PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMI3ER 19, 1979, WHITBY FREE PRESS Courtes y of Lung Association... Anltiffsmokjng programh schools Septeml3er is back-to- sehool timfe, and for Durham region Lung Association this September marks the start of a brand new program in regional schools.. Concerned by the menrea- sed incidence of regular cigarette smoking among young children, the. local' Christmas Seal organisation hsdesigned a series of classroom visita for kinder- garten to grade three students. Gordon Terwillegar, pre- sident of the association and principal of Beau Valley Elementary School says, "Peer pressure appears to be the prime factor in intro- ducing children to the ciga- rette habit at school. If, early in-the school career, positiveé values for a heýlthy life-style can be instilled, peer pres- sure to begin smoking should be more effectively resited in later grades."' The program uses .several mediums to deliver 'its message - film, puppets, flannel boark kits and simple smoking experiments are all featured in sessions individu- ally designed for different grade levels. Cecil, the Sensible Seal"ý and (Jctupuff, the Smoking Octopus will, accompany Lynda Corneal, the Associa- tion's Educational program- ming co-ordinator, 'on her visita§. ."We feel that what child- ren enjoy, they will Iremem- ber" says Mrs. Corneal, "so our whole approach will be light and entertaining". The association feèls that overali success of the pro- gram depends on its conti- nuity, and ideally presenta- Newspapers are short-of paper grade at, lea$t once during each school year. 46Ail we ask is te time and we'Il do the reat,"' says exe- cutive, director Angela Tibbles., "We really, -hope Durham Region's schools wiIl rnake full use of this free service, and help us tackle the problem of preadolescent smoking". School visita can be arran- ged by calling Lynda Corneal at 723-3151, or by writing to Durham Region Lung Association care of the Thé weekly newspaper in Ontario-are facing a serious shortage of newsprint for at least the rest of this year. According to the Ontario E.,C. O.D.,F Weekly Newspapers Associ- ation an additional 1,500 tons is required over and above the amoun the major news- print suppliers have agreed to provide. If the major suppliers diverted-a mere one. and one-haîf days of production from their ship- ments to the U.S. the short- gets grant for second year of operation Marvin Bader, Admini- strative Dbirector of the East Central Ontario 'Develop- ment Foundation has been notified by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation that the E.C.O.D.F., will be receiving funding for its second year of operation. Mr. Bader explained that the E.C.O.D.F. has been established* as the com- munity Resource Group in Dur'ham Région . to assigt local groupa in the develop- ment of co-operative and non-profit housing. Within its first fiscal year the.E.C.O.D. F., governed by a local com- munity board of directors under the chairmanship of Brian Evans a lawyer with the Whitby firm of Schilling & Evans, has produced two family co-operatives, Father Lawlor Co-operative Homes in south Oshawa and East ,WhitbyCo-operative Homes in the' town of Whitby. With the Foundation going into its second year, pro- gress is being made on po- tential non-profit housing programs for Oshawa, Ajax, Whitby, Pickering, New- castle Village, Bowmanville, and Peterborough. Mr. Bader forsees a busy second year and was pleased to sec government recog- nit ion of the valuable contri- bution the East Central (>ntario ,Development Foun- dat ion has been imaking to this area. faîl to Ontario weeklies could be averted, says John' Eakins the Liberal Member of thé Ontario Legisiature for Victoria-Haliburton. 1 understand that everyone' is suffering a shortage of newsprint at the moment, but because the amount re- quii'ed by the Ontario weekly is so minimal relative to that SIM>! >ied to the major U.S. 1 s.I [cl that a diver- 'nof'I1,.500 tons of news-- 'rint to the Ontario weekly iilwsuauers is reasona!,.4o ali)(tnecessary, he says. 'Ihese are small indepen- (lent ixipers which co-ald fae Ser i *o us Iinilleial probir-ins if their, su!)!)y of' newsprint is cul olif. 'I'hey have little or no iiwen tory at the moment-, while the' major U.S. buyers sli have about 20 days IvItr'on hand, even wi*th thé shortages, Eakins said. 1 would ask the major Ontarilo fewsurint suppli ers id to> make this relatively PluialI additional amount of" Z1L'w 5!rinh available to the 01nlarj<> weeklies. It could be crucial to their survival, he Su mmer sailing away Whitby stud'ents get Trent grant Three students from Whitby have been awarded entrance scholarships for their frs year. at Trent University. They're among 95 students entering Trent for tht'ifrst ie this'fait who among them have won more Lhan-$50,000. Tain M. Bell, 315 Palace St.,' Whitby, has been awar- ded a $550 Faculty Scholar- ship. lie is a graduate of Henry Street High School. Winners of Trent Univer- sity Scholarships valued at $400 each arc: Julia C. Moffatt, 916 Walnut St. W., Whitby, a -gradua teof Henry'. Strçet HiLlh School. Yolanda van Grootel, 110 Annes St. Whitby, a graduate of Denis O'Connor Parochial School. 710 WILSON RD. S., OSHAWA PHONE 579-4000