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, Amâ€" i 2 RIDEAU DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL NEWS R.D.H.S. OPENS SMOOTHLY Rideau District High School is off to a smooth start again this year. Enrollment is up considerably over what was expected and two new classes have had to be created. The present enrollment is 535. Based on student requests from last year, 505 were expected. One noticeable change this year has been the absence of football from the extraâ€"curricular activities." There simply were not enough coaches available to run the program. Student interest has also been declining. However, soccer teams, both boys and girls, are in fall leagues and the school expects to see good results there, as well as in other sports programs. Mr. Tony Darby has been welcomed to the school as the new vice-principal as Mr. Ken Robinson assumes the principalship. Mr. Darby states that he, "finds the Rideau students very friendly and pleasant." PARENTS' NIGHT is coming up on Wednesday, October 9, (not Oct. 10 as mentioned in a letter that went out to students and parents.) All parents of Rideau students are invited to visit the school between 7:30 p.m. and‘9z30 .m.'to discuss their child' ro . P **********§kp gress RIDEAU RECEIVES NOMINATION FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL'S CRIME PREVENTION AWARD. The 1984-85, grade 10, Physical Education class of Mrs. Joan Kennedy has been nominated for the Solicitor General's Crime Prevention Award by the Gananoque detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. The members of the class were responsible for introducing the SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) program to, the school and the 4 community. Constable A.M. Maveety states in a letter, dated Sept. 12, to Mr. Ken Robinson, school principal: Because of our concern over the increase in teenage drinking and the resulting injuries and damage, we are pleased to see students involved in these programmes. Therefore, the students of that grade 10 class have been nominated. The whole school is proud of all the students involved in the program and hope that as many community members as ossibl will u ' . P e was}... SOCCER 1985 has brought about some changes in the athletic program at Rideau District High School. The football team has fallen to the wayside and soccer has taken over. This is 'the first year for a full fall schedule for soccer at Rideau and Senior Girls Coach, Bob Reddick, is quite excited. Coach Reddick is pleased to see the response he has received from the girls. Although the sport is new to the school, some of the players have had exposure to the sport. Cindy McCullough will be backing up Iorth Leeds Lantern 21 DON WARREN RETIRES After five years of active work with the Leeds and Grenville County PublicSchool Board, Mr. Don Warren of Chaffey's Lock has decided to "retire". Following service on committees for: Finance 8: Personnel, Education, Bargaining, Vocational, and Public Relations, Don was elected Viceâ€"Chairman for the 1982-83 year and subsequently served as Chairman in 1983-84. Don stated "Having attended up to 122, meetings a year for the past five years, it's time to take a break." Our thanks are extended to Don Warren for his fine representation on our behalf...and may the the team in goal while Evelyn Scheitrowsky, Martha Kenney and Renee Veley head the attack. Coach Reddick is pleased with the effort of all his players such as Tanya Hawkins, Jennifer Carbine, and Vicky Tinkess. Another promising factor is the enthusiasm of the Junior team. The number of girls on the Junior team is greater than that of the Senior team, which promises a strong program ahead. Schedule for upâ€"coming games is listed in Sports Date-lines on this page. Articles and items featured in the Rideau District High School News column are submitted by students and staff of RDHS. R.D.H.S. SPORTS DATE-LINES GIRLSSOCCER Oct. 1 - TISS at Rideau 3 -BCI at Rideau 8 - Rideau at BCI 10 â€" so at Rideau C9 15 - NG at Rideau 17 â€" Rideau at T155 24 â€" Playoff Tournament at BCI BOYS SOCCER Oct 4 - Tournament at T155 9 - Gan at Rideau 11 â€" Rideau at ADHS 16' - GCC at Rideau 18 - Semifinals at 2nd place finishers. 22 - Finals-Semifinal winners at first place finishers. 25 - Boys EOSSA at SG @ GIRLS BASKETBALL Oct 3 - Gan at Rideau 10 - SL at Rideau 17 - Rideau at GCC 24 - Rideau at Gan 31 - Rideau at NG Nov 7 - ADHS at Rideau 14 - Rideau at SL 19 - Semi-finals 21 - Finals Week of Nov. 25 - EOSSA BOY S VOLLEY BALL Oct 2 - NG, Rideau, SL at Gan 9 â€" Gan, Rideau, ADHS at NG 16 â€" Gan, ADHS, SL at Rideau 24 - SG, BCI, Rideau at T155 30 - Rideau, ADHS, SL at NC Nov 6 â€" LGSSA 12 â€" EOSSA (Junior) 14 â€" EOSSA (Senior) 22-23 - OFSAA Key: Rideau ADHS Athens D.H.S. Gan Gananoque Secondary School BCI Brockville Collegiate Institute SG South Grenville D.H.S. 'I'ISS Thousand Islands Se School SL Sharbot Lake High School NG North Grenville D.l-I.S. , GCC Grenville Christian College clip am ave.-.C-OUDIQOCUICIIIIOOIDOII.IICIIDUC'IOOOOICICI Rideau District High School fish beware! JOHN C. EYRE Associate Broker Vogol xung I . Assocmtes; ALL LINES OF INSURANCE Including LIFE E, DISABILITY Phone 359â€"5952 "You/t Local lnAu/umce Buckle/t" YOUNG SPEAKERS FOR AGRICULTURE DELEGATES ATTEND WORKSHOP Twenty Ontario rural youth recently met at the Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology to participate in the "Young Speakers for Agriculture" workshop, August 23â€"25, 1985. In recognition of International Youth Year, the workshop was aimed at helping participants become effective speakers concerning agricultural issues. Sessions included speech building, research, presentation tips, debating and audio visual techinques. Delegates presented prepared speeches and also experienced impromptu speaking situations. To celebrate Agriâ€"Food Week, October 7 to 13, participants will be encouraged to speak about agriculture throughout urban and rural communities. Many of the participants are looking towards a career in agriculture and feel that the skills obtained in the workshop will help them in the future. As one delegate states "...time and energy must be given to reinforcing and improving the general public's attitude towards this fundamental industry agriculturalists must be prepared to speak for agriculture in a professional and convincing manner". “THE COMPUTERS ARE COMING... THE COMPUTERS ARE COMING.." Five local communities have been successful in receiving a grant under a provincial BILD project. Aimed at giving the general public access to computers and raising the level of computer literacy among young people, the five areas, Brockville, Portland, Elgin, Gananoque and Athens, will receive a share of 60 Apple IIE compuers, 5 printers and a large quantity of soft-ware. The computers will be used by the school children in these areas but the general public is guaranteed access and time to use the equipment under the direction of teachers and parent volunteers. A training workshop will be held for the teachers and parent volunteers from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4. The sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day under the direcion of two instructors from the Ministry in question. The computer centres will, on receipt of the equipment, begin operation as soon as time scheduling has been arranged.