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PAGE 14, WMITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8,1988 News? Cail Veronica Colangelo. Phone ý655-8945, End of the year school trips are the highlights- ofaslgtsa ehr.Côe wenoimrat, many a sehool year and for the ids, will make for and no hie did not need more than one pair of undies 9reat nostalgic reminiscings 25 years from now or socks. The duffle bag, however, weighed a ton. it Somewhere between Grades 5 and 8 the annual contained the necessities, 20 pounds of comic books, a, "trip" is planned. hv ee-h cliato fSEEM S T Ed- on't awaltokmn, rm" ites ado r'o For me the trip was, to hvTOente uMEato fdnvtwalkmao n,.sev elgms adohr'o Grade 8. Ottawa was the destination (as it stili ofen. yVrnc oag Now hie was giving, the orders. "YTou drive me morn, is for many kids>.' It was to have been the send-off dad'll neyer get up and Ill miss the bus." At 4 a.n1., into the unknowÏi, but eagerly awaited, world of high he woke me up. "15 it time yet?" At 5 a.nt I finally school. The »kacher raved on and on about the ' broke down, got up'and at 5:30 a.m. we were ready to educational '(alue of such an event. ARl we cared go. The fact the bus did not arrive at the -school until about was; getting. away- from home, a train ride, 7 a.m. was immaterial. going t rsaants and having fun. I neyer maclern.i By this time L'm getting nervous. The old nagging it ... on the school trip, that is. I contracted chicken T he SCHOO trip questions came upagain. is the driver 'comrpeten ,t? pox. U, nfortunatély, my teacher, the.,school principal, Will he be homesick? When the bus arrived Mke and and' my always "It's for your own good, dea,' mother, his eight classmates hopped on the bus. We though were not progressive enough to realize that while I that they were sirnply putting their Iuggage on and was scabby ail oven, I would not be contagious by the that. if there was at least one kid that wasn't going, out they'd ail corne for their kisses,ý..-., time the trip rolled around. If I could have stowed rnaybe I could find a way to keep himi home, too. The While one mother gave the bus' the »âce over an-d away on the train I would have. I don't kiiow if I've answer was always the same "No, mom, why do you pronounced that it did look pretty-sturdy, another ever feit so disappointed as when I wasn't allowed to keep asking me that?" How could I tell him the bus was on the bus interviewing the driver as .to,-her go on that trip.. To this day one of rny closest friends driver might be incompetent, you might have an qualifications and experience. She eased our feërs by"' stili uses every opportunity to remind me of the great accident, or someone might steal you? indicating the driver did seem competent, an'd had time I nissed. Michael's experience staying away from home done this particular trip many times. We al sighed Reety ylittle guy's class went on their year-end involves spending the night at his grandparents With with relief. Retrihi, fmy ,wsavr runtceet personal service I can only dream about. I was afriad tnp Ths, or e, as vey taumticevet. he'd be homesick or scared or worse. Ten minutes seemed a long time to load luggage, Sudbury was the intended destination, Science and it quickly becarne apparent that these kids were North, the nickle mines and so forth. A few days before the trip, the permission formi carne not going to give us goodbye hugs and kisses. What Fundraising bake sales wene held. I faithfully baked home. t was the usual request for emièrgency else could I do? I got on the, bus and told him he cupcakes and sent money so that Mfichael could buy numbers and so on, except that it contained a rnight not need a hug, but I sure did.' them back. separate sheet of paper that had a spot for the, That might, when the Mister and I should have been I bibed the kid with money for chores done around parent and the kid to sing. t said sornething to the, out enjoying oun new found freedorn, we stayed in the house so he could have spending money. No effect that if the kid did not follow the behavior code, and waited. We waited for the phone caîl that didn't work, no spending money, I told hirn. We negotiated did we ail agree that he was. te be sent home at his corne. He wasn't even homesick! an hourly rate, which hie wanted in advance and parents' expense. It occurred to me that I might well When we picked Mike up the next day, he looked which he did not get in advance. He surpnised me by be the only parent who'got one of these. Michael's tired and bug bitten. "They were huge, you should coing an excellent job of painting part of the deck comments were, "Well, don't worry, they won't send have seen them." He cornplained about the bed. He (and anything else that happened te be in the way). Cya, home alone anyway 'cause it's too dangerous. said the floor was softer and that was where he slept. Every night after school, I would ask, Is there You wouldn't allow it would ya, rnom?" But he also said he had a great time and I'm sure he anyone in your class who isn't going?" I was hoping The night before carne. He packed. His suitcase was aid. I was jealous. Weather boosts fair attendance Byr VERONICA COLANGELO This year the weather certainly co.operated with organizers of the Brooklin Spring Fair. Wayne Disney, secretary-. treasurer of the fair board, says that this is the first time in five years that it hasn't rained for the fair. Attendance was up and Disney says the weather surely played a part. *While the final figures aren't in yet, Disney says that the amount of revenue generated appears to be Up also. Maureen Jackson, homecnaft organizer, indicates that entries in the adult and junior sections had increased. She says there were large crowds in the arena this year for the entertainrnent. "I think this is the first year people realized the quality of entertainment and camne toe enjoy it," she says. While the weathen didn't dampen the faim this year, Jackson says that this could well be the last year of the Brooklin SEE PAGE 30 Paper drive on Saturday on Saturday, June 10 will be held the 2nd Brooklin scouts last paper drive for the season. Papers should be securely bundled and at curbside by 9 a.m. residents in Ashburn can take their papers to the Ashburn Centennial Community Centre for pick.up. Even though this is the last paper drive for the summer, pick-up will resume in the fail. 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The Up such water sample AJAX 126 Commercial Avenue AJAX, Ontario LiS 2H5 (416) 683-4660 <,rhis precautionary advice is provided in that a recent »private study undertaken for the lands north of Myrtie Road and in the Hamîet of Ashburn has inidicated nitrate levels in existing wells* in excess of the Ontario Drinking Water ,Objective of 10 mg/L. ROBERT G. SHORT Director of Planning Town of Whitby i i 1'