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/ Enrolled in Orono Scouts Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 5, 1983-3 Local concerns taken to Ottawa Gary Herrema, Regional Chairman, Diane Hamre, Regional councillor Town of Newcastle, Ward 3, and Dr. M. Michaels, Regional Director Director pf Planning travelled to Ottawa last week meeting with Senator Jack Austin who is responsible for Crown Corporations. The local group presented the Regional and Newcastle views as to a permanent location location for Eldorado Waste and pointed out that both the region and the Town wanted a search f° r a waste site to be national in scope or at least provincial in scope. Counc. Hamre stated they reinforced their stands. and referred Austin to the fact that an Environmental Assessment hearing of 1978 still holds good in that the Port Granby site is not suitable for waste disposal. She said Eldorado now ■ contends because of improv- ■ ed methods of disposal the Port Granby site should be considered. The local councillor councillor points out that the board decision- was not made on methods but rather on the fact that it was agriculture land and should not be used for industrial uses. "This," she said, "has not changed". Hamre ssaid she was well pleased with the meeting and that Senator Austin will be reviewing the information presenting and reply to the delegation. "I was pleased to be able to express the feeling of the local people", she said. Nine boys from the community community were enrolled in a ceremony at the Orono Town Hall on Monday night becoming members of the Orono Scout Trôop. The boys were assisted in the enrolment ceremony by their parents who were also in attendance. Notso in Orono (Continued from page 1) ed at random from each Region in the province. Specialists spent up to three days in a school observing the classrooms and talking with teachers, parents, social workers, children and trustees. this is not the case at the Ororio Public School where last week Ann Robbins, chief writer of the Support Document, Document, "The Beginning 'Years" for Ontario Ministry of. Education accompanied by Lenore Hoar, Primary- Junior Consultant for the Northumberland, and Newcastle Board of Education, Education, visited the local school to view first hand the Kindergarten and Grade One programs. 1 * The visit resulted from a video recording in the Orono classrooms last January by- Ross Johnson, A.V Coordinator. Coordinator. for the Nor-' thumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. This, video recording was presented as an example of early primary learning experiences experiences to a Ministry of Education Workshop last February by Mrs. Hoar. 1 Following the presentation at the workshop Ann Robbins Robbins has been using the video made at the Orono school in her presentations across the province. "This is h fine interpretation interpretation of the Ministry's intent recommended in their policy statement PI J 1 for primary programs," comments Ann Robbins. "It is a model from which the Primary and Junior schools across the Province can learn." The Ministry Policy Statement Statement for primary programs was developed some five years ago following which the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education Education established a Primary Program Council which with Pictured above are the new scouts, (standing) Paul Quan- trill, Michael Tomlinson, Adrian Tinline, Paul Quirk, Fraser Lee and Derek Clark (kneeling) Michael Flinton, Treffor Davies and Wade Puk. JOB PRINTING ORONO WEEKLY TIMES membership from across the board's jurisdiction started developemnt of the local program program for primary students in accordance with the provincial provincial guidelines. The Orono early primary program is modelled around guidelines as set forth by a Primary Program Council report which was developed within the Northumberland and Newcastle jurisdiction and which is in accord with the provincial Policy Statement Statement for primary education in schools. ■- Both John Reid, principal at Orono, and Jeanne Staples, kindergarten teacher as well as Lenore Hoar, early education specialist, were part of the Council in developing the guidelines us- ipg the provincial guidelines. A paper was published some two years ago by the !... Council and since such time development of the program in local schools has been underway. Work.is now underway on a Late Primary program for grades 2 and 3 throughout the jurisdiction. John Reid points out it takes from two . to five years for curriculum development in • the schools and that even to-day refinement refinement of the Kindergarten- Grade 1 program is continually continually being refined. Reid also points out that an Early Primary program is never absolute as children are always at various stages of learning and have to be treated as individuals. The program cannot be predetermined, predetermined, he said. » The Orono principal in speaking of learning centres within the classroom points out that through their use the child challenges himself at his or her own level of ability. He also notes that considerable time is also spent in evaluation evaluation and work with the child on a one-to-one basis. The Orono Public School has great support from the community noted in the fact that from 17 to 20 volunteers, mostly parents, do assist with thtj daily operation of the. programs at the school. Engineering cost over-run Continued from page 1) engineering firm has now informed informed the Town that the over-run in engineering costs has reached $8,180.00. The Towns General Purpose Purpose committee has referred the matter to the chief administrative administrative officer and appropriate appropriate staff to report back again to the Town committee. committee. The Town committee were informed there was no upset figure for engineering in the contract. Edwards also informed informed council members that the engineering firm had not contacted him as to the over- ■ run. Edwards further stated that the project did come under bid and it was assumed that as such engineering costs would have been less than that "placed in the budget. Edwards in his report suggested suggested that in future, any dealing with the Consulting Firm include a specific upset figure and that it be clear that any over-runs will not be paid. r ' ' ■ ■ Eight residential lots (Continued from page 1) rezone to permit residential use. He further pointed out ■ that based upon the objections objections received council would in fact be justified in repealing repealing the by-law and thus preventing any possible conflicts. conflicts. The director of planning in discussing the rezoning said the creation of the lots did not predate the Clarke Zoning Zoning by-law. He also pointed out to members of the committee committee that there were a further further five lots in a similar position position as the eight being rezoned rezoned and they could tie a matter for request of rezoning in the future. *. WORK WANTED O&R Custom Fencing and custom chain-sawing 983-9627 or 623-7353 Orono, Ont. 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