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( 6 - OrQno Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 5, 1997 CAROUND THE REGION - Clarington is the only Munlcipality in the Durham reglon not providing fluoride in the drinklng water. In the early 1 980's some residents requested the fluoridation service, but a group led by a local retired dentist strongly opposed it and so did council. - Durham Board of Education will reinstate junior kindergarten in their schools after cancelling the programi last year due to higli cost. - Ail regional Municipalities received a letter from the Niagara region warning that Vldeo Lottery Terminais (VLT's) are conisidered to be the "crack cocaïne" of the 1990's and should not be placed anywhere else but in permanent casinos and race- tracks. The Niagara resolu- tion says that VLT put into bars, restaurants, bingo halls charity casinos etc. will prey upon the most vuinerable in our society. Seeing how Niagara lias its own permanent casino, Oshawa Mayor, Nancy Diamond thought the resolu- tion was rather biased. - Ail non personal laundry items from regionally operat- ed homes for the aged will be contracted out. Contracting out the laundering oftowels and bed linen will save Durham $450,00 'in this year's budget. C:»* COuUNCIL BRIEFS - Mark. Stewart wtll be seli- ing dog licenses door to door in Clarington. Mark will be carrying proper identification from the Munlcipality of Clarington. - A resolutton was passed instructing staff to prepare a by-law prohibiting lap danc- ing within the Municipality of Clarington. li them and wanted to learn more about them. He found the project to be very chai- lenging, but stili fun. Created by: Shawn Rypstra and Diana Galley POETRY *This year like evexy year, Kirby school is selecting poems to go in the voting of the annual poetry antliology. Five poems from eadh class wiil be selected. Then only one or maybe two poems wili be put in the anthology. It is an honour to have your poem in the anthology. The three poems dhosen last year were: "Skiing," by Chielsea Watson, "The Sniowm-an," by Daniel Gibb, and "My Birtliday," by Michael Tomnson. Poetry con- sist of lots of thouglit, liard work and determination. Anyone who lias lis or lier poems seiected for the anthol- ogy will bc acknowledged for their efforts. PARTY Friday, February 14th was St. Vaientîne's day! Time to party f'or the grade 6 ciass. Rock on! We the grade 64s lad a great ime playing games (vol- ieyball etc.), muniching veg- gies and chips, drinking punch, iistening to loud music and having the battie - Mr, Stockwell - Chief Administrative Officer for the Municipality voiced lis con- cern regarding the floor tule at the Municipal offices. The floor tules are slippery when wet and the runners on the floor are not providing ade- quate coverage of the tiles. Several people have falien on the wet floors including two councillors and Mr. Stockwell doesn't want this to turn into a iiabiiity. Mayor Hamre was not con- vinced wali to waii carpeting would solve the problem and suggested other buildings with the same problem be iooked at for a solution. During the monthi of February the grade 6 stu- dents worked on a project about the ocean. Inthis pro- ject students could choose among four types of researchi. The first study is the charac- terlstics about a creature or area you wouid like to learn about. The second type is how plants and animais func- tion li the ocean. The third type is about the changes in the water enviroximent and animais. The fourth type is about how humans, plants and animais Interact wlth each other in the ocean. Our resources were books, encyclopedia, computers, videos and magazines. We presented our information as a bookiet, poster display, computer/authority or speech. We interviewed a~ student fromi our class to find out how lie feit about the ocean project. Mattliew Caruana, researdlied eels because hli 15very înterested Kirby Public Sehool News