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/ ) A Horticulturists at Camp Samac The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 13,1988 An excellent attendance at the 10th annual district # 17 Horticultural Convention, 'held Saturday, April 9, at the Camp Samac meeting hall. All 12 societies answered the roll call and the hall was, beautifully decorated with many shrubs and flowers. . Our host society this year was the Oshawa Club and they certainly "went all out" to make us feel welcome. We' thank Marilyn Love for her many attractive floral displays, displays, on the tables. The dist. director Isabelle Challice. welcomed the crowd, the' Oshawa president Anne Bourke brought greetings from host society. Mr. Ken Brown, asst, director, director, introduced Mr. Gary Herrema, who brought " The greetings from region. The. regional C regional Chairman congrat ulated the Horticultural societies societies on their many endeavors, endeavors, and encouraged us to also let our voice as horticul- turalists be heard on the very controversial subject, "regional dump sites." Mr. Cameron Stewart, Ontario Horticulture Associations Associations President, was welcomed, welcomed, and brought greetings. greetings. Each society gave an 1987 activity report and many excellent jobs, of community community involvement were noted. Each community represented, represented, offered new and exciting challenges to keep' our society members busy. Special speakers included Malcom McDonald, Co- bourg, on his favourite topic "Gladiolus", and he is of course with the "Durham Glad Society." He also sold out all bulbs he had brought NelO ,1 Ur •4)1 fi Photographically Speaking ... Understanding the New Terms of Video Photography No art or science on earth is without its own peculiar peculiar language, and video is no exception. Before you can expect to talk, think, and act intelligently where video is concerned, you'll need to understand some very basic video terminology. While the following list of video-oriented definitions definitions is far from exhaustive, it's a good starting point. Auto Focusing. A feature by which a camera's lens automatically focuses on the subject; most auto-focus lenses feature manual-focus override controls for conversion to manual focusing when desired, as in the production of special effects. Backlight Switch. A control for lightening a backlighted backlighted subject in order to avoid producing a silhouette. Beta. Standard 1 A inch videotape format. Character Generator. A device used with -- or as part of -- a video camera for inserting letters or titles onto videotape. Compact VHC (VHS-C). Video-tape format roughly the size of an audio cassette tape; can be played in standard VHS-format recorders with the use of a special adapter. Counter Display. A digital or electronic indicator on a camera, camcorder, or VCR that tells how much tape has been used and, thus, how much remains. Eight millimeter (8 mm). Video-tape format slightly smaller in size than Compact VHS (VHS-C). Electronic Viewfinder. On a video camera or camcorder, camcorder, a small electronically-produced image of the subject within the eyepiece. Fade Control. A means of gradually fading from a black screen into a scene or from a scene to black. Used as a means of transitioning from one scene to another. Low-light Indicators. A warning within the camera's camera's viewfinder that the available light is too low for taping. Macro Focusing. A setting on the camera's lens which allows extreme closeup images to be taken. Pause Control. A feature on cameras, camcorders, and VCRs that makes it possible to stop the movement of tape temporarily without switching the machine from "play" or "record". Used to produce "freeze frame" effect. Positive/Negative Switch. A means of converting a positive image to a negative one, used primarily for copying negative images in positive form on videotape. videotape. Quick-Review Switch. A switch that automatically rewinds the tape to a point approximately three seconds seconds before the camera has stopped in order to review review the last lew scenes of a taping. Also called instant-review. instant-review. Sound-on-Sound. Recording new material with previously previously recorded materials, resulting in a mix of both old and new sound. VCR. Abbreviation for video-cassette recorder. VHS. Most popular type of'A-inch videotape format. Video Camcorder. A single unit video camera-recorder. camera-recorder. Video Camera. A camera which, when connected via cable to a VCR, creates video recordings. Video Cassette Recorder. A machine capable of playing back pre-recorded videotapes over a video monitor or television set and capable of recording images received from a television set or from a video camera or camcorder. Zoom Lens. A single lens capable of producing wide-angle to tele-photo images. Zoom lenses may be controlled either manually or electronically with the push of a button. PHOTOGRAPHY CUSTOM FRAMING A^GE'S photo z v 1 HOUR EXI'RESS PHOTO FINISHING 31 KINC ST. VV. IIOWMANVILLE 623-2568 with him, to an appreciative crowd. Paul Love, another special speaker, and he is with Oshawa Parks depts, brought an illustrated talk on various soil mixtures. A splendid flower show with 130 entries drew much interest, and the floral design competitions were really eye-catching. Also the house- plants, and especially the African African Violet classes. We are happy to report we had two prize winners in Orono. Adele McGill won first on Violet, Violet, and Inez Harris a 2nd . on houseplant. We also had a Jr. Horticulturalist winner from Orono, Mark Rutherford Rutherford won a first prize on his dish garden. Judges were Mrs. Little and Mrs. Harrington, Harrington, Beaverton. The Club displays were most colorful ana truly presented presented a clear picture of their imagination and club activities. Congratulations to Brooklin Club for winning the Clarence link trophy for 1988! The year book winners were Brooklin, Oshawa and Uxbridge. Prior to lunch break, nominations nominations were held for dist. officers and the director was assisted by Ken Brown. Following Following lunch, Mr. Kevin Williams, Williams, Superintendent of Camp Samac was introduced, introduced, and gave us a short talk on the facilities and then took everyone on a one hour hike. The entire Camp covers 400 acres and has many buildings, lodges etc, along with the main buildings our Convention used. The land was donated by the late Col. R. S. McLaughlin and the plaque at front is dated September September 5,1946. The main use of Camp is of course for Scouts, Cubs, Beavers, Guides and Brownies, Brownies, but the general public make great use of all facilities, facilities, for picnics, tours, hikes and the little chapel is also the scene of summer weddings. weddings. The Bd. of Education also makes use of the outdoor outdoor park. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed enjoyed the tour and especially the rainbow trout trying to get up the dam. Vandalism is of course an ongoing problem problem with such a large area, but there is a permanent staff of five and also three full time Rangers, and the area is regularly patrolled. The tamarax trees are just beginning to bud, and last year 5000 seedling trees, were planted to keep an ongoing ongoing supply of future trees.Many of the large trees are used to repair the vari--. ous cabins and supply needed needed lumber. ii This is truly an excellent place for family outings, picnics picnics etc., for all nature lovers. Mr. Williams was thanked for such an enjoya- ■ ble tour and presented with a gift. Many lucky draws were held, and we thank the many societies and merchants from Oshawa who graciously graciously donated them. Miss Anne Bourke, thanked Isabelle Challice for her many years (5) as district district director and wished her and hubby a happy retirement. retirement. She presented them with many informative booklets, on tourist attractions attractions for them to visit and then to" top it all off', a very large picnic basket, full of choice goodies, and a large pretty arrangements of flowers. Isabelle thanked everyone and remarked she had enjoyed the work, and wished the new executive every success in 1988-89. The new executive for District # 17 is - District Director Director - Miss Anne Bourke, Oshawa, Ontario; Assistant directors -1. Mrs. Vicki Les- nick, Newcastle, Ontario, 2. Mrs. Bernice Andrews, Can- nington, Ontario; Secretary Treasurer - Mrs. Betty Van Burren, Brooklin. Mr. Ken Brown was presented presented with the district service service award for District #17. Ken has given generously of his time, skill and plants to many organizations throughout the district. Marnwood House Holds Annual Daffodil Tea 5? «SX w m. ■ * /•> Rotarians Receive Crash Course in French The Bowmanville Rotarians got a crash course in French from guest sj: Street leaker Ron Henry last Thursday. Mr.~Henry, vice-principal of Ontario Street School, explained that the Rotarians were in the ideal setting to learn French. He maintained maintained that.a friendly, comfortable atmosphere is essential for learning a language. language. Ontario Street School tries to create that same communicative ambience for its students and according to Mr. Henry it's working well. He is pictured here (left) with Acting Rotary President Don Welsh. Big Brothers Encouraged by School Principal Marnwood House held its annual Daffodil Tea to raise money for the Canadian Canadian Cancer Society on Friday, April 8. Residents and visitors bought daffodils, tea and baked goods in support of the Cancer Society. Enjoying the festivities (left to right) are: Betty Foley, and her mother, Mary Clayton. Serving is resident volunteer volunteer Audrey Wray. ment for anyone to make. Yet the Big Brothers, with their inspiration and support of the younger boys, help them to make it through. Mr. Reid also had some advice for the Little Brothers in his remarks during the annual annual meeting. "Be the best you can be," Mr. Reid advised the Little Brothers. "You can do anything you wish and be anything you wish as long as you want to work," he said. The Big Brothers Association Association of the Town of Newcastle Newcastle just gives them a helping hand. Give generously Lancer can be beaten. CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER BikkEns , sikkens® CetoM Vikkens Ceinl T! Super quality wood coatings engineered to stand up against the elements. Available at üStirâàD Central Paint PAIOTS J and Wallpaper 295 RitsonRd.S., Oshawa , 434-3939 pi* FURNACE FINANCING John Reid knows what it's like,To be a boy again. His words of encouragement and wisdom were well received as Mr, 'Rel/l spoke at the Big Brothers Association* Association* of'Newcastle annual meeting on Thursday, April 7. Mr. Reid is the principal principal of Waverley Public School. He highly praised the volunteer organization during his speech. Nancy Scott, Executive Director with Big Brothers, is thanking thanking Mr. Reid in the above picture. He is joined by former Waverley Public School student Jason McGill, who is also.a Little Brother. by Carolyn Hepburn It's not easy, being a young person. That was part of the message message that guest speaker John Reid gave at the Big Brothers Brothers Association of Newcastle Annual Meeting. Mr. Reid, who has been in the education field for 22 years, pal. School in Bowmanville. Mr. Reid had nothing but praise for the volunteer or ris, is presently the princi- of Waverley Public ganization and the many ways it assists the young men in the program during his presentation on Thursday, Thursday, April 7. "Growing up in a complex complex society is difficult," said Mr. Reid. "It's nice that there is a group of people to turn to," he added. . The Big Brothers group matches young men with an older male role model for companionship, guidance, understanding and support. 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