PAGE 2- ERPRS,ýW fl4YeJeVeUY ,.8, iPý9 Sean Whitehead Exams ilbe starting Jan 19 (yes, that's not too far away) and ending Jan. 25. To all those students who have to write exams and especially the Grade 13s (who have no say in the matter and have to write) I wish you the best of luck. Congratulations to Chris Vesters, our lucky winner of the limo draw. To be eligible for the draw, a student had to sell chocolate cookies. For every three boxes of cookies the student sold, their name was dropped in the draw box once. Chris was the lucky winner of the draw. ' We also had what we called Sexual Equality Week. Hypothetical questions were directed to nale and female situations. Males could only answer certain questions, and females the sane. We also had a guest speaker come in and talk about this subject. Congratulations to members of the swim team who competed at the Donevan swim meet. Final results and team placing are not in yet but the team did well. Henry Hawks continued their hockey winning streak as they easily beat Harwood 9-1. Brent Knowles led the Hawks to victory with a four-goal effort. Hawks only have three games left in regular season play, then it's playoff time. The real test for the Hawks comes in the next two gamnes in which they will play Eastdale and Donevan. Good luck Hawks. ~T ~ ü Charlyn Long Almost ail the students have arrived back at Trafalgar Castle for another term. Everyone seems to have settled back into the routine of things and classes and back to normal, with one change. After 16 years as a member of the staff at TCS, Mr. Shelson has decided to leave the school in persuit of new endeavors. The faculty and students wish Mr. Shelson all the best in the new year. We are pleased that Mrs. Metslaar has returned from her sabbatical to take over the mid-school English department. The sports program is actively underway. Eager volleyball coaches scheduled tryouts for last week and teains have been chosen. Games for midgets, juniors and seniors are expected in the month ahead. Gymnastics is the other athletic featured this season. Any girls interested in competition or just a workout can join Mrs. Carr for practises after school. Mr. Kamcke has posted the rehearsal list for the musical play. Trafalgar's finest actresses will be busy combining their talents for the production of "Guys and DoIls" to debut for the public in April. It looks as if it is going to be a busy term at TCS. Priest withdraws objection An Anderson St. resident has withdrawn his objection to the Group 2 subdivision after signing a private agreement with the developer - an objection that would have delayed construction of the planned Catholic high school. James Priest had launched an objection to the Ontario Munici- pal Board (OMB) over the sub- division which is to include 465 single family dwellings, 54 link dwellings and a superblock con- taining a senior citizens block church, district park, commercial area and a Catholic elementary and high school. Since the OMB hearing would not be held until at least June, construction of the two schools would have been delayed. The Durham Region Catholic school board had hoped to begin con- struction of the schools in Febru- arut according to Grant Andrews, superintendent of busi- ness for the board, construction on both schools will not begin until June. The high school is to be com- pleted by September, 1990 while the elementary school is to finsihed by January, 1990. "The delays on that project have caused~us some difficulty," said Andrews. Whitby Catholic high school students now at Denis O'Connor in Ajax and Paul Dwyer in Osh- awa will begin attending classes at the newly constructed Monsig- nor Pereyma school in Oshawa, September, 1989. Students attending the ele- mentary school are at St. Paul's and St. Theresa's in Whitby and St. Michael's in Oshawa. Priest and other residents of Anderson St. have appeared at numerous meetings at the Town committee level in objection to the development. But Priest is the only resident who has entered into the private agreement with the developer since he was the only one appeal- ing to the OMB. I am a great advocate of compensation or -resi~dents im- pacted by developers," said Priest who was less than happy with Whitby council who he says did not help any of the Anderson St. residents get compensation. His objections included a dis- ruption of lifestyle during the six-year construction period; his unwillingness to pay for hook-up to municipal water supply; and Sunday construction. According to Priest, the legal agreement prohibits Group 2 from Sunday construction; noise is to be kept to a minimum; construction trucks are not allowed on Anderson St.; and Group 2 will pay for water hook- up. While a private agreement bet- ween a resident and developer is not uncommon, Priest says he is satisfied with the terms he was able to reach with Group 2. "I didn't get everything, but rm satisfied, said Priest. Liz Aruta Two weeks of Christmas parties and New Year festivities have been enjoyed by students and teachers of Denis O'Connor High School. In the coming few weeks, all that we have to look forward to are final examinations. Jan. 26 marks the beginning of first semester exams, and they end Feb. 6. From now on, both students and teachers will be busy concentrating on the work ahead in order to wrap up the courses before the three days of review starting on Jan. 24. Students at DO'C have shown interest in certain world issues and, with the guidance of a few teachers, have formed Youthquake. This group is working hard to raise funds for a trip during the March break to different Third World countries. This experience will enhance the knowledge of the students and teachers about the problems of the world. A total of seven students and two teachers will accompany representatives from schools in the Metropolitan region to either Mexico or Jamaica. To help cover expenses, a contest ynvolving jelly beans is being held. For the cost of 25 cents for one guess, or $1 for five, we can help these people take part in an experience that they will never forget. All proceeds will go to the Youthquake members' travelling fees. Because of the fast approaching examinations, activities within the various clubs and teains are slowly fading away. But the success rate of our teams has not been affected by the prospect of the testing. Recently, our volleyball teams have been in action, with the junior girls' volleyball teain continuing their hot streak, winning both their gaines against Paul Dwyer and Uxbridge High School. The midgets were not as successful. They defeated Uxbridge but lost against the Saints. However, the season is only half complete and the girls have plenty of time to catch up and make it into the LOSSA championships. Our hockey team seems to have started the New Year with some extra vigor. The boys recently went head to head against Donevan. A 2-2 draw was all they could muster but, considering the strength of the opposition, the boys fared extremely well. Finally, the yearbook committee has been busy with photography sessions lately. Before the break they managed to squeeze all the graduates in for their picture-taking and ail of the other students receiving retakes. This time, team and club photos were the main attraction. It was hectic and many missed their photo times, but overall the session ran quite smoothly. With all the hard work that the entire committee has put into the yearbook, we can be assured that this year's edition will be one to remember. Visser part of top team David Visser of Whitby was that category. one of three members of a Wil- Their report outlined the stra- frid Laurier University team teg of a steel company that that took first place in a national adapted to improve business business competition at Queen's while maintaining good employee University over the past week- relations, and was based on end. Dofasco of Hamilton in the '80s. Visser, 22, a fourth-year stu- dent in the honors business-pro- "This is afirst and quite an gram, and the other two students achievement,» said Rosemary won the business policy division Bell, Lauriers faculty adviser. of the Inter-Collegiate Business Twenty-seven universities took Competition, Laurier's first win part in the competition. Interim school in Oshawa By Debbie Luchuk Students who will attend the future Whitby separate high school, to be named Fr. Leo J. Austin Catholic Secondary School, scheduled to open in 1990, will spend the 1989-90 school year at an Oshawa high school. About 320 Whitby high school students in Grades 9 and 10 at Denis O'Connor High School in Ajax or Paul Dwyer High School in Oshawa will attend classes at Oshawa's Monsignor John Pereyma Catholic High School in a new wing. When Fr. Leo J. Austin Catho- lic High School is completed, Grades 9 to 11 and possibly 12 and 13 will be accommodated. Students who will attend St. Bernard's public school, to be located near the high school in the same Group II development, will be housed for 1989-90 in the old Denis O'Connor High School adjacent to St. John the Evangel- ist school on Giffard St until St. Bernard's is ready in early 1990. Ten St. John classes currently using the old high school will be transferred back to portables for that year. Whitby trustee Tom Oldman said that St. John's will have the first option of moving back into the former high school building after the St. Bernard students move to their permanent quar- ters. The 460 elementary students affected currently attend St. Michael's elementary in Oshawa, St. Paul's in Whitby, and St. Theresa's in Whitby. The elementary and secondary students will have their own administration during their year at the temporary accommoda- tions. Skate-a-thon will be held Feb.11 Whitby Kinsmen will hold their annual skate-a-thon on Saturday, Feb. 11, with partici- pation from Whitby schools to raise funds for the Cystic Fibre- sis Foundation. Schools with the most skaters and most donations receive cash donations from Kinsmen. Kinsmen held a break- fast on Tuesday morning for Whitby's school principals. For more information call Kinsmen chairman Mike Barsam at 668- 7853. School n ames selected The partially constructed Michael Blvd. Catholic elemen- tary school and the yet to be constructed Whitby secondary school have been named by the Whitby schools committee of the board. Fr. Leo J. Austin Catholic Secondary School was selected as the name for the new secondary school and Marguerite d'Youville Cathoiic School for the school on Michael Blvd. The separate school board ratified the choices' Monday night. The Marguerite D'Youville name is for the Blessed Mother Marguerite d'Youville, foundress of the Grey Nuns, a religious community concerned with car- ing for the needy and educating youth. The Grey Nuns came to Whitby 24 years ago and helped to establish Denis O'Connor High School. They have been principals and staff of both Denis O'Connor and St. John the Evangelist schools. The name Fr. Leo J. Austin is for a priest who ministered in Whitby's St. John the Evangelist parish from 1956 to 1975. He saw the building of St. John the Evangelist church, brought the Grey Nuns to Whitby, and was particularly interested in Catho- lic education. He was instrumental in the construction of St. Theresa's School and St. Leo's in Brooklin, and was involved in building up community youth organizations such as guiding and scouting organizations. Fr. Austin was chaplain at Whitby Psychiatric Hospital for several years, and continued after his term there visiting' patients at the Oshawa and Whitby hospitals. He died on May 25, 1984. Moment of silence continues until alternatives considered The Durham Board of Educa- tion will continue, to use a moment of silence in place of the Lord's Prayer until the Ministry of Education sends the board resource material on other alter- natives. Bruce Walker, superintendent of curriculum and program, told The Free Press that he received correspondence from education minister Chris Ward, indicating that the ministry was compiling resource material for use in morning exercises. "We have just received a state- ment fromn the minister. They (ministry) ara going te help us out with a resource document,» Walker said. "We were using the credo, then we had a reaction te that. Now we are using a period of silence.» Walker said that Durhamn schools will continue with the silence duning mnorning exercises until the programn committee cf the board receives resource material and a pproves it. Currently, t he Toronto board cf education uses a bock cf religi- ous selections created with input frein 40 clergy of various faiths. Walker said he thought the ministry would probably issue a similar resource book te aill school boards in Ontario. (Câlý:;Uâ