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peach, •stayed to Seafo h wearing
trusty .wrli4ter coat and ;leather -.boots,
owever, ,was�,a very interesting, erclting
end'an overall good tae, I w s one of tate two
supervisors who worked with, settooi children
• inaprogram•calledHoliday Hapenings. The
arogr'am was t` ut o. by'.$1si theRecreation
e .arfinent^and was rite successful,
h`u progr htowas,sup'ervised and led by
rQ grade 1 students ho were off for the
•"arch Break,,Tracey Wilson, and myself; The
object 9f the program. was to entertain
rf o)titeen kids, aged seven to 12 for f ive:days.
.?f aproved': to ,be an interesting and
challenging task in itself. ., .
,• ,We were given a guideline to go by, that
included time slots far' arts and .crafts; sports
and games and other special 'events such as•
skating, bowling and swimming
+.r:T a first,day TraeeYeand I thought that we
•ou1
d give it an eariy'stertso that,we would
e. organized bythe time the first Child '
arrived. Unfortunately we were quite un-
aware that most:of the children_ were "also`
plarr'yitineeitecriiVin•g early: as well 'syr as the
two' supeivisors walked through the'deors at
20 minutes to nine, we were welcomed by a
handful of kids who were all keen to go. This
Supervlsor, Triah .Rimmer helpey' mats:o:ihe `was'e good. indication of how the rest of the
hats; . , (Hu1►dertmarltpiiptp) week would go.
CHOOSINGTEAMS
The first morning was spent playingg sports.
and games. This gave the group a chance to
-get to• know each other and their supervisors
better. The -sports were mostly team sports
such as crab soccer. From these sports we
discovered that it is best to divide the teams
ahead of time or by counting the children out
CONSTRUCTION PAPER turned Into hats of
an kinds last Friday during the Holiday
Happenings , pre:gram oat the commljnity
centre for children during the -Meech 'Steak.
"Memories" poem isr a winner
Katrina Somers, a grade eight student at
the Brussels Public School won first prize at
the Ontario level of the Royal Canadian
Legion Remembrance Day poem and essay
contest. Her poem now advances to the
national competition, a competition where
Katrina won second two,years agq.
The following is a repent of her poem
which was written for Remembrance Day,
1983.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
Happy 16th birthday to Christine Nele-
mans on Mar. 23.
Memories
The parade has ended; in silence we stand,
As the snow swirls in this cold November.
1 see to my left, a trembling old man,
And I wonder, "What does he remember?"
Is he standing in the cold on a•day long ago,
While airplanes scream over his head?
Amid the rifles' roar, does he stare in horror,
At his friends'Iying wqunded and dead?
An old lac}ysteps forth, a wreath in her hand,
'A9 the snow s*irls in this cold November.
As she places it there, gently wipes a tear
, a ons s e remember?' • • yourself..
Aoessheseeherson,ashetellsherggood6 . The method of choosing captains who in
t a time
And promises tp come back from the war? doesn't rn seem to work. I rese teams one, membererson awell \what
Or does she remember the letter that said it felt like tc�e one of the last people to be
Her• son would come home -no. more? • ' Chosen on �teant and I can guarantee• you that
•
1 have no memories of wart- del th;a d pain4x``' tf a b a. gs; have aqua numbersaof bs yrs
As we stand herein this c ltln vember, vdt�•7s.
But to ensure this horror atter .,append The games Wale fun but unfortunately the
again, me s a
We Canadians must remember! '' ' time
t o was h d to be que
ick oh our toes and
think .of .some new genies. By 10:30 the
supervisors were ready foramen and the kids
ayere. still raring .to, go. ' . .
Lunch time was sc uled•from 12 - I.
Supervision was . provided for those who
wanted to bring their lunch but the children
1 wonder "Wh t d h
Hospital Visiting
O. to go me for lunch If they
:$ home
W l ¢Pre amazed sv en.
y t11e children a kag;to eat"
*"we were hun i oo, 10:0.1W
.
me table What,timettable
kLdslwere f of hed.b 1.1-,,;;7t9.
.40 a d ail sett f r tan
afternoon rn Kids sure fast eMersi
.,
` Besldee„.p ayiflg action gg me¢, sl ging
games,prid porter we ptov'led the group
with board ggames and cards 'to play wi; dt,
eneve,It'or not,,''the !,aelualt ,played quietly
lamas Dyed, themselves for ajout;e hal hour.
^One`ot the favorite gaitres was a game salted
Boggle, a game in'which the children) ',maker
words tout, pf scrambledrlettera Imagine. ,
eh dre njoying �an educational amefl
e,flrs'ta rnoonwwasenjoyedb skating
lathe gena 1 myself am,not,much of a skater
Nbu do taveto water► ao ldd j<usthat•. Wit sa
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.gobn�dsooeeoacmensaedacpourins
lit casepoead-aches,1epcortedithecew ot
inotelbbyof #41:renato,put on ther
/te
Skates Sure- have: changed since.;1 was
little la^ Now, many girls wear black skates.
and ley tie up totally different than'my o1d-
whi ones used to: • Unfortunately though
they still take a long time to tie, up and kids
still complain; that they are too tight or too
loose. ,, , r..
BACK�YA'RDD kT
The second day Was arts and crafts day in
the morningand swiinmmg at.Vanastrainthe
afternoonDuring the week we: had design"
nated theme days. Tuesday was to be
Backward• Day a day•that all of the kids were
to wear ,their clothes, backwards. '
One boy asked whether or not they had to ,
wear their bathing -suits backwards as well.
We told him it was entirely up to him but we
didn't think he had to go that far! Many kids
wore their clothes backwards and how some •
girls got their jeans on backwards and then
managed to sit down too, I'll never know!
It was no surprise. to us that the' • kids'
managed to.get glue and "pain , all over
everything. I guess it doesn't matter how old
a child is, you are, always going to manage'.to
have paint all over.their hands and face. and. •
glue stuck in their finger nails; Hdwever,•we
were unprepared for complaints about the
stickiness of paper made, especially from
the boys!
Oiie thing that wevdid learn from the arts
and crafts sessions that:kids between 7-12
like to help mix paint paste'agd clay almost
as much as they like to do the crafts; in some
cases they would rather mix the materials
than use them. However, many kids in this
age groupdo not like to clean their mess up..
Swimming was a lot of fun and it sure ,was,
good to get into the.heated water. The kids
• had a lotof fun and despite the many splashes.,
and ranrtarlts"from the ids about my bathing
salt, I had fun too. However, it is really hard
to keep track of 14, kids when you are in a
swimming pool full of wet heads ail about the
same size. ,
On store third one occ' sla l had to look
twice Ilefd wertiin ochurl not to divti the
It if eh orsplash o*hcr kids,, a iii vho
acini ver see11.
mei before, a ��,ob bly
never'°wants to nee me again got a'b st rom
me amen mistogk him "on Ip .•�p�,y kids"
whenp he was dunking`a ttIe g il..under; the
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xt day was another' spi 'aand
dgash s• . Y The' te a that dayq w s tsp
hy, a lay which th ids ,were! uq', o t
,we r their sweat s irts" rid es ;
After rich we, wa Tied join ' Nobe
Lan s torgo bowlin forrthe l »
wop 1not'belB ve the lcot!mplajnhttg �i� was,
done aboutwaikingp from one s e.o 1 ` D ib
Ql . t. YTS �.:, ive 1
to`tl�.e�yptperi�� Xt3tliWouisl tfiq�ik: j� , ,•v�' ��v,:�;in
: weE'talie'i bins! The b iwiing afternt ti ,t�aa
ne` experience sto sone' of the d;,• (..rid
t
pld4ui d to the others Osie iitf'ie ,o w. o ad
-never been bowling roved 1`0V Ilium
'bowling anbe., "r r
He would carefully lift the hen 'y bowling
ball and march up to the line.Then• he wogld
bila$ the bell betwaenlais ler?
egs swing back
attd let it go: It would take a longtime for the
ball to make it to the otber,end but when it
t did he always got two or three pills dbwmte e
even ,wont his. first game. Hef'ivas' re liy
excited . by this new talent that „h had
discovered p ' (
1 Thursday-w,as-another.arts and c 1 fth ay
'followed try skating in the affernoon. The
, themef, rthat day was hat and tiie,day.;There
were. a lot of neat , hats, modelled, hat„day.
especially a het with a duck on the",tgp,of it.
The kills went.through dad's ties as, well.
pickedout the fiashlest ones they could find,
Friday was, and
last day, .of ,,i•Tgiiday
aappenings and I was honestly disapppointed.
ho fastth time had flown. The therne for
that day was Gr en Day since Saturday was
Saint, Patrick's lay,., !, . ,
it, was„ really ,hard to please, eyet'�iay; `h'iid
while playing -sports and•gameS`,so"we�jiist
tried our best to.please the majority. The craft
that day was making hats out of construc on
paper and I mustsay that 1 Walt tall 01e ed
by the,children's imaginations when they,
were constructing their hats. A couple of girls
even made -leprechaun hats.
After lunch�a and some films; we' took
another walk up to the library to' see the play
Rut on there called "This Couldn't '•Be
Happening At McDonald Hall".. Luckily the
kids did not complain nearly as much' when
gtheyhad towalk as.they-had before add they ,
even managed to miss most of the. ntud
puddle's. , .
'SOBREWS OVER
Once back at the arena we trade pope rn
and drank some'freshie as part •o a^sppecial
"wrap up for the program. After f v,e'days' of
spending. from 9 a.tn. until 4 p.m you
actually grow attached to'the kids, especially
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' J r Service to
the Communi
They are the bedrock
of sodett, quietly selflessly devot-
ed to thass who need help; They
are the people who, with no
thought of compensation,
voluntarily deyote part of their
lives to the bettering .of the lives
of others - the disabled, the
disadvantagett tri*sick and the
lonely. Some i antrl'bute their
time and talents to helping
others achieve - in culture, arts,
sports and recreation.
BicentennialMets
'Ib commemorate Ontario's Bicent . 'a
�ullal,
speakal Medal has been struck. Made from
Ontario gold and nickel and minted in Ottawa,
the medal features Ontario's coat of arras an'&
the Bicentennial symboL
NoininateaSpe&alPersori-
thisticententrial year,1,984 medals will be
awarded to volunteers who have made a
valuable contribution to their communities.
Every b nmunity across the province including
municipalities, Indian Bands and•
local service boards will be
asked to nominate anywhere
from one to 13 non -elected
individuals (dependent on
population). Beyond this, some
200 medals will be awarded
to citizens whose names have
been put forward by their
fellow citizensor by volunteer
organizations.
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ntarios Bicentennial
It's an occasion for communities
to join together and celebrate
our rich diversity. The Bicen-
tennial Medals Program is one
way we can honour those special
values we allhold in common, and
those special individuals who've made
our life together better.
We need your nomination by June 30,1984.
Nomination forms are available by writing:
Executive Secretary, .Bicentennial
Awards Committee, Box 1984, Queen's Park,
Toronto, Ontario A/17A 1N3
William G. Davis Margaret Birch, M.PP
Parliarhentary Assistant
to the Premier
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