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tribune february 11 1987 a3 girl next door jennifer on skates is poetry in motion by jim thomas uxbridge those closest to the uxbridge figure skating club enthusiastically applaud her accomplish- ments for jennifer cook is their pride and joy at age 15 she has her gold in freeskate and hopes soon to complete her seventh figure next week she leaves with the ontario team to partici- pate in the canada winter games at halifax nova scotia only recently she advanced to the divisionals at barrie shes our girl next door jennifer has always lived in uxbridge she has two brothers greg 17 and blair 12 encouragement provided by her parents ron and ma rion cook has aided her greatly jennifer says michael sanderson is her coach and richard oneill her choreographer jennifer skates all year round wherever i can find ice she says she spends from four to six hours a day at the rink mostly in uxbridge but sometimes thornhill and scarborough like in any competetive sport figure skating has its hills and valleys jennifer ex plains however the rewards far outweigh the disappoint ments she claims while she doesnt recall the year jennifer thinks her first skating experience was ab out age three shes been going strong ever since even to sharing a toronto show with toller cranston and brian eockar its not unusual for jennifer to rise as early as 6 am she even skates during lunch periods sometimes it bothers me that i cant be with my friends she says but they seem to understand they like her parents have been very supportive she notes support has also come from principal fred rhodes of ux- bridge- secondary school and members of staff jennifer on her return from the canada games shell attend the ontario games at london fifteenyearold jennifer cook is the pride of uxbridge her fi gure skating talents have helped put the town on the map a grade 10 student at uxbridge high jennifer leaves this week to partici pate in the canada winter games at halifax nova scotia jim thomas a student in grade 10 jen nifer plans to go on to universi ty- following- graduation and- study sports psychology she may also serve as a parttime skating instructress itll be something to fall back on she says jennifer enjoys other re creational activities in addi tion to these include basketball volleyball soccer and track she and brother greg work on weekends at national gym sports in stouffville high news students celebrate groundhog day by geoff carney sdss reporter like it or not its true many of our mammalian relatives have been recognized for their out standing contributions to our soci ety just look at the beaver be cause of the value of its pelt and its role in the exploration and col onization of our country we have put its industrious image on every canadian nickel or consider perhaps the flamingo due to its symbolic expression of floridian culture the producers of miami vice have dedicated a ten second clip during the credit role of each episode to its honor stouffville dist secondary school not to be outdone jumped on the bandwagon last week on feb 2 everyone at sdss banded together to pay tribute to the groundhog j well perhaps not everyone but certainly a handful of devoted grade 12 groundhog fans t unlike some occasions this was not a spurofthe moment idea the festivities had been planned for months so join me if you will as i stroll down memory lane to the origin of groundhog fever it is late september on the night before it is due skilled bas ketball star and talented come dian darren montgomery re members about his 2000word essay on weather patterns the ensuing composition entitled groundhog weatherman of the animal world didnt go over well with his geography teacher but it proved a huge success with fellow classmates and other en tertainmentstarved students it was funny yes but there was something more to it it seemed to symbolize the classic last mi nute assignment when a stu dents only hope of survival is to get the teacher in a good mood and hope for the best it was eloquent it was hila rious it was and still is a classic we now go to early december when the diehard fans of our senior basketball team in honor of the boys first victory and mr montgomerys incredible 38point performance unanimously de cided to call themselves the groundhogs by christmas holidays the countdown was on 50 days until groundhog day things escalated from there on the pretense of studying for ex ams students prepared furiously for the big day one art student using an air brush mass produced groundhog day tshirts while sweethearts all over sdss received groun dhog day cards with messages like i worship your shadow or be my groundhog at long last the day arrived monday feb 2 instead of com paring exam stories students told about groundhog eve when their families sat around the decorated groundhog hole in the corner of their living rooms exchanging gifts it was beautiful but the highlight of groundhog day the groundhog party must go unreported call it groundhog luck but yours truly contracted a 24hour virus and was bedridden for the social event of the year but am i depressed no way there are only 356 days until groundhog day 88 we deliver we can deliver your flyers for as little as 35c each call advertising at 2042200 or distribution at 2948244 1986 flyers delivered to dec 1 economist suntribune melrobnd distributing 11192500 279240000 renee chonc look for these flyers al your door upper cinidi mall stouffville miracle food mirt woolco simpsons 2 shoppers drug mjrl