Strathcona Tweedsmuir School - Paidia Yearbook (Okotoks, Alberta Canada)

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Valent ine Goat Auction at McLean's , it said. In The Times that's what we read. It was still three weeks away, We could hardly wait for the day. Valentine's Day is IOVG. Love is the best thing T know. Maybe our parents would agree To getting some goats for we three. Mar t ina Vicha We softened our folks with please, Grade 3 please, please. . . We'd even have got down on our knees! ' ' 9 . ' '.. 1 Q . , I Finally they agreed to go, , 'X 'V :QV . '. . 0. Without any special promises, though. ' li , Q 'J 0 HQ , 0 ' Down at the barn we looked them over. T ' g'A ' o ' J .fi :W We were happy as cows in a field of clover. ' 4 C ' o 0.!,?. I I Q We went carefully stall to stall. 4. ' 'X q ' ' 0 .ln ' We seemed to love them one and all. , 0 'N X ' . f At last we each made up our mind, ' Q . . . . I We had each Picked out a different kind. -1. ' ' . I . O At two o'clock we went to the ring, '. 'ax ' ,.Q And got ready to do our ovm thing. , . . X 5 The building was cold but the bidding hot, , , . . ' ' 0 . Calves and sheep and goats were bought. 0 'X Q . g ' . I D In the next group were the goats we had O ' . ' K , Q- Q I picked. I O I K If we lost the bid, we knew we were licked. 0 'Ox g ' Q . We won the bid and our hearts were high, 0 'U 5 , fn We thought we had made a very good buy. ' R ' OI 6 ' I ' V 6 In the cab of the truck, away we went. X' . o Three goats, four people with our money spent. .NO I X 4 A They quickly made themselves at home, , ' , I1 O. And I bet you're glad this is the end of K' 5 v the poem I g... ' ' . . . . - 1. . Y 0 ' , 'K C .XI D 5 Ami: Chantel Jensen ' , - - 4 , ,, o' Grade SA . 'S'so 6 'Q December ends the year. It is a cold month. Jack Frost snips at your nose. Michael Wedgwood Grade 3 Look I There's a blackbird Taking a bath, In an April pool, On the garden path. 'Q' Trind Renton- Rose V Q7 Grade l .Q

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THE BALLERINA AND THE TALKING PENNY Once upon a time there was a ballerina. She had straight black hair and blue glimmer- ing eyes. Her name was Susan. She was ten years old and very pretty. When she was little she wanted to be a ballerina. She would whirl around her beautiful little room and walk on her tiny baby toes. Susan begged and pleaded for dancing lessons until her mother said, HYes, you can, if you will stop interrupting me.H HOh, I will mother,H said little Susan. HI promise and I will try hard in dancing lessons.u So Susan took dancing lessons and she danced until her mother thought she would die. HSusan, you are dancing too hard in dance lessons,H said her mother. HOh, mother,H Susan said, H I am dancing hard so I can become a ballerina.H One day Susan was walking down the street when she heard a little voice. It was saying HHelp I Help In Susan walked in the direction of the call. Susan said, HWho said that ?H HI did,H was the reply. HWhere are you ?H Susan asked. HIn this hole,H said the funny little sound. Susan bent down and picked up a dirty little penny. HWho are you ?H said the penny. HMy name is Susan,H said Susan. HWhat is yours ?H HMy name is Sam. Sam the penny.H HI am glad to meet you,H said Susan. HI am going to ballet lessons. Would you like to come with me ?H HOkay,U said Sam. When they got to the ballet lessons, Sam said,H Oh, Susan, you are a very good dancer and a very nice little girl. Will you be my friend for life ?n HYes, I will,H said Susan. Susan kept Sam in a little pocket in her slipper and they stayed together for many years. Sam, the little penny, must have brought Susan good luck, because when Susan grew up she became a famous ballerina. E : ix gal X Regan Hay -its v Grade 4 ...'i.,.': ,. , .Lu ... 2 'x -. I -.--...,,, . ' ., I. 5 R . x : 1 1, I,.' H, ,V 1. DINOSAURS ! A very long time ago there was only one kind of animal. It was a reptile. It was a dinosaur which means terrible lizard. Jason Wells Grade l I Have To Put Up With It Once upon a time there was a camel. He liked sleeping in my bed. But I hated it. Even though his tail stuck out. I still hated it. Oh well, I have to put up with it. Andrea Hay Grade l

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LOTO EUPHORIA H Be it proposed that all future candidates for public office be confined to only those people who are welfare recipients or those people who earn no more than the minimum wage. Be it further proposed that upon election each official will be paid S250,000 per year for a period of two years, after which, the non- renewable term ends and the official will collect a SlO0,000 a year pension for life. Each constituency will have two drums, one containing the names of elibible males, the other, females. Two names will be drawn from each drum and the voters will elect one of the people drawn from each drum.H For the sake of discussion, let us assume that there are 10,000 elected officials in Canada, at any given time, covering the municipal, provincial and federal levels of government. It is possible that the application of this proposition would eliminate or lessen four of the major problems facing Canada today. Representation would be equally divided between males and females. No longer would we be subjected to cries of sexual discrimination, and that in itself, would reduce noise pollution. This new system would reduce poverty dramatically. Every two years 10,000 people would leave the world of poverty, welfare and unemployment and enter the world of middle class prosperity. The greatest benefit of this proposal would be enjoyed in the free market place. The newly-elected politicians would need time to adjust to their recently acquired wealth which would leave them less time to pass restrictive commercial legislation and so business could get on with the job of making a profit. Profits create jobs and jobs create wealth and employment. Every Canadian would profit from the new system of representation because inflation would no longer be a problem. You must remember that all elected officials will retire with a SlO0,000 a year pension for life. No politician then would ever pass legislation which would shrink the value of his or her pension dollar. On the contrary, every politician will ensure that the dollar has the value to support the life he has grown accustomed to living. Sexual equality, elimination of poverty, growth of the free market, and a self- controlled dollar are, in themselves, enough to justify this proposal. However, there are other benefits which are no less important but which are less obvious. A happy people are a healthy people. Without the tensions that exist today Canadians will be healthier and so medical and hospital costs will drop. Churches will be relieved from their obligation of forcing governments to do the work churches should have done in the first place. Sermons could be based on the word of God instead of last year's Oxfam Annual Report. Mark McKenna Grade lOA