PAGE 4 2 WIBY FREE PRESS WEDNESDAYý, MARCKI 21, 1990 Open house .wil' be held at new community 'seh ool By Trudie Zavadovicst Eveiy echool has a casas clown, but Palmerston community school has a real clown to enter- tain people on Saturday, March 24 to celebrate registration day for its new community and recreation programs. Whitb's third community school, Palmierston, will open its door at 10 a.m. and welcomes everyone for a visit. Visitors can take in a karate demonstration an aerobics class, or a game O beach volleyball. A variety of eight-week courses start March 31. Courses offered include co-ed fitness, photogra- phfolk art, home landscaping, neart-saver CPRI, Child-infant CPRI, co-ed valleyball,.>re-school arts and crafis, tennis, guitar, floor hockey, youth volleyball, karate and modern Jazz. The community school pro- grain is the resuit of an agree- ment between* the Towni of Whitby and the Durham Board of Education te offer community- based prograxnming. Pr Fingle Creek starts its third spring- session' in April while Bellwood community school starts its second. The courses were determined by a lO-member volunteer board comprised of one member from the school, one from the Town and eight, menibers from the community. Ma2ny of the courses offered were seiected froin the resuits of a community-wide sur- Frmore information caîl 668- 5803 ext. 217. DURH-IAM CQLr-LER, Leadership skills can be assessed ROBIN HALTON (»bw) puts the. finiahing touches on a massve oeilophane monster that is later inflated and rais"d (above) by studeuts, at au art workuhop at Meadowarest publie schooL Durhamn College Management Centre offers a new knowledge-based assessment tool te provide companies with an objective measure te assess leadership skiiis. The servce is geared to ail sizes of business. Sma]l business owners or managers can ciscover their supervlsory and management strengths and needs and plan for professional development. Medium te, large businesses can use the service te assess the strengths and needs of managers, supervisors or team leaders in important leadership sills and build teani and individual training progranis for developinent. The assessinent provides an objective measure of the participant's actuai knowledge in 27 different leadership skiil behaviors in the competency areas of interpersonai sills, teani building sidlIs, employee performance and development SUIiS. For further information about a Durham College recentiy has received a $61,000 donation of computer equipment by Hewlett-Packard. The equipment is available for a Durhamn students. On Jan. 12, the donation of 16 advanced model personal computers with high resolution screens and a Laseijet printer were confirmed with Gary Polonsky, president of Durhamn Coilege. Log home building course is offered 'Log Building Handcrafting'is tefocus of a 12-week training course to be presented by Durham College. Offered from March 25 te June 24, 9 ami. te 4 p.m., the course teaches how te build a log home; care and maintenance of tools; floor joists; wiring for log homes; fitting doors and windows and the final squaring of the building. Classes wili take place at Ganaraska Log Home building site -- Hwy 401 te Hwy 28 (Port Hope) north 12 km (Durhamn Rd. 9). Total cost of the prograni is $350 (tuition) and approimately $750 for tools and supplies. For more information please cali Donna Andor at 576-0210, ext. 496 or toil free at 1-800-668-5843. STO adds commi*ttee On- the recommendation of president Eileen Spraggs, the executive of- the Durhami Retired Teachers (STO)' supported the organization of a telephoning cornxittee as an added strength in comxnunicating to its members With 170 mexnbers spread over 25 towns and vilages, an up-te-date list is a vital objective. By the month of May, detailed information wiii be relayed both by DUSTOFF (newsletter) and by telephone ýegarding thee*9 animal meeting which nit held on Saturday, June 2. That day wiil ailow new retirees -of 1990 te, attend. leadership sidIls assessinent plan foir yourself or others in your organization please contact Lorna Holborn-May at 576-0210 or 1-800-668-5843, ext. 453. "Inh keeping with the ever-changing workforce needs Durham Coliege is continuing te strive tewards the newest and most-used computer equipment. Thanks te Hewlett-Packalrd our > students wili gain an extra edge in computer experience and knowiedg, Polonsky said. Eight computers per year wiii arrive at the college, extending over a two-year period. The first portion of the euipment is expected te ar-rive Shor 'We are very pleased with the donation and especially appreciate Hewlett-Packard helping us help our studente>" said Don Hargest, executive7 director of the college information services at Durham. "The way of the world is turning te computers and today's students v.i11 need the experience te compete in the work place." Budget has littie- effeet on RESP 's "Although contributions te Registered, Education Savings Plans (RESPs) have been limited by the Feb. 20 federal ýbudget, RESPs remain the most. useful tool te, save for a child&s college or university education," says Tom O'Shaughnessy, vice-president of finance' for the Cqnadian Scholarship Trust (CST) Foundaibn.' Finance Minister Michael Wilsons budget has restricted contribu 'ons te $1,5W0-a year per child ($31,500 overa]l),- and reuiesthe RESP be used for fi-tie study ini qualified post-seconday educational programs. O'Shaughnessy notes, 'These changes have. littie. effect. on traditional RESPs. lIn fact, since the federal government has also reduced the transfer payments to the provinces, the public viii probably be faced with increases te tuition costa" 1"Traditional BESPs, like the C.S.T Plan, hâve always aimed te help parentos ave 'for rising coilege and uudversity education csts. These plans have a very important role te plaY in todays socety," adds David Summers, executive * .vice-president, operations and administration, C.S.T. Foundation. A structur e savings plan, deposits start aà low as t9.75 per >month. Interest earr'ed on the contributions accuInulate tax-free. Once the, savings schedule is' completed,. the investor receives the savings balance in tme te assist with the students, first yearý of post-secondary studies. Accumulated interest is pad te, students, in the fori 1Of schlarships- (and taxed in their hands). A maximum of three schlarships are available with the C.S.T. Plýn. 'With our: lowest' scholarshipsl in 1989 averaging $2,070,thMe burden of post-secondary education is substantially reduced for, C S.T. Plan students," says O'Shaghnesy. $6,OO onation made