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Its focus is on academic and athletic excellence _ After three years at EastRidge Evangelical Missionâ€" ary Church. Stouflville Christian School is moving to a pen_nanent home‘ in Springvale Baptist Church. Whitchuxch Higménds is not die only 15cm school with a new home. Staring this month, Whitchurch Highlahds is one of WW? 501309? P9 Mme all-day findersarten- Each centre is equipped with about 10 computers and separated from the classrooms by glass so teachers can supervise those at the computers and in the class- room at the same time. Students were bused to the former Orchard Park PulficSchqofinStogfivilqurclasseslastyear. ery centres for the junior and intermediate students. PARK 0 Hanna: Therapy 0 N0 ems: All Imam Lou and Dam.- Insurance -1 mt ouommmmmmmmmm-znm - 34 Day Full am m t ommmmtm “nun-1mm.» - Hm mm W com mamas PHOTO/PAUL FAWCETT In the school House, examples Forummm,g; oftectsfromtheeafly lBOOswill mom/Irma And there will be a dye pot people can dip their samples into for a bit of colour. Back in the day, before fabric colours came inevery‘ hue imaginable and in a box from the drug store, they were made from roots, berries, onion skins, barks and flows The kitchen will be filled with apples visitors will be able to help turn into tasty meats - without the aid of boxed batters or ered mixers. Quilting, with a needle and thread. will be available for peo- ple to try as well as preparing the wool for clothing, which includes brushing and spinning. “I think we tend to roman- ticize the older time, but when you see the work of preparing the fabric, not even creating the clothes, that went’into it, the work was pretty non-stop for the family members," °1id Stephanie Foley, curator of the Whitchumh- Stouflville Museum. Between Blackberry buzzes, carpooling the kids to hockey practice and games or dance b8- sons and recitals, not to mention the traffic jams, we often wish we could go back a couple hun- dred years to when life was much simpler. Or was it? On Sept. 25 the Whitchurch- Stoulfville Museum in Vandorf will hold a History Handsâ€"On day that will give people a glimpse into the daily lives of our forefa- thers and you might be surprised at what you find. Life of our forefathers might surprise you BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan®yrmg.com COMING UP The Audiobgy Centre Established 1986 1333 Sheppard Ave. E.. Suite# 340 West End Hearing Established 1991 1243 lslington Ave.. Suite# 711 Admission to the events is free. Both exhibitions run from yoga}? 4 pm. 911 “We’re generally not open on the weekends during the school year so this provides (area resi- dents) an opportunity to visit us when they’re not at work," Ms Foley said. Rug-hooking, rope-making and old-fashioned games such as Fox and Geese, checkers and Nine Men Morris will be available foralltotry. Another History Hands-On event will take place Oct 23 with _tl_1e kitchen theme being pump- For example, weight used to be measured in pecks and bush- els, while distance was marked in rods and chains. “Some of them are pretty interesting because they use ter- minology we don't use anymore," Ms Foley said. be on display. 416-233-8581 ‘I think we tend to romanticize the older time, but when you see the work of preparing the fabric, not even creating the clothes, that went into it, the work was pretty non~stop for the family members.’