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f 8 - II*!!! ► Clarington Library Professor Biblios found! Close to 100 horses a day completed at the Area 4 Quarter Horse Classics, held at the Orono Fairgrounds last weekend. Tausha Hellyer backs her horse through the 'L" one of the six elements in the Western Trail Competition, held Sunday. In this event judges look for attentiveness of the horse, and control between horse and rider.. BLACK ARTHUR BLACK FOOD FOR THOUGHT Slow down, you move too fast The old folky duo Simon and Garfunkel sang that refrain in a song they recorded recorded back in the early sixties. We failed to take their advice. Today, nearly four decades later, our cars go faster, our airplanes go faster - hell, even our bicycles go faster. And of course, our food goes faster than ever. Who, in the 1960's would ever have dreamed that one day we'd be lining up to buy such things as IncrEdibles or McDonald's McSalad Shaker? IncrËdjbles is actually a whole line of fast foods, but the showstopper , product is,,.well, it's macaroni and cheese on a stick. It comes in a cardboard tube. Just pop it in the microwave for sixty seconds, peel off the cardboard cardboard and eat it like a Popsicle. The McSalad Shaker is designed to save food preparers from the exhausting and debilitating practice of actually having to go through the grueling process'of tossing a salad by hand. No need with this baby. McSalad Shaker comes in a plastic , cup, complete with a rounded top. Just pour on the salad dressing, cover the cup, give it a brisk flick of the wrist or two, and hey - dinner is served. A McDonald's press release points out- helpfully helpfully that McSalad Shaker "fits neatly into your car cup holder." Like I want to meet a guy who's driving towards me on -the highway with a cell phone in one hand and a salad fork in the other. The movement towards ever-faster fast food is nowhere more rampant than on the shelves of you local bookstore. Martha Stewart has a book out called Quick Cook. You will also find such titles ds New Food Fast; Life's On Fire: Cooking for the Rushed; and Nice Timing: Gourmet Meals in Minutes. What's with the obsession for speedeating? John Stanton, professor of food marketing at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, say's it's the inevitable price we p'ay for the hectic lives we lead. "People want to eat the right things," says Stanton, "but when it comes to trading health for time, time wins." Robert Berman agrees - enthusiastically. He's the guy who invented Mac'nCheese on a Stick. He says: "People are constantly pressed for time these days. When I was growing up in the 50's, my mom made breakfast every day and the family sat down for dinner every night. It's a very different pace we live today. Breakfast is pretty much gone, as far as sitting down and eating. Lunch is on the way out, and dinner is under attack." Maybe. But not for everybody. everybody. There's a counterinsurgency counterinsurgency movement that started in Paris about ten years ago that is slowly, quietly quietly making its way around the globe. It is. called, oh, delicious delicious irony of ironies, Slow Food. Delegates from 15 nations (including Canada) signed the ' Slow Food Manifesto. Some of the tenets they endorse: We are enslaved by speed and have all succumbed to the same virus: Fast Life, which disrupts our habits and pervades pervades the privacy of our homes. Our defense begins at the table with Slow Food. Let us rediscover the flavours and savours and banish the degrading effects of Fast Food. , What can a panting, ratracing-also-ran ratracing-also-ran say to that but, Amen, brother. And Beulah, peel me a grape. But slowly. Our Summer Reading Club is winding down at the Clarington Public Library, but It sure has been a great summer! We have just gotten gotten word from our dear friend Professor Biblibs that she has found her way out of Imagination Woods, thanks to the help of our amazing Junior Trailmasters, and she is on her way back to the library as we speak! Don't miss her visit to your local branch, August 15th - 18th, and have your chance to ask the Professor anything about her adventures tills summer. The Summer Program may be almost over, but there's still fun to be had, so come out to the library and see for yourself! Also, please keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming adventure story contest. In the coming weeks, our summer summer students will be unveiling unveiling a storybook they have been working hard to put together, pnd we will be looking looking for kids,, aged 6 to 12 to submit their own adventure stories to be published on our website (www.'clarington- library.on.ca). Three entrants will be chosen .to,be published published on the website, and other submissions will be displayed throughout our four branches. More details to follow!! Clarke - Wednesday, August 16th and Friday, August 18th at 1:30 p.m. Bowmanville - Tuesday, August 15th at 10:30 a.m. and Thursday, August 17th at 1:30 p.m. Courtice - Tuesday, August 15th at 1:30 p.m. and Thursday, August 17th at 10:30 a.m. Newcastle Village Wednesday, August 16th and Friday, August 18th at 1:30 p.m. We will also be holding our very last session of 'Campfire Nights at Camp Readalot' Wednesday, August 16th at 7:00 p.m. Please note that these sessions have moved to the Courtice branch. Along with their favourite pillow or blanket, children of all ages are encouraged to bring their parents, friends and family to this fun-filled evening of spooky stories and campfire songs at Camp Readalot. It's the last one until next summer, summer, so be sure to check it out! 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