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teenagers in the urea don't care what they do. and the parents don‘t either. Knocking down the bridges and other equipment just increase: our taxes." . Another Cedarvale Cm. hummer. Bruce Kaiser, ob- jects to the condition of the creek. calling it "an oversized drainage ditch." He would like the city to “cover in thosep- tic tank," as he describes it. Mr. Kaiser points out that a small boy drowned in the creek five years ago by falling off thr 'it yourself! Strawberry picking The St. Louis Girl's Baseball Team won the Waterloo Separate Schools Trophy last week. They are. from left to right: Front Row: Heather McAlen- ey. Susan Detzler. Paula Mclnte. Sharon Jackson, Joanne Forte. Tammy Blackmore. a 2nd Row: Mary Gangl. Deborah Weipsteim Terri Masher, Angela Burnheart. 3rd Row: Karen Wadel-coach, Theresa Lavigne, Stella Dauber. Denise Wide- man, Joanne Rumig, Jim Schramek-coach. By Richard Chomko People don't pick their ovm strawberries just to save 25 cents a box and get the freshest fruit possible. They also pick berries be- cause they like to get out of the city once in a while to commune with nature. “I love it. I'd like to be out here all the time. It's really something," says Mary Hil- ken, talking about the joys of berry picking. Ms. Hilken lives at 113 Fishermill Rd.. Hespeler-Cambridge. However. she does take exception to the swarms of mosquitos which come from the bush to dine on berry pickers in the cool of the evening. In spite of the mos- quitos. Ms, Hilken did man- age to pick eight quarts. She has been coming out to pick berries at F'ay's Farm for the last three years. The farm, which is south- east of Breslau. has been In the pick-your-own business for only three years. This year there are about 20 acres of strawberries In pro- duction. There used to be as many as l00 students hired to harvest the berry crop. Although F'ay's Farm IS now growing twelve dti- ferent kinds of lettuce, along With corn and straw- berries, corn Is the only other crop which IS harvest- ed by people coming to pick their own Ralph Myers comes out from Waterloo to pick his own berries because, "ics a A chance to visit with. old Mother Nature St. Louis Girl’s Baseball Team place to get the freshest ber- ries 'cause you pick them yourself." With the help of his wife and his seven-year- old son Jeremy. he managed to harvest fourteen quarts in about an hour. Mr. Myers' experience in berry picking goes back to the days of his youth when he used to pick strawberries for two cents a quart. ' One elderly Waterloo man, who had come out with his wife to pick berries for the freezer, had to stand up and straighten his back after a half-hour's picking. “I'm not as young as I used to be" he said. This was the second time this season that he and his wife had come out to pick. Thirty feet down the row and three quarters of an hour later they boasted ten quarts. - “We‘ll have these for breakfast in the morning." he said. The remainder will go into the family freezer for good winter. eating. Last weekend likely saw the pair trying their hand at picking an- other 10 quarts U nfavorable weather It's been so hot and dry this year that the berries are not doing as well as they might According to the berry patch supervisor, there hasn't been a decent ram m weeks While farmer Anthony Fay does have an Irrigation system It doesn't onetime wWMW.’N prieedotssthe! Mars-tlift,,').,,.-:.."--,,, ... Waterloo!“ r"ii-t6iet'ottiterttdtetirt6ipttit ttisderartmemttmibesettireetrta,mtteothieeeCtttt city's tgit,ttg detsartment,1titoeytthtq.raeatee thedrycreek bei-ttr-tii-heads-te tteavyhtrietdnowandproqetttrtarerttoertrmat_t sion."tusiiiditwasaireeeoeiginnttritittstrre'ut?rtt asadrai-iitanortiotNktMehdDriveamitpte" cover all the strawberry patches. It takes a day to move the-irrigation from one field to another. When there is a general shortage of rain, the ponds that feed he system begin to dry up, particularly when water is continually being pumped out of them. The picking season start- ed on June 17 this year as opposed to last year's start on June 10. If the present dry spell keeps up th ere may be only one more week of good picking. Alexander Grant, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada has an- nounced the itinerary of the Company's 27th Season. Over ISO pehformances are scheduled for the year which will be highlighted by an ll-city tour to the Atlan- tic provinces. Ontario and Quebec, The Maritime tour will be followed by the Fall, Christmas and Spring sea- sons at Toronto's O'Keefe Centre, and performances in Hamilton. Ottawa and London, Ontario. The summer period will include 6 performances at the Forum at Ontario Place on July l7. 19, August 4. 6 and 8 Company's 27th season lConunuod from pop 1) at the Adult Recreation Cen- tre, are fixed programs for the two months ahead. A basic life skills program to cusing on areas at etiquette. banking and budgeting. self- improvement and nutrition and meal planning, is held regularly at the Waterloo Rotary Centre. Ms. Horas, a third year occupational therapy student it Iciching jt. ‘ V Physically disabled week "Many of thepeople we deal with in the agency during the winter programs we have found. have not had the opportunity of learning some of the basic skills which are now being taught to teenagers at the Rotary centre/i-said Mr. Woods. "There has been a tremen- d0us change in rehabilita- tion wittethe last 20 years with' regards to physical re- habilitation, social and even Tammy is a " yam-old student who enjoys tennis, swimming and playing guitar. She is planning a trip to Germany this summer. _ sl' “a _ " _' .A . (.. l, _. . _ , V . TV , t .", . s. ." a: _ _,'.. w..'. . ttttttr/tttttct-ttinet-rel-ttrm-ho" the sinnqgmes through “will dnlm from the neuby The mama-me Wt in gem. prices and der. tdotstermtteetttaerty, tmtdaiiii-ttttttitatietattieamt beitititeemirtmetitm, Mr. Kurxehin6isaidttewashottirtgto dotheFrtttisriar. , Mr. RoenatfscYuteetdatogobae*tothepubticdritiottt native trtaetnietqqrrqtosa1s tor‘park developmt he!” he mmmm underpin: mummy council this autumn. - recreational rehabilita- "We have to' tare a closer tion.” look at what we are doing The service has also em- for the disabled. We have to barked on an Outreach pro- do more with them than for gramwith Mr, Schwart- them." said Mr. Woods zentruber at the helm. The The summer services pro- program evolves around a gram is in desperateiieed of questionnaire aimed at loca- volunteers if they hope to ting more physically disa- carrrtheir goals oat. An- bled persons in the corn- yone who is willing todevote munity and learning about a little or a lot of time is in- theiraeeds. - vited to phone 835-6640. The service has also em- barked on an Outreach pro- gramwith Mr, Schwart- zentruper at the helm. The program evolves around a questionnaire aimed at loca- ting more physically disa- bled persons in the com- munity and learning about theiraeeds. - “There is a desperate lack of knowledge concerning the needs of the disabled." said A positive step in ae- cumulating this information was the gathering together of representatives from various service agencies and the swapping of con- cerns. goats and helpful in- formation. This hasn't been done in the past and Mr. Schwartzentruber and Mr. Woods would like to see it an ongoing occurance. Mr. The illness you‘ll never see coming._Get in shape - and don't give the enemy a big, target. , PM is hm. Try‘somo.