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Orono Weekly Times, 18 Oct 1989, p. 7

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Orono Weekly limes, Wednesday, October 18, 1989-7. Newton ville Alive David Gray, Principal at Newtonville Public School. "It's been fun. Newtonville students are very keen to learn, they are bright and fun to be around. I love it here..." These were the comments used to describe the first full month of school by Newtonville's Principal David Gray. After many years, Newtonville Public School is her own identity, after being a twin school to Newcastle Newcastle Public School. Mr. Gray's enthusiasm enthusiasm and obvious devotion to our school is definitely contagious. David Gray has taught for 15 years, spanning grades 3 through 8 in the western area of Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. He has taught in Bowmanville and was Vice- Principal for one year at Port Hope Central and Vice-Principal at Dr, Hawkins for 2 years, in Port Hope. Mr. Gray stressed that one of his primary goals is to promote interschool interschool relations, allowing the - true potential of Newtonville to be realized. With the school year still fresh, it does take a little time to settle in Little Scoops... - Welcome home Fred and Bernice Henderson of Newtonville from their dream holiday in Spain and Portugal'. "The weather was heavenly,!" recalls Bernice, "we had a wonderful time and brought home wonderful memories." - WANTED! Reliable babysitter for family with four children in Newtonville. Responsible caring, and sensible individual who would be available from time to time allowing mom and dad an evening out. Call 786-2637. - Happy Birthday on October 20th , to Marie Trim. Happiness and life's fyest to you always ! Sincere congratulations "sometime this month" to Mrs. Mary Jones v Mary will be 82 years young this month. We join Mary's husband Melville and their many friends in wishing her continued health and happiness. - Congratulations on October 22nd to Don and Mary Vinkle of the occasion occasion of their wedding anniversary! anniversary! - Greetings John and Joanne! Fondly remembered from our "cor- i aer store fame" hellos go out this week to Joanne and John Fice of Kendal, who pass by frequently with their Kendal Hills Pure Spring Water trucks. Continued success! - It is nice to see Phyllis Peck doing so well of late. After quite an illness, illness, Phyllis is looking great and is getting about town more often. Keep well Phyl! by Peggy Mullan and get used to a new principal and staff. Plans for the immediate future include forming a school choir, eventually to take part in area festivals, as well as a sports program involving all students, with some inter-school competitions. With school spirit pleasingly rising rising to the surface more frequently, the kids are already submitting their personal design entries for a Newtonville crest. On October 3, the school held an open house. Parents and visitors gathered in the gymnasium for a short meeting where David Gray introduced introduced staff members and invited all to visit and chat with teachers, view the newly formed library and see their children's classrooms. We are off to a grand start at Newtonville. We have had more than our share of Staff turnovers and look forward to some.stability for our children, both in curriculum and teachers. Mr. Gray is planning to settle into Newtonville for quite awhile and it is great to see. Well, I guess it has been about a year since I had to spend time in the principal's office - and I am glad I did... "1 am very proud to be at Newtonville Public School," says David Gray. "It already is as though I have been here for some time. I know all the students on a first name basis. They are a great bunch! We have a superb teaching staff'this year and we are all working working together to make Newtonville stand up and be counted...With our library/resource centre now available, a full-time gym and an excellent curriculum, our future is bright. I want the community to know 1 am accessible. By calling the school, anyone can reach me directly. directly. or through our secretary Mrs. Carter." Thank you David Gray, Three cheers for Newtonville! - The school community is grateful to this year's school safety patrollers on duty morning and afternoon: Julia Turner, Shannon King, Catherine Carr, Christina Reed, Robert Read, Jeremy McDougall, Derek Barton, Ryan Farrow, Marcia Bragg, Ryan Teal, Jergmy Armstrong, Stephen Markand and Sean Sinclair. - Note: this Friday, October 20th is a P.A. day. Kids are off school! - Rapidly approaching is the ■ Newtonville Crafts Festival < and, ■ Bazaar on November 4th. Call 786-2944 - Jean Kimball for additional additional info. - Catching up on October 6th euchre scores....Bill Graham had 84, * Myrtle Aldread 79, Ray Hughes and John Foster with 78, Doreen Green 75 and Audrey Graham also with 75, - Thanksgiving was celebrated in a lovely, festive manner at the Newcastle C.I.B.C. Staff arranged a gorgeous "table' of plenty" displaying .preserves, fruits, vegetables and baskets and colourful colourful sprays of autumn leaves. - "A tip to healthier hair..." Years ago using more than a capful of creme rinse meant your hair would i automatically take on a greasy look. No more - be sure to use plenty plenty of conditioner after shampooing, rub into the hair thoroughly before rinsing. The result will be shinier, more manageable hair - for both men and women. (Picture above) Thank you for your comments regarding my last column. The French-in-Canada issue is one that is becoming hotter and hotter by the week - from small communities to major economic centres all across this country. It has begun to touch more people personally, in everyday life. In many cases - whether we like it or not, and at times our futures looks shaky. Yes..."0 Canada, we have to stand on guard for thee." At the risk of embarassing our son who will be 18 years old on October October 22nd, we send this message... It's awesome and it's scary -- Passing fry your room each day. We gasp each time we glance inside -- As another hair turn gray! Time pass'es, oh so quickly; Gone are your trucks and toys; Instead you 'ye chosen grownup clothes And get more calls from girls than ■ boys! So Happy Birthday Kevin! Eighteen is a special one, - You've grown to be a fine young , man We're proud your are our son. I am always eager to hear from you. Call me at f86-2964 if you have a "Little Scoop" to share. Orono Cook Books are now available Come And Taste Our Family Favorites! Yes,' the cookbooks authored by our Community Athletes (and their parents), sponsored sponsored by the Orono Amateur Athletic Association and funded by our generous local businesses and clubs, have finally arrived. Once you see the books I am sure you will agree they were worth the wait. They are quite attractive, definitely a collectors item and just in time for --Christmas--???? If you would like us to set aside a book(s) for you then call Melody : Reid at 983-9495. NOTE the books are going fast so please don't delay. For just $5.00 you will get a very handy kitchen utensil and be supporting supporting the following activities for our community youngsters: soccer, baseball, girls softball, hockey and figure skating. 1 would like to apologize to those individuals who submitted recipes that do not appear in the cookbook. In some cases there were duplicate recipes and several recipes were received after the submission deadline. Once again I apologize but all these recipe sheets have been saved and if this cookbook sale goes over well (as it appears it will) then we may try another cookbook in a couple of years times. The sports logo winner was Brett Graves. His logo is presently being applied to Ball Caps, T-shirts and sweat suits that will be used as incentive incentive prizes. The Ball Caps will also be put on sale at the Orono Arena. Thank you to all our local supporters. supporters. A special thanks to those who fundfed our cookbook drive. We offer you our continued patronage! Dulees Restaurant; Wallace Auto Supply Lotd.; Mercer's Shelj; Flair With Flair; Taylor Sane) and Gravel Ltd.; New Dutch Oven Restaurant; Jungle Cat World; Beckers, Orono; Parkside Variety, Kendal; Newcastle Newcastle Lumber; The Great Pinê Ridge Kinsmen; Viewers Choice Video & • Family Entertainment Centre; Matthews Matthews and Associates Insurance Broker; Century 21 Realty Homes Ltd., Bowmanville; Canadian Tire Corporation, Bowmanville; Bowmanville Invitational Racing Pigeon Club; W. Kay Lyeett, Q.C. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary; C & D (Old Fire Hall) Pizza and Subs; Orono Weekly Times; Hamilton Insurance Insurance Service; The Mill Hair Studfo; Village Bin; Durham Farmers County Co-op; D & R Custom Fencing Ltd.; Russ Major Heating & Plumbing; Orono Fuel and Lumber; Kirby Store; Frontier R.V. The Corporation of the TOWN OF NEWCASTLE 1989 Leaf Collection Project LEAVES HAVE BEEN BANNED AT THE BROCK WEST LANDFILL SITE Municipalities in the Durham Region can no longer dispose of leaves with regular garbage. Therefore, the Durham Region and area municipalities have developed an alternative plan to dispose of the leaves in a composting site. Leaves must be placed in normal household'garbage" bags and tied with special tags. The tags will be distributed to all households in the Town of Necastle the week of October 23, 1989. Leaves will.be picked up in separate tracks dispatched to collect leaves only. The leaf bags must be identified with the tags provided and they must also be placed ât the curb away from your regular garbage. The leaves will be taken to a composting site in the Durham Region, rather than a landfill site. * Special leaf collection days have been designated by each area municipality. Newcastle will collect leaves in accordance accordance with the following schedule: • Leaves will be collected in Newcastle on MONDAYS. OCTOBER 30TH NOVEMBER 6TH ' 1 NOVEMBER13TH NOVEMBER 20TH NOVEMBER 27TH - » Leaves will not be collected prior to the designated days. We appreciate your co-operation in this.program. If you have any questions or you require additional tags, please contact Mrs. Beverly Welsh, Public Works Department, at 623-3379. Walter A. Evans, P. Eng. Director of Public Works ' Date of Publication: October 18, 1989 P.O. 3909

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