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Denil's O'Connor schff1lnews By LIZ ARUTA Denis O'Connor High School was bursting with sehool spirit on Feb. 17 as the first Pep Raily was held. The rally was the first major projeet of our newly-formed student athietie council. The council did a great job setting it up, considering the short arnount of time* allotted to them. At the rally, we were 'introduced to our curling team, our volleyball and basketball teams, and the highlight of the rally, our hockey team. The spotlight was on the guys who worked s0 hard over the season to make it to the LOSSA hockey finals. Short blurbs on each member were made by coach Fitzgibbons to the delight of the guys and the audience. DO'C pride was evident on the faces of the team members as they showed everyone their true colors. Tickets were sold to students who wished to attend the final against the O'Neill Redmen. The high at- tendance of DO'C fans unfortunately did not pump our boys enough to pull off a winning result. In other sports action, both our volleyball teams recorded a win. On Feb. 18, our junior and midget girls volleyball teams travelled to Bowmanville to defeat weak Durham Christian teams. Thiswas the last game of the season for both midgets and juniors but our junior girls volleyball team made it to the LOSSA playoffs. Our basketball midget boys played St. Steven's in their last game of the season. Our boys played an excellent defensive game and a stirong offensive game to win 43-25. The midgets later played again- st Anderson ini a losing effort as well. Their season was fulfilling, and coach McGeown wishes to thank them for their time and determination. Maybe you'll get them good next year guys! Both our junior and midget boys basketball teams lost in their opening LOSSA, playoff games. Our juniors played against Central and found themselves behind 19 points after the first haîf. They tried to corne back, but lost despite a valiant effort. Another wonderful production lias been staged by the members of the Dram Club. Last week, the students and teachers of Denis O'Connor High Sehool witnessed performances of "The Broken Globe." These performances were warm-ups for last Thursday's Sear's drama festival. Miss Calderone and Mr. Gailagher should be commended for their work with the cast members. On Feb. 17. final marks froni the first semester 'were distributed to students. There were some sad* faces, butmostly there were happy students roaming the halls after receiving their ,grades. Finaily, at a recent student coundil meeting, the proposai of a Lenten Fast came about. Patti Arnold, the person who initiated this wonderful way of raising money for Share Life, is in charge of the committee. This committee wil help Patti out by creating posters, organizing the event, and basically helping out in ail her endeavors. Patti has guest speakers, films, games and other items lined up for the first 100 people who are wiiling to fast for 24 hours. This will be an overnight campaign with the hopes of raising some money from the pledges the 100 wiil have received. This will be a fun and en- joyable time for ail. But, let's not forget the cause of it ail. As Patti said, "It's time to show everyone that DO'C is a school with a dif- ference." WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4,1987, PAGE 23 Whi*tby man proves you 9're neyer too o'ld forscouting You're neyer too old for scouting. Just ask Allan Halton. He's the latest of many Whitby scout leaders to have received a badge as reward for leadership trainiing. The 43-year-old Whitby resident, better known by the 4th Whitby troupe by his scout name. "Light- ning" recently received the honor after two years of training in the program that enhances scouting skiils which wiil be passed on to the boys in the troupe. A native of England, he joined cubs when his family moved to Wisconsin. He stayed in cubs when he came to Oshawa in 1954 and was a scout first in Oshawa, then in Whitby, before leaving in 1958. He again became involved in 1985 when one of his sons became a cub and his daughter, a brownie. "It seems like the end of a long journey," says Halton, a teacher of visual arts at General Vanier Secondary Sehool. "It's my turn to spend time as a -leader." The honor he received is made up of the Woodbadge woggle,' beads and Giilweil scarf. Folklore is at- tached to each symbol which represents a level of training. For example, according to lare, during one of Lord Baden Poweil's army tours of Africa, he was in- volved with the successful cam- paign against.one of the revolting native tribes. The leader of the tribe, Dinna Zulu, was wearing a necklace made up beads. Powell took the necklace and gave the beads to his army scouts as they improved their skills. Halton can 110W also attend the annual meetings of the Gillweilian Society since he has received his badge. The society meets every BLANKET SCOUT LEADER from Nancy Stolk, mittee. year. at the Blue Springs Scout Reserve mn Acton. "Scouting is a lifestyle, not just an organization,"' says Halton, who was particularly happy to receive the honor in front of bis former scout leader, Ted Robinson of Oshawa, who started scouting there in 1941 (Whitby' began in 1955). Allan Halton receives his badge liaison for scouts and group com- Free Press photo "It can be a part'of yourlife as long as you live. 1 guess it con- tradicts the perception that scouts are just little boys running around in short pants. " Scouting is for the entire Halton family. Halton's son is about to join beavers and bis wife Sherillyn is a beaver leader. 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