attendance and Claude Kilmer's attendance record stands at 33,years. The three newest members of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Lions Club are Mike Trudeau, Arthur Short and Hugh Fair. BOOK SALE RAISES $$$ -- The Clarke Museum's giant book sale raised a total of $534.40 tor the museum building fund. Close to 400 visitors came to the event during the two days that the sale took place (June 24 and 25). SHEEP TO SHAWL -- Literally all aspects of the sheep industry will be covered in Sheep Focus 1989. This event will take place on Friday, Friday, July 21, and Saturday, July 22, in the Lindsay Fairgrounds. The attractions include a cooking demonstration, commercial booths, spinning and weaving demonstrations and many other events. It might make an interesting interesting item in your vacation calendar. ONTARIO STREET SHUT DOWN -- Don't plan on driving down Ontario St., in Bowmanville, until later this fall. The street, between Queen St. and Liberty St., was closed for total reconstruction reconstruction as of July 4. It's slated to re-open at the end of October. Ontario St. will, of course, remain accessible to emergency vehicles and residents of the street. But regular traffic is not allowed. $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE -- Funk Seeds has announced that it will once again be offering a $1,000 scholarship award to 4-H Club members. Applicants should meet the following guidelines: They should be entering the first year of the agricultural degree program program at the University of Guelph. They must be an active member of a 4-H Club and they must have achieved a minimum of 68 per cent in their final academic year. Applications are available from the local office of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. HYDRO SOCCER FIELDS READY FOR USE -- The soccer fields constructed by Ontario Hydro near the Darlington Generating Station are ready for use by Town of Newcastle residents. The fields were part of the town's impact agreement agreement with Hydro when construction first began on the power plant. Although the fields themselves themselves have been ready for some time, an agreement agreement about maintenance of the facility was lacking between the town and Hydro. The agreement agreement now has been worked out and the Darlington Darlington Youth Soccer League plans to make good use of the fields for the balance of the COMING ATTRACTIONS AT CLARKE TOWNSHIP MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES --On Sunday, July 30th, the fourth annual Antique and Classic Car Show will take place between the hours of one p.m. and four p.m. On Saturday, Saturday, August 5th, there will be a presentation by Museum Curator Mark Jackman at Darlington Darlington Provincial Park Pioneer Days. Mr. Jackman will be conducting a hands-on workshop workshop dealing with recycled papermaking. 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