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parents play large role in childhood education tribune april 17 1985 a17 by chris shanahan claremont learning is a family affair at the claremont co operative nursery school the schools in structor kitty mcarthur says a main advantage of the coop approach is that parents actually have the chance to watch the child progress throughout the year the first thing is for the children to nave fun she says but at the same time theyre learning and weekday mornings at the claremont com munity centre adults share in that learning experi ence in any co operative setting theres a sharing of ideas between the parents and i think that is because they get to know each other ex plains mrs mcar thur active role there are 13 pa rents involved on a rotating basis with each helping out at the school about two days a month parti cipants can even in clude other adults such as a relative or friend of the family while staff is re sponsible for curri culum parents con trol every other facet including fun- draising and they take their role- very seriously theyre very good mrs mcar thur notes with- out the input of the parents the school wouldnt be the same the claremont class is about equivalent to a junior kindergarten program which is presently not avail able in durham re gion the age range is from three to five were very structured because were trying to pre pare them for kin dergarten mrs mcarthur says not ing that the young students enjoy their busy morning routine outings frequent spring and summer field trips see the pre schoolers visiting local points of in terest such as the fire hall conserva tion area and museum the nursery oper ates from septem ber to june on the same schedule used by public schools students can attend fulltime five morn ings a week or part- time mondays tuesdays and wednesdays or thursdays and fri days theres an open- door policy the in structor notes and potential coop members are al ways welcome to come and visit at the claremont com munity centre for more in formation contact kitty mcarthur at 6495223 uxbridge secondary school four computer students reach national finals claremont cooperative nursery school kitty mcarthur centre assists fouryearold eric smith left and greg barnes three at claremonts cooperative nursery school the early childhood education instructor says pa rents play an important part in the cooperative concept the school was formed at altona about 15 years ago chris shanahan uxbridge four students from uxbridge secon dary school have qualified for the national computer programming finals in toronto april 26 the students tom hall and caleb howard both of grade 13 paul sal- vini grade 11 and paul marsh of grade 9 will team up to represent ontario in the event it will be held at the ontario institute for studies in educa tion bloor street west they qualified while representing durham region in the recent provin cial touche ross semifinals at burl ington a total of 24 team from across southern ontario took part programming problems they faced included building a perpetual calendar calculating a bowl- ing or bridge score and counting the number of times a word is used in a pa ragraph uxbridge had downed teams from 10 region high schools to qualify for the semifinals that competition was held at oshawa in early march in these competi tions students have to solve four compu- ter problems in three hours if uss is victo rious at the national finals the team will advance to the a north american competition at de troit mich in late- may uss students also enjoyed con siderable success in a recent regional computer science 1 fair at ajax dave gribble tom hall caleb ho ward and ed wat son all placed first in their respective categories while paul salvini had a second in the busi ness division and bill harvey placed second in the in termediate compu ter science applica tions category donations for handitransit uxbridge twp fundrais- ing continues for a planned handi- transit service that would provide transportation for physically hand icapped persons in uxbridge and scu- gog townships cathy anderson administrative co ordinator for ux bridge community care said a joint campaign between department stores markham markville shopping centref hwy 7 mccowan-markham- uxbridge and scu- gog has surpassed the 6000 mark en route to a goal of 15000 the pro vince will contri- bute the other half of the 30000 required to purchase a handitransit vehicle mrs anderson said shes anxious to see the service in op- eration admitting next week wouldnt be soon enough for me she added that community care a community involve ment and volunteer program of scugog and uxbridge is in volved in handi- transit because its probably most aware of the need for such a service here the agency is participating in this matter on a volun- teerbasis she added donations have included 800 raised in a walkathon held by students at ux bridge secondary school uxbridge twp has agreed to assume handi- transits operating deficit as proposed but council will not assume any capital costs now or in the future of the replacement of vehicles ward 4 councillor sandy ewen has been vocal in opposition to the project the need has not been demonstrated for the service in this municipality ewen said before the handitransit motion was carried march 28 he wants community care to outline in writing exactly what the service will provide for uxbridge handitransit inc a non-profit- organization has proposed operation of a vantype ser vice approximately eight to nine hours a day monday to friday flood aid uxbridge twp will donate 100 to the chathamkent flood disaster committee ward 1 councillor don jackson sug gested a small donation would be consistent with past policies of assisting such relief efforts but councillor sandy ewen wasnt so enthusiastic when the request came before coun cil april 11 i dont think we have money to send to every type of dis- asterfund he said the chatham- kent area was seriously affected by major flooding of the thames and sydenham rivers and theirtributaries in late february and early march the provincial gov ernment has de clared the involved municipalities a disaster area fourth line uxbridge- v former residents renew friendships by marjorie wood land fourth line ronald and mar garet lodge daniel and glen of sioux lookout have been visiting relatives and friends in this area it is several years since they left their home on sider- oad 20 and purch ased timber edge a hunting and fishing camp on their way home they visited mrs annabelle gorman at thessalon ont the lodges report she is keeping well and busy at algoma mandr helping the less fortunate there mrs gorman and her late husband rev george gor- mdn were highly respected during their two pastorates at goodwood bap tist church another former pastor goodwood baptist pastor meryle dolan has been eitgaged in fulltime angelic work since he left here he will be speaking at claremont baptist church sunday april 21 at 7 pm friends will be glad to hear that bertha symes has been moved from whitby to parkview home stouffville where her husband morley is living this couple would be glad of a visit no doubt to reminisce about former days glad to report that jean may is home from hospital shes still in traction as treatment for a ruptured disc in her back barry stather has been off work re covering from a shoulderinjury suf fered on the job this is education week at goodwood public school an interesting variety of student projects are on display goodwood baptist church pastor gary manzo of emmanuel inter national leaves saturday for two weeks in jamaica hell work there with other volun teers building a road in the moun tains and vat another project re pairing a school to be used as a training centre for local young people theyll study there to become christian leaders and teachers among their own people in rev manzos abs ence mark clayton will be in the pulpit at the baptist church april 21 this will be the annual service bri gade sunday when a special invitation is extended to families of the brigade boys i have received notes of apprecia tion some from a distance about the fourth line col umn one message mentioned that the reader liked hear ing of former neigh bors it brought to mind this poem from my scrap- book i there are no friends like old friends and none so good and true we greet them when wc meet them as roses greet the dew no other friends arc dearer though born of kin dred mold and while wc praise the new ones we tresurc still the old a look into 1898 tribune recently bill wallace of stouffville un covered a back issue of the tribune dated feb 3 1898 its well preserved despite its ripe old age at auction sales similar copies have been known to bring up to sixty dollars the following are ads and items of in terest are you in need of a new straw cutter pulper brantford windmill single or gang plow or a first class buggy or wagon if so the right place to get them is from me dirt cheap levi hoover agent for massey har ris co we are bound to lead in all branches we manufacture nothing but firstclass work my prices are to suit the times a firstclass buggy for 75 a firstclass farm wagon complete for 65 come in and have your buggy painted by one of the best pain ters in the province only english varnish used horseshoeing a specialty new shoes for 25 cents remember the stand east of queens hotel wh todd jos a todd opposite the station in stouffville is prepared to purchase all kinds of grain seeds potatoes hides wool and pork he keeps on hand for sale flour feed coal wood corn and salt in barrels and bulk j a todd for more butter better butter with less labor try the butterfly milk separator silvester dougherty agents furniture away down s burkhol- dcr main street stouffville has on hand good hardwood bedsteads fourandahalf feet high 195 woven wire beds at 125 parlor suites upholstered in plush 16 good assortment of fancy rockers wood cobbler and upholstered seats for 90 cents and up beautiful plantino photos taken at mertens studio the finest work made and guaranteed satisfactory unlike the cheap class of enlargements that are being ped dled around the country by fakirs stop that cough by getting a bottle of our emulsion of cod liver oil cures old and young large bottles only 25 cents hc thomas the old reliable drug store corner of church and main streets stouff ville the markham hockey teamwent through the storm to uxbridge and played the home team monday night the score was 70 in favor of uxbridge the roads were so badly drifted that the markham team on their return could get only as far as goodwood we havent heard how many digits or how many auricular appendages were frozen on the way announcement at 7 pm the water works will be tested by a real live fire call and see our fall stock of walking hats also sailors tocqucs and bonnets dressmaking as usual adair and dar- rach stouffville j monkhousc and co the leading tailor only 20 suits left were 15 and 18 now clearing school supplies notcpaper and en velopes large assortment of pocket bi bles in morrocca binding the market drug store g collard chemist and druggist stouffville