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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 27, 1990-13 Teachers' Association holds annual meeting The Northumberland Newcastle _Federation of Women Teachers of Women Teachers' Association held Ontario. their annual meeting and dinner at Guest speaker was Superinten- Victoria Hall on Wednesday, June dent of Program for Peel Board of 6, 1990. Education, Lynda Paiazzi. Ms. Three retiring teachers were Palazzi is responsible for advising honoured at the meeting: Berenice the largest public board in Canada Branscombe from C.R. Gummow with over,92,000 students, and ad- School, Cobourg; Linda ministering ail curricula and cur- Beachamp, Grafton Public School riculum policies as prescribed by the and Gloria Gray, Newcastle Public Ministry of Education and the School (in absentia). A distinguish- ed Service Certificate was presented to Carole Benor who has retired after 35 years of teaching. A presentation was also made to Dr. Gary Tushingham, Director of Education for Northumberland- Newcastle, who has accepted the position of chief Executive Officer in Calgary, Aberta with the Board of Education there. Linda Perkins accepted cheques for Women in Crisis from Nor- thumberland-Newcastle Women Teachers' Association and the Bill Bramai Ontario in a converted oid schoolhouse on the outskirts of the Georgian Bay village of Stayner, potter Michael. Leishman turns out hun- dreds of mugs a year. They're al the same shape and size and hold 24 oz. of whatever you want to pour into them. It sounds like a monotonous task. But it's not. Each mug has a Board. Lynda Palazzi addressed her en- thusiastic audience with "An- ticipating Your Future in a Chaotic Present:-Risk or Rewvard??" She presented a look at women's cur- rent role in education; the need for risk taking and support;, the oppor- tunities and challenges; a common sense perspective with hope that educators can laugh and triump together - for themselves and for their children. by Muriel 1. Bell Public Relations Officer 1'S face on it. Michael sc ulpts caricatures of people on the mugs from photographs they leave with him. Mug shots. They cost $50 each, and he can't keep up with the demand. His unusual craft has brought some caustic comments from his former fellow students at the On- tario College of Art. Leishman is [Chis'Corner Shei Peach Crisp 4 cups (1 L) sliced peeled peaches 11/ (375 mL) cups cake and, pastry flour 2/3 cup (150 mL) peach jam 1i/½ cups (375 mL) granola 1 tsp (5 mL) ground ginger 1/ tsp (2 mL) nutmeg 2/3 cup (150 mL) packed brown sugar 1/ cup (125 mL) coarsely chopped nuts /3 cup (150 mL) butter, slightly softened In bowl, combine peaches with 1/ cup (50 mL) of the flour; stir in jan) and set aside. In separate bowl, comn- bine remaining flour, granola, ginger and nutmneg. Stir in brown sugar and nuts. With fork, work in butter until mixture is moist and crumbly. Press haîf of the mixture into 8 inch (2 L) square baking dish. Spoon peach mixture on top. Cover evenly with remnaining granola mixture. Bake in 375T0 (1900C) oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until top is crisp and deep golden brown and filling is bubbly. miakes 6 to 8 servings. Raspberry Cream Pie 6 cups (1.5 L) raspberries water 2/3 cup (175 miL) sugar 3 tbsp (45 mL) cornstarch dash sait 1-9 inch (22.5 cmi) pie crust, haked 1 cup (250 mL) whipped 1cream mint leavçs (optional) Mash 2 cups (500 mL) raspberries, force through a sieve, add enough water to make 11/ cups (375 mL). Combine sugar, cornstarch, and sait; add to sieved ber- ries. Cook,, stirring con- stantly over medium heat until mixture thickens, cool. Reserve a few whoie berrnes for garnish, place remaining bernies in prepared pie crust. Pour' cooked corn- starch mixture over bernies, chili, garnish with whipped cream, whoie bernies and mint leaves. Environmental Tip For-the Week Whenever and wherever possible, go organic. Due Ito the demand, many garden centres are now carrying organic alternatives to fer- tilizers and herbicides. In many cases they aren't that much more expensive than chemnical products- and you'll no longer have to worry about toxins leaching into the family vegetable garden. There Are Alternatives Floor & Furniture Polishes: Use a mix of 1 part lemon with 2 parts olive or vegetable oul. Information on alter- natives is available from: Citizens' Network on Waste, Management, 139 Waterloo Street, Kitchener, Ontario, (519) 744-7503.L quite capable of doing fine art, but decided to forego the "starving ar- tist" route and take a more materialistic approach. "In art school we would make ridiculous objects. We would make vaselike things with no holes. If it isn't useful, what good is it?" he comments. He varies his work to make the occasional cookie jar with a face on it. And he's been commissioned to make life-size figures for use as mascots in bars and restaurants. When we were there, he was work- ing on the figure of a mermaid which was going to be in an indoor swimming pool. But these items are the gravy. Leishman's bread and, butter business is making mugs. His wife, Connie, heips him with it. 1 watched themn as Michael threw the mugs on a wheel and then let them harden. After that, Leishman took one to begin sculpting a caricature. He makes no sketches. He glances at the photographs from time to time, and gradually the resemblance begins to unfold. He worked my own angular face on a mug, and 1 chuckled as he put on the finishing touches. Leishman has Iearned that one of the important ingredients in a hap- Control you cSn depend on -Weed Spraying - Crab Grass - Fertilizing - Insect Spraying - PIug Coraeration Program available for the season. See the Difference Quality Makes! 983-5598 (Orono, Newcastle> py, fulfilling life is- a sense' of humour. He doesn't take himself or his work too seriously. He has no regrets about not pursuing a career in fine art. He regards it as more im- portant to put a smile on somebody's mug. YES! Get the facts. Let's 1Ta1k. 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