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WCI principal retires after 35 years as an educator For most of his tenure at WCI, he coached the junior football team until ongoing labour strife between teachâ€" ers and the province no longer gave him a league in which to play. "You used to know where to find me on a Friday afterâ€" noon," said McCarthy. "I was out on the sports field, "This job takes a tremenâ€" dous amount of time and commitment, but I was glad to give it because the rewards were well worth it." Those rewards are harder to find these days because of the change in job descripâ€" tion, something that a lot of educators that started teaching in the boom times of the 1960s are finding. That‘s precipitating the mass exodus in the teaching profession that‘s been seen in the last few years, and the teacher shortages being seen around the province and in this region. People that McCarthy came up through the ranks with, like former student activities â€" director â€" Brian Cressman, have already left. Others like Russ Woloshyn are planning to leave. 6 Are you having a baby? â€" Do you have questions about your pregnancy? Come to - HEALTHY FOODâ€"HEALTHY BABY _ â€"â€"â€" PROGRAM Funding for the Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program was provided by Health Canada "To hear people of influâ€" Informal * Free * Fun For information call: 883â€"2267 Local police officers hit the pavement in Waterloo last Thursday as part of the 15th annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. The run, sponsored by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, saw 7,000 law enforcement personnel from across the province run more than 8,000 km. Participants in the local leg of the run trekked from the Waterloo detachment on Erb Street to the Kitchener detachment on Frederick Street. Carrying a torch ence in our province suggest we‘re not doing a good job, or suggest that there are serious efrors or problems and make us responsible for them, is not fair," said McCarthy. "It sucks the energy out of teachers, and teachers need all the energy they have." Not enough work has gone into repairing that relaâ€" tionship, leaving principals to cope with staff morale issues on top of their own matters. Uitimately, _ McCarthy still believes in the motto that hangs over the front foyer of the school: Through these doors walk the best staff and students in the world. And those are the memoâ€" ries he‘ll take with him into retirement â€" programs like Lighthouse _ and _ Stuff Happens that helped build the school community â€" and leave it in good hands for the future. "I‘m proud to be a part of that," said McCarthy. "All 1 said was, ‘how could I help you,‘ while giving the staff my support. "So many people came forward to do something. Personally, that‘s what I found so special in this comâ€" munity. People knew that if they had a dream and a vision, their peers will fall in with them and we would support them." DESORAH CRANGALL mOTG