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Orono UCW holds meeting Unit 1 of the United Church Women met on Wednesday, January 11lth with Jessie Watkins, Edna Chapman and Dorothy Robinson in charge. By using a video and music they presented a look at the Shaker religion. Stella Carson received a bouquet of roses to acknowledge her many years of service as recording secretary. Dorothy .Barnett, ber successor, gave a report on the Oshawa Presbyterial Workshop held at Eldad Church on Tuesday, January lOth. The themie "Visioning for the Future" deait with the possible structures, strategies and attitudes that may be adopted to keep UCW alive in years to corne. ProS and cons still exist over Ganaraska Watershed study The development of a Ganaraska River Watershed plan discussed at a recent open public meeting in Canton ran true te fonii witb opinions and comments expressed on botb sides of the issue. The plan being undertaken by the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority and in the first stage of development is being directed by thie consulting firm of Gartner and Lee. Like a previeus public meeting most of the objection was coming from the Township of Hope. It was strongly suggested that the plan was duplication of information alrcady available and could ho pulled together by the authority. There was objection of the cost of which $40,000 is being paid for the first preliminary phase, $ 120,000 for a second stage and $ 10,000 for the third and final stage. On the other hand there werc opinions expressed in support of the watershed plan that would be ongoing process as impacts may affect the system in the future. Rick Hubbard of the consulting firmn said one of the main purposes of the meeting was the mnatter of whether the proccss was te continue or not. Mr. Jack Foote of Hope Township stated that the Township planning consultant CRIIQUE by Phili Feltham remember California My story starts in Octeber of 1994 when my 16 year old brother, wbo had undergone a iver tranplant in 1993, receivcd word that he was eligible te receive "A Wish 0f A Lifetime" from ic Starlight Foundation. My brother chose te meet two comic artists at Image Comics. The wish organization net only, arranged for bim te meet the artists, but wc wcrc allowed te corne on Uic trip as weil. flictrip was ail expenses paid and Iasted five days in California. The whole family, cspecially my brother was astounded that something like Uis even existcd. had recently commented on the watcrsbed plan stating that 90 percent of the information was now available and could be assembled witbin one evening. The first phase of the study is te be complcted by the end of February._ The meeting did agree that a local writing group bc formed to work with the consultants and write their own report. A number in the audience volunteered te be part of Uic writing group and Tom Slater of thc consulting firm is preparing te cail a meeting of the group. The date of Uic meeting is expected in the near future. At a former meeting of the authority the membership voted unanimously procecdfing wiUi Uic watersbed plan and as a result the consulting firrn of Gartner and Lee was hired te undertake thc study and write a final report. At the present time the Authority bas funding for Uic first phase with $20,000 from the Authority and $20,000 from thc Ministry of Naural Resources. It was announccd at the Canton meeting by Mirs. Wood, CEO of the Authority that the province bas committed $60,000 for the second phase, and that the remainder b as yet te be determined as a source. For Uic third and final phase, $10.000 would be handlcd by the Authority. The wishes are grantcd'usually for young childrcn witb life threatening disorders. Starlight Foundation does have its limits as to thc dream. We spent Uic first day of our trip at Universal Stuadios. The tour whicb we decided te go on had an entertaining look at such blockbusters as 'Jurassic Park' and 'Jaws'. The tour also took us on Uice setof 'Murder She Wrote' and Uic soundstage of an actual scene of Beverly Hilis Cep III. The rest of Uic day consisted of UiceUdrills of "Backdraft" and "Back To The Future - The Ride". Shopping for momentos made the day complete. The ncxt day my parents, my brother and my over excited sister and I travelled te Disneyland. My brother and I took a ride on Space Mountain. A computer simulated roller coaster wbicb travels over one hundred kilometres an hour. The next part of the day was spent in Fantasy Land. My sister bad such_ a godtm, while my Ontario Forest Industries Association 4What is the most successful type of forest regeneration? $ Like Ail orest management 14practices, renewai can be accompiished in different ways. The most successful illii depend on the tree species. the climate and characteristics of the site. Naturai regeneration occurs when the forest is renewed withouk pianting or seeding. It cari be appiied in areas that have been harvested in many different ways. providing there are sprouts or seeds nearby to, give birth to the new forest. Unfortunateiy. not au tree species can sprout. and seed crops, for sorne species, are infrequent. Artificiai regeneration involves the sowing of seeds-frorn the air or from the ground-or the pianting of nursery grown seediings. It is appiied when the trees that remain after harvest wil ot provide enough seed (or sprouts) te, regenerate the stand, or when the climate or conditions of the site do flot iend theinseives to the naturai regeneration of a desired spece ONTARIO'S OET NDUSTRY COME IN,FWE'RE oIEN brother and I theught we were going to go mental if we didn't get eut of that part of the park seon. Tuesday, December 6 was my brother's big day. We were given Uic grand tour of Image Studios, which consists of four studios. Tbree which were locatcd in California. My brother observed and listened very carefully as Uic cmployees of the Image Marketing Cener explaincd bow tbcy shipped and handlcd the comics. Next we went te one of Uic four studios, Extreme. They explained bow comics wcrc made. I was fascinated of how tbey used computers te manufacture Uic actual drawing of Uic comic. The second studio, Shadowline, was the studio I enjoyed the mest. I enjoyed listening and socializing wiUi Jim Valentino and bis staff. I felt rigbt at home there. I guess if was Uic fact Uiat Uiey treated each other like family. The third studio, Homage, I didn't enjoy as well as the previeus two. Jini Lee (Wild Cats) is a real business type of person and was net on a real persona basis. It's like getting a tour througb a theme park. The tour is te explain what the park is about, not te socialize. That's al our trip te Uic third studio was, a personalized tour. The second Iast day of our trip was a shopping day. My family just did some good ole Califomnia shopping. We also took some time te see thé sigbts and get a glimpse of Uic stars mansions on Hollywood Mountain. I kept my eyes pecled, just in case 1 spottcd someone famous. The last day, time te go home, I reaized fredm\ the start ail goed Uings come te an end and there are some Uings you just simply don't forget. Well, this trip is something 1 know li, neyer forget. BALLS RADIO & T.V. 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