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4-01R0NO WEEKLY TIMES, MARCH 6th, 1974 LEAVING SCHOOL continued from page 1 ests. According to the outline proposed by the ministry the child would have to conform to the prescribed program or he would no longer be excused from school attendance. "A parent may apply in writmng to the committee for any alteration of the prescrib- ed program and the commit- tee, after a review of the situation, miay or may not alter the program",1 the, nuînistry outlile statea. LONFEI2TIONER 1 AND* GIFTS * GiftO *Boxed 0 * Stationarye Desig e * Designerc *s ues * Inspiandedr* 9*Wmatching-Hasty Nts * wrtg:paper:and n- * veoe. OvelN glR.O PHN 93522 Under the proposed pro- gram students excused from attendance at school would still be included as full time pupils in a school for admini- stration purposes until they reached 16. The school attendance of- ficer would have the same powers and duties over the child as he would have if the chlld attended school. The school attendance counsellor would report to the cormmittee on the progress of each child excused from shcool. The counsellor would be entitled to obtain material for his report from parents or any other person associated with the child's program. "The board 'will transmit annually to the provincial school attendance counisellor, a report- summarizing the activity of its committee and including the number of pupîls who were excused from school, , were .req uired to attend school on a part time basis only and those who were returned to full time attend- ance at school", themînistry outline concluded. ARENA TENDER AWARDED continued trom page 1 cotaci members themselves. He does noe -want to destory local interest, in such cases as the arena. Keith Shackelton, from Bowmanville's hockey depart ment seemned somiewhat baf- feled, that council Went ahead with the tender, without findinig out from him, waht should, and shouldn't be built. He also seemed to think that Mr. Jackson of Elrose Con- struction Company should have contacted him. Unfortunately for 'Mr. DFX SERVICE STATIONi Highway 35 and 115, just north of Newcastle Featuringz Premium Quality Product., At the Most Reasondble Prices Stove 011 E Diesel 0O1 Available in ýany quantity Phone 987-4215 What is Soft Water Rainwater is soft. But as it soaks through the ground to rivers and lakes and wells - on its way to your faucet - it dissolves 'hard' minerais. So it is less able to dissolve other things, such as soap. The hiard minerais combine with soap to form a sticky scum around bathtubs and wash basins. The mninerais form 'lime' deposits on! ketties, pipes and water heaters. Hlard water is hiard on soap, hard on clothes, hard on people. Sof t water brings back the soft life .brings back the old fashioned, chemical-free detergent free, dirt-free, trouble-free luxury ai gentleness of rainwater. Cail your Duro plumber. He wiIl tell you the exact degree of hardness of the water supply in your home, or he wilI have a sample tested by the Duro laboratory at no cost to you. He will give you an estimate for the low cost luxury of Soft Water the gentle way to save money, lime and housework. Your Duro Plumber is: Ha raveuyPartner Ltd Phone 983-5206 Shackelton, it is too late, but council has at least one suggestion that should keep him happy for the time being. He says that Bowmanville has a limited number of dressing _rooms, (four) and tbat a minimum of 6 rooms would be requîred for the new arena. A member of council made a suggestion that Port- able dressing rooms be pro- vided. But, Mr. Shackelton disagrees with this because it would be too far for the children to walk wîth their skates on. He was consoled by another suggestion that rub- ber mats be provided. Everyone is at least part- ially satisfied now, with the agreement, except of course, for Ken Lyall. COUNCIL BEHIND CLOSED DOORS (Continued from page 1) because he said there was no reason that the people should, flot know what is happening. The meeting of council adjourned and a motion was made to carry on with a meeting, of the committee of the Whole. The mayor asked Coun. LyaIl to take over as chairman of the meeting, as he was originally appointed to do, but Lyall refused, stand- ing firm .to his objections, and walked out of the room. He stayed out until Committee members allowed the press to enter the r-oom agamn. Lyali saidfhe left because 'I wasn't staying in there to attend Kangaroo Court." Before the meeting became closed to the public, Mayor Rick-ard stated that the publie would be notified of any decisions -made about the tender awaiting but surely there must have been some- thing going on behind those doors that they didn't want people to know about. Besides not letting the press sit in on the meeting, Mr. J. Mcllroy clerk, refused to issue adgendas, which is usually a required consider- ation on his behaif. Ken Lyall sta ted tha t this is FOUR ECrèWCAL > Chatterton Electrie ORONO, ONTARIO Phone 983-5546 or 983-5940 tesidepial-Commerical Industrial Orono Building Contractor Brick - Block - Concrete Stone Work Carpentry -' Cabinlet Work Floors - .l 983-5441 Orono HoId off teaching french in kindergarten. The County Board of Educ- ation has deferred any deci- sion in the matter of including the French language in area schools at the Kindergarten level. This decision was made at the recent meeting of the Board on Thursday of last week. The local commîttee recommended the action and asked that the Board wait until such time as the provin- cial committee would make its report public in this matter. Seven alternatives were 3ubmitted by the Northumb- erland and Durham Commit- tee: 1 Twenty to thirty minute daily periods of French instr- uction. 2 French immersion clas- ses. 3 Instruction of individial subjects in the French langu- age. 4 The value of providing ?rograms in grades 7 and 8 to co-ordinate with secondary school programs. 5 The advisability of instituting pilot projects mnit- ally. 6 The possibility of offering French as a summer programr to be followed by after-school -lasses duringï the school year. 7 To defer action until the report of the Provincial com- mittee appointed by the minister in 1973 became available. This committee's task is develop împroved curriculum and techniques (or teaching French to Eng- iish speaking students and to review the aimis and object- ives of French instruction in Ontario. S6ool May Becomne Homne For Grads BY SHELLEY LOUCKS Pine Ridge Correctional School has asked Viking Homes to operate and super- vise a "Group Home." This home would be located in the former Superintendent's re- sidence, at the school and would accomodate the senior boys who have finished their schooling at Pine Ridge, and ,iave nowhere else to go, Married couples would act as parent substitutes, and the atmosphere, hopefully that of a normal home. The problem seems to be in some cases, that after a boy has returned home af ter being in the institution family pro- blems arise, and he ends up right back at the school. This approach appears to have m'et with success in other Viking House operations in Oak Ridges, Peterboro and Lindsay. Thc revenue for these operations comes from the Ministry of Correctional Ser- vices, but it is not a government operation, nor an extension of the school. The proposai has come before council to seek per- mission to operate a Viking House at Bomwnaville. 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