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The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanvillc. February 25. 1998 Page 7 Tradition and Change -- An Overview of Athletics at BHS-- by: William R. Todd Programme Leader of Physical/Health Ed. Tradition is a hard topic to discuss in today's climate climate of educational reform. With change happening so rapidly, it is hard to find a teacher or administrator who has stayed in one place long enough to know the traditions of the school let alone compare "then" and "now". Being a Bowmanvillc tcachcr/coach for the past 24 years qualifies me to some extent to comment on tradition and change. Walking the picket line for ten days in November gave me time to think. Once I worked my way past the "poor me how unfair" attitude that had a tendency to overwhelm me, I started to reflect on what had happened happened during my years of athletic involvement at BHS. From the beginning, it has been evident, that coaching is teaching. It is not only the basic instruction instruction of game strategy, or the performance of an athletic skill, but the process of taking taking an individual and providing providing them with the social skills to become part of a group. With today's selfish approach to life, it has become a challenge for our tcachcr/coaches to develop the sense of caring, sharing, and commitment, necessary to change "ME" to "WE". For this reason, we have always encouraged our teachers to coach. Being with the student athlete during the school day fosters fosters an understanding and togetherness that an out of school one hour a day coach cannot hope to achieve. Discipline and focus, once easy to develop in players, has become a constant constant challenge. Many of the social skills taught in class arc reinforced on the playing fields. Our coaches lead by example and arc well respected by LOSSA, our sports governing body. Countless hours arc spent convening leagues and running running tournaments. One need only to listen to the morning announcements announcements to realize how much daily activity there is for our students. Athletics takes its place among the dance programme, the choir and bands, the play, the outers club, crime stoppers, stoppers, and the environmental club, among others. All of these activities are organized organized by teachers on their own time. If the validity of our programme is to be measured measured by wins and losses, then our 5 championship banners place us far behind the rest of LOSSA in performance. performance. Success cannot be measured by the number of banners on a gym wall. It should be measured by the number of kids that play pickup sports and intramurals intramurals in our gym at lunch and after school, all supervised by teachers. It should be measured by the ever increasing group of players who at 5:00 p.m. when told to go home respond with such comments as, "There is nothing to do at home", or "Why go home?, There is nobody there, and my friends are here". Success is evident every Christmas, when former students return to our school to be involved in the atmosphere of our Grad Basketball Game and Christmas Concert. I witness the carry over value of the hours spent coaching every time I see the number of former athletes playing in adult leagues that they organize and run every night of the week in our gym. The most measurable change seems to be our steady increase in the number number of extracurricular activities. activities. We presently offer 38 teams/clubs in 26 different sports. This increase results from the addition of 17 young teacher/coaches who have added their enthusiasm enthusiasm and expertise to an already dedicated list of veterans. Many of our 29 coaches coach more than one team and work with approximately one third of our student body. I am very proud to be part of a school that is steeped in tradition, one that prides itself on progressive progressive change. What concerns concerns me most about recent changes is, that they are occurring too quickly without without any regard for the values values of a programme. The possible lack of funding produced by future cuts is not frightening, We always seem to find ways to fund all the teams and clubs. I do fear that future change will affect the number of coaches coaches and the time that they will have to work with our athletes. Bowmanville's tradition of "quality" will not change as a result of the lack of effort by its teacher/coaches, but may be a result of change created created by "Bill 160". Tyrone News by Jacqueline Vaneyk The farm shows arc over for another year. The Toronto Show was February 2-6 at the International Center. The Vaneyk puller tractor was part of the exhibit. Last week, Kris and John Vaneyk, as well as numerous other Canadians, took in the huge show at Louisville, Kentucky. The evening entertainment entertainment in Louisville is a tractor pull mn by National Tractor Pullers Association. Now back to the grindstone! Sympathy from the community community goes to the Wood family, Audrey, Ted and John and their families, on the passing of Edna Wood. Edna has lived in Strathaven for some time now. Sympathy also to Ralph and Cccilc Bowers on the death of Ralph's brother. And to Ella Bowman on the passing passing of her brother, Ivison Tamblyn. Elsie Roy has been moved to Bowmanvillc Hospital and is coming along well. Big Brothers Bowling on Saturday benefitted by a good turnout. The Tyronc- Enniskillcn churches put up over twenty bowlers, Workers are in high gear for the Chicken Pie Supper and Talent Auction this Saturday. Betty Pascoe still has some tickets, sec Coming Events, Scouts, Guides, Cubs, Brownies and Sparks and their leaders attended the Thinking Day Service at Enniskillen Church on Sunday, Regular organist Ray Ashton has been enjoying enjoying a holiday in Hawaii, so the spot was filled by Jacqueline Vaneyk. At 'fyrone, all the workers within within the church, including the congregation, were recognized recognized in a Covenanting Service, Soloist lor the occasion occasion was Heather Myles, World Day of Prayer Service will be held in Enniskillen church on Friday, March 6, at 1:30 p.m. This year's service is on the theme "Who Is My Neighbour?". Everyone is invited to attend. Volleyball Program A Winner at Courtice Secondary Volleyball is a sport which requires determination, skill and co-operation. Many girls at Courtice Secondary School know this from experience. At Courtice Secondary there are three girls' volleyball volleyball teams. Midget, Junior and Senior. They have all done very well. The Midget girls' team is coached by Mrs. Mackenzie with two assistant coaches Mike Edey and Jackie Somers. The team consists of thirteen girls: Kristen Klawittcr (Captain), Joanna Allin, Ashley Broome, Magdalen Dabrowski, Kristen deVries, Kerra Gardner, Jenny Krabi, Mandy MacGregor, Raya Matthic, Kelly Minion, Lisa Pittens, Katie Tribeau and Kelly Olsen. During regular season play they won seven games and lost two. They lost against Central and Port Perry. Mrs. MacKenzic feels their toughest opponent in the Lake Ontario Secondary School Athletics (LOSSA) championship will be Central. Only losing two games puls them in second place heading into LOSSA. The Junior team, coached by Miss Adair, has only lost three games this season. Their losses were to Central, Brock and G.L. Roberts. The junior team is made up of nine dedicated players: Steph Scott, Jamie Burley, Cassandra Lonhert, Steph Brunton, Andrina Matthic, Kristen Swerdfegcr, Christie Stevens, Sam Cousins and Kim Metcalf. It has been a wonderful season for the junior girls. Miss Adair would like to send special thanks to her assistant coaches Peter Janssen and Justin Cutler. The Senior girls, under the coaching of Mr. Adair, are undefeated for the second year in a row. They have been in the LOSSA championships for the last two years, both times going on to represent LOSSA at the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association (OFSAA) championship, and they hope to do the same this year. Six of the girls on this year's senior team are returning from last year. There arc nine players all together. Jessica Powell and Patricia Goff (Captains), Rochelle Oliver, Angie Dillon, Holly Broome, Addle Gerrits, Alana Jones, Amy Wallraff and Robyn McKinnon. All the hard work the girls have put in over the last few months has really paid off. The LOSSA Championship playoffs arc Wednesday, February 25, The Midget tournament, held at Courtice Secondary School, will have eight teams taking part. There will be six teams competing in both the junior and senior tournaments tournaments which will be held at Port Perry High School. Good luck girls! Corinne Hester Knox Student Creates Winning Legion Poster A pen-and-ink poster created by Sarah De Vries of Knox Christian School placed first in the junior level of the annual "We Will Remember Them" contest sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion. Her entry also took second prize at the zone level. Legion member Bill Sutton (right) delivered two framed certificates to her on February 18th, as Principal George Pctrusmn offers his congratulations. congratulations. Lord Elgin P. 5. Top Public Speakers Lord Elgin Public School salutes its top public speakers! First place finisher, Ashlcigh Dwinnell (centre) goes on to compete at the Legion contest finals on February 22. Adam Carter and Janelle Sturrock (not pictured) pictured) were runners up. Congratulation also to Joshua Beavcn, Nigel Julicher, Alcisha Marchant (absent), Sandy Todd, Alex Bilcnduke, Emily Gorgcrat and Jessica Beers. Alumni Satisfied With Trent Newly released survey results reveal that alumni are more than satisfied with the education they got at Trent University. . The survey respondents from all years consistently indicated they were satisfied satisfied and close to very satisfied (on a four-point scale from very satisfied to very dissatisfied) with class sizes, faculty availability and leaching quality while they were enrolled at Trent. The survey questions were piggybacked onto a 1996 questionnaire asking more than 13,500 addressable alumni to update information contained in the Trent alumni directory. The eight questions were selected from Statistics Canada's national graduate survey and asked how satisfied alumni were with their education while enrolled at Trent and since graduating. About 17.4 per cent of all Trent alumni responded to the national graduate survey questions. The survey survey drew responses from alumni who had enrolled at Trent each year from 1964 (when it opened) through 1992. of the trends and events that shaped this century as seen through the pages of The Canadian Statesman. The War Hits Bowmanville While many of us consider taking out loans to bolster our RRSPs today, workers in 1941 were scrimping to buy more War Saving Certificates. At the height of Christmas season in 1941 'The Canadian Statesman' featured full page ads urging consumers to "spend less" to buy more war bonds. Indeed eveiv Goodyear workers, laid off the week before Christmas due to a government-ordered ban on the manufacture of all domestic products using rubber, were signed up 100% to buy War Saving Certificates. Ottawa had announced a year-long manufacturing freeze of everything from wringer rollers to heels, girdles and golfballs. Rubber was not to be used for anything other than defence projects. The law was in response to crude rubber supplies from East Indies, Malaysia, Ceylon and Netherlands being cut off because of the war. As a direct result, one fifth of the 593 workers at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant in Bowmanville were laid off indefinitely: That posed a serious problem for Bowmanville where one out of four working men was dependent upon the Goodyear factory. But, in light of the circumstances, there were few who resented the sacrifice. Meanwhile, editor George W. James was pushing for conscription and disputing "wishful economists" who believed bankruptcy alone would defeat Japan. The editor lamented the failure of elected representatives to say even a word for an all-out war effort: "The United States, within half a week of declaring war, has full conscription of troops for service anywhere in the world." But at a Rotary Club gathering that Christmas, Reverend Clifford Smith of Ebenezer offered his three point plan for peace: scaling back armaments on a global scale; setting up an international jurisdictional system with the power of a police force and with the United States as a member; and remembering the teachings of the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. Those Were The Days Price Check - The federal government in 1941 introduced "ceiling prices" on household goods to prevent wartime inflation. Women were urged to keep strict tabs on prices they paid at their local grocer and at clothing shops, and were encouraged to challenge merchants when necessary. Sign up Ship Out - The Canadian Army was recruiting tradesmen, ages 18-and-a-half to 50, to be everything from mechanics, radio operators, welders or electricians and to fill hundreds of other trades positions. Women too were being wooed by the Canadian Women's Army Corps to be drivers, stenographers, clerks, cooks and cleaners. Ages 21 to 40 considered only. POW Recaptured - The first batch of German officers arrived at Internment Camp #30 in Bowmanville on November 20, 1941. Days later, three of the German officers on a train bound for the compound escaped enroute but were captured. By the first week, there were 560 POW's interned, many vowing to make a break for it. It was a Lieutenant Ulrich Steinhilpcr who got through the double barbed wire fence, hitchhiked to Toronto, then Hamilton and finally Niagara where he entered the USA by switch engine. "But lie was so cold and miserable he switched back to Canada, dead beat, hungry, too cold to resist capture," The Statesman article reads. "The prisoner was evidently glad to get back "home" to the comfortable steam-heated surroundings he had left." "Talkies" in Bowmanvillc - "The Bowling Club is to be congratulated on securing an engagement with the Edison Kinetophonc Co., who will entertain the people of Bowmanville and vicinity in the Opera House (the auditorium of the Town Hall) on Monday and Tuesday, December 22 and 23 with Edison's marvelous invention, the kinetophonc. It is one of the greatest novelties of the 20th century and is not simply moving pictures, but laughing, singing, talking pictures with the voices of the actors and every sound faithfully produced true to life." -- From The Canadian Statesman, 1913 Landmark Furniture Durham's Largest Selection of Quality Furniture "We will never Le undersold" 77 King Street Hast 697-2225 Bowmanville View of Goodyear Rubber Company