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; Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville. January 16,1985 3 Local Mother Stars in Tide Commercial Most grade 12 and 13 graduates are opting for continuing their education, according to statistics presented last week at a meeting of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. Trustees were told that of the 372 grade 13 graduates completing their schooling last year, more than two- thirds went on to university. university. Two hundred and thirty-four of the grade 13s enrolled in univer sity. Sixty-three went to community colleges and nine were at Ryer- son. There were 28 grade 13s who joined the workforce and the remainder went to a variety of other destinations, destinations, including apprenticeships, apprenticeships, General Motors Institute, and exchange programs. Of the 1186 grade 12 graduates in the system last year, 419 elected to attend grade 13. The next largest group of 299 joined the work ATTENTION Sugg, retail All Yarns, Pattern Books and Craft Supplies featuring top quality Ratons - Spinrite ■ Bernat - Aronelle plus... many others HURRY! QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED Offer ends Jan. 31, 1985 Creative Pastimes 5 King St. E. Bowmanville Telephone 623-1546 Sam at Queen's Park Celebrated First Birthday Hello! My name is Emelene Claire Lynn Bark. I am one year old. I live in Peterborough. My Mommy and Daddy are Evelene and Steven Bark. My grandparents are Joan and Donald Bark, Mount Pleasant and Gladys and Everett Brown, Orono, Ont. My great grandmother is Mrs. Walter Bark, Toronto. Most High School Grads Continuing Education Writing and acting in her own Tide commercial was an exciting experience experience for Bowmanville resident Virginia Foley. Not only did she become a local celebrity, she earned some extra money and learned a lot about television television production. force and 287 were at community colleges. Trustee Russ Walker noted that one figure he does not like to see is the statistic which records records that 48 of the grade 12 grads were unemployed. unemployed. Board Chairman Dr. Ian Wilson observed that there is generally a co-relation between the level of education and unemployment. "That is why people should be encouraged to go as far as they possibly possibly can," he added. by Catherine Denny A 1000 watts of light, a dozen microphones, a few cameras, and an anxious production crew are all it takes to turn a rural farm into a filming studio. In fact when the producers producers of Tide laundry detergent detergent commercials came to film the Foley farm in Bowmanville Bowmanville it was only a matter matter of hours before sound, camera and lighting equipment equipment were all in place. Of course the surprise for Virginia Foley was not the portable equipment or the efficiency of the crew, but rather that Tide actually wanted to do her commercial. commercial. Virginia had written a commercial for the company company last April in response to an advertisment, but never dreamed she'd be chosen out of the thousands pf entries. "I saw the ad in the Toronto Toronto Star last spring," explained Mrs. Foley." I thought it would be fun to see what would happen if I sent it in," she added. The makers of Tide were impressed with Virginia's commercial because of its convincing statement. Virginia, Virginia, or Ginnny as she likes to be called, is the wife of a farmer and the mother of three young children. Who better than a woman with extremely dirty laundry to convince the public that Tide really works? In her letter Ginny explained that her kids, ranging in age from two to ten years old, become extremely extremely dirty helping their father in the barn and playing playing in the fields, while her husband comes home equally dirty from his everyday chores. Mrs. Foley also told the company that she had been using Tide for the past 16 years and that it was the only detergent she trusted to get her family's clothes immaculate. When the manufacturers of the top selling laundry News About Arthritis The C.B.C. Network will be showing a film, "I'll Get There Somehow" on Sunday, Sunday, January 20, 1985, at 9:30 p.m. This film highlights four people's lives who have various types of arthritis. These types are rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, osteoarthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. This film will be of interest interest to any person who is affected with arthritis or knows someone who is. Statistics show that 1 in 7 Canadians have arthritis and 1 in 3 households are affected. Caroline Thomas a rheumatoid arthritis patient patient has had the disease since she was 16. Her doctor said if she had given up she would be in a wheelchair today. Gail Green is a pre-teen from northern Ontario with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis, Her doctor characterized characterized the situation as that of a "youngster walking around witli her joints on fire". Betty Wheeler was 55 when her osteoarthritis was diagnosed a "housewive's knee". Honey Agar's story on system system ie lupus erythematosus discusses the complications complications of her misdiagnosis of syphilis, right through the many times she was near death, soap read Ginny's testimony, testimony, they were more than eager to start shooting the commercial. "We were going to make the whole commercial right on the farm," explained Ginny, "but the noise from Hwy. 401 was too loud, so only segments of the film were shot here." She went on to explain that the scene featuring her son roping a calf, and the shot of herself hanging laundry on the line were both filmed at her home, the rest of the commercial was shot in a Toronto studio. The session in Toronto which included a taxing 12 hours of memorization, repetition, repetition, and unbearable heat, was on the whole an interesting day for the rural family. Aside from the hectic hours, Ginny had a great time doing the film and earned a little extra cash besides. "It was really a great experience," experience," said Ginny. "We had a wonderful time. The kids were treated well, we ate well, and we all learned a lot about television and how commercials are made." Of course Ginny admits that although she whs given a fair bit of money for a single day's work, she never would have written the commercial if she didn't believe believe in the product. "You know, people always always ask me if I really use Tide," she said. "I don't think I would have been able to do it and sound convincing convincing if I wasn't sincere." Even though Ginny says she won't be answering any more ads looking for people to write commercials, she admits that she would do it again if she was asked. 1984 A Very Good Year in Ontario Now that we have embarked embarked on a new year, it is a good time to look over some of the events of 1984. On all counts, 1984 proved to be a memorable year in Ontario. We were honored with the visits of Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth the Second. Our Bicentennial Bicentennial provided a great opportunity to celebrate throughout the province the rich heritage we all share. At Queen's Park, we had a busy and productive year with a number of important pieces of legislation considered in the House. Here are just a few of the year's highlights that are of particular interest. 1984 will be remembered remembered for the economic advances that were made. Over the past year, 133,000 new jobs were created in Ontario, the deficit was reduced by $223 million and economic growth on the whole outpaced budget projections. We saw a special emphasis on youth employment and skills training with a comprehensive strategy to help young people to find jobs and the commitment of $150 million to ensure that our workforce will meet the challenges of the future. To promote our important agrifood industry, the red meat plan was announced to provide producers with a wide range of options that will encourage good management, increased productivity and income from the marketplace. The new Export Growth Strategy is aimed at doubling the export sales of the agriculture and food products, particularly to the United States. Through this program, new product and market initiatives are being introduced and current programs are expanding. expanding. _ 1984 will be remembered, too, for the progress that was made in the justice and social fields. The problem of violent pornography in videos was addressed during this session of the Legislature. The Theatres Amendment Act, which was given third reading, will enable the Ontario Censor Board to classify commercially distributed distributed videotapes. Each videotape will be labelled according to its classification so that consumers will have this information before they rent or buy. The protection and well-being of our children was another important area which received attention. The new Child and Family Services Act creates means to encourage long term foster relationships and establishes establishes highly qualified teams of professionals to tackle child abuse on a case by case basis. In addition, the past session dealt with legislation legislation which will accommodate provincial provincial law to the needs of young offenders. In the area of education, a new course was set with the extension of public funding to Roman Catholic secondary schools. To guide the implementation of this reform, a Commission has been established. The act which makes it compulsory for our school children to be immunized was revised to place responsibility with the parents. Grounds for exemption from this legislation include medical and religious objections. The 1 new Courts of Justice Act brought about the first major reorganization of Ontario's courts in 50 years. Among other things, the act establishes French and English as the official languages of the courts and steamlines their organization. All Ontarians will benefit from the economic and social advances that have been made during the past year. We can look forward to even greater achievements for 1985. Thanks to Peter Beacroft for his invitation to the Newcastle Village Minor Hockey League invitational tournament hosting the Denmark midget team and to Ron Featherstonahugh for acting as M.C. 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