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.,.......-.-..._--_..,. Cooking for a crowd Woodstock high school students and their teach- ers showed their appreciation to co-op employers at a barbecue Thursday at the CAW Hall. Here, Bill Gillespie, a co-operative education teacher at Hu- ron Park Secondary School and Holly Murray, a Grade 12 student at Woodstock Collegiate insti- tute, flip hamburgers and wieners during the event. Natasha Weaver (left) gets a helping hand from Optimist Sandra Dearling during a blanket stitch project sponsored both financially and educationally by the Optimist club. Also in the photo are Mary Jane Saunders (and front) Andrea Nelson and Emily Heersink. (Laura Green Photo) By LAURA GREEN "This 15 how you thread a needle," instructed Embro and West Zorra Optimist Club president Sandra Dearling to .an eager group of lst Embro 'Brownies. Bag tags ordered in Zorra Bag tagging in Zorra Town'- ship gets underwaylune l and mayor Jim Muterer says eve- rything possible is being done to prepare the residents for it. He says tlte bag tags have been ordered. ' During Friday's Zhrra Coun- cil meeting there was consid-- erable discussion about the process. Residents were reminded that the cost of garbage collection and tipping fees has been re-- moved l'rom the budget. in- stead, the taxpayers all pay according to the number of bags they put out each week. "In other words," says Mut- erer, "they pay for the collec- tion of their own garbage only." Council stressed that resi- dents should use their blue boxes and once again reviewed what can be put into them. Papers allowed in include: newsprint, inserts and ?yers, telephone books, magazines and catalogues, egg cartons, wrapping paper, fine paper, boxboard (cereal or detergent boxes) and corrugated card- board. Not allowed are drink boxes, pizza boxes, books and foil wrapping paper. Plastics allowed are food and beverage containers with the number 1 inside the Mobius Loop on the bottom ofthe con- tainer; and plastic containers 'such as bleach or fabric sof- tener bottles. Metals that may be put into the blue box are food cans/ lids, beverage cans, aluminum foil and dishes, foil wrapping paper. Not allowed are aerosol cans,pots and pans,paintcans, wrapping paper, lawn furni- ture. In the glass department, ac-- ceptable are: clear, green and brown, food containers, bev-- erage containers, broken win-- dow glass in a separate con-- tainer. Not acceptable are light bulbs, mirrors, window glass, pottery , dishware and ceram- ics. NEW CLERK The mayor said that the budget occupied most of the meeting and he came away feeling that council had come up with "a good budget." Muterer also noted they are down to the final three appli- cants for the position of clerk. There were 46 applications for the job. The initial short list had eight applicants on it and now the final three will be in- terviewed again at a special council meeting, by the entire council. Along with teaching hands, the Optimist club made a ?- nancial contribution toward the cost of a blanket project. MANY CONTRIBUTIONS The Brownies are sewing the blanket stitch (an embroidery stitch) around the neck edge and the outside edges of their poncho-style camp blanket. EBlanket support for brownies Extra hands from parents; Path?nders and friends helped the 29 Brownies to accomo plish this fun task. I The Brownies can sew their non-uniform crests on the new blankets or use them for warmth around a camp?re, or while sleeping in a cabin or tent . . Kingsway Tea and Fashion Show Modelling during Kingsway Lodge's annual fashion show was resident Isabel Clark. Tea and many delicious desserts were served. l l