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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-05-09, Page 19Awana Club ends its eleventh season The 11th Awana Club season came to a successful conclusion on April 25 as many parents, grand- parents, brothers, sisters and friends joined the 40 clubbers and eight leaders to celebrate the club- bers' achievements this year. The evening began with a rous- ing session on the game floor, con- ducted by game leader Paul Heffer. Several Moms and Dads participat- ed, much to the clubbers' delight. When everyone was exhausted, the audicnce..anoved to the main audi- torium for singing, conducted by Lori Heffer and a flannelgraph story presented by Linda Smith, Mr. Heffer then introduced each club leader to present the atten- dance and achievement awards. Cubbie leader Lori Heffer, assist- ed by Kira Stuckey, presented the first -book ribbon and certificate to Pamela Smith, as well as a book for memorizing extra verses. Second - book ribbons were presented to Peter Barber, Ashley Heffer and Michelle DeWit. Michelle also received a third -book ribbon for doing the ABC book and a book for memorizing extra verses. Sparks Skipper leader Joe Smith, Hiker leader Kevin Smith and Climber leader Phillip Smith pre- sented the respective clubbers with their awards. Receiving first -book ribbons were Ben Barber, Heather Wright, Jeremy Heffer, Harmony Robertson, Allison Rapson, Leah Barber and Susan Guse. Paul Clugston earned his second -book ribbon. Sparky plaques and pins for completing three books were pre- sented to Rachel Heffer, Becky Rap- son and David Collins. David also completed the Climber workbook and received his Climber pin. Chums leader Linda Smith pre- sented first -book ribbons and Maid- en exam pins to Cynthia and Christina DeWit. Sandra and Sheila Collins received Excellence Tro- phies and pins and Princess exam pins for completing two Chum handbooks. Pal leader Dave Rapson present- ed John Martin with the Pal first - book ribbon. All the clubbers received their attendance awards and Awana pennants. The leaders be each received an appropriate ser- vice pin. A special Awana Appreci- ation Trophy was presented to Nel- lie Collins for her extra efforts in the club. Kevin Smith read a letter from the adopt -a -club in Nairobi, Kenya, thanking the Wingham Bible Chapel clubbers for their corre- spondence and financial support. This year. the Wingham clubbers contributed, on a voluntary basis, $132, enabling the African Awana children to have uniforms, equip- ment and handbooks to memorize God's Word and learn about Jesus. Mr. Heffer reminded the clubbers acid leaders to remember the Awana missionaries, John and Mar- ion Froom, in their prayers as they travel around Southern Ontario vis- iting clubs and helping new ones get started. Tour of gardens planned for July Amid the snow and cold of a late winter, the directors of the Wing - ham Horticultural Society talked about gardens when they met in the CKNX boardroom. A garden walk- about will be held Sunday, July 9, with the rain date the following Sunday. Everyone is welcome and will meet at the Cruickshank Park at 1:30 for a ride to various gardens around town. The garden tour will be followed by refreshments. The annual meeting of the Ontario Horticultural Association will be held at Wilfrid Laurier Uni- versity, Waterloo, June 20, 21 and 22. The society is considering hav- ing blueprints drawn up for the landscaping of Cruickshank Park. A clean-up day will be arranged soon. The various flower beds around the town are to be planted May 27. The society has also ordered approximately 25 trees to be plant- ed this year. The next directors' meeting will held Sept. 7. MTO announces fee changes for services The Ontario Ministry of Trans- portation has announced that, effec- tive May 1, fees for certain driver and vehicle transactions will increase. Many of the fees affected have not gone up since the early 1980s, despite inflation and rising admin- istrative costs. The new fees will be in line with those charged for some other services offered by the min- istry. - The written test for a driver's licence will now cost $5 on each attempt. Applicants used to be allowed three tries for $5. The cost of a complete motorcy- cle driver examination (Class M) increases to $19 from $11, the cur- rent cost of a Glass G test. The writ- ten test costs $5 and the road test $14. For driver instructors, the initial examination fee goes to $30 from $25, subsequent road test to $14 from `. and replacement licence to $5 from $2. All cheques for driver's licences which are returned toe of insufficient [ f1 assessed a penalty if the driver does not pay within 30 days of notifica- tion. The penalty will be $5 for each driver's licence number covered by the cheque, or 10 per cent of the amount owed; whichever is greater. This is similar to the amount charged when an NSF cheque is issued for a vehicle transaction. The cost of a replacing a garalicence is also increased to $5 from $2. Replacing a validation sticker will cost $5 instead of $2; tempo- rary registration of a passenger vehicle is $10, up from $5 and the cost of transferring a vehicle into a dealer's name goes to $3 from $2. The cost of replacing a motorized snow vehicle permit is raised to $5 from $2; copies of documents such as abstracts, microfilms and abstracts for motorized snow vehi- cles increase to $5 from $3, in keep- ing with other document fees. Col- lision report copies will increase to $10 from $5. Certification of all ministry docu- ments, such as abstracts, microfilms anA C rreports, will cost a ti n'amiam'.viroaizoost va,16 ••faruc�cerm■�s•,r°re cancerCe,e.> 1"erE.mr.Irn.*=”3.1.7k.V.mammas»-coa:se.P.M.4rr�MMt The Wirigham Advance °Tirnea, May 9, f 4 LIFE MEMBERSHIP—Miss Annie Laidlaw, right, recently was presented with a life membership to the Women's Missionary Soci- ety of Chalmers Presbyterian Church WMS. Mrs. Walter Elliott made the presentation to Miss Laidlaw. Farm children at risk near machinery, livestock It would be totally unacceptable (and probably against the law) for our friends and neighbors who work in factories or on construction sites to take their children to work with them. Why then do we tolerate this practice in agriculture? Comments like, "She grew up around those cows," or, "He knows not to go near that hole or machine," are common, but are° they full of com- mon sense? Under normal conditions, most OMAF again sponsoring youth program The Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture and Food is once again provid- ing job opportunities for young people, as well as summer help for farmers through the Junior Agriculturalist program. This program provides an oppor- tunity for students between the ages of 15 and 24, with no farm experience, to work on a farm for eight weeks. Students receive $35 per day, with every second week- end off. Host farmers are -asked to pro- vide room and board and con- tribute $17 a day to the Junior Agri- culturalist Training Fund. If you are a student or a farmer and would like more information regarding this program, please con- tact the OMAF office at Clinton, 482-3428 or 1-800-265=5170. farm children do have some respect for the danger repeatedly enforced by their mother or father. It's when conditions are not normal that we all get into trouble. In 1988, nearly one-quarter of all farm fatalities involved children 15 years of age and under. Using the farm workplace as a playground can have tragic results. In the last 10 years, nearly one-half of all chil- dren killed were under five and one-half years old. A study conducted by the U.S.- based Successful Farming maga- zine, revealed that 65 per cent of farm boys are operating a tractor by themselves at 10 to 12 years old. And almost 30 per cent are tractor drivers at seven to nine years old. That's despite the fact that 42 to 47 per cent of parents feel that allowing the child to operate the tractor involves a moderate to high risk. A staggering 70 per cent off the parents surveyed perceive the risk for a child riding a tractor as very low. Yet every year, children fall out of tractors (even with cabs) or dis- tract the driver to create other unsafe acts. No one intends to injure or kill their children, yet the deaths and suffering continue. Why do we have this double standard? 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