chatting with mary biehn wonder if many parents other member of our family have as many unload mem- j was at the ideal age for camp- ones of their children son- ins anil we were determined that this great experience should not be missed when the subject was broached the response was something less than enthusiastic so we thought an overnight camping stint with a group a short distance from town would be a gocd way to initiate prceedinss in the dir ection of an eventual camping mer camping days as i have i know the opposite is sap- posed to be true bat for some reasn it never workc j out that way in our case every year i thought it would be different but it never was at the end of the camping stint in would totter my beloved offspring bleary of eye weary of limb and- dirty of clothes in short holiday a real mess w s im ashamed to adirit thai something always see- jour tactics- bordered on abduc- med to go wrong like thejtibn in order even to get the time camp was located on a j prospective camper into the car clay hillside beside a spring for- the expedition to the camp- stream it rained cats and dogs site where do these notions fqr days on end turning thjj corns from that conviuce other- area into a quagmire of mud wise fairly sensible parents that the running tap water got shut such and such an experience off for some reason so that they j will be good for a child hind- used the novf very murky stream sight tells its that problems ar- for everything from washing jisc blouse every child is dif- socks to cleaning teeth a visit tferenl and so are the camps midway through the camping jyop re only lucky when you period on parents night left happen to synchronize the two me feeling mightly disturbed g anyway to go back to the case about the whole deal the re- j in point parental determination mainder of the camp term i won out the poor kid went h spent fuming at home in a camp for one nisht only it vacuum of anxiety unrelieved was alpha and omega the by communi of- any kind j beginning and the end of a from the camper reassuring camping career or otherwise annovance was added to worry and when my to summer camp bolidayer returned to the fold tidn pp to ue other rubberv legged with weariness member of our family eith- induced by a long series of prac ct every wc tried ptsaa- ticatly sleepless gigglefiued sion r that passing up nights held upright mainlv by summer camp was also passing mudencrusted clothes didnt p lal of valuable experiences know whether to laugh or cry and lul i after a good nights sleep now lo toese the recovered the clothes nt aer my only conciu ver did but always next year sion ha in spie of their she wanted to go to ramp ag i experiences most campers do ain usually to a different one more school tax aid for halton snow says financial aid to help alleviate local tax increases caused by higher education costs rs al most a certainty forlhauan county announced jim snow mpp for halton east last week the assistance to the county in the form of additional pro vincial grants will be around 400000 estimated snow i am confident that relief is coming although it was doubt ful at first whether towns which underwent reassessment would qualify for the grants he said unofficial figures page 3 the georgetown herald thursday may 22nd lmf brampton discount shoe store soon opening anew branch fc in georgetown in the former jacksons bargain centre watch for further announcements seeai to have fun spring cleaning in the top photo maintenance crews from the dept of highways collect litter scattered along the roadside dur ing the winter season as they prepare for the summer holiday period bottom these scattered pieces of litter add to truck loads of refuse last year the dho spent 980000 on the collection and disposal of litter as part of antilitter campaign the dept appeals to motorists to take along a litter bag in their cars and use it instead of tossing litter along the roadside seeing the world part is nepal a land of religious festivals so away wed go this time wocld surely be different good for her in all the many ways camp should be for kids the grand finale camo the year she really did be come ill at ramp we had paid our usual parents day vi sit and were less alarmed than toronto phone calls plan for huttonville lluttonville 865 telephone customers will have local call ing to toronto by early 1970 replies received from the ex- usual at conditions tho she had ch su indicate that a few htves and didnt feel 53 of those who re quite up to the mark that par- spoadei favoured an enlarsed ticular dav 7 j u 1 calling area said h a blacn- when we went to collect her ford nianaser a week later she had just been the expanded area will uc t11mi1ulu 1114 will iii released from the infirmarv 1 j u 1 t riudr the exchanges of toronto where she had been languishing for a week suffering from an continuing a series of letters home from janice carter to her parents mr and mrs orrnie carter describing a tour which she is takiny with karen kor flutes and once saw a street idol washed in the wood of a recentlykilled bull at the h tel we were given a little bowl of milkboiled rice with suar i racjc of glen williams and sumeand mils in it the manager told english girl friends nepal was truly a breath of fresh air the road into khat- mandu took us over a hundred miles of steeip curving mountain roads where each bend in the road brought fabulous views of tlimalayan scenery snow-cap- ped peaks in the distance and terraced farms cut out of the foil in the foreground eagles overhead and sturdy mountain people climbing with heavy packs up sheer hillsides we found a good cheap hotel ftwo nepalese rupees each or about 16 cents a night and we could get porridge for breakfast and lemon tea and real meat din ners buffalo steak and mutton wow that was a welcome change after rice and hot spicy vegetarian dishes not only that we discovered a chinese res taurant called the lido that must be famous by now as we have told everyone wa have seen about it and anyone who has been to khatmandu sterns to know about it there you could get heaps of steaming chinese dinners for 3 or 4 rupees we used to just fill in ths hours especially when it was raining until we could decently appiar again for another meal that this was a traditional spring festival dish very tas ty and nice to have as a pres ent we visited some of the larger hindu temples and llhuddist stupas as well posupati nith is on the banks of the bagmati and is a very holy place we had to climb the hillside to look into it there was a huge gol den bull inside as the temple is dedicated to shiva the bull image of the hindu god i had lots of fun there with a lively little boy who undertook to bs my guide and led me jll over the site at breakneck speed tel ling me in limited english all about the temple he had a slingshot to shoot monkeys with as they sometimes attack one canadian boy at our ho tel was taking rabies shots be cause he had been bitten the little boy also had a small stringed instrument with a bow and played and sang for me i didnt mind giving him some baksheesh because he deserved it for next to nothing and many of the young travel all over the i khatmandu valley that way i people would go whizzing past shoulting hello whether they i knew you or not there must be j something in the fresh air that causes everyone to be friendly i we met very interesting people i who had done a lot of travel ling quite a few had come from the far east and austra- jia we met up with on the way back skidded once quite dangerously where there was a 1000 foot drop and were held up for some time by an acci dent in which a truck had skid ded into the mountain face at daman about 45 miles from khatmandu wc had a snmvball fight and then took turns look ing at mount everest through a telescope then back to hot dusty india continued next week new toronto islington weston willoudalc don mills scar borough toronto suburban west north and hast clarkson undiagnosed ailment a few pointed questions plus the in criminating evidence of literal iv h4i w astleroore caledon hast and ly hundreds of what looked h ke giant mosquito bites on her fort boilon legs and arms left no doubt a when the expanded calling is our minds as to the caue ol inlrxluotd the huttonville pre fix uill change from 860 to 455 but the- is four digits will re main unchanged rales for the increased local these figures are not official however snow emphasized but are my own calculation based on discussions with the department of education and the halton board of education on the effect of the additional grants announced by education minister bill davis j he said the grants will be divided among the municipalit ies in the county with about 200000 going to oakvillc and the rest to esquesing nassaga- weya acton and possibly mil ton not specific on monday night education minister davis had refused to be specific about what relief halton taxpayers would get when he spoke at a dinner mee ting of the halton young pro gressive conservatives he had said his department was still in the process of studying recently announced grant regulations to see if areas which underwent reassess ment would qualify for the grants davis announced recently that the province will provide grants to hold down tax increases in municipalities with less than 60000 population the special grants wlil be el igible to those education boards which hold expenditure per pu pil within 115 per cent of 1968 help taxpayers davis pointed out last week that the additional grants would not mean more money for ed ucation boards to spend how ever but the monies would be allocated to relieve the taxpay ers last week snow said final instructions from davis will soon be going out to ihe hal ton education board snqw was speaking to about 200 ratepay ers at a meeting held to discuss the 1969 education budget by the southwest oakvillc proper ty owners association her illness and ill she was tor another three weeks after re turning home before the poison worked itself out of her system since she had been the only onr in the cabin without a sleeping calling ucrc outlined in a letter hag for protection she had mailed to huttonville rusttjmcrs proved an easy prey ts thi in- last month vaders that was lirus to camp u ing for her ben nada wl proceed with the plan subject to approval of however as parents we its rate application now before are a stubborn couple or the canadian transport corn- something by this time an- mission bodhnath stupa is a huge buddhist shrine that has gigan tic eyes painted on the dome all around the outside thpre are prayer wheels set irtfo f if it hadnt been so ralnly i wall which pilgrims spin as they and cold wc could have stayed walk along swayamishu nath much longer tftan 5 days as nb above the city on b top pal was the bst so far ever where there were temples of pagoda style where incense and little idghts burned on the ateps around the outside walls people were selling vegetables and woollen goods and trinkets of all sorts wc found the bafc aar interesting but disappoint- ting things like prayer wheels and ghurka knives 1 bought onel but the priegs were very high probably because since the restrictions on travel ip nepal were lifted so many tourists have flooded in when wc tried to bargain with them they would only bajjownji little and then would say there was no use in trying to get it for less be cause they could get even- more from another tourist wc enjoyed seeing all the different faces happy sturdy people and the tibetans were the best they went about their affairs instead of staring at usl 4 some of the men had long brail ded hair aqd big golden picrred earrings and beads we saw a lot of women with ten or more earrings in their cars and really heavy necklaces and often huge rings through the side of one nostril they have even more festivals than india we saw several processions ted by drums and of a steep hill wc were lucky to come dur ing one of the prayer times in order to see and hear the monks the air was thick with the scent of incense and the less pleasant aroma of the ran cid butter they drink in their tea two little boys played drums and two other monks blew on horns and conch shells the sound is quite deafening by the time they reach the climax of their prayers wc wore al most mesmerized by the loud steady beat well you know already that john couldnt sell his land ro ver at our hotel there was a british couple who had tried for several weeks and finally gave up they were going off on a three week trek into the mountains with two australian fellows a sherpa guide and por ters sounded exciting 01c and asbjor wanted to go on a short trek but the weather was not good and with all the trouble with the car decided to drive baik with us rather than stay oh 1 until they could make ar rangements for a trek actually we enjoyed it at the hotel be cause most of the guests were haluiy outdoorsy types 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