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14 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, April 17,1996 Section Two News and Highlights from The recent arrival of spring has caused the level of excitement excitement among new drivers to skyrocket. Parents are cautiously lending lending their teens the family car to drive in the improved weather. Knowing that this trend is happening, happening, the O.S.A.I.D. committee committee headed by Mrs. Lusito and Miss Macdonnell successfully organized an informative presentation presentation for students about the dangers of drinking and driving. driving. In cooperation with Mr. Lindop's drama class, the students students were shown visually what can happen to family and friends when a loved on Teacher Feature Ms. Karen MacDonnell Math Teacher Ms. MacDonnell is from Sydney, Nova Scotia, and is from a family of ten children. Eight of these children now live in Ontario and represent trends not uncommon in this country as people search for work beyond their home province. Ms. MacDonnell moved to Ontario to teach and accepted her first job about five years ago at Bowmanville Senior Public. She then joined the B.H.S. math department and has taught in that department for four years. She earned her degrees at St. Francis Xavier University and at the Nova Scotia Teachers College. One recent week was particularly particularly busy for Ms. MacDonnell. She participated in the 30 Hour Famine - yes 30 hours without food, sharing the experience of fasting with students students and fellow staff members all night in the B.H.S. gym. She is also active with O.S.A.D.D., Ontario Students Against Drunk Driving, and this group recently ran assemblies assemblies for the school. These activities indicate a teacher who is caring. When questioned, Ms. MacDonnell said she believes that caring for students is the key to her love of this profession. profession. This profession also needs female role models in subject areas such as math. Although Ms. MacDonnell would not admit to such a heavy responsibility, responsibility, her very presence in a math class opens up possibilities possibilities for female students. She likes quiet leisure time. Her interests include reading, watching T;V. and watching old movies like her all-time favourite, "Gone With The Wind". AT 4.9 years of experience, news has not been pleasant of late for this young teacher. She is an active member of O.S.S.T.F. and is responsible for organizing the B.H.S. contribution contribution towards the door-to- door campaign scheduled to happen in the near future. Thank you for all your dedication dedication in such hard times, Ms. MacDonnell. becomes a victim of a drinking and driving incident. The O.S.A.I.D. committee also provided provided guest speakers to focus on different facets of drinking and driving. One of the guests was officer Richards of the Durham Regional Police. He gave a breathalyser demonstration demonstration in order to prove some of the myths about drinking and driving are wrong. He also voiced some warnings to students students about dangerous driving while being impaired. There was also a guest speaker from a spinal cord injury hospital in Lindsay. She spoke about some of the work dedicated nurses and doctors do to help rehabilitate patients. One of the surprising statistics the students found out was that half of all patients at the hospital hospital were victims of vehicle- related accidents. The most sober moment of the presentation was when a victim of a drinking and driving incident wheeled out onto the stage to speak. to the students about how his life has changed since choosing to drive his truck while under the influence of alcohol. The message he wanted to convey to the students students was that the choice he made to drive that day has resulted in him having to live a life that requires constant adap tation. He has learned to accept his life now, and is an inspiring, functioning asset to our society. His voice of reason should be heard loud and clear. The recently proposed government government cutbacks on education in the province, have affected many teachers and students at B.H.S. On April 12, the staff and students from the Northumberland Newcastle Board of Education held a forum concerning this matter in the auditorium at B.H.S. Representatives. Trustees Mike Slocombe and Gail Syine, along with MPP John O'Toole tried to answer some of the questions from the students. The event was well-organized and had some students from outside Bowmanville High School in attendance. The main concern that students students inquired about was the removal of "out of classroom" education. This includes programs programs related to the arts and government-funded services for students, which include guidance counsellors and secretaries. secretaries. Most of the answers that were provided were speculation, speculation, because many of the changes won't happen until the new school year. It is obvious that these changes will not satisfy every one. They have already sparked some controversy among the school system and students. The one positive outcome that I see from the forum is that there is an effort on the part of students students and the school' board to communicate concerns and ideas to each other. The only problem I had with the forum was that it ran too short! Just when direct answers were being given to the students, it came to a close, with John O'Toole promising he would bring forth our demand for answers to the government. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if he lives up to that promise! 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