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• . 8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 4, 1989 Newton ville Alive by Peggy Mullan OroF 10 Public School News Report It's criminal. It's sickening. Every so often those thorns in our sides; issues that gnaw away at us - things we may have put on the back burner hoping that they might disappear, rise to the surface. The pot boils over. What has been stewing for months explodes. explodes. Canadians, in particular, have been labelled passive - truthfully or otherwise. We tend to go with the flow, making no waves. But when choice tidbits such as religious hyprocracy, skyrocketing taxation, em- barassing politics and laughable immigration laws repeatedly dominate the news, even burning burning the papers does not erase everyday horror stories. The Petersen government is planning to spend millions of dollars to "make our Ontario bilingual". Unless this is the land of' Oz, how can even money turn something into what it is not? If this, isn't ridiculous enough, what about the ôutrageous multitude of millions steadily flowing into Quebec, taking along with it the very guts of nine other provinces. provinces. When will Mulronèy and his clan hear the coast to coast cries of NO. It all turns my stomach and questions every sense of democratic justice. No matter what any politician ; 7 tells us to believe, Ontario is not a bilingual province. We do not want to be a bilingual province. Granted, there are French, in Ontario. For that matter there are a lot of Chinese, Dutch, Jamaican, Israeli and Scottish too, even if to a lesser degree. All are minorities. If such minorities are allowed to dictate the very destiny of Canada, where will we end up? How will we define Canadian? By whatever group votes in the most politicians? , These astronomical amounts of money that could be used so , desperately elsewhere are being handed over to the "mystically elite" French and flocks of undesirable immigrants. The only thing we can count on are inflating taxes and deflating incomes for the elderly. Between Between the French crises and immigration immigration bonbardmeiit, „ Canada is drowning in a very sorry state of affairs. It is as ridiculous as the three party system whereby once again, .no matter wluil the overall majority, the less popular minority gets the ticket. It's a crock. A big ugly crock in a diminishing democratic society. I am a Canadian. Half my own heritage is French Canadian. Canadian. It is indeed a sad time when sentiments such as these are representative of most Canadians. Would we be better off as a direct colony of Britain where Margaret "Iron Lady" Thatcher would have a say about this mess? And the Americans? You can bet they are sitting back watching. O Canada, we have to stand on guard for thee Little Scoops... - A reminder that Baptism Sunday Sunday is scheduled for November 5th. Anyone interested should call Rev. Bryan Ransom as soon as possible. - Call Jea r n Kimball at 786-2944 for information on renting a table at this year's Newtonville United Church Crafts Festival and Bazaar, November 4th. - All welcome to join in on an enjoyable euchre evening this coming Friday, October 6th. - Parents should be sure to jot down next Thursday, October 12th - it's picture day at school. - Having being personally associated with Avon Canada for a couple of years now, it is truly amazing whit one can learn. I would like to share some of the valued skin care tips along with other unusual gems of information with you from week to week. Probably the most renowned product of late from Avon is their woodland bath oil Skin So Soft, SSS has quite the reputation in addition to being a soother in the tub. Believe it or not - it comes in superbly for soaking hard paint brushes back to health! - Happy Birthday to "cousin" •Mike Illingworth* on October 8th. Mike lives in Toronto and enjoys reading the Orono Weekly Times regularly. Greetings from the country! Thanksgiving weekend approaches. approaches. May you look into your heart and find all those wonderful blessings to, be thankful for. ..family and friends and beautiful surroundings. surroundings. Have a warm and happy Thanksgiving! Q. Have you taught any other sub- Local school enrolments as of end of September The following is enrol men 1 1990, Newcastle Public School figures for schools in tile area for should have a total of around 400 1989 with comparai iye figures for students." 1988: Hugh Hubbs, principal of Clarke School 1989 i 1988 High School points out that people The Pines 242 258 moving into this area are usually Newtonville 122 83 buying their first or last home, and Qrqno/Lockhart 292 294 the moves are affecting Kirby 163 165 Kindergarten more than senior Newcastle 342 322 grades. Clüike 508 535 "The trend is for a smaller Si. Francis 315 263 population in the next lew years, there is a lower birth rate and mar Ray Siniser, principal of Newcas- riages are being delayed lor up lo lie Public School slates. "by June t seven years," said Hubbs. Last week F ver y° ne was busy cleaning up the 'school yard. Our school wishes to give special thanks to Stacey Schoep for helping to clean up garbage at recesses. Last Monday the Orono/Lockhart School soccer team played against Newtonville winning with a score of 4-2. They also played against Vincent Massey and the game ended in a 2-2 tie. This week we are interviewing Mr. Spurrell the school's French teacher. Q. Where did you learn to teach and speak French? A. I learned to'teach and speak' French at Memorial University of Quebec. Q. Have you taught any other subjects? subjects? A. I love to teach French, however I have taught many other subjects. Q. What are your hobbies? A. My hobbies are cooking, swimming, swimming, curling and listening to music. Q. How many years have you been Building your child's self esteem The fostering of self worth is a central challenge for parents and adults working with children. A child who feels content with himself is more likely to enjoy new challenges and, therefore, is more likely to be successful. "No matter that they come in small packages; children touch off large-size emotions in us. Joy, sureness and delight' intermingle with worry, guilt and doubt. Fatigue and frustration come along in good measure. You brave dawdling dawdling and messes and torrents of "No", and the next day it's pinching pinching and tattling and who gets the phone. New sets of problems - they change but never end. There's no turning back. Regardless, you strive to do your best. All along the way you invest heavily in earing, time, energy and money. You spare no effort - proper proper food .and clothes, attractive toys, the right medical care, and a constant "taxi-circuit" to provide every advantage.... In spite of good intentions and heartfelt efforts, however, some of you find your youngster not turning out as you would like. He is underachieving, emotionally immature, immature, rebellious or unduly withdrawn. Maybe he goes around with youngsters who are not up to no good. "How can my child be having problems when I've done so much and tried so hard?" is a question question bedeviling many a well - inten- tioned parent, . This quote is from a book called "Your Child's Self Esteem" by Dorothy Corkville Briggs which will form the basis for an 8 session study group for parents being offered by The Family Education Resource Centre of Durham House. The group will meet on Monday evenings evenings from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m, starting October 16 at Sir Albert Love School in Oshawa. The cost is $32.00 per, person. For more information and to register for this or any of the other study groups and workshops being offered by the Centre please call 579-2021 or 686-4353. teaching? A. This is my third year teaching. I taught for 2 ye'ars in Newfoundland. Newfoundland. This is my first year teaching in Ontario. Q. Do you like Ontario? A; Yes I do. I was born and raised in Toronto, then I moved to Newfoundland Newfoundland when I was 11. I lived there for 13 years. Q, Do you like teaching at Orono/Lockhart? A. I really like both schools. Everyone is very helpful. Q. What grades have you taught? A. I have taught grades 4 to 7. My favourite is grade 5. Q, Do students have the same hobbies hobbies in Newfoundland as we do? A. Yes, mostly sports.and music. They also enjoy fishing and hunting. hunting. 1 Q. What do you like about Newfoundland? Newfoundland? . A. The people there are very friendly friendly and helpful. by Michelle Faulkner and Krista Szymczak Canadian president of Crime Stoppers Delegates at the 1.0th Annual Crime Stoppers International Conference Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mexico, have unanimously endorsed a resolution supporting the efforts of law enforcement agencies worldwide to battle drug smuggling and trafficking. Delegates, who included Ontario Provincial Police Crime Stoppers coordinators, vowed to step up their part in the war against the drug problem, which they say has now reached epidemic proportions. ' For the first time in the history of the program, a Canadian, Regional Chairman of Hamilton-Wentworth Reg Whynott, has been named president of Crime Stoppers International. International. Since 1983, Crime Stoppers programs programs in Ontario have been responsible responsible for 9,274 arrests and recovering recovering property and drugs worth $47,204,369 while $695,148 has been paid out in rewards. The OPP is directly involved in 21 of the 35 programs in Ontario. The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education REQUEST FOR TENDERS AND QUOTATIONS During the 1989/90 school year, the Northumberland and Newcastle Board,of Education will be inviting tenders and/or quotations on a number of commodities and services. A partial list is provided belowc 1. Sçhool instructional and maintenance supplies, furniture furniture and equiprhent. 2. Services such as plant alterations and renovations, snow and garbage removal, carpet cleaning, and landscaping, landscaping, etc. Persons and/or firms interested are to advise the Manager of Central Services in writing by 4:30 p.m., 30'November 1989, at Box 470, 834 D'Arcy Street, Cobourg, Ontario, K9A 4L1. Diana Stewart Chairperson of the Board Gary,Tushingham Director of Education and Secretary. The Corporation ofThe TOWN OF NEWCASTLE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Plan to visit your Fire Department During Fire Prevention Week October 8th - 14th, 1989 OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD DAILY ; COMMENCING OCTOBER 10TH From 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m, at Bowmanville Station # 1 1 and at Courtice Statioç # 4 Visit the Fire Department Display at Bowmanville Mall Thursday, October 12th & Friday, October fath 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and' Saturday, October 14th from 11:00 a.m. -*3:00 p.m. While there fill, in a,ballot for the FREE DRAW