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Acton students learn in wilderness The Acton Press Wed July Frost Centre teaches greater awareness ByBobHurtt Surrounded by dense lakes and rug terrain the Centre promises to become the provinces foremost facilities for research in demon stration of resource manage ment recreation public education The centre situated on Highway at Dorset Is used by school groups from across the province While the there makes available endless list of things to do and see the Inevitable effect is a greater awareness of nature The centre bears the name of former premier Leslie M Frost It was largely due to Ihe work of Mr Frost and the Algonquin Park Advisory Committee that the centre was converted Into an opera fostering a public under standing ami appreciation of natural resources their niun age men t and use Was ranger school Prior to the centre was known as the Ontario Forest Technical Si hoot or Hanger School For man years the ranger school had been the qualifying Institution for em ploy merit with Ontario eminent and Forest technicians and conservation officers took inservice training there With the coming of com college courses in 1988 the centre found Itself out of business In the years be tween 1968 when the centre opened the facility used for inservice train ing and Increasingly by boards of education for a vnr- of outdoor education ex Although the centre has on ly been open for about car its popularllv can be easily documented The centre runs at about BO per cent capacity Groups are urged to moke bookings as soon as possible some are made a year in advance All specialists The centre Is under the direction of George Hamilton Mr Hamilton has collected a team of staffers thai include specialists In re creation fish and wildlife and land management Structured programs In deer yard management fur- management forest manage ment timber felling and use are available Other programs tie In with forest measurement tree identification fish and wild life a demonstration well at trnil walks Recently this writer joined a group of newspapermen from the Ontario weekly Newspapers Association on a to the centre to learn of the facilities available and experiences being offered While experts are on the centre staff they arc not available for conduct tours or to hrad up hikes According to Mr Hamilton staff encourages teachers or group leaders to visit the centre see the facilities in advance of the trip and then prepare a program using cen tre staffers as resource people only The centre operates all year with the busiest season being winter During the win tcr season a lighted rink cross country skiing trails snow shoe trails and snowmo bile trails feature the winter recreation program A gym games room labs library and a museum arc available all year Canoeing water polo soc cer horseshoes ana baseball are among the activities available in the summer hi room darms The site takes In some acres Visitors to the centre sleep in dormitories eat In the large mess hall una have access to the variety of indoor and outdoor recreation learning experiences In all there arc 83 rooms with two beds to a room With a properly arranged program visitors young and old nave an excellent oppor tunity to be exposed to plant animal lifo in a way that is easy to learn According to some staffers at the centre one of the bene fits of the school trips shows up In the form of Improved relationships between tea and students The tea Interaction out side the classroom is rt ported by teachers to be of lonMilir- able benefit Acton High is one school that has made the trip on at least three occasions Teacher speaks highly of the centre more there In my opinion It is one of he most significant things Ive been involved In feel students get more out of tint than many things that are done in the school up Its been something fcrent In the past Mr looked at the trips as a means of- Increasing the students consideration of each We hope they II learn to care of each other It gives them chance to be ilose Student thought the trip was really good CAUTION AHEAD THATS LIFE for you Nothing but Dump truck industry suggestions received a The report of the provincial dump truck which hold public meeting In Milton two mouths ago was tallied In the Legislature recently by John It nodes the minister or transportation Ihe page report was prepared by I idlng loronto she noted not cry sled happening It helps people learn to get along and to reason out problems Its a chance to git close to people go to the same school but really don know them I or ell felt students would benefit more by having a more structured program and less free time Tie with Teacher agreed that ti more structured pro gram would bo helpful and noted efforts were being made tie In the trip with of school He expressed disappoint nient at trie behavior of some Militants on a recent trip rt They lit red the plate lib their gur and kept others up ing the night with their sing Mr ret I said student wire warned that their linns could scuttle program Ihe No injuries A two car t on July to at fl p in on Main St resulting In damage to the involved A car driven by David luirnill of was travelling to get through It was south on Main St when Hie following morning the iiilpnts offered apologies and went about up nil of hi hind did that on Hit ir own he noted said the Durst program would be with the Outers pro gram the- school so that the rtlatioiis and outdoor skills rieiurs could be in one trip transportation iuwye travelled about Ontario holding meetings with interested Ihe reiommenda lions wit Lilt I because of MTV changes the ministry in already making it fir loose louiLs on dump In he by tar pan 1 1 Off tluinge is that dump trucks judged unsafe by MIC Inspector are now untold the highway Mr IthodcH said he would in the very near to three risommeiulalions the registration plating of dump in re lationship to their gross and eight all dump truik Joint respnmihlllly of both the shipper and carrier fir ovtrloading Ihe minister said further study Is necessary before lie to on other recommendations in massive port Fur he said dealing with organizing the rate strut Hire a very thorough I he report said the presi In Ihe area of Intervention by a regulatory Another asetl of our was the arm of rate regulation said the We are aware of the dlfriuilllis at all levels In in tig I litre are luanv wluih will In- ad the pi of bringing order out of pit suit disorderly sltualiim of power Hie threat of tin federal Ail lias be exn mined we fi riiiuii volume of raffle on the one hand and on other band the trutker who own ami driven a single dump truck In our view It Is unreason utile In mutch the strength of the Willi the weuKnoss of Ihe tnitkir Intervention by a regulatory board Is to ensure equity In Hie protean Hut weknnw Hint of rates by for hire dump truck owners will the shippers to IxirihaHitneirownvohkle I fin Included all for trims ixiilatlon rendered paid within days minimum rates lie extended to all contracts Involving dump tnuks but dump trucks slmuld be exempt from rale filing mlnlmuinialcs should be ief i mil by geographic pnfiiably by regions llu lawyer wrole associations of dump that ting a work stoppage me wholher the decision THE REMAINS of a Plymouth were towed away from Hwy north of Speyside Saturday night following a one car accident Driver Fred erick Newell of Acton and Garry Arpa of Milton were both taken to hos pital Newells brother Kenneth and mother Ann were also injured in a car accident later that night on Hwy 25 near side road Iron Railings to Match DECORATIVESAFE PERMANENT FREE ESTIMATES CONCRETE RESTORATIONS LTD MARTIN ST MILTON ONTARIO CANADA 8786853 Free and Advice wife as Obligation no doom kltcfwn with or QEORGE 4514421 Hwy No 7 Just West of A CI Hwy No Brampton I The FASTEST GROWING BUILDING CENTRE in the PEEL REGION AIR CONDITIONERS SUPER 5000 BTU BTU FRIDGES 12 cu ft 2 door 5 Year Guarantee ONIY 279 DISHWASHERS ONE ONLY Brand Name Under 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