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News from Blackstock The Clarington/Courtice Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, November 16, 1996 19 By Joyce Kelly Our community lost another long time resident with the passing of Jennie Bailey last week. Sympathy is extended to . her son Allan and Marilyn Bailey Bailey and their daughters Sharon, Laurie and Janet and their families families as well as. to Jennie's sister sister May Shortridge. Many, from this community attended the Bertelsmann Community Celebration at Port Perry High School on Thursday Thursday evening in celebration of the Durham Board of Education Education winning this highly respected respected award for the Best School Board in the World. Julie Byers and her groom-to- be, Fred Slemon, were honoured honoured over the weekend. On Saturday evening a large crowd of friends and relatives attended the Jack and Jill dance in their honour at Nestle- ton Hall. On Sunday afternoon another large crowd attended the bridal shower in Julie's honour. Best wishes are extended extended to this young couple who will be married on November November 30. The Nursery School will be holding the annual Pancake Breakfast with Santa on Sunday, Sunday, December 1 at the Rec. Centre. Make your plans now to attend. Jeff and Andrea Byers of Deep River, were weekend guests of his parents, Jim and Barbara Byers, and attended the two events in honour of his sister Julie. Sophia Brendon of Rude, England was a Monday guest of Marie and Cecil Gibson. Norma and Doug Edwards of Englehart were Sunday afternoon afternoon and supper guests of Gerald Gerald and Joyce Kelly. A busload of farmers from Quebec toured several farms in this area on Friday. At noon they enjoyed a hot dinner at the United Church. On Saturday evening Gerald and Joyce Kelly were special guests of the Brooklin Agricultural Agricultural Society's Appreciation Banquet and evening. On Thursday evening a large number of local folk went by bus to Toronto where they attended attended a taping of the TV programme programme "Air Farce". It was aired on Friday evening. Members of the Blackstock Agricultural Society are reminded reminded of the meeting this Thursday evening. Many families enjoyed having having their young people home when they all arrived back in Blackstock for the commencement commencement on Saturday evening. A large crowd attended the annual Cartwright High School Commencement Exercises. Mr. L. Plue gave his address to the graduates, after which Scugog Trustee Bobbie Drew brought greetings. Jennifer Parsons, Parsons, Student Prime Minister also gave her congratulations on behalf of the student body. Proficiency Prizes were awarded as follows - Grade 9 - Julie Obstfeld; Grade 10 - Lisa Nesbitt; Grade 11 - Mandi Crowder; Grade 12 - Jennifer Tyrrell; OAC - Dave McKee; Most Improved students - Nicole Nicole Espie, Kyle Buller. Subject Area Proficiency prizes for various grades were awarded to Janele Buller - History, History, Keyboarding and Math; Julie Obstfeld - English, French and Phys. Ed.; Sara Brown - Science; Marilyn Ar- buckle - French; Jada MacLeod MacLeod - Science; Melissa Hughes - Data Processing; Lisa Nesbitt - Data Processing, English, Geography, Geography, Mathematics, and Phys. Ed.; Mandi Crowder - English, French, Phys. Ed and Biology; Angela Drew - Data Processing, Modem Literature which she tied with Alisa Campbell; Melissa Hughes - Chemistry; Andrea Johns - Business Math; Dayna MacLe od - Accounting; Karen Swain - Mathematics; Jennifer Tyrrell - Geography, English, Phys. Ed., Chemistry, French and Law; Leanne Goslin - Phys. Ed.; Jason Andrews - Law; Mandi Crowder - Math; Theresa Theresa Keddy - Business Math, A.G. Klei-Data Processing; Jennifer Parson - History, English English and Physics; Jennifer Heathcote - Biology; John Ford - Algebra, Calculus; Melissa Melissa Moore - Geography; Jaime McKenna - Economics; Dave McKee '- Accounting; Junior Art - Janele Buller; Senior Senior Art - Heather Bredin, Top Graduating Art - Lianne Campbell; Campbell; Junior Music - Josh Hels- don; Senior Music - Jennifer Notman and Jennifer Parsons (tie); Most improved music students - Arley Irvine and Neil Ruskay; Top Grad Music - Alisa Campbell; Creative Writing - Alisa Campbell Pine- ridge Sports Award - Adam Wonnacott; Athletic Council Award - Leanne Goslin; past Student Council Prime Minister Minister - Heather Goulding. O.S.S.D. graduates were Jennifer Jennifer Balser, Nick Bessie, Peter Bostlemann, Alisa Campbell, Lianne Campbell, Mike Carlson, Carlson, Carl Davis, Beth Dunkley, Nicole Espie, John Ford, Heather Goulding, Jennifer Heathcote, Erik Hudson, Christa Christa Jamieson, Genevieve Ken- dell, Dave Kelt, Mike Leem- ing, Rick Mason, David McKee, Chris Parson, Kirk Swain, Scott Swain, Richard Timmers, Craig Willis, Adam Wonnacott and Kelly Wright. CHS's 1996 Ontario Scholars were Nick Bessie, John Ford, Jennifer Heathcote, Rick Mason, Mason, David McKee and Kirk Swain. David McKee was presented with the Governor General's Medal for graduating with the highest standing at CHS. David David also received the Port Perry Realtor's bursary. Several memorial awards were also presented. Krista Jamieson Jamieson received the Andy Avis Scholarship Fund, the W.G. Bowles Memorial was presented presented to Rick Mason, the Blair Graham Memorial was presented presented to Jennifer Heathcote and Kirk Swain and the Eleanor Eleanor Kelly Memorial was presented presented to Heather Goulding. Duke of Edinburgh Awards were presented to: Bronze - Julie Julie Obsefeld, Miranda Wylie, Michele Wylie; Silver Leanne Campbell, Christina Ewartt and Gold - Jeff Fletcher, Fletcher, Mike Leach, Heidi Obstfeld and Katie Mairs. Several bursaries were awarded to graduating students going on to university or college. college. Jennifer Parsons introduced introduced John Ford who gave the valedictory address. Congratulations to all the graduates and award dinners! The November 9th Choir Workshop, presented at St. John's, Blackstock, by Reverend Reverend David Montgomery, was a great success. Nineteen choristers choristers and members of the congregations congregations of St. John's, St. Bernadette's and Blackstock United Churches, attended. Under David's guidance, they sang examples of contemporary contemporary church music coming from the Iona Community in Scotland, the St. Louis (U.S.A.) Jesuits and the Taizé Community in France. The singing was interspersed with discussions of the appropriateness appropriateness of various songs to a particular particular place in the Liturgy or to a season of festival of the Church Year. David was a big hit with all the attendees and several suggested "this should be done again." Father Hugh will be taking a short vacation from November 16th to November 25 th. During During the two Sundays he will be away, church services will be conducted by Lay-persons and visiting Clergy. Hugh has put- in a lot of very hard work during during his first year as Parish Priest and all the folks at St. John's hope that he and Peggy will have a restful and safe holiday. holiday. Recylcling Helps Medical Program The high cost of medical supplies supplies is no longer a barrier for people with limited resources. That's because the Clarington Medical Equipment Program - thanks to generous donations and volunteers - is actually giving giving away medical equipment. Since the program started accepting accepting used equipment in June 1995, more than 300 items have been donated - and more than half have been given away again. Visitors who drop in to the program's storage facility at Memorial Hospital - Bowmanville Bowmanville on Tuesday afternoons are greeted by a line of crutches and canes hanging on the wall, and must dodge an assortment of bulky mobility aids to find the storage room, where wheelchairs, wheelchairs, walkers and bath seats compete for the limited space. "In some cases," says Red Cross Volunteer Co-ordinator Fran Harsell, "people have treated (the program) as a loan service - equipment has gone out and come back. The idea of it is, it's not an emergency service, service, it's more for long-term care." She receives a couple of calls each day at her office in Oshawa from people asking what items arc available, or offering offering to donate no-longer needed equipment. Not all requests can be filled right away - equipment such as electric scooters, rollator walkers walkers and wheelchairs arc in hot Challenge Answered at St. John's Snowflake Bazaar The challenge was issued this past year for the men of St. John's Anglican Church to make their own preserves, pickles, jams and jellies for the Snowflake Bazaar on Saturday, Saturday, Nov. 11. Among those who took up the challenge were George Webster, Charlie Charlie Hester, Bill Paterson and Ray Henry. The guys show off the bounty that remained at the table by noon on Saturday. They admitted that while they did make the bounty shown, some women did help doll-up hie jars with ribbons and pretty toppers. Internet Training for Peer Counsellors On October 2, the Peer Counsellors Counsellors at Clarke High School received training on the internet. internet. Each Peer Counsellor was trained in the library at Clarke by our internet expert, Mrs. Heeringa. The internet has proven to be a very useful tool to all of us at Clarke. Currently a few of the computers in the library are hooked up and the students are able to go "online" "online" to search for information on just about anything. Already, Already, many students have used the internet to help them complete research for ISP's, projects and other papers. The peer counsellors were first shown how to "move around" the internet, as many of us have never used it before. This in itself was quite interesting interesting and challenging due to the fact that some of the internet addresses were very long and complicated. Mrs. Heeringa was very patient with us though, and very soon we were feeling more comfortable "surfing the 'net". Next came the interesting part. The peer counsellors were being taught how to access post-secondary education and career planning information. We went to many different "sites" and learned a lot of new things about universities and colleges. The Peer Counsellors have also been exploring the internet on their own and have come across many new "hot spots" for education and career planning planning that they will be able to share with other students that come into the Guidance Office. The purpose of the internet training was also for that reason. reason. Many senior students at Clarke are starting to look for information on post-secondary education and career planning. Hopefully the peer counsellors will be able to help them to make their search easier and more worthwhile. Also posters will soon be posted in the library library with research tips. Handouts Handouts will also be available to help students get started. For those that have the internet at home and would like to find out about education or career planning, a helpful site is the Ministry of Education. This is at http://www.edu.gov.ca.on. The internet is useful for finding information on the many universities and colleges that many students from Clarke are applying to. You can find information such as the scholarships scholarships they provide, what kind of residence they have, what programs are offered and what courses are needed in high school. You can also find out how and where to apply to these schools. demand. Other items on the waiting list include bed rails and an adult-sized crib. As well as equipment, Fran is always looking out for volunteers. volunteers. Currently, she needs an able-bodied helper to pick-up and deliver equipment, and someone who is willing to spend the occasional afternoon at the facility on Tuesday afternoons. afternoons. The medical equipment recycling recycling program was started up by representatives of local community agencies - Memorial Memorial Hospital - Bowmanville, Clarington Community Care, the Bowmanville Rotary Club, and Branch 178 of the Royal Canadian Legion. Each organization contributed contributed to the project: a grant from Rotary covered start-up costs, the hospital donated storage space, a new railing and a sign, the community care office provides provides a mailing address and administrative administrative support, the'Red Cross provides volunteers and a phone line, and the Legion provides equipment maintenance. maintenance. The storage facility at Memorial Memorial Hospital - Bowmanville is open to the public every Tuesday Tuesday afternoon from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and Thursday evenings by appointment. For more information information or to make an appointment, appointment, call the Red Cross office at 723-2933 and ask about the Clarington Medical Equipment Recycling Program. 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