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w the tribune thursday junew 1975 19 testing survival techniques c amp o veriiig whitchurch fifty grade 4 students from whitchurch highlands public school put their survival training course to the test last week the students- slept overnight in a field behind the school it wasnt all fun and games however the students had been studying survival in classroom work and had been divided into working groups to plan and execute the overnight excursion teacher david payne explained that science and mathematics were integrated into the study of how to survive in the wilderness the project was part of the science program for the students after school thurs- day each group started working on setting up a campsite tents were erected and large rocks collected to make fire places each group also had to create some kind of project related to sur vival they were judged on this and the results marked in a special grade 4 students attending whitchurch- highlands public school on the bloomington rd had a unique experience last week they camped out in a field north of the school it was to put into practise various survival tens techniques stemming from classroom work here mark dekkema todd cotter brad jones and chris conolly rearrange their campfire setup don bernard farm report how to handle hay byaawall agricultural representative the weather last week was the kind that keeps the search going for different ways to handle hay as herd sizes go up the necessity for a system that depends less on good drying weather intensifies the hay day at elora last thursday demon strated a whole flock of new equipment for silage systems ami for much faster dry hay system both are in the drection of getting the crop off quickly with or without goodweather the big- balers and stackers have a lot of potential but they fit a dairy or beef feedlot situation better than our average sized tie stall dairy barns haylage is a sound system for our dairy farms and a few more make the change each year it brings new problems takes more equipment is hard to blow hard to get out and feed losses if it heats too much however faster harvest less work and much better preservation of the feed value in the crop more than com pensates the bugs can be minor ones if the crop goes in at around 70 per cent moisture the silo is filled quickly mechanical distributor is used and capped with a sheet of plastic with a foot of wet haylage on it costs are not very different total costfor a haylage system works out to just under 1000 per ton of dry matter while custom rates for baling are around 20 cents a bale plus 250 a ton for swathing good haylage is great for dairy cattle cut early and with lots of alfalfa it should be around 18 per cent protein and along with a grain corn or mixed grain it could supply all the protein needed for a cow milking up to 60 lbsrper day each group had to have a project this group is putting together a leanto they are left to right chris conolly mark dekkema danny ross brad jones todd cotter and mike brown judges report booklet at the end of the overnight stay the groups could judge how well they would have done if they had been in the wilderness the youngsters were not allowed to bring any precooked food with them raw vegetables were permitted they had to use wild plants found around the campsite tea and coffee for example can be made from certain weeds the food must be cooked and according to mr payne the groups were judged on how well they created a wellbalanced diet the inspectors tasted the food and judged it each group would cook over an open fire and had to start the fire without using paper to receive full points a group had to start the fire with two matches mr payne said that the students had been working for three weeks before and had 14 pages of recipes in their work books all made from plants found in the wild there are five students in each group and each group had its own tent a captain was elected after the tents were set up and supper cooked the youngster gathered around a large campfire for a singsong each group created a survival skit to be per formed around the campfire those were also judged mr payne said that the emphasis was on safety especially in regards to fire s j who over along with mr would be sleeping over payne with the students in- eluded a- nurse carol highlight of the baldasti and her husband day was a weiner and bill marie lloyd- a marshmallow roast grade 4 teacher also slept before bedtime interest v guaranteed investment certificates m 1 year 7a per cent 2 years 8 per cent 34 5 years 9vi percent 5 year renewals 9 percent wctomgrey trust company since 1889 10355 yonge st richmond hill 8841107 lj ruby manager steve chyer chops firewood for a campfire the groups had to start a fire without paper using only two matches points were awarded for various successful achievements council refuses to approve humane society tag day stouffville the ontario humane society has been refused permission to hold a tag day in stouffville on september 26 and 27 wi the permission was denied by council recently councillor eldred king commented before the vote was taken i dont think they ever did anything too this extravagant for municipality mr king was highly critical of the humane society saying they would be much more functional if they did what they were set up to do he said he is not too sure they are doing their job at all he beta sigma phi the eta lambda chapter of beta sigma f visitors from manitoba phi held its birthday mrs edna miller party at the parkway from killarney manitoba is visiting with her nephew murray stewart and family of stouffville while in southern ontario she attended the wedding of her niece jill ann stewart daughter of mr joyce caudle treasurer and mrs garth stewart and norma emery of toronto recording secretary hotel june 3 awards were presented to the 197475 executive and the girl of the year pam follett is the president for 197576 other executive members are bev kettle vicepresident specifically mentioned the societys- inspectors following the wagon train councils vote was tied until mayor gordon ratcliff voted saying ill go along that they dont have a tag day councils relations with the society have been somewhat strained since the society with drew their canine control services in a manner council considered high handed and arbitrary thereto lots of mileaae left in these used cars 1973 satellite 2 door hardtop v8 automatic power steering power brakes radio red with black interior very sharp lie no ahf 522 1972 chrysler newport royal 2 door hardtop lully equipped clean- car lie no dds 797 1975 chrysler new yorker 2 door hardtop immaculate all accessories including automatic temperature controlled air conditioning lie no jeo 787 1974 dodge colt station wagon 4speed amfm radio balance of new car warranty lie no jfr900 1971 dodge monaco 500 2doorhardtop loaded with extras radial tires lie no bmk 179 1971 duster v8 3speed perfect young mans car lie no 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