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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 20, 1978 Section Two Editorial Comment We Have No Favorites Although it is early in the municipal election campaign, we felt it was impor- tant at this point to let readers know this newspaper's policy, in case some of them expect us to take a stand for one candidate against another or feel we should polish a slate of candidates that we feel should be supported. As new candidates appear and con- tact us to let us know what they stand for and why they feel they should be elec- ted, we shall relay that information plus other pertinent facts to our readers, so they may be well informed before they cast their ballots. We shall do our best to refrain, both editorially and in our news columns, from showing any bias in favor of or against any candidate, preferring to let the electors make up their own minds. We feel this is a fair policy in a town such as this one. All candidates will have their own organizations to spread essential information about their can- didates throughout the community and the ones who put on the best campaign for votes may be the winners or thev Can't Resist We've just returned from the Yard Sale held to raise funds for Bowmanville and area's Splash project and found it a fascinating experience just watching people mulling through the articles, search- ing for hidden treasures they could take home at bargain prices. Times may be tough, but you'd never have known it watching the eager beavers at work. Most of the articles had been donated by citizens who had no need for them, were getting rid of them because their children were too old to play with big teddy bears and such like or were just cleaning out closets to make room so they could The noble art of self defense hit a high point on Friday night in New Orleans when Muhammad Ali or Cassius Clay at 36 years of age regained his title from Leon Spinks who outpointed him in their previous fight and did it convincingly. It was the third time Ali has been dethroned and come back to win the world heavyweight title, a record that probably won't be repeated for some time. Ali gave his 25-year-old opponent a superb lesson in the art of self defense. Spinks is a strong, game youngster with plenty of potential ut not too much boxing skill. He's a brawler and Ali took advantage of his lack of experience, scoring when he needed to, while realizing that his power to knock out the man has passed with the vears, and his best Don't forget that Ontario Hydro's information centre located on the site of the Darlington Generating Station is open for visitors. The centre operates on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week. It has maps, diagrams, pamphlets and models explaining what Ontario Hydro is doing at the 1200-acre Darlington project. Unfortunately the visitors have not appeared in the the numbers you might expect to see. It almost seems as if most people aren't interested in the fact that one of the world's largest nuclear powerplants is being constructed on our back doorstep. Or maybe potential visitors are scared away because they think nuclear energy is something that only brilliant scientists can understand. This is most unfortunate because the basics of nuclear energy can be may not be, depending on the reception they receive. If this newspaper took a stand in favor of or against one can- didate, it could do him or her more harm than good. is happened before. So, we prefer to stay out of the scrap and let the candidates and their suppor- ters run their own campaign. We're not rneutral, we're just trying to be fair to everyone. Our advertising columns are open to all candidates. They'll have an opportunity to present their views and background details in our news columns and any meetings will be reported as fully as possible. Letters to the Editar supporting and not supporting any can- didates will be witheld during the cam- paign because otherwise,,the ones with the best letter writers could receive much more space free of charge than the others. The campaign is beginning to warm 'up a little and no doubt will get hotter as election draws nearer. We shahl do our best to keep you posted on events as they unfold. a Bargain collect other items. It was amazing how much stuff had been collected for redistribution. Many of the customers brought along their children and they were having a ball, going through the toys, carrying around huge pandas that somebody had won, probably at a local carnival or fair. Some of them were bigger than the youngsters. All in all, everybody was having a good time and inadvertentl helpmg the Splash committee ad to its funds. The expression that one person's junk is another person's treasure is a truism that certainly was in evidence at that Yard Sale. hope was to use his longer reach to best advantage and keep Spinks from landing one of those wild blows. He did just that throughout the 15 rounds and was in such superb condition that at the end of the scrap he appeared fresher than Spinks who was completely frustrated and confused by Ali's tactics. It was a great win for Ali who has done more for the fight game than any man. We only hope he'll have enough sense to hang up the gloves and rest on his laurels. And the millions that he'll have to keep him in his old age. Between the $5 million dollar gate plus the other millions from television rights, he should be able to live comfortably for quite a while. understood by all'of us and all too frequently the topic is misunderstood. You'll come away from the Darlington information centre with a few interesting facts and figures and you'll be a little more informed about what is happening in the community. And if you want still more information on the nuclear energy program in general, then you might want to pay a visit to Pickering. A $700,000 nuclear communications centre was recently opened at the site of the Pickering Generating Stations. The centre provides an up-to-date education on Canada's nuclear development in an atrmosphere a little like the Ontario Science Centre. Attempts are being made to keep the public informed on the nuclear industry. It's up to us to take advantage of the opportunities offered. St. Mary s Cernent Plant Sugar and Spice Our Trip There's probably only one thing tend to make you feel like a very Monte CarlQ by a surly Monacan We had Americans from more boring than being forced to small minnow in a very large ocean. cop. Or hustling through the ram in California, Texas, Illinois, Oregon watch slides of someone else's And probably that's what they're Heidelberg, trying to buy and Iowa. And we had five holiday jaunt, and that is having to supposed to do. We were in the suppositories with your scanty Australians. Have you ever heard a listen to them tell about it. But if you largest and third-largest in the German.la think that you are going to get away world, in Rome and Florence, both Or sitting on your balcony in middle-aged French Canadian or a with only two columns about "Our designed by Michelangelo, and I Lucerne, wondering what the poor young Australian? It's a-riot. Trip", you might as well turn over to don't care if I neyer see another. folks were doing, as you looked over At first we were ail a bit the real estate ads right now, gentle They make you humble in the face of the lake to the mountains. reader. the patience, the reverence, and the Or admiring the lady of the stand-offish, tending to huddlewith Not after I spent all that money. genius that went into their creation. streets, who saw us gawking at ler our own. But after a few days we I've had two long distance calls and as she leaned against à building wee helping each other with a letter in the past 10 days from the turned her back, flipped up her skirt language, funny money and lost Chargex people. Seems we went of art: the Venus de Milo, a stocky nopa ove ou1imt b abut ouleand brod wth o ams th Moa Lsa pirtstold me. 1, of course,, had exchanging travel irons, hair, over ourelt by abouthdoubla looking anything but enigmatic covered my hand with my eyes, or dryers, recipes and anecdotes about the bIs are stil coming in. Oh, behind six layers of bullet-proof something like that. that's inflation. toioets. On a trip like ours, it's probably a gm Or discovering in your room a Ironically, from this land of good idea to take notes, or keep a looking at a good color photo of them small bar-refrigerator, stocked with separatism and stuff, perhaps the diary. I never do this; too interested in an art book. everything from Coke to best friends we made on the tour in people and places to try to put But. that's not the sort of thing you champagne. Ah you had to do was were Quebecois. And 1 think I know them down. Tried to keep it all in my remember from a trp. You help yourself, mark down what why. I dusted off my rusty French head, in pictures. Result: for 10 remember the highhghts and the you'd used, and pay for it in the and made an effort and they did the days after we got home I couldn't human relations, the bad moments morning. Cant see a North same with their English. sleep, with all those pictures, and the exalted ones. American hotel trusting anyone that An Australian lad and his sister hopelessly mixed, flashing through Like going through the Dolomites, much. became almost like a son and my mind. a range of mountains so forbidding Or watching your wife, the daughter to us. A young Canadian' When you hit eight countries in 14 they make the Rockies look genial, insomniac at home, sleeping; on the school teacher from Calgary wept days, it's more like low-flying than in a rainstorm, the driver inching bus, on the ferry, in a boat in the an in-depth study of the treasures of- around hairpin turns. canais of Amsterdam, on a boat into her after the tour, in Euroe. ut t'samazng hatyou Or a magnificent summer evening down the Rhine, on the Seine, on the Londn Europe But it's amazing what you with good wine, good food, good train, The only place she didn't sleep on can and do see and experience. W rn inrwt w For the average traveller who is music, good friends, on a balcony was in the hotel rooms, warrying handsome young couples from not an art expert, there is serious overlooking the beautiful Tivoli about getting up at 6 a.m. and on the In se i . danger of picking up a couple of adnotieRm.Ilossvrlie.ThLde- daner f pckng p acouleof ardnsousid Rae.Hovercraft from France to England, Texas invited us down for- diseases, cathedralitis and Or wandering around the Mont which took only 35 minutes. Christmas. Donald, from Quebec, basilicatis. The symptoms are Martre in Paris, haunt of famous Perhaps the best part of a gr wants me to find a school where his similar. If you see a person with the daughter can learn English. And I head cricked right back, and mouth watching the painters at work, relationships you form. We had was like ta be kissed and hugged to open, he's probably just back from haggling over a picture, maybe Canadians from as far apart as death by 18-year-oId Cathy, from Europe. having your portrait done in 10 Dawson City, the Yukon and Nova Oregon. My shirt was ail wet with While the cathedrals are awesome minutes. Scotia, the whole breadth of the tears after our farewell party. in their structure and art work, they Or being kicked off the grass in. country. Very nice work, if you can get t. tt pLetters to the Editre the lags adtid-agsti1h 1066 Finch Ave., Pickering, Ontario L1V 1J5 September, 1978 Dear Sir, I do enjoy each issue of The Canadian Statesman for many good reasons. Once there were two papers that served the Pickering area, the Stouffville Tribune and the Pickering News (News-Advertiser), however along came inlanct Publishing and that certain something that makes a good newspaper soon vanished. It was with regret that I did not renew my subscription to the Tribune. I had first read the editorials in my grade eight English class (1939) as part of homework assignments. I think Charles Nolan was the editor of the Tribune for many years. In spite of being a non,- resident, I enjoy your paper very much. It does contain news of the Durham Region of which Pickering is a part. My original purpose in taking your paper was for the auction sale lists. There are few farm sales left in Pickering - There are only five principal landowners; the Federal Gov't. (airport), the Provincial Gov't. (North Pickering land bank), Metro Toronto (land fill sites or dump), Ontario Hydro (nuclear station and lines) and Runnymede Develop- ments. The Provincial Gov't also has the continent's largest sewage plant under construction. I enjoy your coverage of the Ontario Hydro's two giant projects in your area. Also the news of a quarter and half century ago is good reading. The old reprinted ads were particularly good. Perhaps the highlight of the year was the coverage of the North Shore Amateur Radio Club's field day in the June 28th edition. Your front page section too is always interest- ing, but that was excellent coverage of an important public service event. I suppose I am a little biased as I have belonged to the club in Oshawa for many years. Thank you for an excellent paper. Bill McPherson Dear Editor, The Centennial Committee of the Town of Mount Forest, Ontario feels that there may be some of your readers who have lived in our town at some time. Or may have friends or relatives who have done so. Because we want to reach as many of these people as possible to invite them to our centennial festivities in '79 we are hoping you will publish this letter and help us reach them. The main events will centre around the week of June 29 to July 7 with the monster centennial parade on Monday, July 2. Anyone wishing to be on the list of invitations can notify Mrs. Annabelle Langdon, Mount Forest, Ontario, NOG 2L0. We would like to thank you for helping us reach former area residents through your newspaper. Yours truly, Mrs. Jean Weber Centennial Chairwoman We may not have big-league baseball or NHL hockey teams, symphony orchestras or nightclubs but last week's transit strike in Toronto made life in Bowmanville and the surrounding communities look mighty good. Toronto's newspapers devoted gallons of ink and many pages to the horrors of the transit shutdown. Suddenly several hundred thousand Torontonians discovered that the simple process of getting to work wasn't simple any more. Those who didn't stay home made the trek to work by car-pools, cycling, walking and hitchiking. Finally the Provincial Government put the people out of their misery by ordering an end to the strike through legislation. The streetcars, subways and buses rolled again. The transit shutdown in Toronto should serve as proof of the fact that the public is using our elaborate and expensive public transit networks. It makes you think that if the public transit system becomes more popular as a means of transporta- tion it will be necessary to put transit workers in the same category as doctors and nurses when it comes to the question of who has the right to strike. It was nice to read about the transit snarls in Toronto from the vantage point of Bowmanville and ta know that for the most part they were someone else's headaches. Of course we sympathize with the many commuters in the area who still had to make the daily drive to work, transit strike or not. We're sure their journey wasn't any easier.,' Out here, we don't have the traffic jams, crowds, smog, noise and other perils of city life. You might say that we don't have all the benefits of big city living. And aren't you glad? Of course we shouldn't be too smug about the advantages of life in this neck of the woods. If the letter-carriers strike materializes' we'll all suffer regardless of where we live. We may not all use public transit but we all have to use the mail. Muhammad Ali Visitors Welcome