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End hockey season with banquet Saturday fire damage set at $45,000 at Sikma fire A Saturday afternoon fire caused an estimated $45,000.00 in damage to the farm home and contents of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sikma in the north of the Village of Orono. The fire call was received by the Orono Department around. 2:20 p.m. Saturday afternoon. In speaking with deputy fire-chief James Aldridge he said the damage to the house was estimated at $30,000 w,hile damage of $15,000 was estimated for contents. The fire started in an open backporch of the house where a metal container of wood ashes had been placed. The strong east wind fanned the ashes resulting in the fire. At the time three Sikma children were in the basement of the house when Valerie; 15, heard a hissing sound coming from the porch. On investigating she found the back porch aflame, at which point she closed all the doors in the house and evacuated the two Children from the basement. They went to. a neighbours where the fire was reported to the fire department. department. The deputy fire-chief states Valerie is to be commended commended in keeping her 'cool' when a lot of people would have panicked. The fact she had closed all the doors in the house retarded the progress of the fire. *The deputy chief also states the Orono department did an excellent job fighting the fire which was being fanned by a strong east wind. The greater part of the fire damage was contained in the south part, of the house with smoke damage resulting in the rest of the house. At the time of the fire Mr. and Mrs. Sikma were out of town. The Bowmanville tanker truck assisted the Orono department who had both their pumper and tanker trucks on the scene. The New Dutch Oven Tyke hockey club wound up their season with a banquet at the New Dutch Oven Restaurant on Wednesday evening of last week. Following the banquet every player was presented with a trophy by their coaches, Ron Good and John Cunningham, David Staples and Ian Shetler presented the two coaches with plaques in appreciation appreciation of their work with the boys during the past hockey season. The New Dutch Oven Tykes had a most successful season and in tournament play entered four Novice 'B* tournament always coming home with a trophy. Ron Goo# points out that the Orono six and seven year old boys were all good skaters with the majority first skating with the Orono Figure Skating Club before taking to hockey in Orono. Pictured above team, member Jean Paul Tousij- nant receives his trophy from Ron Good and John Cunningham, Cunningham, team coaches. Orono and area well represented in Newcastle's points of interest The Town of Newcastle is taking part in the Durham Travel Guide with the place- ment of an advertisement fn the publication. Headlining the advertisement, advertisement, "We're neighbours, and we would like to meet you" appears above a map and pictures of the Visual Arts Centre and the Bowmanville Museum. The ad lists fourteen points of interest in the Town including: including: • Bowmanville Museum, Port Darlington ' Marina, Visual, Arts Centre, Bowmanville Zoo, Vanstone's Mill, the Orono Tree Nursery, Clarke Museum, Oshawa Ski Club, Tyrone Mill, McLaughlin Carriage Works, Darlington Park, Darlington Generating Station, Ganaraska Forest and Mospoif. All council members and staff were well pleased with the ad design. TV Puppetry show coming to Orono Communicate only 14.5 minutes per day with children states study Linda Lowry, a Youth .Counsellor with the Pinewood Centre, Oshawa, in speaking to parents, students and teaçhers at the Clarke High School last Wednesday evening referred to a study by Dr. Stephen Glenn which determined that parents and children c@m- municated between one and another fpr no more than fourteen and a half minutes per day. A* least twelve minutes of the time was taken up with commands stated i Lowry. Lowry was speaking at a meeting of the Parent, Student, Student, Teacher Liaison Committee Committee at the school with some thirty in attendance. Her speech, was precluded by a film. Lowry in speaking to the group said we would have to look to the family to correct a lot of the ills of today. She rioted that'the family had changed over the past decade in many ways and there was not now the defined rules of [ frappemngg,.. ) PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE AT TtfWN MALI, The second monthly progressive Euchre Party is being being held at the Orono Town Hall tonight, Wednesday. Prizes and fun for everyone. 1ST ORONO SCOUTING (SCOUTS, CUBS, BEAVERS) Spring clean-up jobs are being asked for,by the Orono Scouting Groups. Raking lawns, sweeping floors, cleaning, cleaning, etc. The jobs will be adult supervised. Donations gladly accepted: Please call Mr. Ai Yaworski. 983-5035. A 'THANKFUL TANKFULL' FOR THE PHYSICAL-. UY HANDICAPPED Morley Watson, of the local Easter Seal Campaign', states that local. Esso Service Stations in the Town are taking part in the 'Thankful Tankfull' campaign to assist physically handicapped children who benefit front the Easter Seal Campaign. The service stations are contributing contributing a cent for every litre of gasoline purchase on Sp f 'irday, April 9th and Esso are therj matching this ,c lion by a similar donation. the family as had existed. She said it is often happening that other members of the family are not around when the need arises and pointed out further that in fact the family was mobile. , The speaker referred to the increase in the divorce rate, in child abuse and that suicides in the age group from 15 to 20 had over the years increased increased by 259 percent. She said the family has to be realistic of the stresses and pressures of the present era. The speaker pointed out that a whole generation had now been brought up on television and children were not now having to sort things out as they did with radio. She also felt that television had reduced the drive of an individual and it had decreased decreased inter-action ' between children and their parents. Lowry urged parents not to use television as a babysitter but rather to get children to think of what they are watching. watching. She also said if one sees something often enough they then begin to believe in it. Miss Lowry referred to family studies by Dr. Stephen Glenn and the need to begin training of children at an early early age. She said it was found that a gap between parents and children begin to widen at the age of 10 to 13 years and is the widest from 14 years on. The speaker* suggested family meetings on a regular basis at least twice a month when every member of tpe family can share experiences. She warned that parents must not dominate these meetings and that parents must allow children the opportunity to take part in the discussions and plan. She said kids do not want to be left out. (Continued page-7) • The Newcastle Public Library and the Central Ontario Ontario Regional Library System with a grant from Outreach Ontario presents T.V. puppetry ,• and their wonderful puppet play. Colonel Colonel Clagghorn and his universal almost greatest show on earth. Hang on to your hats folks, this is fun and laughter for the entire family! Two shows will be presented on Saturday, April 30th. One in Orono at the Town Hall at 10:30 a.m. and. the second one in Bowmanville in the Library Auditorium at 2:30 p.m. We hope that you will join, us for these special shows which • are being presented free of charge to the public. Tickets will be available on a" first come, first serve basis at both the branches involved beginning April 15, 1983. For more information call 623-7322. Speaks at Clarke High meeting , Linda Lowry and Bruce Harvey continue discussion of the family unit relationship relationship following a meeting held at Clarke High last Wednesday Wednesday evening at which Linda Lowry, "a former pupil at Clarke, was the guest speaker. ,'Miss Lowry is associated with Pinewood Centre; Oshawa.