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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 9, 1991-5 Little Scoops... a g a À "Friendship" Falher Time has a magical way 0f warming up my heart. . Old memories wake and inger on; Neverfrom my soul la part. 1 like Io dream and reminisce 0f happy limes with you. . In hopes of new days yel la o fcm Offriendship, real and Irue. . (PDM) This is indeed "the" turne of year for fresh starts, wide-eyed plans for the year ahead, and those ever- faithful New Year's resolutions. For some reason, it also seems to be a private time of looking back, flot on just the year gone by, but on many events and tunes in our own It was a grand finale indeed to the first term at Newtonville Public School, as volunteer moms cooked "Definitely thumbs up" for the scrumptious Christmas dinner at lives. Thus, we may find ourselves counting our blessings. 0f warming up to ahl those pretty wonderful tises and people we have corne across in our lifetirne. Anyone, at any given time can pick Up a newspaper and get a quick does of depression; truthful yes, but depressing, nonetheless. Maybe the only enlightening cure for the time being is for us ail to make the most of who we are, and what we have that really rnatters; home, fanily and friends. And that is pretty terrific, nonetheless. Happy, Happy New Year to you and yours! and served up a turkey dinner with ail the trimrnings, to students... the school, Friday December 21st... "Flying up to Guides" The first Newtonville Guides welcomed new members back on November lSth. Front row (1-r) Arnanda Bouley, .. And New Patfmiiders (left) Tammy Biais and Jessica Rogers (right) get a welcome and a - Happy belated birthday of December 30 to Chera Bruce of Rebecca Hisson, Renee Mathias, Chrissy Farrugia, Amy Farrow and Shannon Armstrong. Joining the other Guides in congratulatory hug from Marion Knapp at the November 15th Newtonville. Chera, you may remember is the littie, girl we congratulating these girls were leaders, (1-r) Kathy Hisson, Angela Devonish, Sue Bouley and Commissioner Marion Knapp. celebration of the first Newcastle Patfmiiders Troupe. learned' about who was the' (Continued page 11) Here, lovely little ladies get a grip on their festive homemade Tremendous thanks te "hot lunch chairperson" Darlene Zachanowich 15 BASEBALL "ODDBALL" Take me out to the oddball gaine. The Los Angeles Dodgers are flot necessarily the most neurotic outfit ini basebail but they are the first to bre - or to admit it - a ful-tirne teani psychiatrist. Those folks from New York will want to point out that the need for a shrink lias only developed since the Dodgers moved from Brooklyn 32 years ago. cupcakes. and ail who made this most popular event so deliciously memorable. Ganaraska seeks general manager The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority is preparing to hire a ncw general manager to replace Brian Hancock who resigned from the position three montLhs ago. The new general manager is expected to be in place sometime i March. ®Ministry of Revenue Ontario TAX FACTS Some Ontario Retail Sales Tax (RST) Changes You Should Know About Recently, the Ministry of Revenue announced that the Province of Ontario will flot charge Retail Sales Tax (RST) on the federal Goods and Services Tax (G ST). If you have paid RST on top of GSI, you may receive a refund from your retailer. The following changes becamne effective January 1, 1991: a To offset some of the costs incurred by vendors as a result of the GST, the Ontario governiment is increasing the amount of compen- sation to vendors for the collection and rernittance of RST. 0 The RST audit and refund period has been increased from three to four years. *The ref und of RST on goods taken out of Ontario by tourists and on transient accommodation will be arnended. If you want 10 know more about these changes in the Retail Sales Tax Act, cail your local RST office listed in the blue pages of your telephone book, or the Ministry of Revenues multilingual Telephone Information Centre, tolI-free: Metro Toronto All Other Areas French Language Enquiries Telephone Device for the Deaf 965-8470 1-800-263-7965 1-800-668-5821 1-800-263-7776