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efore you laugh too hard at that guy who sits beside you and is always humming songs that he has written, you'd better stop and think. Some- day, he could go on to become a Grammy award winner. That skinny
girl in your phy . ed. class could become a super- model on the runways of the world and that really shy guy in history could eventually gain enough confidence to be named 'Speaker of the House'. Strange as it may seem, many of our staff went to school with someone who went on to bigger an.d better things on the national or even inter- national scene. During first year at Queen's Uni- versity, singer Dan Hill was introduced to Mr. Nickel. He was described as a very quiet student -who would have ever thought that he'd become a well-known singer who performs in front of thou- sands? (Mr. Nickel would also like to mention that he met Sonny Bono while skiing in Quebec!) Mr. Hirst is proud of the fact that once he had to coach against Canadian hero Rick Hanson in the Ca- nadian Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Vancouver. It wasn't long after that he became 'The Man in Motion'. Mr . Redmond describes his fellow schoolmate at Goderich High, Paul Hen- derson, as an awkward individual. He didn't ap- pear awkward, however, when he played in the NHL and scored the winning goal in the first Can- ada vs Russia hockey series. Mr. Chandler, a stu- dent at Malvern Collegiate in East Toronto, knew one really fast guy named Bruce Kidd. In high school, he was an Ontario Scholar and President of Student Council, but he would later gain fame as Canada's top track star. Mr. Rhodes, a mem- ber of the same school during this time is still proud of the fact that he was able to beat Bruce in a 100 yard dash once! Miss Phillips went to Barrie Eastview with the woman that would even- tually bear Canada's first test tube baby. Miss Phillips could not recall if this individual excelled
in biology . In Ottawa, Miss Meredith found her- self in class with Adrienne Clarkson, a lady who wasn't afraid to step on toes even in secon- dary school. Several staff members can testify that they went to high school with future NHL players - Mrs. Stoutenburg went to Stamford Collegiate, Niagara Falls, with Derrick Saun- derson, Mr. Hughes and Shane Corson (termed 'a class clown') both attended Innis- dale and Mr. Macallum went to Michael Power, Toronto, with Frank Mahovalich. Mr. Berni took classes with Stanley Cup winner, Pat Hughes, while Miss Harrison attended Niagara Falls C.I. with Jim Schoenfield. When it came to hockey stars, however, Mr. Pommer's locker was be- side Darryl Sittler's at Elmira· District S.S. where they got into a fight one day during lunch. Miss Greer took music with Shirley Elk- hard at Donavan C.I. in Oshawa and both Mrs. Berni and Sheila Copps were students at Bishop Ryan in Hamilton. The award for the teacher that went to school with the most fa- mous person must go to Mrs. Russell. In fact, she knows TWO celebrities. She describes Peggy as being "quiet, very withdrawn and mousey" at the time, but Margaret Atwood has done very well for herself. Another classmate at Victoria College, U ofT, Donald "Fish" Suth- erland, was "the first of the hippies. He always dressed like a slob." It may sound 'STRANGER THAN FICTION', but someday Hugh Stimson could go on to revive 'Peter Pan' on broadway, Danielle Hammon could become the top radio announcer on Rock 95 and Paul Civiera become the first Canadian to play for the Raptors. Ed Kern could win a Pulitzer Award for his writing, Marisca Carruthers could go on a world tour with the Toronto Symphony and Sara MacDonald could go on to replace
Martha Stewart. You just never know!!!