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------ A "Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 20, 2001 - 15 Students take a trip to Haliburton PPHS students take outdoor journey with Wilderness Bound By Nick Bronson Port Perry Star Eleven local students recently roughed it for a weekend of wilderness training up in the rolling hills of the Haliburton highlands. The Port Perry High School students partici- pated in the Wilderness Bound Adventure Quest Program Oct. 13-14. The students learned how to plan a safe wilderness trip, pack for their adven- ture, pick suitable sites, cook in the wild and use compass and map tech- niques to find their way around. and, most impor- tantly, to leave no trace that they were ever there. The Wilderness Bound Adventure Company has the same standard as Provincial Parks: There are no bottles or cans allowed on premises. The company would like to keep the site as clean and beautiful as possi- ble. The "leave no trace" and "pack out what you pack in" mottos are very important. Lea Kitler of W.B.A.C. is giving people an opportunity to learn how to have fun, while at the same time respecting the environment. The students from PPH.S. took six hours of in-school classes to learn how to use wilderness skills effectively. They took part in lessons for one hour per day, for six days at the high school. They also learned safety techniques when they were at the W.B.A.C. base camp. After the students had completed the required in-school hours they "drove up to Haliburton, got to the base camp, explored a cave and had a night hike," said stu- dent Jack Shepherd. "The morning after there was a 10-kilometre Adventure Quest hike to use the skills that we had learned." Wilderness Bound offers something for everybody, all year round. From small to large group programs, and for the inexperi- enced to the expert, they offer modern equipment and low rental fees that will make participants a happy camper. Some of the things they offer include hiking, biking, snowshoeing, canoeing and camping in the eco- style park that is private- ly owned. The high school stu- dents' program of camp- ing and hiking all took place on the Wilderness Bound Base Camp. The camp is made up of over 300 acres of rolling hills, lakes, rivers, caves and beautiful scenery. The Adventure Quest game uses the skills that the students have learned to find a package, which the lead- ers of the program have hidden. The package consisted of breakfast, which the students had to find, cook and eat on the trail. For more information on Wilderness Bound Adventure Company check out their website at www wilderness - bound.com. Got something on your mind? editorial@portperrystar.com Local Resident 'Gears up" For an Outdoor Adventure 'Canadian Adventure Getaway' Contest Winner takes home $100 Prize Diane Runceman from Port Perry 1s 'gearing up' for her next outdoor adventure after winning a $100 'Canadian Adventure Getaway' gift certificate from Canadian Tire. (Port Perry) Diane Runceman's ballot was selected in a random draw from more than 125,000 entries submitted in the Canadian Tire 'Canadian Adventure Getaway' contest held at Canadian Tire store across Canada. The gift certificate can be used to purchase outdoor gear from Canadian Tire. Utica-Epsom News by Vera Brown Bethesda-Reach W.I. to meet Nov. 28 in Epsom Did you see the Sunday morning meteor display? | just happened to wake up about 5 a.m. and looking out the window, watched the dis- play for several minutes. I'm sure that if 1 had gone outdoors, that | may have seen more, but even from indoors it was spectacular. Bethesda-Reach Women's Institute will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7:45 p.m. in Epsom Church. Meeting is on citizenship, culture, community. Theme: the environment. Committee is Barbara Weese, Freda Appleton, Sylvia Robb, Edna Meyers, Kathleen Head. Motto: the best inheritance that we can leave our children is a cleaner world. Reply: Sylvia Robb. Roll call: something that | am doing or going to start doing to make a cleaner world. Hostesses: Ina Begg, Leslie Bruce, Corinne Croxall. Belated condolences to Elva Kerry and her family in the recent passing of her brother Arnold Stearman of Edmonton. Wednesday supper guests with Ruth Ashton were Allan and Joyce Ashton of Oakwood. On Friday § cousin of Ruth's, Helen Neale of Oshawa visited and they went to the Port Perry Nursing Home to visit another cousin Birdie Robinson. Email us your sports scores and reports: editorial@portperrystar.com artesian ------ gh ER J Af AVE * Te a ld # £ {is iy. 0 o : 5 y oF : iy «AH ' Pris Hor Pal bi TARO Lyra tn pas ---- ~ Luxury &' Privacy in Port Perry's This Community sarviced by {R14 Compton Communications Cable TV. and High Speed Internet On Cable WORRY FREE TV and we're not stopping there! - Most Desirable Neighbourh 09 WELCOME to Sandpiper Ridge, Karvon Homes' elegant community of classic, . a (al0]\%] WP or' : ° StL €* : dered front porches , 4% x . 5 5 * ry y AR oo } / AA . FF 2 ic i