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2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 21st, 1978 Orono Weekly Times CH-IILDREN HAVE NOT CHANGED An interesting obeservation has been made by one who is most qualified to make such an observation. Mrs. Gladys Greenwood, retiring principal at Lockharts. This observation by one that has been in the teaching profession for 26 years, is that children have not changed. What a gratefying thought that the first few initial ,years of one's life has not changed. Also one must agree with Mrs. Greenwood that love and individual attention are a requirement of our young people. From these comments change of values and attitudes could well begin with the young children in our society. This could all come about within the mere span of a few decades. Let us not forget the development of the young mind comes from the action of society as a whole and it is here that attitudes are formulated for the young. One cannot but help feel the devotion held by Mrs. Greenwood to ber profession and especially ber concern with the children of her community and school. This is something everyone could well carry forth in their life. May we end with a word of praise for the work in this community by Mrs. Greenwood and wish her well for the future. CAN'T FEEL SORRY This corner can hardly feelsorry for the fact that the Orono Chamber of Commerce were unable to get permission to operate a beer garden in the Orono Park last Saturday for the LOBB ball tournament. The promotion of the LOBB ball tournament was also associated with a children's program to be held in a community park under the jurisdiction of the Town of Newcastle. The park is and was open to everyone whether or not they were interested in the events being sponsored locally. We feel it would have been in poor taste to exhibit a beer garden at really what was a family day and a sporting activity Old fashioned . . . perhaps . . . but then we can remember the time when such events were held and enjoyed without a beer garden. (Continued from page 1) include a bonfire and hot chocolate. Binoculars would be an asset. Travel County road 9 east from Kirby to the Town line east of Kendal and north to the centre. PINES WIN WESTERN TRACK AND FIELD MEET The Pines Senior Public School was the overall winner at western area Track and Field meet held this week. The meet was held at the M. J. Hobbs Senior Public School in Hampton. Besides the Pines, M. J. Hobbs Senior Public and the Bowmanville Senior Public were in competition. CAR SHOW AND ROD TOUR SUNDAY Motor City Car Club have organized an Antique Car Lawn Show and Rod Tour to be held on Sunday. The cars will assemble at the Lions Centre in Bowmanville from 9 to il p.m. and then leave on the Rod Tour. SUCCESSFUL HEART FUND CAMPAIGN Clarke Township residents once again contributed generously during this year's heart fund campaign. A total of $1,408.49 was collected and sent through the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Newcastle to headquarters. Last year's total was $1,169.00. 37 dedicated volunteers made this possible. Mrs. Murray Payne, canvas captain, extends ber sincere thanks to everyone involved. KILLED ON WAY TO WORK Officer W.H. (Bill) Helmer, 34, of the 0.P.P. Lancaster Detachment, was killed in a motor accident Monday night on his way to work. Bill was a member of the Newcastle Detachment for about nine years before being transferred to Lancaster on January 30th, 1978. He leaves his wife and three children to mourn bis death. A GOOD PLACE TO GET LOST The new floor in the Orono arena was laid on Monday and it sure looks like a lot of space at this point for an ice surface. Its going to be harder to lay a body onto the opposing side cone this winter at the Orono arena. SAM AT QUEI Report from Queen's Park Sam Cureatz, M.P P., Durham East The M\inistrv of Community and Social Services provides a multitide of services for both senior and what could be termed "junior" citizens of Ontrio. To underscore the import- ance of the province's 750,000 senior citizens, the Ministry bas set aside the week of June 18th to 24tb as its annual salute to this respected group of people. The theme of the week is "Reaching Out". One of the primary object- ives of this week is to praise those senior citizens who are actively involved in commun- ity activities and to re-assure all seniors of their import- ance to the community. I hope people don't get the wrong idea about Senior Citizens' Week. It wasn't proclaimed as an excuse for parties and entertainment for the elderly. Rather it is designed to enlighten the general public with informat- ion about the work and achievements of people over 65. Senior Citizens, unlike some younger people might believe, still have many good years to live, years to devote to the public - to demonstrate to today's youth just how to live, how to maintain an optimistic outlook in spite of problems. In other words, this week is designed to educate the young, not to patronize the old. After all, old people are really just young people who have lived longer! With respect to our "junior" citizens, Minister Keith Norton recently intro- duced a set of amendments to reform nine Acts dealing with children's services. The work on the legislative changes proposed in this package of amendments be- gan just prior to the establish- ment of the Children's Ser- vices Division within the Ministry in July of last year. The most extensive legislat- ive amendments relate to the area of child welfare, and involve a substantial redraft- ing of the Child Welfare Act. Highlights of some of the other major changes include: a penalty of up to $1,000 for failure of professionals to report incidents of known or suspected child abuse; as far OMB heai The Pine Ridge Park Ltd. proposalI to construct a mob- ile hore retirement park along tbe shore of Lake Ontario in the Town of Newcastle has been referred to the Ontario Municipal Board. The referral was made by the provincial hous- ing ministry. It was made at the time the minister gave approval to the Durham Region Official plan. No date has been set for the hearing as yet. as children's rights are con- cerned, the emphasis would be placed upon the child's right to be heard when decisions are made which affect his or her future; and to ensure that the best possible plans are being made for children in the care of Chi.ldren's Aid Societies, cas- es would be reviewed by outside individuals on a periodic basis. I -would also just like to mention that work has begun on omnibus legislation which will bring together ail the laws relating to children's services and will establish a co-ordinated approach to the provision of assistance to children and families with special needs. There have also been a couple of activities in the rural part of Durham East that I would like to bring to your attention. Happily enough, this week the Town of Newcastle Coun- cil and myself met with the Minister of Transportation and Communications, Jim Snow, in an attempt to get back on track the revitalizing program for the Main Street of downtown Bowmanville. A compromise was reached and our community should be shortly seeing the fruits of our meeting. Qnce again there have been heated news reports about unruly activities at Mosport events. For the past number of years, it seems to me that activities have gotten out of hand during some of the races. I hope that with some tactful prodding the owners of Mosport and the promoters would take a look at their program structure and at- tempt to make adjustments that will eliminate the kinds of excessive behaviour that takes place by some unres- trained individuals. Courtice Heights OMB approval The Ontario Municipal Board early last week gave their approval to the contro- versial Courtice Heights dev- elopment which would bring over 1000 new homes to the Courtice area. Objection to the scheme was lodged both by the City of Oshawa and a citizens committee from the Courtice area. The OMB report did state that the development would be of size to allow for the inclusion of soft services as well as the tax base for such services as fire hall, library and other recreational ser- vices. The board dismissed as premature the contentious issue of storm water run-off which Oshawa felt would adversely affect the Farewell Creek. It was pointed out that the final design would have to be approved by the Conser- vation Authority and the Ministry of Natural Resour- ces. The Board also felt that prior planning of the area was not necessary at this time and that as planning is an ongoing thing the secondary plan would evolve. The decision of the OMB could still be challenged in the courts and it appears that such a decision would have to come from Oshawa. ing Ilte Town of Newcastle council in giving tentative approval to the scheme had asked the minister to approve an amendment to the official plan allowing the develop- ment of the complex south- east of the 401-115 interchange in the Town. The site is presently zoned agriculture. It is expected that the Region will oppose the rezoning of the lands to allow for the prop- osa 1. Wesleyville chimney contract awarded Ontario Hydro has awarded Taylor Engineering Ontario Ltd. of Mississauga a $2.15 million contract to construct a 198 metre chimney at the oil-fired Wesleyville generat- ing station, eight kilometres west of Port Hope. The contractor will be on site in July and will start placing the 2676 cubic metres of concrete needed in the chimney shell by August 1. 1978. The outer shell of the chimney will be completed by the end of January, 1979. Then a subcontractor will begin to install the steel liner of the chimney. The chimney should be completed by September, 1979. Concrete will be supplied by Ontario Hydro through -its existing contract with Port Hope Ready Mix. It will be placed by jump form method, with two metres being placed during each of the approxi- mately 90 hours requirea. Ontario Hydro has already placed about 1223 cubic met- res of concrete in the base for the chimney. As a navigation warning, a strobe light will be installed at three levels on the stack. The flashing light is preferred over the old method of flood-lighting stacks, because it does not attract birds as much as flood-lighting, espec- ,ially during spring and fall migrations. Approximately 510 people are now employed in con- struction at the Wesleyville generating station. Employ- ment will increase to about 1,100 in late 1979 and then begin to decrease. The first 538 megawatt unit is expected to be in service by 1981 and both units should be operat- ional by 1982. Operations staff wil number about 210. Vacancy reports for campers Privately run campgrounds in the province will be introduced into the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Tourism campsite vacancy reporting program for the first time starting June 22nd. In past years, the program has included only campsite vacancies in provincial parks. "Througl the media, our program will ensure campers throughout Ontario of up-to- the minute vacancies for camping weekends." said Ontario Minister of Industry and Tourism John R. Rhodes. "The inclusion of privately run campgrounds in the reporting program will give campers more alternative camping facilities than ever before." Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays during the sum- mer, the ministry's Barrie office will provide campsite availability reports direct to the media. All campgrounds in the province, south of and including the North Bay region, will be covered. Media telephone numbers for the campsite vacancy program are: (705) 726-1356 and (705) 726-1357. Individual campers can dial direct to receive campsite information at: (416) 965-4008, (416) 364- 4722, (705) 726-0932 and f705) 728-5851. Dave's Plumbing Heating E-lectric Industrial - Commercial 786-2471 R.R. 1 Orono smmmmmmmmemmmmg Our-Fireplaces DO NOT Smoke I * I * I I I * I * OXFORD * Bricklayers - Stonemasons Ltd. 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