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Hockey registration drops'in Orono Oroiio WeekIy limùes, Wednesaay. UCteber llth, 178 week Orono arena in operation The Orono Arena is expect- ed to be in operation within the next seven to eight days if ail goes welI with final testing of equipmnent. The testing of the ice-mak- ing equipmnent is expected, to be held today, Wednesday and if ail goes well the system will be lef t running witb the possibility of. the winter activities getting under way this followîng week. In speakîng with Mr. Gor- don Lowery, chairman of tbe Orono Atbletic Association be said as far as be knew almost everything was completed at the arena. He also noted that most of the prime time had beeni booked athte arena but that there was still time available in the mornings, afternoons and late evening. t was noted tbat enrolment in hockey this year is down fromi two years ago and even somne who played last year bave Plot signed to return to play in thie new arena building. It was felt tbat cost was not a deterent and Mrý Lowery pointed out that ini other centres the cost was much greater than in Orono where boys were also given ' twice as mucb time on the ice. Hle also nioted that tbhroughi the tbat tbe building committee for tbe Orono Arena and Comnmunity Centre are to have work started to corn- plete the communîty centre room. This work was not included in the original con- tract and today is no more tban an open room with some lighting installed. The committee plans wrill> include the completion of the comrmunity room with ceiling f loor,-kitchen facilities, wasb-' rooms and other relative work. Mr. Lowery said the funds for the completion of this work was included in the original figures but did not know at this time if the money was stil 1 avai lable. 1 0on JUs way t Clarke 1nîginitiuatin ay a iiveuno. School was caught by the THE SILENCE 0F NATURE Monday morning following a frost over night and witb the Sun just beginning to pierce the foliage of the mnaples leaves were dropping by the thousands. Not a whisper of air movement was evident leaving onily the sound of the leaves as theytumpled over others on the wa y to the ground. Friday morming saw bail reach tbis area witb ice halls about the size of the end of a littie finger. There has been no0 report of damage to apple crops as yet. OBSERVATION DECK OPEN TO PUBLIC An observation deck bas been opened to the public at the Wesleyville Generating Station. The deck is open seven days a week until du,,sk and those interested in tbe development may find tbe trip to Wesleyville quite interesting. Tbere bas been great changes in that sector of Hoe Townsbip. Anyone interested i furtber information or site tours are asked to contact Suzaane Stickley at 885-8181, extension 214. GANARASKA SIGNS OPTIONS Recently the Ganaraska Region Conservation Author- itv bas signed two options te nnrrease land. An ontion has been signed to purchase for $40,000 the Wakley Transport property in the flood plain in Port'Hope. The Autbority will provide eleven percent of the purchase price, the Town of Port Hope 24 percent and the province the remainder. The Authority has also signed an option on one hundred acres of land i the nortb-east corner of the Town of Newcastle in the Ganaraska Forest area. The purchase price is $500.00 an àere. The land involved itbe purcbase is bordered on ahl sides by present property owned by the Autbority. The land will be planted by the Ministry of Natural Resources folowing the clearing of scotcb pine on the property. The two entions run until April of 1979. POLAR BEAR HIBERNATES Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bunting and daughter Brenda Iearned the bard way last weekend that the Polar Bear h ibernates for the winter foloGwing Labour Day. Yes, tbe Buntings drove ail the way to Cocrane to take tbe Polar Bear Express in Mosonee over the weekend only to find that tbe Polar Express stops its daily summer run ta Mosoniee after Labour Day. * The Orono Amateur Athie- tic Association bave hired Mr. Earl Taylor to manage the arena and tbe community centre complex. Mr. Paul Goode has also been bired to assist with the work and tbe progra m of events . WORK TO START ON COMMUNITY ROOM It bas also been learned UI.C.W. holds schools for leaders U.C.W. HOLD SCIIOOLS FOR LEADERS Tbe Bay of Quinte l7th Annual School for Women of the United Church was differ- ent this year, different in the tact that there were two schools. Tbe first was beld at Quin-Mo-Lac camp site on Moira Lake, Sept. 8-10, wîth two hundred and fifteen i attendance. Tbe other school, at Simce St. United Church in Oshawa, was held Sept. 19-21, with 86 attending. The theme of botb was: "Your Ministcy or Ours". The Key programn leaders were Mrs. R.J. Klassen and Mrs. Anne Bishop. They did a team presentation, -teluing their own life stories anid sharing. Tbey stressed tbe importance )f the lay mnembers ministry in the Christian fellowshîp. Mrs. Lynda Jerell of Cobourg led the music for both schools; ber wit and love of music thrilled the ladies. Mrs. Thea Brandsma was chairperson of both planning ahd program. She did ber part se efficiently that each one attending felt herself a part of tbe whole. The young people who had been counisellors and leaders (Continuied page 2) Dr. Ambroz aitis, director of dental healtb services of the Durham Region Health Unit is shown above arranging a display concerming dental bealth at the recent Open House beld at the Orono Public School on Thursday evening. The display was Iter viewed by those in attendance including mem- bers of staff and of the Orono Home and School Association. In speaking with Dr. Amn brozaitis he explamned that the Health Unit was interest- ed in developing within the srhool a programn of fluoride mnouth rinsing for the students It was pointed out that the health unit staff did not bave the timne for regular visits to ail the scbools in the area and that, they were looking for voluntéers to undertake the program withi the school. H1e pointed out that volunteers would be instructed in the simple application of the program which took from ten to fifteen minutes for each class in the school. It would be the intention of the Health Unit to carryout the fluoride mouthrinsing program in the schools every two weeks. The use of a 0.2 percent neutral sodium fluor- ide solution bas shown thirough cinical studies that the program bas a measured benefit from 20 to 50 percent in the reducation in decay. Dr. Ambrozaitis pointed out that it had been well docu- niented that the rate of caries had been reduced from 50 to 65 percent by those children drinking fluoridated water from municipal systems. The Region of Durham operates fourteen individual central water systems tbroughout the area and of these .only four have fluoridation. Those in such areas as Orono and in rural eareas do not have the benefit of treated municipal water to reduce the incidents of deû-ay in, teeth. t was pointed out that the programn now considered for the Orono Public School and at Lockharts is most inexpen- sive and requires lew mater- ials or timne. t was also pointed out t-hat non-dental personnel with a minimum of training could supervise the rinsing programns in the schools. Whatr, AnrApn hk I? Next ý m- W...+ M loll" " I - -- - - - ---- - ------ . . . ... . ............ ... ...... Hockey registration bas taken a dip in Orono as it has ali across the nation. Up to this point a to tal of 125 boys bave registered to play hock- ey under tbe banner of the Orono Amateur Atbletic Ass- ociation. Tbis compares with a figure of 180 during the 1976-77 season. Rt is even a reduction over that of last year wben Orono boys travel- led to Hampton for tbeir sport. This is a general trend across the country and it is reported tha t registration bas, dropped in Newcastle Village as well as in Bowmanviile. In speaking recently with Joe Caruana of the Community Services Department lie said that the initial registration for hockey in Bowmanville bad mustered only two bundred boys. Sinice that time a few less than four bundred bave registered for hockey. In the past around five hundred boys in, Bowmanville and e area played hockey under the department. Registration in Orono for tbis year was not tbat healtby in the younger age groups of Tykes and Atoins wbere ten and eight boys bave register- ed respectivelv Tbere nas oeen 32 boys register for Atom bockey, 23 for PeeWee, 25 for Bantam, 15 for Midgets and 12 for Juvenîle. The Athletic intends to operate two Atom teams, one ini OMIHA and a bouse league tea-m. The same is to happen in PeeWees and Bantams. An OMHA Midget and OMHA Juvenile will also operate. FIGURE SKATING ENROLMENT DOWN There bas also been a noticeable dip in registration for figure skating and here again it is general tbrougbout the country. Again it is most noticeable in tbe younger classes.