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ýýj ýOr no Weekly TlmesWledýnesday, April 8, 1993 Places Ito Go Bowmanville Self-Group An Unemployed Self-H4elp Group, will be meeting every Tuesday morning, 9:00 a.m., at St. John's Anglican Church, I1 Temperance Street, Bowmanville. For more information contact Bill Paterson at 436-2149. Stor ies, Songs, Fingerplays Babies up to 24 months and their parents or caregivers are invited to theBowmanville Branch of the Newcastle Public Library for BABYTIME. This is a half- hour programn on May 19 and 26 that will introduce you and your baby to the variety of materials and services that the Library has to offer, as well as some great stories and songs! Registration begins on Tuesday, May 4 at 10:00 a.m. You can drop into the Bowmanville Branch or giveus a caîl at 623- 7322. Community Care seeking volunteers Durham Region Community Care Association is seeking volunteers to parti cipate on the Board 'of Directors and committees. The Association prov ides home support services to adults with dependencies related to physical disability or aging;, and COPE mental health services to aduits experiencing undue emotional stress and those with chronie mental illness. For more information please caîl 416-668- 6583 before April 30, 1993. Camp registration n0w underway The YWCA is geared up for Spring and S ummer! The YWCA's Spring and Summer 1993 and Summer Camp registrations are now underway. Don't miss out on the spring fun. We offer programs for pre- school, children's dance, youth and aduit fitness and adult workshops. Registration is imited. Summer Camp registration is on-going. We are offering five different camps this summer for ages three years to sixteen years. Adventure Camp, Orono Camp, and Kinder Camp will bc offered. Look for our new flyers and brochures for details or call the YWCA's Bowmanville office at 623-9922. Festival of Crafts and Collectibles Show> The l3th Annual Whitby Festival of Crafts'and Collectibles Show will be held this Friday, April 30t.h from 1:00 p.m. to 9:.00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, May lst & 2nd from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Iroquois Park Complex, 500 Victoria St. W. (at Henry), Whitby. There will be 110 booths of vendors, free parking, and admission is $3. i. GST and children under 10 are free. Mental health is priceless The Canadian Mental Health Asso ciation/ Durham Branch reminds the residents of Durham Re gion that "You can't put a price on your mental health". The theme for mental health week, May 3 - 9, 1993, is "Coping With Unemployment". CMHA Durham will be providing various, resources, through employment centres, to help residents deal with the effects of unemployment on their mental health. Dispînys will be set up at local, libraries throughout the region. Bowmnanville Museum Shaw Festival Bus Trip This year's bus trip is on Tuesday, May 4th,'1993 and we will1 once again visit the beautiful Niagara Peninsula. The main attraction is the Shaw Festival Production of "Saint Joan",,by George Bernard Shaw, ai the Royal George Theatre in scenic Niagara-on-the-Lake. But first we will stop for lunch at the "Plain and Fancy Restaurant" in St. Catharines - an aIl you can eat buffet. After theplay we will tour the Andres Wine Cellars and sample different varieties of wine, champagne and sherry with cheese and crackers included. We will leave the Museum at 9 a.m. and should be homne by approximately 8 p.m. and witilbe travelling by an air conditioned coach (with washroom). The price, including lunch, play tickets, and the Winery Tour, is onlv $55.00 per person ($50.00 for Museum Members). To book your seat, or for more, information, please caîl the Museum office at 623-2734. Annual Used Book Sale The Annual Used Book Sale held bythe Volunteer Committee of the Oshawa Symphony Orchestra will take place on- Wednesday, May 5; Thursday, May 6 and Friday, May 7 fromn 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 12 King St. W. in downtown Oshawa. For further information, please contact the symphony office at 579-67 11. BowmanvIle Museum Historical Walking Tour To celebrate "Good Neighbours" Week, in the Town of Newcastle, the Bowmanville Museum will conduet a guided Historical' Walking Tour of Bowmanville on Tuesday, May llth, 1993 at 1:00 p.m. The tour <will cover residential as well as the downtown section. Everyone is welcome to attend. The cost is only $2.00 peýr person and refreshmients wilI be provided. For more information or' to register, please cali the Museum office at 623-2734. Durham Organic Growers Meeting Durham Canadian Organic Growers meeting will bc held at 7:30 p.m. in the Durham Regional Courthouse, Rossland Road, Whitby. Sharon MaGee of Bramble Bush Garden & Flower Design Centre will discuss Garden Ponds. Everyone welcome. Cal 434-6231 for more information. Annual Carnation Canipaign The Multiple Sclerosis Society is gearing up for its l6th annual Carnation Campaign which will take place this Mother's Day weekend on May 6, 7, and 8, 1993. At this time, many, thousands of volunteers across the country will seIl carnations to the public with hopes of raising $2 million for MS rescarch. 1Mo re flejecmnïoîts by Helen MacDonald 1 quietly noted an anniversary recently. Eight years ago 1 retired from my first career to take on another fuli-time job -- motherhood. When 1 left my job as a Legal Secretary, my working tools were an IBM Selectrie typewriter, a clunky dicta-machine, my steno pad (which was nothing less than an appendage), and a basic black dial-tone Bellaphone with the large red hold button. My employer was considering getting a word processor but the cost then was-too high for a one-horse finn. During these eight years in the Mother zone, things have changed. Word Processors, FAX machines, and communication systems have corne on the scene, al- a ignificant part of the way business -is now done ---- business which is conducted faster than you can say "skinnamïarnkildoo". In less than a decade I have become redundant. Not because of major changes in our legal system, but because of, technology. Technology which, some predfict, will render what was once known as typing, now keyboarding, as outdated as the, wringer washer. Computers wil be voice activated, like the voice- mail message capabilities of the telephone, and lawyers won't need secretaries -- well, except to book tee time; which, dare 1 counsel, they might decide to do themselves! Anyhow, while the world passes me by, I've been busy dealing with the technologîcal challenges of my new job. The first was cloth diapers. This is old technology, but requires skill and concentration. 1 have neyer stuck a pin in either of my two children (okay, so there was that one time), but there were days when 1 considered using a thimble to prevent gaining distinction in the Guinness Book of Records for 'giving the most blood at the change table'. 1Iclarned, the hard way, that when you change a boy's diaper, you must 'keep a lîd on it'; otherwise, here's pee in your eye! Then, the struggles with straps and buckles as 1 safely tucked my babies into a snugly carrier or a car seat were more frustrating than leaming how to adjust the strap s and clasps of my first bra and garter (neither of which today's liberated females yield, to). Another item of 'baby' technology acquired for my mom' job was the rectal thermometer (which, dads sometimes confuse with the oral thermometer). But, 1 arn bath to admit, even the simple task of taking a temperature has succumbed to the heavy hand of the technomachine. At a recent visit to emergency with a foot injury, the nurse gathered the details of my injury, then- proceeded to take my temperature. She reached for a little white box, no larger than a vîdeo cassette tape, with a tiny door/lid on top. Attached to the 'box', by a cord similar to a telephone cord, was a device not much larger tian a balîpoint pen. The nurse lifted the lid and then inserted the pen-like device into the recess beneath it. As she moved towards me, 1 was wondering about the box, and thought that inside the pen-like device would be a clean thermometer which wouId somehow magically present itself. Then, like a-good patient, 1 opened my mouth in anticipation of the thermometer as she drew close to me, only to, bc shocked by the quick movement of her hand around the side of my face. Then, something was suddenly in my ear. I jumped in surprise. "What are you doing?" "I'm taking your temperature", she informed me. "We stick it in your ear now. It's quicker and .more accurate." More technology! Next, we'll FAX our symptoms to a medical clearinghouse, and the diagnosis, and treatment, will corne, by return FAX. Who needs people anyway? At least my children stili, need me. Ail they ask, is that I stay away with the rectal thermiometer, and remember that four hugs a day are the minimum! Use Want Ads 983-5301 T'hink Spri5n g%% Visit our store andask about our new high- tech resin above- ground pool... Introducing Evasion ~~~SoIar Blanket Spring Special 16 x 32 only $91 .00 Beachcomber spas and Inground Pools starting at servicing $99900 *Liquid Chiorine Filling Station