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PA G 18, WHMTY PREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, PEFM R4~,19 Would you like ta travel toaa distant'land, taste different foods and meet new people?' AFS Interculture Canada can, make it happen., The organization giVees young, flexible and adventurous students, ged 15 ta 18, the opportunity tô explore the world and learn a new language. AFS Interçulture Canada je a nct-for-profit organization that promotes .croo"-ultural learnlng through worldwide ,-exchange prograins. 'AFS Interculture Canada operates tieoe sichanges, in over 30countriesL. It has becoùM.,over the years, the best and the< largeot volunteer-based international exchange organization I the country. The. year prograrn will u.nd students ta a countrg abrond for 10 te, 12 monthu. Students stay wlth a, hast famfly und attend . Ui-prencing the native .nvironment.. sthand, students 1«=ar ad 4ce tunderstand another culture. The possbilities are endlesa. AFS exchange tudents might enter a Japanese Buddst temple, ski thie'Swiss Alps or venture into aa Brazilian rainforeet. With accees ta over 30 countries ,arouind ,the globe, chances ýare theire je an AFS Interculture Canada program ta fit ail testes. Hligh school students. who would -liké ta s3tudy abroad next gyear can contact AFS ntercultureCanadas'enational office, tollfree, at 1-800-361-7248. BERB JARVIS checks bis plow during heReginon of Durham, Ramna and Mara plowin math held a the farm of ]Robinson Bros. 'n Brooki last week jarvis has been plowmng for 54 years. .~ h Brooklin United -Chureh meting* at a new hour b' the nfied borog the il a.m. memersof heBrki Unite After the vacation tinie, it is Church, the new hour for worship time ta, get back ta, routine again, will be 10:-30 am., beginning on- and ee are looking forward ta, Sumday, Sept. 8. seemng everyone- once more, at This is atrial tabe carried on.-O1:30 am. untilDecember, at which time it Sunday echool sessions will alo will be decided whether ta begin on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 10:30 a.m. The techers are looking forward ta meeting ail the MeelS tochildren again, and are preparing for a happy and productive year. M eals onTh e ueitnn; of the Sept. il The covenantinàg service for the L ~teachers, is being planned* for Sept. 23.. Wheels ta, Meale luncheone for seniors in the Brooklin-Myrtle- Ashpurn area resume on Wednesday, Sept. il at. noon. Cosù s $3.50. St. Thomas Anglican hall je accessible for wheelchairs. A short program will follow the lunchean. For tranportation or -,-iwfonmation.. aU65r>4284 or 'Honey Day' Sept. 21 The 2nd Brooklin scouting group will hold 'Honey Day' on Satuirday, Sepdt. 21. Scouts wil go door ta door in the Brooklin area to "Ill honey, at a cost of $3 perjnt Funde rie'.ilsupport Due to gu of recycl able news- print on themarket, a 30-year- old scout fundraieing project in Brooklin will end thie month. After the final collection on Saturday, Sept. 14 'the 2nd Brooklin scouts wÏll cease ,ta make their monthly pick-ups of newspapers. «So much work for so little money,» je how the scout group Is fundraising chairman, Har Agar, explained the decision ta stop pick-ups. 1A&ar a ys the group was only receiving $15 pertan of newspa- pers from the insulating firm, relocated from Markham ta Rex- dale, that bought the newepa- pers. 1'. Agar says. there je littie profit at- that price, especially com- pared ta the $40 pe rtan once, received by the group. Scout groupe in Bowmanville and Uxbridge both ceased news- Papetrpick-upe last year. Brooklin scouts would collect anywhere from six ta 10 tans of newspapers during the Saturday pick-ups. Agar saye newspapers were once jilaced in bine and taken directly t the firm reusing news- papers. In the past tbree years, howe- ver, the newspapers were first placed in a barn for storage until delivered ta the firmn. That meant that the newspaper was big handled twice: "That's too mhuch work for the amount of money we're getting out of it," at cur- rent prices, says Agar. As many as 40 tons of newspa- per have ben stored in the ban at one time. Wheon prie were higher, the Broolinscot group p aïd for the use of atruck owned- b PSRa recycling firm ownied Uy Doug Puckrin, to, transport the news- papers to the insulating firm. .Scou-tsh d corn and wiener roast The Brooklin scout group will hold; their annual corn and wiener toast Thursday, Sept. 5, 6 p.m., at the Brooklin Kinsmen Park. .The picnic le open ta ail returning beavers, cube, scouts, venturers and rovers, as well as anyone interested in jaining the group this fail. Beavers, cubs and scouts aged 5 ta 13 are open ta bys only, and venturers and rovers aged 14 ta 16 are open ta, maie and femaie youth. .Registration wiil take place on Monday, Sept. 9, 6:30 p.m., at Meadowcrest public echool in Brooklin.C For further information, Cali group chai-Man Bob Havery at 655-3092 or Brian Wick at As the price for newspaper went down kn recent yeaxs, puc&- rin provided. the truck -and gas exessat no coet. cSne the bottom fell out, he (Puckrin) did everything gratisi,» says Aga.«HeJust gave it (truck) ta Us. "I feît I was taking advrantage of hlm,' sas Agar, whoseL father, MatthePw, bean the scout paper pick-up program 30 years ago. Agar says Atlantic- Packaging will only accept newsprint that is baled, and baling coats3 $20 per. ton. Agar saye the program pro-, vided a- valuable e ducation for scouts about recycling And he has specia praise for the Brookli residents who parti- cipated in the -prgram by plac- mngpapersat curbside. Whe Puckrin provided ,the large truck for transportation to Markham and Reidale, collect- mng w as, carried out. in, pick-ups p roiided for many years by Don Vallance Equipme t. and W.M. Medlànd & Bn feed store, both Brooklin firm. Agar saoys3 there is a psibility that the program w ilbe revived «But until the market opens up agamn, we won't get 'bick into it ... right now, the market is faoo- ded." Brooklin scouts have other ventures ta raise funds, includ- ing 'Honey Day' ôonSept.21,the pancake breakfast held durxng the- Brooklin -Spring FTairj- and "Apple Day.' Scoutsendpaper drive. ByBosSeess D rb &rdig Mr Events in the Soviet. Union.-have moved sosifl that it wil be som*e time 'before we know the fil story ehn the recent unsuccessful coup -and its draxËatic aftermath..ý However, we did have another clear demnonstration that, ini today's world, nobody has the power to turu back the dlock.* Clearly, it must have been a severe shock to the coup leaders when t1hey- seized control of the countrys traditional levers of power - the Communist part, the KGB security service and the armed forces - only to find those levers didn't work like they, used to. Six years of glasnost, perestiika and burgeoning democracy had drastically changed the goveýrnmental structure, as well as the way people think. Mst had no desire to go back to a totalitariansytm especially those, of the -younger generation who' came cf ae i the Gorbachev. era. Certainly, there were those i the priviiege higher strata of the omuiet bureaucracy Who would have welcomed a return to the tightly-orderrgime in which they personally feit more -secure. 'I don't think Wts stretching a point to suggest some parallsa to our own affaire. WieCndaswilsofa nRssans wish- to revert to repressive state- ccmrunism,- therer.; on 7-mnnLg usrPm sure, who cou tdYMPaze-witir hyarnto--ý return to a time that seemingly was safer and more pectbe. As people get older, they, offen becomne increasingly less coinfortable with change. There are many I know Who hark back to a time when life in Canada seemingly was much better. iAving was cheaper, so were houses; -taxes were lower, and our cities a lot lese crowded. ltes aiso a. fact that we earned much- less, 'and the average. Canadian back then had considerablyi fewer spare dollars ta spend. In m own lifetime, the population of Caniada has more than doubled with most -living, in urban. communities. Theres nothing I, or anyone else, can do about that, even if we wanted ta. The fact is that we now live in the future, and therels no way we can recapture the past, whatever its illusoiy appeal.* There's another parallel somewhat more pertinent ta aur own national affaire. No -matter how great lit mnýayhave been, once a country is divided it can't accomnplsh anything. Soviet Russia cant repair its own economy, or even get- desperately needed food from the farms ta, the people who wanft ta buy it.1 And once a country starte dividing, there' absolutely no telling.Where the procesra lead or end. At the time this was written, seven Soviet republica were seeldn or claiming,.fuli independence. It appeare questionable whhe anything.can' survive of their present central'gover'ument. rd suggeet that situation offers a grave warninig to those who: advocate. getting rid of a province, or, who seek a significant reducton i the federal govrnments powers .7- powers that, in fact, are essential ta operate and maintain, the strong and efficient Cdopàdian nation we erdoy today.