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Ail enthused with dance Parish of Clarke welcome minister On Sunday, October 27th St. George's Church, Newcastle and St. Saviour's Church of Orono will hold the Celebration of New Ministry for the Rev. James Macpherson Small as incum- bent of the Parish of Clarke of the Anglican Church. The celebration is being held at St. George's in Newcastle Village with the Right Rev. Desmond C. Hunt, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Toronto, Region of Trent-Durham, of- ficiating. The service will be held at 4:30 p.m. A reception will follow. Updating junior kindergarten info. Pictured above is a group being held in the Orono Back row: Ashley Bourne, Jenkins, front row: Amy of young girls from the com- Town Hall. Jenny Scott, Amanda Jane McAllister, Jennifer munity taking dance lessons It was their opening session Labignan, Karri Jones, mid- James and Mistie Ovenden. at the Orono Dance Classes for the fall term. dle row: Melanie Puk, Diane Published Every Wednesday• Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 2, 1985 Bill Carmnanto seek BiCkMulroney promises anovthr Boardtermdirection for waste William Carman, Orono, who has served on the local boards of education for the past quarter of a century is in the run again come this November 12th. This week he announced he would again seek support of the Ward One electorate to represent them on the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. funding to the Separate schools. He said Bil 30 had disenfranchized 65 percent of the population. He speaks of the new man- datory six credits which are causing some problems within the school system. He said the system was possibly too loose in the past but the pendulum in the number of mandatory subjects has now swung too far in the opposite direction. "It is affecting the arts and technical enrolment in the area schools," he said. Carman made the point that the public school system is underfunded and noted that 10 years ago the board received 60 percent of their funding from the province which compares with 47 per- cent in 1985-86. Only the incumbent members of the board have committed themselves in the forthcoming election being Bob Willsher and William Carman. Two members sit on the board representing Ward Three in the Town of Newcastle. LOCAL ELECTION ACTIVITIES We have been informed by John Witheredge, campaign manager for Frank Stapleton seeking election to Ward 3 local council, that Stapleton will be opening his campaign head- quarters in Newtonville this Thursday afternoon. The opening ceremonies are to take place at 5:30 with coffee and donuts be- ing served. George Cameron seeking election to the Regional seat /ard 3 has organized a 'Meet the Candidate' meeting to be h at the Brownsdale Community Centre on Sunday, Oc- tober 6th at 7:30 p.m. Coffee and donuts to be served. Everyone welcome. In a letter to the clerk of the Township of Hope, Fran Aird, Prime Minister Mulroney announced his plan to appoint a minister to draft a policy for the disposal of the Port Hope area's radioac- tive waste. The appointment is' ex- pected to take place late Oc- tober or by mid November. Mulroney, in his letter, blamed the problem of waste disposal in the area on the failure of the previous government to deal with it. He said he sympathized with the concerned resident in that the government had not come up with a strategy to solve the problem. The letter was dated August 23rd. A copy of the letter was also sent to the Canadian En- vironemntal Law Associa- tion, a group of lawyers ac- ting on behalf of the Hope Township organization fighting a plan by Eldorado to locate the radioactive wastp in either Hope Township or at Port 'Granby in the Town of Newcastle. John Veldhuis, chairman of Newcastle's Port Granby Nuclear Monitoring Commit- tee has stated he was pleased to hear of the prime minister's letter. He said he was confident Mulroney will have a policy and that a minister will be appointed to have the responsibility to im- plement the policy. Veldhuis said he could not understand why Eldorado was proceeding with its plan to locate waste in the area while Mulroney had pledge that such should not happen in a populated area while Mulroney was in opposition. Veldhuis also pointed out that Sinclair Stevens had renewed that pledge when he (Stevens) was in the area in March of 1985. The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion through two committees are again considering the possible implementation of Junior Kindergarten. The proposal to reconsider Junior Kindergarten came through administration. The issue came up briefly at the last meeting of the board and has been referred back to staff for an updating of information related to the program. Last year Junior Kindergarten for four-year- olds was considered by.the board and turned dowi-due mainly to the cost of such a program. Most of the opposi- tion came through private junior kindergarten and nursery school which operate in the area and who feel they do provide the service now and at a cost to only those who use it. The private operators also pointed to advantages that their program provide over that which would be provided by the board. Although the Times received a call on Monday that the board was handling this latest proposal in secret it appears on information pro- vided by Trustee Wm. Car- man that this is not the case. Wm. Carman admitted it may have appeared to be the case that the proposal was be- ing handled in closed session but that in fact the proposal had been taken out of the closed session before dealing with the issue. Mr. Carman also pointed out that some monies had been placed in the current school budget for possible start-up costs for a Junior Kindergarten but that this money has since been spent in other areas of the educational system. The Board will again con- sider the proposal when in- formation and figures are up- dated. Mr. Carman said such a program has been im- plemented in Peterborough and he understands it has not affected enrolment in the private kindergarten or nursery school enrolments. That time of year again Its that time of year again with all sporting activities in the community turning to hockey and skating at the local Orono Arena. The above is a familiar scene and for the younger set it takes the full effort of the Frank Sawyer in the family and friends to get the background carrys out the budding stars on the ice pro- same task for his son Scott. perly equipped. Paul Landers has sometime Above Pat Landers, a to wait for his turn on the neighbour, laces up skates for Novice team. Scott MacDonald awhile