WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987, PAGE 15 Dodôlâ ©Helping Liz Aruta The DO'C-A-THON was a success once again this year. Students and teachers walked the scheduled 10 kilometres on Oct. 1. It was a safe and fun-filled walk thanks to Mrs. Dickerson, Mr. Gallagher and Miss Arthurs. Their participation in its organization was greatly appreciated. Our student athletic council members have already started work on their first project. They have planned the sale of DO'C Chargers track pants and shirts for the school. They hope these items wili boost school spirit and help in making our teams look more unified. In sports, our junior boys soccer team dropped to a 4-1 record af- ter losing to Anderson. Due to poor field conditions, our Chargers could not bring themselves together to beat the Raiders. The boys tried, but all they could manage were two goals in a 4-2 decision. Our senior girls basketball team pulled out another win to bring their record to 2-0. They started out slow, but sprang into action in the second quarter. They pulled away from a strong McLaughlin team with a great team effort. Our junior and midget teams lost, but not by very much. Both games were close but the Trojans seemed to be too strong for our girls. The midget coaches Mrs. Preece and Miss Spotswood, along with junior coach Mr. Dufresne, were proud of the girls' tenacious play and know the girls will do well later on in the season. Ann Dunn Many girls enjoyed a fun-filled sunny day at Canada's Won- derland on Saturday, Sept. 26. I'm sure most of the girls will remember Canada through the memories of activities and friends which play such an important role here at Trafalgar. On the sanie day our debating society travelled to St: Clements as did 20 other schools to take part in some competitive debating. On Monday we held our first clubs, some of which are sculpture, photography, drama, bowling, games,,racquetball, fitness and literary society. After clubs Monday evening house play tryouts took place and the lists for parts have now been posted. Tuesday we went to the quaint town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Lit tle did we know that we had really travelled back in time to the 1940's to a small town in the United States -yes, it was a movie sel For the past few weeks the town has been transformed and was the sight of some famous faces (John Travolta!>. We will all be lookîmg forward to the release of the movie considering we were there But Peter Pan was the real production we went to see at the Shaw Festival. There we travelled to never-never land and the enchant ed world of childhood. Our first students council meeting was held on Wednesday. Many new ideas were brought forward and we were off to a great stari Senior house soccer had a revival with Farewell beating Maxwell and Hare making a comeback against Carter. Meanwhile the juniors were busy in basketball tryouts. Good luck to all those who gave it their best shot! Don't forget our annual cross country run in which everyone par ticipates. This year, however, we will be having a 'Turkey 'roi because it falls on Thanksgiving weekend. See you there' Leslee Wilis What does another week in the life of an Andersonian bring. you ask? Entertainment? Triumph? Toil? Excitement?... Nothing? Well, hardly the latter, but the others have prevailed once more. making the week a very interesting one. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, a crew of 100 or so Shakespeare buffs sel off to Stratford to see the famed "Othello" at the Festival Theatre Although Othello's individual performance was questionable, the rest of the play was well done. Regardless of such, we set out that morning with one main goal in mind, and miraculously enough. il was accomplished - we made it home ON TIME, and with everyone we left with! (You see, last year's trip began and ended in despair, as a bunch of us got stuck at the Petro Canada station on the 401 when the bus broke down! iWhat could future Straford trips possibly expose us to? Wait 'till next year and find out! Also on the agenda this past week was a two-night science excur- sion to Claremont to study pond life: if you'd like to find out more about the trip, talk to someone who went - I'm not saying anything else! In the wide world of sports at ACVI, we have been exposed to a great number of success stories in the last while. The boys' soccer team continues to dominate their league, whil the girls' field hockey team is refining theirskills, as they prepare to kick off their season this week. Turning to the volleyball scope, the junior boys put on an ex- cellent show on Saturday. Oct. 3, by finishing third in their own tournament. Led by the outstanding serving of Jeff Hilliard, superb spiking by Eric Szabo, Gene Rainey and Sean Holt, and consistent offense and defense by Dan Clarry, John Palazoolo and Vince Soleto, the team finished first in their pool. After coming up on the SEE PAGE 19 student dropouts By ROXANNE REVELER Durham Board of Education trustees were briefed at their last meeting about an annual report covering a program that tackles one of its biggest challenges -keeping students in their early teens from dropping out of school. Supervised Alternative Learning for Excused Pupils (SALEP) is a safety net for a relatively small number of 14 and 15-year-old students throughout the region who have rejected the formal school system, but are not of legal age to leave school. In co-operation with all the com- munity services in Durham, the board designs programs for this handful of students - programs which combine work and study, life skills training, full-time work, or continuing studies geared to the student's needs and interests, The report indicated: "It is our contention that various community services are geared more for youth aged 16 to 24 and that the needs of our 14 and 14-year-old SALEP students are different and presen- tly not being met." SALEP committee chairman Lyn Craig toid trustees many of the students had been sending out an SOS for years, adding there were twice as many boys in the program as girls. She indicated SALEP students usually have poor self-images, dif- ficulty adjusting to school, dislike authority, and usually come from problem backgrounds. This year, 16 of the 49 students in the SALEP program returned to school on a full-time basis, or enrolled in correspondence cour- ses. SALEP liaison teacher Maureen Ham said the chances of these students completing the school year was "fairly poor," but they had at least recognized the importance of getting an education. She said these students had benefited from the program in one way or another because of the in- dividual attention they received. Ham said the WOW (Work Orien- tation Workshops) summer project, run in conjunction with Youth Employment Services, was a resounding success. This program took 10 potential drop-outs, found part-time jobs for them and taught them life skills. Staff members are continuing to monitor the progress of the students now they are back in school. CUPE, board reach agreement Negotiating.committees for the Durham Board of Education and CUPE Local 218, classroom assistants, reached a tentative agreement on Sept. 22. The two-year contract, effective Sept. 1, 1987 to Aug. 31, 1989, was later subsequently ratified by the board on Sept. 28 and by CUPE Local 218 on oct. 1. Members will receive a salary incr'ease of $1.25 per hour in each of the two years of the contract. Vision care will be added to the benefits package and an ac- cumulation of 80 days paid sick leave wil now be allowed. Classroom assistants will receive an additional paid holiday per year. The increased cost to the board for 1987-88 is $277,594 and for 1988- 89, $251 ,862. Gayle Snyder Would you trust this man? Well, we the students at Henry Street High School obviously did. Last spring he was voted in by an overwhelming majority to be our new student council president for the '87- '88 year. Let me introduce you to the one and only Andrew Hunt. Strange...yes. Unpredictable...yes. Lively....to say the least. But never doubt for one second his dedication, honesty and har- ANRW HUNT dwork. Andrew's main goals for this year are to bring together this school which has been divided for so long, to bring back the spirit once su abundant in our halls and classrooms, and to make this high school year as fun and interesting as he definitely is. Knowing Andrew, he'll do his best to achieve his goal and more He has already made some dramatic changes such as introducing a new structure for students' council with committee heads to make it easier to protect everyone's interests. He has brought in a series of lunch time events to our cafeteria such as the 'Dating Game' and the 'Gong Show' to relieve lunch time boredom. (by the way, Vanna, nice legs! ) Andrew is also trying to bring back our infamous fun night, in- troduce a winter carnival as well as putting more spirit into spirit week with eating contests, leg contests, tricycle and races, etc. With ail this, he is alsobringing in the biggest and best technology for our dances (just wait for the Halloween dance) and hopefully bring back the rivalry between Henry and Anderson. Errrrgh! Yes, Andrew, along with his two V.P.'s Trevor Rands and Todd Williamson and the rest of his council, wili be putting together one of the most memorable and exciting years...in years, (special thanks to Mr. Tate) so let's make this year the best. Gung ho. Henry and ail that. Just a reminder, guys. chocolate sales start Oct. 2. So get out there and support your school! Oh, by the way, I'm Gayle Snyder, and I will be reporting the up: coming news and events for our school this year. See you nexi week' DURHAM THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM PUBLIC NOTICE Take notice that the Regional Municipality of Durham is considerinq AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE DURHAM REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN The anendment, as submitted by the applicant, proposes an ad- ditional residential lot within the site indicated on the map below. MYRTLE- 1-j BRAWLEY 110.- aTOWN OF WHIT Y In order to assist in the evaluation of tieamendment application. the publc is invited to provide input by way of submissions to the Region s Planning Department. Information related to the amendment application is available in the offices of the Planning Department. 105 Consumers Drive, Whilby. Ontario L1N 6A3 or by calling Mr Neil Henderson. Planning Depar- tment,(416) 668.7731 Submissions concerning the amendrnenît application must be for. warded to the Commissioner of Planning. at the above-noted ad- dress. and must be received no later than Friday. November 6. 198 Please include your address and telephone number in any sutb- missions made File No. 87 64/D Marie Hubbard Chairman. Planning Conmitte Dr M Mvha'i. M C I P Commissioner ol Plarnnmti --Mwp-- ý5'l mlgh