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Orono Play Group cetebrate I-allowe "en "Special to the Times" Kendal's Bernie Murtin These three younglsters were room of the OrQno Town Hall activities to the Orono UniteMl busy painting faces.on small from 9:30 a.m. mnil 11:-00 a.m. Churcb where there is lairger pumpkins at the Orono Playgroup At the present tine tbey have -accommodations available and Hallowe'en event. some 130 odd cbildren registered the group can be covered under Tjhe Orono Play Group meets through 20 mothers. the Church insurance., every Monday, Wednesday and As of the first of January the Further info phone Donna Friday mornings in the lower group will be moving their Morrison, 983-9107 Holly Dillon wîth the The youngsters enjoyed flot assistance of ber mother Mrs. only apples hanging from strings Elaine Dillon take afirme~rp on but aLso small bite-sized donuts. an apples banging from a string. World-wlde support may end low-level by Sandra Cipriano A grassroots coalition is planning an internationally- coordinated day of action this spring in a bid to stop military fligbt training in eastemn Canada. In 1979, Canada signed a series of bilateral agreements witb Great Britain, tbe Netherlands and Germany, allowing those countries to conduct military exercises over a large portion of tbe Qpiebec- Labrador peninsula. This area is known as Nitassinan to the Innu, who have lived there for more than 2,000 years and who have neyer ceded any of this land. This year's events wiil beý modelled on and will bear the same name as last year's International Day of Action for the Innu and the Earth, held April 3,1993. P.articip)ants from ail suppot fo heinnu s effrsl flilghts support for the Innu in the European countries whose militaries train in Nitassinan. In the Netberlands, Sticbting Innu Steungroep held an information gathering in front of the defence department in The Hague. More than 3,000 signatures were presented to the Dutch Departrnent of Foreign Affairs. In the United Kingdom, members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament wrote letters and faxed Canadian politicians. In Germany, the Gottingen regional group of the Society for Thbrecaterîed Peoples issued a news release condemning military flights. Support for the Innu came from othier conre,,as weil. InI Belgium, street hae was used to show ci tizens w,,aling in a downtown squa,,re i S. ikaa precisely what i fellik b addressed a rally organized by the Ottawa Disarmament Coalition at Parliamnent Hill. Tbere was a protest in front of the Victoria army r ecruiting office in British Columbia, and the Centre de ressource sur la non-violence held a day of action in Montreai, with a forum at Concordia University and street theatre downtown. -Me Raging Grannies performed at gatherings in Montreal, St. John's and Toronto. Ontario Voice of Women, ACT for Disarmament, the Innu Nation, the International Peace Bureau and H.A.N.D.S. (Helping Activists Network During Surife) initiated the, internaltional campaign, wbich was completely funded at a grassroots level. Through a successful potluck and auction, VOW miembers raisecd over $600 for the campaign. Contributions came, flot fromn govemments or corporations but, rather, from concerned individuals and organizations who generously donated to the cause. Canipaign organizers say the national and international networks continue to grow and strengthen. A Canada-Wide Day of Action for tbe Innu and the Eartb is to be beld Saturday, October 30,, a day chosen to coincide witb the end of the 1993 flight training season. The Innu Support Group, in Holland bas joined the ongoing campaign as a co-sponsor, and organizers have designated Saturday, Marcb 26, 1994 as the date for the 2nd Interna tional Day of Action for the Innu and the Earth. In thepast, miitary training over Nitassinan has resumed each year in early April; on Saturday, March 26, 1994, campaign participants will demand that it neyer start again. Meanwhile, the campaign is looking for individuais and organizations to- hecorne endorsing memnbers of this corntinu- gcampaign. If 'ou Perbaps it was the'closeness. Perhaps it was the depths of darkness that gripped Bernie Martins audience, taking themn captive intimately and helplessly into an even deeper, more fearful darkness: Guatemala. 'Faltan Mas", written and performed by Bernie Martin, played at the Union Theatre in Peterborough, October 13-16; Saturday evening's bouse was standing-room-only. Ail eyes, ears and souls, were fastened on the actor, first shadowed, then brigbtened by candlelight, as he brought the sadness, tie pain and the hushed truths of peasant Guatemala "to life". Early this past spring, Bemie Martin and five companions set out for Guatemala. They went to belp. Their research, planning co-ordinating led themn "specifically to a peasantr community o f refugees, who were to start afresh after ten years -in camps in Ï Honduras. t was learneiLthat thousands had fled to Mexico fromt Guatemala in the early eighties to escape the massacres of civilians, destruction of crops and burning of villages." The army remains in extreme charg e. Ibisalone the ongoing cause for the continual widening gap between the very rich and degradingly pour. To achieve rank, in the army of Guatemala meant guaranteed wealth. Thousands were tortured and murdered. The only way to maintain any kind of existence was to remain quiet and submissive to whatever the armny dictated. Those who spoke of change or disagreement were put% on a 'list". Ahl eventually, 'disappeared'. At the end of one month in Guatemala, Martin and comnrades realized little change. Lt was this experience, this worcTl-away, way of "life", tbat moves Bernie Martin to 'Faltan Mas'. .Singer, naturalist, playwrigbt, musician, storyteller, bumanitarian: those are indeed descriptive characteristics of Kendal's Bernie Martin. Bernie first performed in the 1940's and 50's witb his brother. They toured wîth their father and bis tireless accordion. Forever battling stage frigbt, you ng Brnmie yearned to give it all a rest. A few years later, be bappily gave into bis cbanging voice and was able to leave the spotlight forever- or so be thought. It wa'sn't until age 27,. while living in Montreal that music, via an olId weathered guitar would sweep him away for Afer just learning two or three chords', Bemàie started writing. T here was so much to set free to music. 1Pursuing his new found passion. Bernie travelled Canada coa)ýst to coast, troughout the U.S. and south to Mexico, gaining a richer More diversifîed appreciation for ail types of music. Once setled in the Kendal area in 1985, Bernie became increasingly concerned with environmiental issues and tbe, preservation of nature. A creature of a different sort, turned to theatre. TLe saga continues. This native of London, Ontario is well re cognized and enjoyed from Oshawa to Belleville as an entertainer extraordinaire. Bernie Martin has opened our eyes; from the pages of Canadian folklore to the realities of peasant Guatemala. is adventure is far from over. Lucky for us. by Peggy Mullan. Citizens financial report part of board discussion It is understood that trustees will add to information in the budget debate financial informa- tion and a report that was compiled by Jack Foote, a Carnpbelcroft citizen. It has cost Mr. Foote a surn of $300.00 to get bis information from the school board., He bad asked that it be assembled in a spread sheetform whicb took a school board employee 12 bours to assemble. - THE CATERING CONNECTION SOCIAL CATERERS -~ Our Speciality Family Sty(p Roast Beet Dinner Weddings Anmversaries - Business Functions Hockey Basebal Bowling Banquets HOT- COLD - BU17FETS FRED, PATRICIA, RODNEY STORSBERGEN Box416, Orono, Ont. LOB iMO 983-9679 Michael Spoonier anilShela Stephens r àpoe E1 1ýN PV7r~X~E ~ at~a~Sux ~ io 's tr