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■I The Canadian Statesman, ltnxx manville. January IS. 1!IS!I Rotary Club Speaker Discusses Role of Big Brothers Vincent IMctSSCy NcWS Bowmanville Kinettes Help Prepare for March of Dimes Mailing y was duced m Speaking at last Thursday's Bowmanville Rotary Club meeting was Nancy Scott, executive director of the Newcastle Big Brothers Association. Joining her Big Brother Frank Hooper (left), and Rotarian Ralph Pypker who intro- them. Little Brother caught a 28 pound salmon," he said with wide smile. There are highs and lows, however. Last year when they went out, he and his friend were seasick the whole day. He stressed the personal growth Big Brothers experience experience when they reach out to share their time. You get little little rewards, he said, like the time he was high in an oak tree building a treehouse and his Little Brother turned to him beaming and simply said, "I like you." That is all the reason a Big Brother needs to spend time with a young man who is helped so. much by the attention he receives. receives. by Chris Clark There are six boys in the Town of Newcastle waiting for their Big Brothers to come looking for them. They are waiting patiently patiently for a volunteer to call the Newcastle Association of Big Brothers and offer to donate some of his time to spend with a boy who is without a father for whatever reason. The difference it will make in the life of the boy is immeasurable. immeasurable. The Bowmanville Rotary Club, at last week's meeting, heard from the executive director director of the Newcastle Big Brothers, Nancy Scott. Along with Mrs. Scott, Frank Hooper, a nine-year Big Brotner, spoke to Rotarians gathered last week at the Port Darlington Marina. Mrs. Scott emphasized the history and structure of the organization, and Mr. Hooper Hooper related some of his personal personal experience gained while being a Big Brotner. Big Brothers of Canada received its charter in 1964, thus making 198.9 the twenty-fifth twenty-fifth anniversary of the movement in Canada. The very first Big Brother lived ana worked in Cincinnati, Ohio and befriended a fatherless fatherless young man who was out sifting through garbage garbage cans late one night. Soon he enticed friends into helping, and in 1903 the Big Brother movement was bom. The Newcastle chapter began in 1976 and now has 23 matches. But, "it's difficult to reach outlying areas of Newcastle," admits Mrs. Scott. "Most of our matches are in Bowmanville. It could be that people in smaller towns that really need Big Brothers just don't get to us. "With the development going on in Newcastle, I feel Big Brothers will grow and need lots of volunteers to meet that growth," she explained. explained. "The familiarity of Big Brothers has not made it easier easier to get volunteers. There is a lot more competition for volunteers. Also, studies have shown that women tend to volunteer more than men, and we are looking for men." Another hurdle in the quest for volunteers is that Big Brothers insists on at least a one-year commitment so the Little Brother is not shuffled back and forth every every few weeks or months. The enthusiastic director also told Rotarians that the program is preventive in nature nature and designed to give young boys, "an opportunity to have consistent and responsible responsible male companionship." companionship." Mr. Hooper related some of the more personal aspects of the program. His involvement involvement as a Big Brother stemmed from a newspaper advertisement which he answered, answered, essentially because "I had idle time and wanted something that was a hands- on prefect." That was nine years ago, and he still meets with the young man who became his Little Brother back then. "You commit you self to four hours per week, but I wanted to spend more than that," he said. "Of course, you need to have the blessing of your wife because its another family," he warned. Mr. Hooper and his Little Brother have attended a number of events such as Blue Jay and Oshawa Generals Generals games and the annual Big Brother softball tournament tournament held at Durham College. College. "Two years ago we went fishing and my 11-year-old Mrs. Yellowlees' Class Mrs. Yellowlees' S.K. class just got back to school on January 3, 1989 and are more than willing to tell Mrs. Yellowlees and their classmates classmates what they got for Christmas. They are also willing to tell their reading buddies from Mrs. Avery's class. Over the holidays many of her students have been sick with the flu or E neumonia. I hope they get etter soon. The class is working on many different things like the colour white, snowmen and winter. My little little sister Lindsey is in Mrs. Yellowlees' J.K. class and she goes to school in the afternoon. afternoon. When I go home for lunch all she asks my mom is "Is it time to go yet?" Now you know how much some kids like school. Bye for now Tammy Bunce. Mrs. Avery That incredible teacher Mrs. Avery has had more things up her sleeve. For math they are doing subtraction. subtraction. For Environmental Studies they are studying birds. And as you may already already know Mrs. Avery is teaching her class songs from the "Sound of Music". Mrs. Avery is such a great teacher that she can turn anything like work into fun. We're sure going to miss her. by April Turner Mr. Stapleton's Class In math the class is working working on long division with whole numbers. They are working with the 3I's program program in reading as well as studying rocks and minerals. Mr. Stapleton has made many centres for the class to work through in identifying and observing rocks and minerals. Next month they will be going to Ganaraska. 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Dirk Brinkman Scugog St., Bowmanville 623-3621 Like j good neighbor,, State Farm is there When You Need... • Business Cards • Envelopes , • Letterheads • Typesetting • Flyers • Programs • Bulletins • Newsletters • Photocopying • Résumés • Labels • Brochures • Shrink Wrapping • Newspapers and Advertising Flyers • Computerized Mailing Lists • Fax Transmitting and Receiving Think of us first! James Publishing 62 King St. W., Bowmanville 623-3303 the second night's entertainment. entertainment. Mr. Stapleton is reading The Ghost That Went To School. Everyone is enjoying this funny book. In the afternoons we have current events. There arc 5 teams and they take turns reporting reporting local, national and international news. by Gillian Axelson. Volleyball The teams have continued continued to practise eveiy week. They are playing two exhibition exhibition games. One was on Thursday, January 12th at Lord Elgin and the other on Tuesday, January 17th at Wnverley. They hope to be ready and in top form for the tournament on January 31. by Andrew Break. Police Briefs A number of vehicle accidents accidents were reported to police over the weekend. Two hit-and-runs occurred occurred in Newcastle on Sunday. Sunday. One accident involved a maroon-coloured vehicle that hit a 1988 GMC van. Another accident occurred occurred on West Beach Road where a 1979 Chev pick-up truck, parked on the road, was struck by a black vehicle. vehicle. No injuries were reported reported although one headlight was broken. Also on Sunday, an 18- year-old woman received minor injuries after hitting a Boll telephone box and pole on Bennett Road north. Her vehicle hit slush on the shoulder of the road and entered entered a ditch. Glass in the east door at Bowmanville's Ontario Street School was broken over the weekend. No one entered the school and no charges have been laid. Members of the Bowmanville Kinette Club held an be mailed out shortly as the campaign gets under envelope stuffing meeting recently in preparation way and citizens are urgently requested to partici- for the annual March of Dimes campaign to raise pate as ganerously as possible, funds for this worthwhile project. The envelopes will Arbor Theatre Announces New Director David L. Morton, Chairman Chairman of the Board of Arbor Theatre Company, is pleased to announce that Charles McFarland has been appointed appointed Artistic Director effective effective January 1,1989. "Our Search Committee was extremely pleased with both the number and quality of applicants for the position of Artistic Director," says Mr. Morton, "and, in the end, we felt Charles was most suited to our current situation. situation. There is no doubt that Charles' credentials as a director director are outstanding and we believe his and Arbor's vision will make an extremely extremely fine fit." "Additionally, we believe he will integrate very well into our community and be a real asset to the Peterborough Peterborough region. We are absolutely absolutely delighted that Charles is joining us and are very much looking forward to an exciting future for Arbor Theatre." Mr. McFarland was Associate Associate Producing Director for Manitoba Theatre Centre during the 1987/88 season where he directed The Road To Mecca, Loot and We Can't Pay? We Won't Pay! JENNIFER'S DREAM -- That's the title of the next performance in the Hampton Junior Public Public School community cushion concert series. It takes place at 11 a.m. this Saturday. Tickets are available through the Hampton Junior Public Public School. WHITE CANE WEEK -- White Cane Week will be observed this year from February 5 to 11. The theme of the week is "The uniqueness of blindness" and "access to information". The York-Durham District Office of the CNIB will be holding an Open House at Ms Mfirkham office office Thursday, February 9. b>i,n,.'V CREDIT UNION MEETING -- The annual meeting meeting of the Auto Workers (Oshawa) Credit Union Limited will take place Saturday, January 21st, at Oshawa's McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Vocational Institute at 1 p.in. This will be the 51st annual meeting for the Credit Union which currently currently has a membership of 30,000 and assets in excess of $166 million. LUPUS ASSOCIATION -- The next meeting of the Durham Lupus Association takes place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 19, in the i Oshawa City Hall (Board Room 7A). For further information, call 428-2115. CPR COURSES COMING -- Durham Save-a- Heart will be offering CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) courses atTrinity United Church in Bowmanville next month. The course takes place Saturday, February 18, between the hours of nine a.m. to one p.m. This is one of many CPR courses being offered in the Durham Region during Heart Month. A fee will be charged for registration. Further information is available from Durham Save-a-Heart at 571- 1152. LANG WINTER FESTIVAL -- Pioneer winter activities will be the theme at Lang Pioneer Village this Sunday, January 22. There will be horse drawn sleigh rides, a giant bonfire, snowshoeing, crafts, and cross country skiing. Mulled cider, popcorn, and other warm refreshments refreshments will be available. The special day takes place from one p.m. to five p.m. at Lang Pioneer Village, 10 miles southeast of Peterborough. Peterborough. WEEDLESS WEDNESDAY -- Today (January 18), is the end of national Non-Smoking Week. As usual, the week culminates with "Weedless Wednesday". It's a time when smokers are encouraged encouraged to make an extra effort to kick the nicotine habit. Public health experts are hoping hoping that the ashtray will be about as rare as the spitoon within a decade or so. However, statistics statistics indicate that a larger number of younger persons are starting the smoking habit. That may be one reason why the 1989 Non Smoking Week activities focus on bringing the non-smoking non-smoking message to children. It would appear that the fight against smoking will be a long-term struggle. There are several smoking cessation programs going on in the area right now. If you're interested in kicking the habit, you should find out more about them. CHRISTIAN FARMERS MEET -- The next meeting of the East Central Christian Farmers' Association will take place Monday, January 23, at eight p.m. in the Cavan United Church. The guest speaker, Dale Toombs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Lindsay, will discuss discuss landfill sites and various ways to combat the garbage problem. The business meeting will consist of an election of two board members. members. BREATHE FREE -- is the name of the smoking smoking withdrawal clinic sponsored by the Bowmanville Bowmanville Seventh Day Adventist Church. This program will commence at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Tuesday, February 7, in the cafeteria of Memorial Hospital Bowmanville. These sessions last a total of four days (February 7, 9, 12 and 16.) There is a fee to cover the cost of materials required for the program. To register, please call 623-6031. Watch this paper for further advertisements. advertisements. KIDNEY FOUNDATION DANCE -- The Ransberry Family has announced that their annual fund-raising dance for the Kidney Foundation will be held Saturday, March 4, in the Newcastle Community Hall. Music will be provided by "The Tradesmen". For further information, information, phone 983-9597. AN EVENING OF POPS -- On Sunday, January 22, the Oshawa Symphony Orchestra will present present a special Pops Evening at Eastdale Collegiate. Collegiate. This performance is sponsored by General General Motors of Canada Limited. The concert features features Canada's outstanding tenor, Mark Dubois, and the Oshawa Symphony Orchestra conducted conducted by Winston Webber. Tickets for the performance performance are available locally at Rickaby's, in Bowmanville. 30-HOUR FAMINE -- Next month, young people from more than 200 schools and churches across Canada will be participating in a 30-hour famine organized in order to help fight world hunger. The project is sponsored by World Vision Canada, which expects to raise more than a half million dollars this year through the "famine". The fast is nothing like the perpetual hunger many children face in less-developed countries but it is an attempt to identify with them and provide some practical practical help. We'd be interested in hearing whether some local groups are planning to participate in this project. DISCIPLINE WITHOUT PUNISHMENT -- The Family Education Resource Centre of Durham House is offering a workshop next Thursday, January 26, on the subject of effective effective discipline for children. The two-hour session session located at Vincent Massey Public School offers "almost magical" alternatives to the traditional methods of punitive discipline. The workshop begins at seven p.m. Further information is available by calling 579-2021. KIDS IN THE KITCHEN -- The YWCA is sponsoring sponsoring an interesting program next month aimed at youngsters between the ages of six and ten. The activities will focus on cooking instructions using easy but interesting recipes. There's also an emphasis on kitchen safety. This one-session activity will take place on February February 8, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Bowmanville High School. Pre-registration is available at the YWCA office in Bowmanville. You can call 623- YWCA for details. BIG SISTERS NEED HELP -- Big Sisters of Newcastle, Oshawa, Whitby advise us that approximately approximately 25 Little Sisters and Little Buddies are waiting to be matched with a Big Sister. Therefore, they are looking for volunteers willing willing to devote three or four hours per week towards towards sharing and learning with their Little Sister or Little Buddy. The next Big Sister Information Information Meeting is tonight (Wednesday, January 18). Further information is available by calling 436-0951. LIBRARY STORY TIMES -- Registrations are taking place at the Bowmanville Library for Toddler Time. Sessions for both toddlers and pre-schoolers begin the first week of February. February. In the case of the toddlers, the half-hour program includes children between 18 and 35 months old accompanied by an adult. There will he short stories, games, and songs. The pre-school program is for youngsters no older than five and no younger than three. It consists consists of stories, games, songs, and films. Registration Registration is not required for the pre-schoolers since this is a drop-in program. However, toddlers should he registered with the library. Further information is available by calling 623-7322. (No calls will be accepted before 1» a.m.) He led workshops in Shakespeare Shakespeare text for MTC and • Rainbow Stage and recently directed The Last Voyage of the Devil's Wheel for Actors' Showcase Young People's Theatre. During his three seasons with Stratford Festival, he was the assistant director for Pericles, Separate Tables and the Young Company's Antigone and The Beaux' Stratagem. Also for the Young Company.he directed The Two Nome Kinsmen. Other work across the country includes Children of a Lesser God, Salt-Water Moon and Cinderella for Neptune Theatre, Halifax ana Educating Rita for Grand Theatre, London. He has been a resident artist at University of Toronto, where he revived Mazo de la Roche's Whiteoaks, University University of British Columbia, where he directed A Doll's House, and University of Waterloo. Mr. McFarland graduated graduated with an Honours B.A. from Downing College, Cambridge University and then spent time working in the United States and England England Affordable Dream Vacations! Free Vacation Planning Services PERSONAL AND CORPORATE Discount Cruises TRAVEL SERVICES Airline Tickets 68 King St. E., Charter-Vacations (Veltri Complex) Bowmanville Honeymoon Packages 623-6600 Hotel and Car Reservations Travel Agents International .We're with you all the tray. Over 300 Agencies in North America Reg. 2758550 ^ MEKHAB EXTERIORS Soffits • Fascia Roofing • Capping Doors, Windows • Siding Eavestroughing We Use ALCAN Products No Job Too Big or Too Small 21 Morgandale Cres. 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