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16 The Clarington/Courtice Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, September 21, 1996 Parent Skills Series Continued in Oshawa y I"! /. r~ ! HI Strathaven Residents Achieve Active Lifestyle These residents of Strathaven Retirement Resident rprvmtiv re i 1 fî ents Strathaven Retirement Residence recently received certificates C ?u mpletmg theil ! first ' ever Participaction Active Age program. To earn their certificates, they were required to participate in three activities lasting 30 minutes three times per week over four weeks. A walking program dancin g and exeroi^s ro music were among the fitness activities. Those who received thefr «7^1 ^ im Spooner, Alfred Hellam, Blake Dawes Dick Widdecomhe I on à Fffîp S p^ na ^° d ' Tv ary ,P ristenso ' - live Herd ' Winnifred Gleadhill, Edna Dallison C^ate e Han^t^nSr d ^T 0l i lSe L?^ d ^ S K aser ' Cathy Laidler ' Jean Robins, Sophie Lureatz, Hamet Hooper, Lily Marden, Marguerite Leadbeater and Rosev Osborne Also in the photo is Donna Kay, receptionist and activities co-ordinator. y Successful Summer for Solina W.I. The Family Education Resource Resource Centre of Kinark is offering' offering' a series of six workshops workshops for parents of children 1- 10 years old, in Oshawa this fall. Understanding Your ; Child's Misbehaviour is held ; on Tuesday, October 22 and 29, 1996. Gain an understanding understanding of children's misbehaviour and an introduction to skills for redirecting misbehaviour. Discipline Without Pun ishment is the topic of a workshop workshop on Tuesday, November 5 and 12, 1996. It will offer some practical ways to discipline discipline effectively without using punishment. Building Your Child's Self Esteem -will be discussed on Tuesday, November 19 and 26, 1996. Gain an insight into the underlying factors of self esteem esteem and discover a formula for building a positive self concept. concept. - These workshops will all be held from 6:45 - 8:45 p.m. at Holy Cross Catholic School, 357 Simcoe Street, South. The cost is $36.00 for the series of ■ six workshops or $16.00 for each topic. Pre-registration is required. For more information and to register for this workshop please call the Family Educa- {j® Resource Centre at 433- 0386. Ext: 338. President Jean Taylor warmly welcomed members and visitors to the September meeting of the Solina W.I. She opened with a relevant poem on Safe and Healthy Communities, Communities, our theme, by Wellman's Wellman's W.I. member, Grace Morton. Jean reviewed our successful successful summer's activities, starting starting with the visit of our first sponsored child, Carol Lai Ching, and husband Chung Wong, in June during W.I. Promotion Promotion Month. Blaikie Row- sell reported on the outing to Kleinberg and the McMichael Gallery; and Jçan thanked Donna Barkey for the lovely picnic at her place in July, when all could admire the W.I. rosebush. In August six of our members members served lunch at the Agricultural Agricultural Museum at Milton. The Ontario Government has slated this museum for closure in March, 1997, promoting the formation of the Ontario Rural Heritage Preservation Committee Committee to save this unique complex. complex. Our W.I. is sending a letter letter to our M.P.P., John O'Toole (copy to the ORHPC), expressing our strong support of for the preservation of this museum. Bernice Watson and Barbara Barbara Kapteyn proudly marched in the Blackstock Fair parade, beside beside the District's Centennial Float, carrying our Solina W.I. banner. Our exhibit at the Oro- no Fair placed third, and President President Jean thanked all those who helped with this and with the Rest Area, which was in the charge of Margaret Ford. She also thanked those who donated to and helped with the successful Bake Sale at the recent recent Soft Ball tourney. Doreen Westlake gave the Friendship Report; Jenny Bowman Bowman reported on the upcoming 4-H Arts Club, starting September September 16th, and Joyce Hancock Hancock spoke of the crafts being offered. Solina W.I. is pleased to again provide a small trophy to be kept by the Most Valuable Player on our local girls' Bantam/Midget Bantam/Midget Fast-Pitch team. This presentation, to Trudy Bennett, will take place -September -September 25th. Congratulations, Trudy! Pat Best informed us that Harold Jensen and Walter Schleiss wished to donate to the community their work in installing the new sign, "A Place Called Solina". The Roll Call, "A doll from your past", proved most interesting. interesting. The meeting was then turned over to the Village Group, and leader Lorraine Knox called on Joyce Taylor to give the Motto, "Colour your life beautiful". Lois Yellowlees introduced our guest speaker on "Dolls", Gladys Ashton, who was bom and raised in the area and now lives in Bowmanville. Gladys has always had a special interest interest in and love for dolls. Her house is home to around 400 of them, with others passing through in the process of manufacture manufacture or restoration. She said that the Bowmanville Museum, Museum, with which she is associated, associated, has the largest collection collection of dolls available for public viewing, although not all can be displayed at the same time. Gladys spoke of the many roles dolls play - fashion, model, model, good will ambassador, play toy, stimulus for learning to sew and, in the past, a vehicle for modest ladies to explain and describe areas of illness to their doctors! She now has about 40 different doll patterns, patterns, and had on display an interesting interesting group of dolls she had made, from her first Raggedy Ann doll to an Apple Head doll. She told us some of the many stories that dolls have to tell and mentioned how important important dolls have been over the years, even in politics. Margaret Margaret Ford thanked Gladys for her fascinating talk. The next meeting will be on October 9th at 8 p.m. Betty Grant (P.R.O., Solina W.I.) AVERY DENNISON YARD SALEM Place: Avery Dennison Canada Inc. Address: 200 Base Line Rd. East Bowmanville Date: Saturday, September 28th Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Items: Various office products which are seconds or have been discontinued. CASH ONLY! ALL SALES ARE FINAL! 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The Ontario Community Newspapers Association, with Bell Canada as the patron, is looking to recognize these good kids"; the young people of our province who show a commitment to making life better for others. m 'if comm To nominate an individual or wmi %. a 9 r °up of young people for the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award, please contact this community newspaper or the OCNA at 905-844-0184. Nominations for this year's awards will be accepted until October 31, 1996. Every nominee will receive a certificate and up to 12 individuals and one group will be the recipients of a plaque presented by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, an Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year lapel pin, $200 and a family portrait with the Lieutenant Governor. NOMINATION FORMS - are available by contacting this community newspaper or OCNA at 905-844-0184 X-yONTARIO k JUNIOR CITIZEN ' OF THE YEAR 'AWARDS Ontario community lers