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Page 6, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, September 12, 1984. Schreiber Rec News Fall The Recreation Department will offer the following courses this fall if there is suffi- cient interest (a mini- mum of 10 for each cour- se) Microwave II Calligraphy Bread Dough Art Paper Tole (Beginner and Advanced) Soft Sculpture Women Know Your Car Paper Quilling Aerobics Quilting There are also a num- ber of credit courses that Confederation Col- lege can offer rangin, from Child Psychology, Communications, Con- versational French to Computers. A minimum of 10 students is_re- quired before any of the programs can be offer- ed. If you are interest- ed in any of these cours- es please call the Rec- reation Office at 824- 2317 as soon as possi- ble. Boxing Club The Schreiber Box- ing Club is now regis- tering for the Fall Train- ing Program. Anyone interested in training or competing should con- tact Kevin Cocks, 824- 2107 or the Recrea- tion Office, 824-2317. Weightlifting Clinics Schreiber Parks and- Recreation are looking for people interested in weightlifting. If you are interested in learning how, proper techniques, how 'to use the ma- chines, then a course 'will be offered in the fall for both men and wo- men. Interested par- ties should contact the Recreation Office. Ringette Any girls between the ages of 8 and 16 who are are cifizene too! courage, ingenuity, leadership, Governor. newspoper. Contact: form mailed to you. ( " | ce x ei Onan' git So let's. acknowledge the outstanding young citizens of Ontario, through the Bicentennial Year "Junior Citizen of the Year" awards program. Young people aged 6 to 18 who have proven their resourcefulness, initiative. fortitude, community service and selfless performance are eligible for nominations. We're not looking for the "super-heroes" -- all- * round, good kids are good citizens too. This year the 24 top-ranking nominees will receive a CP Air ticket, good for any Canadian destination. Twelve of the recipients will attend the Ontario Community Newspapers Association convention in Toronto and a reception with the Lieutenant Submit your nomination now. The final deadline for 1984 nominations is October 31. Nomination forms are available through this Terrace Bay-Schreiber News Box 579 Terrace Bay 825-3747 ...or call 1-800-268-5054 to have a nomination A joint Bicentennial Year project of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. CP Air and Ontario Community Newspapers Association. ay (¢">) CPAir is AA q Aaverusement desianed & prepared by Kate L O'Leary interested in playing 'Ringette this winter should contact the Rec- reation Office, 824-2317 "before 5:00 p.m. Fri- _day, September 28. 'Also any adults who , are interested in helping to organize, coach or officiate should contact the Recreation 'Office. We will need a lot of : assistance if this pro- am is to succeed. ball Any males or females interested in playing Broomball should at- tend the organizational _ meeting to be held at the Recreation Complex on Monday, September 17th at 7:30 in the Meet- 'ing Room of the Rec- reation Complex. Badminton Schreiber Badminton Club will commence op- erations Sunday, Sep- tember 23, at 7:30 p.m. Games will be played at the High School Gym. Anyone interested should contact Rosanhe at 824-2823. Wheels for life A bike-a-thon to raise money for St. Jude Children's Hospital. At St. Jude's doctors and scientists are probing the myster- ies of catastrophic ill- nesses of childhood, the cancers, muscle dis- orders and other mala- dies that maim and kill . our children. Daily they seek not only better treatment, but the cause, cure and ultima- tely the prevention of these terrible killers. St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital is non sectarian, interracial and cares for ALL pat- ients. There is no finan- cial test for admission. Research ' Once a patient is accep- ted, treatment is_prov- ided without regard for: ability to pay. When needed St. Jude's Hospital also provides transportation and lodging for parent and child. The hospital is truly helping child- ren live throughout the world. The date for the Schreiber "Wheels - for Life" bike-a-thon is Saturday, September 22nd. Anyone wishing to help in any way can contact the Recreation Office. Any and all help in making this event a success will be greatly appreciated. ' 3 a, <4 ALLSTATE '{4): : ; tom ee: _33'9>, Denis Parsons a 7" Senior Account Agent : zs, & 2826 Arthur Street East . COTS Thunder Bay, Ontario, wise P7E 5P4 ; iv Bus. (807) 623-2325 or. _ Res. (807) 767-5603 __ | Full Circle Protection Specializing in: Low Mileage Discounts Multi Vehicle Discount New Home Discount ; "Retired Adult Discount. ' Life and RRSP Plans ye S900 thank-you. tly as before. THANK YOU - MERCI To all the voters and supporters of Cochrane-Superior Riding, who renewed their trust Be assured that | will continue to serve you as well and as effecien- For assistance do not hesitate to contact me at my office at 22 Byng, Kapuskasing, PSN 1W4 or telephone 705-335-5533. Zenith 56160, Ottawa 613-992-2919. Keith Penner, M.P. Cochrane-Superior in me, | 'One Man's Vision of Canada by JIM STEELE I have been reading a book called "Visions of Canada.'"' It contains hundreds of pictures of our mountains, lakes, forests, small towns, cities, working and abandoned farms, coastal regions, our north, and most import- ant of all our fellow Canadians in their own areas, doing their own thing. To me each tells a story of our past and present. When you look at a picture of a desert- ed farm, you cannot help but feel it is a shame that this farm is not worked and the build- ings are in a stage of decay. When I look at the mountains; I think of the wonderful experience of camping in the Rockies and the feeling of being in a giant cathedral as one approached the summit. There was also the awareness of the wonderful engineering feat of building the rail- way through the moun- tains. The Rockies are truly something and it amazes me that there are so many Canadians who have never seen them but say they make yearly trips to Florida and other places. When I look at pict- ures of the old steam engines, the stations, the fishing villages, the oceans, I often in my. mind's eye go back int _ time and try to visualize life as it was then. This » April, I sat in a restau- rant in Niagara-on-the Lake and looked out at the old-style store fronts and at the people stroll- ing by at a leisurely pace. And I thought, how different from the ' modern mall where peo- ple seem to be in a hurry and almost afraid to smile in case others think they are a bit strange. I have found it re- warding, when visiting other parts of Canada, to take the time to talk to people. It would sur- prise many to know that the people generally do respond to friendship and interest. It may only .be a fleeting moment but that person has brought something into your life and you to his or hers. These -conver- sations will happen only if people take the time to greet the other person and forget the reserve that leaves us with the feeling t we have missed an opportunity to make another Canadian aware that we all have the same hopes and dreams. A simple conversa- tion that I remember was with a 90 year-old lady and in the course of the conversation she mentioned she had lived to this age because she ate a banana a day. Asa result of this conver- sation, old Jim became part monkey and eats a banana a day. Silly, but it takes a little of the humdrum out of life. 'Visions of Canada' tells of the simplicity of life and how people shared both the good and bad times together. It was moving to read about a French-Cana- dian lad whose mother sent away to Eaton's for a Montreal Canadian sweater and was sent a Toronto Maple Leaf sweater in ertor. The young lad went to 'church and prayed that moths would eat up the sweater quickly. I have been reading with interest, concern and disgust about the _trial of those responsible for the bombing of Lit- ton's and the plotting of other acts of violence. What gives these people the right to think that they have a right to destroy property and to endanger lives? Not so many years ago, we would have said that such things were only possible in some far-off land. Then there are those amongst us who inten- tionally or unintention- ally are working at divid- ing our country into re- gions and in some in- stance creating a climate of distrust and dislike. Some politicians, for the - sake of retaining good standing in- their re- gions, often take stands that do not take the good of the whole country into consideration. They should be asserting the national interest while being sensitive to re- gional concerns. The preservation of the unity of any country , requires that people work at it. In our Cana- da at the moment we appear to be going off in many directions and do not appear to have a common purpose or goal. We have not taken the time to get to know our. fellow Canadians in different parts of our land and to become familiar with the prob- lems facing them. Politicians are part- ly to blame for they use regionalism or strong areas to their own ad- vantagé. But the real blame lies with the indi- Terrace Bay Library vidual. Not too many of our fellows give thanks for the privilege of living here and enjoying a way of life that would be considered dying and going to heaven by -mil- lions upon millions who are afraid to speak their minds, or who go to bed many nights with an empty belly. As we get older, we realize that we have been living the future every day of our lives. What we each do or don't do affects the future of our country. As Canadians, we have come to grips with what we really want for our country and how much we are willing to work at and sacrifice to achieve our expectations. Sir John A. MacDon- ald, our first Prime Minister, expressed the feelings of most Cana- dians in a speech in 1861. Although Canada then was yet a nation, we can read the words and apply them to the state of our land today: 'Whatever you do, adhere to the Union - we are a great country, and shall become one of the greatest in the univer- se if we preserve it; we shall sink into insignifi- cance and adversity if we suffer it to be brok- en." I have always made a point of saying thank you for a kindness or for some good happening in . my life. Canada has been good to me and my small effort is a way of saying thank you. * * * A self-styled "barn- yard philosopher', Jim Steele survived wartime plane crashes and sey- eral years as a prisoner of war in Germany, de- termined to work for the good of his native Cana- da. A resident of Rex- dale, Ontario, he de- votes his spare time to crusading for Canadian unity through his wri- tings. Winter Hours Winter Hours begin September 15th and the library will be open as follows: Monday, Wednes- day, Friday 10-12 noon and 1-5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday 10-12 noon and 7-9 p.m. Saturday 1-5 p.m. The library has an opportunity to sponsor a series of workshops di- rected at small busi- ness. The Federal Busi- ness Development Bank would participate with the library to provide a 2-hour evening work- shop series on various topics, such as "Plan- ning Your Business', "Financing your Busi- ness' and "Govern- ment Programmes for the Smaller Business". If you would be interes- ted in attending such a series of workshops please call the library at 825-3819 for further in- formation. We now have '"'get well' kits for young children who are sick. Each kit is circulated just like a book and con- tains material (books, puzzles, etc.) which must be returned to the library. An _ informa- tion card is issued to each parent, listing items to be returned to the library and items which the child may keep. There is a person- alized "get-well" card in each kit which the pa- tient keeps. t