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6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 27, 1990 Bike-A-Thon and Rodeo presentations The presentation of prizes to the winners in the I st Annual Bike-A- Thon and Rodeo, was made at Orono Public School on Monday morning before the full school A graduation of yesteryear by Gord Mils assembly. Anxious children,- waited with baited breath, to hear their name called out as a prize winner. Eleven children, in various age groups, were rewarded with medals and prizes for their efforts. A large impressive plaque, awarded annual- ly to the school gaining the most pledges, was presented to Orono Public School to display and hold for one year. The top individual prize, of a new bicycle, awarded to the person gaining the most pledges in their grade category, was won by Paula Partner. Followrng the prize presentation, Dan Stacheruk, organizer of the event on behaîf of the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Club, presented Orono Public Sehool Vice Principal Jon Leith, with a cheque for $8 12.77, to be used in conjunction with the school's V.I.P. (Values, Influences & Peers) program. In a speech of thanks, on behaîf of the school teachers and students, Mr. Leîth thanked the Kinsmen Club members for the tremendous effort put into the event, which had been received with enthusiasm by the participants and parents alike. P THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY 0F DUJRHAM DURHAM Holiday Closure of Sanitary Landf !Il Site The CARTWRIGHT & SCUGOG TRANSFER STATIONS wiII be closed on Monday, JuIy 2, 1990, for Canada Day. Normal operation wiII resume on Tuesday, JuIy 3, 1990. W.A. TWELVETREES, P. ENG. COMMIISSIONER 0F WORKS A few days ago 1 was looking after the office at the "Ti-mes" Headquarters, during the lunch hour. A young man came in to en- quire if cour "President" had finish- ed printing the invitations for the upcoming graduation evening at the Pines Public School. Through con- versation 1 learned that. our customer was a teacher at the Pines, who had dropped up to pick the order up during his lunch hour. He was an affable young chap, the type of person that parents in todays e world expect, as a matter of course, to teach their children. We had a conversation about children and teaching, and through this, 1 was able to bring up my pet peeve, the Il plus examination, which England used for far too long, to determine the future education of its children. He laughed, as 1 said that most English school teachers of my day, ail appeared to have had the same pre-requisite, service with the British Army in India, and part of a dead elephant's tail, (allegedly from India as welI) to be used as a weapon to make your hand "Iwool- ly" for any wrong-doing. 1 mentioned that 1 would be go- ing to the graduation to see my own granddaughter pass along into high school, and what a far cry it would be from my own "graduation" in 1942. That occasion called for a march to the headmaster's office, in double quick time, on my l4th bir- thday. While standing to attention, the headmaster asked me if 1 was sorry to be leaving school. 1 ge- nuinely told hîm that 1 regretted having to leave. His comeback was, "Milis get out of this room as fast as you can, before my boot makes sudden contact with your back side." The teacher from the Pines, and 1 laughed heartily over it, a graduation story of yesteryear, without any printed invitations fromr the Orono Times. Sharmila lost a leg to cancer when she was six years old. With the help of a prosthetié leg, Sharmila is able to skip and swim with ber friends. Helping people with disabilities is just one way lottery funds are used. Lottery funds are also used to provide grants in other areas such as sports and recreation, arts and culture, hospitals, and province- wide charities. %hs is how Lottery fuands are working for you in your area. DURHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, DURHAM COBOURG GAMES SOCIETY, COBOURG LAND 0' LAKES CURLING CLUB, TWEED Q[UINTE IRISH CANAflIAN SOC~IETY, BELLE VILLE SOntario Lottery Corporation Together we're making good things happen. Lottery funds help people with disabilities. . . . . .. ......