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Blyth Festival will present "You'll
Get Used To It...The War Show" on
Tuesday, April 5, at 8 p,in. at the
Blyth Memorial Hall. The play is
written by Peter Colley who wrote
"I'll Be Back for You Before Mid-
night", the thriller which played
during both the ,1979 and 1980
seasons.
This newest war show is a
production of the Gryphon Theatre,
Barrie. It was originally produced
for the Gryphon's 1984 season and
this full-scale revival is presently
touring Ontario during March and
April. Colley wrote the script based
on recollections of veterans, factory
workers, housewives and war
brides, the people most affected by
the war effort.
Without romanticizing combat,
the writer . has managed to ef-
fectively convey the moments of
levity which eased the common
soldier's burden. This emphasis on
the good times amid the bad gives
testimony to the faith and courage of
the people and the tunes.
Tickets for "You'll Get Used To
It...The War Show" are available at
the Blyth Festival box office, 523-
9300 or 523-9225.
Single mothers
tell their story
on TV program
A one-hour special describing the
lives of unwed mothers in their owr,
words will be shown on Global TV
from 10 to 11 p.m. on Saturday,
March 26 and -"on CI NX -TV from 7 to
8 p.m. on Saturday, April 9. They
program features interviews with
women who are raising children
alone, others. who are unmarried
and pregnant and some who have
given their children up for adoption.
"Feel the Heartbeat" is being
promoted locally by Jim Bakelaar, a
volunteer with Voice for . Life.
"These are the forgotten women,"
said Mr. Bakelaar. "They have been
seduced and abandoned. By ap-
pearing in the program they have
given up anonymity to support and
encourage other women in the same
situation.".
The documentary was filmed over
the last eight months across Canada.
Research for it began two years ago.
Thought to be the first program
about this subject made in Canada,
it examines the difficulty faced by
these women and their children and
follows several as they proceed
through pregnancy toward their new
lives.
Mr. Bakelaar- volunteered to help
promote the program shortly after
learning it was in production. A
resident of Brussels since 1968, Mr.
Bakelaar has been actively con-
cerned with the plight of unwed
mothers and their Children since
first joining Voice for Life in 1976.
"Seventeen per cent of all children
are now born to unwed mothers,'?
Bakelaar said. `These mothers and
children are the future of Canada.
We should do whatever we can to
help them: The women are
courageous and their children are
beautiful. Their stories need to be
told."
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WORK MANAGEMENT
Ontario Hydro has sold Wisconsin
Power & ,:Light the right to use its
Regional Work Management System
E RW MS )" and several associated
data bases, The purchase price was
$100,000. The system was developed
by Hydro to identify routine and re-
petitive maintenance procedures as
well as project maintnce for all
equipment requiring a regular
maintenance schedule. The RWMS f
is currently used by about 50 work
groups in Hydro's°regions.
AWL 'RELEASED—This screech owl, found malnourished and de
hydrated several weeks ago near the Wingham dump; was finally re-
leased back into the wild recently by Lyn Hunter of Sleepy Hollow
Rabbitry near Whitechurch. Al Harrison and hl$ Grade 6-7 class at
the East Wawanosh Public School also were instrumental in nursing
the creature back to health.
East Wawanosh
NEWS
By Allan Harrison
The Grade 5 to.8 science classes at
the East Wawanosh Public School
have made a signficant contribution
to the cause of conservation over the
past two years.
As a result of numerous con-
servation -related activities, the
entire group has become very
conscious of the need to work toward
educating the general public about
the many things damaging our
environment.
We feel we must take steps now to
ensure that our non-renewable
resources are conserved and also
move toward putting legislation into
effect to either solve or eliminate
various problems, such as acid rain,
depletion of the ozone layer, the
"Green -House" effect, the tran-
sportation of all nuclear waste and
all types of water and air pollution.
Recently the students received
notification from the Ontario
Federation of Anglers and Hunters
that they have placed second in the
province in the Ministry of Natural
Resources' Junior Conservation
trophy competition.
The competition was open, to all
schools and groups across -Ontario
with the mandate to recognize
groups for their work in the area of
conservation.
Last year the classes took part in
the annual "Pitch In" campaign.
They picked up all the litter in the
schoolyarCand surrounding area.
They also participated in the
ministry's essay and poster con-
tests. In addition, they also par-
ticipated in programs at the
Wawanosh Nature Centre, spon-
sored by the Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority.
As a part of their science
curriculum, they also studied the
Beigrave Creek and completed 10
different water -quality testa..A total
3f 50 white pine trees were planted "in
the schoolyard with the idea of
starting an arbr+retuin.
Other activities included picking
tree seed, reading, articles, viewing
ilnis and inviting. speakers to ad-
dress topics of concern. Study units
particularly enjoyed by the pupils
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helped make the afternoon a "see,.
cess.
This week at . the Ce�r
junction with our exercise xogil.
to. Florida, Rev, Rea Grpntw."' help
us do some armchair travelling to
the sunshine State. via a sl'dde
Oita*
presentation.. Offeexercise program:
to Florida began inJanuary as a
plan to get more usage4mt of the
exercise bikes at the. Cenb e. Par-
ticipants have been keepingtrack of
the mileage accumulated .by .riding
the bikes and the ultimate goalwas
to get to Florida.The distance was
shortened by allowing' foe mile on
the bike to equal .100 miles on the,,
map. A 'few of our participants have
actually completed the trip while
most of the exercise enthusiastsare
well on the way. -
Upconing programs at the Cense
include- a -foot-clinic-on-March-31.
Please call 357-1440 for an ap-
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YOUNGESTPERFO ER
The youngest competitor. in the
Lions Tale. Hunt in. February of
1972 was Carol . Wheeler of RR 5,
Brussels. She presented g.a
dances and the Sailors' Hornpipe
and for her efforts was chosen one of
the four winners. The other suc-
cessful acts were a singing group
from • Teeswater, The Good . Inten-
tions;
. soloist Linda.. Wilson of
Brussels and accordionists .. Paull
Orescan a -a Dave ' erling, RR 2,
Clifford.
were on such topics as ecology,
ecosystems, trees, ecozon;es of
Canada, wildlife in jeoparady and
the classification and charac-
teristics of animals.
The classes have come to realize
that nature attempts to keep all the
various ecosystems in balance and if
upset, the food webs may be
destroyed and the ecosystems cease.
They also are very aware of the
numerous environmental concerns
and in their small way are at-
tempting to make the Members of
Parliament aware by writing let-
ters.
As a school, we are committed to
the cause of conservation and
recently nursed a sick screech owl to
health before releasing it back into;
the wild.
We plan to continue our program
and hopefully others will appreciate
our concern and lend .a hand to
improve our environment for all
wildlife and mankind.
Speaker talks
about success of
Crime Stoppers
A very interesting talk and video
message were', given by Jeffery
Sabin of the Huron Crimestoppers
Association when the Huron branch
of the Ontario Genealogical Society
met in the boardroom of -the
Goderich Assessment Building.
Mr. Sabin said the program had
improved so much in a year, it was a
surprise to the police. There is a
Watts number to call, witbi charge
and there is a branch in -Clinton. All
one has to do if hew' she" bits -Seen or
knows something that should be:
reported, is to telep$ ie-: 1400-265-
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Herne mentioned, bets togivelhatin
the inektage>as
The regular .meetirg.. hekt
after the presentation, wit fi
trip Owned ned for ..to the_
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