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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 25 Apr 1990, p. 19

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New Courses at Durham College The continuous Learning Division at Durham College is offering an array of new and exciting courses for the upcoming Spring/Summer session. If golf is your game, or if you're just interested in learning the basics, our golf course will be worth looking into. Both the beginner ana advanced courses are taught by Terry Kiskol, president of the Canadian Golf Academy of Teaching Professionals and his professional staff. For beginners, a six hour course teaches you how to create consistency in your golf game. It focuses on the correct address procedure, three key swing thoughts in developing a repetitive golf motion and the proper way to improve your chipping, pitching, putting and bunker bunker shots. Also, each student will play nine holes of golf. An advanced golf clinic will be offered to help you excel in your golf game. Along with the beginners Students Mark Earth Day with Variety of Projects Courtice Secondary School News by Charlene Kloos Courtice Secondary had many events take place in conjunction with Earth Day. All week was Earth Week at C.S.S. and a huge poster in the cafeteria reminded students students of the special week, while all around the school advertisements were posted. During the morning and afternoon afternoon announcements, messages on the environmental environmental week were heard. The events had media coverage coverage and a lot of support. • On Thursday, students were asked to bring in a garbageless garbageless lunch by using plastic containers that are reuseable and avoiding paper and plastic bags and rappings. If the lunches passed inspection, the student student could receive a iree tree seedling. That same day "Plant a Tree Day" that continued continued onto Friday. By paying paying 50<! to get out of class, students would be able to plant a tree or just skip half of their period 4 class. The proceeds will go to the World Wildlife Foundation's Save the Rainforest campaign. campaign. Paper recycling boxes were placed in each classroom classroom this week. On Friday the lights went out at Courtice. The lights in classrooms, the cafeteria and hallways were shut off. Also in keeping with Earth Week, students were asked to dress up in environmental colours and clothes such as neutrals, browns, greens, blues and environmental message shirts on Friday. The students at Courtice encourage encourage you to devour bit in helping save the Earth. Try taking a garbageless lunch, plant trees, reuse and recycle, recycle, and cut down on waste and pollution. The OAC English classes Enghs ; to Ni; are travelling to Niagara-on- the-Lake today, April 25, to see the play "Misalliance" by George Bernard Shaw at the Shaw Festival. It is an all day event and promises to be a lot of fun. On Thursday, April 26, an Friday, April 27, in the Bowmanville High School auditorium, Courtice students students will present a spring id are vo- arts festival. Featured two short comedy plays, 1 performa and a fine art display. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. with tickets tickets on sale at the door for $3 per person. Everyone is invited invited to attend this entertaining entertaining festival. Courtice is in the middle of the annual United Way week. Last week a video presentation of various events of last year's campaign campaign was shown to students. students. This year there will be such events as t-shirt sales, pie throwing, a car wash, wrestling competition, raffle draws and other great fundraising events put on by homerooms to support the United Way organization. On Friday, there will be an outdoor carnival of events for the school. Courtice hopes that this year will be a very successful one for the campaign and that lots of spirit, effort and money will be put into the event. Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 25,1990 3 Scientists Perform Experiments at Maple Grove Public School course, the advanced program program will take place at the Thunderbird Golf Club. All students should bring their own golf equipment. The cost for each course is $100. Canoeing is another new course offered by the Continuous Continuous Learning Division at Durham. For new-comers to the sport there is an introductory introductory course and for those more experienced, a moving water program is offered. The introductoiy, 12 hour course gives instruction _ on launching, balancing, trimming, trimming, manoeuvering, lifts, carnes and straight line paddling. Attention is also given to water safety as well as canoe and equipment selection. selection. This course runs May 5 to May 6, from 9 a.m to 4j3.m. Next, the moving water, 14 hour course teaches the basics of whitewater canoeing canoeing "on the river", river safety, safety, rescue procedures, river topography, whitewater strokes, ferrys and eddie turns. For one day, theory will be taught through the use of slides and videos, and then for two full days, practical practical experience will be gained at Palmer Rapids, Madawaska River. Both the introductoiy and the moving water courses courses each cost $160. Other new courses being offered are Fish N' Canada, Fly Fishing, Horseback Riding, Riding, Rock Climbing and Sail and Scuba. For more information information please call Durham College at 576-0210, ext. 490. Deputy Skills Minister to Visit College The Deputy Minister of Skills Development will visit Durham College Wednesday, Wednesday, April 18 and will meet with area companies who have received grants from the Ontario Skills Development Development Program. Thomas Sosa will meet . with consultants of the Ontario Ontario Ministry of Skills Development Development Office from 8:30 until 9:30 at Durham College, College, Oshawa. He will then proceed to LimCan at 555 Wentworth Street East at 9:45. At 10:45 he will be at LASCO Steel and then back to Durham College at 12:00 for lunch with Gary Polonsky, Polonsky, President. These students of Maple Grove Public School are are: (not in order) Morgan Ostrom, Royce Ferencz-, testing the plasticine boats they made for a flotation Melissa Bain, Amanda English, Mark Cowell, Richard experiment. The object was to see how many marbles Argyle, Jade Key. their boats would hold before they sank. The students These are the winners at the iviapie urove ruunc School's Science Fair. Front row: (1-r), Mike McGill, Robin Limebeer, Mark Geddes, Joshua Chapman, Elizabeth Argyle, Owen Kelsey. Back row, (1-r), Adam Gfani'i;'Bill Argyle, Christina Curl, Linzi Dubeau, James Taylor, Matt Parkhurst. Absent were Quincy Groenveld and Jennifer Curl. Young Authors Create Books at S. T. Worden Public School ,A tU u dent l at Borden Public School in Courtice were displayed last Friday for all the students to see. bus £ cr 1 ea ^ in ? books to celebrate education pictured above are Todd Keith (left) and Darryl Bon- wee at the school. Junior students have been paired ban who were putting the final touches on their book, with primary students to help create the books, that WINDOW AND DOOR CENTRE dB DASH WOOD 1200 Phillip Murray Ave., Oshawa 436-1344 m }:m< rm EFFECTIVE MAY 1 LOCKSMITH GOES MOBILE Ask us about our ASSA High Security Koy Systems. Professional Installations available. Better Service Duplicate Keys • Deadbolts • Knobsots • Safe Combinations • Re-Key 623-1021 Wo'd like to thank our many hockoy and spoils rolnll cuntomors lor tholr loyal palronago lor Iho past 13 yoara. It lias boon a groat plonouro. Wo will miss you, Davo and Darlono Boyd News and Views in Yelverton By Harvey Malcolm Easter is the traditional time for renewing one's family family ties, and making an annual annual pilgrimage to the local church. This year was no exception. exception. Here at Malconia we were pleased to have Mr. Bel fora Panke of Manotick Ontario drop in on Good Friday Friday en route to visit his mother Mrs. Georgina Downing in Woodbridge. The Panke family were former former residents in the Nestle- ton area. On Saturday evening a number of our residents attended attended the banquet and dance put on by the Janet- ville area Volunteer Firemen Firemen as a fund raising event. The local firemen, their wives or girl friends, plus a few invited guests sat down to a fine chicken and beef buffet prior to the dance. Following the dinner, Fireman Fireman Ed Bryant chaired a short program which included included a lew words of wisdom from the Janotville Fire Chief Lavorno Wright. Ho particularly expressed thanks to all those people who had volunteered their trucks, equipment and time to assist in getting the now fireball constructed. It was our pleasure to bring greetings greetings from Mnnvcrs Township Township Council and to assist Lavorno in the presentation of five longtime service plaques presented in duplicate duplicate from the Ontario Solicitor-General Solicitor-General and Premier of Ontario, Those receiving plaques wore ns follows: Tod Bryant • 17 years, Mike Rogorson - 10 years, Harry Schomolt • 1C years, Fred Bowen • 16 years, Bob Jones 1C years. Mr. Jim King was the Disk Jockey for the well attended attended dance that followed, with numerous door prizes provided. Much of the success of the event could 1» attributed attributed to Clifford Wright who planned the occasion, (well done Clifford). Our Malcolm Clan gathered gathered at the homo ol our daughter Mltzl in Ajax for our Easter celebrations on Sunday p.m. and evening. Lottery funds help people with disabilities. Sharmila lost a leg to cancer when she was six years old. With the help of a prosthetic leg, Sharmila is able to skip and swim with her friends. Helping people with disabilities is just one way lottery funds arc used. Lottery funds are also used to provide grants in other areas such as sports and recreation, arts and culture, hospitals, and province- wide charities. This is how Lottery funds arc working for you in your area. Big Sister Association, Belleville Outreach Abuse Prevention, Oshawa Peterborough & District Information Centre and Volunteer Bureau Ontario Lottery Corporation Together we're making good tilings happen.

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