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8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 26, 1989 Splash Into Spring at Clarke High Ht, 3 last Friday evening a Fashion Show was held at the Clarke High School in which some 28 models from the community participated to assist with the program. A few are pictured above. The show co-ordinator, Sylvia Parker from Not Just Fashions provided provided the various outfits and acted as commentator for the shopw. Following on Saturday, also at the principal at Clarke and Nora school, the clothing apparels were Parker. available for purchase. The event was held to. assist in Liz VanderSchee assisted along rasing funds for Laser Printer for with Donnarene Knapp, vice- the school. There was a good attendance at the school for the excellent show on Friday evening. Winners to head to Newfoundland Projects on the climate, on crops, on computers and on bacterial transformations emerged as the winners at the annual Nor-, thumberland and Newcastle Regional Science and Computer Fair held 15 April at East Northumberland Northumberland Secondary School in Brighton. The Fair drew its highest attendance attendance ever, according to Fair organizer Mike Roche, a teacher at Courtice Secondary School, with - about 340 projects entered by about 450 students. The four winners now head to St. John's, Newfoundland in May for the Canada-wide Science Fair. The winning projects are: "Factories "Factories in a Dish", a study of the transformation of bacteria into other kinds of bacteria, by Christina Cocek and Christa Quick, Grade 13 students at East Northumberland Northumberland Secondary School; "Is It Too Cold To Snow," a study of the effect of weather conditions on the formation of snow crystals by Andrew Hately, a Grade 8 student student from Bowman ville Senior Public School; "Pixel, Pan II," a There is a new student club at Clarke High School, a club with a difference. It is an Amnesty International International Youth Group. Amnesty for the release of Prisoners of Conscience Conscience (people imprisoned for their beliefs who have not advocated the- use of violence), the abolition of torture and the death penalty, and a fair and prompt trial for all prisoners. It accomplishes this through petitions and letter writing campaigns on behalf of individual prisoners. The Clarke branch was formed last fall when a group of interested students began making inquiries. In December, five Clarke students attended attended a conference about Amnesty International Youth Groups in Pickering. This started an enthusiastic enthusiastic group that presently has a membership of 'thirteen and is still growing. graphics package for IBM, designed by Grade 8 student Dana Moffit who attends Brighton Public School; and "Wheat or Rye' Which is the Better Competitor?" a project project by Grade 7 Percy Centennial Public School student Simon Sherry which charts the competition between between wheat and rye plants when growing in the field. As well, there were two Youth Science Foundation Awards. One, the Science and Development Award, goes to Simon Sherry for his project on wheat and rye. The second, the Forestry Research Award, goes to Darren Sweet, a Grade 8 student at Smithfield Public School, for his project on trees. The IBM Technology Award was presented to Dana Moffit for her project "Pixel Pan II." Students from the Kindergarten to Grade 13 level entered the Fair, and a'large number received prizes. The projects ranged from explorations explorations into why apples turn brown and what makes a bicycle bell work to solar heating and aerodynamics. Already the group has many accomplishments accomplishments to it's credit. It's letter letter writing activities have helped to free one prisoner, Jan Tomasiewicz of Poland, who was arrested for refusing military service. A petition * of over one hundred signatures of students and staff "were collected and sent to the Brazilian government. government. It requested that the government government investigate political killings of peasants and natives who opposed the cutting down of the rainforest. Although not directly involved,, the government has done little or nothing to catch the killers. On Thursday, April 6th, the Clarke Amnesty International group, organized a school assembly to tell the students what the group is doing. A twenty-minute film about the Universal Declaration of Hitman Rights was shown, and three members, Dylan Parker, Kim Multiple Sclerosis Canada's disease Multiple Sclerosis, this disease of the central nervous system strikes more young Canada adults than any other neurological disease. An estimated 50,000 Canadians must cope with the effects of Multiple Sclerosis everyday of their lives. Canadians are especially susceptible susceptible to developing Multiple Sclerosis because of where we live and where we come from The disease is more common in temperate climates, less common the closer one lives to the equator. The disease also occurs more often among people of northern northern European backgrounds, those who make up a large part of Canada's population. Multiple Sclerosis is very much a Canadian disease, and Canadians Gylytiuk, and Christy Climenhage, as well as the Principal, Mr. Hugh Hubbs, spoke to the student body. As a lead-up to the assembly, posters were put up around the school and an information table was set up outside the cafeteria. The group's Co-ordinator, O.A.C. student Christy Climenhage, explains the reasons behind the assembly: "Firstly, we wanted to let people know we're here and what we're doing. We're the first high school Amnesty Internation Internation Group in the region, and not many students understand what we're about. Secondly, we wanted to get more people involved. With what we're trying to accomplish, every letter and every name on a petition counts. So far, the assembly has been very successful. We've attracted some new members and people are talking about us. That's important." And the group is just getting started. On Sunday, April 9th, two members attended a multi-group meeting involving youth groups from Clarke, Pickering, and Ajax High Schools in addition to regular groups from Pickering,, Peterborough Peterborough and Napanee. "The trick now is to keep it going," going," says Climenhage. "Luckily, we have a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of ideas. I'm looking forward to seeing the group get bigger and better." better." are in the forèfront of trying to rid the jvbrld of it. The Multiple Scletosis Society of Canada funds over two million dollars of medical research each year targeted, at finding finding the cause, effective treatment and cure for M.S. The Society also supports services to assist Cana dians who have multiple sclerosis and offers educational programs about M.S. for health care professionals professionals and the concerned public. We can help too by donating money and time to this year's M.S. Carnation Campaign. We can do our part, in our community, today. Amnesty International group at Clarke High