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New Years Dance benefits seniors Board of Education report notes change On Sunday members of the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Club presented to the Newcastle Health Care Centre in Newcastle Newcastle Village a quantity of food from their successful New Year's dance held in the Orono arena. Pictured above are members of the Centre's staff along with residents and members of the Kinsmen Club: (left to right) Diana White, staff, Don Armstrong, Armstrong, Kinsmen, Clara Shave and Archie Cameron, residents, Pauline Lynde, staff and Norm Dawe, Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen. Gary Tushingham, Director of Education for the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education, presented his annual report to the trustees at a recent meeting of the board. The annual report is to be submitted submitted to the Ministry of Education who will determine the progress of the board sometime early in the new year. The director stated that over the past two years the local board was seen by the Ministry to submit, positive and progressive reports as they relate to policies and programming. programming. Tushingham said we hope this continues. The report stated that 32 programs programs were developed or updated over the past year. These programs were in accord with ministry policies. Their content ranged from, developing self-esteem of junior kindergarten students to raising students' students' awareness of dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. A five year plan has also been developed for a new microcomputer microcomputer program and three new business studies courses have been introduced. Tushingham said the one program program he is most pleased with is that of the Centre for Individual Studies. The program is funded by the province and provides continuing continuing education for adults seeking to complete requirement for a high school diploma. The director said the board had 127 enrolled in the program a year ago last June. At the present time enrolment has reached 527 for those coming back to school to upgrade their education. He said the board is providing a very significant service service to the community through the program. There are currently five centres which operate separate from the school facilities in Bowman ville, Port Hope, Cobourg, Brighton and Campbell ford. Tushingham said he is also proud of the upgrading of the technical programs. He said a lot. of time has been Spent reviewing technical programs for seconadry schools. He said the board has developed six new documents for grades 9 and 10 in an attempt to out-grade outdated programs programs because technology and the skills needed are changing so fast. The board has also re-organized the duties and responsibilities of its superintendents so that greater effort effort could be made to deal with staff development and the needs of the Brookside Secondary School for young offenders and the Centre for Individual Studies. Tushingham said he would like to see the board pay a little more attention attention to policy change in the coming year, "We have slipped away from that a bit", he said. _ He said part of the difficulty in keeping up with change is the fact that, the committees are busy with other duties. He said some policies are out-of- date in terms of language. It's important important to make sure they are still relevant. Happenings . .. WINNERS OF CHRISTMAS HOME DECORATIONS The Orono Downtown Business Association announce the winners of the Home Christmas Decoration contest which was judged judged the week of Christmas. First place was awarded the home of Doug and Barb Simpson, Simpson, second place the home of Dean and Delores Allin, Leskard Road and third place the home of Pete and Lynda McCullough. Prize money to the winners is available at Reflections. GREAT NEW YEARS EVE ENTERTAINMENT Two New Year's Eve dances held forth in Orono for New Years with everyone enjoying the events at the Orono Arena sponsored sponsored by the Great Pione Ridge Kinsmen and Kinettes and the event at the Orono Town Hall sponsored by the Orono D.B.I.A. Both events were sell-outs. TURKEY DRAWS WERE A SUCCESS The Oddfellows Lodge #436 of Orono wish to tahnl^all their supporters and friends, who made the recent: draw for ten turkeys a complete success. The winning tickets as drawn at the card party were: Ethel Hall, Orono; Ron Burley, Newcastle; Adam Moffatt, Oghawa; Mary Groot, ' Bethany; M. Sudsbury, Bowmanville; David Wray, Bowman ville; Maude Cooper, Orono; E. Couroux; Kendal; Mike Maynard, Hastings and Randy Thompson, Newcastle. Supplies from our loan cupboard are available to all, free of charge for as long as-needed. Crutches, canes, walkers, commodes, conventional, travelling and electric wheel chairs and ijiuch much mdre. Call Len Pears at 983-5432 for loan of equipment. STEVENSON'S NEW YEAR'S LEVEE IN NEWCASTLE Ross Stevenson, recently elected M.P. for Durham,'will hold his first annual New Year's Levee at Newcastle Village on Sunday, January 8th. All residents of Durham constituency are invited to meet Mr. Stevenson and his wife Elaine at the Newcastle Village Community Hall between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. The Community Hall is at the corner of Highway 2 and Mill Street in Newcastle Village. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VICTORIAN ORDER . The Victorian Order of Nurses co-ordinated a volunteer visiting program that provides friendship and support to patients and their families. Volunteers, men and women, visit patients in their homes, once a week for one and one-half hours. They might play a game, share a craft, help with banking or groceries, or simply have a chat over a cup of tea, while bringing the priceless gift of service and enthusiasm to those who are ill or handicapped, isolated and shut-in. Come and join our team - call the Friendly Visitor Program at the VON office 434-2530 or 1 -800-263-7970. SELF-HELP GROUP FOR DEPRESSIVES MEET IN JANUARY The Self-Help Group for Depressive and Manic Dépressives will meet Thursday, January 12, 1989 at 111 Simcoe St. N„ 2nd Floor, Oshawa, 7-9 p.m. for a regular meeting. Friends and family members welcome. For more information call Judy at 436-8760. New president, Durham College speaks of Information Revolution Durham College which has celebrated its twenty-second year of operation in the ' community is undergoing change under the guidance of its new president, Gary Polonsky. Polonsky, 46, is a native of Thunder Bay with an academic background that includes a bachelor of science degree from his hometown Lakehead University and a Master of Administration Degree from the University in Spokane, Washington, U.S.A., The hew president came to Durham from Winnipeg's Red River Community College where he was president Polonsky came to his new position position in September upon the retirement retirement of Mel Garland of the Leskard. Polonsky speaks of an "Information "Information Revolution" at Durham and as a college we intend to play an even great role in the "information revolution" than we have in the past eras. He said, "we must an- ticinate this revolution and how it will affect us here at Durham and also our client communtiies." An information revolution, he said, entails many things for many institutions institutions in society. (Continued page 6) At the Mayor's Levee There was an excellent turnout to, assisting Mayor Marie Hubbard in ministrative building in the Town of the Mayor's levee for the Town of the welcoming line. The levee was Bowmanville. Newcastle with members of council .held Sunday at noon in the new. ad- A buffet lunch was served.