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Section Two /Y 1 : : ,-ÿ ù-, n f M f ïM iff '•>? Éf /{s y? - "'". yT'if 77 t.v~ ';ï <• •• , ... Æk€jjÀu ^ : ) toM • v , > /;- Wednesday, January 18,1984 ci y > .1 là The Siberian huskies shown above made up one of the dog sled teams used to provide rides to the pleasure seekers who attended CLOCA's activity day Saturday. 7 v i ; 7/ z V 1 -sc v6 .7 ■ / -d:^ r; v'i fsl. VF : Mü Why don't you lean on someone your own size? The little lad above was nearly bowled over by the enthusiasm of one of the Siberian huskies. huskies. Cross country skiing was one of the popular features. Merrilee and Charlie Trim are shown above as they head for the trails. Horse drawn sleigh rides through the Enniskillen conservation area was one of the popular Activity Day attractions. Brian Hall Leaving for Huron County •'!/// ♦ ?i I -^i Will J ***/ 11 p: y-, ill ! > %'■ ' $!n ;i:4 1 * r lion, Brian recalls. Brian explains that he is looking forward to the move to his new job next month. But he admits that he will miss the friendships he made with people in East Durham. They were very friendly and receptive, he recalls. However, he noted that the new posting is important important to his career and to his ongoing knowledge of the agricultural profession. "I'm looking forward to learning about agriculture in another part of Ontario," he said. Christian Women's Club 1 <7V « , '■ I \ a ■ ?» 14 i » s 1 3 ! s Growing up in the urban environment of North York hasn't stopped Brian Hall from pursuing a career in agriculture. For one thing, Brian recalls recalls that North York wasn't without its rural areas. In fact, he grew up next door to his uncle's farm and he gained some early insight into agriculture from that experience. In addition, Brian worked on various farming operations operations during school holidays holidays and alter graduating from an animal and poultry science program at Guelph. His work on farms gave him a practical background in swine, sheep, and poultry operations. Brian also feels that because because he didn't grow up on a farm, he was able to approach approach the agricultural industry industry from an objective viewpoint, and without preconceived preconceived ideas, "I really enjoy the work I do and working with rural people," he recalled in an interview last week. He said he especially likes working at the grass roots level where he can deal directly with producers. producers. Since he started his career with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's Bowmanville office, Brian has been responsible mainly for working with rural organizations. Assisting the 411 Club has been one of his major assignments assignments and he enjoys seeing seeing young people develop their leadership potential. There's satisfaction seeing a young person tackling new projects whether these include speaking in public or showing a calf. His responsibilities in Durham East have also included included working with agricultural agricultural societies, leadership leadership training, assisting volunteers, volunteers, and arranging seminars. His job is one where each day brings a new challenge and new knowledge. It's rare that the same thing is ever done twice. "It's a challenge challenge to keep abreast of the rapid changes in agriculture," agriculture," Brian explains. Having begun his career at the Bowmanville office in 1980, Brian Hall's current title is that of rural organizations organizations and services specialist. specialist. ■ But as of the end of this month, he'll be taking on a new job with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Huron County. Brian has been promoted to the position position of farm management specialist in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food's office office in Huron County. His role will be to counsel and advise farm families. He adds that his specialty will be in the area of field crops. Both his experience with farm organizations during the past three years and his continuing staff training with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food have provided him with the background needed for this assignment. Huron County is a major farming area. It has 3,500 commercial farms, compared compared to about 1,000 such farms in Durham East. Major agricultural activities activities in the county include include cash crops and livestock. livestock. In 1982, the county's total agricultural production production was valued at $340 mil- Christian Women's Club of the town of Newcastle invites you to attend its third monthly dessert - coffee to be held in the Lions Centre on Beech Street in Bowmanville on Jan. . 24 from 1:15 - 3:15 p.m. Last month over 100 women attended and enjoyed a relaxing relaxing but informative program. program. This month's Special Feature will be Fitness to Music by Gail Willoughby, Program Worker for YWCA. Also included are vocal selections selections and an inspirational speaker who relates warmly to today's woman. C.W.C. is a non-denomina- tional international organization organization with no membership or fees. Come and enjoy this delightful delightful afternoon in a warm friendly atmosphere. Baby sitting is provided. Please make your reservation reservation by calling Catherine Humber 623-2872, Nell Stevenson Stevenson 623-7750, or Verna Sarginson 623-7227, A young dog sled rider is shown above just before take-off. Ambulance Service Answers 183 Calls During December The ambulance service in this area had a busy December when their vehicles covered 4,341 kilometers responding to a total of 183 calls. There were GO emergency calls, three of them code 4's which involved life threatening situations. Total transfer calls were 107, taking patients to nursing homes, other hospitals, etc. and the total calls for other areas numbered 16. -, US v 'jf Z&OiLV..F* .s Newcastle Councillor Bruce Taylor set politics briefly aside Saturday Saturday when he drove a team of huskies during CLOCA's activity day dog sledding attraction. Computers Stressed at Separate Schools First Activity Day Jan. 20 Special emphasis will be placed on computers in the classroom when the Peterborough, Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle Roman Catholic Separate School Board holds its first Professional Activity Day of 1984. The event will take place on Friday, January 20, at the St. Peter's Elementary School, in Peterborough. Teachers taking part in the computer workshops will be instructed on evaluating software and to prog- given the opportunity work with current rams. There will be sessions for teachers with limited experience experience on a computer to actually work with a machine, learn how to operate operate it, and load a program. Other topics to be dealt with during the one-day seminar include art, music, French, mathematics, and a variety of other subjects intended intended to assist teachers in the separate school system. Winners of Hockey Tickets At the Jan. 9th, 1984 meeting of the Bowmanville Lions Club the following were winners in the bi-weekly draw for a pair of hockey tickets: Oshawa Generals' Games Jan. 21 - 29th - Gerry Taylor (no. 304), Lindsay Terreau (No. 424), Carol Wall 399), Simon Ker (No. 512). Maple Leaf's Games Jan - 28th - Brett Richards (No. 251), M. L. Clemens (No. 640), Joanne Partridge (No. Don Allin (No. 5), McCormick (No. 98), McIntyre (No. 433), Merlin Suggart (No. 724), Tim's Rental (No. 758). (No. 18 699), Gord R. No Change Newcastle's general purpose committee is recommending that no changes be made to regulations which keep refreshment vehicles from setting up shop closer than 60 metres from a restaurant. Town Clerk David Oakes noted in a report to the committee that a restaurant restaurant owner had asked that town by-laws be re-written so that mobile refreshment trucks could not park within 100 metres of an eating establishment. establishment. The clerk noted that if the distance distance were increased, then at least Wanted two longstanding operators would be forced out of business or to a new location. "It is staff's opinion that the 60 metre distance offers sufficient protection to the owners and operators of eating establishments and accordingly, it is recommended that the request to extend the distance distance restriction from 60 metres to 100 metres be denied," said Mr. Oakes. The general purpose committee concurred with this recommendation, recommendation, B.H.S. NEWS By Janice Scto, Editor The Bowmanville High School News team plans to begin the year of 1984 with an announcement: Due to exams, the Editor and Sam Laskaris will not be writing the weekly columns during the month of January. Columns may appear but not on a weekly basis. We hope to have the understanding of (lie publie concerning the altered schedule, The B.H.S. News personnel and other extra-curricular teams and clubs are curtailing regular activities to study for the January exams, E one's resolution this year be to study, Good luck to all very- must Children and adults were encouraged to ride drive a leant of huskies. An instruction session ot lining tlie tricks of the trade was given before rid it began.