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Orono Weekly Times - 5 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 | I H555S5555 ««■*. •- - ek « W,i,i ' h Break ' made ^^^^e6c^^^^^^^^^^ =====s====== --====== ============ GRCA delivers spring water awareness program _ . ii r»nn « n A avr\ staff with them all their lives. The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) is delivering its Spring Water Awareness Program (SWAP) to students throughout the GRCA watershed watershed and beyond in March, thanks in part to a contribution of $2,500 from Ontario Power Generation. The program is brought into Grade 4 classrooms by GRCA educators, who teach the children through hands-on experiments and discussion about the perils of playing around creeks and riverbeds during the spring thaw. As well, OPG and GRCA staff delivered the program recently recently during Winter Wonder- Leam in Clarington. "Safety is a very important part of our work culture," says Don Terry, public affairs manager manager for Darlington Nuclear. "Bringing this important water safety message to children allows us to pass on very immediate and important knowledge on the importance of staying away from creeks and rivers. At the same time, it instils the value of respect for dangerous situations that the children can hopefully carry with them all their lives." "Students learn why water and ice are dangerous in the spring, what areas in their neighbourhood to avoid and what to do if an accident occurs," says Rebecca Whitman, GRCA Outdoor Educator. "They are made to feel empowered to watch and warn others who may be in danger," Whitman continued. "Because the program is taught at the Grade 4 level each year, eventually all children children attending school in the watershed will get the pro- GRCA see page 9 Book picks for the month of March from the Clarington Public Library I'LL TELL YOU A SECRET : A memory of seven summers By Anne Coleman rAleman While attempting to write her memoirs m 2002 Anne Cotoman found herself preoccupied with one specific chapter from her youth - a unique friendship with the Canadian writer Hugh MacLennan. This friendship was forged over seven summers at the Coleman family cottage in North Hatley, Quebec. When s first met Mr. MacLennan she was 14, and the relationship contin- , ued until she was 21 when she married. Thisi coming of age story, set in the 1950s, recalls her infatuation with Ma cLennon a man many years her senior, and relives their intense, often c fusing, friendship. It was a friendship that was to become mea - ingful'to her in ways she has only now come to understand. Th Sating book received a nomination for the Governor General ' Awards in the fall of 2004. SNATCHED! The Peculiar Kidnapping of Beer ^193 " 53 year-old beer tycoon John Sackville Labatt was kidnapped kidnapped while on his way to his London office and held ransom for diree days. His captors were a group of desperate ex-rum runners. runners. This bizarre true crime story traces the abduction tooug to the trials ofLabatt's abductors. From a heavily populated h oufto a case of mistaken identity, follow the sW of Labatt, the first important Canadian to be kidnapped for high ransom. NIGHTFALL: A NOVEL By Nelson DeMille The mid-air explosion of TWA Flight 800 over Long Island Sound in July 2001, the deaths of the 230 passengers, and t subsequent investigation provided Nelson DeMille with t basis Vr his latest novel, Nightfall. Within the first page DeMille sows the seeds of doubt concerning the official version rT the cause of the crash. This official account is disturbingly different from what several hundred eyewitnesses savttandcteim brought down the plane. John Corey (a favourite DeMille char actor) of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force struggles with conflicting evidence and exposes conspirators bent on suppressing suppressing the truth. Nightfall is thought provoking, pertinent, and very entertaining. »' -7Î firm knows she has problems when a canister containing a dead- 1v virus goes missing but she has no idea of the nightmare that is to come The research company's director Stanley Oxen or is depending on the drug in development but he isn t the only one. As P a blizzard whips up on Christmas Eve, a strange mix of people people converge on the Oxenford family estate, including a local télévision télévision reporter who has sniffed out the stoiy, a violent trio of thugs trying to steal the virus for a client, and Tom Gallo who is 5g,obiter her career by keeping the virus safe Asrthe storm worsens the emotional sparks fly and desperate secrets are revealed. Hidden traitors and unexpected heroes emerge startling twists that will hold readers captive. Orono Business Improvement Association çPtyimt Saturday, March 26 the fun starts at 10:30 a.m, at ORONO TOWN HALL Egg Hunt takes place on the Clarke Library lawn Everyone welcome! ~ ll 'v Free! IkWf.tV: h. iT-i rarer j " ifcr* awt NEWCASTLE FUNERAL HOME Family owned and operated by ■ Carl Good, Funeral Director, and Joyce Kufta 386 Mill St. S., Newcastle 905-987-3964 www.ncwcastlcfuncralhomc.com "Caring for our Community"