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B4 Acton Freo Wednesday 1978 Lesson learned by hiking Scouts ADRIAN ALDER stirs his dinner after a long hard day of hiking The boys covered eight miles before spending the night on farmland in Information given by Scoutmaster John Sharpies at the recent Scout equipment seminar was put into action this weekend Sixteen scouts set out along an eight mile stretch of the Bruce Trail loaded with packs containing all the equipment necessary for an overnight backpacking hike The boys and their three leaders left the Scout hall Saturday morning with transportation provided by parents who dropped them off at the overpass on Appleby line near Kelso Following the Bruce Trail up the escarpment the group stopped for lunch at Coxs farm shelter on the trail The shelter is set up by the Bruce Trail association and Is used by hikers Travelling in teams of two or three the boys were responsible for carrying their own personal gear cooking utensils a shelter food and a camp stove The first of the group arrived at their camp site on the 15th slderoad Just east of on the Robertson farm at 15 For the next half an hour the boys arrived at the campsite relieved to remove the packs from their backs after a long hard day After cooking their own supper on the small camp- stoves and playing a few games the boys happily settled In for a good night sleep Sunday the group closed up Festival celebrates centennial camp and hiked into Acton from Speyside Since many of the boys had new equipment Scouter Mark felt the equipment seminar helped parents the proper equipment to buy for their son Mark said the biggest problem was mothers packed the packs Some of the boys were carrying packs that were much too heavy for their weight The pack should be onequarter of the boys weight Mark said that hope fully the boys will know next time what not to bring This hike was designed as preparation for the Explorers hike scheduled for May 12 weekend Scouts from Lime- house Glen Williams and Acton will be taking part In the Explorers hike Leaders for the backpack hike were Scoutmaster John Sharpies Assistant Scoutmaster Mark Rowe and father and Cub leader Jim Boyle Scouts taking part in at tending the hike were David Fuller Calvin Robinson Greg Cowan Donnie McDonald Kevin Darran Tim Gorton John Waskallk Malcolm Steven Christopher Adrian Alder Derek Boyle Tim Height John Barrett and Jim McVeigh JOHN sets up his tent at the Scout The Scouts would like to overnight hike on the weekend The boys were thank Mr for the responsible for carrying their own gear in his land for their camp eluding their tent or shelter Bluebirds on increase tree disease break This year the Guelph Spring Festival Guelph will celebrate the 100th birthday of Its founder tenor Edward Johnson The Festival which runs from April to May 19 will open with a musical tribute to Mr Johnson which will In clude operatic arias duets and trios by Boucher Ingemar Korjus and Jan with Derek Bramp ton at the piano The program following will feature Betty and Green lo A Mar veUous Party April 29 l with the Orford Quartet Gisela Depkat Bouchard and Morisset Paul Grlce Marie Germalne LeBlanc Derek Brampton Rosemary Landry Susan Gudgeon Janice Taylor and Janet Stubbs April 30 A highlight will be the opera premiere Psycho Red May a dramatic work by Charles Wilson and Eugene Benson directed by Brian Macdonald On May there will be a matinee premiere of The Cabbagetown Kids by Dodi and Pat Patterson produced by the Road Show Guelph and An Evening with Irene Worth In a onewoman show devoted to the dramatic poetry of Shakespeare Grands Ballets Canadians will perform with the Orford Quartet May and again at a matinee on May 14 In the evening there will be a performance of Lazarus an oratorio with Rosemary Landry Janet Stubbs Pauline Vaillancourt Glyn Evans Alan Crofoot Ingemar Korjus ac companied by the Festival Singers and he Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony con ducted by Nicholas Gold write Box 1T1B Guelpb Ontario Canada For a 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scattered thorn trees Abandoned orchards are quite often excellent homes for these birds particularly if some of the trees are hollow Eastern Bluebird which provide nesting sites In colonial days the blue bird thrived and it was one of the most common of our birds Stiff competition arrived towards the latter stages of the century in the form of the House Sparrow a European species Immediately the House Sparrow began to the bluebird taking full advantage of nesting areas habitually used by them Shortly thereafter a second invasion occurred this time It was the even more Starling As this wasn enough clean farming was becoming the new vogue and the old orchards were pruned old were removed and replaced by metal ones and the bluebird almost vanished entirely There were fewer and fewer to which they could retreat Bluebirds are often very susceptible to late winter cold snaps and in high latitudes many may group to gether and freeze to death during migration Ice storms pose an additional hazard These factors combined to bring the population of the bluebird to an extremely low level only several years ago Now something positive may be happening It may be too early to show over op timism but it seems that the recently Imported Dutch elm disease may be giving the bluebird a totally unex break Many parts of its range southern Ontario included ore now filled with many dead trees which attract Insects and consequently woodpeckers The wood peckers old homes may be providing the bluebirds with good ideal places to nest There is also evidence that the Starling and House Sparrow numbers are levell off These occurences may be constituting a blue bird recovery Where nesting sites remain rare the bluebird has often been assisted In many places by the erecting of artificial nest boxes bird houses Placed on poles ten or twelve feet above ground In some what open areas these may also be of significant value If they are to make a comeback The entrance hole if you decide to make one should be a shade over one and three eights Inches wide In the throaty warble of the bluebirds is rarely heard but with a good search they can be seen I have seen them on three occasions and and they Indeed are worth seeing Missed Your Free Press Please Let Us Know Our carriers do their best to give fast courteous service but mistakes do happen so If you do not receive your paper or have any complaints regarding delivery please call our office 8532010 MDHSANDECDRURY DRAMA SCHOOLS PRESENT THE SHREW An Adaptation fromThs Tarn of Shrew WEDTHURS FRI SAT MAY 11th 12th 13th AT EC DRURY AUDITORIUM Milton TIME 8 P Senior Citizens ADULTS Under STUDENT TICKETS AVAILABLE AT EC SWITCHBOARD HARRIS STATIONERY D H STUDENTS CANADIAN CHAMPION AT THE DOOR EVERY MONDAY GEORGETOWN ELKS LODGE BINGO DoorPnzes nv Road Georgetown Prizes Eorly Bird PRIZES AT EACH Doors Open 7 p Bingo StartB8pm 16 Regular Games at 40 3 Special at 0ea 600 Jackpot Numbers GUARANTEED Share Waolth Project and Dotoction In Small 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