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PAGE 26o WHTBFIREE fBESSWEDNESAYMAROR 1,1991 holds Chules, a boa constrictor, dur-îng»a recent visit to Palmerston public echool. Ofria Bovi. photo <By samfra Arfai The week before March Break was stil 'quite' busy. Several students from Henry Street participated'- in a badminton tournamnent1 over the. Marcb 2 weekend. Special congratulations to. Brain Peter. whofplayed firet ini the grade 9 seng. boys, competition, and WbohBrami Peters and Jay Johnson -wbo Uplacedfirstîn hite grade 9 boys' doubles competition. Henry swi mmers should be congratulated for cloSing off the. swim season successfuly at OFSSA, also over the March 2 weekend. The senior boysd medley Télaytoam placed fifth in the fieas out of74 teams. Vktor Serafin placed second in. the consolation finals for the 100-metre breastatroke,,and led» the 200-metre free relay toam to first place in the consolation finals. Other team members were Raymond Burns, Michael Serafin and. Dana- Brousseau. The dedication and bard work of ai the Henry. swirnmers certainly paid off. Also, 'conigratulations to members of our senior concert band, flute quartet and saxophone. quartet. Ail of these groups received gold awards, in the Southern. Ontario Band Festival and were. invited to perform at- the. National Festival mn Vancouver. >Stu dent council. has got somne great activities planned for students after the. March Break. Henry jackets wiil b. on sale, and varicus- fundraising activities have been organized, such as chocolats- sales. Students can also look forard- to the< CFNY dance on M4ay 3. Ais tickets >to Henr3ýs formai will b., going' early April. on a1lI Menrt award for Heniry ato Paul Cotton, of, Henry Street High Scbool 'was an'award-win-, ner. at the Durham .Region Drana Fstival held recently, at Dunbarton High School in, Pick- ering. Cotton won an award of menit for. bis' portrayal of Jason - i Henry's production, 'Valentines and Killor Chili! There were'13ý one-act produc- >By DoraerrwOe Teachers and Wâudets avoided the. 'Monday -Blued' last week as schlool buses were.:canceiled due, to thé. severe winter conditions. On -oer return, :Austin boSted a drug awarenesàs seminar-with grofiéssor Clairer, a psycbologist mthe -University of Toronto who discusSed the brain and how it -i. affected byý chemaicals'. Students -were very interested and kept ^ an. attentive ear, partcipating when the. floor was. open for discussion.' A non-uniform dy cm tions, representing nine hig schools i Durbam,'at theéfsti val. Easdae«Me, Bridge,' Dun- barton' 'eWaitiniK and Pick- ering Higb ýSchool o.,'ange? were named as outstanding pro- ductions and will represent Dur- hamn Reg*ion at the regional level of the, ears Ontario Collegate Draina Festival in Aprili Perth. Austin'. way on friday, MarchB8. This usherin iithe winter Ibreak, but March's unpredictible weatbeir' left many wondering what was ..in -store f«or our The teacher/studentbasketball. rme bas- been'rescheduled for a rtor ,.date. -The head 'cf._ tIi hisor dpartment-Mrs. MacDonald, «arrainged .a bstory ~senatio on Black Rights.' aentertaiùing and f frave prod[ucion. was pe rformed by ,ACORN.>' Stay uned for -inside infortiofionn ts group. *By Raymu MéOrffl A time has. come upon us wbich bas a deep and profound mneaning for al students. It is a time graced not by the arnier.r of a bistorical figur or the aent of a historical time, but is neetheless a time of great revelling. It i. the freedom, of a million student,tbe bane of a million parents,'tIi. genesis of a million cheezy movies. What could se strangea and wondrous an event be?. Marcb Break. For saine its aa week Of sleeping. For others it's a week of partying. Fer stil others its a weelc, of working. For one poor soul ifs a week of puiled teeth and tetanus shots. And for most, it's*stil a week of too mucb bomework (yechl). For me it's a week of Paris. Y.., once again DO'C's bistory department bas planned a Marcb Break holiday -- I mean, excursion -- to an exotic country (conveniently studiedi grade il ancient bistory!). Though there were some fears and appréhensions about the guif war and "our' cbildren's safety," al finally came together, and last Friday afternoona contingeto happy camper. (myseif included) left on the ton-day trip to Panis, France. I promise- to faitbfully report wbat bappened wben I get back. 17111 then, heWi3 this week_ quote from the. halls: "If you try for the moon, You'll neyer reacb the stars. Environmental technology program offered Durlam College. wiil b. offerng a new Environïmental Technoloff progam in Sertember 1991. The tree-y.ar diploma pormwill prvide students vah the. tecbnological background to work in areas of environinental concern. Study of AFSl Interculture Canada, the. student excbaflsn ogization, i.3 omc again launcbing its annual recruitinent campaign. It i. looling for fainilies wbo are interested in sharing their life with a foreign student during the. cominoe echool year. Intercuture Canadas. basting prograi lasts il montbs and is épnto UIknds of families, with ort witout cbildre. Studemt& a. environinental e community interaction concerna and environinental planninl supplement the scientific tlus program. "The environment rankl number one concern tinxes," says Ambros. SE between ages 15 and1 come from about 30 d countries, among thein Au Japan, Brzil and Sweden. Families wbo are i must register witbout There- are over 275 id witing Families wisbing te further information can tenational office at the . gilation, co-ordinator of the newprograma. i . and 'Environinental crises bave regional arisen arund the. globe, ranging g wiil from the disposai of wastes te basis of damage to the ozone layer. This program wiR I i an important sa -as the commumty need." of Our* Studies bave shown that imulsli, employment opportunities i the environmentpl field are widely t vilbe as 1 companies, governinents and communities Lt respond te local and national d opounitiuesa ready exist, witb significant increases predicted for ed ~years to come. .'.ý For companies the. need for 18,and environiental tecbnoloists wil 8,ad b. over 40 times greater tban the. fifferent projected number of graduates ushtrha, from, the Durham College L prograin, so job, placement is iterested estimated te b. 100 per cent.- delay. , . "W. are really déligbted by students -this," said college president Gary Polonsky. "Not-onÎly wM11 we b. Obtain giving dozens ce f graduates great. contact' jobs -and'carersbut belping te tOlfs. slve Mi ety's most pressing ne.d ------at-thi. tme tim&e- -- --- Sh"ow and tell' ROSS iHADO,- training officer for Ontarlo jEydro, spoke to studentatS.au'acolh Whitby during Careor Weekheld reoey Bhiuode photo, 1>&d3E >L 5417497 Foreignstuden hosts are-- wantg HENRY STREET HIGH SCHOOL 1 FATHER LEO J. AUSTIN 1 ........ .... 1 DENIS O'CONNOR HIGH SCHOOL 1