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The United Way serves Newcastle The United Way of Oshawa-Whitby-Newcastle has direct and comprehensive services for the Newcastle area, Walt Lastewka, campaign chairman, today emphasized that the expansion of United Way services to Newcastle is helping residents ini many ways. He points out that Community Community Care, which helps seniors and the disabled is" Newcastle based. The Social Planning Council, established established problems has a Newcastle headquarters. The Block Parents Association which acts to protect young children has a Newcastle chapter. There are important United Way agencies serving Newcastle in as much as they cover the Durham Region, and these include the Canadian Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the Distress Centre of Durham Region, the Durhâm Region Family YM- CA, Hostel Services, Mental Health Durham, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Simcoe Hall Children's Centre and 'the Victorian Order of Nurses. Lastewka points out that there are also many Oshawa based agencies which cover the Newcastle area in varying degrees. These include the Boy Scouts (Oshawa District Council) which offers preferred preferred camping rates at Camp Samac and opportunities for leader training to Newcastle Scout groups and the Canadian Canadian Red Cross Society . (Oshawa Branch) which provides provides Homemaker Service in Newcastle and help with the administration of other Red Gross activities. Other agencies agencies assisting the Newcastle area are the John Howard Society, Information Oshawa, Oshawa and District Credit Counselling Service, St: John Ambulance Society Orono Fire Hall consideration '1982 Commencement Valedictorian Mark Konzelmann, son of Mr. and Mr. E. Konzelmann, R.R. 1 Ôrono was Valedictorian Valedictorian at the nineteenth an : nual Clarke High ' School Commencement on Saturday evening. Mark is now a ( student at the University of Toronto. The valedictory appears elsewhere in this weeks issue. Valedictory Address By: Mark Konzelmann , * Mr. Taylor, guests, teachers and fellow graduates: The time has oncë again come to remind everyone that 5 years have passed on.it was with a great sense of honour that 1 accepted the offer to; represent our class and I would like to thank you for this unique opportunity to reflect upon and perhaps criticize our 5 years spent in this institution. Our class has seen lots of changes in the school over the years. We were the last, class that had to find its. way through the small forest tif * UNITED CHURCH TURKEY SUPPER It has been some time, since a turkey supper was served in Orono but this has all changed and such is being served this evening, Wednesday, Oct. 28, in two settings at the Orono United Church. Settings are at' 5:130 and 6:30 p.rn. No doubt the flavour of those suppers in Oronb in the past will come alive tonight for all those in attendance. portables before the new addition addition was completed. We have seen two different viceprincipals viceprincipals prowling around the halls looking for the first signs of trouble. We Witnessed Witnessed the end of an era when Mr. Witherspoon retired after having been with the school from the beginning, and the "inaugeration" of an equally capable Mr. lay lor. We pave also changed. We came to this school as naive teenagers and left after 5 years as sophisticated cynical adults-well, at least in the legal definition. When we first came to this school, most of us from 100 metres to the south, we looked looked forward with morbid anticipation anticipation to the mysterious process by which the Grade 13's used to welcome the Grade 9's into the student body,-initiation. Fortunately it was not to be. The front office office cancelled the planned rituals, much to the dismay of the Grade 13's at the time and of course, much to our elation. Therefore, technically, technically, we were never part of the student body and in this regard, we are somewhat unusual. It did not, however, ' stop us in our turn, from initiating initiating the Grade 9 students. So much for justice! Over the years many unforgettable unforgettable events took place. Perhaps of the more memorable were the Band Exchanges. As Mr. Scoffield put it, they were "educational "educational experiences." Though perhaps not in the way he intended intended them to be. Some of us, who shall remain unnamed, unnamed, learned considerably more than what was on 'the agenda during the exchange. Although we were not the most attentive class at all times, Mr. Scoffield did , (Continued page 3) DBIA plan Xmas event The Orono Downtown Businessmen held a meeting on Monday night and are planning à Christmas event for downtown Orono with a proposed date of Saturday, Dec. 19th. Although final arrangements arrangements hâve not been made it is expected to promote promote some form of Christmas concert for the children at the Orono Town Hall with the visit, of Santa. The date and event is being The Town of .Newcastle General Purpose committee on Monday' accepted a recommendation from the Town Treasurer that council consider the repairs or relocation relocation of the Orono Fire Hall in the 1982 budget as well as Hampton Hall and Bowman- ville Arena roof repairs. , Due to the'fact that an actual actual surplus of $14,637.00 existed existed from 1980 rather than the estimated $75,000.00 cuts had to be made in expen-, ditures for 1981. On a motion by'Woodyard and Harare council will again consider the Orono Fire Hail proposals if a surplus does exi§t from 1981. Council had included a figure of $30,000.00 in the 1981 budget for Orono Fire Hall repairs or relocation. » checked .with the Great Pine Ridge .Kinsmen, who last, year promoted'a Christmas Skating party at the Orono Arena. Also in conjunction with the event consideration is also being given to the promotion of local crafts in Orono: If enough interest is shown by local artists arid crafts people the Orono,DBIA would rent accommodation for them at. the Orono Oddfellow's Hall if the Hall is available. International Year of the Handicapped Students at the Lpekhart's Oro'no Public Schools were treated to a. first hand talk of life and experience for the disabled last week when Vera. and Andrian visited the schools to speak of their per sonal bun dicaps. H'hp visit by the two woriien was organized by the Durham Region Disability Awareness Project 1981 and in recognition recognition of the International Year' of the Disabled. . • It was obvious from the questions, asked by the . students that the talk and .discussion was most interesting interesting for the students.