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4 2 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville. August 3.1983 SMALL TALK By Donna Fairey Swimmer to Participate in Summer Games It's going to be rough. My wardrobe wardrobe choices and cosmetic selection selection is about to be brutally sliced in half. Just a few days past, my one and only daughter Robin learned that she has been accepted in the registered nurses training program at Loyalist College in Belleville. With her will disappear a zillion bottles of nailpolish, a collection of blouses and sweaters, shoes, accessories accessories and a drugstore-size selection selection of handy toiletries. I suspect the new situation will provide her with some degree of relief since she will no longer be forced to tolerate a light fingered mother mooching her precious belongings. The realization that my rewarding commando commando attacks on her bedroom are all but over was a jolt to the system. However, her departure will have its benefits. The exchange of personal personal items was sort of a reciprocal occurrence which often left me fro thing at the mouth. There were too many mornings - not my best time - when I discovered that an item of apparel which I had planned to wear, was off to school on her back. Our reduction in wardrobe choices should be proportionate to the shrinkage of bickering the sharing sharing inspired. Already she's started packing her goodies in boxes and cartons readying herself for the big move. And it is a big move. This kid, although she frequently reminds reminds me that she's a grown up person, person, is not yet eighteen. With the exception of a trip to Myrtle Beach and an excursion to Florida, we've never been separated. Despite our mother/daughter bantering of long standing, we shall surely miss one another. Now that she's human, a metamorphosis which occurred somewhere in the year following her sixteenth birthday, we have reached a common plateau where meaningful communication about the good times and the bad is exchanged. exchanged. Middle of the night girl sessions on her bed or mine, depending depending upon which one needs to get something off her chest, will be sorely diminished. Chats over the kitchen table to sort out problems or celebrate happy events will be regretfully diminished. But recognizing that it's a healthy and inevitable step in Robin's development, development, I send her off with a certain certain degree of sadness but mostly enthusiasm and encouragement. And making it easier was a fortunate fortunate happenstance which led us to find a boarding place in Belleville and a dear landlady whose personality personality indicates she will likely play the role of second mother.... She's called Mary Tuttle.' There was something about the ring to her name which instinctively caused us to select it from a list of potential boarding spots as long as your arm. After meeting Mary, a middle middle aged woman w hn lives alone and has raised two daughters of her own, other options we investigated failed to measure up. It was one of those "right feeling" situations made to measure for a worry wart mother. So, come September, Robin, Mary and Mary's toy poddle will become a new family of sorts. A former candy striper and nursing home volunteer, Robin insists she is capable capable of handling raw medical situations situations that would turn her mother green and nauseous. As I watch her preparing to leave our nest, it causes me to marvel at how fast the past seventeen years have streaked by. Where did they go? It seems only yesterday that she was clinging around my knees. Now she looks me square in the eyes and is off to become a nurse. Gladiolus Society's Show Will Take Place Aug. 13 r; v The Durham Region's Teens On Patrol group turned over a $50 cheque to the Bowmanville Lions Club during last Monday night's regular dinner dinner meeting at the Lions Centre. Teens On Patrol/ is a youth employment program funded by the federal federal government and run in conjunction with the Durham Regional Police. The mandate of the youth group is to battle vandalism in Durham Re gion parks. The money presented to the Lions \ Club was earned by the Teens on Patrol group during a local fund raising car wash they or-, ganized early in July. Teen worker Patti Nugent, is shown above handing the chleque over to Lion president Pat King, left, and club member Don, Anderson, a Constable with the Durham Regional Police. 1 By S. Leetooze, Secretary Each year, just about this time, (the Second Saturday of August) the Durham Region Gladiolus and Dahlia Society holds its annual flower show. Now, this is no ordinary flower show. It is the culmination culmination of one year's work, that started last fall when we had to dig our roots, (tubers) and corms. The blooms that will be displayed, displayed, both Gladiolus and Dahlia blooms, are probably the most pampered plants in the Region. There used to be many Gladiolus Societies in Ontario, but the Durham Region Society is the sole survivor Girls Softball Tourney Aug. 27th The annual girls' softball tournament for teams from the Town of Newcastle's recreation softball program will be held August 27. r,i uirts Sti! . schÿdjr Rains Help Save Crops (From Page One) need a long growing season since some crops which have lagged behind behind due to the drought could be damaged by an early frost. Among the crops hard-hit by the lack of moisture during most of July were corn, beans, and second-cut hay. In spite of the recent rainfall, there are some concerns that yields will be below average due to the damage already caused by drought. Although the storms of the Civic Holiday weekend brought with them winds and lightning, no serious serious damage was reported anywhere in the Town of Newcastle LAST CHANCE! Only 5 Days Left to Save! Provincial Sales Tax Exemption Ends August 8th 50% Off Custom-made Vertical Blinds 20% Off Roller Shades and Venetian Blinds We Also Sell Broadloom and Vinyl Flooring 136 King St. E. Decor World Telephone 623-5581 Bowmanville Local Beaches Not Polluted Local beaches are safe for swimming, although swimmers swimmers have been warned against using two beaches located in the west end of the Durham Region. A representative of the Durham Health Unit said this morning that signs have been posted to warn swimmers swimmers against using beaches at Frenchman's Bay, at the foot of Liverpool Rd., and Rotary Park at the mouth of Duffins Creek, in Ajax. Brian Devitt, director of environmental health services services of the Durham Region, said swimming is not advised advised at these locations be- ' cause water samples show the beaches to be polluted. About 40 public swimming swimming areas are sampled weekly by the Health Unit and all other areas meet safety requirements. Beaches in Bowmanville and Newcastle are among those tested by the Health Unit. Mr. Devitt said. You can't get into swimming if you can't get into your swimsuit. V patmupacwni Van Belle Floral Shoppes ... much more than a flower- store! 4 STORES • Highway No. 2 • King Si. E„ Oshewi • SlmcotSI. N„ Oahawa • King St. W„ Bowmanville THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE TENDERS SEALED TENDERS, clearly marked as to contents, for the following requirements listed below, addressed to the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, Office of the Clerk, 40 Temperance St., Bowmanville, Ontario, L1C 3A6, will be received in the envelope provided until the specified closing time and date. Tender Documents can be obtained from the Purchasing Office at the above address. Tender Nd. T83-18 - Gravel crushing & hauling (approx. 60,000 tonnes) Tender No. T83-19 ■ Hot mix resurfacing (approx. 3000 tonnes) Tender No. T83-20 • Cold mix, open graded bituminous pavement (approx. 640 tonnes) A Bid Deposit in the amount specified in the tender documents must accompany each Bid. Closing Time & Date: 12:00 Noon, (Local Time, Wednesday, August 17,1983 The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Mr. D.M, Homonluk, P.P. Purchasing and Supply Agent Telephone: (416)623-3379 Ext. 67 . . . W *-*b . Aug. 3,1983 making this annual event of ours a rare happening indeed. We would like to see as many people as possible come out and see our bloom on display, it will take your breath away, it will soothe your tired eyes 11 We do want to share the growing of Glads and Dahlias with everyone. There will be "glad nuts" from all over at the show, some coming from hundreds of miles away with their Glads cradled in their arms. So come out on August 13 to the Durham Christian High School on Scugog St. and view our rainbow. You may not find a pot of gold, but you might enjoy yourself. Doors open at 2:00 p.m. Bowmanville swimmer Andrea Maxwell has been selected to participate in the 1983 Ontario Summer Games to be held in Sudbury, September 2nd to 5th. The 15-year-old, a member of the Oshawa Aquatic Club, will be among 144 provincial competitors in the annual games. Andrea is a grade 10 student at Bowmanville High School. Firefighters Battle Grass Fire Firefighters from Bowmanville Bowmanville and Orono battled a 25-acre grass fire near Mosport last Thursday, July 28. Newcastle Fire Chief Jim Hayman said the fire occur red at the old Darlington/ Clarke Townline. The blaze was halted just short of a wheatfield and there was no damage. Extremely dry weather contributed to danger from grass fires during the past several weeks. 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