Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 5, 1989, p. 19

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sv student aims high with bid to join armed forces tribune april 5 1989 cll i by kate gilderdale when kim saunders read a tribune letter to the editor by adam johnstone suggesting women didnt belong in combat roles in cariadas armed forces she knew she had to challenge his conclusions j kim a student attending stouffvilie district secondary school told the newspaper i become very upset when people ivrite things like that i believe in equality for women i felt vhat mr johnstone wrote was ifair she submitted a lengthy rep- kim saunders combative stance iy disputing mr johnstones arguments with evidence from a danish experiment that sug gested women would be as ef fective as men in combat situations kims own experience in nilitary life includes several years membership in the newmarket air cadets she enrolled at age 13 when i joined there were guite a large number of girls py the time i left there were fonly about 10 or 11 j although she encountered some chauvinistic attitudes jduring her stint she brushed them aside and pursued her goals when she graduated in 1987 she won an award as top stu dent pilot and obtained her glider pilots licence i many of the male students in the flying course were sons of pilots she notes with a lot of j practical experience theyd been flying for years kims ambition is to enter the royal military college at kingston an academy that only began accepting women in 1980 she wants to specialize in com munications and electronics engineering women have yet to make their mark in this field she notes out of 650 students about 100 are female she says if accepted kim hopes to ob- tain a full flying licence kim says her interest in the forces probably stems from the days she watched her older brother also a former air cadet taking part in military parades in 1981 at age 10 she visited the royal military college i decided at once this was the school for me she recalls the discipline and order of military life was what she was looking for kim hopes to enter military college in st jean quebec in september and complete her grade 13 shes presently waiting to find out if shes eligible a good knowledge of french is essential she notes because her career choice requires her to be bilingual whether she completes her high school education there or at sdss her final goal is clear as soon as possible im enter ing the armed forces with her determination singlemindedness and en thusiasm kim saunders will undoubtedly achieve the goals shes set for herself plaque awarded for top hogs by wj baxter agricultural representative durham west cannington resident larry amos has become the latest recipient of a plaque honoring him for marketing the highest quality hogs in the durham west region the presentation was made by ontario pork producers marketing board director ted jensen at a meeting of the durham west pork pro ducers association amos topped the 500 to 1000 hog category with an index of 1097 in 1988 nick henshaw of port perry was the winner in 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