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8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, November 5, 1986 Make donations to Talent and Service auction The Bowman ville Chapter of Canadian Patents for French are holding a talent and service auction on November 13th in Courtroom One of the Bowmanville Fire Hall to which local merchants have been making donations. Pictured above Elizabeth Bunton' of the Chapter watches as Yvonne Maitland of the Apple Blossom Shop makes bows which are to be donated to the cause. Sylvia Parker of Npt Just Fashions, also a contributor contributor to the auction watches the procedure. From Around the Region "They never really listened to us" Charlotte Clay, a Bewdley resident resident who was appointed to a Northumberland Northumberland County's public liaison waste committee, j states that no one was listening to tlje committee committee in the matter of a hew waste disposal site for the United Counties. Counties. ' The liaison committee members were supposed to solicit idea^ from county residents and, based on that, make recommendations to the county Waste committee. The waste committee rfiade its choice of the Baltimore site based solely on the engineering report. No one spoke to the liaison committee about the choice which subsequent- ; ly was turned down by a large majority majority at county council. Clay says the county should take another run at the issue, "we still have to solve the county waste problem". problem". Slow going for Public School Board A joint meeting of the Public School Board and the Separate School Board which was supposed to have been held this month has The Corporation of the TOWN OF NEWCASTLE TENDER SEALED TENDERS, for the supply and delivery of the Petroleum Products listed below, addressed to the Corporation Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, Office of the Clerk, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario, L1Ç SAG^wil^be . received in the envelope provided until the specified closing closing time and date: Tender Documents can be obtained from the Purchasing Office, VeltrkComplex, 68 King St. East, Bowmanville, Ontario. Ontario. , » Tender No. T86-30 - PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - Approx. 143,000 litres "Regular Leaded Leaded Gasoline" No. 2 Grade , - Approx. 47,000 litres "Regular Unleaded Unleaded Gasoline" - Approx. 300,000 litres "Diesel Fuel Oil" No. 1 Grade Closing Time & Date: 12:00 Noon (Local Time) Wednesday, November 19,1986 The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Mrs. Lou Ann Birkett Purchasing and Supply Agent Telephone:^ 6) 623-3379 Ex. 267 Date of Publication: i Wednesday, November 5, 1966 P.O. No. A 1776 been moved o ,lto December 1st. The meeting was to further discuss joint , use °f facilities and services and to discuss a report from the public school board. The public school board is to have a reply to a request from the separate school board in which space would be provided at the Bowmanville and Cobourg High Schools for separate school students. Gary Tushingham, director of education for the public board states it has been slow going assessing assessing the ability of the system to share facilities and services. Development Assistance Corp. having success The Northumberland Business Development Assistance Corporation, Corporation, funded by the federal government, government, is meeting with success. The Corporation was setup as an information information and counselling centre and does provide funds where banks have declined to do so. The Corporation is looking at 35 new jobs and almost $110,000 issued in loans at current bank rates.' Lake water level nears record high High water levels in Lake Ontario are expected to increase lakeshore erosion over the rest of the year and into 1987. The October water level was seven inches higher than normal years. By - March this level could reach within three inches of the record level of this century. If rainfall rainfall continues the level could mark a new record. Focus attention on ability rather than disability Rick Hansen with his Man In Motion world tour for spinal cord research arrived in the Region of Durham on Saturday to a hero's, welcome which was supported financially by some $45,000. His message, "it's time we focused focused our attention on the ability rather than the disability of people like myself." This is something I have been emphasizing since the start, he said. Hansen has been on a world tout 1 for the past twenty months which eventually takes him home to Vancouver Vancouver next year. Never see Free Trade with the United States NDP Leader Ed Broadbent recently said it was a safe bet that Canada would not see a Free Trade arrangement with the United States. States. He expects the Prime Minister will say that it was impossible to get provincial agreement on certain aspects of a freer trade deal with the U.S. and that this resulted in the scrapping of the project. Doug Johns to retire from Social Services Doug Johns, Commissioner of the Region of Durham Social Services, Services, is to retire at the end of the year after spending 40 years working working in the field of human services. • Since 1974 Johns has been responsible for all social services offered offered by the Region including the homes for the aged,, regional day care and welfare assistance. It wont be easy finding a dump site for Durham Gary Herrema, chairman of the Region of Durham, in a recent interview interview states it will not be easy to find the required new dump sites to handle Durhàm waste. He states it takes from 8 to 6' years to go through the process and co.uld cost millions of dollars. Up until this time it was expected that Durham would join with Metro Toronto in a- joint-use site but lawyers have been advising Toronto .to go it alone. The Metro Pifkering site is due to close in 1992. School Board submission to Task Force (Continued from page 7) to students and industry. The Board states that schools must continue to emphasize academic subjects. The Board also states that the school system must emphasize the process of learning and the development of critical thinking skills as opposed to the acquisition of content and facts. The Board spoke of the difficulties difficulties of offering a full program of course offerings in a rural area where a large number of students are not assembled in one place. The submission says it is not possible to close secondary schools to gain numbers. It states that it is also difficult difficult to attract professionals in specific fields to rural areas and there is also a lack of community support systems. The submission referred to new technologies which will change the look of the classroom in the future. It states the use' of these new technologies has .begun in some cases and it is being found that students are progressing at a quicker pace than are teachers. Thé board looks for major programs programs designed to assist teachers in up-grading their skills. The submission notes the increas ing concern, over rising educationk-.., costs and levies and call for the provincial provincial government to again support funding at 60 percent. The , board lists a number of Crown Corporations within their jurisdiction which do not pay , educational taxes. These include Ontario Hydro at Darlington and Wesleÿville, , Eldorado and the ■Warkworth - Prison. They state the Board is an assessment poor board. The submission states the board has had to make drastic cuts in student student supplies, consulting staff and now carries out minimum building maintenance. The Board also refers to what they call a sizeable gap between provincial provincial funding for that of secondary secondary education and that for elementary. elementary. Addition! provincial funding was the key factor outlined by the sub- , mission by the local Board of Education. The Board suggests that the per pupil grant ceilings be increased; increased; that funding for certain special education studies and courses be updated annually; that funds are available for all new pro- vincially mandated programs; • that Provincial Capital allocations be in- , creased; as well as the return to 60 percent provincial funding and improved improved professional development - opportunities for teachers be made available. 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