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PAGE 22 - WATERtOO CHRONICLE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1982 CHRISTIAS HOURS NEW YEARS HOURS PARKDILE PLAZA 468 “BERT ST. “and” Fri. Doc. " " Sat. Doe. " Cloud Sun. Doc. " Cloud Mon. Dec. " 12-6 PARKDALE PHARMACY .evV ..; -,.\ _ _ a” . l ’42,. criiiti)iiiitis'sit'isi"q " in?“ , l gl .264 lr _ " _ N' f y", _ a" a q T 'ro. C" 1 ,1" ' V 'li""' Ff0ttj,, -. T _----..- _ " f9: Fri. Doc. 31 " Sat. Jan. in Cloud g Churchill students g learn many lessons Standing proudly around the toys they made for Christmas youngsters not as tortunati as themselves are some of Mr. Paul Wieck's grade " at Winston Churchill school it-, Natalie Talbot, Reena 1fasudeva, Claire Lockton. David Rohr, Shelly Maison. Mari, Diogenous, Murray Timm, David Kipter, Lorne King and Marc Gelinas. It was an assignment accept- ed with the understanding that it wasn't going to be easy, but after making stuffed animals. puppets and superbly-crafted wooden toys to give to children less fortunate than themselves at Christmas. Mr. Paul Wieck's grade " class at Winston Churchill school gained some- thing far more valuable. An appreciation of others. Since mid-October. the young- sters have been. with the neces- sary help of parents and Wieck himself where needed, busy sewing, stitching, sanding and smoothing quality toys, items that would hold their own on any toy store shelf in the big depart- ment stores. What may not show up in the items themselves, but to be sure has been ever-present is the pride the 31 children have taken vis a vis quality craft- manship. "The idea (of making toys for the needy) started last year," said Wieck Friday during morn- ing recess. "A group called the Maycourt Puppeteers, which is Rick Campbell Chlomcle Statt a puppet group that trgvels from school to school and also operates a second-hand shop and distributes goods to the needy, asked if we were inter- ested in making toys. We said we'd try it and they really liked the toys we made. We told them we'd try it again this year, only start earlier, so we've been at it since about mid-October." Scrounging some materials from industries gracious enough to donate materials, and paying for other materials through stu- dents hot dog fundraising sales, the students began one period a week through October and No- vember devoting time to the toy-making project. In the past couple of weeks, arts and en- vironmental study time has also been used to complete the proj- ects for Friday, when Maycourt personnel came to take the items from the school to deliver to the needy children. “It's a happy day and a sad day for the kids, they've worked so hard to make these things they'd love to be able to keep them themAselves, especially A,“ i MRa8tlgg8tl?gg8ta8ttggrtttgrtagti At this Holiday Season I take measure on behall of the Council and Staff of the City of Watellob m wushmg you a , mama“ City of Waterloo "That's something Wk stressed right from the very beginning," said Wieck, wht along with his wife lists crafting toys as a hobby himself. “Re gardless of the fact that we were giving the toys away, I told them there's no sense making some. thing they wouldn't use or ac. cept themselves. The immediate impression seeing all the various toy: grouped together, is one ol amazement for the high quality of every project. But in insisting in top quality' Wieck points out the student not only learn it is better to giv than to receive, but that the also realize what it takes t produce quality crafts - and th reasons behind it. That, he says is a lesson they can take wit them all through life. The toys, all initially designed by the children, range in size from 15450 centimeters and in subject matter from simple trucks and boats to double hitched tractor-trailers. when you look at the tim: involved and the quality there,' said Wieck. Rich emu