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A winning Science Fair exhibit at Newcastle Matthew Palmer Science Fair Project titled "Which Truss do you Trust". stands besides bis winning ( Bowmanville Museum i New aste Noable J oen for 33rdseason The Newcastle scbool's have once again been busy witb a variety of activities. At Newcastle Public Scbool, thc annual Science Fair was bcld List Tuesday. Mattbcw Palmer was the winner of Uis ycars Science Fair. His project was titled, "Whicb Truss do you Trust?" For bis project be constructed a variety of trusses and tested tbem ta sec bow mucb weigbt tbey could withbold, and wbat tbcy couhd bu used for. Incidentally, this is Uic second time that Matthew bas bad a prize winning entry in the Science Fair. Second place went ta Danny Dubeau for bis project an "How ta make a Motar." Third place wcnt ta Samantha Ward and Cathy Davis for their projeet on dinosaurs. How can we bc connected ta someone inAfrica or Asia wbcn Uiey are s0 fat away? At St. Francis of Assisi Scooal in Newcastle, thc students learncd Uic answer ta this question. Four memburs of Uic Kawartha World Issue Centre in Peterborough werc at St. Francis last Tuesday ta belp ic students undcrstand that we bave a responsibüityta others no matter where Uiey are, and te teach Uhim bow to play a role in Uic ives of others that are so far away. To bugin Uic presentation, Uic students were split inita groups of varying sizes to1 represent the world population. distribution pattern. Then a picce of cake representing wealth was divided up between the groups. This demonstrated Uic distribution of world wealh ita world population. For example: Asia wbich bas Uic largcst population is one of the poorest countries, witb 60% of Uic world's population and onhy 15% of Uic worhd's wealth. North America on thc other hand, bas Uic smnallest population with only 6%, but anc of the higbcst weahths wiUi 35%. The next step in the presentatian was ta brainstorm and discuss global needs, such as food, shelter, clean water, health care, etc. The students, learned that these needs could be put into tbrce different graups: Universal needs, the tbings that everyone nceds, like food, and dlean water; Intangible needs, the ones that we can't sec or feel, but need nonetbeless, like love and faith;, and the Non-universal nceds like heat electricity, that some people may bc able ta do witbout. The next step was ta break inta smaller groups and rank the list of needs by priority. For thc record, twO of the five groups ranked money &bove dlean water or food. Love and faith aiso ranked low in the priority list. Some felt that it would bc more important ta have the money than the love or faitb. One student said that he was glad to live in North America because we have all the things that we need, unlike a place Africa where many go witbout. Another student added that it was unfair that we have more than we need wben there are others that clearly need things more dma we do. This was the point of the presentation. We have a responsibiity to make sure people have equality. It is not simply that Africa needs things and we give it ta them. There is a relationship built and we in turn get back. The lesson was that we have no choice where we are born, but we have a responsibiity ta make sure that we make the world somewhat more fair. Community Care Appreciation Night Clarington's Community Care organization will hold a Volunteer Appreciation Night on April l9th at the Baseline Community Centre. There are ta bc awards and entertainment along with special presentations. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. On April 2nd, -the Bowmanvillc Museum, at 37 Silver Street, opened for its 33rd season. Over the winter months great changes have taken place at the Museum. Our front hallway bas been entirely redone. Both floors have'new walls and ceilings and have been painted and wallpapered. The ballway bas been rcstorcd ta the 1920's style much like it was whcn the Jury family lived in the bouse. Our feature exhibition in thc Marion Wiseman Gallery is an Historic Art Display. Ail the paintings on display were done by local artists, most of tbemn before the 1920's. It is an interesting retrospective of the artistic talents of our local ancestors, The Doîl Gallery bas been redone. The Museum bas acquired a number of antique doîls since hast fall and these wil bu on display for the first time. We bave a new raffle whicb started on April 2nd, wbicb will bu drawin on October 2nd at thc Museum. The first prize is a 13x20 watercolour of the Museum by Eric Bowman. Second prize is a set of local bistorical books, value approx. $ 100.00 The tickets arc anly $ 1.00 each make sure you get onc wben you visit thc Museum. For more information contact Uic Museum office at 623-2734. 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