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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 28,1987-7 On Saturday the Durham Central Agricultural Society held their annual annual meeting with an exceptionally good turnout at the meeting. Pictured above following the ' meeting are: (back row) Harold Ransberry, manager, Grant Yeo, 1st Vice President, Carole Bailey, 2nd Vice President; (bottom row) Karen Yellowlees, secretary, Ray Staples, President and Howard Bradley, Past President. Around the Board .. With Bob Willsher, Trustee Ward Three The board's operations and finance committee has started its annual budget meetings. During the budget process all trustees are members of the committee. The process is an interesting one and at the same time difficult. The needs of our system are substantial. I am confident that the board will emerge with a budget which responds to the needs and, at the same time is sensitive to the taxpayer's taxpayer's wallet. The budget meetings, for the most part, are open to the public. The operations and finance committee committee will meet on the following dates: Feb. 3, Feb. 17, March, 3, March 10 and March 24. All meetings are held at the board office office in Cobourg and start at 7:30 p.m. You are welcome to attend. If you wish to have more detail concerning these meetings or the budget please contact your local trustee. I recently had the opportunity to attend a one day workshop in Toronto where general level education education was the focus. I believe our board, and others across the province province need to review and update our general level programs. The workshop only served to strengthen my commitment to this goal. I was very pleased to see such a strong representation from our board at the workshop. Every ele-' ment of our system was represented from classroom teacher to trustees to the director. The workshop, for our board, and others across the province need to review and update our general level programs. The workshop only served to strengthen my commitment to this goal. I was very pleased to see such a strong representation from our board at the workshop. Every element element of our system was represented from classroom teacher to trustees to the director. The workshop, for our board, serves as a kick off to a concentrated effort to make significant significant changes, to the general level program. You might ask why this sudden concern about the general level student. student. You might assume the level of service to this point hâs been somehow inferior. Well I suppose our board, like others, has spent a great deal of time and energy over the past few years dealing with other major student needs such as- special education. We have excellent excellent programs in place for the basic and advanced level students. We now wish to look at the needs of the general level student. The general level program in our board serves the largest percentage of our student population. The needs of the general level student are as diversified as the students themselves. I don't believe our programs programs have been inferior. I do believe they need to reflect today's society and respond to the expectations expectations of the general level student. Each of the "three levels of study, basic, general and advanced are designed to meet the ne,eds of the student. The general level student is often planning to attend a community community college or enter the world of work. The courses they take must reflect this and properly prepare the student. At the present time many in our board are of the opinion that the course of study needs to be revamped revamped to meet this sttiderlt's end objective. • The workshop provided "seed ideas".' Some boards have developed unique ways of delivering delivering the program to retain the student's student's interest. This has, in some cases, had a dramatic impact on student drop-out rates and the ultimate success of the student. This interest in the general level student is not new. Some in our board have already implemented ideas to better serve the student. This effort will now be united and more resources directed toward the task of improving improving the general level program. At the Education Committee meeting on January 20th we were informed that an increase in core French hours has been mandated by the Ministry of Education. Beginning Beginning in September 1987 all board must offer core French by grade 4. .The 1991' grade 8 group of students must have accumulated a total of 600 hours of French. t Out* board has no choice. This is a Ministry directive UCW begins 25th anniversary year "Conflict, Stress and Acceptance" Acceptance" and how it relates to our Christian lives was the theme of a day-long workshop which was attended attended by about 90 United Church Women at Courtice United Church on January 13, 1987. Rev. Gale Glover, Conference Leadership Development Person, Kingston, Ontario, developed the theme with the Use of Bible study and comprehensive comprehensive reflection on a number . of bible stories, examples of Jesus' actions in situations of stress and conflict. "Belief that conflict is un- Christian becomes immobilizing", said Gale. "Ignoring conflict is destructive and fear of conflict is more un-Christian than conflict (Policy/Program memorandum No. 58). This will mean grade 4 students will have 40 minutes of core French starting in September 1987. It will also mean more costs to our board for staff and materials. This change will likely be extended to the grade 5 students currently in school as well. The added cost? In the area of $240,000 annually. There will be a re-alignment of existing programs and classroom time to permit the additional 20 minutes of French instruction. I do not know exactly what subjects will be changed to accommodate the ministry directive. At the meeting \yas Helen Mitchell Mitchell a French specialist with the Ministry. I asked what would happen happen if the board refused to follow the Ministry's orders. She made it clear that they would be at the board's offices promptly. The board received approval of $950,000 for the Courtice West Public School expansion,. A reexamination reexamination of „the, need in the Courtice area by our administration resulted in a request for additional funds. We now have approval for a total project expenditure of $1,600,000. The school, to be renamed the S.T. Worden Public School promises to tie a facility the board and the people can be very proud of for years to come. itself", Gale told her audience. matipn posters. What then, did Jesus do? A warm welcome was expressed ■ "Jesus.accepted people - all peo- by Karen Clark, President of Cour- ple. He ate in the home of pharisees tice UÇW, by the Rev. Douglas as well as in homes of so-called sin- Throop, Courtice United Church ners. He attended to his religion, minister, and by Pat Beach, Green- but he challenged those parts of it wood, Past President of Oshawa that contradicted the law of love, Presbyterial UCW who chaired the acceptancb and caring which is what meeting. he recognized as God's law. He did President Margaret Ann Lamb, the just thing, acted out justice in- Manchester, made some important stead of charity. He did not con- announcements: "We need BAN- d'emn people - he condemned ac- NERS". Each Presbyterial has been lions, words, traditions that enslav- asked to prepare a banner for Coned Coned others. He forgave people. He Terence UCW as part of the celébra- warned his followers not to con- tion. Banner contest - 40 inches by demn, not to judge. Fight the in- 60 inches. Themes: Called to Res- justice. Love and care about the pond - Gifts - Celebration. Bring people who act unjustly or banners to Oshawa Presbyterial sinfully". Annual Meeting on March 10, Celebration of the 25th Anniver- 1987, at Harmony United Church, sary of United Church Women Oshawa, at 9:15 a.m. Guest speaker organization in 1987 was evident'in will be Mrs. Mary Kellogg, Presi- the new National UCW lamp logo, dent Designate for Bay of Quinte designed by Mary Ford of Toronto , Conference, and in historical infor- (Continued on page 8) Great Pine Ridge Kinettes Groundhog Dance ORONO COMMUNITY CENTRE January 31,1987 8 p.m. -'1 a.m. . $10.00/Couple _ Lunch Provided The Corporation of the TOWN OF NEWCASTLE Part-Time Firefighters Applications are invited for a number of positions for part-tim'e firefighters for the Town of Newcasle Fire Department at Station No. 3 in the Village of Orono. Interested persons may obtain applications forms at Fire Station No. 1,132 Church Street, Bowman- ville, between the hours of 8:30 a.m, - 4:30 p.m. weekdays. * J. Aldridge Fire Chiëf Date of Publication: January 28,1987 P.O. No.A1784 5:". 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