The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-07-17, Page 19Rotary leadership
taught 'rnljiIt aboutself
BY ROB SHRLE1
From June 15-20 a Rotary}
Club Leadership Seminar was
held, at Canip Copneconic just -
oUtside 1~`lint, Michigan.,I was
c losen to go, along with four '
other students at Gpderich'
District Secondary School - Don
MapPhee, Bill Gautey, Dale
Nivens and -Steve Palmer. We
had all shown some leadership
qualities making us eligible for
this semirPar, along with
creditable marks in our school
subjects.
The • seminar, we were told
beforehand,would help ,us.
develop our leadership
potential. I think 'it certainly
did,' along with teaching some
things that -' were, to some
people,, painful things about
ourselves.
On arrival, the camplooked",
rather dismal, -although' our
first imp>ssion. was -not
necessarily very fair, since it
was raining •and had been for'
most of the day. We 'were all •
issued folders for use during_
the week, containing schedules
for the, week, pad, pencil, and, �
basic_twelve-page text that V:
would be the basis for all ac-
trvities. It showed various
leadership styles, • designated
them; and listed the various
characteristics of them.
It proved heavy reading that
night with ' the cabinmates,
none of whom, they made sure,
you knew. There were eleven .
cabins with eight or nine people
in each, with a,grand total of 92.'
The first afternoon we were
welcomed to the camp, told of
some pf, the rules, some of the
speakers and some of the' ac-
tivities':
We learned that' Rotary
,:L istric.t` 631 , takes in parts 'of
Ontario and Michigan, ex-
plaining why 'there ' were
Americans and Canadians at
the camp The Americans were
°
warned {not„ -to get, the
"Canucks'P angry, because
they were outnumbered two to
one. ; .'
Acti iities' beside our regular
tasks included baseball,
basketball, football, soccer";'
' • box hockey, ping pong, sailing,
canoeing, swimming, water'
skiing 'and of ' course goofing
around!
Our ;first . task after reading
the pamphlet ...was. to,.answer 40
questions on -it. Later in' th.e,
day, we were to discuss it ip our
cabin groups and . reach con-
sensus, -or full agreement; on..
the answer's to each question.
We had five such tasks to
perform—The object of these,
tasks ,was to show us how our
., groups increased our. scores'
over the average individual
score, an
fective our coinmittee • work.
was. -
Another segment of the
program was the daily,keynote
speaker. • These were all
Disjtrict 633 Rotarians, but they
spoke 'on different subjects.,
One spoke on the .religious
aspect of success, Another,
-from Toronto, talked to the
group on prerequisites for
success. Camp director Neil
Allen spoke to • us about
leadership affecting our lives,.
Rotarian from Flint
"rapped" with us din the Urban
League in Michigan, although
he did most of the "rapping".
The `Urban League is a group
that devotes their, time tb
aiding underprivileged people,
in the nation's cities; ,
Another speaker was the
adviser ' to . Michigan
congressman Donald.. .Riegle
and gave us a thoroughly in-
teresting discussion on politics:
The last speaker was , the,
Region 5 Crime Control com-
miioner who spoke on crime .
prevention in' the area which
included the camp. •
Another part of the daily
routine was a panel discussion
with, the ' day's visiting
Rotarians. The day Marry
Bosnet1' was there, a un-
fortunately, • the panel.
discussion was cancelled.
The guest, Rotarians would be
At Point Farm.
seated in front of the group,
with one camper to moderate.
They would discuss vocations,
Rotary club funetions,;.,buties,
politics, and just joke -around.
The main part of the course„,.
was devoted to a_,tn vie, Twelve
Angry Men, which illustrated a
number of basic leadership
styles,., It was used for
discdssion two days ina row.
But all the business aside, it
was a great camp; with a fairly,
large lake, organized sports,
ping pong tournaments, canoe,
ailboat and swimming races;
till five and 'a half-hours of free-
time•d'aily; food enough to feed
an army and there still wasn't'
enough to 'go around; music
from the camp "stereo no
sisters, brothers or parents to
hassle you; .Uncomfortable
bunks to sleep in; dirty :jokes
when we 'were trying to get to.
sleep, dumb jokes when we ran
out of" dirty ones; -cabin raids
and waterfights at midnights
and best of all, no peace and,
quiet.
It • was a worthwhile ex-
perience for those who went,
and I hope the town continues to
send young people to the
'Seminar for Tomo'rr'ow's •
Leaders.
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GOOERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSt?A'Y, JULY 1?,19.74+P' #, g'
Pioneer-. duy July l9
for campers at pork
The sun Was high and already
the day was warm ' When
Josephine Camper rolled out
her tent' door at Point Farms
Provincial Park. She stumbled
along the path : to the Comfort
station. On her:way,she passed
a suggestion box and thought.
she should suggest breakfast in,,
bed for the campers. Inside the
door she .stopped to read the
colourful poster advertising the
upcoming activities. ,/�• "How
interesting," she mused,
"Saturday July . 19 ' will be
Pioneer Day." Included in the
list were a show on the history
of, the park, pioneer crafts,,
displays and- a campfire.
The ' Pioneer -Museum . in
Goderich "will also''be part of the
day's activities with their
mobile
unit- being at the park at
the actiyity centre for the af-
ternoon. . v'
• 'The crowd grew • bigger
around the poster and some of
they park staff went to in-
vestigate all the cheers corning
'from- inside the, door. It looked
like a football Mudd e .ut it was
just 'because , some drama
enthusiasts ' had joined the
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crowd: They' could -hardly
believe 'what they read. Th'e
Lambton Youth LTheatre would
he performing' Sunday' July 20
at 6 ,p.m. The • play, palled ,
"Chinook" would ,,be. :for
children and would take place
in the soccer field or the ac-
tivity centre if it rained.
'Josephine remembered them
from the past'four years when
they had ' performed at the
park The following week, July
27 the .,,,Huron Country
Playhouse, the one that all of
Huron County' was talking,
`:about, was going. to.„be at the
park doing a Musical Review'
frorrl 9 to 10 on Sunday evening
and"hg.ain on the, next Sunday to.
do a,' children's play, -"Puss in
Boots". •
The group was now making
plans for the week. Monday and
Tuesday would be, spent on the
fitness trail, swimming .and to
finish their books from the '
Huron' County travelling
Library. Wednesday they
planned to takq. part in the..
nature hike at 9 a. i and visit
e puppe 1', - . ning.4-
Friday. they would travel to
Goderich to see the'Festiyal of
the- Arts and Saturday they
would take part in all the ac-
tivities planned.
Josephine went back to her
campsite. Her children were
still trying to master one of
Harry , -Who—Dun—les tricks.
Josephine sighed and sent her
husband to renew " their cam-
ping permit. What a pity' she
thought' that you can only stay
twenty-eight days its a
provincial park. She would just
have to go home and tell ,her
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recently proposed for purchase
and discussed plans. , for the
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clean-up has already com-
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Gorrie dam, , because. of the
Conservation Authorities
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