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-11W U I Lt IlI m-m-w(ýS - ýOrono ýWeekly Tires, Wednesday, Apritl 27, 1994 Once upon a time at a Newcastle school, a group of students gathered to take part in a grand event called StoryFest. The second annual StoryFest was held this year at Newcastle Public School. Each school in the Clarke ASG, plus three schools from Port Hope sent five of their students to participate in this event. Each student was given the opportunity to tell a story to the rest of the students, providing them with a chance to practice their public speaking skills. Later, Enid Decoe, a kindergarten teacher from S. T. Warden school, enraptured the by Carol-Ann Oster students with her tale weaving magie. By listening to her story- telling expertise the students learned themselves how to make a mental picture appear. They were given the opportunity t0 ask questions about storytelling later. There are a number of reasons that StoryFest is a good exercise. t helps wîth memaory skills, and public speaking skills. t also helps with listening skills, as the student pays attention to the story being told and how it is being told. Finally, it teaches the student the mnost important aspect of storytelling, that is making a picture appear in the others mind. Enid Decoe, weaves a magie every word at this years 2nd tale that -had students hanging on Annual StoryFest. Eironme%nt1al,,Launch held at Newcastle Public The Newcastle Public Sehool was very much a part of the Environmental Launch last Thursday in celebration of Earth Week and in recognition of the Greening efforts of the Ontario School Boards' Association. It was also in recognition of the process with the local board of education andi the assistance of the Ministry of the Environment andi Energy. Choosing the Newcastle school as the site for the launch was in recognition that the Newcastle sehool has been a leader in waste reduction over the past three years. t was also pointed out that the school had been the firstto take action 10 waste reduction. Mr. Bob Gunn, president of the Ontario School Boards' Association spoke of the action taken in 1991 10 start a waste reduction program in Ontario schools. The programn was assisteti by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy. They createti a guide for environmental policy in sehool boards, The Sehool Board Green Guide, which includes models for environmiental planning. The Trash Tally handbook andi video outines how sehools can undertake waste audits and then develop, implement andi monitor waste reduction. Mr. Gunn said Northum- berland and Clarington was a leader in the program. The Hon. J. Wiseman, Min- ister of the Environment, said the program 110w being undertaken in the schools hit home and&goes beyond recycling. He said the environmental system can be involveti in every subject taught in school. Wiseman saiti that jobs of the future will be tied int the environment and that to-day eight to 12 percent of the jobs are associateti with the environment. Mrs. Judi Armstrong, chair of the local school board, brought greetings from the board and stateti that everyone has to get involveti in the protection of the environment. Mr. Dick Maloney said that back in 1990/91 the waste management action plan was endorsed by the local board of education. He said the Newcastle Public School camne up with the spark initiating the Audit Work plan. He said 10 out of the 16 schools in the area that startedth de Audit plan completeti the plan. It involved a total of 350 st"dents. Mr. Malowney saiti waste reduced had saved the board of education $30,000 in 1993. Al schools now participate in the 3R program. Mrs. Trudy Lum, Newcastle Lions News The Newcastle Lions Club held their April 13 meeting ini the Lions Room at the Newcastle Community Hall. Thirty Lions enjoyeti a delicious roast pork dinner serveti by the Newcastle Lioness Club. After dinner Lion Dave Robinson introduced Janice Gallager, Principal of Newtonville Public -School. Janice, along with two other teachers from Newtonville Public School were sponsored in 1993 by the Lions to attend a three day Lions Skills for Adolescence Quest Workshop. Lions Quest is a program accepteti by most school boards that teaches children many social skills and values, especially' how to handle peer pressure when it involves drugs. Janice thanked the Lions for the sponsorship and proceeded to describe the workshop. She relateti the three full days of intense instruction by a "dynamic educator" in Belleville last August. She had just missed out on getting the Skills for Adolescents Course at her previous school board and was delighted to get a chance to be sponsoreti here by another Lions Club. -Janice illustrateti somne of the skill she had learneti by setting up somne school situations and demonstrating the right and wrong way to deal with them. This is one way she teaches in the classroomi. After a well received presentation, Janice was thanked by Lion Francis Jose and presenteti with a gift from the Lions. Lion, Warren Tait was presenteti with a twenty-year chevron to commemorate his service with the Newcastle Lions. And seven recently inducted Lions were presented with their new Dinner Badges. Congratulations to Lion Peter DeJong who rerently travelleti to Markham where he received his (Continueti page 9) superintendent of curriculume for the Board of Education addressed the meeting saiti they were ecstatic 10 what was happening in waste reduction and as well those things that are a spinoff. She pointed to the benefits for the students as to probleai solving, recording information and writing reports, alI being part of the Audit Work plan. Mrs. Louise Farr, trustee from the, Durham Board of Education also spoke at the launching. She asked "how green are we going to be?" To determine the problem of waste she suggested that a bag bc tiedt 1 the person in which waste would bc collected during the day. "The amount is staggering" she saiti. The audience was entertained by a Rap song by the primary students and further entertaineti by the Song of the Future by the 5925 Main St. Treatments Available bi RAL NUT c N., Orono ,tiAppointrnent OnIy O herpy ral therap es iS AVAJLABLE PLease cail Sandra Topper Certlfled Reflexologist & Aroma Therapist 983-8162 We carry Swiss Herbai Feredies 'We Make it Easy'" REPLACEMENTS. WRITTEN LIFETIME GLJARANTEE. N..... . e ClI latglass any size CALL 697-1221 24 HOURS 157 Baseline Rd. E., Unit 2 Bowmariville * We honour ail competitors coupons- PUBLIC NOTICE INFORMATION CENTRE The Corporation of the Munlclpality of Claringion Proposed Reconstruction of Station Street, Construction of Connecting Road between Princess Street and Station Street in Orono, The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington plans to reconstruct Station Street (f rom Main Street to 300 metres westerly> inciuding the construction of a new connecting roadway between Station Street and Princess Street in the 1994 Construction Program. Design concepts have been prepared and construction is schedulod to commence on August 2, 1994. The proposed works wiII include the urbanization of Station Street with sidowalk to the Durham County Senior Citizens Lodge, construction of a connecting roadway to an urban standard from Station Street to Princess Street (east of Orono Creek) and minor modification to Princess Street. It is proposed to close Princess Street to vehicular traffic at the Main Street intersection. You are cordially invted to attend an -information Centre to be held on Thursday, April 28, 1994, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.mn. at the Orono Town Hall, Main Street, Orono, Ontario. Plans for the reconstruction wiIl bo available and staff will be present to answer questions. Input f rom the Public is respectf ully requested. Walter A. Evans, P. Eng. MOMCPAL~ ~ Director of Public Works <'Irirg~~~.Corporation of the Municipality o f Clarington 40 Temperanca Street Bowmanville, Ontario LI C 3A6 Date of Publication: Wednesday, April 27, 1994 P.O. 3984 ......... ýâm