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RONO WEEKLY TIMES e evi ast*lrigto ad eyodsic 13 650 GSTlncluded Wednesday, October 1. 1997 Big and Litte Brothers fly planes Little Brothier Colin Percewicz, David Adamns, John Weales and Big Brot'her Mark Williamns. Weales and Adams, members of the Oshawa Remote Control Flying Club organized Sundays flying event with the Big Brothers. The Oshawa Remote Control ýFIyîIng club (ORCFC') invited ithe- Clarington Big Brothers to join them on Sunday for a day of flying. The ORCFC rent a field close to Taunton and Townline in Orono, where they gather weekly to put their planes through mnaneuvers. Sunday's novice flyer-s were given a radio with a buddy cord, which makes fly- ing easier to, learn, and keeps club members froIn oosing to many planes in the trees. Community doser to rescuing forest station An article in the Grenville for growing seedlings, Business News. August approximately 350 acres. edition, reports thiat Reeve, The province Is to retaIn Don Cameron, of Oxford On ownership of the forested Rideau Township, that thie lands. municipality are on the Two business plans have verge of rescuing the G. assured us that this'unique Howard Ferguson Forest community economic Station, in Kempville. development opportunity is The closure of this indeed viable, stated the Nursery was announced at Reeve. It was stated there the same Urne as that of the would be no risk to the closing of the Orono Station. taxpayers of the community. The Reeve of Oxford on The nursery bad been in Rideau Township relers to operation for more than fifty support from the Town of years. Kempville ai-d that of South Underthe plan the Gower. Kemptville Station wIll "We are close to fmnalizing continue to produce the purchase of the Forest seedlings for Eastern Station from t he Ontario Ontario to assist their plan Govemnment. The Minister of for sustainiability. Natural Resources, Chris Hodgson, lias confirmed by letter that agreement -lias beeni reachedl on the Subscribe to coutstandin1g issues", stated Reeve Ca-meron. Q% oo The purchase wlll include r the buildings, Weekly Times ifastructure, and most of the open cleared land used Oirono P-ublic School teachers, participate in "educational drii"' Public school teachers took their frustration with the Provincial Govemment's, pro- posed changes to educationl, to the streets on Thursday. As part of a province wide action the staff of the Orono Public School used part of their lunch break to partici- pate in an 'educational drill'. Among the proposed changes in Bill 160 that teachers strongly object to are - bringing non qualified teachers to instruct physical education classes, reduction of class preparation time, lengthening the school day, and eliminating custodians. An 18 year old graduate of the Early Childhood Education Program could conceivably be teaching a kindergarten class of 26 kids. The teachers feel that the ECE would flot have the classroomn management skills to do the job properly. "You wouldn't let an unqualified person fix your car or do your hair, would you then Jet an uinqualified person teach your kids at school?" the teachers asked. Many of the extra curricu- lar activities are done on the teacher's own time. The play last year at OPS was done on teachers own time. Many teache rs use their summers for upgrading, and are back at school at least ýa week before school starts. The majority of teachers are not making $60,000 a year. Expecting teachers to keep 9-5 business hours is absurd, they say, because a lot of school -work is done -at home in the evenings. 1The Orono teachers say that most parents don't really know what the cuts are'àll abo ut. Their school at one time had five Educational Assistants, now they have one, and class sizes are grow- ing. Teachers urge people to cail the MPP and voice their objections to the changes. It ha been cons istently the governmenr's position that the province would not impose a charity gaming facility on a municipality that does not want one. This quote came from a letter council received fromn the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations dated Septeniber 19, 1997. Mayor Hamre asked councillors Monday how they proposed to talk to their elec- torate about this issue. Earlier fears that the province would put casinos where ever they wvanted have now been laid to rest. Thec Kaitlin, Groups bid for a casino at the Port of Newcastle has not made it onto the Ministries short list. Mr. Danielîs of the Kaitlin. Group can now go to parties. that did makethe short liit and ask to have his site added to their list. Counicillors decided flot to hold a referendumy on the casino issue, but rather asked staff to mneet with various charities and report back to counicil. Couincillor Dreslinski asked that thec charities be made aware of how the casi- no incomne is to be divided, with the lions share going to the province. Volume 61, Number 38 a a ÇHappenngs'. GIANT PUMPKIN CONTEST At the Durham Region County Farmers' Co-op on October 4th. Weigh in imre is 12:30. Cail the Co-op at 983-9134 for further details. ORONO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Fail Flower and Vegetable Show and Plant Sale, Orono United Church, Thursday, October 2, 7:30 p.m. Ail Welcomne! For further information call Carol at 983-5326 or Flora at 983-976., DIALOGUE ON BREA4ST CANCER: A BLOBAL EPIDEMIC Thursday, October 9, 1997 - 7:00 p.m. Refreshments. Bring your own mug, Courtroom #1, Church Street, Bowmanville. CLARINGTON OLDER ADULT ASSOCIATION The Clarington Older Aduit Association program .on Tuesday, October 7, 1997, offers uine dancing ai 9:00 a.m. and sq uare danc- ing at 1:00 p.m. At. 10:15 a.m. Stitch, Craft'n Chat making various items for the Bazaar to be held October 31 -or join the card play- ers. Lunch at noon and local transportation for a nominal fee can be arranged when requested in advance by Monday noon. Programs are held at the Lions Community Centre, 26 Beech Avenue, Bowmanville. Phone Community Care at 623-2261. WORKSHOPS ON GRIEF SUPPORT Workshop sponsored by Cîarington Grief Support Association is being held on Monday, October 6th, 1997, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at St. Therese's Church Hall, 3200 Courtice Road, Courtice. Pre-regis- tration required due to limited numbers. Please caîl Kathryn Roberts at 623-3691. LADIES FITNESS CLASSES Resumes at Crossroads Christian Assembly. Tuesday evenîngs at 7:30 p.m. Hostess: Toni DenHollander. Crossroads is located at 978 North Street, Newcastle, at Hwy. #1 15 and Concession #3. For more information, please caîl 987-9955. Nlo referendum on- charity casinos 1