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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 23 Nov 1983, p. 3

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Representatives of six southern Ontarto mmfiiâ€"suhn‘ulht-'m t, of Waterioo during the weekend to plot Kitchener Postmasters Ron Kueneman (right) presents a collection of 1982 stamps and a certificate to Shaun Dugan (left) of the 12th Kitchener Ventures Company. Shaun was runnerâ€"up in a stamp design contest sponsored by Canada Post to commemorate the 75th anmversary of scouting in Canada.â€" Pat Arbuckie photo movement in the province. ;un'â€"lhlmjw’-bdlh-ueâ€"! It‘s a familiar scene for Shaun Dugan â€" a small group of hikers weighted down with backpacks picking their way along the bank of a stream as the setting sun casts its orange and purple hues over the whole landscape. The i6 yearâ€"old aspirimg Waterico artis! recently learned that be was runnerâ€"up in a stamp design contest sponsored by Canada Post with this depiction of the scouting life. The contest. beld to commemorate 73 years of scouting in Canada. attracted more thas 5.000 entries across Canada from boys five to 21 years dage.&flsvmaskdwmammpthat -uldmylheirimiamdm,m winning entry. submitted by 12 yearâ€"old Mark Fournier of Edmundston. New Brunswick. was reproduced on a stamp issued by Canada Post in June. Fourmer also won an expenseâ€"paird tmp to the Worlid Jamboree for Scouts beld this The fastâ€"approaching winter may be uppermost in the minds of most of us. but for a small group of Waterioo residents it‘s the sounds of summer which are occupying their The group of eight organized last year with the purpose of launching a new summer music festival next year â€" what they‘ve come up with is a plan for an old tyme picnic and calvalcade of music‘ entitled the Sounds of Summer. The new festival will combine the new musical theme and the annual Waterioo Days events of previous summers. Wm.mm.chmdht&â€"lsd Summer organizing committee. It will offer a wide variety of musical types, including country and western. church, drum Turnmbull conceived of the idea for the summer mausic festival last year during the city‘s 125th celebrations, which featured a play dealing with Waterioo‘s musical heritage. 1. The Parade. In the 19205 and *30s Waterioo was internationally renowned as a centre for band festivals. said Turnbuil. "It occurred to me, what a tremendous resource the city Mhh&lfly.uncdlbhblh‘fid‘fi.fiy couldn‘t we do it in the "Sis." Shaun comes close with artistic stamp Planned festival harkens back to days when band music was king Disarmament groups point towards public awareness and social change in uproming months are twololid ~to inform Canadian youth of the disarma m*md*m ment issue and ~behind thescenes" lob and to take that awareness and fuane! it bying to bave Ontario and Canadas deâ€" tweard social change." clared nuciear weapons free romes. Yrategies endorsed by conference par Participants also resoived to undertake tripants mclude a nation wide letierâ€"writ 2 massive national campaign to make Jns rcammatem drerted at aB elected disarmament an issue in the next federal mg a education program in the school system to in the months prior to summer in Kanaskis Valley. Alberta As a runnerâ€"up in the contest. Shaun received a certificate presented by Kitchener Postmaster Ron Kueneman on behalf of Andre Ouellet. certificate. together with a stamp album containing a complete collection of all 1M Canadian stamps and a first day cover issue. were awarded in a ceremony last week at Highland Road Baptist Church. Shaun. a member of the 12th Kitchener Shaun. a member of the 12?th Kitchener Ventures Co. described his winning design. done vivid fall scene by a stream. the other of scouts canseing and hiking. "I‘m interested in art and | thought that i might be able to win (the contest)." he ex _ Although disappointed that he didn‘t manage to win the trip to the World Jamboree. he said that he was bappy to be a finalist. Sounds of Summer will ~harken back to those days and bring them back.~ he sard. Turnbuil added the festival will have a ~nostaigic flavor~ reflecting a good old summertime atmosphere of family fun. picuics in the park. music and ice cream . Planning is already in the works for the first Sounds of Summer Festival, the weekend of June 22, 23 and 24. Organizers are busy scheduling the musical entertainment. which will be offered at two accredited music halls, and at numerous sites in and around Waterioo Park. Also planned is a major drunt and bugle corps competition at Seagram Stadium and a parade from Uptown to the park on Saturday the 23rd. Other events include an arts and crafts show . an antique car exhibition hosted by the Waterioo Studebaker Club. sports Wrsfimwnwmmm.fiumlhksmral. Five thousand dollars will come from the city; the group has applied for a $10.000 grant from the province: and the remaining $5.000 must be raised through corporate or M“Mflubdum“&tm Turabuil said. Turnbuil added that the committee is also on the lookout for volunteers to help out in the organization of the festival. s of all kinds and an Interfaith Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Federated Appeal is less than $12.000 short of its 1983 campaign target of $1.375.000. and drive organizers Campaign organizer David Ufâ€" felman told the approximately 200 volunteers and supporters attendâ€" ing the Appeal‘s achievement lunâ€" cheon last week that $1.363.000 in pledges had been collected: $1.133.000 in firm pledges and an a2dditiona! 230000 in projected doâ€" nations based on canvasses still in *‘The campaign is not over.~ Uffeilman told the gathering ~~There are still many uncompletâ€" ed canvasses ... the campaign team intends to maintain the momentum for several weeks yvet. This year‘s target was 2 $95.000 increase over the last year‘s total of $1.230.000. Even if this campaign reaches its goal. Federated Appeal will still have to use reserve funds to meet the needs of its # member agencies next year. making it the third year in a row that the organization has had to draw on its We will do everything in our power to exceed our projections had been a ~challenging year" for At the luncheon appeal president David Macintosh said that 193 Appeal must still draw on reserves WATERLOC CHRCORBACLE. WEDNESDAY . MOVEMBER 23. 1983 â€" PAGE 3 «’::(,’3:0 A._ C WG®) @0 0| Peace Caravan will trave!l across the A first in Ontarie, the conference was organized in a move to co ordinate activi ties of participating peace groups in order to mcrease their effectiveness. explained Federated Appeal, which was not despite digging wdeeper and deeper into our reserve fund. adding the only answer is to raise the leve! of giving in the communiâ€" If we are to succeed in meeting the needs of our member agencies we will have to be aggressive and innovative. and utilize the talents has been a wellâ€"balanced biend of proven and new initiatives." held to homor 16 local companies. employee groups and unions for their contributions to the Appeal‘s Pacesetter Canvas. which precedâ€" ed the fall drive. Honored were Mutual Life of Canada and employees: Krug Furâ€" niture Inc. and employees: Peat. Marwick. Mitchell and Co. and empliovees Kaufman Footwear employees. Erb and Erb Insurâ€" ance and employees, Dutch Boy ployees. Employees of Waterioo Sales Office. Mutual Life; Rub beriine Products and employees; Inc.: Bell Canada and Belil Canada Employees Fund for Community ees. Employees of Kâ€"W Hospital: Canada Trust and Canada Trust Employee Staff Association. Dare Foods and employees: Do was

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