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Omno Weekly Times Wednesday October27~ 1993 - 7 An impromptu performance The rolling hilîs that surround the Village of Newcastle sure aren't the Alps. But wait, what is that sound. Mon Dieu! It sounds like an alpenhom. Sure enough, the iow notes of an alpenhorn could be heard reverberating through Newcastle iast Friday afternoon. But, where, was i t coming from you ask? The answer...- Newcastle Public School. Newcastle Public scheol was treated to an impromptu alpenhomn performance by the great uncle of Newcastle Public School student, Adrian Vasseur. Henri Mouren, was ending bis visit to Canada on Friday and, stepped by the scbool for the afternoon recess performance. The students thoroughîy enjoyed the unique performance. Now, if you are like me, you want te know how Mr. Mouron managed te get the hem eonte the plane. The horn cornes apart in three pieces which makes it a littie easier tw manage. In the Newcastle Public School's October newsletter, they remnind parents that bicycle, ac cidents are the most common cause of head injury in children. Tbey have provideti some tips on how to "get your child into lte helmet habit". It seemed like a good idea te me. So, here they are te read once again. 1. No heimet, no bike! 2. Wear one yourself., Be a good role model. 3. Involve your child in the puithas e of the belmet. 14. Be consistent. They must also believe in the importance of wearing the heimet. 5. Praise your children when they wear their heimets. So, there you go. Easy enough te follow. And... that's it for titis week. More' fi0 by Helen MacD>onald My parents raised six children. Three gi rls. Three boys. We were taught te be honest, responsible, principled human beings. But this past Saturday, we had te confess te acts of cunning deception - outright lies in fact --- wily thefts, and wilful collusion. Why? It was mom and dad's 35th Wedding Anniversary, and we had, after ail, te, get them te the hall without revealing the grand scheme. It was a Surprise Party. Like the G-7, brothers and sisters don't always agree on hew it is- that they are going te 'run things'. I can't pull rank as 'the oidest' anymere, because we are ail aduits . - . well, mostly. And,, our littie brothers are now bigger tan their sisters, but one brother- in-iaw tewers over the entire buncb. Se, we worked towards consensus without resorting wo the h air puling tactics of Our youth! Two months ago the plot began --erganizing a hall, a DJ, bartenders and writing te varieus, politicians and distant relatives te request notes of congratulations. We received a iovely letter from my-mother's nonagenarian parents stiil living in England, and a timeiy one from Kim Campbell. .yeu remember, the five-minute Prime Minister. Ail this was the easy part. Locating and contacting a lifetine, of friends and relatives was the bard part. First, we consulted with several relatives for 'lest people' from momn anddad's earlier years. Then,, we stole mom's address book, but she had just begun the process of transferring te a new one. The job incomplete, we then had te search high and low for the old book. Once found, and after eliminating those ne longer with us, the invitations went eut in the mail. .Then, littie brother Joe, stili comfortable in the family nest, pilferred cookie boxes full of photographs se we could entertain our guests with a "This is your life, Jan &'Christine" siide show. Nobody's dignity was spared ini the comedic public display of our family's greatest photographic mpoments. . whether naked, 'in drag', or in burlesque performance! Dad immigrated wo Canada via Africa as a displaced person in 1949. He was looking for a job as a-mechanic. Mom came te Canada looking for shees (se Uncle Francis told us in bis commentary) i eariy 1958. Apparently, at that time, only two sizes of shoe could be found i Englisb sboe stoes... those that fit and those that didn't. And ail this time we thought it was the climate that brought them to Canada! It wasn't long before momn and dad's courtship led te marriage, and by 1959, net only was mom stili barefoot, but she was aise pregnant. She remained se for much of the next twelve years! Dad toiled for 30 years in the Rejects Department, of General Metors (seme have unkindly suggested it wasn't the stork that delivered us to their doorstep, but that dad brought his work homne with him --- imagie!). Today, dad is retired, and mom practices ber profession of nursing . . . even after many years of nursing and nurturing six children. We're net a bad bunch of kids, and my parents have a grand group of grandchiidren whom the y spoil terribly! Henri Mouren, great- student Adrian Vasseur, gave an alpenhorn, at Newcastle Public, on uncle to Newcastle Public School, impromptu performance on bis Friday aftemnoon. FALL COLO1JR Along the line of smoky buls The criaison forest stands, And ail the day the blue-jay cails Throughout the autumn lands. Now by the brook the maple leans With al bis glory spread, And ail the sumnachs on the his, Have tumed their green to red. Now by great marshes wrapt i mist, Or past.some river's mouth, Throughout the long, still autumn day Wild bid are flying south. Most people of my generaion will recognize these uines as the poem "Indian Summer" written by W. W. Campbell (1858-1918), an Onta rio born poet. This poem was required "memory work" and study when I was a public school student away back when. While I may flot have apprecîated having te put'it to memory in my school days, 1 often think of it now when we get te the lazy, hazy, colourful days of autumn. Wbile poets may wax peetical, and artists struggle to record i t for posterity and tourists and others travel miles to see this fali glory, there is a practical side of me which says "Why does it happen?" Fall colour is caused by changes in the leaves of our hardwood trees. As faîl approaches and the days begin te shorten a change takes place ini the stems (petioles) of the leaves. A narrow layet of corky celîs develops at the base of the petioles (abscision layer), and it is here that the leaves will separate and finally faîl from the tree (larches also change colour and drop their needies). These celîs are iMpervious. te water. At first they hinder and finally prevent the suppty of water and nutrients reaching te leaves from the roots. We danced, we sang, we laughed, we reminisced with people we hadn't seen in years ... we had a great time celebrating 35 years of marriage, friendship, love and support Sto lat! Mom and Dad --- and we're really sonry you didn't get to watch the Blue Jays win the series! As well the y prevent the transport of sugars and starches out of the leaf to the tree. Under these conditions, chiorophyli (that which gives leaves their green colour) ceases to be produced. Since chiorophyli is constantly destroyed, by sunlight this means it cannet be replaced and leaves begin te lose their green colour. Two other pigments are closely associated witb chierophyli, they are carotin and xantliophyil. Tbese twe compounds are yeilow in colour but have been masked by the green chiorophyll ail summer. As chiorophyli is destroyed these other substances begin tei be seen and the leaves begin to turn yeilow. Popiars and birches show this effect best. The red coleurs we see in our sugar, maples come fro m substances that were net originaily in thé leaves. The exact mechanism by which this takes place is net known, but it is thought it cemes from the brealdown of sugars and starches and possibly ether melecules trapped in the leaves when the corky abscision layer forms. This is bom eut by the observation tha the bard maples. whicb have the (Continued page 9) NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY, ON September 27th. 1993 By-law 93-144 was passed by Council Beîng a By-Iaw Io Regulate the Clearing Away and Removal of Snow and Ice From Roofs of Buildings and tram Sidewaiks Within the Municipality of Clarington. The Principal Provisions of the By-Iaw are as Follows: -every owner/occupant is to ensure sidewalks abutting their property are cleared of snowfice within 12 liours ater a tai! of snow, rain, or hail; -if sidewalk remains slippery, suitable material must be spread to alleviate hazard; -sidewalks must be kept free of slippery surfaces, snow, slush or ice, between fatis ot snow, ramn or hail; -if sidewalks are not cleared and kept cleared, the Municipality may have the work done and any resulting costs assessed against -the owner; -no notice need be given prior to work being carried out. CLEARING SNOW AND ICE MAKES THIE MUNICIPALITY'S SIDEWALKS SAFER FOR ALL PEDESTRIANS IaI MUNICIPALITY 0F ONTARIO Date -of Publication Wednesday, October 27, 1993 PO. 2992-