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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday 1889 How to have fun in the armed forces eirs View Thomson Newsservice Naturally its distressing to read that the Canadian Armed Forces is having trouble meeting personnel targets But its reassuring to learn that a topranking officer has a solution the problem According to Jack the forces mist try to attract new by making soldiering more fun We pause briefly to admire the sheer novelty of this idea As far as Im aware com paratively few military leaders over the course of history have tried to stress the fun side of soldiering It is not recorded for instance that Wellington tried to emphasize this angle on the morn ing of Waterloo Gentlemen Ill be blunt Were badly outnumbered Were up against the greatest military strategist of the century In short its going to be a rather difficult day But hey afterwards well all go to McDonalds Granted history does speak of assorted leaders who found per sonal enjoyment in soldiering But its hard to believe their en thusiasm was widely shared Hey guys guess whos coming to loot and pillage us this weekend Oh wowneato The problem is simple Soldier ing may indeed seem fun for awhile but only some jerk spoils things by starting a war After that the laughs are few and far between You get to meet j of new people but the problem is that theyre all trying to shoot you As such you have to wonder just how the Armed Forces hope to make the business of soldiering seem like fun Do you send peacekeeping troops to Disneyland Or perhaps invade the West Edmonton Mall StLU MajorGeneral has a point Recruitment is down Arts program The Halton Board of Education is asking people to register now for the summer school performing arts program The performing arts classes will run from July 3 to July 21 and classes will concentrate on developing acting dancing singing and technical theatre skills The program is open for students from Kindergarten to Grade 13 The Board of Educations Spotlight 89 summer School of Performing Arts is a part of the continuing education program in the Region To register call the continuing education office at 3333190 or or call Roberts at 6325151 STORE HOURS pm except Thursday Friday 930 pm 211 Guelph Street Georgetown 8777361 CENTRE And if the only solution is to make soldiering more fun then so be it Its still a little difficult to im agine how this could be done without undermining the whole point of soldiering in the first place But perhaps if we close our eyes tight and try our hardest to imagine the scenario Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to basic training Im DrillSergeant Rock your social convener First off lets get one thing straight Youre stuck with me for the next six weeks and by the end of that time youre going to hate the sound of my voice This is because I tell really really bad jokes But youre going to put up with it because this is the army and youre here to learn discipline So when I say Attention you say Sir When I say Jump you say How high And when I say Knockknock you darned well say Whos there Right Basic training Youve heard about the course we have here at Camp Med Youve heard its tough Well you heard right this course is a killer The second hole is a 470yard parfour with a vicious dogleg left and the third green is completely surrounded by sandtraps But youre soldiers and its time you got used to bunkers And its going to get worse because after three weeks its time for Survival Training Were sen ding you into brutal and dangerous territory and leaving you to sur vive by your wits You arrive in New York on a Friday evening Saturday after noon you go to see the Yankees play the Blue Jays While youre at the game Ill be sneaking into your hotel rooms and stealing your travellers cheques And then well see what youre made of And if you survive the full six weeks well then hang onto your hats campers because youre go ing to see action All of you Youre going to see pitched bat tles and allout war Bombs dropp ing and entire regiments being blown to bits And after the movie well all go for pizza Any questions Right Youre in the army now and you know what that means dont you Thats right It means the last one into the pool rotten egg Your Choice Mtxt CMckl How much lUcenll passing Georgetown District High School have been a bit confused about the School for Sate sign on the billboard Principal Barb Singleton feels that humor is needed lo relieve stress for the students and teachers Some of the public have been taken the sign literati Our last of ler was Mrs Singleton said UCW meet in Georgetown Following dessert and coffee Helen Thompson of Halton Womens Place was the guest speaker for the Spring Thankoffering for St Johns United Church of Georgetown and Glen Williams The meeting was held in the Georgetown hall Monday evening April Ms Thompson told how the women and sometimes with children came to the centre and of the relief they found when there were others to share their trials The women are generally there from three to six weeks until they can find new accommodations no one is ever forced out A course is be ing set up- to train volunteer helpers for the home The congregation is busy preparing for the Weston Silver Band who will be performing in the Georgetown sanctuary on the evening of Sunday April at 730 This band his travelled ex tensively won many prizes and will provide a musical treat for all band lovers Also coming up May at 930 am is the 153rd anniversary of the Glen Williams worship Rev Walter Ridley a former pastor will take the service and the Kerr family of Baltinafad will provide music There will be a coffee hour following the service On Saturday May 6 starting at am St Johns is holding a yard sale and silent auction at the Georgetown Church on Street There will be a bake sale at 11 am and lunch will be available The Mission Service and Outreach Committee are in charge St Johns has always been a supporter of The Bridge an interdenominational outreach to prisoners in the local correctional facilities and to their families in our community A sixweek train ing program arranged by Daisy Dunlop has been in progress dur ing the month of April to help share in this community building St Johns is saving Miracle Mart cash register tapes which can be turned in by a non profit organization for cash The members are using this means to help with their effort to help refurbish the kitchen Road will be closed The Canadian National Railroad company has proposed construction on the John Street underpass that will that sec tion of the road for a month The Town of Halton Hills is recommending closure of the road after speaking with the CNR The rail company says they would tike to begin work on the structure April 25 The comple tion date should be June say town engineers bridge located north of Mill Street in Georgetown Although the town has not received written request from the CNR they believe the rail com pany will soon ask written per mission When the town 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