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Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday January M reflects on years as volunteer Social services spectrum has room for change FUNDRAISING TEAMWORK A large assemblage Beta Sigma Phi sorority members helped Red Cross volunteers pack canvassers kits last Wednesday in Georgetown Helping to launch the fund raising campaign which will run throughout March are left to right Sophia Eckroth Joan Parkinson Maureen Richardson Louise Ann Preston Gajle Russell Joan Thompson Sharon Peggy Theresa Smith Tina Varcmy and Lea Douglas In Georgetown alone there are about canvassers who will be going from door to door A similar campaign is alio belli held in Acton Herald photo Hig schools McDonald and Ridle show their stuff New gallery provides mild irony as art instructors turn artists Herald editor After a lull year of marching their students lo the Library Cultural Centre to view various forms or art in a gallery context Georgetown District High School art teachers Terry McDonald and Penny Ridley have found themselves in a mildly Ironic situation pencil drawings and etchings by the pair have navigated the centre gallery walls this past month the show conlinu es through Saturday affording a pleasant enough dual exhibition complete with a few prises and perhaps most importantly an interest Ing look at art ins true at The two teachers sty esaro quite different but not nearly as disparate as when they first met ten years ago Ms Ridley arrived in Georgetown from I via Montreal in a devout ab stract expressionist Recruited to teach lish as well as art she found Mr McDonald head of the art department since 1966 an unassuming fan of landscapes and farm houses She came from the big city as It were ponder Jackson Pollock and the massive solidcolor blocks of the minimalists He had become establish as It were between the homespun prim Hi v GDHS art teachers Penny Ridley and Terry McDonald have enjoyed a successful exhibition of their work month at the librarycultural centre The pair approach art from different angles but lend to Influence one another Herald photo ism of William and the necessary commercialism of the Ontario College of Art Interestingly enough the two have come to influence each other quite a bit over the past decade Ms Ridley has lately set her abstracts aside for a- nod toward realism or more correctly she incorporated some of her old tools into new figur ative works producing what she calls abstract realism SHADOW CAST Mr McDonald main tains his love for those little mysteries everyone notices in passing while driving by an otherwise a field the reflections of a house gable In a motionless pond a man and his young family just home after a winter walk long stand approach to his art Ms Ridley has injected a new appreciation for shadow and light to which Mr McDonald readily admits The two discuss theory lot Ms Ridley told The Herald last week And they re often ends with each other though in out arts feud seems unlikely They even share a runn Joke concerning the terminology each uses for depth and distance What on show at the gallery is quite recent work by both artists Mr McDonald can list the locutions of his subjects chosen on dally drives from school to his home in or on side trips to Manitoulm Island and a vacation In Prince Edward Island Ma Ridley also draws ideas from her family home where the brilliant summer sunlight slicing through clean ocean air lends itself so well to her experiments In abstract realism Test your artistic talents Actons a Artisans Village Fingers are going to be busy this month and next at Actons Hide House Artists from the Artisans Village are offering craft courses beginning Jan 31 Monday evenings from to p Lesley Ord will be teaching Intro- to Stained Glass The course lasts six weeks and costs ISO Tuesdays from to 30pm Mary Lou will be having a four week course on rug braiding Cost Is Wednesdays from 10 am to noon Celeste Brush Is going to be teaching spinning and dying The course costs and runs for four weeks with a oneday workshop Included At the same time Frances Armstrong will be teaching how make doll houses and toy shops Acid rain topic of UCW meeting By SMITH Herald Correspondent Jan IS was one of the coldest nights of this winter but there was a good attendance at the meeting held In the basement of the church Marg dent called the meeting to order As the roll call was answered each member donated the used stamps which they had collected Mrs gave the devotion which fitted In with the topic prepared and given by Grace McEnery The topic on the subject of acid rain During Ihe business part of the meeting plans were made for the spring fashion show and also for the fall bazaar Viola Shortil was hostess for this meeting and her assistants were Barbara Munro and Joy lb Clarke who helped with the serving of lunch Congratulations and Mrs M R Bailey on the of their second Congratulations also to Ada Kirkwood who recently became a grand mother when daughter Heather and husband Dave became the proud parents of a little son Sorry to report that Agnes McEnery Is still a patient in Guelph General Hospital Her many friends hope she is responding to treatment and will soon be able to return home Mr FJ has returned home from hospital and Is progress favorably in miniature The six week course costs Thursdays a sculpting class has planned tentatively scheduled for the evenings Dawn Council will be conduct the classes lhal will run for three weeks A tentative fee of Is being charged The pottery wheel will be spinning Friday with an evening pottery class being taught by Miko Willie The six week course costs and will be from to p A oneday workshop on Ik painting is being held Feb from lo For more information or to register contact the Hide House at As central as redbrick farmhouses are Mr McDonald mostly small canvasses Ms Ridley three young children are to hers They appear at play In quite a number but instead of becoming familiar faces to us it it most often their backs we BLOND HAIR The children thus become more Ms Ridley explain Their blond hair against the white sunlit sky as they focus tholr attention undisturbed by Iho viewer Shos caught some very ordinary moments in such a way hat each carries impact the drawing entitled I Sorry depicts that moment when two child hood friends realize Ihc hurtful result of their own bickering for example A number of current students and the odd former one has dropped by the exhibition ihelr own accord as have quite a few teaching colleagu es For the students its a unique chance to see teachers efforts instaad of the other way around And also for the dents It s an Informative example of how the Idea realized on evolves into art as such on the gallery wall Strolling through the new gallery viewing cither their teachers work currently or recent exhibitions by other local artists they can see first hand how casual led to cither success or failure And most importantly as both Mr McDonald and Ms Ridley see It they find a new door opening on Ihelr they see another aspect of life in their hometown in which they can gel personally involv That a facet of art instruction that no amount of paint and polish can provide By CHRIS AAGAAHD Herald StaffWriter In her 12 years of Moulden has seen a number of changes In the ways government and Individuals deal with charitable organizations and social service But there s still plenty of room for Improvement she told The Herald in a recent interview and it can come none loo soon lo nor Ha Hon While having recently retired from a six year term on the Rous Authority board of directors Mrs Moulden remains active with a number of other agencies the region Land Division Commit tee and is a newly ap pointed member of the Children Aid Society board of officers She is also president of the North Social Planning Council People arc still volun greatest re source she said especial with nongovernment agencies like the United Way local cancer lea and Red Cross groups In north Halton volun leers arc a particularly valuable commodity since their ranks must be drawn from a smaller population base than what or Burling ton offer Mrs Moulden said The traditional compos ition of many volunteer organizations is also changing she noted II no longer just the FISH CHIPS Halibut Shrimp Cod Chicken Skipper Fish Chips George town Market Place Valentines Day party School age children can enjoy a special Valentines Day Party with stories games and crafts Please register Feb beginning at At the Georgetown library only Start your evening of TV entertainment with Cable you community woak Tuesday Call us Is at BARRAGERS LAUNDROMAT 166 Guelph St Georgetown FREE WASH Tues Feb 1st Having recently retired from the Homing Authority Dollie will likely be adding more of her lime to other agencies with which she works as a volunteer In a Herald Interview Mrs looks at some In altitudes towards social services and community volunteerlsm offering a glimpse of what the future holds Herald photo represent but there nothing wrong with using some of those funds lo train more volunteers she said ANY DAY Funds Tor training I think I can Justify that any day of the week Mrs Moulden told The Herald adding that prob ably many people shun volunteer work simply because they re afraid they can do the Job Meanwhile the res ponse to fund raising campaigns at the house hold doorstep real ly changed since she can vassed for the March of Dimes years ago An average donation for most organizations is about Working with averages that goals set by campaigners can be reached she said wants lo serve on a number of agencies boards Mrs Moulden said Volunteerlsm Is attracting many women from middle and working class families Nevertheless the de mand for volunteers is ceaseless even in the midst of a recession Mrs maintains its not Just the lack of money hat a problem but a shortage of dedicated people willing to give up a few hours of Ihelr free time In a week or a month Rightfully most of the funds raised by volun leers should be turned back into the causes they Acton enjoys success director says For the first lime pro grams being offered by the Acton are pay off financially director Eileen said programs are boom the first lime In Ihc Acton history running at a loss Although poorly at ten ded by public the annual meeting last Wed night featured guest speaker Coun Ross who addressed Hit relationship between the town and Ihe members firmed their goal of renovating the building at Mill Si In Acton The building doling bock to 1935 had its gymnasium renovated this past year Members hope lo Improve the build ing plumbing in 1983 New officers elected for 1983 were Jim Cooper president Gordon Chap man vicepresident Pal Jones secretary Carol treasurer Its a first term for all ihe officers but Jones who Is going Into her second term as secretory THE HALTON BOARD OF EDUCATION Invites applications from members of the public for membership on a Secondary School Task Force One parent representative Is needed to serve on this Secondary School Task Force On Jan he Board of Education approved the establish men of a Secondary School Impl mentation Task Force to develop an plan tor Halton in reponse to the Ministry Education document The Renewal of Secondary Education in Ontario ROSE As a response to the report Secon dary Education Review Project the Ministry has produced the ROSE paper It describes the current planning of the Ministry of Education for secondary education Ontario In the 1980s The document has many Impl cations for our school system The work on this task force will provide the systematic approach necessary for effective for school system It is expected that the task force will 1 Its final report to Ihe Board of Education on Oct 2783 The deadline for the receipt of ap pi cations 13 p Feb The ap pi cation should Include a resume of your experience qualifications an indication of the reason for your interest Applications should be submitted to Mr Watty 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