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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 25 Jul 1990, p. 26

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< i 1 i 6 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmnrtville, July 25,1990 Section Two Another Great Recycling Story -<'/ tixF ' - f r ,-x W 'W 1 %*# x /' \ N !1 / * *' 4-H Club Happenings W.O.W. Program Offers Insight to Careers for Students X Student Marlene Wotten of Hampton Junior Public School stands beside the school s last recycling collection of the '89-'90 year. The program was an outstanding outstanding success in its first year - over 45,000 tin cans and 40 boxes of fine paper did not make it to a Durham Region dump and have been recycled. As the Grade 6 students students in charge of the project reported, the tin cans piled end to end, would reach as high as 10 CN Towers! That's a lot of recycling! As once told in this newspaper, newspaper, there is an organized By Nancy Pleasance Third Meeting of Leadership Club Quote-"Learn to do by doing!" doing!" This is also our 4-H club motto. The third meeting of the Leadership club met at the home of Jill Brown on Wednesday, July 11,1990 at 8:00 p.m. Our president, Diana Mostert opened the meeting and welcomed our visitors, Jill VanCamp and Rita - the interprovincial exchange student. Nancy Pleasance was acting secretary as Brian Lovshin was unable to come to the meeting. Maps were handed out for the next meeting which is in Tyrone Tyrone at 8:00 p.m. on July 31, 90. The members list was passed around so all could write down the correct spellings of everybody's name. There was no Achievement Report. The president handed the meeting meeting over to the leaders. Craig Larmer started the meeting called "Speaking Out" by telling us about proper voice projection. We then participated in a game called Forceful Nursery Rhymes. Members overemphasized overemphasized certain words in each nursery rhyme. When speaking you must keep eye contact as not to lose your audience. Lois McLeod then demonstrated demonstrated how to change a diaper. diaper. This was to show members that sometimes it is essential to use gestures and body language. Some participated in this activity. Jill Brown and Sean McKenzie did the social recreation recreation at this time. We had to identify codes and messages messages on paper. Members then paired off and gathered their thoughts together for an impromptu speech that was saia in front of the group. The meeting was adjourned adjourned after 10:00 p.m. Tracey Welsh thanked Jill Brown for hosting the meeting. Rice Krispies and drink were enjoyed by all. XI X m , x ' ; X ■ X jjJÇB ■ é ; X' X \ \ \ ;• -, j Jehovah's Witnesses Planning Convention recycling program in°Hamp- ton Junior Public School. In that article, I told you how we wanted this program program to work, and how we got things started. Now, I would like to tell you how our bright idea keeps getting brighter. At our school we try to do many things to help the environment, environment, so everybody gets in the spirit of things. Everybody wants to be num- CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE NOTICE OF HIGHWAY CLOSING TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, at the meeting to be held in the Council Chambers, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario, on Tuesday, September September 4, 1990, at the hour of 6:00 p.m., propose to pass a bylaw bylaw to stop-ùp and close and to authorize the sale of parts of the road allowance(s) described as Devitt's Lane in Part of Lot 12, Concession 1, former Town of Bowmanville, now in the Town of Newcastle, according to Queen's Block Plan, more particularly described described as Parts 2 and 3 of the unregistered plan. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT before passing the said by-law, Council or a Committee of Council shall hear in person, or by his Counsel, Solicitor or Agent, any person who claims that his land will be prejudicially affected by this by-law, and who applies to be heard. Patti L. Barrie, A.M.C.T. (A) Town Clerk 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3A6 Dates to be Published: Wednesday, July 25, August 1,8,15,1990 ber one when the totals are announced in assembly. Marlene Wotten, a girl from our grade six class, makes graphs each week, so we can keep track of everything, everything, and she mainly organizes organizes the program and makes announcements. From our figures we collected collected approximately 1200 pieces pieces of tin and 2 boxes of fine paper, every week! This equals out to more than 45,000 cans for the year. That would almost be enough to build 10 towers the height of the C N Tower, just from tin cans! The program is working out great and we might be expanding oudoors, and collecting collecting glass bottles also. Here v s another reminder, by all the totals I gave you, could you imagine all these products going to the dump instead? So, if it's working out so well for us, shouldn't you get involved with your community? -By: Cynthia Merkas Grade 6, Hampton Junior Public School Officials of the Watchtow- er Bible and Tract Society have revealed completion of plans for a series of 32 district district ' conventions of Jehovah's Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada during the summer of 1990. Spokesman Tibor A. Gri- bovsky said in Hamilton that 28 separate facilities would be used to accommodate accommodate 150,000 delegates expected expected for the four-day district district convention meetings. Gribovsky said the convention convention program would be presented in 12 languages. In addition to English they include: French, Arabic, Chinese, Chinese, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. Gribovsky said 17,500 would represent 145 congregations congregations from South-Central part of Ontario at the convention convention scheduled July 19- 22 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. Speaking of language, Gribovsky said language has been a divisive factor in human human relations for centuries. "Language is only ail the one oi reasons for divisions among men, however", he said. "Others are nationality, nationality, race, education and social social status. But Jehovah's Witnesses are working internationally internationally to overcome all these divisive factors and become become truly united," The convention theme for 1990 is "Pure Language". The program will stress that the "pure language" is one of VCR CLINIC Saturday. 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Yet, a striking oneness oneness was manifest by all of the over 160,000 that attended," attended," he said. By means of talks, demonstrations, demonstrations, symposiums and dramas the theme of international international unity will be emphasized, emphasized, Gribovsky said. Students in the Work Orientation Workshops (WOW) had a tour of Memorial Hospital Bowmanville last week to learn about the different types of jobs one finds in a hospital facility. The students taking part in the program (pictured here) attend workshops one day a week and work the remaining four. The students also earn two co-operative education credits towards their high school diploma. Ten students in the Town of Newcastle are gaining invaluable invaluable work experience this summer. The students, participating participating in a program offered by the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education Education and the Ministry for Employment and Immigration, Immigration, are learning about what it's like to belong to the workforce. W.O.W. (Work Orientation Orientation Workshops) is a nine week summer program that has been designed to enable students to gain a greater awareness of essential employee employee skills, future employment employment goals and methods of obtaining these goals. Linda Gibson, the trainer in the program, said the students students develop a good attitude attitude through the program and this gives them a desire to learn more. Most of the students involved involved are in grades 10 and 11 and have been referred to the WOW program by their teachers. One day each week, the 10 attend a workshop where such things as communication communication skills, personal financial financial management, business functioning, .workplace practices practices and future employment planning are discussed. For tne rest of the week they are employed by businesses businesses in the community. Some of the places the students are working include include the Oshawa Public Library, Library, the Bowmanville Recreation Recreation Complex and the Scugog Professional Building. Building. Mrs. Gibson said the em ployers have all been pleased with the students, saying that they are working working very hard. Last week, they took part in a tour of Memorial Hospital Hospital Bowmanville to become familiar with the types of jobs available there and the education needed to perform those jobs. The federal government is funding the program and the board is awarding students students involved with two cooperative cooperative education credits. in 1990 '-S* T y-T y< >0 ÎN i&6» ; 1990 Cutlass Supreme International Series Coupe trucks PARTS CHEVROLET • OLDSMOBILE CADILLAC • CHEVY TRUCKS

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