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Blair HOLLAND James HOLT Lisa HONSBERGER Jen HOUGHTON Darren HOWARD Kathleen HOWIE Janet HUGHES
Linda HUGHES Shelley HURST Jamie INGLES Clayton JEFFREY Sharon JENSON Eugenia JOHNSON Tanya JOHNSTON
Jen KAISER Heather KELLS Marlene KELLY
Elizabeth KENNEDY
Melissa KERN Scott KERR Michelle KING
Simon KING Aron KNIGHT Ryan KNIGHT Mark KOEHLER Mike KOSHILKA Christina KOSMAS Gilbert KUIPER
On Tuesday; December 3rd, C.C.1. followed what has prac- tically become a tradition at the school. Staff and students were given an early Christmas present - a SNOW DAYI You rolled over to shut off that 6:30 alarm and heard John Nichol's familiar voice annoucing that all Area 4 buses were cancelled for the day due to hazardous driving conditions. Maybe you shut the alarm off before CKCS even got to air its' cancel- lation list. Whatever the case, quite a few students could still be seen in their first period classes. Gavin Boutet admitted that he had not heard that the day was a bone fide SNOW DAY until his arrival at school. He was defintely going to stay because "if I go home, I'll just have to work!" Doug Ward also had no idea until he noticed few students in the halls at 8:30. Was this enthusiastic student going to stay and com- plete some additional work? "No, I'm going back home and listen to some really loud music!" Nicole Surridge too failed to hear the radio report. However, after making the cold walk to school, she wasn't about to turn around and go back home. "I think that I'll stay for 1/2 day and then I can get a ride home!" Don Bowden knew that the buses were cancelled, but still came "because I love school. I love the challenge of learning!" Brad Rawn, another keen scholar, also arrived on a Snow Day "because I am an OAC and I know how im- portant it is to stay", he commented while bouncing a tennis ball. Kim Wilson was completely honest and stated, "I came today because my dad made me!" Kevin Robitaille didn't really mean to come to school when the buses were can-
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maining to stay with his friends, all agreed that it was a nice change in the normal hectic pace of school.
George Markou thinks of 'Snow Days' as a time to contemplate life. On this particular day, he plans out how he'll spend the $900 he won at a BINGO game!
celled and was, in fact, going to go back home and go to bed! Whether the first Snow Day meant Corrine Price would return home to watch some t.v. or Jimmy Hodginson re-
SNOW DAY s Take It To The Limit in Grade 11