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-L 8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June l4th, 1978 Make donation The Origin of the Big and Littie Dipper This could be yours Is this your car? A new 1978 you must have purcbased!one The car draw is being in aid of the new Orono arena Moite Carlo. It could be but of the f ive dollar tickets out of sponsored by tbe Orono fund. Tbe draw is, to be on there is one requirement ... the total of three tbousand. Amateur Athietie Association July lStb. "Thousands of years ago, in Ancient Greëce, lived a most beautiful woman named, Cal- listo. In fact, Callisto was s0 beautiful that she was known throughout Greece by, mor- tais and gods alike. However, she bore this fame gracefully and, when she married, was botb a loving wife and kind mother. After giving birth to ber only son, "Arcaà", ber beauty and happiness grated upon tbe very jealous god- dess, Juno. Juno could flot stand to be outsbone by a mere mortal and in ber anger changed Callisto into a bear. Callisto was then forced to wander into the wilderness away fromn the life and, son sbe loved. "Years passed by. Thbe baby Arcas grew into a strong, brave youtb. He was, renowned for bis hunting skill and it was on a hunt that be came upon a great bear. He- quickly drew bis bow and sighted upon the animal. Just as he was about to loose the arrow, the God Jupiter saw the great injustice about to occur. Knowing that tbe bear was actually Arcas' mother, he caught tbemn botb up into the beavens and set themn there as tbe constellations known as the Big and Little Bears or tbe- Big and Little Dippers. "However, Juno, in order to have the 'last word in tbe matter, cast a final spell on these stars -whicb neyer allowed themn to rest. To this day, instead, of rising and settinglike otber stars, tbe Dippers eternally r otate around Polaris in the Nortb- ern sky". We older folk may stili enjoy mytbs such as tbe previous one about tbe origin of tbe big and little dippers, but few of us stili treat themn as facts. Life times of study by great wonderers and thinkers bave led us to a more sopbisticated understanding of tbe workings of the celestial bodies. We now know that eacb star, is, really a blazing sun, much like our owfl sun, except trillions of miles away. In fact the light that we see in the sky as our nearest star actually left that star over 4 years ago and has travelled some 26 trillion miles to our eye. We also know that these spherical masses of burning gas have predictable life cycles and, fromn birtb to death, evolve tbrough many different stag- es over the course of billions of years. Our lives, our bodies, our collective human knowledge often seemn trivial in respect to the vastness of the universe and the amount of kn owledge yet to be revealed to us. Yet every child is fascinated witb those eternally twinkling jew- els of the night- sky that we caîl stars, andwith most of us this fascination lasts a life time. For those people who would like to share some knowledge and stories of the stars, the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority is hosting "An Evening witb the Stars". Any member of the public is invited to join the staff at 10:00 p.m. on the evening of June 24th at the Ganaraska Forest Centre. Binoculars will probably add to your enjoyment of the evening as you search the sky for constellations and planets. The Authority will also be providing a bonfire witb bot chocolate after the star- gazing is done. It is easiest to drive to the Forest Centre by proceeding along Northumberland-Dur- ham County Road 9 to the county Une wbich fails about midway between Elizabeth- ville and Kendal. Turn north on to the -Couuty line and follow this road for 2½i miles straight to the centre. For furtber information caîl the Ganaraska Forest Centre (797-2721) or the Ganaraska Region Conserv- ation Authority, (885-6067). Cubs and Scouts -win awards Tim Bradley, sbiown above accepting the "Cub of tbe Year" award, presented by Mrs. Sutcliffe on bebaîf of tbe Orono, Rebekab Lodge. Tbis award is given to the best ail Brad Heard of Orono was round cub taking into consid- chosen by tbe leaders of the eration bis merits, attitude Scouts to be "Scout of the and ability. Year". Mrs. Sutcliffe is sbowvn presenting Brad witbý bis award. Tbe boys keep tbe small award but must return t1ie -large plaque in Septem- ber, to be bung up in tbe baIl, Walter Sherwin accepts a acbievements and are fewx gold chiain from Mark Cbar-* and far between. Congratul- land. These chaisare award- ations Walter. ed to scouts for outstanding