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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-09-18, Page 22• GODEIOCH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1969 • OPENING SEPTEMBER 28 ntario Science There you are, at the controls of the excursion module, just back from the moon and ready for docking. It's been quite *a day. First, -"W-Orked out your income tax on a computerized calculator. That was before you explored the organic make-up of man, melted brick with a laser, and climbed into a time -tunnel to ponder the marvels of Newton and Watt. Yes, it's a niuseum you're in, but one with a difference. It's the new Ontario Science Centre which opens Sept. 28 in Toronto, a. $30 Million creation many observers predict will be this Canadian province's number one man-made tourist attraction. The sprawling complex; occupying 20 ravMe--,acres in the heart of the Metro area, offers more than 550 exhibits — most of them participational. It's like doing your own thing at nearly every stop. Directors of • this government-owned undertaking, built to commemorate Canada's centenary in 1967, look for at least 2,000,000 visitors in the first year athne, and there is parking .space for 900 cars. - There is one Section directors originally labelled the "Junior Museum." But once they decided there was no generation gap here, they renamed it, appropriately enough, the "Science Arcade." Exhibits in the Science Arcade rug,' the gamut in proven. experiment, covering friction and vacuum, electricity and water, gravity and air. Know anything about Newton's principle of action and reaction'? For shame! The kids probably have, but instantly you can become as smart as they — just by bushing a button.. _Then there's Watt. Displayed aie the Zind7products,s,of his experiments --- working mbdels Centre will • feature of the steam engine, including plastic -encased pistons 'sliding inside cylinders. - a By sitting on a bicycle and pedalling iviskly, you • can generate enough electrical power to turn on lights, play music on. a tape recorder, and project your own image on a TV screen. Ever thought it possible to bend light around corners, SEE your own voice and hear it delayed by 1 10th ,of' a second? You're in for surprises at the • Science Arcade. And, if. you happen t6 be musical wow! Here you can produce new sounds on the most noted works of Francois Bast -het, • internationally -known creator of musical sculpture. You can also do your stuff on. the "kalimba," an African piano of sorts, or on Indonesian percussion instruments. But. To expand farm enlargement program The Hon, William A. Stewart,. Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food, and the Hon. Jean Marchand, Federal Minister of Regional Econom ic ' Expansion, jointly announce an extension of the Ontario Farm Enlargement' and Consolidation Program. "f his program was initiated in 1966 under the federal -provincial Rural Development Agreement (ARDA), and its acceptance by Ontario farmers has resulted in one of the largest agriculture adjustment • programs ever undertaken in Canada. The purpose of the . farm enlargement program is to enable the small farm to enlarge, to a size that will- produce a satisfactory income to the operator. To date approximately 1,000 Ontario farmers have enlarged their operations with ARDA assistance. There is a two -fold effect since the same number of individuals have been assisted out of agriculture through purchase • of their properties for enlargement purposes. Experience -•,has indicated that the scope of the enlargement program should he broadened to, encompass more disadvantaged rural people. Tn The new- program announced today, the priority will continue to focus on farm enlargement, through purchase and consolidation of farm units. A secondary priority. however, will involve the purchase of occupied , un.economic units Where the farmer w,ishes to relocate his farming operations. or retrain for employment in another area. A third priority \N• ilNprovide for purchase of farms on ' submarginal land and transfer of the land to other uses such as forestry or • recreation. A final priority , is the purchase of uneconomic farm units from • operators fifty-five years of age and over, who have been linable to sell their 'properties. These uhits will be -consolidated and • •.$..lirsommim.i.mmiii.,•.;,:oirmit4:5 Om- ' • .---.0:-.04,94p .,./..0 • REMEMBER ,.-..-;.ii g 3 0 ..... HELP YOUR RED CROSS :n ••••„. ,.. n :.... TO HELP made available, for future agricultural development. The estimated cost of the new program announced today is $12,000,000 over a two-year period. The costs will be shared equally by the Provincial and Federal Governments. MODA names general. manager The Midwestern Ontario Regional Development Council (MODA) is pleased to announce the 'appointment of vi. E. G. Phillips to the position of general manager of the council. Mr.• Phillips comes to this position with ample experience in the field of r regional , development. Previous to this appointriie-nt, he herd the position • of assistant general, manager of the Eastern Ontario Regional Development, Council for the past four years. • Born and brought up in Eastern Ontario, Mr. Phillips has been associated with municipal governments for many years, having served on municipal council as councillor. and as • chairman of various'committees. After serving with, the RCAF during the war, Mr. Phillips returned to Eastern Ontario where he owned his own business for seven years, prior to his position of assistant .general manager. • In 1963, he received the "Man of the Year" award. from the Eastern Ontdrio • Regional Development Council which is presented annually to an individual, wh% has contributed significantly to the economy of that region. - Mr. Phillips holds membership -in • the Royal Canadian Legioi. and is an active- Rotarian. His duties with 'MODA commenced on September 16. (NIB prepares college students Ten blind college -hound -students from Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec — three women and seven men — are taking part in an orientation program sponsored by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind at the agency's national office in Toronto., . • Blind students have special problems , that their sighted friends do not have. to face. A blind student often feels lost on a large campus and may he treated strangely on a small one. This CNIB program will prepare these students for campus life. There are three pirts to the program. The first is, How to Do 'It, Students learn •about getting vo;unteer readers, the CNIB recording servi'ces,, a crash course_ in a special Braille shorthand. then, if you want topake like a bounding Lenny Dee, just step into one of four glass-enelosed cubicles and go to work _on a Hammond organ. . Also in the Science Arcade, you'll see under plastic the complete organic make-up of both man and woman; In. the Hall of Life a colony of radio -active ants, and an thentic reconstruction of the laboratory in which Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best, both Toronto physicians, discovered lifesaving insulin fpr the treatment of diabetes. The transportation section features the railroad's ',role • in Canadian development., brought to life by model electric•trains winding through the famous Rocky Mountain Spiral Tunnels. Also displayed is the "computer train" or Tolaido Express which . - and advice on writing examinations. Many blind students wrire their examinations with a • Braille typewriter, or give them verbally. .Regardless of method, • it takes a blind student longer and special arrangements must he made with the' University • administration. A tour of the ,University of Toronto campus and the York University Library gives the group on the scene • experience. There are 117 blind university students on 36 Canadian campuses. They study, everything from social work to electrical engineering. The number of blind university students has doubled over the last five years. • will 'carry Expo 70 visitors on the 320 -mile, trip to Osaka. You'll study the evolution of the steathship through submarines to a working model of the hydrofoil. Creators of the Ontario Science Centre are anything but egg -heads. Indeed, they've tried to balance the seriousness of exhibits with simple humor. There is, " for example, "a - genuine gum tree." It looks like a gum tree, all right, but up close a sign directs kids to "Park Your Gum Here." One could spend a day in the Arcade alone, but in addition there's an exhibit on molecular science, life, • earth science, Canadian resources, communications, engineering, transportation and, naturally, one on space travel. 10TH ANNUAL v• emityourself exhibits With 150,000 square feet of exhibit space to explore, the visitor isn't struck by the immensity. of Wig- Iplit-level complex until he walks along one of two bridgeways • connecting two of • tiae three units — 250 feet over lush blue carpeting. There's an auditorium with 500 seats in addition to ,several stnaller units, and a Roman -style Great flail for dances and onventions. There's a bar, a restaurant, and a low-cost cafeteria for school kids. On a giant relief map the Canadian Resources section takes you on the route of the famed St. Lawrence Seaway. In the auditorium Ontario Hydro presents the "Rain Cycle Story" in which a fierce electrical storm is simulated. Rain falls, thunder • rumbles, lightning flashes, and AmmommummW water gathers into streams and tumbles over fallsen route to a lake. Throughout the cluster of exhibit halls the present arid future ' are eMphasized rather than the past and, to keep pacp, it is planned to change up to 15. percent of the exhibits each year. The Half of Communications, for example, features many exhibits on computers and their application. Here, visitors are invited to solve simple and complex arithmetical tcalculations and play tic-tac-toe with a compoter. With the exploration of space representing the highest achievement of pure science, exhibits in, this area focus on the Apollo moon -landing program and feature a full-scale mock-up or the Apollo - Command' moot% complete in all its basic' 4 details. Space suits •and other articles carried on. space flights are also shown. This area' also is highlighted by five one-man Lunar excursion modules iside which you take 'over the controls and await • instructions from Houston. In two minutes you simulate the docking with the mother ship. And, for a touch of realism, a "retro rocket" is fired in the process and the vibrations are plainly felt. Admission to this unusual attraction- is one dollar for adults, 50 cents for students, and 25 cents for children, and'it will be open year-round, seven days a week. 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