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Orono Midgets win Bob Best Memorial Ron Best of Cobourg presents the Bob Best Midget Memorial Trophy to Randy Tennant, captain of the Orono Midgets, whose team last week won the Bob Best Memorial Midget Hockey Tournament held in the Orono Arena. It was the first time in eleven years that the Orono team had won the annual memorial tournament. The tournament is held annually in Orono honouring a former team member, Bob Best, who drowned while swimming at the Garden Hill Conservation Area. There was a good turnout for the memorial tournament this year with four Midget teams vying for the top honours. Sam at. . Queen's Park CHILD ABUSE You may recall that last summer and fall the* Legislative Committee on Social Development investigated investigated the issue of wife abuse. However, this is only one aspect of the family violence issue. Child abuse is just as distressing, actually more so, because the ypung children are so defenceless. . This is not the most pleasant pleasant of subjects, however it is important for all of us to have some appreciation- of the issue since under the Child Welfare Act everyone of us must report a possible case of child abuse to the Children's Aid Society. A professional person working in this field can actually be prosecuted for not reporting suspected child abuse. For three weeks in March, the Social Development Committee has been dealing with the issue. Again, public hearings have been conducted conducted with submissions from those knowledgeable in the field being received. As a result of this input, the committee committee will be preparing a report and recommendations for presentation to the legislature later this year. Experts in this area of concern concern brought to the committee's committee's attention the fact that abuse of children has a : *ncy to follow patterns. Krt example, those adults * who are child abusers tend to have . been abused or neglected when they were children. Further a number of other social factors have been shown to contribute to child abuse. If a mother is aged 24 or younger at the birth of her first child, statistics seem to indicate that the child is likely to be at greater risk than a first born to an older woman. Single or separated parents are also more likely to be abusive as are partners such as common law spouses who are not the child's biological ■parent. Patents who have a history .of abusing, neglecting, neglecting, or depriving previous children are inclined to continue continue this pattern with subsequent subsequent offspring. Those who are socially isolated, being cut off from the support of family and friends, those who make frequent frequent moves or who are living living in poor housing are also more likely to be more abusive than those who are living in a supportive, stable and pleasant environment. Poverty, unemployment, lack of skills and inadequate education are other factors which contribute to parents abusing their children. Alcohol and drug abuse are additional contributing fac- tqrs. Having a -history of criminal assaultive behaviour or a history of depression leading to suicide attempts is also typical. Illness during the pregnancy or in the post partum period can induce a parent to act abusively as can the debilitating effects of a chronic illness. As far as the child is concerned, concerned, there are a number of factors which single them out as being at high risk. For example, example, any child who has been previously abused or neglected is likely to fall victim victim to the same treatment a'gain. Young children are ,,'also vulnerable, particularly those under five-years of age. Babies who were premature or whose weight at birth was low are also susceptible susceptible to abuse as are those who are underweight as they progress into toddlerhood , and beyond. , Youngsters with birth defects, chronic illness or who are developmentally behind their peers are more likely to be abused than those, who have developed normally and are generally healthy. Fussy babies are also likely to provoke parents to abuse them, particularly if they cry frequently and are difficult to comfort. Prolonged separation separation from the mother is another factor which puts children at risk. Authorities in the field say that whenever a majority of these factors I have described are present, the child is in a dangerous situation. There is a positive note to this, and in my next column I will describe the services, which are available to try to prevent child abuse, and further further measures which are being being considered to deal with this matter. Orono Weekly Times, Slides shown at Orono Horticulture Held Thursday, March 24th, in Main Hall of Orono United Church with attendance attendance of 50 people. The new president Doreen Lowery welcomed everyone and all sang "O Canada", with Jessica Mostert at piano. Doreen stated the lovely flowers on the table were from the funeral of the late Hilda Coatham, a valued horticulture member, and (2) minutes silence was observed in her memory. Corrections in new year books were given out and secretary, Carol Mostert, gave secretary's report and announcements. Leadership seminar in Holiday Inn on March 31st. On April 16th,' our district No.17 convention will be held in Beaverton. The O.H.A. Convention this year will be in Hamilton on June 15-17th. Yvonne Maitland introduced introduced the guests for the evening; Mr. Bud Fanning, Director of Public Works, for Town of Newcastle and Mrs. Jane Lunn, Director, in charge of Aquatics in Town of Newcastle Newcastle Fitness Centre. Mr. Fanning Fanning congratulated the (3) horticulture horticulture societies in Our region, on their efforts in beautifying the towns, namely namely Bowmanville, Newcastle and of course, Orono. The speaker made mention of his first job here in Orono Park, when the wages were $2.75 per hour. He spoke of the splendid assistance he received at that time from Mr. Petei Mercer. Also the real beauty to be found in our own park, a real family type park. He also mentioned the trees and landscaping in our areas. The speaker told us there is a real need to replace trees throughout our entire areas, and of course our societies should continue to urge for this. The school, grounds in many instances are appearing as "baked" and certainly can do with some landscaping. Jane Lunn (Mrs. Larry Lunn) is of course a resident here and spoke of her first advertures in Orono Park at the swimming pool when her mother was instructor here (Mrs. Reynolds), She is in charge of the swimming at the Fitness Centre and explained explained the many programs, Our guests then showed excellent excellent pictures of the entire region; Town Halls, Community Community Centres, schools, etc. and this was much enjoyed by all. Along with these pictures, we saw slides of trees and how to plant them. Our speakers were thanked for coming to us. Doreen and James Lowery entertained on piano and saxaphone, rendering rendering the timely "Easter Parade", and "Sunny Side". Draws were made and lucky •Wednesday, March 30, 1983-3 winners were Inez Harris, Margaret Brown and Myrtle Reid. Lorna Atkins and committee committee served a tasty lunch to • close the meeting. Our next meeting is Thurs- dây, April 28th, when we again sponsor our Hobby and •Craft night. Guest speaker is Joan Brak, Brooklin Society, on "Herbs and Edible Needs". Tell your friends and join us. SUGAR BUSH TREAT Sixteen members of Orono Horticulture took advantage of the beautiful sunshine on Saturday to journey to Allen and Lavina Downes sugar chalet and bush at Kendal. We enjoyed a delectable luncheon of pancakes and sausages smothered in real maple syrup. After devouring . all those calories we then proceeded proceeded to puff our way up to the sugar bush. Allen explained explained the intricate workings of the lines and even repaired some leaking ones, courtesy of the squirrels (who. have found -they have a sweet tooth too). Apparently this has not been a very good year for thé sap running, as their best run so far as been only 550 gallons. A real good run should be around 1000 gallons. REALTOR Real Estate Is Selling! LET ME SELL YOUR PROPERTY! ! s g§| Üp:i RESIDENTIAL, FARM, COMMERCIAL, LAKEFRONT 123 King St. E., Bowmanville, Ont. v , List Through DARREL DEVOLIN . 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