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Today is June lst. Welcome to June. I love June. June is the greatest gift of the gods. June is a lunar coupe. There is no month in tue year that I would radier spend my time in dmn Jane. This column is totally devoted to June. It isan ode, itis alove song. It is an expression of love. It is for June. Is it any wonder that you wifl find youag ladies named June. Small wonder you neyer find any nanued January. June is warm, soft, sunny., sweet-smeliing. June is carpets of green. It is flowers of deep red, sunny yellow, attention grabbing orange. It is deep blue sies and fluffy, marshmallow clouds. It is purpie and pink hued sunsets. It is the month that was the inspiration for eveiy crayon that bas ever coloured outside of the limes. June is Uic definitive month. 'You CAN wear shorts. You CAN go out witbout your jacket. May - weil, May is iffy for tiiese tliings. In June, you can take off your sboes and dig your toes into the soft grass or grainy sand, or cip a NORTHERN CANADA - To honour Canada's 125th Anniver- sary in 1992, the Royal Canadian Mint released a special set of quarters. Eadch of the 12 quarters displayed an unique provincial or territorial symbol. Many of these images were aiready familiar to Canadians - Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; toe into Uic lake that is bcginning te warm up because even Uic lake knows tiat it is June. Your dog flops onto bis back beside you and relis around in Uic grass. He too, knows that it is June and lic is going te rejoice ini Uic fact. You. are tcmptcd te join im as hc goes crashing down Uic bull. In June you feci safe about leaving your window open when you go bcd... .No sudden downpours or plummeting temperatures. And the cool breeze just assists you in entcring tbat dreamn like state. Not like July, wherc, you wake up with a sheet glued te your arm and leg witb sweat. People arc relaxed in June. Tics are loosened. Top buttons corne undo. Children tremble, knowing that scbool is drawing te a close. ltes lune. A butterfly floats by. A flower gently dances as Uic cool breeze tickles it. The birds sing their melodies froim leafy beigbts. What can bc, said? It is June. The content montb tbat lies between Uic uacertainty of May and Uic stark glaring forcefulness of July. Police attend forum on "S afe Sehools" for Northumberland Clarington Detective Paul Malik of Uic Durham Regional Police speaking at a forum on 'safe schools" said' that initiatives such as Adopt-A- Cop do reduce conflicts in achools. He furtuer said dhis had proven -to be so in Durham Region. He was eue of a number of speakers at the "safe schools" forum beld in Cobourg. Some 150 administrators, principals and vice-principals from both the public and separate scbool boards were present for Uic forum. The forum was organized by the public board under the direction of Judy Lum, superintendent. 11She said the session was meant to explain Uic new safe- school rules and also ta educate principals and vice-principals in how to deal, with problems including instances where police bave been called. The local boards of education bave signed agreements with the Cobourg, Port Hope and Durham Regional Police on standards ta ho followed in handling violent and anti-social bhaviour. Durham Regional Police attending the forum said the procedures had proven to be workable in Uic Region., It was said duat Uic idea was te take a pro-active approach to Uic problcms in schools and ta bead- off future problems. Durham Regional Police said violence bas been reduced in Uic schools and that communication bas improvcd between students and Uic police. Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba; and the Alberta Hoodoos. But very few Canadians couid recognize the symbol on the face of [lie Nor[bhwest Territories quarter. The Inuit cail it an Inuksuk. At first clance, it looks like a human figiure. However, a dloser examination reveais [bat it's real- [y a pile of stones. What purpose does it serve? sNrha nku In Canada"NrtaInku might lfldile a good route to follow, an jd'aI campsite, a good fishing site, a cache of food, or a dangerous river. Occasionally [bey are built to mark an eveni such as the killing of a bear. But they are more than practical markers. On the treeless arctic landscape [bey are often tlie only sign [bat humans bave passed through. Rosemarie Kuptana, President of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, explains: "The Inuksuks are a symbol of guidance [o Inuit - stone markers made up of numer- ous individual stones carefully balanced upon one another in the shape of the buman formn. They are used as landmarks to show the way forward and the way home." Inuksuks function symbolical- ly on a nu mber of different le*'el.s accordintg to Kuptana. "First," she says, "stones give a sense of pe rman en c y Second, as a human form made out of [lie land - tbey reminil us of our connection to [the land, tbat we as Inuit, as human beings, are a part of the land and the land is part of us. Third, Inuksuks teil us where we are and [lie way forward. Fourili, their forre is neither maie nor female and therefore symbolizes bumanity in a gencreral way and implies a notion of equality. Fiftb, [bey are uniquely Inuit creations." Whites have been equally struck by the power of [the Inuksuks. Wben Farley Mowat carne across his first Inuksuks in bis nortbern travels, be wrote: "They are such puny monuments, these lone inhabitants of empti- ness, it seems inevitable [bat [bey mnust topple into [he anonymity of the rocky siopes from whicb [bey sprang. And yet [bey will flot fa 11. Tbey stand immutably, con- temptuous of tbe winter gales and of [bepassingO years, imbued with an essentiai quality [liat beies tbeir faceless forms and ,ives t0 [bem more [ban a sein- biance of reality of men. More real, more vital, are these shape- less tbings than the cold-eyed statues of our great museums." Inuksuks bave been features of the arctîc laridscape for thou- sands of years. Today, Inuksuks are beginning to pop up -in Southern Canada as well. In 1992 , an Inuksuk arrived on Sherbirooke Street in downtown Montreal. This Inuksuk was built by Jusipi Nalukturuk on the island of Naqsaluk in Hudson's Bay. After numbering [the 225 stones, he disassembled the Inuksuk and placed it on board the ship that would bring it to Montreal. In Montreal, [be Inuksuk was reassembled in front of [lie McCord Museum of Cahadiaii H-istory. The Inuit are pieased iliat sotenCanadians are takinc, an interest in Inuit culture. However, many were amused hy [he idea of putting an Inuksuk in downtown Montreal. To [bem, it was like instaiîing traffic lights in the middle of thie lundra. But the Inuksuk reains its symboiic power. Pedestrians often stop in front of [be museum o wonder and study. Perbaps the Inuksuk gives them an insight- into [be North, reminding [bhem of the wildemness whicb defines [bis country._ The Heritage Project is proud to be associatecl with [the PORMIF3 510#71 International Year of the Family. -iv '< Travel Talk Iwith Elizabeth Belanger-L ink lette r CTC Last week we discussed Europe and some of the things that it has to off er. This week we wîIl travel ta another part of the world that wiIl take you behind the veil of history ta tho -very dawn of civilization. Your journey ta lands where empires rose and feil, visit the tombs and temples of the Pharaohs and marvel at their treasure. Gaze in awe at the majestic pyramids and wonder at the human endeavour that built them. Youlil follow the paths of Remember when you think of Travel, Think of BLESSINGS TRAVEL-CENTRE Vanstone Mill 623-0005 Christianity, Judaism and the Roman legions. Cross the Sea of Galilee and gaze at the Walls of Jericho. Visit the birthplace of Christ in Bethlehem, and the location where He held the Last Supper. Whatever your interests you will find that the lands of Egypt, lsrael and Turkey reveal a treasure of history going back 5000 years. These areas have ail become popular with travellers and tour companies alike. ATTENTION COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS DID WE MISS YOU? Did we miss you with our announcement about the upcoming COMMUNITY YARD SALE? The Community Services Department is pleased ta announce an exciting, new fund raising initiative for our community partners. DATE: SATURDAY, JUNE 18,1994 TIME: 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 R.M. PLACE: BOWMAN VILLE RECREATION COMPLEX -ARENA FEE: $20.00/BOOTH This initiative is pravided through the joint efforts of the Municipality of Clarington Community Services and Public Works Department, Durham Region Waste Reductian Division, Browning-Ferds Industries and you, aur community partners. To register please contact the Community Services Department at 6233379. REGISTRA11ON DEADUNE - TUESDAY, JUNE 7,1994. /MUNICIPALTY 0F p"f ring!9J! ONTARIO Date of Publication: Wednesday. June 1. 1994 P.O. 4836' Inuksuks Symbols of the North ................ . . .... ..... . .. ...... .. . ..... ....