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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 19, 1989-7 Presented with Agricultural Award Don Staples was awarded the annual annual Agricultural Service Diploma at the annual banquet of the Durham Central Agricultural Society Society held last Wednesday in the Orono United Church. Picture above are: Grant Yeo, president of the Soicety, Don Staples, Jeanne Staples who was presented with a bouquet of flowers by Donna Scott and Francis Jose who made the presentation to Don Staples. Skating Carnival a huge success Concern over latest by Lynne Lemieux The 40th Anniversary Orono Figure Skating Club Carnival held on April 8th was a huge succès. Both afternoon and evening shows were filled to capacity. All of the skaters must be congratulated on doing so well in their numbers. Special thanks to the form pro's, Ann Trudel, Stephanie Hood, Susan Ennis and Allyson Cowan for preparing the skating program. Their individual talents gave the programme a lot of variety. The guest skaters, Steve Sears, and dance team Jacqueline Petr and Mark Janoschak put on a very fine performance. Thank you to the many parents who helped with decorations, dressing dressing rooms, costumes, programmes!;; ticket sales, pictures etc. It takes a group effort to put on a successful carnival. Each year at the end of the skating season, trophies are presented-Jo skaters at each level for their effort and achievement. These are presented at the conclusion or the carnival and this year's winners are: Juniors - Canskate programme Well, April is upon us already. For most of us this means spring is here, along with thougnts, of gardens, nice'weather and summer vacations. But for Kinsmen and Kinettes, this is a busy time of year. Nominations and elections for the next year's executive are in progress, progress, the Kin-Cystic Fibrosis Radiothon is being worked on as well as Moonwalk '89. (The latter projects are major fundraisers for he battle against C.F.) w The Great Pine Ridge Kinettes have had a very successful year to date and will have no problem meeting our pledged C.F. donation. Of course that doesn't mean we will take the rest of the year off. The fight against C.F. is very important to us but so is our community. The youth of our community enjoyed enjoyed another terrific dance on March 31. There were 150 kids, in attendance and Randy Cowan kept Christine Dobson; Intermediates Anthea Peacock; Senior's - two winners - Allison Cochrane and Briar Ransberry. Congratulations girls! As well, at this time the Junior coaches who helped each week with the Canskate program were thanked thanked for their help. They received a club sweatshirt with the Orono Figure Skating Club insignia and Jr. coach written on it. We really appreciate appreciate your help throughout the season. On April 1st, High Test Day was held in Lindsay. The following tests were passed by Orono skaters: 1 Sr. Bronze Freeskate - Tami Osmond Osmond and Ashley Burnham; Sr. Bronze Dance - 14 Step - Melissa •Colville; Foxtrot - Tami Osmond; Gold Dance - Quickstep - Tanya Clemens. The Orono Figure Skating Club Annual meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 25th, 8:00 p.m. at the Orono Arena. Everyone is invited invited to attend and elections will be held for next year's executive. Please note that carnival pictures will be available to be picked up at that time. them on their feet the whole time. i The next dance is scheduled for May 26 provided we can find ' enough chaperones. If your child would like to see these dances, continue continue next year, please call 987-5491. We need your assistance. Our March meeting was held in Whitby. The Kinettes there hosted a lovely evening e'nding with a superb speaker. The Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen invited their wives and Kinettes to their first meeting in April. We had a great dinner and a short business session followed by movies. Everyone enjoyed the evening. Our major project 'at the moment is our 15th Anniversary Party. We are celebrating 15 years of service work in our community with a large 1 reunion of all former and present members of The Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of The Great Pine Ridge. If we have somehow missed provincial funding plan A recently announced six percent increase in education grants' for the school system in the province translates into a overall decrease in provincial funding for education, says Diana Stewart, Chairperson of The Northumberland and Newcastle Newcastle Board of Education. And this means the province is again asking local ratepayers to pick up more and more of the costs of the public education system, she said. "Dismay is too mild a word to describe my reaction," she said. "I was really shocked. We were hoping for far more than that because of the government's promises." Trustees with the Board are so concerned about the latest grant information information they plan a series of meetings with area MLA's in late April and early May. Just to maintain our current programs programs and servides will mean an eleven percent increase in the mill rate because of the provincial shortfall, shortfall, she said. R.C. Sudds, Superintendent of Business with the . Board, said, "Early indications show that all public boards will show double digit increases in the mill rate," adding that Metro Toronto is looking at a twenty- seven percent increase while a smaller, rural board, Grey County in south western Ontario, is calculating a nineteen percent increase increase in its mill rate. • Trustees were presented with the grant information at a budget any, please contact us at the above number. Our co-chairpersons are working very hard to make this a fun and memorable evening, and we are hoping for a good turnout. As for our other upcoming projects, projects, we have a meeting with the Port Perry Kinettes, we are catering a dinner in May and a wedding in August. Yours in Kinettes, Anne Arsenault, President, G.P.R. Kinettes Kinette Katch Up weekly report Report from Ottawa -Ross Stevenson by Ross Stevenson, M.P. Durham „ Last week's Throne Speech was the overture to a new Session of Parliament. On April 3rd M.P.'s returned fiill-time to Ottawa as the House of Commons resumed sitting. In the Speech from the Throne read by the Governor General, the federal government laid out its action plan for the next four years. Since 1984 Canada has developed a much healthier economy and thus become a stronger nation. We've been growing faster than any other (Continued page 8) meeting Tuesday night and "are now struggling to reduce the impact of it on local taxpayers," said Sudds. They directed administration administration to cut several million dollars from proposed new programs and services and report back to the next budget meeting on 20 April. Administration is proposing cuts in a new 1 instrumental music program program for senior elementary students; in some.classroom equipment, equipment, including the replacement of obsolete computers; in maintenance projects such as major boiler repairs, and providing storage sheds for schools. Sudds explained that the increase from the government is not realistic. Two percent of the six percent percent increase is to cover inflation which is running at slightly over four percent, he said. Another two percent is for school growth but in this Board,' student enrolment has increased by over five percent. The final two perpent is to cover the ' costs of introducing' provincially mandated programs such as reduc ed classroom sizes at the primary level, new science programs, and •OAC texts. "Ask us what it costs to run these mandatory programs and it's usually more than they give us," he said, pointing to an approximate $130,000 shortfall last year in monies for OAC texts. Stewart said that despite the Liberal government's election promise promise to increase the level of funding for education to its traditional sixty percent level, the province is again reducing its commitment. This year, local ratepayers will pick up. an estimated fifty-seven percent of the.education bill while the province will contribute about forty-three percent. Last year, the province contributed about forty-four percent. percent. The Board's base budget is about $99 million and it was looking at a package of new services and programs programs totalling abouj $8 million, which would have meant a twenty- four percent increase in the mill rate. "That wasn't acceptable to the trustees," said Sudds. Clarke High School SEMESTER II Progress Reports and Newsletters will be sent home with the students on Friday, April 21st, 1989 The Clarke Family of Schools Invites the Public to An Education Week Program and Art Display at Clarke High School Tuesday, April 25th ' 7:00 P.m. ■ In the Auditorium Featuring students from CLARKE HIGH SCHOOL KIRBY CENTENNIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL , NEWCASTLE /NEWTONVILLE P/S ORONO LOCKHART PUBLIC SCHOOL THE PINES SENIOR PUBLIC-SCHOOL