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Hard work is secret of Winterama's success Sah DIMOC K Winterama ~- just doesn't happen--it takes a lot of hard work and time to make the annual celebration a success. So says Pat Forget, 1984 Co-chairman of the Winterama Committee, in a letter to Penetanguishene town council. And she should know. The Winterama committee met weekly since the first week in January and_ these weekly meetings will continue until March, when a "wrapup"' meeting will be held and a standing committee formed [9 plan next Vol. 17, No. 9, Folio 17 year's event. Tue work load of the Commerce Office in- creases with Winterama as well, Forget told Council, receiving many phone calls and items of correspondence relating to the carnival. In January, the Chamber of Commerce Office monitored 244 telephone Wednesday, calls and = ran errands; from Feb. 1- ie 57 calls and 27 errands. Ferget estimates that about 80 per cent of this business pertained to Winterama. Many of these phone calls were 'vonitored on weekends and evenings, and work spread Out of Over a seven-day week. The Chamber of Commerce -- secretary Joyce Sauve, spent a total of five days presenting a display of the Penetanguishene Winterama at the Mountainview Mall in Midland, comprising of two separate weekends. "We have had very good response from the February 29, 1984 personal touch and many questions from the public were an- swered,"' stated Forget. "Public relations and advertising have gone oul as far as Toronto, including radio and television stations. We know that these ac- tivities and efforts put forth for Winterama will not only promote tourism in the town during the winter, but generate repeat visitors all vear round. "Our aim is to slowly build future Win- teramas with the aid of community support and participation," Forget's letter to Council stated. 28 pages, 40 cents S oN Old skills revived Artisans skilled in heritage crafts used in Seventeenth Century Huronia demonstrated their knowledge to over 500 visitors at Sainte- larie-among-the-Hurons Heritage Day Celebrations last Sunday afternoon. On the technique of block printing used by the ivench at Sainte-Marie to decorate fabric. Riocks were hand-carved from cherrywood and dipped in a modern oil-based dye to print designs on fabric. The Original Seventeenth eor.pound, Ir the centre photo, Brunelle, co-ordinator of Native programs at Sainte-Marie, shows Anne Hebert how the Oendat wove baskets out of cedar bark strips. Brunelle wil! be giving a course in basket Marie --Photos by Carol Dimock year. Christine Rollinson, in the photo on the : ight, displays different fibers soaking in dye baths made from plants available in the countryside around Sainte-Marie. Rollinson wil! be teaching natural dyeing techniques at 'eft. is Doreen McCurry, explaining the 'entury formula contained a_ toxic lead v-eaving techniques at Sainte-Marie later this Sainte-Marie in the spring. Organizers of the withSunday'sevents,as in to be identified," said Marie, "and one man Marie," she said. The firmed, was found in a Hurons Hate Sno o ee second annual Heritage werecloseto500 visitors Fran Ferguson, Co- brought in something mystery Object, which swamp and was well- a ies 1 ra 8 Day Celebrations at who attended. ordinator of which we believe may she was reluctant to preserved. fe pen mae € Sainte-Marie among the "People brought programming for the have belonged to one of identify further until its A number of local alt ates ee Hurons were pleased Many interesting things Friends of Sainte- the priests here at Ste. authenticity is con- experts were On hand at edar bar as a He's a hero! Provincial _ Wade Ontario honoured Police has Cadeau- of Penetanguishene for his courageous action of One year ag®, when he and his friend Terry Walsh braved the icy waters of Sturgeon Bay to rescue three snowmobilers from drowning. His award mendation that the OPP gives to either civilians Or Officers. is the highest com- Cadeau gets highest OPP award for bravery A year after his act of herOism saved three people from drowning in Sturgeon Bay, Wade Cealdaera: a1 3 Penetanguishene was honoured by the Ontario Provincial Police for his bravery. At a ceremony in Barrie On Feb. 22, Cadeau was _ presented with a framed cer- tificate commending him for his courageous lifesaving action. The award is the highest given by the OPP and had not been presented in two years before Cadeau received it. Cadeau's act of cOurage Occurred On Sunday, Feb. 20, 1983, at Sturgeon Bay near Victoria Harbour. He saw three people go through the ice while snowmobiling and he went to the rescue. Cadeau and a friend, Terry Walsh, found a 14- foot aluminum boat at the scene and dragged it over the ice toward the victims. The rescuers went through the ice them- selves, but managed to climb into the boat and reached the accident victims by breaking a channel through the ice. They reached the vic- tims and brought them safely to shore, saving them from certain death in the icy water of Sturgeon Bay. St. Marie on Sunday afternoon, to _ help identify visitors' treasures such as old stamps, cOins, artifacts and weapons, Canadian art, books, magazines and newspapers. Canadian furniture and glass, stoneware, . an- tiques, photographs and other objects of interest. Also on hand Sunday were artisans Of historic crafts who displayed their skills and let visitors try their hand at calligraphy, block printing, basket weaving, spinning and weaving, doll-making, etc. During the afternoon, a variety Of interesting films for both adults and children were shown. The Friends of Sainte- Marie served muffins, cold drinks and coffee, a sample of the refresh- ments served at the cafe in the summer for visitors to Sainte-Marie. The Friends of Sainte- Marie among the weaving will be taught by Marie Brunelle, Supervisor of the Native Program at Sainte- Marie, 0n Monday and Tuesday, March 19 and 20. Register before March 9. Jamie Hunter, research curator at Sainte-Marie, will conduct three evening 'programs On artifacts in Sainte-Marie's museum collection. On Thur- sday, April 5, a study of 17th Century Huron smoking habits and pipes; On Thursday, July 19, 17th Century Medicine; and On Thursday, Oct. 4, 17th Century European weaponry used for hunting and defence. Register by March 27 for these courses. Natural dyeing, using available plants and a variety of fibers in- cluding quills, silk, dog hair and raw and spun fleece will be taught by Christine Rollinson on Saturday, May 26. Register by May 18.