News PARTY. Continued from Page Al “It doesn’t matter if nobody shows up. It’s underway,” student N cDonald said. Heather Sadlish, one of the s udents cited by organizer § sDonald as supporting the dry g ad, said she has not yet bought a i ket. Sadlish doesn’t usually drink a ithinks the dry grad sounds like fi :. But she also wants to spend tt night with most of her graduat- ir Class. She plans to watch ticket sé +S — if most of the graduating cl 3s is going to the dry grad, sk ‘Il also buy a ticket. ‘therwise Sadlish says she'll at 1d the student-organized party. dU can go to a wet grad dry but you can’t go to a dry grad wet,” Armstrong said. Student _ Justin Whittaker wondered if a student who showed up intox1- cated at the dry grad would be tumed away to drive home. “We didn’t ask for it,” student Ryley Swanson said. “They’re just splitting the grad class up.” Even if everyone went to the dry grad student Erin Patterson pre- dicted there would be a wet grad party on another night. She pre- dicted that party would not be as _ well controlled as the party now planned by students. Some of the students felt a survey done at the school asking if they would support a dry grad was slanted since the students were not asked to choose between a dry ‘cad or a wet grad. ‘S te MEETING Organizer McDonald said the first survey, asking how many students would attend a dry grad, drew support from two-thirds of the students. A second survey, giving students a choice between a dry and wet grad, resulted in about one-third of the students choosing the dry grad. For that one-third, McDonald said the organizing committee decided to go ahead and organize the dry grad. “Those kids are going to have a fabulous time and go away loaded with prizes,” she predicted. But she also expects the party will gain momentum and most of the graduating students will buy the $10 tickets by the June 13 deadline. “T think we7ll see a good por- tion of the graduating students come,” she said. Student Sarah Whittall fears the two parties will divide the grad class. “A lot of our anger is because we really feel pressured towards the dry grad. This is our night — we've worked 12 years for it. We are mature adults. If we cannot handle a night with the influence of alcohol, what can we han- dle?” she asked. “We're being put out in the world in three months and we should be able to make our own decisions,” student Malvern Glen- tworth said. At Stelly’s Secondary, an alco- hol-free after-grad cruise from Victoria to Seattle gained almost unanimous support from students and parents, according to organizer Bill Braun. The return cruise will involve five schools and will sail from Victoria to Seattle and back between 11:45 p.m. June 23 and 11:45 a.m. June 24, following the graduation recognition ceremony for Stelly’s students at the Univer- Sity of Victoria. ‘A lot of our anger is because we really feel pressured towards the dry grad. This is our night — we’ve worked I2 years for if’ Organizer McDonald is aware of the student resentment. “Kids of this age don’t like to think things are being decided for them.” But she also sees the dry grad as a chance to show young people that it is possible to celebrate without alcohol. All of the com- munity support and donations towards the dry grad are a recogni- tion of the students’ accomplish- ments, she said. “This is a gift from the com- munity for the kids for gradua- on,” McDonald said. Continued from Page Al The society advertised the meet- ing for three weeks and sent notifi- cations to the 144 individual and family members, spending $70 on postage, Trivett said. “T do believe the timing was bad,” he added. After deciding to cancel the meeting, Trivett said he spent most of the day trying to contact members to let them know the meeting was canceled. He expected the membership issue would be resolved at a board meeting last night. 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