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Port Perry Star, 12 Mar 1991, p. 23

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Bobby wins silver medal for wrestling af the Ontario Winter Games Our congratulations to Bobby Crawford. He received the "Silver Medal" at the Winter Olympic Games held in Coll- ingwood last weekend. Bobby is a member of the Oshawa Wrestling Club. The club members got 2 gold medals; 1 silver medal and 8 bronze. They had overall first place in wrestling at these Olym- pic Games. Again Well Done! We do need to hear this good news about our youth and not only about the ones in trouble that we read in the headlines sometimes. Muriel Gibson entertained her two grandchildren Kyle and Jillian Ridge while their parents Darlene and Dale went on a snowmobile trip up north on Sunday. Bob and Linda Hunter have returned from a restful vacation in the Dominican Republic. Jen- nifer and Adam Hunter enjoyed their stay with their grandparents Jean & Neil Hunter who visited the Don and Marg Hunters in Markham. They all had a lovely visit with their Uncle John Heron in Richmond Hill. Helen McKean and Muriel Gib- son attended a Women's Institute meeting for Ontario South District at the home of Mrs. John Hamer in Myrtle on Monday the 11th. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ellison from Thamesville and Amy, Lisa and Stephen were weekend visitors with parents Don and Helen McKean. They attended the funeral of Dale's grandmother, Mrs. Florence Archer held on Saturday from the Nicoll's Funeral Home in Midland. Mrs. Archer has been a resident of the Port Perry Villa for 1! years. Her former home was in Port McNicoll, a granddaughter Carolyn Franklin from Ottawa at- tended the funeral and enjoyed meeting her many cousins for the very first time, including Donna Irwin with her daughter's Can- dice. and Daiureal from Greenbank. Mr. Len Jarvis and brother Herbert Jarvis have returned home from a two week vacation, travelling to places of interest in Florida. All of his family were home to celebrate Mel McGee's birthday last weekend. Congratulations Mel!!! Greenbank School News by Ryan Tyce & Jay Fletcher This week the grade three class is working on publishing books and doing it different ways. The grade four class is finishing their rainforest trees and learning about life on the banks of the Amazon River: The grade five students left from the school at 9:00 on Wednesday the 8th. They had three races using compass, pen- cil and map. They had a non gar- bage lunch in the workroom. The grade five had lots of fun and they hope to go again. Monday was a snow day for our bus people. We walkers, did math, computer work and gym. A lady from the Durham Distress Center talked to all students about good self esteem, making our own decisions and not worrying about what other people say. Greenbank School went skating on Friday, March 8 (a.m.) at the Port Perry arena. Please phone 985-2944 with your news. We like to hear when the snowbirds come back from the south!!! mmammaan Sentor Citizens 10% DISCOUNT ruesday to Thursday (offer expires April 30, 1991) (not valid for daily specials or alcoholic beverages) % 655-8911 Hwy. 12, North of Brooklin BR a =" airy A BIG THANK YOU -- TO) -- UXBRIDGE CO-OP FACILITIES - Bernie, Wayne, Ben and Staff; UTICA FARM EQUIPMENT - for trucking corn to the co-op; LEEK TRANSPORT - for trucking corn to Montreal and moving trailers; REESORS MILL - HARVEY ACTON LTD. - for weighing corn trucks, ZEHRS MARKET - for 4 dozen donuts daily SPECIAL THANKS to ... the 160 plus volunteers who bagged and loaded the 6000 bags of corn for Mali and Niaraqua, THANKS to ... The Uxbridge Times, The Uxbridge Tribune and The Port Perry Star for promoting our project. THANKS to ... our church representatives for their speedy work in getting volunteers. Sincere THANKS from the Local Committee ... FLOYD EVANS, ORVAN BRETHOUR, DON ASLING PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March 12, 1991 -- 23 Vice president of the Durham Region Police Association Terry Ryan (right) presents a $1,000 cheque to Community Memorial Hospital administrator David Brown and Founda- tion director Debbie McGarry. The money was some of the proceeds raised in the Garden Bros. Circus sponsored last year by the police's membership association. Other regional hospitals and charities also benefitted from the fundraising event. F017 0) i [0 Canadian Students Drop Out... A RCRA Pay The Price. ¥ Every year, 3 out of 10 Canadian students drop out before finishing high school... And they realize all too soon that it isn't as easy as they thought. The fact is, over the next few years, the majority of new jobs = Dropping w Without it, young out i% no people simply won't have the choices, the way Out. will require a high school education as a minimum. opportunities or freedom they're looking for. When 30% drop out...over 100,000 students a year...it affects everyone -- parents, educators, employers, Canadian society as a whole. Making sure that young people stay in school is important* for all of us...and more important today than ever before. Let's do something about it. Gouvernement du Canada 0 dr i Government of Canada Ministre d'Etat a la Jeunesse Minister of State for Youth Canada

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