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"Chem 13 News," a monthly newsletter published by the University of Waterioo's Department of Che- mistry is currently marking its 10th anniversary with a 48-page issue and a glossy cover. The magazine has almost 6,000 readers, most of them high school chemistry teachers a great many of whom are in Ontario. it is intended as an aid to teachers and carries features outlining interesting lab experiments that can be conducted, trends in the tea- ching of chemistry, safety tips, and discussions of new equipment. It also includes regular reviews of new books that would be of interest or helpful to high school chemistry teachers. The publication is edited by three UW chemistry professors: KJ. Friesen, John Capindale and W.A.E. McBryde, and by a Kitchener high school chemistry teacher, John Candido. High school teachers submit many of the articles: others are submitted by univer- sity professors, not only from Waterloo but from a variety of other Canadian campuses. "We" hope the magazine means better teaching in high schools, particularly in Ontario high schools." comments Prof. Friesen. The Boy Scouts of North Waterloo District will hold their annual Boy Scout Apple Day, Friday, October 13, in the afternoon, and on Saturday, October 14, in the morning. Proceeds will fund the local scout group level. Because of the overwhelming success of the Fall Adult Program Classes, the Kitchener and Waterloo YMCAs are running more classes beginning October The Waterloo Family Y, 145 Lincoln Rd., Waterloo. has scheduled a How to Relax class, which was popu- lar at the Kitchener Y. Other courses include Group Vocational Counselling, Christmas Decorations and How to Make Them, Basic Sewing, Microwave Oven Cooking, and Social Dancing. The Kitchener Family YMCA, 57 Queen St. N., will conduct a new class for the festive season, Party Can- apes and Such Things. Basic Bridge with Gina Schef- fel and Christmas Decorations and How to Make Them will also be held. K-W YMCA’s run extra classes For further information call the Kitchener Y at 743- 5201, or the Waterloo Y at 885-3500. The Canadian Federation of University Women pre- sents Dr. Donald Horton, who will discuss The Roots of French Canadian Discontent, Tuesday, October 17, 8 p.m.. at Hilliard Hall First United Church. Everyone is welcome. The weekend of October 14 and 15 will feature a special event at the Apps' Mill Nature Centre near Paris, and the Laurel Creek Nature Centre in Wa- terloo. The theme for the weekend will feature the Grand River Basin Water Management Study, This study, which will eventually affect the lives of every watershed resident, will be explained by Nature Centre staff, pointing out areas of significant interest to the local region. The above two nature centres, will be joined by Taquanyah Nature Centre near Cayuga on the wee- kend of Oct. 21 and 22 in celebrating our Conservation of Water Week. Displays and judging of elementary school posters will be held. as well as tips on Conserv- ing water in the home. Both weekends will feature outdoor hikes, and infor- mal talks. Admission to the Nature Centres is free of charge and for further information contact the Nature Centre nearest you. or the Grand River Conservation Authority at 621-2761 in Cambridge Thursday, October 26, at 8 p.m.. a senior Citizen's special will be televised on Grand River Cable TV The show will feature the Jolly Oldsters. who are a comedy pioneer musical group based in Waterloo, and the Merry Melodies chorr. also of Waterloo The per- formance was spectally recorded at the Waterloo Adult Recreation ('entre Chem " News marks 10th anniversary at " Waterloo at a glance Women 's federation to study French discontent Boy Scout apple day Jolly Oldsters and Merry Melodies on TV Nature centres feature water study Umborb Four! By Ray Martin Last weekend thousands of people meandered through the Wellesley arena to view the various displays and attractions at the Wel- lesley Apple Butter Fes- tival. One of the attractions which drew the erowd's in- terest was a sculptor named Umberto Fusari. The Italian-born sculptor who moved to Canada se- veral years ago, has done much to draw interest. He has held exhibits at Kitchener’s Central Ontario Exhitritiim, the Art Fest in Kitchener. the Visual Keys art group, has completed snow sculptures for local chambers of commerce, has displayed his work at the Wellesley fall fair and in local art galleries. Fusari's career as a sculptor started in a little village near Venice when he was 12-yearsoid. It started in near-Hollywood fashion when he was working as a delivery boy at a bakery. Every day he would deliver bread on his bicycle to a well-known sculptor. One day Fusari had an wident and broke his foot. He was incapacitated for several weeks. With nothing better to do, he started sculpting to pass the time. The sculptor. upon hearing of Fusari's ac- cident, visited the boy, saw his work, and invited him to come to his studio and learn the art. While working in the stu- dio Fusari learned the basics of his craft. He put the finishing touches on the master's works and was only allowed to work on the hand or foot of a figure until he was competent in work- ing with that portion of the anatomy. This step-by-step process took Fusari four years to complete. The young sculptor went on to spend two years at Venice's Academy of Art where he studied more anatomy. He then spent six years in a ceramics college in Vicen- In 1968 Fusari started his own studio and worked on commission, turning out traditionally styled statuary for gardens. Upon coming to Canada. Fusari moved in with rela- tives in the Kitchener-Wa- terloo area and opened a studio on the Heidelberg Road just off highway 85, north of the Waterloo stock- yards, Since opening this studio Fusari has been quite suc- cessful. Not only has his work caught the interest of K-W residents but also the interest of art-lovers in Toronto and as far away as the southern United States. In Toronto Fusari recently won second prize for a pro- fessional creation in cera- mics during the Ontario Hobby Show One of his works is being turned into a fountain by a Southern Unit- ed States pump company Although many of the sculptor':; works arc in cera- mics and carry his name from one end of production to the other, this is not his first love " favorite mc- diums are marble. soap- Local artist draws Interest from near and far stone and Italian limestone. It is with these mediums that Fusari has done his best work. Fusari explained that he prefers the more expen- sive Italian limestone be- cause of its compactness, making it less likely to chip than Canadian stone. This is especially important due to the delicate nature of his work. Fusari is not bound to the conventional when it comes to sculpting. One of the most bizarre mediums in which he has worked is butter. The Umberto Fusari, pictured here working on his craft, was a common site at the Wellesley Apple Butter Festival. Visits Australia writes on Brazil If you were thinking about writing a book on Brazil and wanted to get your head to gether for it, where should you go? How about Australia? Strange as it may seem Australia worked very well for Dr. Peter Smith, a his- torian for St. Jerome's Col- lege on the University of Waterloo campus He's just back from four months in Melbourne and finds himself all set to undertake a major work that he had previously been very unsure of. Dr, Smith's visit was to La Trobe University, one of three in Melbourne tThe others are the University of Melbourne and Monash lini- versity) Wat'loo Chronic“. W. 0cm 11,1970 - owner of a Teeswater crea- mery was celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary and Fusari was contracted to sculpt a likeness of the couple out of fifty pounds of butter and working from a wedding photo. The result- ing statue was two feet high and took two days to com- plete in near-freezing condi- tions. As for the future, Fusari would like to teach his craft to others but he has a prob- lem. He speaks very little English. In spite of this han- dicap he has managed to conduct three seasonal ses- "La Trobe is rather un- ique for Australia in that it has an Institute of Latin American Studies," he says. "They frequently bring in people from all over the world, for short periods. I was invited for a four-month stint because I specialize in Latin American history and particularly in Brazil." La Trobe is a new univer- sity. It was founded in 1965 and has already acquired a very large history depart- ment (more than 60 faculty members). “It reminded me a bit of Waterloo," Dr Smith says, "rt's all so new. But the fin- ancial squeeze is only now beginning to come into " fect there ,, sions but found communiea- tion with his students dif- ficult. In his spare time Fusari raises chickens, rabbits and racing pigeons. He is a true animal lover. He also fills his time with sketching, and in the summer. gardening in the open field behind his stu- dio. During a time when many people find themselves dis- satisfied with who they are and what they are doing, it is refreshing to meet so- meone like Umberto Fusari, a man who loves what he is doing. Since he was there in Aus- tralia's winter everything was going full blast. He gave public lectures, special lectures, did radio inter- views, talked to Latin American specialists in Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs, visited a number of other cities and campuses, and contributed articles to scholarly and po- pular publications. He also found time to enjoy, with his family. the very different natural environment there. Though there was a good deal of cool, rainy weather there was no snow But it was through his ex- changes with other Latin American specialists-his- (Continued on page 5)