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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 4,1986 Guides Receive All Round Cords During Special Ceremony Council Briefs Senior Public School Students Enjoy Works Department Tour On Wednesday, May 28th, two members of 5th Guide Company were presented with their All Round Cords at the Salvation Army Citadel on Liberty St. South. They were, front row 1-r, Suzanne Brooks and Jennifer Bryant. At rear are 1-r Guider in Charge Marg Colliss, District Commissioner Sue Bradley and Mrs. Capt. Cuff. Farm Labour Pool Begins 12th Year The Canada Farm Labour Pool is now in its 12th year of operation. If offers workers, including students, a source of finding farm work and farmers a source of finding workers. Workers may be hired on a daily, temporary, or permanent basis. Over 500 farmers used the service and 3000 placements were recorded recorded in 1985. Paul Risebrough and Dianne Foote are looking after the day work program in Port Perry this year and may be contacted at the CFLP office in Port Perry (985-3831) ; Anne Marie Werry in Cannington (432-2101) and Isabel Stinson in Havelock (778-7133) ; A toll free number may be used 1-800-263-3825. Starting mid June, each office opens at 7:00 a.m., six days a week. Workers and students, interested in farm work, are encouraged to apply at an office of the CFLP. Various farm - jobs are available including haying, picking strawberries, and general farm work. A recommended wage of $5.00 per hour applies in most areas. Farmers interested in hiring through the day work program are encouraged to call early each day to book workers. Any number of workers may be requested 1,2, 3... whatever is required. For more information please call the office in your area. Councillor Hal McKnight has been chosen to represent represent the town council on the Board of Directors for the Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce. "It's a very progressive, group and I will be delighted delighted to serve," said Councillor Councillor McKnight. He noted that membership in the Chamber has grown to approximately approximately 80. Newcastle council has agreed agreed to proclaim November 3 to 9 as Bowling Week. The request came from the Ontario Ontario Durham Five Pin Bowlers' Bowlers' Association in the form of a letter on the Monday Monday evening agenda of Newcastle's Newcastle's town council. Newcastle council was advised Monday night that August 1 is the suggested start date for a condominium condominium project to be built in Courtice. The buildings buildings are located just west of Courtice Rd., north of Nash Rd. Council has agreed to a minor change in the proposal proposal to allow the site to be developed as a condominium condominium project rather than an apartment complex. complex. St. Francis Of Assisi News Changes at St. Francis Parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Newcastle, gathered together on Sunday at an outdoor reception to say farewell to Father Joe Collins. Father Joe left soon after to take up his new position as Pastor of Immaculate Conception Conception Parish in Peterborough. Peterborough. He is being replaced by Father Dick Walsh, formerly of Pontypool and Chaplain at Millbrook Institution. Exploring large trucks and maintenance equipment equipment at the Newcastle Public Works Department in Hampton was half the fun of the Public Works tour which involved an enthusiastic class of Senior Public Public School students. by Catherine Denny How many times have you sworn to write a lètter to the Public Works Department complaining about the mess your road was in or the annoying annoying construction on your street or the lack of sidewalks in this town? Of course most people figure figure that it's easier to complain complain than to take action -- that is unless you're a determined determined soul like 13-year-old Waverley Public School News Y.W.C.A. Searching for Women of Distinction Once again the Oshawa YWCA is calling for nominations nominations for the fifth Annual Durham Durham Region Women of Distinction Distinction Awards to be held November 6,1986. The primary purpose of the Awards Dinner is to honor women in the region for the exceptional contribution to community life. The Awards Dinner is also one of the major fund raising activities undertaken undertaken by the Oshawa YWCA. The proceeds from the dinner are allocated to the World YWCA program of Cooperation Cooperation for Development working in over 80 countries to help women participate fully in development and for various Oshawa YWCA " special projects. The public is invited to share in this special occasion by attending the Awards Dinner and by nominating women in one or more of the following categories: The Arts, Community Service, Women in the Work Force, Young Women of Distinction. Nomination forms are available available from the YWCA office at 199 Centre St. S. and will be received until October 3,1986. Plan to participate in this regional celebration of Women's achievements. Do you know a young person who I v went that extra mile? The search is on for Ontario Junior Citizens of the Year. Do you know someone in your community, between the ages of C and 18 years, who has gone that extra mile? Someone who has shown selfless service, resourcefulness, ingenuity, or acts of courage -- that "good kid"? Someone spedal'that you think should be recognized? You can help Canadian Pacific Air Lines and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association honour these kids by nominating them for an Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award. Contact your local community newspaper. Spring deadline for individual and group nominations is June 30th, 1986. Ontario Junior Citizens of the Year recipients will receive a plaque, a cash prize, a family photo portrait with the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, and a lapel pin. Contact our Junior Citizens' Co-ordinator Rick James, lor complete details. Eljc Canabian Statesman Phone 623-3303 Canadian Pacific K3 Airlines Why not honour a deserving kid this year? MS. MacGREGOR By Jennifer Moser Ms. MacGregor is a Teaching Teaching Assistant at Waverley and was hired by the Board. In the morning she helps Mrs. MacLeod. MacLeod. When she goes there she helps one student with major subjects and sometimes helps other students. She likes to help special children and to see them progress. In the afternoon she works in Ms. Porter's class with one student. She got her certificate certificate from York University. She loves her job and enjoys the people she works with at Waverley. MR. HOBSON'S CLASS By Jennifer Moser Mr. Hobson's class is doing a lot of interesting things this year. In math they are reviewing reviewing decimals and fractions. In Spelling they do sentences, clues and sometimes work from spelling text books. The Bigger Pictures Plus Fast Accurate Service FREE! 5x7 Enlargement with every C41-110, 126-135 film processed. INSTANT ' PASSPORT PHOTOS OSHAWA CAMCAA CfMTNE LTD 728-4631 OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE (ACROSS FROM THE RHONE CENTRE) class reads for a few minutes then they answer questions from a work book or ditto. The topic in Environmental Studies is Balance of Nature. Their art work is two point perspective and is displayed around the room. In Gym, as with the other grades 3-6 classes, they are getting ready for Track and Field. Recently they went to the Outdoor Education Education Centre. Keep up the good work! MS. PORTER'S CLASS By Tanya McConnell Ms. Porter's class is doing a lot of different things. In Math they are doing two step division division and multiplication. They have done consonant blends in spelling and every Friday they choose a partner and give each other words, then the other person marks it. Their Environmental Studies is all about maps. They have done activities, sketches of the classroom, stories, research etc. In Reading they are reading reading animal stories and did oral book reports and sometimes they do reading activities. For Gym they are getting ready for Track and Field. I think this class is going to be busy. SENIOR KINDERGARTEN By Tracy Moriarlty On Wednesday, May 28 Waverley held a meeting for the parents of the children starting Senior Kindergarten in the fall. First Mr. Reid told the parents all they, needed to know. Then Mrs. Robinson showed some slides that Mr. McKelvey had taken from the Kindergarten room. Mr. Reid divided the parents into two groups. One group stayed in the gym to watch a video tape about all the things kindergarten's kindergarten's do, such as matching words and painting. The other group went to the kindergarten kindergarten room to see the different different centres the teacher made up. Next year the kindergarten teachers will be Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. tenWesteneind. The teachers work quite hard to make the year successful. ENRICHMENT . By Tanya McConnell Mr. McKelvey took three students to Cobourg Lions Center for a Drama Enrichment Enrichment day. The students' names are Craig Cowles, Amanda Haick and Sheri Sandison. Those three were chosen by Mr. Hobson because he thought it would be a good experience for them. When they got to the Lions Center they met Bob Barker from the "Price is Right." He told them a story. After the story was over they split up into four different groups with singing, dancing, dramatization dramatization and instrumental. There were five or six different skits. At the end they put it all together as one. They must have had fun. PLANS ARE BEING MADE By Jason Moore Mr. Mills' class is planning a big trip for Thursday, June 19. Earlier this year the class studied Canada by reading Canadian novels, learning about the different landscapes and the Canadian way of life many years ago. The grade 6's studied j different rocks and mineral! and the grade 5's are now studying plant life. Mr. Mills has a full day of activities organized to supplement supplement the language arts and environmental studies units. The class will go by bus to Lang Century Village near Peterborough. Here we will get to see the pioneer way of life - tools, clothes, furniture, homes and how they made everything without modern ideas. From the pioneer village the class will go to Burnham Provincial Provincial Park where we will eat lunch and go for a nature walk through the trails. It will be interesting to see how many trees and plants we can iden- .tify. The Peterborough Lift Locks will be the next stop. Hopefully there will be a lot of boats passing through so we can see how the locks work. The last part of the trip should be really exciting as we visit the Warsaw Caves Conservation Conservation Area. We may get to shine our flashlights into the caves and we will hike through the limestone plains and kettles. Finally, Mr. Mills will cook us hot dogs, and we will be ready to head for home. We . are really looking forward to j hope for good weather. THE MEETING AT BOWMANVILLE SENIOR PUBLIC SCHOOL By Laura Broadbent Some of the teachers from Waverley went to the Bowmanville Bowmanville Senior School for a meeting with the grade seven teachers, vice principal and principal. The teachers that went were Mrs. Moffat, Mr. Ralfe, Mr. Mills, Mrs. Clement Clement and Mrs. MacLeod. The teachers took their class list and discussed enrichment activities, difficulties in subject subject areas and achievements. Students strengths and weaknesses, weaknesses, extra curricular involvement and the instrumental instrumental program (band) was also discussed. All of this was done to get ready for grade seven. HAIKU POETRY FROM MRS. BRADLEY'S CLASS Rainbows By Stephanie Morgan Rainbows in the v i.v. Clouds are going by and by. Watch my rainbow now! Rain , By Aaron Stoker Rain is coming down Following right behind me I will go inside. Rain is coming down Coming right behind me now Let's go inside now. BIRD By Steven Chalmers Look at my bird sing Running all around searching Martin was my friend. Tulips By Christine Elliott Tulips are pretty They really are pretty They also smell nice. Kites By Kelly Browne Kites fly in the sky As the wind goes blowing by this exciting all day trip. Let's p The wind goes they die. ' i'iiv .vt-::$£•<'itx'llii't IflililiSStfe sikkBns cf^ ==5s 5S .sikkens* Cetoii 'likens Cptni -n Superior quality wood coatings engineered to stand up against the elements 1 . Available at Central Paint and Wallpaper 295 Ritson Rd. 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Eddie's letter went before before council last month, resulting resulting in a few recommendations recommendations and a promise by councillors to consider the problem carefully. In the meantime, David Gray, deputy director of the Town of Newcastle's Public Works Dept, invited young Eddie and his classmates to come out and inspect the Works building in Hampton and discover how things are run. The tour, held May 14th, appropriately tied in with Public Works Week which was geared toward improving improving local awareness about the men who maintian our town. Eddie's mates not only escaped escaped classes for the morning morning but were given the rare opportunity to take a hands- on look at the equipment used by the town's engineers, engineers, the road sweepers and snow-plowers. In the building itself, Mr. Gray was pleased to show off the new addition at the Public Works Department which is just being completed completed to include two large bathrooms with showers for ladies and men and a new lunch room which will come in handy for meetings, seminars seminars and future classroom tours. "It's great to have the showers in here so that the workers can get cleaned up before getting into their cars and heading home," explained David who went on to add that "The fact we have women's showers too says a bit about our progress...the progress...the department is recognizing recognizing that we do have women workers on staff and they need their own facilities." facilities." The showers were also installed installed for safety reasons. For example, if someone were to get acid in their eyes they could run quickly under the shower. Progress is also apparent in the fact that the department department now has their own consultants for day to day routine operations whereas they used to just hire one for special assignments. Other interesting facts and trivia about department department operations and inquiries inquiries into when certain roads would be paved or repaired repaired were covered during a question and answer period held after the class tour. CRIME STOPPERS Durham Regional Crime Stoppers is asking for the assistance- of the public in solving a number of cattle thefts which are occurring in the Pickering, Uxbridge, Brock and Scugog Townships. During the past several months, cattle valued at thousands thousands of dollars have been stolen from these areas. On April 3rd, 1986, at 2:00 a.m. in the morning a red truck with dual wheels was seen near a loading corral on the Ux- bridge-Pickering Town Line but drove away on being seen. 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