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wo Sel Mm «+ 02 kde (D I SE I MYRTLE NEWS Tickets are available for the March 11 card party at Myrtle Church, advance sales only, call Helen Duff 655-4704 or Mary Housego 655-4003. John and Laural Hamer spent last weekend on a bus trip to Ottawa where they participated in Ottawa's Winterlude celebrations. They en- joyed three sessions of square dan- cing, the races, ice sculpture and a tour of the city. Returning home Sunday afternoon was a rare experience due to the storm. It took five hours to reach Belleville then it was better to Whitby. When Hamer's picked up their car at the "Go" weather seemed fine but driv- ing north another tale again. White- outs were frequent and total, many abandoned cars were passed and it was ten miles maximum per hour north of Brooklin and six more cars in the ditch. Travelling in Hamer's Road at the bottom of the hill there was the Hamer Auto Clinic truck on it's side in the ditch. First question when the travellers got in the door "What happened?" "I took to the ditch to avoid a head on with a snowmobiler."" The snow machine was travelling very fast hugging the inside of the curve and its lights were obscured by the piled snow. He did not stop just roared up the old - road. He's lucky to be alive. We are sorry to hear Jerry Stachow is not well and in Port 'Perry Hospial. Get well quickly Jerry. Once again marauding dogs have torn the Rennie's well-built rabbit hutch apart and killed the rabbits. Two scruffy dogs about three feet high, black and white and a light brown looking like strays but they are vicious when it comes to pets. Mr. Rennie would like any help he could get in finding and turning these animals over to the pound. Myrtle congregation joined with Brooklin last Sunday for their special speaker a former moderator of the United Church. Church will resume in Myrtle this Sunday at ten * thirty in the morning. 4 The U.C.W. met at the home of "Laural Hamer. The worship was PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. February 17, 1987 -- 19 Marauding dogs continue to be a nuisance taken by Helen Duff. The theme was "love' 'based on the commandment "that ye love one another." Plans were' finalized regarding the card party. We are sorry to léarn that Ethel Nottingham is in Oshawa General and we wish her a quick recovery from her problems. Don't forget the community register started by Mary Housego. This register used by all will help committees avoid using the same dates for area events. Please call Mary Housego, 655-4003 for register- ing of for information on dates spoken for. It could mean the suc- cess or failure of your project. Students enjoy extra curricular activites Students at Meadowcrest School are actively involved in many in- school and extra curricular activities. Junior and Intermediate students recently prepared and presented some very fine speeches. In the 'Junior division Lori Carnegie was the winner and Matthew Fountain placed second. Anju Mehta was the Intermediate winner and Saira Mall the runner-up. Anju and Lori will represent our school at area finals within the next few weeks. We appreciate the interest and support that the Brooklin Lions Club has provided for this very wor- thwhile activity. Many of our students participated. in the annual Kinsmen Skate-a-thon on Monday, February 16 at the Luther Viporid Memorial Arena in Brooklin. As well, this local service club has invited junior and in- termediate students at Meadowcrest_ to participate in the Heritage Day essay contest. Kinsmen school trophies will be awarded the winners. Samples of artwork from Mead- owcrest School students can be seen at the Whitby Station Gallery dur- ing the month of March at Art Track 1987. This exhibition of student art- work from Whitby schools is open to the public and is a very worthwhile exhibit. Several groups of our. students will be touring the exhibit early in March. Intermediate students are busy preparing for the annual Science Jrair to be held at our school Mon- day, March 2. The Junior Science . Fair will be held in April in conjunc- 'tion with Education Week. Our students have been enjoying the alternate lunch program offered every few weeks. We appreciate the efforts of the school advisory com- mittee and the Many parent helpers who make this possible. Noon hour activities for our mended so we can bounce back from the slips of outrageous for- 'tune. No one person can possibly be expected to answer all the wants of another. We need many enterprises, too, to carry us through the dark nights or grey days when we must be alone. We need to be enthralled 'by so many different pursuits -- interests, sports, avocations, whatever -- that we always have yet another net if one fails us. "When my husband died," a friend of mine recalled, "it was dancing that pulled me through. I'd always wanted to be a dancer, and I found it was still something I loved." The "net" had been woven for years before -- and was there to catch her when a sudden blow knock- ed her off the wire. Turn your pint into a gallon. "Only what we partly know ~ already inspires us with the desire to know more,"' wrote William Jones. He referred to this as "apperception' -- masses of ideas already present in the mind through which new experience is perceived and organized. - It's like going to a well to - draw water with different size buckets. Some people have on- ly a "pint" of apperception. Un- curious, they have not broaden- ed their minds; so they can take in only a fraction of what they experience. Other people have gallons of apperception; curiosity and wonder drive them on; they constantly make connections. Sometimes when we can barely cope, when we feel trap- ped or stymied, a 'serendipity' suddenly appears and shows us a new path. It's not something we were looking for because we (From page 17) didn't know what we were look- ing for -- but in every case we we looking for something. Serendipity comes not to the person who is self-satisfied and uncurious, but to the person who adventures. A hundred adven- tures that seem without pur- pose, a hundred miscellaneous interests that have no im- mediate value -- these are the gallons of apperception in which serendipity thrives. Finally, Trust the Current: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortunes," Shakespeare wrote. There is something akin to optimism in serendipity, an attitude of trusting the forces of biological life and social circumstance which, after all, transcend us. iewpoint Life is a flood that mounts .. you've just got to go with it. Of course you can never be sure where the wave of aging will carry you, but with serendipity you may land on some fascinating shore. Perhaps the most serendipitous discovery of all is not the finding of unknown - continents, but the landfall of the soul once it has found a new home among new ideas. Remember the pessimist sees a glass that is half empty; the op- timist views a glass that is half full. Is there a mystical dlement | in serendipity's magic? I don't know. But there have been oc- casions in my life when seren- dipity's intervention seemed, if not divine, at least as welcome as a gift from Heaven. NOTICE M&l AUTOMOTIVE New Expanded Services: Repairs to . SNOWMOBILES ATV's MOTORCYCLES OUTBOARD MOTOR -- Free Estimates -- PHONE 985-9345 Ask for John 179 CASIMIR STREET students have been un-going during this second term. Junior boys' and girls' volleyball teams have been ac- tive. Primary children have been in- volved in a games club organized by Miss Bigley. Recorder groups have BROOKLIN uc NEWS been learning the ohHiques of this instrument as part of the music pro- gram under the direction of Miss Winter, our vice-principal. We look forward~o hearing this group per- fornt later in the school year. Children's voices raised in song always a delight On Sunday, February 8, Brooklin United Church was honoured to have as their guest minister the Very Rev. Clarke MacDonald, a former Moderator of the United Church of Canada. Bob Egkel, Chairman of Outreach & Social Ac- tion welcomed Rev. MacDonald, his wife and the many guests present. The topic of the sermon was 'Church Alive' and the choir sang the yery fitting 'Go Ye Into The World.' . coffee hour followed this Special service. The Friendship and Mary Martha units had their February. meetings at thé home of our minister and the program on 'Inclusive Language' was presented by Margaret and Frazer Lacey. An adult Bible Study is being held asin evening from 6:45t0-- 7:55 conducted by our minister Anyone interested is welcome to attend. At the February 15 service, the Junior Choir sang 'Our Village Tree.' It is always a delight to hear these young voices under the capable direction of Patti Scott. The title of the sermon was 'First Things First' and the closing hymn was 'Amazing Grace' the words of which were written by Rev. Clarke Mac- Donald, our guest speaker the previous Sunday. , A fashion show sponsored by the Brooklin U.C.W. and presented by ~ the Brooklin Village Shoppe will be held on Wednesday, March 11 at 8 p.m. Admission is $3.50 and tickets may be obtained from any U.C.W. member. Brooklin Home Bakery & Delicatessan Brooklin O11 Baldwin St, 655- 4951 Ng No additives or preservatives It's that time again ... Hot Cross Buns Full of Fruit -- Made Fresh Daily for You! SAVE UP TO DURING OUR Rus Rim S ZO | ZW 7 -- on -- we' 1987 PICKUPS Test Drive a Winner Today! 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