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6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, December 5th, 1979 The Kirby Beavers and to enter a bqoth in the event to Canadian flag. Pictured Maureen Van Schaik and Cubs took advantage of last raise money to purchase a above at their booth are Vicki StevenSchafer. ' , Saturdays Craft and Art Sale new flag pole for their Thertell, Kevin Thertell, Agricultura I courses remain attractive Recently, Ontario Agri- farming, agricultural service culturé and Food Minister, industries, horticulture, food Lome Henderson announced • service management, home a 6.6 percent increase in économies, animal health enrollment in Agricultural technology, agricultural lab- Technology diploma courses ratory technology, equine throughout Ontario. These technology. These programs courses .this year with 1,476 are administered by the students enrolled in the Dip- Ontario Ministry of Agri- loma Program are offered at culture and Food, and again, the Ontario's four colleges of we suggest that any young Agricultural Technology and people wanting more details, at the University of Guelph, should contact the local compared with 1,384 last agricultural office, year. This is the largest increase in enrollment in a number of years. It is interesting to note, that in the past five years, enrollment in Agricultural Programs has increased from 820 students to 1,229 increase of almost 50 percent. Individual colleges enrollment is as follows: Kemptville, 374; Ridgetown, 367; University of Guelph, Diploma Course, 336; Çen- tralia, 310 and New Liskeard, 89. • The two-year diploma programs programs offered at the Colleges prepares students for jobs in BYAMS , PLUMBING-HEATING Sales and Service 24 HOUR BURNER SERVICE GULF FINANCING Low Interest Rates Phone: Tyrone 263-2650 Ills mmmmm • HI • -, PLASTERED HAMMERED «S»»® WASTED SNAPPED BOMBED IF YOU DRINK, DON'T DRIVE. Roy McMurtry, Attorney General Solicitor General William Davis,Premier Ontario Family allowances to rise in 1980 A recommendation was received from the Town Treasurer on Monday that will place costs of garbage collection and disposal in Orono on the tax bill. In the past the operation of the garbage collection system in Orono was managed by the Orono Hydro Electric System and billing for the service was a monthly charge to residential residential and commercial dwellings. dwellings. Since the Orono Hydro system will be defunct as of the end of the year the operation is now to be taken over by the Town of Newcastle. Newcastle. The new Newcastle Hydro System said the costs of collecting the monthly ,char- ,ges and management would be exorbitant and Commis sioner Harvey Partner said this cost would mount to $4,000 per annum undei; the new commission. In the past the local commission managed managed and collected the charges charges fçr ' a sum in the neighbourhood of $1600.00. The new Newcastle Hydro Commission has asked that the Town take over this " operation to which the Town treasurer agreed it was a Town function. The treasurer recommended that before any action was taken that the Public Works .Committee and the Director review the situation. situation. The last collection to be made by the Orono Commission Commission will be for the month of December 1979 on the January January biil. * Health and Welfare Minister Minister David Crombie has announced that there will be full escalation of Family Allowances for 1980. The Family Allowances Act provides for annual rise in payments in January of each year to correspond with increases in the cost of living. Effective January, the Family Family Allowances paid monthly for children under age 18 will rise to $21.80 from $20,00 in most provinces and in the territories. In addition, the, refundable Child Tax Credit program will provide up to $218.00 per child per year based on family income. The amount and method, of payment of Family Allowances Allowances varies in two provinces. Un4er a provision of the Family Allowances Act, a provincial government may ask the federal government to vary the rates payable according according to the age or number ' of children in a family, or both, providing the payments average $21.80. Alberta and Quebec chose, this option. Special Allowances, which are paid to foster parents, welfare agencies, government government departments and institutions institutions maintaining children, will increase to $30.51 from $27.93. During 1979 the federal governnjent paid out more than $140 million each month in Family Allowances for 6.8 million children in 3.6 million families. The national aver- * I age allowance.for each recipient recipient family was about $36 monthly. Orono garbage costs to go on tax bill