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8-Orôno Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 17, 1985 For Richer For Poorer Columnij by Viki 9ates ht Must be Spring When... .birds start chirping long before the sun gets up ..when the dogs bay frç>m midnight to five am, then sleep the rest of the day ..seven arn finds the -youngsters out on the road .junMiornoes home with mud cake-d clothes because he muddy puddle ..whcn it's just as clammny inszide, the house as ouitside, because the furnace was cranked down alrcady . when Valentine Day passes anld ail you received was a not-so-fuinny card .when junior els you lie had Neson I.Q. tests at school and he flunkedi .sncakers made thieir way mysteriously up basement stairs estabiishing themnsclves in the front hall .when you'rc bcseiged with secd catalogues long before you'rc ready .whe-n one glance outside tells you that last year's hard --work was al wiped out by the ravages of winter. .wýhen the snow rnelts. all into the ban and you find the cat paddling a canoe ýa-id the mice doing the back stroke -the Big Boy crawls out of hibernation and plays at cleaning up his workbench ... .you -open your closet and realize ail you own is cast- offs from your well-off sisters ....you sec the dogs rolling over the driveway as if it was a heat wave .your mother, who neyer drives in winter, calîs you uip and asks you to go shopping ..after loggîng miles iin the shopping centres under the weightcd burden of winter coat and boots, you realize al you've been seeing is T-shirts and short s, in the stores ..when the Simpson Sears catalogue cornes out and you realize you'rc too old for haîf the styles and the haîf you can't afford 1 ....you've packed your boots awvay for the last tirne and a freak snowstorm hits ..hockey card stickcrs are al sold oui at the Becker stores .you decide to try on last ycar' s bathing suit and discover a fewextra dimples than- there werc the ycar before .when the Big Boy an- nounices h's going fishing with the boys three months down the road ..he young boys bring home the same lunch you packed that morning and you realize that they're eating somreones ciscs ... .when everyhing seemis 1o have a bit of a snap to it rather than the drawl you've been experiencing ail winter ... .you finaliy decide to vac- cum, dlean the windows and consider washing the outside of the car ...all the kids pants have shrunik two inches lengthwise whilc yours shrunk two in- ches-crosswise ... toratoes taste like wood, lettuce is wilted and fresh fruits cost an armn and a leg ... the kids decide it's warrn enough for sprîng coats and a real fight eruipts every morn- îng over the same issue ... .nobody wants to be bothcred anymore with 'or- inging- in wood tili finally threats become everyday language ... it's March and they're already counting the days tilI the March break *..thce March break cones and 1 wish 1 could have bonok- cd a single person flight for me to Florida ... the report card cornes home for the second time and the increase in marks they promised didn't materialize ... .1 roll up my siceves and begini somcething called an overaîl lhouse lea)-ing. FOLLOW Heather 1ReuekaII YU E News0, Tucsday, April 9th the year 1985-86. regular meeting of Heather FER Rebekali Lodge was held. There were presentations AONDTON This is Fthc 38th Anniversary for several Sisters. Thirty five 0F ONTARIOJ of the institution of Heather ycar member Sister Doris Lodge. Wannan; thirty year member GIVEVVTH Sister Frances Blewtt; YOURHEAD At six thirty approximateiy twenty-five year member dive to the research forty members partook of a Sister Lola Kennedy, P.N.G; that siwes more lives. dclicious dinner scrved by the Anglican Church Women. Lodgc was called to order at iglit p.m. with Sister Joyce Major, Noble Grand presiding and Sister Rena Pears, Vice Grand assisting. Sister Mary Vin'kle, District Deputy President was introduccd by Sister Gladys Gamsby and Lady Jean Youngman, Chaplain, Dept. Association L.A. P.M. of Ontario, was introduced by Sister Hattie Wilson. These visitors were given a warm welcome by Sister Joyce Ma- jor, along with ail visiting Sisters and Brothers. Sister Rena Pears gave an excellent report of Flic work she had been doing. Sister Betty Major reported her visits to the ResF Home and the hospital. Roll cali showed two of- ficers abset. It was announced that Sister Gloria Todd, Past No- ble Granid of Heather Lodge wili be the new District Depu- ty President for the coming fifteen ycar members Sister Joyce Major, Noble Grand; Sister Marion Adams, Jr. Past Noble Grand; Sister Marilyn Major, Inside Guar- dian. The Sisters were presented with- suitable momentos by Sister Mae Allen, Betty Major, Hazel Stapleton and Gladys Gamsby. Birthday greetings were cx- tended to Sisters Alice Hooey, P.N.G., Marion Adams, Jr. P.N.G., Jean Andrcws,'Outside Guardian, Sadie Hamilton, P.NG. ister Mary Vinkie, D.D.P. gave a short address and thankcd the iodge for her invitation and introduction and congratulated Heather Lodge on the occasion of its thirty-eighth birthdav. Lady Jean Youngnian, congratulated the ilodge and extenided lier grctings. Lodge closed according F0 the ritual aftcr whlichi the lunch committee served birth- day cake and a cup of tea in the banquet hall. Diistrict Scouts to plant 12,0,00 trees- West Durham District Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Ven- Nurers will againi be planting. 12,000 scedlings on May 4, 1985 at various locations in thc Town of Newcastle. This project is both an en- vironmental project and a fundraiser. "Trees for Canada" is a Canada-widc project design- cd to give al members of Scouting the opportunity to demonstrate their conccrn for the environmcent. Since ifs beginniing about 10 years ago, 25,000,000 secdlin(gs have been planted across Canada. About 3,000,000 will be' planted this year alone. Th le boys involved reccive prac- tical training in, conservation and reforestation and they can sec the results of their work. "Trees for Canada" is also a fundraising project. Scouts cnastheir communities obtainîng pledgcs for the trees they will plant. The funds raised through this pro- ject have been used to. help further Scouting in our corn- munities. Some of the money is also uscd to support inter- national Scout Brothcrhood programs dcsigned to hclp Third World countries adapt Scouting to meet their nceds. Projects of this nature arc currently underway in in- donesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Egypt, Rwanda and Togo. Scouting is an important program in the dcvlopmnent of our youth. As such, generous support by the com- munity is an investment ïn the future of our country. Your pledges a rc an important fac- tor in the success of this en- vironimcntal and fund raising project. West Durham District Council and the inî- dividual Scouting Group Committee thank you sinccrcly for your continuing, support. The symphony of Spring FEDERATION 0f First miaie to the pond! ONTARIO NATURALISTS Peep. . .Peep! I's a miglsty Conducted by spring's or- sound for such a mighty chestrai baton, a mneiody m-usician. Aftcr ail, he's a begins. Softly and sporadical- mere 1"' of nondcscript, ly at first, it will gather, thien brown frog--distinguishcd crescendo as a mighty symn- only by a simple, dark X on phony, steadily sweeping his back. Hastening first to vibrato-like across the coun- find the perfect podium, lie tryside. explores raft after raft, stem Under spring's orchestral after stemn. Then up, he direction, Spring Peeper climbs, above Fthc pond, F0 frogs are beg ining to stir. just the righit spot -- ac- All winter thcy have rested, coustically, of course. like a mighty choir of enors, Then, to tone the instru- sporanos and contraltos, ment. Chin raised, he draws maturing whflc awaiting tire air, for ail he's worthi. Sud- command. dcnly, hc flexes, sending Warmn spring rains, per- mighity iungsfull racing across coiating through subterra- tlic chords deep within the neon nooks and labyrithis, throat. Instantly, the chîn gentiy warmn and wake themi. distends, as a remakable Heartbeats quicken. resonating balloon. Peep! Temperatures risc. As with a Then back, he sucks. And mighty influx of adrenalin, again. PEep! . . .PEEp! Over they stir, then rise to struggle and over, for-hours on cnd. to the world above. PEEP! ... .PEEP! Out they pop. Out from Like orchestral zealots benecath logs and rocks. Up come the others, flrst the from burrows, like tiny maies and then the females, leprechauns from suspended çrawn inexoýably to- the sleep, to head for the ponds. ponds. Even as the ice st ill meits, -they corne. First, a few. Then a deluge. Quickly, thie concert rises, in pitch and volume. Hushed Iby cold oir brightness.. the concert rekindles each even- ing, -rowing louder and more determnined each day. Soon, the ponds reverberate; the voices blend and blurr as thousands, join the chorus. Their mighty symphony drifts and echos across the countryside, blending with those fromn other ponds, to foriti a mighty cven-song jof spring. Their ladyships, objects of the concert, move with deter- mination. First, towards the concert; then toward the finest of musicians. SThe object of his serenade at- hand, the musician ends his song, commencing instcad to dance with his mate. Together, they will move, laying one-by-on!e, perhaps 1,000 eggs. Within minutes, these will be stuclý to rocks and twigs, branches and roots. Steadily 'northward, both symphony and dance will sweep, like a giant wavce. Objcct ofthe rituàl com- .plete, the frogs will silence, vanishing once agaixi into obscurity, not to be heard - anid onfly rarely sen - tili next spring. Thkey make for the forest and meadow floors. Thiere, they wiil climb, hop, and guip their way through countless invertebrates, pa- tiently building the bulk and fat reserves that will carry themn through next winter. Withîn days, their eggs will' ha tch, as miniscule tadpoles. Vocasiously, they'l1 feed on micr-oscopic plankton, algae, ana invertebrates. And quickly thcy'll grow, sprouting first hind, then front, legs. Those which con't become food - to, snakes, racpons, frogs, herons, and a host of other marsh birds - will be cmterg- ing by July, even as our later frogs arc heading down to spawn. By the timie the ponds dry in mid-sumrmer, the future musicians will be long gone - to hop, fecd and grow, 'tilI at last three years from now, instruments ready, they too will join the symphony. Mîghty peep o)r tiny glimp- se? Eithcr way, spring's sym- phony deserves an attentive ear. SAM CUREATZ Cureatz Action Centre Main St., Orono 983-9102 BUILDING ON THE STRENGTH 0F ONTA RIO,, i E- ELECT "Health Services, Environmental Improve ments and Quality Education. Cureatz commitments!" ..nom" ý