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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 7, 1978 Section Two Local Groulp Gearing Up For 'Big Brothers' Run The 'Big Brothers of Canada's cross country run started a week ago and the Newcastle branch of the organization is gearing up for its part in the event. Lionel Parker and several others involved locally met on Wednesday night to discuss Newcastle's participation in the run and how the distance the town is responsible for will be covered. The run was designed to draw attention to the Big Brothers and make people aware of the need for ,more involvement. On May 27, runners began carrying batons from St. Johns and Victoria. These batons will be handed from runner to runner along a planned route until they arrive in Ottawa., Newcastle's area stretches from the outskirts of Oshawa to Welcome, and the area run is set to begîn on June 14. The Big Brothers has arranged for 10 students from each of the three area high schools to do the running, however, the association has extended an invitation to an yone who wishes to run to do so. At eight o'clock in the morning of the run day, the baton will be at the Oshawa city limits. From there, Cour tice Secondary School students will carry it to Bowmanville. They will arrive in Bowmanville at approxi- mately 9 :25 where they will be met by the mayor and Sam Cureatz, MPP for the area. There will be a light lunch at the run's headquarters in the area before Bowmanville High students carry the baton to Newcastle. From Newcastle to Welcome, Clarke High students will be respons- ible for the baton. "We're just interested- in making people aware of the problems we face in Big Brothers," said Mr. Parker. "There are 10,000 boys across the country waiting for big brothers and we can't help them because we need more helpers. " Certain associations across the country are using this run as a, revenue generating event, much like a walkathon. However, the Newcastle association has no such plans, but is only interested in getting more people involved locally. The, association has been planning the run in the area for about six weeks now. Wintari'o Non-Winners Use Their Old Tickets To Purchase Magazines Close to 1,200,000 non- winning Wintario tickets have been used to purchase over 300,000 Canadian books and magazine subscriptions under the Ontario Hiaîf Back the three-month pilot project Program. represents the most compre- The Honourable Robert hensive audience develop- Welch, Mînister of Culture and ment program ever, under- Recreation, stated today that taken in Ontario on behaîf of HÜold Spring Concert at ýLockhart's School Canadian books and magazines. Under Haîf Back, the public could use up to four non-winning Wintario' tickets for a total discount of $2.00 on the purchase of a book by a Canadian author or a subscription to a Canadian magazine. One hundred Canadian consumer magazines and 450 retail bookstores throughout the province -pioneered the Haif Back concept for the three- month period January 19 to April l2th. Using the Haîf Back incentive, Ontario residents purchased an estimated 225,000 Canadian-authored books and 100,000 subscrip- tions to Canadian magazines. The retail value of these purchases exceeds two million dollars. While Haîf Back was directed primarily to individuals to increase awareness and appreciation of Canadian libraries also literature, close to 1,000 Ontario schools and libraries also conducted community pools and used the Haîf Bac k discount to augment their Canadian collections. Haif flack was designed partially as an experiment to test a new concept in support to the arts. It set out to determine whether or not the Wintario ticket already present in about 85 per cent of Ontario households, could be utilized directly by the public ini choosing which cultural p roducts would receive his or ner support. According to Mr. Welch, this public participation in the cultural development of the province, is one of the most exciting aspects of the program. "I am very hopeful that the increased interest and investment in Canadian books and magazines will be sus- School R unners Ready to Help Big Brothers- Next Wednesday, the Newcastle Big Brothers Association will run from the outskirts of Oshawa to Welcome as p art of the national organization's cross Canada Run. The mun is being used to promote Big Brothers -and students from the three area high sehools will be participating along with anyone else who feels the urge. Here, Lionel Parker (centre), displays one of the buttons used in the advertising cam ai n, while Sylvia Ruegger (left), of Clarke High, and Noreen Wren of Bowmanville High, display the T-shirts the school runners will be wearing. Mr. Parker chaired a meeting of the committee organizing the run locally last Wednesday night. taind in the future, and thus be of long-term benefit to Canadian writers, publishers, booksellers, as well as to the general public." In the design and operation of the Program, the Ministry was assisted by al industry associations including -the Canadian Book- sellers ' Association, the Book and Periodical Development Council, the Canadian Periodical Publishers' Association, and The Magazine Association of Canada. Over the next few months, the Ministry will be carefullv evaluiating alI of the data' generated by Haîf Back and considering the possibility of using the Haîf Back concept for other arts activities such as Canadian films and records. a i * DIRK BRINKMAN scugog St., Bowmnanville 623-3621 State Farm Fire and Casualty Company These entertainers repre- sent just part of the musical talent which was displayed 1 last Tuesday evening at a spring concert held in the 1 Lockharts Public School. The group in this picture called itself the Lockhart Lulus. They entertained- the audience of about 100 persons halfway through the concert. From left to right are: Denise Pedwell, on piano, Jillian Jensen on recorder and Alice Devos who played guitar. The lower photo shows the Lockhart's school choir in action. A musical tour of Canada was the theme of the concert and students offered selections ranging from a Newfoundland folksong to an Eskimo weather chant and an Iroquois lullaby. 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