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g- '.,.. Te C nrhm iptiW Ami Ola28?i199 Praise and pride wash over trio in sulent, sustained waves By STEVE LBBLANC The Champion E .C. Drury students couldn't hear the applause, but rel- ished every second Eof it ail the saine. With overwbelming approval from, bath tbe audience and judges' panel, a trio of teens from Milton's deaf school were tue toast of this year's International Creative Arts Festival - held April 8 to il in Northbrook, Illinois. Under the direction of coach Patti Trofimenkoff, aIl three of tue students took top honours in their age groups. This dlean sweep was the latest in a long series of arts awards for tue local scbool. "I'm very proud of them. Tbey ail did such a fantastic job," said the school's dramna teacher and longtime coordinator of tue 'Dancing Hands' chorus. "It was bard ta, believe how well they did, even as it was unrolling in front of me." Ms Trofimenkoffs daughter Valerie and Lisa Astrorn - a Rotary Club International exchange student from, Sweden - were parrners in the 15 and over class and won for their dancing inter- pretation of Bette Midler's 'Rose'. Recalled Valenie, 'We knew we needed to be cool up on stage but were kind of nervous anyway. I was rigbt behind Lisa at one point and could feel ber shaking. But besides starting a littie earlier than the music everything went pretty good." Lisa said she was shocked when tbe duo's videotape - sent to the festival's qualifying committee earlier this year - was deemed best in Region 3, wbicb com- prises Ontario as well as 13 American states. "We hadn't been practising together for very long so it was 50, exciting when we got the caîl about winning," she said. To say the least, that tbrill was magnified several times over when they actually competed at the international showcase and came out on top. Through American Sign Language (ASL) and interpretative dance steps, the girls illustrated a fiower bloomning and made the popular love song corne alive tbrough a visual scope rather than a vocal one. "TMe idea was ta make the audience and judges understand the message, that fiow- ers are like love," added Lisa, wbo goes back to ber bomeland at the end of the school year. Meanwbile, Vance Youngs didn't so mucb inspire onlookers as he did mesmer- ize tbemn. The entbusiastic youth used card tricks and many other acts of illusion to wow the crowd and finish in a first-place tie with a teen frmLondon in the 12 to 14 year divi- sion. "There was an American guy in my group wbo had won the festival seven times in a row. Wben I found that out I got a littie paranoid," adsnitted Vance, whose sbowmansbip landed him a role in the HBO movie Dead Silence a few years back with well known deaf actoess Marlee eses KIDS on page 22 E.C. 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O And hàs achieved Registration to the coveted IS0 And over haîf a million graduates, coast to coast. 410s1 150 9001 And more than a million dollars invested in dri- 'S Standard. ver training research, plus another million invest- No matter ea in annuai recerui1icuLiuas proguaras oro Quality Assurance Management what they say, no one else is anything MAY 89,915,16 JULY 5, 6, 7,8 9:00OAM - 3:45 PM 9:00OAM - 3:45 PM 2 WEEKENDS 4 DAYS 875~8OYoung Drivers of Canada www.youngdrivers.com m That's what parents are for. t r GRADE "A"L9 NEWS mMIuON DISTRICT Bien SCMGGL By Jacqueline Basa and Marlssa Cheskey To start off this week we would like to update you, our readers, on the sports here at M.D.H.S. As you are probably aware, many teams begin as spring approaches. Softbali, Basebali, and Girl s' and Boys' Soccer are starting. Boys' Rugby has also started and the practices for the guys are being held after school. Track and Fiel d is starting now as well, since we managed to find a coach and practices are held after school. Newcomers are always welcome, s0 get on your running gear or your jumping shaes and come on out. Speaking of sports, the Cheerleaders have a major competition approaching. The Ontario's will be held on May lth, 8th and 9th in Kingston. The teamn s working bard to prepare for this competition by having 2 practices during the school week at 6:30 a.m. and their regular 3-hour Sunday practices. Good Luck! Have you been surfing the net lately? Well, the Information Technologies class students are each making their own websites. Pretty neat! These websites are not yet posted on the net, but could be in the future, so keep surfing! The Prom Cammittee has been busy doing fund-raisers and thinking 0f ways to raise money for the upcoming Prom. They recently held the Senior Auctidn and a Bake Sale in the Cafeteria. On May i 5th the Prom Committee will be having a huge, gigantie, mondo-sized Garage Sale. It will start at 8:00 arn. and will go until 1:00 p.m. Ail students are welcome to contribute various items that are no longer of use ta you. Sa get in your closets and dig our those outfits that are so 5 years ago. Remember, your junk could be someone else's treasure. Stay tuned ta find out when and where f0 make your contribution. The Prom will be held on June MOh at "The Atrium" in Burlington. Last but not least, we wauld just like ta remind ail tuose parents out there about report cards. They were distributed on April 22nd; that's right - yesterday! Sorry ta any students wha are StI in denial, but you'l have ta face reality sooner or later. Thanks and remember ta read next weekf DATELI1NE D.D.T E.C. nRnmmY 918. SCEGOL Dateline Drury - April 23, 1999 by Jessica Wellstead and Katie Murzin Welcome to another exciting week of Dateline Druryl In 1his week's news: sports, sports and more sportsl On Tuesday, April 6, the grade il outdoor education dlasa participated inthe f irst annual Ecohallenge. The purpose of the activity was t0 test outdoor scilis, enhance environmental awareness, improve problem solving techniques and encourage trust and co-operation akilis. The event, organized by John Sinclair and Leigha Haller, was held at the Nassageweya Canyon and involved caving, ropes courses and rock-climb- ing. Congratulations to ail those who were able to complete the challenge and hopeully the event will be held again next year so, more students can test their prowess in the outdoorsl In other news, the Student Athlelic Society (SAS) la organizing this year's athletic fund-raiser: The Spartan Sports BlitzI The event runs at the school f rom 7 a.m. toi7 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, 1999. The day will be filleci with organized games and sports held both indoors and outdoors. The Spartan Sports Blitz is a fund-raiser for this year's athletic banquet and students must raise a minimum of $10 to partici- pale. Also, any student who raises over $20 will receive a free ticket to the athletic banquet in June. Ail inlerested students are encouraged 10 attend, regardiesa of athletic ability. NexI, we are pleaaed 10 announoe this monthas Athietes of the Month. The maie athiete for themonth of March la Kevin Heffron. Kevin is a role model 10 Drury athietes and the school community not only because of fils alhletic abllty but because of his excellent sportsmansbip. He won gold medals in wrestling at bath the Haltons and GHAC but losf his championship match at OFSAA by proteet. Congratulations Kevin on your achievements and on being March's maie Athlete of the Monthl Marcti's femnale athiete of the month le Marion Jamieson. Her participation and leadership on this yeer's midget girls volleybal teamn was important to the team's succesa this season. Marion excelled offensively and her hitting and blocldng macle her an asset ta the team. Congratulations Marlon, and keep up the good workl On a non-athletic note, Justin Bilflnghamr has been named Marches student of the month. We'l have a more detailed look at why next week in Dateline Drury. There you have il; another week et Drury. Thanks for reading and we hope ta see you back next week for a new ediflon of Daleline Drury UlLir v %1ý1 a