Wednesday, July 8, 1998

% ouquets to all the volunteers
» and parents who assisted
B with the recognition
ceremony. and the after-:
grad celebration. Thanks
also to Sandbar Construc- ©
tion and.a very special
thankyou to the Michel
family for making this a
very memorable evening.
The Stelly's Graduation ‘98
Parental Advisory Group

\-incere bouquets. to..
the many community- .
minded volunteers in all
community organizations
who worked tirelessly for
many months to stage the.
fantastic July 1:celebrations,
_ parade, Sidney Days and the
Sidewalk Sale: Time and. ©
again we heard comments about
Sidney’s special community spirit
and the way we pull together as a com-

munity for these special events: How about har-
nessing this very unique and special community
spirit and “get it together” for anew Sanscha Hall for

* our community’ s Year 2000 project. .

BRE DKSSOHSHRSEHSVHRYEHSBSESHSSSSRSEHHRETHHTHESHESCTAE SD

heart warming.
nition ceremony at UVic and a fun-filled dinner-dance at Royal Sidney is still a caring
Roads University. At all of these events, the grads showed community.
their intelligence, common sense, com- Thanks again

Brenda Harfield _Justtell us what that person or orga ization has done _
gee Sidney for youor your group... a RUSE ES > es
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passion for each other and a strong sense

see to show your appreciation is important.In
~ fact, many readers have let us know. that _
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ee page

Angel our cat came home late Sunday
evening, June 28. She is very skinny,
but O.K.!! We would like to
thank all the people who
have tried to find her.
Your reactions were

; t Truus Vandenbos
of pride for their school. Our commu-
nity will thrive as these young people
take their places in the world of
work and higher education.
We are proud of their con-
tribution and of their suc-
cesses. There will be many
more to follow.

YES!
BALDNESS
CAN

Greg Bi
ree inctal BE CURED! |
Parkland Secondary FOR ALL _
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has done you a good turn?
Has someone gone out of.
_. their way to help, and hasn't
~ expected even a ‘thank you’? _

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u.d/most ‘Modern: Art. ‘Various. -
experts have assailed me for being =.
a Philistine and a barbarian not to
mention a-crude, unlettered lout -
who “just doesn't get it.”
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reached the bottom of the barrel

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flake Andy Warhol.proved

“he could paint a portrait of |
‘a can of Campbell's Soup

and have it declared. a

priceless masterpiece.

I was wrong. I underes-
timated the gullibility of
the Art World,

But | think the descent
may, have. bottomed out.
this summer at:Sotheby's . =
‘Auction House in London.
“Mhat’s where a ‘work’ by Italian

‘for £20,000. Baa

The work? It is entitled Merda
‘dartista, It is a 30-gram tin can
filled with the artist's excrement,
“And don't feel -bad> that you

‘are 89 identical feces-laden cans
waiting to be auctioned off,
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Andy Warhol proved he could paint “(or by the name of Horten-
portrait of a can of Campbell's soup

‘and have it declared a masterpiece.”

artist Picro Manzoni recently sold

missed out on the bidding — there
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degeneracy” to which Art. has

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his work “embodies a rarefied pu-

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tution as venerable as Sotheby's
Auction House from leaping at the.
opportunity to flog the, well, crap.
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its final destination in
terms of absurdity?”
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of the Globe and Mail

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one spectator who rushed up to a
tangle of wires spilling out of her.
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room which exposed the electrical:
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