skilled equestrienne by jim tiwmas whitchurch on the fireplace mantel stands a beautiful golden horse its possibly lydia nautas proudest possession she was awarded it this past summer at sarnia the champion youth mare this honor comes through accumulation of points during shows sponsored by the american quarter horse association lydia and flirt her three year old travel all over the country together shes cared for at hayes stables on the 6th concession of whjtchurchstouffville a student at cen tennial college in scarborough lydia lives for her horse spending every minute of her spare time grooming exercising and training her friend this dedication has been rewarding her bedroom walls are covered with ribbons lydias our girl next door born at lemonville the daughter of mr and mrs henry nauta she has two brothers martin and paul both at home she graduated from stouffville dist secondary school last june and hopes to complete her secretarial course at centennial this spring she commutes to and from classes every day parttime jobs have included employment at green gables manor bloomington and working as a counsellor at the horse lovers day camp on- the vandorf road lydia admits shes suffered a few bumps and bruises during her equestrienne career that goes with it she says the tribune thursday oct 3 us 3 sj3ss update accept orders tv- by marg roberts stouffville the woodworking department at sjxss is looking for opportunities to put their building skills to use around town mr race gyl langley placed 17th gloria mintz 21st mary griffiths 33rd and sister margie griffiths 3sth our grade 8s have also been running cross- currie in charge of the country the results of course says his students their first meet were very can construct any small satisfying the girls team building for people who placed first bonnie tan- are interested tool and won first paige cowan storage sheds small 3rd donna yeomans barns and cottages are 5th and charmaine the types of things the lintner 6th in the boys students are anxious to race sdss only had build anyone interested three participants but in utilizing the skills of they all performed well on the fundraising project for this year it will be in the form of a coupon book each book has an approximate value of 12000 and will be sold to the public for j995 for m a y o r whitchurchstouffville the community eighteen year old lydia nauta and her beautiful quarter horse flirt have won many awards in circuit competition both in canada and the united states lydia is a graduate of stouffville bist seccudary- school and presently attending centennial college jim thomas these students is asked to contact mr currie at 640- 1433 the athletes at sdss are working hard and are showing excellent results on oct 15 the york county cross coun try finals were held bryan hamilton was the schools top runner plac ing second out of sixty in the same race andrew harris and lee brown placed in the low twen ties the girls senior team did welkalso finishing fourth mem- bers include gyl langley gloria mintz margie and mary grif fiths karen smith and ginnie eby the cross country runners also took part in the gbssa championships this past week and performed extremely well there were approximately 110 runners in the midget boys race and the course was steep and hilly regardless of these ob- stacles bryan hamilton placed 15th lee brown 42nd and andrew harris 46th in the senior girls rick vallee finished first bui huchinson 5th and armand stouffer 13th there were 45 boys en tered this past week sdss students were treated to an unusual game of soccer a group of male teachers came out of athletic retirement to take on a a team of girl students highlights of this unusual game in cluded mr muirs wipeouts mr nugents tackles mr kingsleys flashy blue tracksuit mr hodgsons frolicking in the grass mr eldndge playing the field and the loose- elastic on mr hamiltons pants a good time was had by all the senior spartans volleyball team displayed their skills last week defeating fenelon falls seniors 5 games to 1 the rsenior girls basketball team also maintained their winning ways defeating sutton 32- 27 news from the students council is that a decision has been made inland publishing co limited ronald z lenyk timothy j whlttaker mr peter joynt senior vicepresident and managing director of inland publishing co limited is pleased to announce the appbintmentsof mr ronald z leriyk and mr timothy j whittaker as vicepresidents of the company mr lenyk is the publisher of the mississauga news and mr whittaker is publisher of oshawa this week and oshawa this weekend inland publishing co limited one of canadas largest web offset newspaper and commercial printing companies publishes the following 15 national newspaper award winning community newspapers the acton free press ajaxwhitbypickering news advertiser the bramp- tonbramalea guardian the burlington post burlington weekend post etobicoke gazette the georgetown independent markhamthornhill economist sun the milton canadian champion the mississauga news newmarketaurora era oakvilie beaver oshawa this week oshawa this weekend the stouffville tribune the total weekly distribution of these newspapers is over 429000 check absentee students v stouffville when a student fails to show up for class at stouffville dist secon dary school principal michael muir wants to know the reason why to find out two secretaries spend an hour each morning calling every home or wherever the parent or guardian can be reached its sure paying off principal muir told the tribune in most cases the response has been very positive however it would greatly assist the school he points out if the parents would call in and let the administration know if their sons and daughters cant be present oh an average day its not unusual for 25 to 30 students to be away the principal said like in any other walk of life students have an obligation to let- their employers know if they cant report in said mr muir we want to make them accountable for their attendance most parents he said dont mind being called even at work- beer tshirt banned stouffville high school principal michael muir has no objections to students wearing sweaters and t- shirts with names and pictures of popular rock groups emblazoned on the front however earlier this month he drew the line when a boy came to class with the label of a well- known canadian beer firm decorating his ap parel the lad was taken aside and informed that such dress was not ap propriate at school he was further warned that should he persist- he could be suspended alcohol and drug- related slogans are not acceptable here principal muir told the tribune slogans- using profanity are also ban ned he said wi zyuaited to- kyt oct 29 30 31 nov 1 come in and help us celebrate and well save you money on our birthday specials this wed thurs fri sat only anniversary specials trims patterns notions zippers all sewing accessories another anniversary 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