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New Sculpture Installation At Visual Arts Centre In 1990 artist Tony Cooper initiated a project to place a sculpture on the Municipality of Clarington lands that surround the Visual Arts Centre (Soper Creek Park). With support from the Ontario Arts Council Venture Fund, and working with the municipality, municipality, the sculpture called "Reflection on Place" was completed in April of 1994. A policy was then established established with the approval of the municipality to make Art on Public Lands a continuing continuing venture for future installations installations in Soper Creek Park. In October of 1996 Watcrdown artist V. Jane Gordon's earthwork was selected as the next sculptural sculptural piece in Soper Creek Park. Gordon plans to create a path of pine bark which will, in her words, "infiltrate and integrate the wild and cultivated areas of the natural natural environment around the mill." The history of the site will be remembered through the planting of several varieties varieties of barley on a mound created from sod displaced for the path. Jurors included Av Isaacs, sculptors Theo Willemse and Marianne Lovink, artist/curator Penelope Stewart, and Tony Cooper, whose work is currently currently on exhibit in the park. Deadlines for New Submissions are: 1) Submission of outline proposal: proposal: August 15; 2) Submission of detailed, proposals proposals from those short listed: listed: October 15; 3) Completion of work: May of following year. Winter Driving Course Father Winter has been extra busy this year, creating one unexpected snow storm after another. Durham College Continuous Learning offers a way to give drivers drivers an edge on driving more safely in any kind of weather through the Tactical Driver Training program. The two day program focuses on improving the fundamental in-vehicle skills at any level of driving skill or development. Drivers wanting to pursue a career in law enforcement and security .have an ideal opportunity opportunity to benefit from this training. The program offers a low student/instructor student/instructor ratio ensuring trainees receive maximum behind-the-wheel experience. For more information concerning the Tactical Driver Training program, program, contact Durham College Continuous Learning at (905) 721-3052. Mr. Dressup is Coming To Town on March 6th Ernie Coombs, better known as Mr. Dress-up from his long- running CBC children's show, will be appearing with his musical musical friends at the Bowmanville High School on Thursday, March 6. The popular entertainer is pictured above with some of the characters he made famous. This is Mr. Dress-up's Retirement Tour. Showtimes are 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $8.50 per person and are available at all YMCA child care centres. centres. * Specializing in Dutch and Canadian Foot Licensed under LLBO TWO FOR ONE SPECIAL Buy one dinner entree, get one dinner entree FREE with this ad on THURS. • FRI. • SAT. • SUN. From 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. One dinner per ad Any special occasion? Let us know. Coupon expires Sun., Feb. 23rd, Courtice Rd. and Hwy. 401, Courtice 432-2960 OJ.P. Cape Breton Fiddling Sensation i 5-pce band includes Tracey Dares dr Dave Maclsaac AND singer!songwriter Bruce Guthro Lindsay's ACADEMY THEATRE T/jurs., Feb. 20-8p.m. Reserved Seating: $20.00 (GST incl.) Box Office: 324-9111 (12-6 p.m.) A Xliahlffo Pfodmiinn With His Musical Friends Jim Parker • lance Anderson • • •RETIREMENT TOUR* • • Thursday, March 6 SHOWTIMES 5:00p.m. & 7:00p.m. . BOWMANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Tickets: $8.50 per person (G.S.T. Incl, In price) Tickets On Sato Now At YMCA CHILD CARE CENTRES Proudly presented by the YMCA Child Care Centres YOUR LAST CHANCEI lo see Canada's Living Legend ol Children's Television LIVE IN CONCERT! Teen Accountability Group Gels Results Do you have a teenager who is making poor choices - skipping school, experiencing conflict within the family, experimenting with drugs, showing aggressive behaviour, behaviour, lying, stealing or simply challenging authority? TAG (Teen Accountability Group) gets results, and can put your teen on the road to making good choices. TAG will give your-child an opportunity to take control of his or her life in a safe environment. This will allow them to examine how they cause harm to themselves themselves or others and provide alternative choices based on responsibility and accountability. accountability. TAG was developed and is being facilitated by Greg Milne, an experienced youth crisis Counsellor who has a genuine desire to see teens succeed and learn to make good choices. Greg has a B.Sc. Psych, degree from University of Toronto, has spent several years working with young offenders in treatment treatment homes in Scarborough, and facilitated the New Choices Men's Group for men convicted of assaulting their partners. He is currently working for the Durham Board of Education as a school-based Counsellor, working full time with high risk students. Greg won the Counsellors' Association of the Region of Durham 1996 Counsellor of the Year Award. In addition, Greg and his wife are specialized foster parents for children with emotional . or behavioural challenges. A new TAG group will be starting shortly and spaces are limited. 'The group consists consists of eight'j^O-minute sessions sessions that identify and challenge challenge the manipulations and patterns that' teens use to avoid : responsibility for their actions. The group is learning-based learning-based and concrete, and does not require extensive self-disclosure. It is therefore useful (in fact designed for) teens who have not made gains in or been exposed to traditional counselling. The group allows teens to learn what accounatability is and how it gives them greater control over their own lives. The group uses, a variety of techniques including teaching, teaching, questionnaires, role plays, discussion, group support, support, leader confrontation and personal life experiences. In short it can - and does - teach responsibility. For more information on TAG or to register for an upcoming session session in your area, please contact contact Greg Milne at (905) 697- 0619. Casino patrons arriving at Parkwood Estate in Osliawa last Friday for the "Build Courtice" Casino Night were greeted by happy money-handlers Laurie Baird and Jennifer Webster. The generous welcoming party handed out $20,(XX) bundles of "funny"money" which were good for placing bets at the roulette, craps and blackjack tables. Over 110 people bought $100 tickets to the formal Valentine's Night affair to raise funds for the Courtice Community Complex being built at Courtice Rd. and Hwy 2. NATURAL NUT HEALTH SHOP OPENS - Bowmanville residents no longer need to drive to Orono to visit The Natural Nut health shop, as owner Sandra Topper has expanded her business business to include a shop in Bowmanville's downtown core. The store officially opened on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Clarington Mayor Diane Hamre dropped in for a visit on Friday, Feb. 14, to welcome Topper and her employees, Peggy Rice and Cinnamon Tousignant, to the new location. location. Here, Mayor Hamre takes a close look at a dream-catcher. To celebrate International Women's Week (March 2-8), The Robert McLaughlin' Gallery, in Oshawa will display the works of three Canadian women artists whose works and 'lives were, until recently, almost forgotten. The artists and paintings are: Prudence Howard Indian Head 1936; Sarah Robertson On Lake St. Louis c. 1937; Anne Savage La Petite Niche c. 1935. The paintings are part of the gallery's permanent collection. The public is invited to view the National Film Board video By Women's Hand on Wednesday, 5 March, 2 p.m. Admission Free. 60 minutes. These three women were members of the Montreal based association known as the Beaver Hall Hill Group. While the women showed their work with the Group of Seven and Fiddle Sensation In Lindsay Natalie MacMaster, winner winner of three East Coast Music Awards, will perform this Thursday, February 20, in Lindsay Academy Theatre. Natalie MacMaster is 24 yeas old, born in Antigonish, NS, and is proving to be a very feisty, very talented and very independent woman. Niece to the great Cape. Breton fiddler, Buddie MacMaster, Natalie first picked up the fiddle at age nine. Five years later, she performed to rave reviews at Expo 86 - and announced she was quitting. Natalie decided to pursue a more secure career than music, and put herself through teacher's college college in Truro, NS. However, the lure of the fiddle proved too strong, and Natalie was soon back at it... with a vengeance. The intervening intervening years have seen her headline around the world - London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Brussels and Tokyo. She's acted as guest perfonner and instructor at the world-renowned Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp in Nashville and her talents have garnered numerous awards. Natalie is touring with pianist extraoridnaire Tracey Dares, multi-instrumentalist Dave Maclsaac, Bruce Jacobs on bass and Dave Burton on drums, as well as singer/songwriter Bruce Guthro, who incidentally just won the ECMA "songwriter" award. Factor in Natalie's notorious notorious seven-minute fiddle and step-dancing finale - called' the "best in show business" - along with her musical virtuosity virtuosity whether performing classical, jazz or down-home foot-stompers ... and you've got a dazzling evening with a phenomenal talent. No Boundaries, the title of lier latest CD, sums it up very well! Tour Slops include: Feb,. 20 - Academy Theatre, Lindsay - box office 324- 9111; and Feb. 25 - Showplnce Peterborough - box office, 742-7469. Showtime for all performances performances is 8 p.m. exhibited to favourable reviews around the world, their paintings paintings all but disappeared after their deaths. Trapped in a world which placed the greatest value on the work of men, their paintings paintings remained hidden in vaults of galleries or hung on the walls of family homes, waiting to be discovered by a new generation generation of art lovers. International Women's Week is a global celebration of women's accomplishments. IWW grew out of women's heroic battles for better working working conditions in the mid-nineteenth mid-nineteenth century when industrialization industrialization drew large numbers of women into the paid labour force. Visit the Robert McLaughlin Gallery and, discover discover the paintings of many Canadian women artists. CINEPLEX ODEON d (UNI MAC AUDI Clarington Place Cinemas BOWMANVILLE iAi yjfi * moula' AAAÎINhfcS itÿW > zv\/\ i ir h i • > snu 1/2 PRICE1TJESDAY' ONLY *4" SHOWTIMES EFFECTIVE FEB 21-27, 1997 That Dam Cat (F) 6:30, 8:30; Sal.- Sun. Mai. 12:45,3:00 (DOLBY DIGITAL) Jeny Maguire (AA) 7:20,10:00; Sal. - Sun. Mai. 1:35, 4:20 (DOLBY STEREO) Empire Strikes Back (PG) 6:45,7:00, 9:35,10:00; Sal.-Sun. Mai. 12:30, 1:00, 3:30,4:00 (No passes) (Two Screens) (DOIBY DIGITAL) Vegas Vacation (F) 7:05,9:20; Sat. - Sun. Mat. 12:45,3:10 (DOIBY DIGITAL) Star Wars (PG) 6:45, 9:45; Sal. - Sun. Mal. 12:45,3:45 (No passes) (DOIBY DIGITAL) Dante's Peak (PG) 7:00,7:45,9:40, 10:00; Sal. - Sun. Mai. 1:45,2:10,4:10 (No passes) (Two Screens) (DTS DIGITAL) Absolute Power (AA) 7:15,10:00; Sat. •Sun. Mai. 1:30,4:15 (DOLBY STEREO) Fools Rush In (PG) 7:40,9:55; Sat. • Sun. Mat. 2:00,4:20 (DOLBY STEREO) The People vs. lorry Flynl (AA) 7:30, 10:00, Sal.-Sun. Mat. 2:00,4:30 (DOIBY STEREO) CONSTITUENT FORUM As the Local Councillor for Ward 3, I am holding regular informal meetings for my constituents, (at different locations throughout the ward), to discuss their concerns, and share their opinions on issues affecting Ward 3. The next meeting is at... MASSEY HOUSE RESTAURANT Newcastle Saturday, February 22 10 a.m. to 12 noon Drop by and have a chat. I can be reached at other times at 623-3379 (Town Hall) or 786-2494 (home) if you need assistance. David, Scott 12th Oshawa International PSYCHIC FAIR CANADA'S BEST LIVE READERS INCREDIBLE BOOKS AMAZING CRYSTALS FREE LECTURES DEMOS & PRIZES Friday: 12-10 p.m. ; Saturday; 11-10 p.m. Sunday: 11-7 p.m. Admission $6 GOOD ALL WEEKEND, * 'teoooff February 21,22, 23 Kinsmen Community Centre 109 Colborne St. (at McMillan), Oshawa BRIDES-TO-BE... Planning a Wedding? Come and meet the Wedding Experts. 'Welcome TOaym Bridal Fashion Show Admission is FREE, but by invitation only. To obtain your personal invitation for you and your mother or guest, please give us a call. Phone: 623-5873 Place: Bowmanville Lions Centre Time: 7 p.m. Date: Wednesday, April 2nd Look what WELCOME WAGON has in store for you... • Free Admission • Exciting Door Prizes TX/ELCOME* • Special Displays Tif/AGON • A Gill Bag lor Every Brule OJ.P. i