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! 8 The Clarington Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, November 12,1994 Scouting With Skip By Fred Ford Skipper, First Hampton Sea Scouts Skip's Tip: Pitching a tent is relatively relatively easy, but placing it and picking a site takes skill. Most tents today almost almost spring into place, but are so light that unless well fastened they will blow away. I have seen them doing doing twenty miles an hour ten feet off the ground in a light breeze. So, here are some tips: Feel the ground and clear any rocks or sticks. Face the doorway out of the wind. Place all pegs firmly in the ground, angled in. Peg or tie the fly down securely. Don't stick it in a low spot that might fill up with rain. Do not trench around your tent. Trenching is unsightly unsightly and unnecessary. Store your gear neatly and keep it that way. Don't be a tent slob. Cleaning the tent is easy. Empty it and pull the pegs. Tip it up and give it a shake. The dirt should fall out the door. Hang it out to dry before storing it. . Skip's Quiz: How many parts described described in the Scout Fieldbook are there to an Axe? Can you name them? Colony, Pack, Troop Report: By this time of year Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Ventures have gotten into a routine. Fundraisers are set up, camps and outings are planned. The only thing missing is you. You as a leader or you as a youth participant. There are many parts to being a Reform Groups Issue Report On Quality of School System A month before the Ontario government's government's Royal Commission on Learning is scheduled to release its official report, a coalition of education education reform groups has issued its own report card on Ontario's public school system. Its assessment: D - minus: must do better! A fuzzy curriculum, diluted standards standards and dubious teaching methods are largely to blame for students who are less educated than their parents says the blistering 90-page report by the Coalition for Education Reform (CER), an umbrella organization of seven Ontario education reform groups. In an open challenge to the Royal Commission, the report's authors authors charge that only radical change can repair a school system in which "academic achievement - central to the average citizen's conception of what school is all about - is so far down the list of priorities as to be almost almost invisible." Entitled Could Do Better: What's Wrong with Public Education in Ontario Ontario and How to Fix It, the report marshals volumes of national as well as international studies and surveys in its case against what it sees as deep, structural flaws in Ontario's public education system, specifically: • the lack of a set curriculum with specific academic goals so that students students and parents know what is to be learned as well as how and when it is to be learned; • the absence of standardized testing testing which will accurately assess students' students' academic progress; • the focus on the teaching of "values" "values" instead of academic skills; and • the child-centered approach to learning rather than teacher-directed instruction The CER says the report, which took over a year to research and prepare, prepare, will be widely distributed to school boards, teachers' organizations, organizations, federal and provincial politicians politicians as well as parent, ratepayer and business groups. Barry Kavanagh, one of the authors authors of the report, said the timing of its release is quite deliberate, "We arc releasing this report 12 days before municipal elections for school board trustees and less than 12 months before before a provincial election as a reminder reminder to all candidates and parties that the demand and the momentum for education reform is growing." Scout, but the most important parts are the friendships that develop over the years. From Beavers to Ventures, the role of a Scout is to "Do Your Best". You can't do this lying on a couch or playing video games. Hanging Hanging around won't let you do your best, nor will being a loner. Everybody Everybody isn't for Scouting, but Scouting is for everybody. No matter what your interest or desires, you can achieve a lot by being a Scout or helping someone to be a Scout. Most leaders had a child as an active Scout and most relationships grow while you work together in Scouting. If you like camping and the out of doors why not share it with a Scout Troop. Get off that couch and join up as a Scout or a Leader. Call Dave Stainton at 623-2833 or contact your local troop. Skip's Answer: Figure it out. 100 - 24 + 32 - 75 + BADEN POWELL'S POWELL'S AGE WHEN HE DIED (It's in your book) + 3 divided by 10. To win the Bowmanville Canadian Canadian Tire Prize remember to send your answers for October to: Skip, Box 219, Blackstock, Ontario, LOB 1B0. I WANT YOUR VOTE! ON NOVEMBER 14,1994 ELECT Accountability - Fiscal Management Student Achievement - Communication PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEE, WARD 3 To serve the students and the taxpayers AUTHORIZm BY THE CFO FOR THE BEVtRLY WAKHIELD CAMPAIGN FOR MAYOR IF YOU WANT ... * Improved Community Service- * Jobs for Local People * Budget and Tax Control * Experience ... Served 5 terms as Councillor Vote November 14 for Ann Cowman you deserve MORE THAN A HOUSE AND A TAX BILL Regional Councillor, Ward 2, Bowmanville • Capable • Accessible * Accountable "Look to the future and learn from the past" Please vote on Monday, November 14, 1994 for: John O'TOOLE Regional Councillor, Ward 2, Bowmanville Authorized by CFO for John O'Toole © Authorized by the CFO for the Ann Cowman campaign. ELECT CVS WARD 3 COUNCILLOR 987-4458 (Home) (Office) 623-0677 Authorized by the CFO - Bonnie Cunningham campaign ©