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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 13 Jan 1988, p. 3

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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Januar>' 13, 1938 3 BUCKLE UP BABY--The Bowmanville Jaycet- tes have provided the use of an infant car seat free of charge to the first baby born in Bowman- ville in the New Year. Louise Beach, Buckle Up Baby Chairperson for the Bowmanville Jaycettes, made the presentation ofthe car seat to Delores McMillan recently. Of course, you don't have to be parents of the first baby of the New Year to obtain a car seat from the Jaycettes. Jaycettes. Anyone wishing to rent an infant seat can call Louise at 623-2309 after six p.m. from Monday Monday to Friday. BOY SCOUT PAPER DRIVE IN BOWMANVILLE BOWMANVILLE -- Please have your newspapers out by 8:30 a.m. this Saturday morning (January 16) in order to have them picked up by the Bowmanville Bowmanville Boy Scouts. VISUAL ARTS REGISTRATION -- The Town of Newcastle's Visual Arts Centre will be holding its winter registration for adult and children's courses January 25 to February 5. For further details, phone 623-5831, LOYALISTS MEET -- The Upper Canada Branch of the United Empire Loyalists will meet in the auditorium of the Whitby Public Library on Wednesday, January 20, at 7:30 p.m. Colonel Sheriff will discuss the history of the Ontario Tank Regiment. All are welcome to hear this presentation. HERE COME THE BLUE BOXES -- Recycling efforts in the Durham Region will be intensified intensified this year with the delivery of the Blue Boxes to area households. The boxes will be used for the recycling of newspaper, glass and tin. About 30,000 of them are being placed in service in Oshawa during mid-January. And by mid-February, we'll see the boxes delivered to the Town of Newcastle. CHILD AND FAMILY PROGRAMS -- The Durham House Family Education Resource Centre is offering a number of study groups and workshops this year. Space does not permit permit a complete listing of all the topics available. available. However, a few of these include "Building Your Child's Self-Esteem", "Active Parenting", Parenting", "The Joy of Living With Teens", and "Understanding "Understanding Children's Misbehaviour". There's even a session on coping with the "Super Mom" syndrome. Locally, there's a study group on positive parenting starting Wednesday, January 27, at the Waverley Public Public School. A workshop on understanding children's children's misbehaviour commences Wednesday, January 13, at Waverley Public School. There's also a half-day seminar on family life conducted in April at the Ministry of Revenue Building in Oshawa. Further information is available at the Family Education Resource Centre (579-2021). RURAL NIGHT--The next meeting of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Lions Club, on January 25, will be the Rural Night. This is a time when members of the Lions Club invite someone from the farm community as their guest for the evening. The meeting focuses on topics of interest to rural and urban residents alike. The guest speaker is to be announced. VOLUNTEER VISITORS -- The Victorian Order of Nurses is looking for volunteers (men and women) who will visit patients in their homes once a week for oné and one-half hours. It's part of the VON's volunteer visiting program. program. Activities could include playing a game, helping with banking or groceries, or just having having a chat over a cup of tea. To join the VON Friendly Visitor Program, call 434-2530. NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OUR NEW EXOTIC BIRD SHOWROOM. CROZIÉRS HAS ALL THE SUPPLIES: • Cages • Toys • Feed • Specialty Books Health and Breeding Supplies Large assortment of Cockatiels, Budgies, Finches and Canaries Avia/U&i R.R. 1, Orono (416) 983-9311 Guaranteed Healthy and Young "Quality and Quantity always available" OPEN TO PUBLIC BY APPOINTMENT ONLY HOSPITAL BIDDERS -- Pre-qualification proposals for tendering on the Memorial Hospital Hospital renovation and construction program were reviewed by the hospital's selection committee last month. The following general contractors were selected in this process and are eligible to proceed with bidding on the hospital construction. construction. The group includes: Acme Building and Construction Limited; Cana Construction Co. Ltd.; E.G.M. Cape and Company Ltd.; Dineen Construction Ltd.; Robertson-Yates Corporation Corporation Ltd.; Taylor Woodrow Construction Canada Canada Ltd.; Milne and Nichols Limited; and Van- bots Construction Corporation. Six mechanical contractors and five electrical contractors were also selected. WEEDLESS WEDNESDAY -- is January 20, the last day of National Non Smoking Week. Smokers (and we understand there are still quite a few of them left) are encouraged to make the extra effort to kick the habit. And there are a number of ongoing programs which can offer help. The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education started 1988 with a smoke-free environment. That means smoking will not be allowed within school board buildings. On the topic of smoking smoking and health, we might also note that there will be a display in the Bowmanville Mall on this subject Saturday, from 10 a.m. to three p.m. HERITAGE WEEK -- "Ontario's heritage -- Take it to heart" is the theme of Heritage Week '88 which will be celebrated across Ontario from February 15 to 21. A number of special events are planned across Ontario in conjunction conjunction with this special week. AGRICULTURAL AWARDS -- Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture and Food will be observing observing its centennial year by honoring 100 individuals or families who have rendered significant significant service to the province's agri food industry. industry. The awards were recently announced by Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell. Those honored will include people engaged in farming, farming, agricultural education or research, agribusiness, agribusiness, food processing or related industries. industries. A person may be nominated for an award by an organization or by any three individuals. The deadline for nominations is February 29. NEW NUMBER FOR INFORMATION OSHAWA -- Information Oshawa is ringing in the new year with a brand new telephone number. It's 434-INFO (434-4636). Topics related to areas such as local clubs, government, health, and seniors' services are available by dialing this number between the hours of nine a.m. and five p.m. each weekday. BIG FARM SHOW--The second annual Canadian Canadian International Farm Equipment Show takes place February 2 to 5 at the Toronto International International Centre. Over 500 exhibitors representing representing more than 900 companies will be showing the newest farm technology. This is the largest show of its kind in Canada and it has expanded into the 30,000 square foot addition addition to the International Centre. Money-saving registration cards are available in advance from co-op stores, farm equipment dealers, feed and seed dealers. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN -- The January dinner meeting of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Business and Professional Women's Club takes place on Thursday, January 21st at the Bowmanville Lions Centre. The guest speaker, Dr. Jim Nelson, a radiologist with the Oshawa General Hospital, will discuss "Breast Cancer and the Importance of Early Detection". Newcomers Newcomers are welcome to attend this meeting which commences at 6:30 p.m. Call Vivian Pickard Pickard (623-7221) or Helen Devitt (623-3915) by Monday, January 18, if you would like to attend. LUPUS ASSOC. MEETS--The Durham Lupus Association is meeting on January 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Oshawa City Hall, Boardroom 7A. Dr. Harris is the guest speaker. For more info, call 428-2115. WINTER'S HARVEST -- This annual competition competition and exhibition of crafts by area artisans will commence January 24 at the Visual Arts Centre in Bowmanville. Winter's Harvest includes includes entries in the categories of clay, glass, metal, fibre, leather and wood. Nine monetary awards will be chosen along with a number of honorary mention certificates. There will also be a companion exhibit from the Ontario Crafts Council. The show opens at one p.m. on January 24, and continues to February 7. MONEY TALKS NISSAN TRUCK CLEARANCE '88 PICKUPS FROM $8188. '88 4WDS FROM $11,988. '88 KING CABS FROM $9588^»^, r5 > v 'I W, 0,0 $ f°0° v MASSIVE^* DISCOUNT PRICING NOW IN EFFECT ONLY AT Think Canadian Students Give Stock Market Tips to Rotarians were a little late," concluded concluded Darrell. By the dose of the game, December 10, his team had slipped to a regional rank of 79 and national rank of 599 out of 1400 teams. However, the boys found the stock market game exciting exciting as well as educational, educational, and realized the basis of all gambling: Don't do it unless you have the money to lose. "We learned the stock market has great potential for making you money and for losing it. The key thing is to protect your capital," advised Frank. Twenty students from Courtice participated in the game. Competition awards included a $1000 scholarship scholarship to Wilfrid Laurier, cash and trophies. The exact standings are not in, but a leading Quebec team is said to have made a profit (on paper only) of $173,556 over and above their original original $100,000 investment. Triple F January 8, 1988. Nel Van Abbema 3 pts, Dirk Van Abbema 3 pts, John Rozema 3 pts, Melle Rozema 3 pts, Art Atkinson 2 In these times of stock market uncertainty, people are willing to take any advice they can get. The Bowmanville Bowmanville Rotary Club got its share of "hot tips" from two Courtice Secondary School students at last week's meeting. The grade 12 class at the school took part in the High School Stock MarkefCompetition. The results of the game, along with some "free advice" advice" were passed on to the Rotarians. pts, Anne Vandergaast 1 pt, Ron Bonsma 0 pts, Peter s, Bill Vroom /andergasst 0 by Gretchen Ballantyne If I could correctly guess what to do on the stock market, market, I would be a stock broker not a student, Frank Canonico told the Bowmanville Bowmanville Rotary Club. At their first meeting of the New Year, January 7, the Rotarians invited two grade 12 students from Courtice Secondary School to discuss their stock market market strategies. Frank Canonico and Darrell Darrell Leadbetter gained' their market insight when Courtice Secondary School took part in the High School Stock Market Competition. The contest involved students students across Canada. The stock market team, of which the two 17-year-old youths were a part, stood in second place in the region two days after Black Monday, Monday, October 19. It held 11th position . in Canada. Another Courtice team was in first place in the region. "We used the short selling technique, which is the reverse reverse of buy low, sell high. It worked really well right up to the crash. Then when we thought the market was coming back up we went on margin (putting up 50 per cent of the cash) and lost big. The market was still heading down," explained Darrell. At the outset ofthe game, teams were given $100,000 to theoretically invest in the Exchange. Students were connected through telephone lines to the ENVOY 100 system at Wilfrid Wilfrid Laurier University, which was, in turn, connected connected to the Toronto Stock Exchange. "We had books with stock "specs", describing companies' companies' profits, and business. business. We also had a weekly Sfop'te BosiSeau DECORATIVE ART STUDIO 86 Church Street, Orono, Ontario LOB 1M0 1-416-983-5312 AN INVITATION To ! Enjoy the pleasure of creating your own folk art. I have designed an exciting painting course like no other to give you confidence and success. You will begin working with your favorite color and each additional additional color will harmonize. Therefore, your colors will all be useful. PLEASE NOTE: This method of instruction is not available anywhere else. Proper care of brushes, preparation of wood surfaces and varnishing secrets are part of my teaching teaching trademark. It is not necessary to have recognizable talent'as there is a wealth of patterns and ideas readily available. available. OPEN HOUSE Thursday, January 21 Friday, January 22 Time: 1 - 3 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Classes commence Feb. 2 and 3 Phone now to register. Do visit the studio to see the large selection of paints, books, brushes and quality wood. The studio is open 7 days a week by chance or appointment. It's a good idea to call ahead first though. BoBette Unisex UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT - Stylists to serve you: Maiy-Anne Vanstone, Kathy Robertson, Susan Edmondson NO quality haircutting FRILL at the right price HAIRCUT 00 Mon & Wed. only expires Feb. 29, 1988 BoBette Unisex specializes in: ^5-; • haircutting • perming^ | • colouring • crimping^- 1 styling • retails v MIDWAY MOTORS ltd. "since i%o m 1300 Dundas St., E. ~--r WHITBY 668-6828 '£3 NISSAN 57 King St. W. Bowmanville 623-7691 stock portfolio from the computer. 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