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Schools rally to ‘Give Back for Fort Mac’
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Local schools are stepping up to help victims of the fires that have devastated part of Fort McMurray, Alta. Students in Jeff Peters’ Grade 12 religion class at St. John Catholic High School will be hosting a “Give Back for Fort Mac,” community spaghetti dinner next week, Tuesday, May 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the school. All of the money raised will be donated to the Canadian Red Cross’ relief efforts in
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north eastern Alberta. With more than 20 per cent of the city destroyed, Peters’ class came up with the idea last Friday, after watching the city’s 80,000 plus residents evacuate. Students at Queen Elizabeth Public School will be drawing on a local celebrity to drum up money, also for the Red Cross. From noon until 2 p.m., on Thursday, May 12, Ottawa Senators mascot Spartacat was scheduled to be on hand during an in-schoolonly dance-a-thon.
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The goalie for the St. John Catholic High School senior boys soccer team watches in despair as the ball sails by him into the net. Inset, a St. John player reacts to the loss on the sidelines. The seniors were defeated by the Almonte District High School team on Monday, May 9 by a 3-0 score, but the St. John junior team later avenged the loss with a 3-1 victory over ADHS. See page P15 for more soccer action.
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