Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june 1997 a7 Valley graduates water babies of 79 great floods Mark passage by Bud Robertson staff reporter Morris an act of nature Marks the passage of life for hundreds of Young people in the red River their first Milestone birth was marked by the great red River flood in As the High school graduates pre pare to Don Caps and gowns after the flood of the the significance int lost on the parents or the Stu dents As they Mark the next major step in their we thought it the floods should be our Grad chuckled Char Lene Char who graduates this weekend with about 40 other Grade 12 students at Morris they Are among 310 High school students in the Valley to graduate this some people Call them the water for the nickname her parents gave her their water baby has and seeing her graduate in the 97 flood has brought Back a flood of memories for Don and Shelley who recall the ordeal of preparing for a new baby while paddling up to the family Home in a i was concerned during the because we were Cut off and if the baby was premature id have to be the said who was farm ing South of Morris at the Shelley is a registered nurse and she promised to guide Edel through the birth of his second child if it came to and at the time i had a hog barn and we were delivering weanling All the he As it turned out their water baby was a Little born june 25 about a month after the massive flood receded and the farm was High and dry by the time Shelley went into now the who has both an older and younger is headed for University to become a Char has looked at the flood pictures in the family album lots of it was kind of funny to see my mom in a boat and really she Safe Grad a part of celebrations in City schools by Leah Janzen for the free press Wayne free press graduate Char and dad Don Edel by Morris River flood but for Many moms in the Valley who about to give or tending to a Young the flood of 79 was anything but i just kept looking out the window and saw the water coming closer and said Marlene whose 18yearold daughter Alicia had been born two weeks earlier in she had a 20month old baby to care for As As floodwaters lapped at the decks Doorstep finally forcing them to leave their riverfront proper it would be a bit commented it is kind of she Alicia plans to attend Bible College in the As for what Milestone the next flood might usher the Young Grad can Only maybe ill be in my moms next Chuck led the graduating class at Roseau Valley school in Dominion City which includes students from Emerson adopted a special motto last fall that turned out to be eerily appropriate for this years graduation in the red from a song by country Singer Garth it is there to dance the this most of the provinces Grade 12 Stu dents will take part in a much anticipated rite of passage High school those for whom graduation is just a dim memory often reflect at this time of remembering their own Cele bration of Freedom and Caps and cars decorated with tissue paper restrictive Bow frilly dresses and a magical evening enjoying a formal dinner and dance Are typical not much has changed in the Grad today grads still suffer angst Over who to ask As a Date and whether to accept their diploma with the right or left student Grad committees continue to favour the traditional formal Cere Mony and dinner Over anything too new or the kids tend to want what the year before said Sharon childcare instructor and Grad coordinator at Tec voc High while Tec voc is sticking mostly to the tried and this will be the first year the school will have a Safe a ride Home there will be alcohol served at their party at the Delta Winnipeg As in pre Vious but this year revellers will have to prove they have a ride whether they Are sober or they will not be said the 125 students will either be picked up by parents or or driven Home by a Parent before a student can buy a ticket to the they must sign a along with their stating How they intend to get to the hotel and who will pick them up while Tec voc staff had discussed the idea of a Safe Grad for a few it was the students themselves who began the Nazen said she has not heard any opposition to the James collegiate student Lucia Giancola knows All too Well the consequences of driving two years ago she lost a Good Friend who was close enough to be a Broth he went to a had some drinks and decided to he ran into a semitrailer and was it was an incredibly traumatic Lead to disaster is now a member of teens against drunk driving and she spends some of her time trying to Edu Cate her local lawyer Martin Pollock gets a Little nervous around graduation his 22yearold brother was killed by a drunk Driver in 1982 and Pollock said the mood and excitement during graduation season can Lead to it is a time of Celebration but its important to plan it out so its not the last thing you Ever said the for Mer president of citizens against drunk staff and students at Gordon Bell High 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