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AthiMeie isound financial position The financial repart for the yearly operation of the Orono Amateur Athletic Association was recently released for the year 1981. It showed a souind financial base for the local organiza- tion which promotes and sponsors mmnor sports for boys and girls within the Orono area. The Association is bath active in summer and winter sports. The statement of receiPts and expenditures showed an increase in the bank baiance from January 1, 1981 ta December 31, 1981 from $4,947.66 ta $6,816.87. Revenue during the year with the major portion coming from registration fees and receipts front the arena booth amaunted ta $58,274.60. Ex- penditures amnounted ta $56,405.87. The Association at the end of 1981 had $10,000.W0 in short term blans in the Im- peril Bank of Commerce as well as a bank accounit with an amlount of $1,907.25. At the recent meeting the Athletic will soon be advertis- ing registration for summer sports under its, sponsorship in the Orono area., Arena operates with financil surplus At a recent meeting of the ice rentais and a further drap Board of Management for of $1,.500.00 in public skating the Orono Arena and Com- revenue. Oni the other hand munity Centre the annual revenue f-rm roller skating financial operating statement was up almost $4,000.00 and was presented showinig a revenue from the cammunity baiance of $3,103.65 as of care was up some $1,800.00. December 3lst. 1982. The Board commenced the The Board of Management year with a surplus of was congratulated by bath $9,074.92 and ended the Mayor Rickard and Coun- twelve months of aperation cilar Hamnre who sit on the with a surplus of $3,103.65. board. Counc. Hamre said On, the expenditure side the Board was often used as salaries increased somne 10 an example throughout the percent with repairs up from community of how successful $5,866.00 in 1980 ta a volunteer group can be in $9,459.28 in 1981. The Board operating such as the Arena also spent a littie over $2,000 and Community Centre. on maintenance and improve- Mike~ Sawyer, Chairman of ment ta the parking lot. the Orono Athletic pointed In ail it was a successful out that there was a fantastic year for the Board financially aniaunt of volunteer time with improvements being donated ta the cause of the made during the termn keeping arena and cammunity centre. the building in mint condition There was a decline in as when turned over ta the revenue of some $2,000.00 in Board some three years ago. Spring just around the corner - Time to seed The last couple of days have been nice and mild, and it sure is appreciated after the weather we have been put through since Christmas. Gardeners at thîs time of year get itchy fingers. They want to get started with some form of gardening and of course the best way is ta start indoors with some of the slow growîng seeds. As is the case with doîng any building the foundation is always the most important, and the saine goes for seeding you need the proper medium and the best seeds ta get good resuits. To start seeds they should be started in a medium that is dîsease free and also weed free, so they wîll not compete with the tender plants. There are numberous mixes of soils on the market today, sucli as Hillview's Mother Earth, Grace's peatmoss and ver- miculite mix ta name but a few. Some seeds can also be started in Vermiculite, or Perlite although I personally prefer a mixture. Some peo- pie like ta mix their own. Then the best mix would be a 1-1-1 mix, of equal parts of soul peat an d sand or ver- miculite. A very important part of seeding is of course the con- tainers which you wlll use. It is very important that they will have good drainage so that no excessive water wil stand in the container since this will cause the plants ta dampen of which is a fungus that attacks the plants right at the soil level and can quickly spread through the whole fiat. The common fiat made of plastic is probably the mast Athletic & Arena statements tlS n mplan a Simmo t el SElE Orono Amateur Atlatl Amodation Statement 0f Recepti; And Expendltures For the Year Ended 1981 Balance Uai utJOBMuu 1, 1981 RECEIPTS ................ $4,947.66 Hockey..........10,532.04 Hockey Regitratin.,.'.'.....10,936.25 Basebail and Soccer.. ....... 2,420.00 Booth ......... .......... 29,897.63, Bar........................ 189 .84 Interest On Investments. ...... 602119 Hockey Photos .............. 835.15 Dance...................... 383.00 Fund Raising ...... ......... 690.50 Paper Drives ................... Nil Return of Expenses, ................ Securities Sold..................... Miscellaneous . ....... ...-....80.00 Total..................... 63e222.26 EXPENDITURES Ice Rentai ................. ý1,90.00 Hockey................... 10,304.81 Soccer and Basebail ...... >.... 2676.20 Booth: Wages................... 5,788.29 Food.................... 18,233.8» Rentai ................. 1,00.00 Dance...........37.36 Fund Raising ............... 855.43 C.P.P. & U.l ................ 194.38 Sales Tax................ 3735 Oratuity .................... 500.00 Miscellaneous ...............269.25 Funds Invested...............3,1000.00 Total .................... 56,«0.87' Balance as at Dec. 31, 1981 ...6,816.39 Investmeiits: Canadian imperial Bank of Commerce Deposit Recipts: $5,000. Due Mardi 23, 1982-18.5 percent $5,000. Due April 19, 1982-14 percent $1,907.25 ini Savings Account No. 9504761. Statement of Receiptsanmd Expepdltures For the Year 1981 RECEIPTS Balance as ut Imnnmry 1, 1981 .... $9,074.92 Ice Rentai ................. 50,409.50 Community Hall Rentai ....... 9,824.48 Public Skating .............. 2,207.75 Rafler Skating ............... 7,548.33 Booth Rentai .............. 1,000.00 Bell Canada ................. 39.96 Advertising Donations.................. 300.00 Refunds................... 1,779.32 Total .................... 82,183.96 EXPENDITURES Salaries and Labour.-........ ..33,675.00 Mrena Supply .............. 2,523.96 Telephone.................. 658.62 Hydra;................... 11,730.6 Gas....................... 5,653.12 Ice Equipment .............. 1,360.72 Water..................... 1,071.49 Garbage .................... 509.00 Gas-Tractor ................. 476.17 Mrena Repairs .............. 9,459.28 RoUler Skating.,............. 4,903.64 Hall Supplies .............. 1854.80 Workmen's Compensation..... 182.59 Parking Lot-Gravel, 011 etc ...2,090.80 Suit Rentai. ................ 410.00 Mrena Equipment.,............ 871.25 Insurance Bank Charges................. 68.20 C.P.P. & U.1. 1980 ............ 62.54 C.P.P. &U................. 1,217.23 C.P.P. & U.1. lbalance 1981... 30.16 Misceilaneous........ ........ 270.08 Total .................... 79,080.3 Balance December 31, 1981. ..3,103.65 usea of ail containers they corne with or without holes, but make sure the water can drain if you use the flat without any drainage hÔles, then you should put some stones or fine gravel on the- bottom where the water can. drain into. Other containers cani be made of wood, again in fiat form, fiber containers such as the plant boxes can be used and also fibre pots are excellent for this purpose. Another product that has a lot of menit is the so-called Jiffy 7. It is a compressed peatmoss round pellets just a little larger than a quarter and are covered with a fine netting. The pellets will swell ta about three times their sîze when inserted in water and then the seed can be directly placed in these pellets. They are excellent for Geraniumns and larger seeds that can be left for several weeks, and then can be planted directly into a 4 inch pot completely pellets and ail this will not disturb the root system and will give you better results. Seeds should have a minimum temperature of at least 70 degrees during the day and can be dropped back ta 65 at night. Light is very important for proper growth and most seedlings will do better when they have at least 12 ho'urs of sunlight or ar- tificial liglit. You can help ta provide this light by using bulbs or fiorescent light units such as the 4-8 foot long units. To get the proper rays in these units use the Gro- Lux Tubes or better stili the new Vita-Lite Tubes since they have the closest s pec- trum of colours that resemble the natural light. Next week what ta sow and how ta0 get good germination. Until Next Week, Happy Gardening! (Indoors that is). Leaming, Begins At Homne By William H. Nault D _id yau know that 50 per A.cent of intellectual development takes place be- tween birth and 4 years of age? That means that parents are important teachersr. You pro- vide the faunidatian for your child's learning skills right within your own home. You can help shape the course of your child's educational future by the quality of the learning experiences yau provide before he or she ever goes ta, school. Here are six watchwords designed ta help you make the most of your, child's early learning expeiences. Listen ta yaur child. Pay at- tention ta what he or she is say- ing. Talk with your chld. Take a walk together. Sing wvith your child. Read ta* your child every day. Buy books that "belong" ta, your child. Provide a home library. Move: Help your infant child ral aver, crawl, stand, and walk. Interest: Include your child in planning- family activities. Give encouragement and praise when meited. Tune ini: Be involved with your child's TV viewing. Search out good programs and talk about them afterwards. Dr. William H. Nault is Editorial Director, The Wonld Book Encyclopedia. We've got a long way ta go before we hear the end of Clifford Robert OIson. In the end, the convicted child killer may have more impact on aur systemn of criminai justice than a whole benchful of robed per- formers. And we coulIc over-react. 1 don't want to get into an argument about whether the police should have paid Oison tq lead them ta the bodies. But 1 think it would be a mistake ta conclude that the police should neyer, ever pay criminals money. Recently, at Global, we carried a series on Oison, a profile of a kil- ler who has had a long and indecent interest in the law and capital punishment. We've managed, to ob- tain a series of letters that Oison wrote fram prison between 1976 and 1981 - letters which indicate that Oison may have thought about murder and carefully weighed the punishment if he were caught. There is some reason ta believe that if the death penalty had been in force, Oison might have been deterred from his slaughter. 1 confess that while the issue was being debated in Parliament, 1 was an abalitionist. As a citi- zen, I didn't want ta have blood on my hands, even indirectly, and 1 couldn't get past the fact that a wrongful executian is the ultimate, tragic mistake. I must confess, l'm no longer as certain about abolition as 1 once was, but 1 think it would be wrong if we ai- Iowed the Oison case ta stampede us back to the death penalty before we've weighed the statistîcal evidence a ittle longer. Sa far, thal evidence sug- gests that the abolition of the death penalty has haci no effect on the murder rate whatsoever. The number of Canadian murders, it's true, hit a record high of seven hundred and eleven in 1977, the year after abo- lition. But the murder rate dropped steadily in the next three years, ta 593 in 1980. While it is true that the death penalty might have deterred a systematic and cold-blooded killer like Oison, there's some doubt that it would have deterred the mast common kind of killer - the people who lose their tempers in arguments and quarrels. So, whatever we do, let's not go off half-cocked. That's not news, but that too is reality. 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