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tribune sept 19 1984 b3 annual canoe trip a challenge for st johns school students editors note jonathan kenny is a markham resident and a grade 9 student at st johns school of ontario near claremont recently jonathan and 52 other students and staff members embarked on a 14day canoe trip through the wilds of northern ontario the follow ing is a daybyday account of the trip from bis diary august 25 first day of training camp we arrived at school at noon it was organized but busy as our clothing and gear were checked i met andrew langsford also from mar kham later at the uxbridge swimming pool we practised mouth to mouth re- susitation and our ability to swim was checked back at school partners were assigned and we put up the tents i was assigned a tent with two other students after chapel we went to bed august 26 it was a long bus trip we slept talked and were rowdy finally we arrived at flatrapids near sudbury the canoes were put into the water we practised paddling and then headed for flowerpot bay where we set up camp from the campsite we had a view of skeleton island the group was split into two brigades with one taking a southerly route and mine taking the north erly one august 27 in the morning we picked blueberries to put in mr claydons porridge then we practised pitching and taking down tents we packed and left passing flatrapids camp and having lunch at recolet falls where we learned of the fate of a group of missionaries many years before at recolet falls in the 1700s a group of missionaries over the falls in the dark they probably couldnt swim and wore heavy clothing with no life jackets during the day i was forbidden to sit on my sponge a homemade pillow because it raised my centre of gravity putting the canoe off balance hardly sometimes we got sore sitting on a wooden seat for long periods august 28 after breakfast we had dumping prac tise the water was cold and i shivered and chattered we had a life raft demonstra tion after the cord was pulled it took six seconds to inflate the raft during lunch we saw a fish jump which must have weighed 20 lbs or more after more dumping practise we paddled to some rapids close by the teachers went to look at the rapids to where we could shoot them tomorrow while they were away one of the boys was splashing someone from shore with mr whites paddle he lost his balance and fell in the water and nearly lost mr whites paddle down the rapids we ended the day with a nice long swim august 29 this was the first day of the actual trip we paddled back to flatrapids where we telephoned the school to confirm that we were finished training and were leaving on the trip the brigade paddled up the french riv er to the wanasiter when we reached the first rapids we had lunch we were told to stand back from the dangerous flow of water when we had completed our first short portage we paddled against the current to an island where we camped this last stretch of the day was dangerous because if we dumped we would be swept down the rapids but the canoes all made it safely although one canoe had to go back and start over because the current was too strong we went swimming in the current of the rapids and had a good time august 30 it was a miserably wet rainy morning and we started with a 300yd gunwall car ried a fullyloaded canoe over some rapids mr white tried to track the first canoe pulled it by ropes up the rapids but it dumped in the process mr white was dragged into the edge of the water before his rescuers could get their hands on the rcpe if the canoe had gone down the rapids it might have been smashed to pieces august 31 we had porridge for breakfast again no sugar we rah out then started on our two- mile portage we went half way but the trail through the bush wasnt clear and was overgrown with brush so we continued along a road with the packs and we camped on the edge of atlee lake the canoes were still back on the road a group of us mar ched back to get them a kind man offered to put the canoes on his trailer we couldnt refuse after walking 10 miles that day september 1 we made our way through a series of lakes which were filled with water lilies eventually we arrived at the sponge por tage this year the water level was higher and we pushed the canoes through the swamp instead of carrying them on our shoulders at some places the water was waist deep later that day we portaged the canoes three km up the wrong road when we finally reached belle lake and set up camp a man told us we couldnt make a fire on his property so we moved to another location we had a difficult time setting up our tents in the dark september 2 it was cold damp miserable morning and we all drank our hot tea after two short portages we arrived at david lake and pitched an early camp it was warm and cozy in our sleeping bags that night some of us stood round the fire to get warm september 3 those boys who tried to grab a few extra minutes of sleep got dragged out of their tents by the bowsman as we paddled along we could see the la cloche mountains their peaks piercing lowlying clouds the weather was still cool as we started on the great mountain portage the pack carriers were finished early and went back to help the canoe carriers who were very grateful mr voss said it was the only time he ever saw a brigade applaud when they were finished a portage we went through great mountain lake and into fish lake where we camped at our campsite we found a help sign an old crate a lot of wood with nails in it and a wood toilet we thought someone had been stranded there before the cool weather and the colored leaves showed signs of the approaching autumn september 5 we slept late today and rested most of the morning the kaibo a hastily built toilet from a tree stump was out in the open so nobody used it in the daylight we broke camp and we canoed 35 km just outside a town called killarney we told ghost stor ies around the fire and i couldnt get to sleep that night september 6 we got up a sunrise and visited killarney for breakfast in all we did 40 km that day at the end of the day we paddled against heavy winds and it was very difficult september 7 today we woke up late to discover we were windbound and as it turned out we could not complete the trip back to flowerpot bay up the french river we were just approaching a point on georgian bay that was totally exposed to the wind we stayed at camp all day wait ing for conditions to improve we played pocket chess picked blueberries and tried to fish unsuccessfully in the distance we could still see the mountains after dinner we talked about the trip we looked back on all the good and bad times some of us realized that they learned something from the trip all the hardship that we went through together brought us closer together we became bet ter friends because we helped each other out september 8 we awoke loaded the canoes and left georgian bay and back tracked into col- ins inlet from there we went down the mezenazing river into mezenazing lake where we started our own olympic races and also met up with the sister brigade j- they also failed to complete the trip due to the wind canada was in first mostof the way in the olympic race england where i paddled trailed behind the usa burned out with in three minutes and france stopped to pick up canadas map canada won the gold with england onefoot behind our spirits were very high and we all cheered when we got to the end we camped on mezenazing lake that night and the next day a bus took us back to our waiting parents bacon and eggs tasted better than the porridge wed become accustomed too adrian glauser a grade 10 student at st johns school of ontario near claremont made sure to take lots of photo graphs during the annual wilderness canoe trip he managed to catch some members of the st johns party while they werent hard at work tracing the old voyaguer route around the north end of georgian bay pictured are clockwise from top left steve clark teacher old boy ian harling a veteran ofover50 days in the wilderness paul edwards teachfer f norm bindon father of one the boys brigade leader michael i hutt teacher chris goodyear and st johns headmaster i dave hutt adrian glauser durham board of education new plan geared for excellence rain fails to dampen spirits attends the claremontbased school he and the rest of the group paddled and portaged along a route at the top of geor gian bay the group returned home sept 9 adrian glauser particpants in the st johns school of ontario annual canoe trip seemed to be able to smile rain or shine here teacher kirby white rear waves for a photo graph taken by adrian glauser near whiteflsh falls adrian 15 of west hill late edward pascoe a kind neighbor greenwood well miss him wed look out in the morning to find our drive way completely plowed even when it hadnt snowed very much hed be there he was that kind of person always helping others these and other affectionate words were spoken of edward pascoe following his passing at the dr jo ruddy hospital whitby sept 10 hed been in declining health about a year born in east whitby township march 19 1902 the son of oliver and nettie pas coe mr pascoe farmed on the base line of pickering before moving to greenwood where he was a resident 40 years mr pascoe was an extremely handy man and put this skill to use in the employ of the late charles mctaggart also of green wood he also worked for the firm of weal and cullen nurseries almost ten years an excellent farmer ed pasoe never lost his love for the soil he had one of the finest gardens in the community he also loved horses and would attend fall fairs in the area mainly for the heavy horse shows he was also keenly interested in sports both locally and on a national scale in ear lier years he played football softball and hockey he was an enthusiastic follower of the toronto maple leafs as well as teams in his own community he enjoyed hunting and icefishing playing euchre was also a favorite pasttime mr pascoes life touched many areas in cluding greenwood united church where served as a steward and elder he seldom missed a sunday service besides his wife the former susie stan ley he is survived by four sons lloyd of port perry allan in stouffville neil and grant of greenwood one daughter jean mrs jim thomas of stouffville fifteen grandchildrenjackie little susan bar ry paul cathy neil and marylynn tho mas todd scott and jason pascoe kim dale brian chris and jeff pascoe also two greatgranddaughters nicole and megan hundreds called at the mceachnie funeral home pickering and later attended the service thursday conducted by rev melvin butler of greenwood un ited church interment was at west mount cemetery whitby pallbearers were nephews ronald and gerald pascoe david stanley kenneth macdonald john fawcett and a close friend from the weal and cullen firm robert leni durham re gion the durham board of education has adopted a new man agement plan de signed to continual ly improve the qual ity of classroom education bruce mather durhams director of education said he feels excellent in struction will prouduce graduates better able to think for themselves when they join the workforce or pursue further studies the boards new plan approved by the board of trus tees at a meeting aug 27 stresses the need to teach chil dren such thinking skills as problem solving and decision making mr mather explained part of the prog ram must be know ledge and informa tion dissemination part of it must be basic skills but it cannot be exclusive ly that weve got to teach application skills the director commented once weve given chil dren the knowledgt and the basic skills weve got to let them use them mr mather said one of his fun damental beliefs is that society must ensure were pro ducing a thinking populace a group of adults that can solve problems the development of thinking skills among students de pends on the ability of teachers to meet the needs of every child he added such adaptation is another of the man- agement plans goals teachers are being asked to mod ify programs to the best of their ability to meet the needs of every child mr mather explained rather than hire more and more teachers we must teach the ones there now to be able to adapt their teaching to a diverse group of individuals in the classroom so that each student re ceives a reasonably personalized educa tion the plan also has implications for other aspects of education in durham among the most important is a commitment by the board to develop a core curriculum for all schools in the region this doesnt mean that every classroom teacher will teach the same subject at the same access chosen uxbridge twp builders of the tokai of canada limited factory pre- fer to have their main access off re gional road 30 tokai representa- a basket of flowers for susan susan fish right ontario minister of citizenship and culture had a pleasant sur prise sunday during a visit to pickering museum village greenwood she was pre sented with a large flower basket from picker ing resident aileen howes on behalf of all museum volunteers the minister expressed thanks for the kind gesture and praised the workers for their help in preserving the areas historic past mrs howes is a member of a local gardening group known at tap roots chris shanahan tives favor this approach over sideroad 20 mem bers of the planning and development committee have been informed the site plan agreement calls for pavement of the sideroad so it can be used as an en trance to the 80acre property however it was agreed that the re gional route would best serve the in terests of the manu facturer and the municipality a site plan amendment is re quired in this inst ance it was deter mined during a re cent meeting tokai is building a lighter manufactur ing facility at the northeast intersec tion of regional road 30 and sider- aod 20 uxbridge twp its on the property previously occupied by the lazy lake trailer park major bill ballin- gers motion sup porting deletion of the part of the plan relating to sideroad 20 was carried it means theyre entering on the high way the mayor noted thats what we wanted the only way that sideroad will ever be paved is under the stipulations of this agreement commented council lor don jackson upon completion in late february of 1985 the plant will produce 25 million disposable butane lighters a month time in the same way to each childj mr mather noted rather the curricu lum outlines will in dicate what the stu dent is expected to learn the new approach was developed after a series of inter views between the director and mem bers of the staff inr eluding teachers principals and other administrators the durham board of education serves approxf imately 47000 stu dents annually in uxbridge twp pickering ajaxj whitby oshaws and brock and scu gog twps the york region board of education stouffville district secondary school night school update the following courses still have room available antiques apple doll crafts artoil and water colors basketball and fitness for men bridge cake decorating conversational french flower arranging furniture refinishing guitar knitting patchwork and quilting small engine repair weight training for men woodworking tole and decorative painting tues if interested in the above please phone wed or thurs evening after 7 pm 6401433 all courses start on their respective nights the week of september 24th william r monroe chairman ra cressrnan director of education