tribune june 4 1986 aj girl next door m teachers strike brought cathy here by jim thomas stouffville seldom does anyone gain from a strike but stouffyille did when the teachers of georgian bay secondary school took to the picket lines last fall it brought eighteenyearold cathy davis to sdss unfortunately stouffvilles gain and bognors loss will soon be reversed cathys returning home this month and will com- plete her grade 13 at gbss shes our girl next door formerly of scarborough cathy moved with her parents carl and eleanor davis and brother robert to bognor 15 miles southeast of owen sound seven years ago cathy resides on a beef farm operated by her father shes been involved in 4h both agri- culture and homemaking with 24 projects to her credit shes also participated in the queens guineas competition at the royal winter fair the teachers strike in grey county prompted cathys deci sion to come to stouffville fred and eleanor crossen church street south cathys great- uncle and aunt welcomed her warmly the feeling is mutual an honors student at geor gian bay meaford cathy had considerable catching up to do she made up for lost time by attending night school at both stouffville and aurora in spite of all the problems she hopes to maintain her honors standing the teachers here have been very helpful says cathy she explained how principal john nikifork went out of his way to adjust the timetable to meet her subject requirements stouffville has a lot of school spirit says cathy strangely enough she and student coun cil president marcy pyke attended kindergarten together in scarborough cathy admits the past eight months has been a learning ex perience in more ways than one living away from home i grew up quickly she said she feels this will help her bridge the gap between high school and university a career in school teachingis her choice although cathy has nothing but praise for the staff and stu dents at sdss shes happy to return to a grade 13 class is always very close she explains she wants t- to be a part of it she hopes to attend commencement here this fall to obtain her grade 12 eighteenyearold cathy davis of bognor near meaford has been attending stouffville high since midoctober due to a grey county- teachers strike last fall cathy will return to georgian bay secon dary school for her grade 13 diploma wf she also hopes to keep- in touch with new friends shes made in stouffville this summer cathy will again be employed as a play ground leader with the owen sound parks and recreation department the children i jim thomas range in age from six to thirteen years during the eightmonth inter- val cathys kept in touch with her family and friends back home now shes going home- to stay but stouffville will al ways be special because cathy is special to stouffville four stouffville students honored by york board four senior students from stouffville dist secon dary school were honored thursday by york region board of education for academic and athletic accom plishment as well as allround participation com mended by board chairman harry bowes and other speakers were left to rightgary gornik marcy pyke kelly cowan and lee carney jim thomas we deliver we can deliver your flyers for as little as 35c each call advertising at 2942200 or distribution at 2948244 1986 flyers delivered do may 1 economist suntribune 3640300 melroland distributing 93336900 ben and geoff whalley look for these flyers at your door tuesday june 3 1986 scars mcleod young weir wednesday une 4 mollcr insurance woohvorths selected areas cashway eatons simpsons mclntyro 4 dodd woolco unionville standard times 7155 woodbine ave 4751971 we reserve the right to limit quantities noralnchecks business hours monwj fm9pm thur fit 8 wn 10 pm sat 7m a m 4 pjn sun s am 6 p m prices in effect until sunday june 8 1986 we try harder than the rest y wwlnmft b w w amm m