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pa ---- pi r------ ------------------ Gross! Coca-Cola was s / 14 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 23, 1988 plashed everywhere during the high school's winter carnival chugging contest. Talk about the real thing... Sticky situations abound at school winter carnival 'I'he weatherman may have thwarted Port Perry High School's first attempt at a winter carnival, but when it finally got underway, it was a rousing success. Originally planned for February Hums with by Cheryl Martin The halls of P.P.H.S. were hum- ming with excitement last week as the last day of Winter Carnival finally arrived. There was a lot of enthusiasm and competition at the 1988 Olym- pics in Port Perry last Friday. The first event of the day began with the very popular snow sculpturing contest. There were many competitors and all the sculptures were well done, but the gold was taken by the grade 13's for their sculpture of the perfect poker hand and ceremonial lighting of the torch. Way to go guys! | | Other important events includ- ed the toboggan race and ski race which were won by the Thursday Club, the tug of war, which prov- ed the teachers may have more muscles in their brains than brawn in their bodies, egg toss was won by John and Jared Har- man, and the coke chug was wen by a group of grade 13's. The new event, the tape-a-thon, was also a great success in the 1988 Winter Carnival Olympics, and left Jim Dexter hanging onto the end, to win in this event. It was a fantastic day for everyone who participated! To end the Winter Carnival there was a dance that night which added to the huge success of this year's Carnival. For the Winter Olympics at - P.P.H.S., the title of King was awarded to Mike Grass and runner-up was Rob Baker. The title of Queen went to Mol- ly Morris, with Celia Williamson as runner-up. This week, the music depart- ment is participating in the Sunderland Festival which takes place from February 16th to Stolen Durham Regional Police say a 1988 Yamaha snowmobile, worth approximately $6,000, was stolen from a local nightclub on Febru- ary 18th. The machine's owner had gone into Crandell's Riverboat, and when he went back outside, his snowmobile was gone. Police are investigating. CHILD TAX CREDIT SPECIAL When you claim only a Child Tax Credit, 12, the carnival was postponed to February 19 because of a snow- storm. But last Friday dawned clear and snowstorm free, and hundreds of high school students took advan- excitement February 26th. Between all the rehearsals, our musicians are iry- ing to catch their breath, as they prepare for the competition. Such groups as Jazzmerize, Senior Wind Ensemble, Horn Club, Stage Band, Clarinet Society, Chamber Choir, Brass Ensemble, and In- termediate Band will be involved in this year's Sunderland Festival. Good luck to you all! This is also the last week that citrus will be available for pur- chasing from the music depart- ment. The citrus campaign is a way of raising money towards the April trip to Boston that Senior Wind will be taking where they will compete in the Heritage Music Festival. Look for more news, from P.P.H.S. next week! A tage of an afternoon away from class to participate in the many carpival events. One of the most popular events of the day had to be the "taping," where approximately 25 students were literally taped to the walls of a gymnasium with transparent packing tape. Working in teams, the students had four minutes to tape a fellow student to the wall. The "victim" started off standing on a chair, that was promptly pulled out after - the four-minute mark. The winners were those who stayed taped up to the wall the longest. Many of the "victims" fell from the wall almost immediately, but two stayed put for several min- utes. Jarett Harman gave Jim Dexter a run for his money in the sticky stakes, but it was Jim who eventually stayed up the longest. Other events included a percnni- al favourite, the snow sculpture 'competition, an obstacle course, and a chugging contest involving Coke. And despite the first cancella- tion, the carnival proved to be "more than worth the wait. al . One of the toughest parts of the obstacie race at the PPHS Winter Carnival, was maneouvering around pylons, lying stomach down on a sort of skateboard. How this competitor managed to smile, we're not sure. HAR Block will prepare your tax retum for a special low price. Because we guarantee the gccuracy of.your tax return, you can be sure you'll get the biggest refund you're entitled to. There's no need to be confused over the talk of tax law changes. The specialists at HAR Block always have the answers you need. UE Stuck to the wall like a bug, Jim Dexter (with the PORT PERRY @8 uresTvie PLAZA ------ help of his team) captured first place in the carnival's = "taping" contest held last Friday afternoon. Jim's 985-8054 No Winter Holiday in Sight? Look & feel as if you did. = come to ... LIFESTYLE 2000 (Above the Post Office) PORT PERRY 985-9803 .y § OPEN: Weekdays 9 AM to 6 PM OPEN: Saturdays 9 AM to 5 PM teammates had four minutes to tape him to the wall, and he won because he managed to stay stuck to the wall longer than anyone else. Well, guess it beats swallowing goldfish.