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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-02-22, Page 9Best K -W Public Speakers - Students from South Perth Centennial and Usborne Central schools participated February 13 in the annual Kirkton-Woodham Optimists public speaking contest. The win- ners go on to area finals in Thorncfale. on April 7. Clockwise from the bottom left are senior girls win- ner Sarah Ellis, South Perth; senior boys winner Aaron Gardiner, Usborne; junior boys best Adam Hem,__ Usborne; junior girls. runnerup Sandra White, South Perth; junior girls winner Sarah Szabo, Us - borne; runnerupsenior girls Erin Richardson. Usborne and junior boys-runnerup Jeff Marshall, South Perth. . Today is Guides' 'Thinking Day!! EXETER - Thinking Day, Feb- ruary 22, is'a world-wide birthday party for all members—of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. On this day everyone who belongs to the Guiding Movement takes time to think about their members in . Guiding around the world. Since there arc eight million ' members in Guiding there' will be millions and millions of friendly, helpful and hopeful thoughts fly- ing around the earth as thc largest female organization in our world celebrates the birthday shared by •. Lord Baden-Powell, (who founded Scouting in 1907 and Guiding in 1909). and his wifc,Olave, Lady Ba- i d. n -Powell. Lord and Lady Baden - Pow -ll met on board a ship in _ 1912 and were mauled that year. Glave soon became as committed to this great movement as her hus- lxunl. -1n -1 916, an International Confer- . once suggested calling February 22, "Thinking- I)ay; Since 1932, an • important part of Thinking Day of • cercnuonics has been the giving of pennies in all. member countries of the World Association of. Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. The mon- cy which is collected is used to help develop Guiding in other countries, to, help maintain World Centi s for Guiding in, England, HAYTER'S TURKEYS Store Location Hwy. 83, just west of Dashwood 237-3561 Winter Hours: CLOSED Monday Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 5:30 Featuring • Drumsticks • Ground Turkey' • Burgers • Patties • Filets • Smoked Turkey • Breast Roast • Cutlets • Sausage • Wings FR 1 pound Turkey Kielbasa with every $1 0 purchase of turkey products Fresh Frozen Turkeys available N 0 FEE PERCENT 1 - 3 YEAR1M nuuuni�yo 0 COMPOUNDED ANNUALLY Get the Clinton Community .. CREDIT UNION Idvatt tage! WHERE THE RATES ARE HIGHER AND SERVICE IS #t1 374 Main Street Exeter, Ont. 235-0640 70 Ontario St. Clinton, Ont. 482.3466 Switzerland, India and Mexico, to givc,assistance to_-sistcr_Guides in times of natural disasters and to help participants who travel to and from Canada to International Events. . Guides, Brownies, Pathfinders and other. Guiding groups engage in many activities to raise money. In. Exeter, the groups hold a joint Penny Carnival annually to collect the pennies. Although it is impor- tant to raise money, an even more important part of Thinking Day is to promote the theme.of peace to be spread throughout the world. Lord and Lady Baden-Powell ded- icated so much of their lives to the pursuit of ways to bring about peace. to all people. Peace is the theme for this year which is also the centennial year of Lady Badcn- Powcll's birth in 1889. It is.a w= ly fitting theme for the former World Chief Guide who died in 1977. She had a special talent for remembering people long after she had met them. Her explanation for being able to remember people so clearly was that "everyone was her friend." I ler vitality, enthusiasm and friend- liness inspired others to do their best to help those around them.. Perhaps the idealspassed on from Lady Baden-Powell can best be summed up in the words of Her Ex- cellency the Right Honourable. Jean Sauve, Governor General of Canada and Honourary President of Girl Guides of Canada, when she said "Although Girl Guides outgrow their uniforms and running shoes, they never outgrow their spirit of service and commitment to others or the love of life and nature and feelings of friendship instilled in them during their days as Girl Guides." In Guiding the ideal for peace be- gins with the individual who learns that peace must start with herself. Many activities have .been planned by arca groups. On Satur- day February 18, the 30 Huron Park Brownies baked in the morning at the Centralia Hall to prepare for a Special Persons Tea in the after nook' when they entertained moth- ers, grandmothers, aunts and other special persons in their lives.. :1Lirktpf,Brownies,j3uides and --Path-finders are holding a Mother Daughter Banquet on Wednesday, t► ..> biu�ty_ Guides are. touring the Timcs Advocate. One Exctcr Brownie group is holding an enrolment. On Thursday, February 23, the Guiding Groups will join thc Scouts, Cubs and Beavers to.ce.14:,.. brats Guide -Scout Week by attend- ing.a celm7ch service at the Precious Blood Mission. Guiding groups will be celebrating "Thinking Day" and Scouting groups will celebrate "Founder's Day". Everyone is wel- come. ' T ., _I)irk4,3419901010A f lir0 0•••,7_ etcr Units - Guiding and Scouting ^ membership in town has climbed to over 100 in number. All are eager- ly awaiting moving into the new facilities in the Lions Youth Cen- tre. Although the old building has met our needs over the years, the new building offers much needed space and many more welcome fea- tures. We hope everyone will check out the co-operative Guiding and Scout- ing display in Country Flowers' window. Submitted by Helen Coates Public Relations for Ausable Dis- trict of Girl Guides of Canada • Times -Advocate, February 22, 1989 Page 9 Children's play at Blyth March 18 BLYTH - Vancouver's award- winning Green Thumb performs its children's play, Two Weeks Twice A Year at Blyth Memorial Hall on Saturday March 18 at 2 p.m. Writ- ten by Colin Thomas, the play was commissioned to deal dramatically. with the effect of separation and di-• vorce on children. "We've included Two Weeks Twice A Year in the childrens' ser- ies", explained Joel Harris, General Manager of the Blyth Centre for the Arts, "First, because it is excellent theatre for children done by one.pf Canada's finest children's theater companies and second, because di- vorce effects children in ways adults are only beginning to understand. It may be directly in their immediate family or indirectly in their friends' families. Suddenly, someone who has always been there, isn't there any more. It's all. very confusing for children to cope." Twelve-year old Joe tries to "stay cool" in the face of a visit from the father he never sees. This sensitive and humorous play deals delicately with the subject of young children and the effect of divorce on their lives from their point of view. There are four characters in the play, Two Weeks .Twice a Year - Joe, Gogo (6- years old) and their parents, Sally and Mark. The play uses an unusual theatri- cal device: the characters Joe and Gogo are actually the same kid at two different stages in his life. As Joe puts it, "I don't know how it happened. I was just going through some of my old toys at the back of my closet - I was gonna throw some of them out -. and, all of a sudden, there was another kid sit- ting beside me, playing with this stuff - and I recognized him because - he was me, only younger." Two WeeksTwice A Year is suitable for interested adults and children 6 to - 12 years old. - Green _Thumb Theatre -for- Young -- People was funded in 1975 with the mandate to develop and produce new Canadian plays for young people. "By focusing on topics that are of direct and immediate concern of to- day's children", says Green Thumb Artistic Director, Patrick McDo- nald, "we hope to offer some tools to help them cope with the chal- lenges of modern life. Equally im- portant, we want to show young people the excitement of live thea- tre, ' hea-tre," Green Thumb's works have been produced by 53 companies, in five different countries and have, so far, been translated into French, Spanish and Japanese. New works created by Green Thumb Theatre include One Thousand Cranes, New Canadian Kid, Liars and Night Light; to name a few. Green Thumb- Theatre annually performs to an average of 180,000 young people, their families and teachers. They've performed around the world, from Hong Kong to. Stockholm, Montreal to New Zea- land, and Whitehorse to Florida. Two Weeks Twice A Year has been touring to schools and thea- tres throughout Canada since Sep- tember, 1988. For more informa- tion about tickets and their performance at Blyth Memorial Hal .April 16, call•Blyth Festi- val 1118x Office, (519) 523-9300- 9225. A. John Hughes, C.D. Denture Therapist Box 839 37 Green Acres, Grand Bend. 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