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F< wor Cou polit P( for muc taxe recr poli onw regu In rout all a- been plac sper elee deb- recE It camr wou $15( Cou spei can in ti Ti the poli deci ther of s bec. elec the size Fur or sor: f ull elec can on stra O1 argi pers wha wisl thought I had neard it ail but in, I was proven wrong. he latest in dental news is the ry that tooth care should begin îe age of two months. No teeth at age, you say? tite right, but dental hygienists advocate you work on them way, even if they're not through gums. Part of their prescription a perfect set of pearly whites at ithood includes daily cleaning of by 's gums with a cotton swab ed in some sort of antiseptic. rry I didn't get a more detailed :ription of the procedure but I caught the tail end of this news h on the radio the other day. it will they think of next? If 're interested in the theory iaps your local dentist can fill in. hile we agree that dental care is ortant, the emphasis placed on h in the past few years has ched ridiculous proportions. ess you have a cavity free, îetrically spaced, perfectly eed, gleaming set of "Osmond ily" type teeth, you definitely e a flaw in your face. Worse yet, ording to toothpaste imercials, you have less sex eal. long with racism, sexism, and uvinism, perhaps we should nt a new word like "toothism" to strate discrimination against e second ciass citizens who don't e 32 perfect ones growing from thy gums. r those of us who follow the kings of Newcastle Town acil, there's a brand new ical issue on the horizon. rhaps, after all, it's about time a new issue. We have had so h discussion about planning, s, regional government and eation facilities. These regular tical issues seem to plod ards from day to day with the larity of a soap opera. to the middle of this council ine comes a new issue which is bout election spending. It has i suggested that restrictions be ed on the amount of money it by candidates in municipal ions. And this topic has not been ated before -- or at least not in nt years. has been suggested that paigns for local council seats Id be held to a maximum of 0. Those seeking re gional acil offices would be able to d up to $2,000 while mayoralty didates could spend up to $6,000 eir campaigns. ie best thing about this issue is fact that it is a good, clean tical matter which must be ded by the council members aselves. There's no need for a lot taff reports and legal opinions ause either you're in favor of tion ceilings or you're not. About only place for argument is in the of the election spending limits. thermore, unlike some planning financial matters which are etimes difficult for most of us to y understand, the issue of tion spending is one that all of us easily follow. It is also a matter vhich the voter will likely hold ng opinions either for or against. n the one hand, there is the iment that in a free country, a on should be entitled to use tever lawful expenditures he es in order to stand for election. My parents tell me when they were kids their major concern was whether or not they had shoes to wear to their country school. Now my children worry whether or not they will be one of the lucky ones who get to wear braces on their teeth. "Railroad tracks" have become a status symbol among children and if you show the slightest hint of reluctance to purchase these expensive little straighteners, you rate in the basement as a parent. It's never too late either. Even adults are participating in "teeth mania" and it's no longer unusual to see a middle aged person wearing braces. And to have false teeth is a mortal sin. Dentists will do anything to save and preserve your naturals. They'll even grind your teeth off at the gums leaving only the root on which they can attach beautiful new ones. At least you have your own roots. Toothpaste companies are not so dumb. They have leaped on the bandwagon to take advantage of this landslide interest in teeth. They manufacture. products which will make you sexy, guarantee fresh breath, fight tooth decay and will give you a smile that will conquer the world. You can buy all this in a tube. I guess I'm dating myself, but when I reach the false teeth plateau, I want them to make me a set with one protruding incisor, just like the one I was born with. i Spending Perhaps there are too few people seeking election these days and if the job is made even more complicated by the paperwork of election expenses rules, qualified candidates may decide not to bother running. It is commonly believed no amount of money can prop up a poor candidate. And in addition, it is unlikely that many of the persons who ran for election in the last campaign spent anything close to the ceilings being proposed. However on the other hand, it is agreed that elections should be open to everyone. And by clamping a lid on election spending, the worthy underdog candidate stands a chance against an opponent who happens to have better financial backing. Spending ceilings are supposed to make it easier for all candidates, both rich and poor to toss their hats in the ring. Right On Target! A few weeks ago, there seemed little hope that the Splash project would reach its $500,000 objective in time to qualify for the provincial funds before the end of the year when they would be discontinued. Wisely, they called in some expert help to analyze the situation and determine whether or not the community really wanted the indoor pool-squash court complex to be built. We expect that by the time this appears in print, the $500,000 objective will have been reached Our congratulations go out to those determined citizens who launched the original project, convinced that there was a need for it in the community. They have carried on in spite of many difficulties, delays and frustrations encountered along the way. Some people, like me, believe in rolling with the punches, rather than sticking out our chins to show how many we can absorb. I have found that, in general, if I avoid trouble, trouble avoids me. If I know that some pain in the arm has been trying to get me on the phone, I also know immediately that he or she wants me to do something that I don't want to do.Therefore,;1 take the phone off the hook and leave it off until the pain has found some other sucker. Another invention of mine to stay out of trouble is patented as Nega- Prod. This is short for Negative Production. The theory is simple. The more you produce, the more problems you have, whether it is children, manufactured goods or farm products. The more children you have, the more emotional and economic problems you create for yourself. The more goods you produce, the more you have to hustle to find customers and meet payrolls. The more farm stuff you raise, whether it's beef or beans, the greater your chance of being caught in a glut on the market. Our great national railways caught on to this years ago. When they had lots of passengers, they had lots of problems. People wanted comfort, cleanliness, decent meals, and some assurance that they would get where they were going on time. Oct. l1th, 1979 Dear Mr. James: i heartedly extend my congratulations to you, your family, and the staff of the James Publishing Company for the superb historical review of life and times in Bowmanville. I'm sure this special edition will be cherish- ed by many for years to come. This edition of your 125th anniversary comes at a very important time. Too often, one never considers the past in today's ultra modern techno- logical era, and yet it is from our ancestors that we have what we take for granted now. Your special pictorial edition soon brings fond memories of how things were, while giving an interesting history lesson for the youth and new in the area of Bowmanville . In your case, the James Publishing Company, it shows how your family and business has cared about the past and previous experiences. It is a concern like this that the businesses and council, along with the general public, should take a lesson. It is from my experience and history lessons while being a member of the LACAC committee (Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee) here in There was much more money to be made, and fewer problems, by transporting wheat and lumber and cattle. So the railways began treating people like cattle. Passenger trains became uncomfortable and dirty. Quality of the food dropped like a stone. And they never arrived on time. Presto. End of problems. No more passengers. So the railways were able to eut off non-paying passenger lines, get rid of all those superfluous things like station agents and telegraphers and train conductors, and concentrate on taking from one point to another things that paid their way and didn't talk back: newsprint, coal, oil, wheat. Perhaps this is the answer for our provincial governments, which, are quickly and quietly building massive mountains of debt for future taxpayers. Perhaps they should just stop building highways, and repairing those already in existence. We'd all be sore as hell for a while, but as the roads got worse and worse, most of us would stop driving our cars. The governments would save millions of dollars now spent on highways, and they could fire two-thirds of the highway cops. I don't quite see how the governments could use Nega-Prod to get out of the liquor business, the Town of Newcastle, that I have seen and noted the vast amount of history we have accummulated in our town. As a committee, who are volun- teers, it is our interest to perserve and restore some of this beautiful past, before all is lost in the modern concrete ways. So far the committee, in the three years it has operated, and a strong thanks for Mrs. Hubbard in getting such a committee off the ground, has been able to designate three buildings. This designation protects the facade of the particular structures from change, so that the history of our architectural fathers might stay with us. Three buildings in three years may seem like a small number, but the amount of research in- volved along with the beau- cratic time lag, justifies how well our committee has done. The amount of research and binders of photographs that are now files for reference are phenominal and the former and present committee members are to be specially thanked. The toughest job is to set a priority list of the most important architectural or historical significant buildings that face possible extinction through modern change. This involves constant and reliable communication with council, planning office and the public. Presently the committee is working towards designating four privately owned resi- dences. Also the town hall is considered, but as we know, the structural damage, and delapetated condition of the building could become a financial headache. This is where the committee does not have jurisdiction but we do and can express the impor- tance and history of the building. If the residences and public of the Town of New- castle have got inspired enough by your historical anniversary edition, maybe they will consider just how important the town hall is to Bowmanville, and it's down- town core. If there is no concern or interest by the people, then chances are we will see another concrete slab put on that corner in the near future, and then only pictures will tell the story. With strong thanks, I com- mend you for showing us this historical review. May I tell us something while inspiring thought and action to preserve some of our delicate and important past. History has made today, for we shall not remake history. Rick Morrison LACAC Member which certainly produces plenty of problems. The booze trade is so profitable that asking government to abandon it would be like asking a millionaire to forsake his country estate for a run-down farm. Perhaps if they had a Free Booze Day, once a week, every week, say on a Saturday, it would solve a number of problems. It would certainly reduce the surplus population. This, in turn, would cut down, drastically, the unemployment figures. Should the provincial governments find that Nega-Prod is all I've suggested, some of it might spill over into the federal government, usually the last to catch on to what the country really needs. Instead of the manna and honey flowing from Ottawa in the form of baby bonuses and pensions, we might get some terse manifestoes: "People who have more than one and a half children will be sent to jail for four years. Note: separate jails." "Persons who plan to live past 65 and claim a pension will be subject to an open season each year, from October 1 to Thanksgiving Day. Shotguns and bicycle chains only." "All veterans of all wars may claim participation by reason of insanity, and may apply to Ottawa for immediate euthenisation." These might seem slightly Dear Mr. James: I would like to thank you, on behalf of the staff and students, for the publicity you gave the school concerning the Car Wash which was held at the school on Saturday, September 29, 1979. The announcement you made in your paper, I am certain, contributed to the success of the day. Sincerely, W.R. Heinbuch, Principal. Dear Editor: The Bowmanville United Soccer Club wish to thank the following people for giving their valuable time to the banquet held at the Canadian Legion on October 12th. To Bud Fanning, Director of Social Community Services who gave a well presented speech and to Ross Wright who on behalf of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 178, Bowmanville, presented to the trophies for the most valuable player. Also to the sponsor D & R Sports, Checker's Variety, Shopper's Drug Mart, Constructall General Contractors S. Mastrangelo, who by their kind donations helped make this a very suc- cessful year. And a special thanks to the Draconian measures, but they sure would put an end to a lot of our problems and troubles. Think of what they would do for such sinful activities as sex, growing old, and hanging around the Legion Hall, playing checkers. But we must also think of the economie benefits. Wth a plug put into that river of paper money flowing from Ottawa, taxes would drop, inflation would vanish and undoubtedly. separatism would wither on the vine. People would be lined up six deep at the U.S. border, trying to get across, and that would solve, in one swell foop, our unemployment difficulties. We could go back to being hewers of water and carriers of wood, which was our manifest destiny before the politicians got into the act. Fishermen or lumberjacks, in short, which most of the rest of the world thinks we are anyway. Nega-Prod may seem a bit lofty and abstract at first glance, but it works. I know from personal experience. Every time I try to make something, or fix something, it costs me a lot of money, and I get into a lot of trouble. So, I have a policy of never trying to fix something or make something. It's a lot less trouble to put up signs: "Beware of falling bricks; Not responsible for slivers from picnic table." And so on. parents who helped to run a fine banquet and provided transportation to the games and tournament, and to Mr. E. Luisser for baking an extremely impressive and delicious cake and last but not least to the Bowmanville Statesman for publishing the coverage of the past year. Yours sincerely, on behalf of the Executive Roy Lambert. General Delivery, Bowmanville, Ont. Oct. 4, 1979 To The Editor: What Profiteth a Nation? On the late news, Oct. 3rd/79, Bruce Phillips, news commentator made remarks sounding like C.S. Lewis's SCREWTAPE. The remarks concerned the "business judgment" of Flora MacDonald, Sect. of State for External Affairs. Bruce said, "If Canada is going to take a high moral stand re human rights, in regard to Candu sales to Argentina, "it is going to be a costly one." We say, "great stand". And good for Flora MacDonald!" Didn't the greatest Man who ever lived, in the greatest Book written ask, "What gain all the riches of the world if the spirit is lost?" Mary Morris. October 15, 1979 Dear Editor: I have a probiem and hope that someone soon will be able to give me some answers. On September 8th, 30 pullets, four old hens and nine ducks were killed by a dog on my property at Maple Grove. My wife and I and a neighbor identified the dog and phoned the animal control office in Bowmanville who picked up the animal at the owner's place and took it to the animal control building in town. We were quite happy that we need have no more worry from that source until tonight when we were told that the dog had been released because it had been taken illegally, without a warrant. In the meantime, we have been trying to obtain some compensation from town officials and so far have been given a complete run around. All we can get from them is "that they are working on it." Now, it's over a month since the chickens were killed, the dog is loose again and we're getting nowhere. Surely, somebody can give us some action on the matter instead of passing the buck. Sincerely, Paul Adams. 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