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Flag Raising Mark Block Parent Week in Town Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, October 30,1991 5 -What's Happening Scugog Choral Society to Present "Hello Dolly" The Scugog Choral Society is presenting only a fall production production this season. We have chosen "Hello Dolly." This delightful delightful musical, comedy- romance features music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and book by Michael Stewart, (produced (produced by permission of Tams- Witmark, N.Y.). The story revolves around widow Dolly Levi (Catherine Millar), matchmaker, who is hired to find a wife for local store owner (and 1/2 a millionaire!) millionaire!) Horace Vandcrgcldcr (Wally Bone). Dolly, however, has decided to land Horace herself, and so "sets him up," in more ways than one, with the local millincrcss, Mrs. Mol- loy (Barbara Bone). Romance is in the air, (and in the closet!) as Mrs. Molloy and her assistant, assistant, Minnie Fay (Nancy Brown), arc courted by two of Horace's store clerks, Corne- licus Hackl (Garvin Farr) and Bamaby Tucker (Terry Paul). Many comic misadventures lead to a happy ending where Dolly gets her man! Dr. Tom Millar returns as our Musical Director for this production, along with Nina Foxall, who has brought us many successes, as Stage Di rector. Show Dates: Thurs. - Sun. November 21st - 24th. Thursday Thursday - Sunday, November 28th - December 1st. Times: Evening shows - 8 p.m., Sunday Matinees - 2 p.m. at Town Hall 1873, comer of Queen and Simcoc St. S., Port Perry, Ontario. Tickets arc available at two locations: 1) Irwin Smith Mu- JUJ V^UCCIt Jt., Perry, 2) The Wardrobe Exchange, Exchange, 113 Dundas St. W., Whitby, (416) 666-9225. Questions may be directed to producer Jean Kennedy - 985-2570. Be Smart and Safe on Hallowe'en The KidsCarc program of Consumer and Corporate Affairs Affairs Canada has some safely tips to help parents and other caregivers get ready for Hallowe'en. Hallowe'en. One of KidsCarc's goals is to make adults who care for children aware of things they can do to reduce the number and seriousness of accidental injuries suffered by children. * Look for costumes, beards and wigs labelled "Flame- Resistant" - nylon or polyester costumes are best. . * Avoid outfits with big, baggy sleeves or billowing skirts to lessen the risk of contact contact with candles. * Place pumpkins with candles candles well away from doors and walk-ways. * Choose brightly-colored costumes that will be clearly visible to motorists. * Decorate costumes with reflective tape for even greater visabiltiy. On Monday morning, October 21, a flag-raising ceremony ceremony took place at the Town Hall, in honor of National Block Parent Week, October 20 - 26. Surrounding the grade one class from Central School, arc, from left to right: Muriel Moynes, chairperson for Block Parent Program; Program; Dorothy Chadwick, chairperson for Town of New castle Block Parent Program; Regional Councillor Ken Hooper, (holding the flag); Regional Councillor Diane Ham re; Joan Flintoff, teacher; and Jennifer Bryant, a coop coop student. To inquire about becoming a Block Parent, call Town of Newcastle Block Parents at 723-9125. Space Available in YWCA Adult Workshops The YWCA is currently accepting registration for the following Adult Workshops: "Decorative Picture Frames"--November 7 at Bowmanvillc High School. Choose from a variety of designs designs as you create your own cloth picture frame. Price for the workshop is $12.50, bring your own fabric and materials and save on the cost of a kit. Please bring your own scissors, scissors, straight pins, glucgun and glue sticks. "French Heirloom Sewing"--Once Sewing"--Once a week for three consecutive weeks, Nov. 28, Dec. 5 and Dec. 12 at Bow- manville High School. Learn how to design and make a unique pillow using French laces and Swiss embroideries. Fees arc $20 for YWCA members and $25 for non- YWCA members. Kit prices will vary from $10 to $30 which will be payable on the first night of the course. Please bring your own sewing sewing machine! Personalized Plates are Perfect for the Person Who Has Everything What do you give the person person who has everything this Christmas season? Personalized Personalized licence plates may be the aaswer to your shopping dilemma. dilemma. If so, the Ministry of Transportation Transportation reminds you that the best time to order is now. Personalized licence plates must be ordered by October 31, 1991 to be ready for holiday holiday gift-giving. Cost is $106.30 per set (this includes GST). First introduced in July 1983, personalized plates have become popular gifts. To date, more than 270,000 have been issued. It's important to place your order by the deadline date as its takes six to eight weeks for preparation and delivery. If you miss the October 31 deadline, the ministry will provide provide a special envelope to enclose enclose your cheque for the licence licence plate. Recipients can then go to their local licence issuing issuing office and choose what they want on their plates. The cheque holders arc free and available at all licence issuing Students to Attend All Saints' Day In Cobourg About 150 young people will take the day off school on November 1st to participate in a special All Saints' Day event at St. Peter's Anglican Church, Cobourg. The event will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. . To celebrate this holy day in the Christian calendar, children children from Grades 1 to 8 will participate in drama, writing and craft workshops. They will also create a worship service that will be held at the end of the day. All Saints' Day Celebration '91 is the second such event in the Deanery of Durham and Northumberland. Last Spring's Ash Wednesday event was. most successful. Eight parishes within the deanery and two from outside will be represented, represented, For more information, contact contact the Reverend Canon Byron Yates at (416) 623-5873 or your local Anglican Church, Van Belle I Floral Shoppes ...much more than a flower store! 14 STOHES .HtghwyNo.2 • King SI W„ Oshiwi • Slmcoi St, N., Oihm • 100 Dumb» SI. W,, w«*irr Whitby TrMtomwhi o! Vm Otdmi LM offices across the province. ' Personalized plates may have from two to six characters made up of any combination of letters and up to two numerals. ready been chosen or arc deemed to be in questionable taste are excluded. For full details, contact your local licence issuing office. Patrick G. Deegan DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC 5 GEORGE STREET, BOWMANVILLE 623-4473 or 623-6477 IARR insurants Serving Newcastle aream For over 17years" • Auto • Home • Farm • Commercial • Industrial 5 King St. E. at Mill Street Newcastle Village 987-5229 ' EVERGREENE Property Maintenance and Landscape Design Fall Clean-up, Fertilizing, Weed Spraying, Grass Cutting, Shrub Planting, Bush-Hog Service 62 Duke St., Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 2V5 KEVIN CROOKS (416) 623-5125 Dr. Bruce G. Wilson DENTIST 118 King Street West Newcastle Village 987-2155 Mon., Wed. 9 a.m. -1 p.m.; Tues., Thurs., Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Siding, Soffits, Fascia, Cupping Hoofing, Doors, Windows, Trough No job too big or too small Telephone 434-7994 Bowmanvillc, Ont. "Sculptured Lampshade Technique's--is offered on Feb. 13, 1992 at Bowmanvillc Bowmanvillc High School. The cost is $12.50 plus an additional $5 to $10 per kit payable at the night of the class. "Gardening with Perennials'--will Perennials'--will be instructed by Sharon McGee of the Bramble Bramble Bush on Wednesday, March 25 at Bowmanvillc High School. The price to register is $12.50 anyone who is interested in gardening gardening is encouraged to attend. Please remember that preregistration preregistration and payment is a must for all YWCA programs. programs. For more information on our programs contact the YWCA office 133 Church St., or call 623-9922 (YWCA). We Wont Leave You Out In The Cold At Esso, we're very proud of our delivery commitment and proud of our people who guarantee you will never run out of heating oil this winter. We won't leave you out in the cold! And to prove our commitment we back it with this FREE oil offer. 450 litres FREE :|: ... to any of our automatic delivered customers who run out of oil this winter. 'This guarantee is available only to Esso Home Heating automatic delivered customers in residential single-family dwellings solely heated by oil. Accounts must be kept in good standing. Guarantee in effect October 1,1991 to April 30, 1992. O.A.C. Cssa Harrison Fuels Bowmanville 623-5516 ALL-CANDIDATES' MEETING - Candidates for Ward Three have been invited to attend a meeting at the Newcastle Village Community Hall on Thursday, November 7. The meeting, which takes place at 7:30 p.m., is sponsored by the Newcastle Village Chamber of Commerce. Everyone is welcome. welcome. BLOCK PARENT WEEK - October 20 to 27 is Block Parent Parent Week in the Town of Newcastle. Persons signing up as new Block Parents have the added bonus of winning a dinner for two. For further details, please call 723-9125. The Block Parents will also be promoting their program and distributing information with a display at the Bowmanvillc Mall on Saturday, Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to noon. SAVE-A-HEART - Durham Savc-a-Hcarl will be offering a Basic Rescuer CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) course on four Monday evenings in November. The course will run from November 11 to 25, between the hours of 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. The course will be located at the Bowmanvillc High School. For further details, call Durham Savc-a-Heart at 416- 666-0995. Please do not call the high school if you wish to make further inquiries. In addition to the above-noted course, Save-a-Heart has a wide variety of classes at other dates, times and locations in the Ajax and Bowmanvillc areas. Besides Besides the basic rescuer course, there arc courses in basic rescuer rescuer re-certification, and infant/child CPR programs. LIVING WITH TODDLERS -- A workshop for parents of toddlers will be held at Newcastle Public School on November 5 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The objective of the program is to help parents foster confidence and co-operation in their toddlers by introducing effective strategics for dealing with common concerns concerns such as tantrums, toilet training, and mealtime behaviour. behaviour. To register for this program, please call the Family Education Education Resource Centre at 579-2021 or 686-4353. BRING YOUR TEDDY BEAR - Children aged three to six are invited to visit the Newcastle Village Library for a Bedtime Bedtime Story lime. The stories and songs will take place from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening, October 30 and December December 4. No registration is required and children are invited to wear their pyjamas if they wish. FAMILY STORYTIME - At the Bowmanville library, the staff is offering children age three and up an opportunity to read works by some of Canada's top illustrators and authors. Books make a world of difference in your child's life. This is your invitation to come and celebrate with the library staff. The story time is on Saturday, November 2, from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. WHAT'S NEW AT CLARKE MUSEUM? - From now until until November 15, Branch 178 of the Royal Canadian Legion is holding a special display for Remembrance Day. The Legion is the most recent organization in the community to utilize the free display space available at the museum. If your group or school is interested in using this space, please call the museum for details. Space is available as of January 1st. Remember: the museum is open year round from Tuesday to Friday between between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year, Clarke once again smashed its previous previous attendance record. As of October 22, 5,211 visitors had been recorded. COMPUTER FAIR COMING TO TOWN - On Sunday, November 3, the Ontario Computer Fair will again take place at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex. Over 50 retailers of computers, software, and other equipment, including computer games, will be on display. Computer clubs will also be providing providing information at this event. MR. DRESSUP PERFORMS HERE - Mr. Drcssup, Casey, Finnegan, and friends will be performing at the Bowmanvillc High School Auditorium on Sunday, November 10. The shows arc at one p.m, and 3 p.m, Tickets arc available at Stcd- mans in Bowmanvillc, Newcastle Jr. Y (at Newcastle Public School) and Hope's Video in Newcastle Village. The show is part of a farewell tour for die puppets, Casey and Finnegan. WOMEN OF DISTINCTION - The Osltawa YWCA is hosting their 20lh annual Durham Region Women of Distinction Distinction Awards Dinner on Thursday, November 7. The banquet is at Lc Gala Banquet Centre in Whitby. Guest speaker will be Maureen Kempston - Darkcs, Vice President of Corporate Affairs Affairs for CM Canada. Awards will be presented in the following following categories: Community Service, The Arts, The Workforce, and Young Woman of Distinction. This dinner is the YWCA's major fund-raising event, providing proceeds to local and international international YWCA services and programs. For information and tickets, call 576-8880 or 623-YWCA. REMEMBRANCE DAY EXHIBIT - The Bowmanville Museum, 37 Silver St., has a special display of military artifacts artifacts for Remembrance Day. Most of these items date back to World War One and particular mention is made of the memorial memorial monument near the Town Hall. It was dedicated in 1925. The display will be up for the month of November. HUMANE SOCIETY MEETS - The Oshawa and District Humane Society will be holding its first annual general meeting meeting on Wednesday, October 30. This meeting will commence at 7:30 p.m. in die Oshawa Public Library, main branch auditorium. auditorium. Plans for the proposed new animal shelter will be presented. presented. The public is invited to attend and refreshments will be served. For information, call the Society at 433-2022. JUNIOR JUG BAND - On Sunday, November 3, children will be entertained with a wide variety of music and stories during a concert at the Bowmanvillc High School Auditorium. Curtain time is two p.m. The guest performers arc the Junior Jug Band which consists of brothers Chris and Ken Whitclcy and Chris' two children, Jenny and Daniel. These versatile performers demonstrate their mastery of over 20 musical instruments instruments as they tell stories and entertain with folk, jazz, and contcm|X)rary music. You may have seen these entertainers with artists such as Raffi, Sharon, Lois and Bram, or Fred Pcn- ncr. Ken and Chris have two Juno nominations and their latest album is "Songs to Sing." Tickets for the concert arc available at the door. You can also purchase tickets for tlic entire "Harmony" "Harmony" scries which will include two oilier shows next March and April. For details, call 623-6203; 987-4682 or 263-8809. GIVE BLOOD - The next local Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic is slated for Wednesday, November 6, at the Lions Centre Centre on Beech Avc., in Bowmanvillc. The clinic takes place between between noon and eight p.m. If you need transportation to this clinic, please call 623-9010, Old Munich Restaurant 255 King St. E. (at Ritson), Oshawa 436-5065 Live Entertainment and Dancing Fri. - Sat. - Sun. Dinner Special Mon. - Thurs. $6.95 Licensed Under L.L.B.O. 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