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Orono Weekly Times, 25 Aug 1982, p. 3

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i 25, 1982, 3 Local troops enjoy week-long campout Twenty-seven Orono Girl Leskard area. turne out in the outdoors. Guides and five Orono A full prograin of events Pain allîn, guideleader and Pathfinders with their leaders kept' the guides and Helen Martin, pathfinder spent the past week under pathfinders'busy and at the leader, were assisted by a canvas at the farin of Mr. and end of the campout the entire number of mnothers during . Mrs. Robert Allin, east of the group was reporting a great the week as well by Gail allen, enrolled into Girl Guides The live above were enrolled with an Indian therne. k'ctured above aie istan- into the Orono Girl Guides The young guides have ding) Nicole French, Cindy during their campout last been working on their Junior Reid, (front row) Stephanie week. Camping badge as well as Clapdorp, Christian Plum- Pain Allin, guide leader, badges for tracking and mer and Christie Sanders. conducted the ceremonies Native Lore. The Use 0f The Senses 1 would suppose the tax- payers in the Province of On- tario and yes those fromn within the whole nation have provided thousands of dollars to my education and the developinent of the use of my senses alI bce i some years ago. Through the funding of the educational systemn and the operation of this system 1 I dd receive instruction in the use of alI senses provided to mani and of equal importance the use of the mind and its stimulation to cope with the changing envroninent of one nature or another. Naturally in that particular era, the thirties, the emphasis would have been on the Three Rs. that of reading, writing and arithmetic. The written word becarne the backbone of communication along with oral dictation and hours upon were taken in preparmng the young student in the use of the basic senses to play his or her part in the world of tomorrow. How successful this pro- cess wvas upon, your writer is net up) for debate at this, point other than to suggest that, perhaps, it met with an average success. Over the past decade there has been a trend towards 'the development of symbols to relay messages and this is most apparant when drivîng along the highways and byways of this country. These synibols are both regulatory, warnings and as guides te the travelling public. There use has expanded and in many cases the written word is a thing of the past. An arrow pointing to the left encompassed by a circle with a line through it dîagonally means no left turn. Diagonal lines on a sign means hazards ahead. The system goes on and on with the latest Ontario highway map listing over seventy sym- bols as a means of com- munications within the pro- vincial traffic systein. This, no doubt, has stimnulated the uses of our senses in another direction from that when we went through school. The use of symbols to the extent that it is used today has diminished the perception of the written word to the point that when one wants a package of cucumber seeds it takes but a flash to pick the package with the picture of a Kim Mitchell,5 and Rose Saller v week at camp. Friday night m night under the si ail enjoyed. f financial ln a report on the financial operation of the Nor- thumberland 1ndNewcastle operated cafeterias in fIv Shigh scheoos to the year end date of June30, 1982 it has poeson ha iproed overia thaitiofnhe previoussie peri o.h peiuss he oar peaes v cafeteBriadotof tes eigti cteristoum. inthe cfetrias ë À the ssev Is aree p aetv i as b inepnetfo services r rvddb fins whch en flotdssirvic- cd through board funding other than supplying space, equipment, custodial services Shelle Gray and utilities. wseytGray Of the five board operated, ~hopenthe cafeterias Clarke High wm soe n out Sehool, as of lune 30, 1982 is ;tars of whiçh cucumnber. In early summer this was the case at Rolphs Hardware and the seeds were planted in a prepared bed with plenty of fertilizer with anticipation of summer salads with crisp, fresh slices of cucumnber. To say the least germina- tion was excllen.t and younig plant growth terrific and for a whie the resemblance to a cucumiber and those summer salads were mnost apparent. But what wesa with the sense of sight as a cucumnber was in fact a zuchinni and they are comning out our ears. Yes, there are many ways in which to enjoy zuchininis but two cani eat only so much and that is the case at home this summner and one can be assured that in the future we intend to forget about symn- bols and read the printed word. positons the only oe o show a profit. The other four cafeterias ran Mn deficits ranging from $689.00 at East Nor- thumberland to $8,463.000 in Port Pope. The Clarke Cafeter'ia operated with a surplus of $2,576 during the period. The total deficit of the five board operated cafeterias has dropped by $28,282 over the past year for the saine period ending lune 3th. In 1981 the total deficit for the period amopnted to $41 ,867 while ini 1982 the amounit had drop- ped>to $13,585.00. The Board bas adopted a philosophy in the operatin of the cafeterias of 'nor cost or subsidty.' Orono Nurs ery School Hait Day Enrlchment Pro gram For Preschoolers Oualified Staff Licensed Premises Registrations nowv being taken for Septemnber start FREE ESTIMATES RERPOOFING & NEW ROOFS R & B Roofing (10 Years in Business) Phone 6Q3-9140, Anytime 571-1034 LAWN MAINTENANCE CHIMNEY REPAIRS, & CLEANUP PAINTING III.RED &WHITE Natural for the Barbaque Pork Spareribs k,. 4.,59 1ib. 2.0o8 SkinIess Maple Leaf Regular or Barbeque Iîe ners 454 q pkg. for 1 .49 P eaches Canada No. 1, Ontario 4 qi. basket 3.99 Ce le ry Produce of Ontarlo, Canada No. l ,3 39 Allen's Canada Pickling or White "v»in eg&ar 4 Lbottlel .99 Palmolive Liquid Regular, Mint or Gel Crest Toothpaste lOOmnLtube 1.19 Watch for our cîrcular in, the Newcastle Reporter C OR N I S H S Phoneo9 8"~201 'S4ol roun Home]

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