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A group of Oshawa dancers performied and enter- tained at the annual Kinettes Pu~b Night held in thie Orono Cornmunity Centre last Saturday eveninig. Other entertainmiient ini- cluded anl excellent demonstration of b)reak danc- HON.. BARBARA McDOUGAL, T'O ADDRESS P.C.'s Hon Barbara McoglCana.da's Minister fo State for Finance wvili be the guest speaker at the annual meceting of the Durhamr-Northumrberland Progressive Conservative Association on Mond,.ay, ebrumary 4th i Tyrone w,ýith thec meeting starinig ai. 8:00l prm. Prior io the election as M1.P. of Toronito-St. Paul's MicDougall was execuivke direotor of the Canadian Councîl of Financial analysts and vice-pesdent of the invesment firm, Donion Securities Amnes. SWEETHEART DAYS IN ORONO Watch for the Sweetheart Daysý coing to the Orono Downtown are next week. Final detl in next week's paper. Do join in on the quessing gar ich st!ar-ts Friday. SNOW REMOVED FROM MAIN STIREET Thevown f Necaste Dpartent f Woks o Tus- day morning remnoved thie snow Ifrom Mlain Street in the Downtown Businesýs area. CONGRATULATIONS ON GRADUATION Cngratulations air exteided to Cathy Vassur, Newcastle who on Saturday reeived her diplomia in nur-sing at a Con- vocation held ai Durhamn College. A toal of 38 nursing stuýdentis and 16 mnechanical engieer- ing technicians received their dipomas on ths occaion bng from many parts of the province as wetas'th immiýediate area of OChara. >~UNIDERCRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS A numiber of Durhami College students, residents of the Orono area, were undergraduate scholarsiup wýinnersý an- nounced recently by the College. Sandra Goorbarry, Orono, was presented with the Loveil Drug Ltd. Health Sciences Yer1 wr in the amnounit of $400.M0. Patricia Quantrili, Oronio, wýas presentited withi the Hlarvey Hubbell Canada Inc. tAward for Business Year 1 in the amnount of $2ff0.(0O. Gudrun Haraldson, Newcasle was presented with the E. Tigert Ltd. Awýard in Gr-apic, Desý,igni Year 1 in the amount,ýiý of Congrat ulat ions! WINTER FUN DAYi AT ENNIýSKILLEN The Cent Lake ntario Conseration Autory is holding its annual Minter Fun Day at the EnnAiske Conser va', Area thin Saturday, Febrtuary 2nd fromi 11:00 a.mi. to 4 m.There wli be dog-sld eontatossowa ~'building, a walk in thie woods, film-,s andsiescrs-ony skiing, skating and iobogganing. Admission is free. ing by Ke vin Mumford anid Jeff Martin of Orono and a local musical grdup playing a number of dixieland numbers. It, was a gLood crowd ;inf at- tendance but thie hall wýas not packed. Locais enjoy new X-Country- ski trails On Satuorday a rather unof- ficial open"ing of the Oronio Tree Nursery Cross Country Ski Trails in Oronlo met withl co nsi de rab le suiccess . Somewhere between eighty and one hiundred skîèrs took advmatag to cruise the trails and visit the open house at the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion Outdoor Centre-where hot dogs, homemade soupý and hot chocolate was available. The Centre opened at twelve noon with thirty-five skiers ready to partake of the hospitality offered by Susan Erskine, outdoor edlucat or at the c entre, Sidl Rutherford, Arnold Wallac(e andi Glenn MiacLeod, 1N u rsery Superintenident. The ref'reshmiients were provided by the Oronio Downtown Business, Assoýfciation and servedi by the above three- soine at the centre. Mayfavourable com- ment-,s were received as to the trails by local skiers whvlo now cani enjoy the sport at their own back domr and 5by some fromn as fat awýay as The t rail's are inovice wich' pleases manyinddo pass greate r tanraly xec throughout tlie wek as well als on1 thewekds The trailsý are now pr oper- ly signed. Bd. of Ed. considers Junior kindergarten The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion wýill be considering the possibility ofinicILudiing Junlior Kindergarten throughout the system fior four-year old children at a special mieeting this Thursday The proposai has been before the education commit- tee whichi studied a report comlpiled by Grant Yeo, co-- ordinator of curriculum and H . R . Moorecr oft, superinitendient of programn. The report inicluded inifor- mnation fromn a Prin(\icial Reviewv report enitfled thie "Report 0of, juio i0r KindrgarenKinidergarten, Grade .One, Task Force"'. This task force report cmi- phiasizýed "the belief that citldreni are influenced great- !y by their pre-school ex- periences. " The-, report points out thiat although the greatest in- fluenlce onl a pre-schooler is the qualîty of lfe at home, prog-ramis and services out- side thle home also have a great influence ou rmany chîldren. It is pointed out that the school is the ideal location for care, recreation and educational programs for pre-schoolers an-d as xell school age children. AlthIough0 the report does build Pa case for junior Kindergarten it does state that Junior Kinderg-arten is not psil'or every child and thus such a program, if impflemrented, will flot be (Co)intiued page 2) Hands gavel o ver (o new presýident F0roào Ueetp 'r't'Ime5 Pïiblished Every Wednesday rnoWee-kil Timés, WedInesdây, January 30),195