Page 20, Whltby Free Press, Wednesday, December 18,1996 LETTER Dear Sautai 1 put cookies on the. table and my stockcing je tthe one with a bear on it. How do yo fly around the world in one night? How do the reindeer know how to stay on the roof? If You get stuck in the churnney, how do you get out? And if you need help delivering the. presents, do you ask Mrs. Claus? Sarah Dofron Grade 1 E.A. Fafrman P.S. Tom Edwards By Amy Bluadel On this Christmas ove, whule visions of sugarplums may dance in our iieads, visions of e m p i o y m e n t opportunities will b. in the, head of Wiiitby Mayor Tom Edwards. For hlm, Santa Claus is the, Ontario governinent and this Ciiristma s iie's asing for help in pro vi din g jobs for the. citizens of Whitby. Edwards' most mem- o ra b1 e Ciiristmasa was in 1942. H. was 16 and serving in the fnliitazy. Tiie war iiad stopped for Christmas and back then it was customary that the. officers provide, pay for and serve Christmas dinner to the, troops. 'Tii. officers had ordered three pige from a farmer in Palestine," recalis Edwards. "But the. delivery ofi Nic tii. pigs was delayed 3 and by the. timo they got fto us, tiiey wero rotten. "What do you do witii rtiiree rancid pige?" Ail three pige were bid goodbye and given a proper military funeral. This year, Edwards' Christmas wilI be spent in a more traditional way, as h. will be sharing it '" chldron, spouses and grandchild- "It's not somethiing that'we're Sable to do overy year becaus, my family je al over. "But the, fact that we're ail going ta b. togetiier this Christmas means a lot ta me. "I arn really lookcing forward to it." And what will Edwardas be sorving et Christmas dinner? "T'urkey, goose, but not pigl" LETTER De., Santat How do you get around the. world ail in one night? I arn going to give you some cookies. Brittany Ailan Grade 1 E.A, Fafrman P.S. Jumper PROM PA GE 16 «He's very brave and very forgiving;, i I make a mis. take, he doesn't lose hie confidence at ail, which is what you noed. "H. forgives me if I make an error and vice versa... ho'll jump anything I put him in frotof. » Bogie p'retty much knows whart t do when there's a jump in front of hlm,» she saye, adding her job is te, steer hlm and control the length of his stride. "Iiey don't know how much to shorten 'their stride so you have ta do the. judging... Your horse would mainly have a 12-foot stride. If thoy (course desig- ners) want to trick you, they will put in a lin. that will rjie you to shorten or Iengthen it -- you have to do it at a certain time or youil b. too close or ta far away from a jump.» She also Credits coach Mark Hayes with helping to keep her and Bogie fit and «keeping us on track.» Rocy, who has competed at the talent squad level for three years and spent a similar priod in the junior ranks,i.ias been jumping for 15 of her 22 years. She admits ta, being«u in the, air» about whatsa next, though , saying shel either take some timne off, penhaps ta resume her university studies in Janu- ary, or continue working fulI-timo taward her goalofý competing in the Olymipics --Ihaven't really decided ye... "I have ta make a deci- sion as ta whether I want ta, finish achool now or wait,» High schoo)l reunion planned A huge reunion of formaer WhitbY District and Henry Street high schools will be held M4ay 2 and 3. "We're expocting between 500 and 4,000 students to attend each n* ht n say John Bolton an%'Wayne Stubbs, Henry toachers for more than 25 yoars. «Tf you went ta Whitby District or Henry treet you wonpt want tamiss this one." .Tii. reunion will b. held at Henry and at Iroquois Park roc coznplex. There wilT b. a uwalk down memory Ian.» and casual social at the. school %rdaynight, May 2, and a gala dinner and dan;ce will beabeld Saturday night, Vý~Henry alumni Sue MacLieod and Donna iRaet- sen Kemp of Sh"Bang Pro- ductions, are coordiniating the event. For thoso wishing ta help oua meeting will b. heldl J7n 77p-..at the school. Call 571-IISHS for more information. Tanya Hunter I Alana Koster Sinclair Secondary Sohool Wow! Tii. semi-formal dance last night was amazing! Glad to se, everyone in full attire and having a groat time. If you missed out on the fun, plan to b. at the. next on.. Time le running out to bring in, your food and mittens for our holiday drives. Winnere of prizes were tiiose who brought in more t2ian four items. Ail the. donations will be collected tomorrow, so hurryl MWr. O'Toole's Grade il writers' craft course has also been busy spreading holiday choer. Tii.class has written and illustrated holiday stories that wore rea.d ta daycare children. Tiiey have also etarted a, "Santa Writing" letter exehange, wiiore rumour has it that the big guy up north will b. writing back. Only dure more dayal This Friday la tthe last day of school before we all are unlashed ta celebrato our timo off durlng the holidays. Classes will b. siiortened and will finish ln the. mornlng. Mfter lunch, Make your own premium wines. Europeanr Califonian, Italian, Ausfralian. Ready in approximately 4 weekcs. Batch size Sequivalent to 30 botties of 75o ML. Pinot Chardonnay Chablis Riesling ~Bordeaux -Zinfandel Chianti hChenin Blanc ~ Cuvee Speciale Cabernet Savignon -Chenin ~Valipoliceila~ Burgundy - Gewurztraminer Blanc Liebfraumnilch ~ pinot Noir studentB wiil choose whether they would like ta meet in the cafteria for a holiday assembly, or go skating at the Brooklin arena.. Tom Gidman iiolidays, and please make sure not ta get behind the. wheel after iiaving something to drink, and don't By AMY Blundeil For Durham soparate school board chair Tom Qidman, Christmas is about more than receihing presents. As Chrisians, it je tthe centre point of t&i year for h. and his family. "Chirist- mas le a v e r y important time for us because it je the. celebration of the. birtiiday of our Lord Chrisat, " says Old- man. Being witii family is also a very important part of Chisztmas for Qîdman and iias been since he was a child. "I have a very large family and, back wiien w. were kids we got thinge like fruit as gifts. THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY 0F DURHAM WORKS DEPARTMENT 0FHOLIDAY CLOSURE OTHE REGIONS WASTE, MANAGEMENT FACILITIES The Regions Waste Management Facilies in Oshawa, Port Penry and Blackstock will be closed for the Christmas Holiclays on Tuesday, December 24 at noon. They wiJI open on December 27 and 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on December 31, from 8 a.m. to noon only. Normal operations wilI resume on January 2, 3 and 4 from 8 a.m. to4 p.m. V.A. Silgailis, P. Eng. Commlssloner of Works Ciiristmas gift ,w, received kas being witii the. family." Every Chiristmas Oldmanefaznily gatiiers at one hous. ta celebrat, Ciiristmas. This year it wiil b, held at our Cg o ab. a lo f people, over two dozen of us. "W. ail go ta, Cirisat masa m a s s togethor and juet ornjoy al the. great Christmas.-" bu Tii. mont memorable Chrjstmas for Qîdman was hie last Chirstmas spent with his fatiier. For Oldman and bis family, every Christmas je a memorabi, tâme as 1 - 7M 1 1