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Busy youngsters perform at Summen‘est It’s a small part of getting used to Peruvian culture, which considers an “don't know" response an insult, explained Miss Sproxton, 34, who is now home on furlough from her teaching post at the Bible Institute in Huanco, Peru. Huanco, approximately 350 miles northeast of Lima. the Pertivian capital, is perched in the mountains 6.000 feet above sea level. It‘s the kind of place that has the population of a city, but the at- mosphere of a town, Miss Sproxton says. Miss Sproxton attended the Canadian Bible College in Regina and holds a nursing degree from the Nightingale School of Nursing in Toronto. Upon graduation from the Bible college, she says, she was at first interested in taking a teaching post in India. but none was open to her. When the position in Huanco became available she left her Stouffville home to spend a year in Costa Rica. hoping that living there would make the ad- justment to the Spanish culture of Peru a little easier. “It was an opfiortunity to learn the language and acclimatize” she said. Culture shock inevitable, says missionary to Peru STOUFFVILLE â€" If you ask anyone in Peru for directions, you’re more than likely to get an answer, Betty Sproxton says. The problem is that more often than not. they will give you an answer before they will admit to not knowing. No, they aren't your typical group of cute kids, but then they aren’t supposed to be. They’re monsters, and they’re taking part in a skit called Monster Mash at last week’s Summerfest in Oak Ridges, the official closing of Richmond Hill parks and recreation department’s Endless variety of homemade crafts can be fashioned from all kinds of simple materials. Here, Susan Dodds, a student in Richmond Hill‘s summer playground program, shows her mother one of the decorative ornaments she made. Well-made ornaments By Denise Romberg Make believe monsters Betty Sproxton . visiting in Stouffvilie summer playground program at local schools. This particular group, , shown with leader Sue Beaudoin (left), includes Roselawn students w Billy Keats, Larry Curry and Raj Bhat. About 1,000 parents from all over Richmond Hill turned out last week to enjoy Summerfest, the program which brought an end to the summer recreation projects held for local students. Apart from several skits and musical performances, the young people displayed some of the art work and crafts they had worked on, such as the candles of Dennis Spraggett (above.) Young candlemaker By the time she took up her post in Huanco, the following year. “I think I was psychologically prepared to adjust, although there are many areas of the culture to which I have not yet made the ad- justment, and probably never Xvill.” r. ,A,__J “trip-{155$ rrrérké the end of her second mission in Peru. Altogether she has worked there eighty years. __ . - . , J ,,,2LL LL- v.0..-J J -___ _ The Bible Institute in Huanco is associated with the Christian Missionary Alliance Church which has set up missions in 4_0 countries throughout the world. ,‘,._I__L_ ._ - “rT-he Hu'eirivcd'scifioelr enrolls 45 Pei-Evian students in a four-year program designed to train them as religious leaders in th_eir_own communities. ,,,L: -L ___.___ . _.-a--_.. .___-_ _ Miss Sproxton sbehdé the school year, which runs from November to April, teaching music, Greek and religious education and she has taken on various projects during ihe summer months. ,,““_:L:‘- A- r V'l‘dhrese includEd travelling to jungle communities to teach natives or working at nursery schools in dif- ferent communities throughout the country; She plans to return to Huanco either in April or July of next year and in future to return home more frequently, perhaps annually for three or four months rather than a year’s furlough at the end of four years work. ” 7Iâ€"‘liâ€"at‘ll mean more travel in addition to the travel requirements of her work, and oddly enough, as Miss Sproxton admits, “I don’t even like to travel." OAK RIDGES â€" For the past six weeks, 11 schools in Richmond Hill have been holding summer playground programs for the youngsters. They are run by the town parks and recreation department and are led by students who have been trained as leaders. ..Dear Marion; My three-year-old apricot tree has never bloomed. ls it ever going to have blossoms? It's otherwise quite vigorous and healthy looking. Mrs. A. J., Thomhill There are three things you can try, but wait until early next spring to do them. The culmination of all this work is an event called Summerfest, held at Bond Lake Arena in Oak Ridges last week The audience was welcomed to Summerfest by Lynton Friedberg, superintendent of recreation. and Give it a good early feeding of a low- nitrogen fertilizer. This will stimulate the tree to produce flower instead of leaf. Prune the tree back fairly severely, taking off almost a third of each branch. Dear Marion; My irises gave very little bloom this spring, and now they look like they’re dying. Will they recover by next year or should I do something for them_?_ And that one’s mine, young Karen Smith tells father Bruce as parents take a tour of arts and crafts displays at last week’s Summerfest sponsored by Richmond Hill parks and recreation department at Bond Lake arena. There were several hundred young people taking part in the summer recreation program at schools throughout the town. No and yes. No, they probably won’t recover by next year and yes, you‘d better do something about the problem. Your irises areâ€"probably éuffering from an infestation of iris borer. Check the leaves for the slimy trail left by this pest. Dig them up and look at the roots where the tell-tale evidence will in- dicate whether the borer has been munching away on those juicy rhizomes. Discard the ones that are heavily infested or badly damaged. Dust the rest with insecticide and replant, after cutting the tops back to about eight inches. Check carefully this time next year, to make sure no eggs were left to hatch and start the whole cycle oye; again. Make sure you havé good drainage for your irises. This prevents root rot. 300 students join in the fun Here’s some advice on irises, apricots You can also try cutting back its In: community news By Marion Bluegrass By Millie Stewart Photos by Glen Day/e ifihtral Wednesday, August 18, 1976 Crafts on display Mr. C.W.. King City This stimulates the tree to produce flower instead of putting its energy into a heavy root system. Dear Marion: My garden seems to be thriving but my house plants that did well all year aren't. Some are getting brown leaves and dying off. What can I do for them? I’ve increased the amount of plant food during summer, and wondered if this was the reason. Mrs. S.T.. Richmond Hill Probably the plant food isn’t the villain at all. House plants do need more nutrients during the summer months, less during the dormant winter season. Check the location of your plants. If they‘ve done well all winter in a southern exposure it could be they’re just getting too much sunlight now. Mayor David Schiller. Schiller said he was impressed with this kind of program, and that he was pleased to see the large number of people who came to see the youngsters perform. Inspite of the fact we’ve had a very cloudy summer, it only takes a few days of sitting behind a pane of glass with the hot sun streaming in to burn delicate leaves and dehydrate the plant completely. Try moving them to a less exposed spot. Even a sunless northern window may be the answer for some house plants, as long as they’re getting plenty of indirect light. And perform they (iii. The Audience was treated to several songs, with about 300 young people joining Skits we're peHbmied by 10 Bifferent groups, and the young peoples‘ crafts work was on display. Every year at Summerfest. a trophy for baseball is present; this year, the winners were the summer playground groups from McConaghy Public School. roots. To do this, draw a circle around the tree slightly smaller in diameter than its unpruned branches. Plunge a spade into the ground all the way around the circle. Remove the dead leaves and ease off on the plant food for a while till the plants have had time to recover and get used to the new location. region gardener Section C