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_Le Caron to visit Timmins © Le Caron students are busy raising money for their trip to Timmins from April 6-8 and will at- tend a combination hockey tournament/ cultural festival. To help pay for the trip, the 41 students are selling cheddar cheese at about $6 per pound. Since students aren't allowed to sell door to door, hockey coach Jean- Yves Chartrand said they've also held a dance and -are appealing to various businesses for help. : Chartrand said he was considering a teachers vs. team fundraising game at the Penetang arena where they practice at noon hour Fridays. The practice is needed, said ,Chartrand, because the ' rules are a different at the tournament. "There is no middle line, which means you can pass over one blue line and the red line. It makes the game quicker and more exciting." Other rules include be- ing ejected from the game for your second minor penalty and ejection for a major. Another interesting dif- | ference is the point system. Each team gets a point for being ahead at the end of each period. Also, scoring is only 60 per cent of the total. "You get 40 per cent for good behavior. So if you lose 5-4 but played it cleaner, you could still win,"' said Chartrand. Ten jazz band members and 11 drama students also will be at the event, putting on their own shows with other schools. The three-day gather- ing is well attended by the French-speaking Booklet aime A local man, Dave Dupuis has spent two years producing a history and information booklet on Penetanguishene. Dupuis got the idea for the booklet, which will be available in May, while on his honeymoon at Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia. "T met an artist there who had written a booklet about Peggy's Cove. He told me how he went about it and I thought it was a great idea." Dupuis knew a lot about the town because he was born and raised here. As a result, he realized there had never been anything to display or promote the town. In order to make the Stories offered in two languages The Penetanguishene Public Library is offering a story hour for pre- school children each month. Librarian Rosemary Marchand said the pro- gram is to provide some activities that will benefit young children. For instance, a French story will be read every second month, which bet- ter serves the children, who are more comfor- table with that language. Along with the story, the library offers a film and arranges some small games and crafts for the children. Every month has a dif- ferent theme, with the last one being the snowman. "The children had to make a snowman out of paper and pin a hat on him, sort of like pin the tail on the donkey," said Marchand. The story hour is held once a month and the next one is Feb. 25 at. 10:30 a.m. The story -hour was tried three years ago, but cancelled due to lack of interest. "We're really pushing it with the parents. People who come into the library definitely know about it," ~ said Marchand. She said the response has been good so far and attendance grows with each session. "T hope it continues to work well. There seems to be more of a need for it with more people in the area." 22 Peel St. Heathers --/CUSTOM BAKING When you're in love, the whole world is beautiful... 'and every sweet surprise is just another way to say, "You're Special to Me". Give your sweetheart a custom made cake or - candies from Heather's Fancies Fanctes: 549-8617 booklet more interesting to a wider variety of peo- ple, Dupuis put a little bit about everything into it, including a number of il- lustrations, which he drew himself. "I'm not much of an ar- tist, but by the time I finished I got pretty schools across the pro- vince. Chartrand said there were 30 high schools at last year's meeting in Ottawa. "Yvon Levert, principal, =~ ~ said he was enthusiastic about the hockey team doing well, but the impor- tant thing was contact the students would have with other francophones. "It is very important for students to have social and cultural oppor- tunities to interact with other French-speaking students across the pro- vince." a good," he said. Each topic, which in- clude key figures to the town's past, are _ il- -lustrated with a drawing, which helps get the story across. Dupuis said he also tried not to date the book so it could be good for Timmins bound Members of the Le Caron hockey team pose for a group picture at the Penetang arena. The students are practicing for a tournament for On- tario french language schools that takes place this April in Timmins. own"s history 40-50 years. He starts the booklet with a geography/history of the town, explaining where Penetanguishene got its name. "It comes from the Abinaki term for 'Place of the white rolling sands.* I also show that the Jesuits lived here for 20 years before they thought of liv- ing at Ste. Marie." The booklet also in- cludes more recent history, such as Brian Orser, the Howard curl- ing team and information on fishing in the area. Dupuis said the booklet will cost about $5 and the town will help with its distribution. The book is aimed at the tourist market, so likely sales locations will be the town office and the chamber of commerce building at the dock. 549-3776 Village Square Penetanguishene Undercover For Valentine Gifting that is a pleasure to give as well as receive visit... Undercover